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I THE CHRONICLE, Clinton, S. C„ August 8. 1%8—7 Chronicle SPORTS PUT ME IN, COACH—Retired Corps Quartermaster Sergeant Boyce L. Roberson, 83, was on hand in full football regalia when Quantico Ma rine coach King Dixon of Laurens held tryouts recently. Roberson, who retired in 1926, offered his services as an end. Formal practice sessions for the 1968 Quantico team began July 29 as the Marines attempt to improve upon last season’s 2-8 rec ord. Roberson won’t be on the s q u a d. He isn’t on active duty. Quantico opens its season Sept. 14 at Presbyterian College. The game has been designated “Laurens County Night’’ and Dixon will be honored in special ceremonies. Owens Named North-South Game Official Truman Owens of Clinton lias been selected as the field judge for Friday night’s North-South All-Star Football Game in Col umbia. Owens’ selection gives him the unusual distinction of having offi ciated in the Carolinas’ top two all-star games within eight months. Owens was an official in last year’s Shrine Bowl Game which pits the South Carolina high school all-stars against the North Carolina stars. Selection for the all-star game is based on the officials’ rating and Owens this year moved up to second rank in the state. Owens, a Clinton CityCouncil- man, is beginning his seventh year as an football official. Clinton High School will be re presented in the game by Gary Campbell, a halfback who has signed a grant-in-aid to attend the University of South Carolina. Archery Hunt Season Set Archery deer hunts in Sumter National Forest near Clinton will be held Oct. 7-12, according to the schedule released this week by the South Carolina Wildlife Resources Dept. The bag will l>e two deer, either sex. Permits must be obtained prior to hunting and all bagged deer must be shown at check stations for weighing and measurements. They must be reported im mediately after being killed. Foreign steel makers sent more than 3.4 million net tons of steel mill products (valued at over $386 million) into the U.S. from January through March, 1968. ♦SPORTS FANS! * I BET YOU DIDN'T KNOW By Tom Plaxico Do you know how many major college football teams in the last 40 years have been able to go through a sea son unbeaten, untied and UN SCORED ON? . . .Onlythree teams have done it in all this time . . . They were Colgate in 1932, Duke in 1938 and Tennessee in 1939, and no team has been able to do it since then. Here’s an oddity. . . Foot- * ball is always referred to * as the “pigskin sport”, and * the football itself is often ♦ called the “pigskin" -- but, ^ did you know that footballs ^ aren’t made from pigskin« anymore! . . . Most foot- « balls today are made from * cowhide. * ♦ * * Which are the largest foot- M « ball stadiums in America? * * . . . Well, there are only * * three which can seat more * * than 100,000 people . . .Can* * you name all three? • • • * * They are the Rose Bowl in* * Pasadena, Calif. . .TheUni- ¥ ^ versity of Michigan Stadium ^ * in Ann Arbor, Mich. . . and,* « Municipal Stadium in Phila- * * delphia where the Army- * * Navy game is played. * * : * Charlie Wesson of # * Howard’s Pharmacy tells us* * one which tops our recent* * column about the pitcher who# * struck out 27 men in one# * baseball game. In 1950 he* * saw Billy Odell, who later* * was a star pitcher in the ma- ♦ * jors, pitch a game for New-* * berry High in which he struck J * out 28 men! That happened* * when the catcher dropped the* * 1st strike on one man, he* * reach first base, and Billy# * had to strike out one more.* * ♦ * * * * * * The 69 cars centainly will* * be priced higher because of* * new safety requirements, the * * recent wage contract signed* * by the steel workers etc. Why * * don’t you get yours now.* * You’ll never get a new car* * for this price again. ¥ « Plaxico Chevrolet * * 4M WEST MAIN ! Quantico Adds To Grid Staff Three Marine captains have been added to the 1968 football coaching staff at Quantico. All are former players here and are Vietnam veterans. Captains WoodyGilliland(West Texas State ’65), John Gutter (Rhode Island ’63), and Mike Parker (Arkansas ’64) join Ma jor King Dixon in handling the task of rebuilding gridiron hopes at Quantico. The Marines were 2-8 last year. Gilliland played high school ball in Sherman, Texas and was an end and linebacker in college. He played in the Sun Bowl in 1963 as West Texas edged Ohio University 21-19. He was named to the All-Texas collegiate team in 1964, his senior year. Gutter, from Jersey City, N.J., played high school football at St. Michael’s in Union City, N.J. and was a guard and linebacker at Rhode Island. Parker, of Hugo, Okla., co captained the 1963 Arkansas Razorbacks and played in the Sugar Bowl in 1962 and 1963. High School Football Practice Opens Monday Football practice opens Monday, Aug\ 12, at Clinton’s three hig-h schools. Clinton H i pr h School players will report at 7:15 a.m. Monday at the gymnasium. Head Coach Claude Howe said that all boys who plan to play varsity football are to report at that time and bring their football shoes. Practice at Thornwell High School will start at 7 a.m. Monday. The evening practice session will be at 7 p.m. Bell Street High School football candidates are to reix)rt at 4 p.m. Monday. ★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★ LL All-Stars To Play Today Gault Says PC Team ‘Exciting’ Presbyterian College this sea son will have one of its most exciting football teams since the Tangerine Bowl team of 1959, Head Coach Cally Gault told Clin ton Rotarians Tuesday. Gault said, “I don’t know how many games we’ll win but we’ll have a fine football squad and they should be exciting." He said the team generally is small but has good speed. The team’s major weaknesses appear to lie the lack of depth and “the very small size of the line.” Gault said the probably strength of the team is in the backfield which, he said, “has good speed and experience." He pointed out that the entire offen sive backfield returns and only one man was lost off the de fensive backfield. Gault praised senior halftark Dan Eckstelnandsaid,* I wouldn’t swap him for any lurk In the state." Gault said he has three r-’l quarterbacks in aem-r h"’ Kirtland, s«<>h"»<*re McNeill and no|>fo»«!