The Charlotte News from Charlotte, North Carolina • 14

I rotellemottosigiouipmgmovommoottruoumopowatsgeApaipodpowyommivolomwowpopsuirotookosipsirtiverpmreetrodoil 3 v311r1 011W44 a 1 iF A4Pa 10" 4 4" IS 41 I italaummom Quincy New UNC Coach Credits Severin II-American Put Hickey On Hill By Bob Charlotte Neva An that he wanted me to return home and come back to see him at Chapel Hill on Friday ''When I came back Friday he told that I had been added to his coaching staff It was so quick really that I was shocked HAVE to admit that had it not been for Paul Severin today I may not be at Carolina Paul now is a succeuful insurance man and be ever grateful to him for calling Coach Tatum about me" Hickey said as a long line of well 4 4" 4ki Ilia Id0 A week ago from last Thursday Jim Tatum at at his home in Chapel Hill discussing a business 1Th ture with Andy Karres of Charlotte The No knekk' each other well Andy had been recruited by Jip when the latter was freshman coach at North Carolina in 1911 The next session when Tatum served a one-year term as head coach before going into the Navy Karres was a firststring guard "Andy" said Tatum breaking off their talk abrupt ly "I feel terrible Honest I feel just like I've got polio" "This may be the last one Ill ever get" he said with a wink THERE 113 a chance that he and Line Coach George Bar clay will go to Chicago and take in the allstar game matching the greats of the collegiate world last season against the world champion Baltimore Colts early in August Originally Tatum Barclay and myself had planned to go to Chicago together Jim was to be on the allstars clinic staff and had invited Barclay and myself to be his guests In fact Tatum was going to pay for our expenses with his clinic money That's the only regret I have about taking this job filling in for Coach Tatum "I've always wanted to be a head coach however and this is an opportunity that I hope I can do well with" Not wanting to place his neck on the chopping block even before practice starts Hickey said that prospects for Carolina this fall are the brightest since he has been at Chapel Hill "We had our best spring work ever "We will have a good nucleus back I also realize that the schedule will be tough plen ty tough As far as I now know we will follow the same type attack that Coach Tatum employed down to the letter "I'M LOOKING for a good Continued on Page $-B wishers grabbed his hand at a party staged by Carolina's athletic brass here Iist night That Severin put in a good word for Hickey cores as no surprise really The two grew up together in the Pittsburgh area even played junior high football against each other With a three year contract tucked in his pocket calling for $12000 annually Hickey following his promotion from an offensive assistant to the bead coaching post took the step forward in stride "Yes I know I have big shoes to fill I never have worked for a finer man than Tatum All of his assistants will tell you that "I ANTICIPATE no major changes in readying for the coming season Most made thanks to the long range planning of Tatum before he died "All of the assistants who worked with me will be retained Qne of the first jobs though for me will be getting with them and making some changes in assignments "I worked with the offense last year Newcomer Ed Fullerton who has just joined our staff and Bud Carson a varsity assistant after having coached our freshman team for the past year will take over some of my duties" the 39-year-old Hickey went on Hickey said that he still has another week of his vacation remaining and that he plans to take it By ELTON CASEY 'Special to The Iheel) CHAPEL 11111 Paid Sev ern whom all Carolina fans will remember as an AllAmeriea end hack in MAO is the one individual ho deserves the credit for gung Jim Hickey to the Chapel Iflhl football tort a place where yesterday he was named head coach succeeding the famed Jim Tatum who died imexpectedlY week llickey a small roan who has big coaching ideas late yesterday afternoon officially was proclaimed as the successor to Tatum as the Tarheels' grid commander and after two cigarettes and three bites on a juicy steak told how he managed to land a position on the UNC staff a spot where in four short years he suddenly finds himself as the king bee "It was in January four years ago iind I was in Richmond preparing to grab a bite for lunch I was heading into a downtown hotel and as I mcde it to the entrance I ran into Paul Severin who had IYeen a coaching opponent of mine Severin then was at Randolph-Macon and I had been at Hampden Sydney prior to resigning just a few weeks earlier 'Paul grabbed my hand and gave me a good handshRke told me be was sorry that I was leaving Hampden Sydney and with much concern asked me what I was going to do "I TOLD HIM that I was looking for a football job Right off he told me that Jim Tatum was looking