Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-09-09
SPOTLIGHT
ON
SPORTS
Southbound Through the ACC
BY MERRELL WHITTLESEY

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THE ATLANTIC COAST Conference is the youngest OF
the Nations major athletic combines but it is progressive
enough to co-sponsor football swing by char
tered plane through the conference members the
press, radio and televiSion
The sixth edition of operation Football" had College
Park its starting point yesterday Today 81 members Of
the working press and Commissioner Jim Weaver had
Charlottesville and Winston-Salem their detectives
visiting the camps of Virginia and Wake Forest.
Durham viii be headquarters tomorrow and Thursday
for visits to Duke North Carolina and North Carolina State
The swing ends Friday with stops at South Carolina and
Clemson.
BY THE TIME the tour reaches Clemson the group
will be dead tired and ready for pickup by the sharp
wtted Frank Howard, whose Tigers the preseason
favorites for the conference crown.
One of the tourists from South Carolina saying
that mandatory stop the whirlwind trip will be a
visit to ClemSon'S stadium.
Howard is mighty proud of it," Jim Anderson of the
Greenvile, S. c. News was saying yesterday ut will seat
almost 10000 and he hopes to fill for the North Carolina
game September a.
Everything ready except the new scoreboard which
will have animated tiger (the Clemson mascot) that
will growl every time Clemson scores touchdown.
Somebody asked Howard what will happen when the
opposing team touchdown and without moments
hesitation Howard said, III growl'"
WHILE CLEMSON has a stadium to entice football
prospects, Warren Gese the exaryland assistant has
been using gimmick Of his at South Carolina where
he has been the head coach since he left Jim Tatum side
three years ago.
Giese talked seven South Carolina newspapers into
sponsored midsummer football clinics Gese and his staff
members were the instructors.
The goodwill value was countless Giese and his
assistants showed OF before several thousand youngsters
and their parents-throughout the State.
The legality of such clinics was questioned by ar
inqustve reporter, but a coach thorough Giess
certainly must have had NCAA clearance before making
such
WEAVER THE HUSKY, sravel-vOiced former Wake
Forest coach who has been the ACC commissioner since
the conference formed insisted his presence the
tour that of an locker.
We're just big happy family" Weaver drawled,
statement he doubtless will reract 100 times before
another athletic year is completed
The commissioner asked if his budget threat
ened by the loss of the Orange Bowl contract
Jim took the question seriously. wen be in business
whether we have team in bowl game not" Weaver
answered. And 1 have bunch wen have at least one
bowl team.
1.-THE Orange Bowl is counting on Oklahoma as the Bis
Eight representative, but they have to have somebody
to play There two spots in the Sugar Bowl
in the Cotton, and two in the Gator Bowl.
II figure there are at least teams conference
capable of playing in any Of those bowls. Wei
survive"
ONE OF THE MARYLAND coaches asked North Caro-
lima sports writer how many freshmen Tatum had or
scholarship this year.
FftySeven," believe the visitor replied "or, mayb,
Sc or 3d. but it's one of those figures"
The Maryland coach multiplied four times 81 and out
loud murmured 22S scholarships years must b.
nice to have bankron like that"
Somebody asked touring sports editor who he pickeC
to win the conference title
Il learned from Of the national magazines thai
it's unhealthy to pick winners" the fellow replied.
Last former New York sports editor who edit
national magazine picked North Carolina State beat
William and Mary and lose its other nine games.
"You know what happened" the fellow added "ths
only game State lost to william Mary 1t won sever
and tied the 0tN.55Es' 4