North Carolina at Wake Forest

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  Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 11, 1963, page 31

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  Student Editorial Hints to Hickey 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 considcred 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 beginning tomorrow

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Officially, North Carolina leads 74–⁠37–⁠2; as played, 71–⁠34–⁠2 in the 107 games on file; the official count covers all 113 meetings, counting the 52 since this game.