for an assistant at Carolina Ile said he would talk to Tatum for me I told him that I'd appreciate it "Severin and myself a lunch and I didn't think too much more about Carolina or Coach Tatum We parted and drove home about 60 miles from Richmond When I got 4' 4 ''n 1 41 I 'sitit' :1::: 1 4 Nr 4 --I '-) NI 1i 2440-4-' l''''' 3 1 I Oiei 1w i 4 44 fr "YOU'D LETTER go to bed Coach" said Karres 'if you feel that bad" "Can't" said Tatum feeling his forehead and rub bing his hands "I'm supposed to play golf with some fellows If I don't show they'll figure I'm playing big shot" io: The next day Jim Tatum vent to bed at his home A doctor paid a visit and Tatum discussed his symptoms Ile mentioned the polio tit dot: possibilities Jim had served as state director for the March of 'A Dimes the year before and was quite familiar with the dread dis l't 'Jie 'flee ease 4 ss "I'll admit you have many of 47 the said the physician Lg 2 "It's too early to tell Let's go to the hospital just to be on the safe TATUM side" Jim entered the hospital for observation on a Sat urday The next Thursday night he was dead A virus which stirred terrifically high temperatures and broke down his vital organs was the cause of death Many medical men feel the bug which got Jim had a close relationship to the polio family if it were not a member Thus Jim a master diagnostician on a football field had been the first to recognize the opposition which was to take his life LJ 0 ITk tjAnkit: L-1-111 BOB QUINCY Sports Editor Ronald Harris LOA EIIN Jim Hickey (left) with UNC Chancellor Aycock Tr3: YAWKEY FLIPS STACK JERKS INFIELD PAIR As tilling Bees Bow Only To Arbiters BOSTON Red Sox Oviner Toni Yasikey challenging his players to get going or get out has ordered the cellar club's infield shaken up Yavikey and General Manager Mucky Ilarris yesterday called the shots as Shortstop Jim Mahoney and Negro Pitcher Earl Wilson were summoned from the Minneapolis farm After a phone conversation with field boss Billy Judges in Cleveland it was announced that Mahoney batting 211 in the American Assn would start for the Sox at short in tonight's doubleheader with the Indians Pumpsie Green recently called up as the first Negro to play for the parent club takes over second base while Pete Runnels moves to first Benched until further notice are shortstop Don Buddin and previously platooned first Baseman Dick Gernert and Vic Wertz home Tatum called from Chapel Hill and said he wanted me to come down the next day did It was on a Wednesday that I met Jim Tatum for the first time in my life We talked in his office at Woolen Gymnasium and he told me THE NEW JIM is Track In SEVEN LARGE earth-moving machines were at work this morning clearing trees from a point which Turner said would be the third turn in the oval asphalt course Owen Flowe and Sons of Charlotte will move in a dozen more of the huge machines by the end of the week when grading and clearing are expected to be underway on a full-scale basis Turner reported pre-incorporate stock subscription sales going well with over $200000 of the $300000 block to be sold already purchased "There is every reason to feel that progress toward our first race will be rapid now" said Turner THE LOCAL timberman-driving star said preliminary plans for the initial race point toward a long-distance event 'tft 0 )4r Is Pg' trt it 4 -'44)i ri Te 4 AfA 'q' 7r 'st iI 4'41 A''''' 7 ri '44pit t'T i 41p ik i IlW'11 1It' 56 46A1's '''''-'''''e 14-r 9-fip--t -1s ToZ 1 -4 Liked To Recoil His Biggest Victory There are many stories told on Jim Tatum and there Nvill be many more One little-known one took place after his arrival at the University at the turn of 1957 He was met by a particularly hostile campus press Jim who felt he was returning to the promised land ras jarred by some of the remarks Instead of returning to his alma mater triumphant he had to defend his every move It disturbed him greatly beneath a thick hide which many felt was not subject to emotional feelings De turned to the church made daily visits and with his pastor prayed he would be accepted as he hoped he would be Either the prayer or the stimulated football program turned his critics into back slappers Last spring he was cited editorially as bringing a "new spirit and exciting attitude" to the campus with his program Said Tatum heaving a sigh: "I look back on my football career and can recall some nice wins When Maryland licked Tennessee in the Sugar Bowl in 1954 when the Vols were No 1 in the country is something I can't forget Our upsets over Navy and Duke in 1958 were nice But my biggest vietory since I became a coach ws winning over the campus newspaper" Sports Editor Tatum Sensed His Ills RICHARD PETTY will be the first Petty to return to the Fair- 1 grounds this week however The handsome young son of Grand National champion Lee has agreed to pilot Tom