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Thurtday, January 7, THE TAR HEEL Page 4 BASKETBALL TEAM RECORD IS MADE BY RHODES AWARD IS WON BY COCKE Some outstanding men in the differ CAROLINA ATHLETIC RECORD OVER 37 YEAR PERIOD HIGH (Continued from pag on) associated with those agencies' which endeavor tq promote the ideals of Ca lina. He is a quiet, unassuming of fellow whom to know is to like, with no little pleasure that his frfo, learn of his appointment to one of tk! greatest honors that it is possible f0 an American student to achieve. The following Is the account, in patt that an Asheville newspaper carried con cerning the selection: In the life of most individuals ho win a Rhodes scholarship, the event marks an epoch, but to William J. Cocke of Asheville, who has recently been (Continued from pag on) College; F. L.

Tarketon, of Morrisville, from State College; C. C. Jernigan, of Durham, from Duke University J. Cocke, of Asheville, from the University of North Carolina; R. B.

Raney, of Raleigh, from the University of North Carolina; W. B. Pipkin, of from the University of North Carolina; 'J. F. Cooper, of Clinton, of the University of North Carolina George B.

Allen, of Durham, from Duke University and Ted. R. Ray, of Hen-edrsonville, from the University of Chicago. The State committee which determines the Rhodes Scholarship award is composed of: President H. W.

Chase, of the Universiey of North Carolina, chairman; President Hillyer, of Atlantic Christian College, secretary; Bryan Bo-lich, Winston-Salem; Harvey Brans-combe, Duke University, and C. P. Spruill, of the Jniversity of North Carolina. The last three named were all former Rhodes scholars at Oxford. Now In Law School.

The honored youg student is at present studying law in the University, He was graduated from the school of liberal arts here last year after leading the entire university in scholarship for four years. As an undergraduate he received the highest honors in the University. He was president of the Golden Fleece and of Phi Beta Kappa, the national scholarship fraternity. He is a member Of the Beta Tlieta Pi fraternity, also being a member of Sigma Upsilon, a literary fraternity, and the Gimghouls, another honorary organisation. During the earlier part of his college career he was winner of the inter-society freshman debate and of thesophomore inter-society debate.

He was chairman of the junior class executive committee, secretary and vice-president of the Dialectic Literary cociety, associate editor of the Carolina Magazine, and a member of the M. A. Cabinet One of the greatest honors possible for a student body to confer Upon a student was given him his senior year, he being called to the very high honor of president of the student body and In that capacity was president of the student council. There are a few men well known and so thoroughly liked on the Carolina campus as is William J. Cocke, His friends know him almost altogether as "BilL" For the past four years he has been one of the most popular men in campus activities, being at all times awaracu inui nonor, it is another incj.

dent in a career that since grammai .1 i lino 1 i o4.uiw unj. uccii urowaed witi scholastic attanment. The honor the highest attainable by American students, and was awarded the Asheville youtl over fifteen other North Carolina appl. cants from universities throughout thi United States and certified to the Norll Carolina selective committee, accordinj to announcement by President Franl Aydelete, of Swarthmore college, secretary of Rhodes trustees in America DEAN BRADSHAW TO TAKE LEAV1 (Continued from page one) dent welfare work. There is at presen only one other dean of students in th country on the list of about fifty fellow holding these fellowships, this being Den J.

R. Dyer of the University of Kanst The leave of absence granted to Mi Bradshaw for the winter and sprin quarters of this year will most probabl be the only one which he will be able secure, and he expects to do any furth study which he considers necessary dm ing the summer. While Mr. Bradshv is on leave during the rest of this yea the work of his office will be under tt direction of Professor H. Pattersoi Dean of the School of Applied Scienc The routine of the office will be carrie on, in the main, by its present staff.

In preparation for his leave Dea Bradshaw has already worked out tl plans for most of the work for whic the office will be responsible during tl coming year, such, for instance, as Fres) man Week next year, administration i the student loan funds, and co-operatic with student activities and student fices. Mr. T. 25, was assignj from Schenectady works to the Lyr works of the General Electric Compar where he is engaged in special trainin in street lighting. PLAYS SATURDAY (Continued from pag ship after going through the season without a defeat.

Dodderer again starred at center last year, apd when the Tar Heels won their second successive Southern title he was one of the three chosen for All-Southern. Coming under the old four year conference rule, he will be eligible for yet another year after this. Cobb has played two seasons and was chosen All-Southern forward at the close of each. He was captain of the Tar Heel quint last year. Cobb received his prep school training at Woodberry Forest and starred on the 1923 freshman quint at Carolina.

