Tarheel Tennis Titan Leads NC to Triumph Over Crimson

North Carolina's tennis star Vic Seixas turned in one of his many spectacular performances Tuesday when he led his fellow Tarheels to win over the Crimson. But unfortunately for Cambridge tennis enthusiasts, all-day rains forced his match off the Soldiers Feld courts and into Boston's Badminton and Tennis Club.

The lanky Tarheel number one man, whose severe, hard-smashing game has made him the seventh ranking national amateur player in the country, displayed all his brilliance as he whipped Crimson Captain Ted Bullard, 6-4, 6-3. He also had a hand in a later Carolina victory in the doubles.

Both Seixas' matches were treats of brilliance for the few onlookers at the indoor courts--in fact the Crimson tennis team probably won't meet his like for the rest of the season.

Seixas plays what is known as a "big game"--as opposed to the careful, reserved game of such defensive players as Bobby Riggs.

If Seixas' cannon-ball or looping-spin serves don't score aces, he quickly forces a crisis with his smashing forehand at the net. When he bangs an overhead shot more often than not it's the end of the point.

Vic, who graduates from North Carolina this June, won so many tournaments and upset so many stars last year that he is rated a threat to almost any player--amateur or professional--anywhere today. To add to his laurels, Seixas was presented with a good sports-manship medal last summer.