Ferrell's hot '58 Chevy in the Wednesday night I TA drags here ALSO TIIIS weekend is limited sportsman racing at Columbia Thursday night ITA monthly drag championships at Chester Saturday nigh drags at Concord Drag Strip Sat- urday and modified sportsman and hobby races at Winston-Sal 114 em also Saturday 1 tther TTA drags go Friday night at Myrtle Beach NASCAR late model action in- eludes a convertible race Friday night at Greenville and al Grand National Saturday at 4 Myrtle Beach prior to Sunday's Grand National at the Charlotte Fairgsounds 'c I i I :41 i By RONALD GREEN Assistant Sports Editor If you'll pardon the mixed metaphor the fire with which the Hornets consumed Jacksonville's Braves at Griffith Park last night 4-2 would have made Gastonia's Sally Leagueleading Pirates shiver 0n a night when they could easily have been complacent 'One Of Finest Hi with the season's scantiest crowd FI wet weather the A Bees were mad as hornets 04 10 41 It 'One Of Finest Ancient Speedway Underway ay razmunzrummim Hitters' Turner's Wood ling Has Orioles Singing Now With Ground TUESDAY JULY 28 1959 HARRY WARNER Wood ling will celebrate his 37th birthday in less than three weeks Wood ling spent seven years in the Cleveland chain but never won a regular job He played briefly with the Pittsburgh Pirates before being acquired by the New York Yankees' organization Wood ling hit a modest 289 at Newark in 1947 with only eight home runs The following season he was at San Francisco under Manager Lefty O'Doul It was O'Doul who persuaded Wood ling to try the coil stance he now uses crouching at thu plate with his feet close together and his bat held high "IT'S AWKWARD and a little uncomfortable" says Wood ling "tiut I wouldn't change it for anything" Little wonder He hit 385 and smashed 22 home runs with San Francisco that season The next year he was a Yankee outfielder playing in 122 games But never since has Wood ling enjoyed such a year at the plate as he's having now with the Orioles He is batting 344 And it's a good thing Bob Nieman has been hurt much of the season Gus Triandos Is in a bad slump and Rookie Willie Tasby has tailed off after a tremendous start Gene Wood ling who started playing baseball for a living before teammates Milt Pappas and Jerry Walker were out of diapers is Baltimore's "Man of the Hour" at the plate itocr11i 1 t4- 'f7' vc :4 i' i 1: I 4' 1 i 5: Ak i N' 't''' i't '1 I The Case Of The Missing Undershorts A close friend of Tatum's was Hanes Lassiter the Charlottean They had been teammates at Chapel Hill One Saturday last fall Lassiter visited Tatum's home before game time Jim was dressing hurriedly As the coach slipped on a pair of trousers Lassiter in terrupted ''Good golly Jim" said Lassiter "You're so nervous you forgot to put on any undershorts" meant to dress just the way I did" said Tatum grabbing a hat and heading for the door "I forgot my shorts when we played Southern Cal out on the coast our third game We won I've dressed the same way ever we've not lost yet I'm not about to put on underwear until we lose a game" Could Poke Fun At Himself Too Jim could jibe at himself One of his favorite stories concerns a visit to New York during the spring He and a friend decided to get a rubdown at the Downtown Athletic Club Tatum and his companion were conversing on the rubdown table and the masseurs detected a Southern drawl The guests were asked if they were from the south and said yes North Carolina "North Carolina" said the masseur who was working on Tatum's friend "How about that silly Frank McGuire down there losing to Navy in the NCAA's?" ''Get off McGuire's back" snorted the other masseur slapping Sunny Jim's giant torso "That bum Tatum lost to State three year's in a row" Gear Breaking for late model stock cars with the largest purse ever paid-- 1100000 unless we have to make some unforeseen changes" The advertised $75000 purse for the Labor Day Southern 500 at Darlington will be the biggest sum ever of-red a stock car field to this year Among those present for this morning's ceremonies were Charles Crutchfield vice-president and general manager of Jefferson Standard Broadcasting Co who was announced as the newest member of the Speedway's board of directors Mitzi Minor Miss Charlotte Carolyn Melton Tobacco Queen and Miss Modified Racing: Con cord Mayor McCachern and several representatives of the Charlotte Chamber of Commerce and Charlotte Jaycees 4 4 I 5 0 "We're fighting for every inch" warned Manager Gene Verb le "We've got to We have the kind of club that has to battle for everything with nobody letting down if-we're going to win this thing "If the club holds together as it did tonight with everybody battling we can take the flag" Their win moved them within a game Pnd a half of the top FEATURE bout of the evening saw the Hornets kayo All Star hurler Bob Botz who had won 12 and lost 6 before