During the 1924 season he, was the scoring ace of a team that included such stars as Cart Carmichael and Monk McDonald. He led the scorers in the Southern Conference tournament at Atlanta and was chosen for an All-Southern position that year. Last, season he was handicapped by bolls and blood poison early in the year, but he struck his old stride near the close of the schedule and again was high scorer of the-Atlanta tournament, leading Ellis Henican, of Tulane, by four points. Devin played a consistent game at guard all last season, and at the Atlanta tournament his work was of the sensational order. In the final game, when Carolina defeated the Tulane Greens for the Conference title, Devin's play was oneof the features.

He was the only guard who was able to stay with Ellis Henican, Tulane's elusive forward. 1 Devin played prep school basketball with Cobb at Woodberry Forest, and broke into intercollegiate competition along Cobb on the ,1924 Tar Heel Southern Champions. He got bis chance that year after Captain Wint Green suffered an injury that kept him out of most of the games at the close of the season. Devin stepped in as substitute and filled the place in creditable manner, playing up to the calibre of ball shown by Monk McDonald, his running mate at the other guard. Last season he played better ball than ever and, with Dodderer and Cobb, was chosen for the All-Southern five.

Miss Mayre Sawyer of Poplar Branch, N. and former student at Duke University, has entered the School of Public Welfare In the University of North Carolina. A retired business man 76 years old has entered the University of Boston as a freshman. i EXTENSION DIVISION (Continued from pag on) 65 per cent, made, by the University of Chicago. Officials of the Extension Division naturally feel gratified over this record of achievement, fro they believe it speaks well for the efficiency of the organization.

It is said that commer cial correspondence schools receive often less than 10 per cent completions from their students. Other information made public, shows that the ages of those taking correspondence courses with the University range from 17 to 67 years. The leading occupation represented among the students is that of school teaching. Other occupations are listed as follows: ministers, farmers, housekeepers, office workers, book-keepers, musicians, stenographers, salesmen (bacteriologists, clerks, supervisors, principals jind superintendents of schools, post office clerks, statisticians, civil engineers, and chatauqua managers. Some are working for credit toward teachers' certificates, some for credit toward Bachelors' degrees, and some do not apply for credit Practically every county in North Carolina is represented, and a number of students from other states are enrolled.

According to Miss Mary L. Cobb, in charge of the Bureau of Correspondence Instruction, the most popular courses were those in Education and English, while History, French, Spanish, Latin, Music, Psychology, Sociology, Economics, Mathematics, Geology, and Com merce also come in for heavy registrations. One student who has just finished a course under Prof. A- Howell, of the University faculty, wrote Miss Cobb the following letter: "This course in English cl has great ly benefited me by developing two characteristics persistence and self confidence, which I lacked. I feel that any man or woman, young or old, who starts and completes a thorough course tlirnufrh eorresnondence wins a.

victory of more value to him than the mere knowledge gained from the course. The study habit is likely to be acquired, and that will exclude other habits that are idle and worse. "It is time that the public should know more of these courses, for It is my opinion that they are here to stay. "My correspondence; work has not been a labor, but a real joy, for it hat satisfied my ambition. Being advanced in years, I am past the age of frivolity and have worked simply for the purpose of improving my powers of expression.

The work was intensly Individual "Another point In favor of the correspondence work is that it enables a person to use all of his or her spare time and regulate his or her own progress. It forces much writing, which, according to Lord Bacon, tends to exactness." LAW SCHOOL HAS 27 STATE BAR CANDIDATES (Continued from pag one) past few years at the local law school, The following students who will take the bar examination are now registered in the University law school or have at one time or another studied here: Nathaniel E. Aydelett, Elizabeth City. Ernest L. Briggs, Burnsville.

John Peacock Brown, Crossmorc. Lionel M. Buchanan, Norfolk, Va. Randolph S. Coyner, Chapel Hill.

John P. Caravan, Chapel Hill. Daisy S. Cooper, Oxford. Philip C.

Cocke, Asheville. Claudius II. Dearman, Furnesburg. John T. Davenport, Sanford.

Thomas W. Costen, Gatesville. Brandon P. Hodges, Asheville. A.

Telfair Horton, Raleigh. Thomas P. Jimison, Charlotte. Stephen E. W.

Kinney, Windsor. Edward B. Lucas, Wilson. Hugh G. Mitchell, Statesville.

Joseph U. Moore, Fayetteville. John R. Owens, Marine. George E.

Perkins, Bill more. Carl W. Pridgen, ffr, Lumberton. Sam J. Pegram, Asheville.

Robert W. Proctor, Lumberton. Gilbert A. Shaw, Fayetteville. Charles A.

Thornton, Chapel Hill. John F. White, Edenton. Thomas J. Warren, Hurdle Mills.

