The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-01
Tar Heel Greats Organize For Fun
SOFTBALL SQUAD
OF REACHES FORM
BY JOYCE SCOTT
Especial to the Star-News)

A crafty hard working crew are
the University of North Carolina
name athletes even in the off sea-
sons of their sports, idle hands
fin no home" in Cardinals sports
world, say the boys that have
formed the Reaches" softball
team. These men much in the
style of the postman who takes a
walk on his day of felt a need to
be engaged in some sort of sport
during their leisure time, so they
organized their intramural team.
With a roster that reads like a
"Who's Who" in sports, incorpora-
ting some of the craftiest men,
bers of Cardinals football, basket
ball, track, boxing, and wrestling
teams, the Reaches easily resem-
BILE their namesakes Cock
reaches" in fancy play on the dia-,
mond. 1t took the organizers onlyt
twenty four hours to gather this
cevorting bunch of sports figures,
some of whom had tried and be-
ccme dissatisfied with playing on
other teams, and schedule their
first practice. Thus was proven
the fact that sports favorites are
clannish. Even after hours, it is
possible to find the men partvine
together.
Always there is an exception to
the rule and in this case, it was
Tommy Cleary, Yonkers, New
York commerce major who was
unanimously elected manager of
the Reaches. Often referred TO as
the worlds biggest midget or the
worlds smallest giant, Cleary Is
outstanding for only n thing
not being outstanding in. sports
Despite this handicap, he exer
cises an iron hand over the
"Roaches'' and keeps his crew of
fun-loving athletes IN line to win
games.
Jim Goodwin, who actually rep
resents softball, is considered one
Of the best all-around boys on the
Carolina campus by his team
mates and gets credit for being
the star Of the team.
The Tar Heels, Cardinals foot
ball squad, contributes Bill Speig-
ell, Max Spellman, and Jim Camp,
German, from 1945 football, to the
all of Sugar Bowl fame. and Tom
Reaches lineup. Speigel. native
Chicagoan, is the longest hitter
and is considered the fat man of
the team. Besides being known as
the man behind the scenes of the
Tar Heels, Spellman, who halls
from Savannah, is known as the
loudest man in the Roach fold.
Camp, brilliant wingback of the
Sugar Bowl squad. derives his dis
tinction from running on his heels,
glamor boy of the team.
Bob Paxton Of Spokane, Wash
ington and John Dillon of Savan-
nah, represent the White Phan-
toms basketball team. Paxton,
known far and wide as "Mr. Re-
bound for his work on the hard
wood is the intramurals longest
stretching first baseman thereby
earning himself a niche as the
"cobweb" of the Roaches-by al
ways ssnagging throws coming his
way. Dillon, nationally known as
an All American of As and '46
and the sweetheart of Madison
Square Garden basketball specta-
tors, finds little use for his famous
hook shot on the diamond but
gives the Reaches opponents fits
with his portside throwing.
LOCALIZED fisticuffs - boxing to
~you-gives to the Reaches. Ed Nc
Gee from Hamlet, North Carolina.
MCGEE in the softball circuit has
lost none of his flair for punching
now it is punching out hits.
The playing list is completed by
Pete Brown, native of Hawaii,
Paul Ludwig from New Jersey,