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movie which relies upon such believ
able actors as Matt Dillon, Diane
Lane, and Bruce Dern to make up
for its intellectual lackings. The film
fulfills its purpose effectively, capti
vating its viewers for two hours.
This is the type of movie that
entertains but does not necessarily
send out a strong moral message. Or
if the message is there, it is shuffled
amidst the action of the story.
"The Big Town" borders on being
corny with its predictable plot and
character developments. However,
it's still exciting to watch.
The story centers around small
town dice shooter J.C. Cullen (Dil
lon) and his disappointing encounters
in the seedy world of professional
gambling in Chicago. Predictably, his
glitzy image of professional gambling
crumbles under the realities of life in
a big city, but he re-establishes his
priorities by the end of the movie.
Dillon makes the movie entertain
ing with his enthusiastic acting. He
energetically leads viewers through all
of his ordeals, leaving them rigid in
the theater seats several times during
the movie. In this film, Dillon
definitely upholds his reputation as
a charismatic actor.
Lane plays an unscrupulous
stripper who capitalizes on the
innocence of J.C. Cullen. Even
NL East race
From Associated Press reports
Heading into the final week of the
season, St. Louis manager Whitey
Herzog has a lot of concerns. Not
being able to finish off New York or
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though the movie does not reveal her
evil tendencies until the end, the
viewer can tell that she spells deceit
as soon as she litters the movie screen.
Lane plays a despicable character,
and she does it incredibly well.
Dern plays the kingpin of the whole
shady gambling scene with everyone
somehow connecting back to his
office at the back of Madigan's Bar.
He and his right-hand man, Tommy
Lee Jones, work hard to portray the
slimy hoodlums involved in city
gambling during the 1950s.
Though overall the acting is com
mendable, there are some awkward
scenes that seem to slacken the pace
of the movie. The most memorable
of such clumsy scenes is when Dillon
comes back to tell his boss, Dern's
wife, that her friend "Hooker" has
died of a stroke. Hooker had been
Dillon's mentor in the gambling scene
in his hometown of Rockport, Ind.
Dillon brings his boss a picture of
her and Hooker hugging. She looks
at it and tells him to take it away.
Dillon asks how she can wipe him
out of her memory "just like that,"
pauses for a second, and then says,
tightens in the last week
Montreal in the National League East
isn't one of them,
The first-place Cardinals have a
magic number of five and play their
final seven games of the season at
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percent of my earnings that you were
giving to Hooker.
She tells him they will evenly split
the difference, and he agrees. As he
walks to the door, she says, "You
know, you're the best shooting arm
I have." Dillon nods in agreement as
he leaves the room.
The action and dialogue of this
scene are so clumsy that the whole
situation seems uncomfortable. At
the same time the viewer is not
convinced that the awkwardness of
this scene is intentional.
On its own merits, the soundtrack,
containing works by such great artists
as Johnny Cash, Ronnie Self, Bo
Diddley and Chuck Willis, makes
"The Big Town" worth the ticket
price.
The movie's setting in the Windy
City during the '50s is also impressive
and entertaining with its display of
patent-leather wingtips, bouffant
hairdos, and bolo ties. The viewer is
taken back to the era of cafeteria
style restaurants and the diners with
a personal jukebox at each booth.
"The Big Town" is a yet another
addition to the overflowing pile of
movies that leave viewers satisfied
emotionally but deprived intellectu
ally. The movie is highly entertaining,
and in this case the emotional appeal
is sufficient to make it worthwhile.
home four against the Expos and
three against the Mets.
On July 23, the Cardinals led the
Expos by 9lA games and the Mets
by 10Vi despite being without ace left
hander John Tudor, who was out
with a broken leg.
Tudor is back and has won six
straight, but slugger Jack Clark has
been out of the lineup for most of
September with a sprained ankle.
"I'm concerned because we dont
have Jack Clark," Herzog said. "I'm
concerned because we're not hitting.
But there's not a lot I can do abouf
it. Just put them out there and play."
The second-place Mets started a
three-game series in Philadelphia
Monday night, trailing the Cards by
2lA games.
The Cardinals have a record of 35
34 since the All-Star break and are
12-13 for the month of September.