NEW PLANT FOR LAUNDRY READY (Continued from pag n) see, with the exception of the boiler room, each and every operation in the entire plant. An American Vento Dry ing Tumbler costing $4,310 has been in stalled. All of the machines are arranged with the idea of saving time and energy for the employes and hence mon ey for the University. And yet we have enough space to add exactly double the number of machines of all kinds under the existing shed." are Poindexter, Shirley Waters, Zack Waters, and Motsinger. The last two are back this year.

Boxing should be put on a more sound basis this year, for a regular coach will put full time on the sport for the first time. Crayton Rowe, one of the best amateur boxers in the state, will instruct the Carolina mitmen this season. ent positions on the teams since 1889 are Homewood ('16), Gregory ('98), and Howell ('98), on the ends Storey ('06), Foust ('02), and Matthews ('24), at tackle; Collier ('94), Guion ('94), and Pritchard ('22, at the guards; Tandy ('16) and Blount ('22) at the pivot position; Jacocks ('03) and McDonald ('23) at quarter; Stephens ('95), Carpenter (04) and "Red" Johnson ('22), at the halfbacks; and Abernathy ('05) and Merritt ('24) at fullback. Record In Basketball Basketball is one of the younger sports at Carolina. The popular winter indoor game was introduced at the University in 1911, and since that time the Tar Heels have carried their colors to the very pinnacle of Southern basketball.

It is a long jump from" February 3, 1911, when Carolina lost her first game of basketball to the Virginia Christian College, to that night last March when the Tar Heels defeated the Tulane Greenbacks by the score of 36 to 28 in the final game of the Southern Confer ence tournament and won their third southern title over a span of four years. The first southern title was brought to the "Hill" in 1922 when Green, Perry, rose like a comet across the southern rose likea comet across the southern basketball firmament, playing 12 games in 13 nights 'In their final dash to the top of the heap. The 1923 season saw the Tar-Heels lost only one game, but that defeat cost them their title. However, they came back in 1924 and 1925 and recaptured the crown. During a fourteen-year period the Carolina -quints have won nearlytwice as many games as they have lost, capturing 217 victories while suffering HI defeats for a winning average of .661.

Some outstanding players have been Cobb 026), Perry f), and "Meb" Long ('14), at forward; "Cart" Carmi- chael ('23) and Dodderer ('26), at cen ter; and Hanby 020), McDonald ('23), and Tennent ('16) at guard. Thirty-three Years In Baseball Baseball was first introduced as an intercollegiate sport in 1892, with the Tar Heels winning two games and los ing one. The game then was much rougher than now, for the players did not have as good equipment in those days." Dr. F. P.

Venable tells of catching a game without a mitt or mask. Of the 33 seasons that the University has been putting out a baseball team, the 1922 season is generally conceded to be the best During that campaign the Tar Heels won 19 games out of 21 played. They beat Virginia three straight games by shutout scores. Manly Lewellyn, captain of the 1922 team, is also credited with one of the best records ever hung up by a Carolina pitcher, winning 24 games and losing only three during his career in a Tar Heel uniform. Carolina baseball teams have played 289 games, winning 171 and losing 103.

The remaining 15 games resulted in tie scores. This record gives the Tar Heels a winning average of .591. An- all-star Carolina team or the 33- year period, picked by men who have seen all of the teams in action, includes the following players: Stephens ('92), Lawson ('00) and Lewellyn ('22), pitchers; Woodall- ('15), now catching for the Detroit Tigers, catcher; Shirley ('23) first base; Gregory ('93), second base; Stanley ('97), shortstop; James ('06), third base; McKee ('98), left field; Robertson ('94), center field; and Graham ('01), right field. Track Average Is Highest Although the University had a varsity track team prior to 1910, there were few outstanding men developed until Nat Cartmell started his program that year. After he left three years later the cinder path game went down, but Coach Bob Fetzer had produced some of the best runners in the South during his sojourn here, and Carolina ranks among the leaders in the South in track today.

Since the revival of the sport in 1910 the Tar Heels have entered 57 meets, winning first place in 40, second place in 10, third once and worse than third six tunes. The first places won gives the University speedsters an average of .702 for the 15 years, the highest winning percentage of any sport. The teams have won 12 state championships during the 15 seasons; The most outstanding men have all come -in the last two or three years. Bell, Purser and Ranson have shown the way to the distance men; Jonas, Coxe and Edwards have led the middle distance runners; Moore, McPherson and Sinclair have led the dash men and hurd- dlers; while Abernathy and the Fordham brothers have led in weights. Records In Other This story deals only with the four so-called major sports, but the Tar Heels have also done well in the other branches of athletics.

