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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! *
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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*
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* 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.*
* ♦
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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.
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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.
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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.
YOUR VOTE
AND SUPPORT
WILL BE
APPRECIATED
WISE
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