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IN 4am WNW Owens Shoots Intramur Coeds C} BY DIANE CLAYPOOIE Ast. Sports Editor T e n n i s, volleyball, basketball bridge, and bowling have kept the Trotters Come To Carolina The world-famous Harlem Globe trotters will bring their basketball magic into the Caroling Coliseuin Feb. 28. All seats are reserved and are now on sale at -the Coliseum. Since their organization in 1927 under the late Abe Saperstein the Globetrotters have played before an estimated 62,500,000 fans in 87 countries. Their opponents for the night will be the Washington Generals, probably the m o s t unsuccessful basketball team of all time. Their major problem seems to be that they always play the Globetrotters. Meadowlark Lemon will be in the pivot for the Globetrotters. Lemon keeps the Globetrotter of fense moving w i t h his constant chatter and ball-handling antics. Leon Hillard, the Trotters' dIrib bling artist, and University of Ne braska All-American Nate Branch will assist Lemon in the razzle dazzle capers that have been the Globetrotters' trademark over the last 42 years. 4 Ribock Man Staff Phot* by Elliott Berenstols Over McGregor al Athlel iance To women athletes of Carolina busy this year. Intramurals began with a cam pus tennis tournament. W o m e r representing (orms and sororitie: vied for tennis titles. First plac< in the singles division went to Zeta Tau Alpha. Second and third place were taken by South Tower an< Kappa Delta, respectively. The tournament doubles cham pion was Chi Omega. Second place in doubles went to McClintock. Pi Beta Phi and Alpha Delta Pi tied for third place. Capstone was victorious in vol leyball after defeating Chi Omega who placed second. Kappa Kappa Gamma took third place. In basketball South Tower and Tr-Delta remained undefeated un til the final round when Capstomt moved up from the loser's brackel to win the championship. Second andl third places were taken by Tri. Delta and Alpha Delta Pi. The cards fell right for- cham-. pions Ch2i Omega In the intramural bridge tournament. T o w n Cfrls placed second and S I m a placed third. Capstone took first p 1 a c e in bowling, followed by Tri-l)elta and Alpha D)elta Pi. Badminton a n dI ping-pong are next on the agenda. The women of Carolina have also been participating in extra-mural teams. A volleyball team coached by Violet Meade traveled to East ~uwrs Inside Wake' Walsh BY JIM HANEY Sport* Editor Billy Walsh held Wake Forest sharpshooter Charlie Davis to 13 points. John Ribock and Tom Owens managed to hold off Wake strong man Gilbert McGregor in the bat tle of the boards. John Roche hit 15 of 15 from the foul line to pad his total point output to 33. Bob Cremins scrambled around under the basket enough to round up nine rebounds against men four and five inches taller. The Coliseum crowd was en thusiastic enough to rattle the Deacons into several bad shots. The Gamecocks won, 73-62. It was a combined effort. Wake coach Jack McCloskey said in a pre-game interview, "We'll run tonight. We always run. We even run from the bus to the dressing room." But the Deacons didn't r u n. They tat away a fast break only once as the Gamecocks kept Wake from dominating the backboards fics Offer Compete Tennessee State College for a re gional invitational volleyball tour nament. "The girls' volleyball team is the highlight of extra-mural teams," according to Coach Violet Meade. Also in volleyball, the Women's Recreation Association sponsored a volleyball sports day. There was a three-way tie for first place be tween Coker, Winthrop and West ern Carolina. USC placed second. Other extra-mural teams include the gymnastics team coached by Helen Timmermans. The gymnas tics team will compete this month against Georgia College, Winthrop College and Furman University. In March ther will he a USC Open tennis tournament to deser mine positions on the women's extra-mural tennis team. Girls who hold amateur titles or standings may sign up with Miss Meade. Last year's women's team won the (doubles title and took sec ond and third in the singles divi sion at the regional tournaments at Converse College. According to Miss Meade wom en's athletics at Carolina h a v e grown andl improved in r e c e n t years. "'There would be more growth in athletics for women If therec was more support from the students, both participants and spectators," continued Miss Meade. She went on to say that many extra-mural activi,ties are cancelled because the girls don't f o I I o w through wvith their responsibility. "If interest a n d participation were what they should be Carolina could join other schools and he c o m e intercollegiate in women's sports," she concluded. Roche Eye8 I s Der Leads and got downcourt fast enough to cut off any easy baskets. With the game tied at 38 Mc Gregor fouled Cremins who hit his shot to put the Gamecocks ahead. Neil Pastushok missed for Wake, Walsh hit a jump shot and the partisan crowd exploded. Wake came downcourt obvi ously rattled. They took bad shots and they missed them. Wake put on a half court press. Roche slipped around his defender, found 500th WI Coach McGuire receives j 500th win of his career froi Coach Dietze Special BY SUSAN ROSS Staff Writes A special curriculum program for varsity football and basketball players has been labeled by Paul D)ietzel, USC athletic director, as an unrealistic situation in college. A curriculum program has been suggested by Dr. Leo W. Jenkins, president of East Carolina Univer sity, des'gned to a i11 o w athletes more free time (luring the sports season. "Ilt would really be against the whole point of college athleticai. They're not designed for profes sional athletes," Dietzel said. If