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Plays Host To Newberry THE CHRONICLE, Clinton, S. C., June fi, 1968—7 Legion Team Opens Monday Clinton’s American Legion team will open its regular sea son Monday night, playing host to Newberry at the Clinton Mill Park. The game is to start at 8 p.m. The Clinton team has an ex hibition game tonight at Spartan burg and will play host to Greer Friday night, starting at 7:30. Clinton Coaches Sam Owens and Rudolph Hamrich plan to start Tommy Elrod on the mound in the opener against Newberry. A veteran of three years of American Legion play, Elrod is a 165-pound righthander from Whitmire. Owens said Elrod is expected to be the key performer ort the pitching staff. Other pitchers for Clinton areSteve Bailey of Wood ruff, Tommy Motes ofMountville and Steve Horn of Ford. Horn is an outfielder-pitcher. Owens said that while Clinton has at least three capable start ing pitchers, the team lacks pit ching depth. “We need a few more pitchers," he said, “If nothing else, we need a couple of good relievers. I be lieve pitching is going to be the key. We can field a good start ing nine. We appear to be strong in hitting and defense but out pitching depth is a problem." Clinton originally was sche duled to draw players from Union and several Union players were with the Clinton team for its first exhibition game. However, $ Chronicle SPORTS CHS AWARD WINNERS—Shown above are athletes who won top awards recently at the Clinton High School spring sports ban quet. They are, first row, left to right, Andy Young, highest free throw percentage; Bobby Rey nold, Most Valuable Baketball Player, highest field goal percent age and most rebounds; Mary Wham, Most Valuable Forward in girls’ basketball; Kay Caldwell, Most Valuable Guard; Steve Gra dy, Most Valuable Baseball Play er; second row, Gary Campbell, Most Valuable in Track; Matthew King, Most Valuable JV Basket ball Player; Chris Adair, Most Valuable Tennis Player.—(Photo by Bill Quarles) Union decided to field its own team this season and Clinton lost five pitchers and at least three outstanding hitters. In five exhibition games thus far, Clinton has a 2-3 record. Clinton split games with Wade Hampton and Greenville and lost another game to Inman. Clinton has nine players back from last year’s team which had a 9-6 record and finished second in the district. Elrod is the only returning starting pitcher. Other returnees are leftfielder Stan Elrod; second baseman Charlie Leaman; first baseman Barry Whitman; third baseman Grady Brewer; catcher- outfielder Randy Godfrey; out- Junior Golf Toumament Is Scheduled The first annual Clinton Area Junior Golf Tournament is sche-r duled June 20 - 21 on the Lake side Country Club course. The tournament is sponsored by the Clinton Jaycees and is for boys who will not reach their 18th birthday by Sept. 1 Entry deadline for the 36-hole tournament is June 14. Anyone wishing to enter the tournament should contact Joe Foster at Industrial Supply Co. in Clinton. The tournament is for boys who reside in the Clinton-Joanna area. The top two players in the tournament will lie eligible to participate in the state junior tournament July 8-10 in Gaffney. There is no entry fee but players will tie required to pay the green fee. Trophies will tie awarded to the winners. SPORTS FANS! I SET YOU DIDN'T KNOW By Tom Plaxico Here’s a baseball riddle you can have some fun with . . . How can a team get three triples and three singles in one inning, and still not score a run? . . . Answer: First two men triple and are out at the plate trying for an inside- ;he-park homer . . . Next man triples and stays at third . . Next two men get infield singles with the runner holding third . . . Last man smacks a ground ball that hits runner going from first to second . . . Batter gets credit for a hit, but runner is out, i making three triples, three I singles, three outs . . . and no runs. I Jaycees Sponsor Tennis Tourney The Clinton Jaycees will spon sor a Junior Boys Tennis Tour nament June 24-25-26 on the Clinton High School Tennis Courts. The first annual tournament will be divided into three classes—two novice classes and an open class. The first novice class will be for boys who did not reach their 17th birthday by Jan. 1, 1968. The second novice class is for boys who did not reach their 19th birthday by Jan 1. The open class is for boys who did not reach their 19th birthday by Jan. 1 and who have participated in any state tournament previously. The entry fee will be $2 for novice classes and $3 for the open class. Entry forms may be obtained from the Clinton YMCA or The Jewel Box Store in downtown Clinton. The entry forms must be returned by June 18. Winners in each class will be eligible to participate in the State Junior Tournament July 18-20 at Clemson University. Leonard Price is Jaycee pro ject chairman for the tournament. Did you know there used ■ to be big league baseball I teams with the nicknames ■ of “Spiders”, “Bees”, and i “Blue Jays” ... Do you I know \vhich teams had these names? . . . “Spi- i ders” was the early nick- I name for Cleveland’s team . . . The Braves were | known as “Bees” in the I 1930’s . . And the Phillies changed their name to I “Blue Jays” at one time in | the 1940’s. * * * Do you have any idea I what was the smallest city . ever to have a big league I baseball team? . • • An- I swer is Troy, N. Y. . . . . Troy was in the National I League from 1879 to 1882. • • • Mr. J. Ferdinand Jacobs, retired advertising execu- live of our city, was a I member of PC’s first and I second football teams — . 