Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-11

Student Editorial
Hints to Hickey
By MORRIS SIEGEL

THE NORTH CAROLINA student newspaper has
adopted attitude toward football 1t no longer
considers a winning team un-American.
In a midweek editorial the Daily Tar Heel eulogized
the late Jim Tatum said he sorely missed Seven
seasons ago when MaSsa Jim left Maryland for Chapel
Hill to get the Tar Heel football foundry going full blast
again, he painted an ogre who would wreck the
university for the sake of winning team.
The students nowadays seem be satisfied that they
hold the academic line. They asking for foot
ball team that hold its line.
They haven't had one recently. The last really big
season 1919, when time and eligibility finally ran
out nimble Choo Choo Justice, still an institution in
North Carolina.
THE EDITORIAL MESSAGE in the student paper was
clear 1t thnly disguised hint to Coach Jim Hickey
that he'd better get his team going or he himself might
get going.
faced since thrust suddenly into the head coach
ing job after the death of Tatum in July 1882 However
this probably is the most serious one.
Cardinals fortunes slumped after 73 performance
in 1949 the Tar Heels date with Rice in the Cot
ton Bowl Tatum starting to reverse the trend with
Ga in 1857 and 1858, but then tragedy struck
Money hasn't been the problem at Carolina for years.
The indulgen alumni repeatedly put up 100000 annually
But the signs clear that the old grads want some
thing better than the 1924 record compiled before this
season under the Hickey regime.
ToMoRRows JoUST WITH Maryland at College
Park viewed critical" game. Hickey agrees. Like
the camp followers Hickey isn't too impressed by the two
dull victories his Tar Heels have produced this year.
They came against wnless Virginia lit, and Wake
Forest 21-0 Michigan State maued the Tar Heels $40,
in the only serious scrap so far.
Beating Duke alone apparently is longer consid-
cred job security at North Carolina If it we're, Hickey
probably wouldn't have anything to fear. He's batting
500 against the Blue Devils in four cracks including
500 whopper that really took him off the hook in his
first season us59) and gave him SIS record.
Hickey also coached the Tar Heels to their lone
victory Notre Dame. This isn't enough either, it
seems. The cry is for more wins starting tomorrow
against Maryland
SINCE CAROLINA LOST the winning touch when the
Justice ended Duke has felded the winning teams in
Tobacco Land Ironically Carolina still gets the play at
the box office.
This, too is beginning to ebb There hasn't been a
selout since 194o win Maryland tomorrow might
promote one for next Saturdays stand against North
Carolina State.
Some alumni support is beginning to trickle away,
but the Tar Heels still get the open checkbook from
William Rand Kenan, jr, 69-year-od alumnus
Thrty-six years ago Mr.. Kenan contributed $S75OOO
to build football stadium memorial to his parents
Last year Mr. Keenan, thinking he hadn't done anything
big for the school in years, made another move.
This trip he paid 100000 to remodel the stadium
HOPES WERE HIGH for big season at Carolina when
fall practice started Nobody disappointed in the
slow start than adventurous freshman who volunteered
for practice After his experience he thought Hickey had
rounded up squad Of Sonny Listens
The Ohioan was knocked flat in the first scrmmage
When he appeared to have reganed Hickey
halted drills to make sure. He held up two fingers
How many fingers do have up?" he asked the dazed
young
"Two," he answered smarty.
whats my name?"
Coach Hickey" came the correct reply
What day is it2" Hickey then asked.
II don't know, but it's the last day I'm coming out
here" the recruit muttered
This the kind Of defeatst feeling Hickey hopeful
his players exert the next opponents be-
ginning tomorrow