athletes are not actually hona fide students, then it dlefe&ats the purpose of college athletics, accord ing to Dietzel. Jenkins' program would allow players to attendl regular classes in off-season andI during the sports season they would be given special self-study programs. Jenkins said assignments should be made to allow the athletes to attend summee sessions. "This would mean that approxi mately one-third load would be carriedl during the season and that lasket Despite Con tconS n Defei Owens free in the lane and the 6-10 sophomore drove in for a bucket. McGregor fouled him on the play and Owens canned his free throw to make it 49.42 Carolina. Wake never got close again. Forced into a full court press by a scoreboard clock that was tick ing away their chance for a come back, the Deacons committed six personal fouls in the last two min utes. o, Staff Photo by Elliott Sorestela .n Plaque k plaque commemorating the a freshman class. I Says Progra he would complete the other part in the summer," he said. Jenkins added, "rhis type of scheduling would permit athletes an opportunity to pursue both their athlet:c and scholastic programs, doing justice to both," he said. Ilowever-, according to Dietsel, the NCAA would "take a very dim vie~w of h a v i n g anyone playing football and not going to college" ~ "We had some what of a prob lem this year in football because - the r oa d trips we r e longer," Dezlsaid. In order to t ak e jets the Game cocks left ear K lier and missed DIE'FZFL some F r id ay a n d Saturday - classes on four weekends. Jenkins feels that his proposal would lessen the temptation of ath let,es to cheat, take pressure off p)rofessors for biased treatment, andI cut down on school missedl in long practices and road trips. At Carolina, according to Preri iing Collision Fall, isive Five of those fouls were com mitted against Roche who turned his opportunities into 10 big points. The 13 points Davis got were well below his 22.2 season's aver age. Much of the credit for silenc ing the Wake ace must go to Walsh. Davis came downcourt on Walsh's side of the zone on nearly every play. Walsh closed the routes to the basket and Davis re fused to take the bad shots until late in the game when the cause was all but lost. Toward the end Walsh was vir tually playing Davis man-to-man within the zone. Coach Frank McGuire explained after the game, "If he (Davis) ever got started, he's a heck of a ballplayer. So I told Billy to stayl with him." McGregor had 11 rebounds in| Cremins, . Players 0 Guard Bobby Cremins s h a r e d: ACC basketball player of the week honors with B u t c h Zatazelo of Clemson for his second half per formance in last Saturday's 64-57 win over Duke. Cremins hit on five of six field goal attempts in the second half and had one free throw for 11 points. He did not take a shot in the first half. The Duke defense chose to defy Cremins to shoot in the second 11lf. They left him open much of the time and collapsed in the mid (ie to guard against Tom Owens m 'Unr dent '7homas F. Jones, athletes take the regsulair curriculum, per haps lightening their course loads within regulation during & p o r t a seasons. "I don't think that such a plan would work at a major university," said Jones, "That would change it to something like pro ball, not col lege athletics." D)ietzel went on to say that he felt Carolina students who could meet entrance requirements in most cases could handle the responsi bility of a full course load and a busy- schedule of athletics. "Two years ago the freshman team lost half of its members after one year." said D)ietzel, "but last season only two of the thirty fresh men left school, with only one leav ing for acadIemic reasons." "Il say we probably don't have as many problems academically as we did five years ago." SCOME Walsh Fires 73-62; fforts the first half and was instrumen tal in leading the Deacons to a 32 28 halftime lead. But in the see ond half Owens, Ribock and Crem ins limited the Raeford, N. C. muscleman to five recoveries. "We didn't really do anything different in the second half," Cremins said in answer to a post game question. "We just hit the boards a little harder." Ribock agreed. "I think he got a little tired. He had those fouls, too." McGregor picked up personal number three early in the second half. Wake forward Dan Ackley led the Wake scoring in the first half with 11 points, but he too got in foul trouble, picking up his third personal early, and did not score in the second half. The Gamecocks outshot Wake 46.3 per cent to 42.3 per cent from the floor. liatazelo f Week and John Ri bock inside, but Cremins' deadly deadly accuracy foiled the Duke strategy. Zatazelo took co-honors by o virtue of a 34 p o i n t scoring binge in Clem son's 78-77 up- CREMINS N. C. State. He ieat:s the ACC in scoring with a 24 point per game average. la 1 0 s ealistic Carclina has lost fi% r or six ath letes n the past year who went to other colleges because they couldn't meet USC entrance requirements. "I think c<.llege is very different fcr all students from the way it used to be. An incoming freshman at Carolina last year averaged over 900 SAT, way above the average ive years ago," said Dietzel. "Most pmnfesaoon are not con eerned whether students are ath letes or not," said Dietzel in reply to .Jenkins' comment on treatment by professors. In D)iet :el's opinion b)eing an ath lete may help a relationship with sonme professors andl it may be a hindlrance with others. "During the season no one works harder t h a n the athletes," said Presidlent Jones, but he also feels the acce'ptance of the challenge that athletics offers is a part of their college education. Staff Photss by KiOMIe Serenesss Jumn Shot