"I thought they really played over
their heads in the first half," Mets
manager Davey Johnson said after
New York's victory over Pittsburgh
on Sunday.
The Expos have won 10 of 14
games with the Cardinals this season
and all they wanted to do was arrive
at Busch Stadium for Tuesday's
doubleheader with a chance.
The Cardinals gave the third-place
Expos that opportunity Sunday by
dropping a 7-3 decision to Chicago
while Montreal beat Philadelphia 5
3 to move within three games.
"Ideally, I would like to have been
two down going into St. Louis,"
Montreal manager Buck Rodgers
said. "But the bottom line is that
weVe got to win. The brass ring is
out there. We got to grab it."
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Much as Louis XIV was the "Sun
King" in 17th-century France, David
Smyth is similarly the man around
which everything revolves when the
UNC men's soccer team plays. Vir
tually all of the offensive thrusts
emanate from his downfield sets. In
essence, he is a soccer demi-god.
"They give him the ball every time,"
said a somewhat distraught John
Rennie, after his Duke squad, the
defending NCAA champs, lost to
UNC in the season opener. "But I
can understand why. He is a terrific
player, a hell of a player."
"David is probably the most
complete player that we have," Tar
Heel coach Anson Dorrance said.
"He has shown why he not only is
an All-American candidate but also
one of the top candidates for the
Herrmann trophy." The Herrmann is
given annually to the top collegiate
player in men's soccer.
Undoubtedly this attention would
have been unlikely without the strong
start that UNC has had thus far. The
team has shot to an 8-i record while
decimating opponents such as Duke,
Clemson and George Mason by a
collective scoring margin of 29-7. The
play of the team has led to a No. 3
ranking in the latest national polls.
"It's all built up within the team
during the year," reflected Smyth
about the team's almost overnight
Cocking working for rewards
By CHRIS SPENCER
Staff Writer
The skinny player sprints across the
field, catches up with an unsuspecting
midfielder and deftly takes the ball
from him, creating an offensive
opportunity in a seemingly no-chance
situation.
Later, he runs over to help out a
teammate stop an opposing forward.
Just as the player sees him, he slides
in and pushes the ball to his team
mate, giving his team another offen
sive chance.
Anyone who has seen the UNC
men's soccer team play this year
should recognize John Cocking, the
number w2" stenciled across his back,
often muddied. Or perhaps they
recognize his scrappy play, jumping,
diving and sliding, oblivious to
anything but victory.
"I don't like to lose, and my attitude
is to do . anything I can , .to win,"
Cocking said recently after practice;,'
"I don't want to leave the field
thinking that there was something
else I could have done to help the
team."
The sophomore from Roswell, Ga.,
a suburb of Atlanta, was a three-time
high school All-American at The
Lovett School. He was named the
Georgia Most Valuable Soccer Player
twice. And he played on the under
16XA National Youth Team in China
with Tar Heel freshman Derrick
Missimo.
Highly recruited and performing
well in college, Cocking might very
well be full of himself. But while his
individual awards are certainly
impressive, Cocking only wants to
talk about the team.
"The turnaround of the team this
year starts at the top with the
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success. "This year we're winning a
lot of close games, games that we
would not have won last year. I think
that a lot of this has to do with solid
play and senior leadership."
Smyth, dubbed "Captain Dave" by
the legions of adoring fans, is "the
man" both on the field and in the
locker room. In addition to his role
as team captain, Smyth also com
mands respect as head of the Tar Heel
defense, one of the most feared and
respected in the country and also the
focal point of the UNC system.
"As the sweeper, I have to play
strong and intelligently," Smyth said.
"But none of our success thus far
would not have been possible without
the other 17 guys playing hard. I think
a lot of credit has to go to Steve
Dragisics, Chad Ashton and Donald
Cogsville. WeVe worked really hard
and we play really well together as
a team."
The path to greatness is never easy.
Many, whether they be Julius Erving
or Dwight Gooden, have attested to
the fact that their achievements have
been made possible only by an
obsession with their sport, an obses
sion which caused them to work the
hardest to achieve their goals. Smyth
embarked on this path when he
started playing as a five-year-old in
his hometown of Hicksville, N.Y.
Club soccer afforded him an
opportunity to pursue his passion
year-round in addition to playing
coaching staff," he said. "Then the
seniors and juniors provide good
leadership. The sophomores help out
too, and the freshmen have come in
and done a good job."