1914 and 1915. He also was I a catcher for the baseball I team and an excellent ten- . nis player. He maintained I his interest in tennis and I played it regularlv f o r . many years, retiring his I racket only when his son, » Ferd, Jr., was able to best ■ him in this fine sport. • • • The auto manufacturers I in the U. S. employed last 1 year 800,300 workers The i wholesale value of the au- I ♦o output last year was * 9.2 billion doUars. From hese figures, you can see hat the auto industry is eally a vital part of this lation’s economy. YMCA Baseball Teams Practice Haxico Chevrolet l 400 WEST MAIN BY JOHN BINGHAM YMCA Director All Small Fry, Little League, and Pony League teams are fast being organized and are under way with practice. All coaches have been secured and if every thing goes as planned, scheduled games will stairt next week. The first session of Boy’s Day Camp is filling up fast and it is hoped that by the end of this week the limit of sixty boys will be reached. AU parents in terested in sending their boys to Day Camp should register them as soon as possible. AU swimming personnel have been secured and cleaning of the pools has been underway for more than a week. The pools wiU open Monday, June 10. Registration for swimming classes wiU take place at both pools Monday and Tues day, June 10th and Uth at 9:30 a.m. to U:30 a. m. Instruction wiU begin Wednesday morning June 12th. The first session of instruc tion will run through July 19 and the second session of instruction wiU begin July 22 and end Aug ust 21. Instruction wiU not be given the week of July 4th, but the pools wiU remain open for the entire week for recreational swimming. Adult Instruction classes wiU be given during the evening if enough people are interested- AU in terested parties should caU the Y.M.C.A. and make their wishes known. for Coogress fielder Ricky Lollis; outfielder- pitcher Steve Owens; and out fielder A1 Webb. Owens said Leaman, Tommy Elrod and A. J. Cox are capable of hitting the ball a long way. He said Stan Elrod is “a scrappy hitter. He’ll get on base more than most of the others." Clinton is in a league with Greenwood, Newberry and Ware Shoals. Owens believes Greenwood again is the team to beat and rates Newberry as “an unknown factor." Newberry is coached by former major league pitcher Billy O’Dell who says he has five good starting pitchers. —Net □ DON'T /found If You Can't Trade With Cooper ... You Just Can't Trade! 1964 CHEVY IMPALA 4-Dr. Hdtp. Equipped with V-8 en gine, A. T., P. S. Beautiful dark blue with matching interior. 1967 DODGE POLARA 4-Dr. Sedan. Light Blue with matching blue Vinyl interior. Fac tory air, PS, PB, Auto. Trans., Radio, Heater, New Tires. 11,000 actual miles . . . new in every way. 1965 DODGE CORONET Convertible . . . Yellow with black top . . . Auto, transmission with Console, radio, heater . . . Here just in time for summer. 1964 DODGE POLARA 4-Dr. Hdtp. White with red inte rior. V-8, A. T., P. S. A real nice car. 1967 MUSTANG V-8 engine, 3-speed manual trans. R., H., low mileage. 1966 CORONET 500 2-Dr. Hardtop . . . Gold, with black Vinyl roof . . . Auto. Trans., buck et seats'and Console, Radio, Heal er, PS, 383 4BBC Engine. 1966 OLDS 442 Hardtop Coupe. 4-gpeed trans. Dark blue. Just the car for the young at heart. OFFICE SUPPLIES THE CHRONICLE TELEPHONE 833-0541 GARY LANEY Laney Named All-Southern Gary Laney of Clinton has t>een named to second team on the All- Southern Conference baseball se lection. Laney, a sophomore at Furman University, batted .382 for the Paladins who finished second in their division. Laney played rightfied for l ur- man. He holds the Clinton High School batting average record, hitting .703 during his senior year at CHS. 1964 MERCURY MARAUDER 2-Dr. Hardtop . . . Tan, with white roof and black interior . . . Local one-owner . . . Auto. Trans., PS. PB, Radio, Heater. 1965 OLDS DELTA 4-Dr. Hdtp. Fully equipped, in cluding factory air. Buy this one and enjoy the hot weather. FISHING SPECIAL! 1955 Plymouth, 6 cyl., A. T. Priced only $75. 1966 MERCURY CAPRI 2-Dr. Hardtop . . . Red. with black interior . . . Auto. Trans. . . . Good Tires. 1966 CORONET 440 2-Dr. Har !top . . . Bright red. w it I black Vinyl interior . . . Auto. 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