*<re Poss. He said McNeill ta puefe ing Kirtland for the starti*f W'* although Kirtland hold* mho*mu* PC passing record*. He aald P<*#a probably also will a#e a lot of action on defense. Gault announced that the Waiter Johnson Club football jamboree will be held Sept. 5 and that more Information will be announced In the future. Gault was accompanied by line backer Jim Sullenberger, guard Bob Murray, tackle ShelDulaand junior guard Ed Paulllng, each of whom made brief addresses. BY JOHN BINGHAM YMCA Director This week ends the regular season for Small Fry, Little League, and Pony League, as well as playground. The Y.M.C.A. Pools will remain in operation through August 24, and close the day that school starts. The regular season schedule ended for the Small Fry and Little League Wednesday and, as a climax to the season, four all-star games will be played today, Thursday, August 8. Two games are slated for the Small Fry with the first place team, the Southwest, playing the all stars from the third and fourth place teams, Joanna and North west. The second place team, the Northeast, will play the all stars from the fifth and sixth place teams, Southeast and F ive Points. These games will begin at 4:30 p.m. At 5:30 p.m. the first place team in the Little League, Jo anna, will play the all-stars from the third and fourth place teams, Northeast and Southwest. The second place team, the South east, will play the all-stars from the fifth and sixth place teams, Northwest and Five Points. The first place team in the P'.ny league, Bailey, will play the all-stars from the rest of the teams to end the season Sat- ur'tsy afternoon, August 10, at 5 no p m. rm Tuesday, August 20, at 4 30 p.m. the players and r.from alt three youth dlvl- «!■■«»* will meet for the last time at the Pine Haven Park for a H'4 Is* Peed. Game results In the Youth haMbell Leagues last week show the S4>uthwest defeating the South east 9 to 3 and the Northwest downing Five Points 7 to 0 in games played In the Small Fry League on Monday, July 29. In games played In the Little League on Monday, the Southeast won over the Southwest 3 to 1 and the Northwest downed Five points 7 to 3. In games played on Wednesday last week the Southwest took Five Points 8 to 0 and the Northeast CLINTONIAN SETS RECORD—Clinton Contrac tor George A. Reid, third from left on first row, last week set a state record by catching the 75-]x>und sailfish shown above. Reid battled the sailfish for 45 minutes before landing it. The fish was 8T) inches long. The party, fishing aboard “The Mar Clemson Club Meets Wednesday Har” out of Georgetown, also caught dolphin and barracuda in the Gulf Streajm. Shown above, front row, left to right, are (’apt. Clamp, Charles Pitts, Reid. Alan Simmons, Lynn Cooper, Jr.: second row, the mate on the boat, Jim Bradford and Charlie (‘ooper. Bob Jones, a veteran of 37 years on the Clemson University football coaching staff, will lie a special guest Wednesday, Aug. 14, at the Laurens County Clemson Club dinner meeting. The meeting will tie held at 7 p.m. at the Laurens County Shrine Club on Lake Greenwood. A barbecue chicken dinner will be served. Tickets will lie $1.50 per person and may lie purchased in Clinton at Jim Goodman In surance Agency of McGee’s Drug Store. Tickets must lie purchased by Aug. 12. Incoming 'Clemson freshmen from Laurens County will lie spe cial guests of the club. Gene Willimon, assistant athletic director at Clemson, will present information on the 1968 IPTAY membership drive and will give a preview of Clemson athletics. Jones, defensive coach, will discuss the 1968 football team. A native of Starr, S.C., Jones is a graduate of Clemson and joined the football coaching staff in 1931, under head coach Jess Neely. He has been on the staff of seven Clemson bowl teams. WANTED Someone to lease College View Esso Service Station. EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY FOR A BUSINESS OF YOUR OWN. Low Investment — Reasonable Rent Contact— LAURENS OIL CO. 984-4269 984-4390 Fairview Rd., Laurens, S. C. downed the Joanna team 4 to 3 in Small Fry play. Games played in the Little League on Wednesday show the Southwest downed Five Points 11 to 1 and Joanna defeated the Northeast 6 to 0. In games played in the Small Fry League on Friday the North east downed the Southeast 5 to 2 and Joanna defeated the North west 10 to 2. In the Little League on F r iday, the Northeast won over the Southeast 4 to 3 and Joanna downed the Northwest 2 to 1. In the Pony League last Mon day, Bailey downed Lydia 15 to 3, on Tuesday the Northeast de feated the Southern team 8 to 0, on Wednesday Bailey downed the Southern team 9 to 8, and on Thursday the Northeast defeated Joanna 5 to 4. MEN’S SOFTBALL In the Adult Men’s Spftball BOB JONES League last Tuesday evening the Jaycees downed Rock Ridge Presbyterians 12 to 4 and in the second game of ttie evening Jo anna defeated Lydia 18 to 15. In games played on Thurs day evening Joanna won over Rock Ridge 11 to 4 and in the second game Lydia downed the Jaycees 8 to 7. The regular season ends on Tuesday with the Jaycees play ing Joanna in the 7:00 p.m, open er and the Lydia team taking on Rock Ridge in the 8:00p.m. game. The League will enter into a dou ble eliminationplay-offThursday with Joanna meeting the Jaycees in the 7:00 p.m. game and Lydia taking on Rock Ridge in the 8:00 p.m. game. RE-ELECT B. NOLAND SUDDETH Your Mayor Republican Candidate CITY ELECTION AUG. 13 s A.M.-7 P.M. 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