the Hornets laid one on his chin Meeting with great favor was the scrap between Third Base BAWLERS VS SCRAWLERS The shoe will be on the other foot tonight when the guys who talk and write about base ball try to play it It's the annual Press vs Ha dio-TV baseball game at CHI Mb Park It starts at 7:30 The Hornets meet Jacksonville at 8 man Don Dantoni and Plate Umpire Ted Howe The favor turned to disfavor when Howe thumbed Dantoni from the game in the fourth inning Dantoni was called out on strikes He wheeled and with his face the color of borsht relieved himself of a few choice Staten Island quotations a slammed his batting helmet to the turf "Out!" bellowed Howe "Out!" Bob Tano took over THINGS remained relatively quiet until the eighth inning when with the Braves at bat and men on second and first Mannie Jiminez bounced to Shortstop Billy Springfield Juan Guzman flying from first to second slammed into Springfield as the shortstop tagged second and threw to first for the double play Springfield who later claimed Guzman had elbowed him unnecessarily in trying to break Up the double play bowed his back and bad a few words with Guzman Sandy Valdespino trotting in Continued on Page 58 TOOMIT TOOmIlY JR TOOMEY BROTHERS PLWAIVNG HEATING CONTRACTORS 724 WEST TREmONT AVE TILIVIONI ID 3-1241 CWARLOTT1 By 'MAX MUHLEMAN Charlotte News Sports Writer After two months of legal delay construction of Charlotte Motor Speedway began this morning with groundbreaking ceremonies on the 550-acre site which borders 29 some 10 miles north of the city President Curtis Turner expressed confidence that the one and one-half mile million-dollar race track deluxe would be ready for its inaugural event in spring of 1960 as originally announced "Legal difficulties encountered in the land purchase held up construction work two months" said Turner "but with that problem solved we'll be going wide-open with work until the track is complete" Turning the first official shovel of dirt was North Car olina Lieutenant Governor Luther Barnhardt of Concord 4010 6t 4 I 4 gtoi 1114 )11 z'- 4 30 St1 Lieutenant Governor lotte Motor Speedway as Smith and beauty queens 77' By DAVE MIES Associated Press Sports Writer DETROIT (R)--- Paul Richards a manager who does not specialize in praise recently said of Gene Wood ling: "Whether people realize it or not here is one of the finest hitters of our time" This was long before the 36- year-old Baltimore outfielder with the awkward stance beat the Detroit Tigers yesterday 5-2 by driving in all his teams runs with a grand-slam home run and a sin gle Richards likes the way Wood-ling battles a pitcher the way he meets the ball the way he comes through in the clutch WOODIANG having the finest year of his big league career that dates back to 1943 has batted across the Orioles' last nine runs and is making a strong bid for the American League batting crown Another of baseball's senior citizens grabbing the headlines away from the youngsters MAT SHOW POSTPONED Wet seats and the threat of rain caused Promoter Jim CrockeI to postpone his star-studded wrestling program at Memorial Stadium last night While thousands of grunt-'ngroan fans said they would be willing to brave the elements for a chance to see Duke Keomuka and Mr Moto face Larry Hamilton and The Great Bob the promoter nonetheless decided for a week's postponement "in the best Interest of all concerned" Crockett said the identical card would be staged next Monday "under the stars I hope" 1i ITO! Surveying Drafting Materials DUNCAN 'Avgl Print Photo PrInta PRINTMAKERS Storisiti FREE PARKING iromm11om10 mEnkumon 3 70i St Plt 10 4-13t1 Johnson Petty Bock Sunday GN Crowd Could Set Record lb IP 41 4 4 04 4' 1 2 I 'i If fair weather smiles on Char lotte's second 100-mile Grand Na tional in eight days this Sunday the Fairgrounds quite likely will pull the biggest crowd ever to watch a late model event here Reason: Junior Johnson and Lee Petty are coming 'sack Although both are top drivers ill their own right its not so much their talent which figures to pull throngs Sunday It's the simple fact that both men will be back on the same track which hosted a dramatic fender smashing duel In passing Johnson for the lead last Sunday Petty seemed to be a little too close and left the pride of Wilkes County spinning Junior retaliated a few laps Ip ter by helping Petty clear off the track in the third turn And besides Johnson and Petty over 25 other top drivers are expected 1 MID FFLER GLIAIVI fED ON Otiv(WN OU MUFFLERS IVOGO A A anuip 41117t2 MU LER SRO'S Mond! Pe: hreu ----moGrzrA tilW4 i)INILKINSON EX 431 4 114ftii s4 N) 4z4 4'1R 104 011 cI k44e 'P '444 opt- '6 '6 A0A A 2 4- HIGH-LEVEL LABOR FOR A SPEEDWAY Luther Barnhardt (center) breaks ground for Chin Speedway Officials Curtis Turner (left) and Bruton Mitzi Minor (2nd from left) and Carolyn Melton look on 10 In 1 1.