The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, December 22, 1949, Image 15
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Thursday, December 22, 1949
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-SPORTS-
By DONNY WILDER
The P. C. Blue Hose closed shop
for the Christmas holidays with a
victory over Piedmont textile team
here last Thursday night. Clinton
high hopped into vacation time last
Friday night with their ga^ne with
Greenwood.
Big Ed Thompson Improves
The Presbyterian Blue Hoses’ tall,
lanky center, “Big Ed” Thompson
began showing the improvement
which was predicted for him by
coach Claude Crocker as he racked
up 26 points in the first game with
Piedmont and hit the basket for 12
more tallies in the second encount
er.
“Big Ed” pulled some bungles in
the first few games at the outset of
the season but slowly began acquir
ing the finis of an expert pivot man.
Although he had been a little slow
about taking the rebounds from the ;
backboard he is now in there with |
the best of them and is still expect
ed to show more improvement.
Thompson has become one of the
fans favorites and is quickly equal
izing himself with the standout
Groninger.
P. C. Racks Up Two After Losing
Two
Winning and losing seems to come
in streaks for the basketeers from
P. C. since they won their first three
tilts, lost the next two and won the
remaining two.
After losing two tough games to
Clemson and Pelzer the Blue Hose
got back on the winning road with
two victories over a classy textile
team from Piedmont.
Piedmont, who kept the Hosemen
.on their toes with expert baU hand
ling and disciplined team work, al
lowed themselves to be out shot and
out foxed by the scrappy boys from
Presbyterian college.
Groninger racked up 14 points for
P. C., Hawkins shot 13 and tall Kay
Hill swished the net for 12 dividends.
All this fine shooting totaled up to
a 67 to 56 victory for the blue team.
This victory brought their season’s
rtcord thus far to five wins and two
unmentionables.
Hoseman Take To Court Against
Mercer After Holidays
The first encounter for the blue
It am after the Christmas holidays
will be against Mercer University
The sparkling colors in
t^ese Wings shirts are
brimming with vim, vigor
and vitality. And the
soft, luxury fabrics set
them off to fine advan
tage. Priced aweet and
low, you’ll be glad to
know —another thing we
like about Winga.
SUMEREL’S
DEPT. STORE
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on the night of January 13.
Following the Mercer tilt on the
14 of January is a battle with Fur
man University.
Then comes the big game in
which the Bronze Derby, which is
now in the possesion of Newberry,
will be placed on the block waiting
for the victor to take into the halls
of their school. Newberry took the!
Bronze Derby for winning the last
athletic encounter of 'the teams,
football. This game will be played
at eight o’clock on the night of Jan
uary 19.
Thornwell Given $80,000 Gym
This time the Thornwell orphan
age has out done the local high
school by way of having a new, mod
ern gym given to them by Mr. Hart-
ness of Spartanburg.
This gym is said to cost $80,000 but;
Mr. Hartness faid that if it can’t be!
done for this amount to spare no ex- j
penses. Looks as though he means i
for Thornwell to get their gym no
matter what.
The gym will probably seat around
800 people. You can get some idea
of its size when you consider the
Presbyterian courts hold only 600
people. i
Thornwell has a boys team and a
girls team this year and can expect
to hold o^to this sport since their
new gym may be ready for a tilt
before the season has. dwindled into
baseball season.
High School Splits Games With
Union
j The Clinton high school boys rack-
; ed up their first win in two starts J
by downing a stubborn Union! five!
by the close margin of 26 to 25.
.The teams were evenly matched,
in the rough and tumble game with
both teams gaining a lead in the
different quarters. Clinton was out
front by a 19 to 9 score at the half
time whistle but by the time the
third quarter could come to a close
Union had collected a 19 to 16 lead
of their own.
The basketeers began to tighten
down and rushed every play during
the last quarter since they were
afraid time would catch them with
their score down.
Clinton tied the game up with two!
points by Curley Braswell mid way
between the fourth quarter and the
Union went ahead and Clinton tied
it up, etc.
This went on until the final min- |
ute of play when Union grabbed a
one point lead over the Red Devils.
Truman Owens shot two points for
Clinton putting his team out from
by a 26 to 25 margin and Curley
Braswell took care of the rest by
ruling the rebounds off the Union
back boards. The game ended with
Clinton holding this margin and al
so the basketball.
Truman Owens, who fouled out
with only 30 seconds left to play was
“big gun” of the night by swishing
the net for eleven tallies.
The Clinton girls did not fair so
well as they were dropped by a 16
to 22 count from the Union girls, i
Mary Ellen Cannon totaled nine
points over the route o the game to!
push Union’s star forward, with 12}
points, for high scoring honors of
the night. Tot Anderson accounted
for five and Sara Hollingsworth shot
in the remaining two points for the
Red Devils.
Central Carolina Leaders Meet
The leaders of the Central Caro-
( lina baseball league met with rep
resentatives of the four teams, i
Watts, Riverdale, Ware Shoals, and
Clinton in Ware Shoals last Wednes
day to discuss the rules and maybe
some changes for the league in the
coming season.
It was voted that Joanna would
be admitted as the fifth team in the
league if a fifth team is admitted'
And a fifth team will probably be
admitted since a good many of the j
fans last year complained that what;
the league needed to pep it up was
some fresh blood.
If Joanna is admitted it will prob
ably be loaded for the big kill since
they already have several coveted;
players under their wing. Johnny
Moore is No. 1 on their list of out
standing talent, right now. Moore
is athletic director of Joanna mills, j
THE CHIMES OF CHRISTMAS
EVE
The chimes ring out on Christmas
Eve,
So clear and sweet across the snow.
In m>stic music they retrieve
The memories fond of long ago.
They chime of hallowed Bethlehem,
When angel heralds of the King
Sang peace, while from Jerusalem,
The star-led Wise-men tribute bring.
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They chime of saintly souls of old
Who cherished Truth o’er all beside,
Disdaining pleasure, ease and gold,
They lived for Christ, for Him they
died.
They chime of Christmas Eves to be,
When borne on wings of angel song.
[Good Will and Peace shall make
men free
And Right shall rise supreme o’er
Wrong.
—Selected.
Dr. A. D. Salter
Announces the opening of
his office for the practice of
General Dentistry
In the offices formerly oc
cupied by Dr. F. F. Hicks.
East Carolina Ave.
Phone 153
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-MERRY CHRISTMAS
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FROM “DAN” AND HIS EMPLOYEES
Once again we welcome the Christmas season.
Gratefully we acknowledge the patronage and courte
sies you have extended us these past twelve months,
and we know of no better time to express our appre
ciation than on this, the happiest occasion of them all.
May Christmas hold for you and yours all the good
things possible.
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