Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-10
SPOTLIGHT
ON
SPORTS
The Tracks Clear in Carolina
By MERReLL WHlTTLESEY

IT'S GOING TO BE worthwhile attending one of those
press uncheons at Chapel Hill next football season Tne
formal of the Jim Taum press conference necessarily Will
be changed primarily because Jim isn't going to have any
body to fuss with.
Instead of having Washington Baltimore and Annapolis
newspaper televson reporters guests Jim will
hold writer's from Raleigh, Durham Greensboro
Charlotte etc. fellows he has been mighty
friendly his nine Maryland because some day
he knew he'd return to their midst
And certainly there won't be the usual Tuesday sermon
from noon until 1890 pm. about how his football team has
sighted because of major league baseball or football
or racing at Laurel Pimlico or Bowie.
THERE'S NO MAJOR LEAGUE sports competition in the
Chapel It's strictly football and unless Wake
Forest up with binding football COACH Jim will
be big fall Tobacco Row At Duke 10 miles
away Bill Murray not much of talker. At N c. State
miles from Chapel HILL Coach Earle Edwards is rather
shy fellow.
And there will not be any second part of
the sermon, usually from 1890 until o'clock on Tuesday
afternoons concerning schedule problems. There are no
apologies needed Cardinals schedule including does
Dame Oklahoma Duke Maryland Tennessee Georgia
and the like.
AS for transportation complications they're nonexsen
at Chapel Hill North Cardinals State troopers $4,000
football of the town with amazing speed
road Jams big city traffic tie the homeward-
football fans there.
AS TATUM ONCE TOLD his press luncheon audience
here brother in McColl S. c. who goes to football
games and enjoys small traffic JAM Jim pointing out
the difference between that and the average washington
football FAM who has to fight the traffic five days week
and refuses to buck 1t Saturday afternoons.
Tatum often has said he's part football coach and part
tcketseer at Maryland He drop that spiel at Chapel
HILL His will sell the tickets North Carolina and
played of their smallest paid crowds Of all time
last month in nationally teevised game. Cardinals first
game year will not be with opponent but
they'll you Chapel Hill the Tar Heels will have
of their biggest crowds the Charley Justice
AND THEREIL BE NO Tuesday quarterbacking of the
Redskins Colts unless Jim happens to catch the
other television. He only 10 miles from Griffith
Stadium and Redskins while at College Park and not
over minutes the Baltimore Colts home field He'd
the other every Sunday.
That will leave void for the first hour and IS minutes
of the press luncheons Chapel HILL but have fear Of
silence Big Jim will give his days at Maryland call two
ALL here for nine years and stored bundle
of memories and anecdotes.
excusing his assistant coaches following
report you just Big Jim settling back to the business
at hand the Carolina football He will not know much
about them for while, but he'll learn.
TATUM UNDOUBTEDLY will make productions out of
the Oklahoma Maryland and Notre Dame games in par
cular Carolina doesn't figure to beat any OF the three
next year. even make it close, but Bud wilkinson and
Terry Brennan hardly will be relaxed the Carolina
game they last year.
Somebody mentioned yesterday that Tatum probably
would hold final press luncheon here But Jim longer
has drawing account at the University of Maryland and
he's not the athletic director at North Carolina he'd have
ask for appropriation instead Of just signing chit
seems ought throw instead
Make recording of it. and play it back when get lone
some because there going to be days. The
press and radio boys here had such
Tatum Even the antiTatum sports followers will have
concede that