Tennis and wrestling are letter sports, and boxing will probably be so recqgnized soon. The Carolina racketeers have made some good records on the past few years. in Vdi they won both the State and Southern titles and defeated Lafayette ana Lehigh in thi North. The 1925 team was also strong. Coxe, Bruton, Jernl- gan, Soloman, Whltaker and Fuller are the best men in the tennis ranking of the last five years.

The wrestling teams have produced several outstanding men, among whom year previous but resigned to engage in the practice of law. Mr. Woollen im mediately set out to do two things to arrange the most attractive schedules possible and to place the athletic asso ciation upon a sound financial basis. Dur ing the 15 years that have followed he has done both these things, and done them so remarkably well that there is no longer any lack of definiteness about University athletic policies. During these years there have come to the institu tion better schedules, bigger attendance at games, better coaches' and better equipment, to mention only the high spots, and along with these have dome an additional prestige and influence resulting from the wise administration of athletic affairs and active participation in the Southern Conference and other organizations with visions looking always for the highest standards In scholarship as well as athletics.

The records show that under the management of Mr. Wool len athletics here took an upward turn and have never changed their course. Five Years Under Fetzers The University's most successful years in athletics, taking all sports into consideration, have been the last five, under the coaching administration of Bob and Bill Fetzer. During this five-year period the Tar Heels have won 15 out of 22 state championships. They have won three Southern titles in basketball and one in tennis, both of these sports being handled without a coach or by a sub coach.

They have sent "Mule" Shirley to the World Championship baseball team, and harve sent Holt Moore to the semi-finals of the Olympic try-outs In track. First Football In South The University participated in the first intercollegiate football game in the, South. It was with Trinity in the fall of 1888. The teams played under the old rugby rules. Trinity won.

The game was purely exhibitional and was played with the veiw to giving publicity to the North Carolina Intercollegiate Football Association that was then being organized. Representatives from the leading institutions of the state viewed the game and met that night in the old Yarbor- ough house in Raleigh and organised, the association. The first game under asso ciation rules was between Carolina and Wake Forest It was played in the fall of 1899 and Carolina won 33 to 0. That was the first official game in the South. 'The Tar Heels were coached by Hector Cowan, a former Princeton tackle, and captained by Steve Bragaw.

The first outstanding team produced by the University was the 1892 outfit, captained by Mike Hoke, and numbering among its members such prominent men as Hon. Walter Murphy, Dr. M. Gibbs, Judge J. Crawford Biggs, the late Professor -Charles Bas- kervilles and Judge W.

A. Devin. This "Wonder Team" of other days ended its career with a 26 to 0 victory over the Virginia Cavaliers in Atlanta and thus brought back the title of "Southern Champions." The Tar Heels that year scored 196 points to their opponents' 30 in sue games. Some Outstanding Gaines In 1905 the Tar Heels won from Vir ginia in Norfolk by the score of 17 to 0, going into the gamed doped to lose by several touchdowns and coming out with the second highest score ever run up against the Cavaliers. Roy Abernathy, Carolina fullback, was picked by Staf fer of Pennsylvania for his AH-Ameri- can team at the close of that season.

The Carolina football teams meandered through their schedules for the next few years with varying degrees of success. The 1914 team ran up a string oi weven straight wins, but lost to Vlr ginia in the annual Thanksgiving clas sic. That year saw the Tar Heels run up scores or 41 to 6 against Georgia, 48 to 0 against South Carolina and 10 to 9 against Vanderbilt The 1916 team, with Captain "Yank" Tandy, Raby" Tennent and Bill Fol- ger playmg brilliantly, won from Virginia for the first time in eleven vm BUI Folger's 62-yard run countetd for the winning touchdown. Captain Tandy was picked by the Spaulding committee as the most outstanding center in Amer ica that season. Victories from Virginia and N.

C. State in 1919 marked the next successful campaign after the war. "Runt" I-owe, quarterback, featured In nearly every game that year. In 1921 Bob and Bill Fetzer took over the coaching and built the foundation for that "Wonder Team of 1922," the team that lost only one game of its schedule and that to Yale by an 18 to 0 score, winning the South Atlantic title and a high ranking In the South. Since the beginning of the Fetzer re gime the Tar Heels have never had a team to fail completely.

They have beaten Virginia twice, tied her once, and lost once. The teams since 1920 have numbered on their rosters such stars as "Runt" Lowe, "Monk" McDonald, "Red" Johnson, Grady Pritchard, Bill Blount and the Morris brothers. Summing up briefly, Tar Heel football teams have played 248 games in the past 36 years. Of this number they have won 143, lost 84 and tied 21. It is an enviable record.

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