Before Sunday's game with Virgi
nia, that turnaround had resulted in
a No. 3 ranking and a remarkable 8
0 record for the Tar Heels, as good
a start as any in UNC history. And
even the disappointing 2-0 loss to the
Cavs has not dimmed the greatness
of the squad. One of the keys for the
Tar Heels is the veteran nature of the
team.
"I think we have a lot of experience
on the field this year," Cocking said.
"We have one or two freshmen
starting, and the sophomores got
some good minutes last year. This
year it all comes together. We have
lots of experience playing together,
and now we are proving we can play."
Unsurprisingly, the national atten
tion the team has garnered leaves little
impression on the quiet sophomore.
"It's nice to be r inked No. 3, but
it's not what we piay for," Cocking
said. "We play for pride."
When he was in high school,
Cocking had four schools in mind,
and UNC was fourth before his visit
to Chapel Hill.
"After I left, I got on the plane with
a friend of mine and I said, 'This is
the place for me,' " he said. "Some
times, you go to a place that's
comfortable to you, and that's the
way it was here for me."
While the sudden success of the
team raises eyebrows practically
everywhere (UNC went from
unranked to sixth in the nation in
the space of one week), it doesn't faze
Cocking. ,
"We have to keep a positive
attitude, and everybody has to keep
playing well," he said. "If things go
bad, then we have to keep our minds
on our goals."
The Tar Heels play a two-forward
front, but attack as a team, and that
could be a major reason for their
early-season success. They have
outscored their opponents by a
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lacrosse and basketball. The hard
work payed off as Smyth was a
consensus Ail-American and a
member of the U.S. Junior National
Team. Though afforded the oppor
tunity to play at any school in the
land, Smyth chose UNC because of
its soccer program. "It gave me a
chance to play in the toughest
conference in the nation," Smyth
said. "I have not regretted a minute
of it."
The path, however, has not always
been easy. Throughout his career at
UNC, Smyth has been afflicted by
various injuries including a stretched
groin, numerous ankle sprains, and
most recently a broken foot suffered
during the off-season.
"The injuries definitely have hin
dered me," grimaced the All
American. "But I learned not to give
up. Each time that I was hurt, I fought
back."
Such statements are indicative of
his resolve, but it has been Smyth's
performance that has set him apart
from the rest. On the field, Smyth
is always in the match, constantly
hustling and communicating with his
teammates. He never makes a mis
take. Undoubtedly this is the reason
for the respect that he has garnered.
Without a touch of conceit he
declared, "Coaches like the way I
play." He could not have been closer
to the truth.
whopping 29-7 margin.
"Last year, the forwards got
stranded somewhat up front," Cock
ing said. "But the George Mason
coach said the other day after we
played them that when we attacked,
we did so in waves."
The waves have been the result of
a squad working together, a squad
playing as one instead of as 11
individuals.
"Also last year we had to chase the
fullbacks all over the field," he said.
"But this year, we try and force them
one way to put pressure on them, and
it causes us to win balls in the midfield
and fullback areas. I think we are
working more as a team this year.
There is more of a team concept and
team chemistry."
The hustling play of Cocking, as
well as his counterpart Chad Ashton,
pleases UNC coach Anson Dorrance,
as do most things concerning' the
men's soccer team these days.! '
"John shows lots of enthusiasm on
the field," Dorrance said of his hard
working forward. "He creates chan
ces, and it's hard to mark him."
Dorrance is also more than pleased
with Cocking's defense, a quality not
often found in offensive stars.
"I think another big quality is his
defensive work," the coach said.
"Often it's Tiard to find the forwards
who will do the scut work. Basically,
they're prima donnas. But that's not
so with John. Hell do anything to
win. He's a very team-oriented person
and that's a great quality in a
forward."
But curiously, Cocking is not
happy with himself right now. He had
stayed after practice to work on his
shot, concerned over the team's
difficulty scoring.
"WeVe had a lot of problems
finishing off our shots," he said with
the frustration of a player on an 0
7 team, instead of the complacency
of a star on one of the country's best
squads. "We should be scoring three
or four goals a game."
When you're John Cocking, being
on top means never letting up.
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