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THE CHRONICLE, Clinton, S. C., Sopt. 12, 1968—17 CLINTON TOUCHDOWN—Clinton's McCrary went 11 yards for the score. Mac McCrary (22) skirts end on his Chasing him is Georgetown’s 6-5, way to the Red Devils’ second touch- 216-pound tackle, Bill Shirer. down Friday night at Georgetown. Howe: Inexperience Showed Up In Opener “Our inexperience showed up. We couldn’t adjust to situations as well as we should,” Clinton Coach Claude Howe commented after his Red Devils lost 33-19 at Georgetown in the season’s opener Friday night. "We just got beat. They were better than we were Friday. They have an experienced ball club and they were quicker than we were. We were real slow. Some of that may be attributed to our inex perience in that we some times hesitated. Sometimes quickness comes with knowing exactly what to do. "I wasn’t too disappointed in our offense but I was disappoint ed in our defense. We were fooled too many times and we didn’t tackle well. Of course, their quarterback (Ricky Rowe) and tailback (Buck Odown) may have had something to do with our sloppy tackling. Both are good, smart runners.* Clinton, which lost all of its starters from last year’s team, was up against a team which had nine of the 1967 starters return ing. Concerning the upcoming Fri day game against Belton-Honea Path at Clinton, Howe said, “They pulled a mild upset last week when they beat Greer (7-0). They aren’t too big but they’ll be real quick. They have 28 seniors back from last year’s team and they’ll start ten seniors and a junior. “We are in fair physical con dition for the game. We didn’t get anyone seriously hurt in the Georgetown game.’ Georgetown to punt after two first downs. On Clinton’s first play from scrimmage, George town recovered a CHS fumble at the Red Devil 27. Six plays later, Buck Odom scored from the five with 4:49 remaining in the first quarter. Georgetown kicked off to Clin ton following the score and on the first play junior Bob Keller cracked over the left side of the line, shook off a linebacker and broke into the clear. He led his pursuers by about 15 yards on a 75-yard gallop to a touchdown. Johnny Thibodeau kicked the extra point and tW score was tied with 4:12 remaining in the first quarter. Georgetown intercepted a Clin ton pass at the 50 in the second quarter and Odom swept end for a touchdown from the 25 to put Georgetown ahead 14-7. With 7:33 remaining in the half, Georgetown Quarterback Ricky Rowe rolled out around right end for a 50-yard scoring jaunt, mak ing the score 20-7. Paced by Kel ler’s running, Clinton swept to Georgetown’s 11 before the end of the half but a fourth down pass fell incomplete there. Clinton took the second half kickoff and marched to George town’s one but the Gators held and took over. Three plays la ter, Captain Billy Hamer re covered a Georgetown fumble at the 11. Mac McCrary scored from the 10 to cut the margin to 20- 13. With 9:19 remaining in the game, Georgetown recovered a Red Devil fumble at the Clin ton 15. Two plays later, Rnwe scored from the 12 to give the Gators some breathing room, 27-13, with 8:05 remaining in the game. On Clinton’s first play from scrimmage after the Georgetown score, Odom inter cepted a Clinton pass and romped 25 yards for a touchdown to put the game out of reach, 33- 13, with 7:49 left. Clinton wouldn’t quit, however. Keller raced 35 yards for a first down at the Georgetown 20 and McCrary scored from the five with 4:12 left, making the final score 33-19. * * * 950 Attend Wcdter Johnson Club Event The annual Civic Club-Waiter Johnson Club barbeque was held Thursday, September 5, at Pres byterian College. About 950 peo ple were on hand for the occa sion, including Gov. Robert Mc Nair. While the crowd ate, the Clin ton High band entertained them with music then the Clinton High cheerleaders and the PC cheer leaders led the spectators in a few cheers. The PC football team was divided into four groups, consist ing of the offensive and defen sive linemen and the ends and backs, and the fans were invited to go out on the field and meet and talk to the players if they so desired. The football team then had an intra-squad scrimmage which served as the day’s practice ses sion. GAME REPORT Two Clinton fumbles and two pass interceptions led to four Georgetown touchdowns. Clinton kicked off and forced JOKERS ARE Will Pine cars. Neuberger & CO. 108 W. PttU St. for cards but not Because only sa/e drivers qualify for JEtna's Auto-Rite, the car insur ance with lower rates for good drivers. Maks sure you have a good deal If you’re a safe driver, call us today. ¥ NOTICE! Clyde "Curly" McGaha, formerly of Town TT Country, announces he has opened The City Barber Shop (OLD COOK’S SHOP) Broad Street Behind Swirl Shop HE INVITES ALL HIS FRIENDS AND CUSTOMERS TO Come See Him Open Monday-Saturday Mon.-Erl. 8-6:30 — Sat 7-6:30 PC Opens Saturday Vs. Quantko Here * __ * * « ♦ * Presbyterian College opens its 1968 football season Saturday- night against the Quantico Marine team, coached by former Univer sity of South Carolina great, King Dixon. Kick-off time is set for 7:30 p.m. Dixon, in his first year at the helm of the Marines, will tie try ing to improve on last season’s 2-8 showing, and he may have the horses to do it. Most of the Quantico team memt>ers played college football, at such colleges as the University <>f Southern California, Morehead State, the University of Illinois, Texas Tech, and Grambling College. Manning the fullback position for the Marines is Dennis Crow ley, a 6-2, 206 pound Morehead State graduate. Paul Sinke of Texas Tech and the Ottawa Rough Riders in the Canadian Football League, is running at halfback for the Marines, along with Bob Denham, of West Texas State. Jimmy Stotz, a 1966 graduate of Illinois, will do the kicking for the Marines. Stotz led the Illini in scoring in 1966. A pair of University of Wash ington linemen, Gunnar Hagen and Steve Hinds, man the guardposi- tions. Hagen won UPI lineman of the week honors twice at Wash ington for his play on defense. A former Southern Cal player, Rikki Aldridge, is expected to play tight end for the Marines. He started at flanker during the USC spring game. Ex-University of Virginia kick-off and punt return spe cialist, Tom Krebs, will be a key man on returns for Quantico. Krebs led the ACC in kick-off and punt returns while at Vir ginia. Clarence Harris, formerly of Grambling College, will start at middle linebacker. He was named the most valuable player at Grambling in 1964. The Presbyterian team should be ready for the Marine invasion, according to Head Coach Cally Gault. Gault reported that the starting backfield, consisting ■ f quarterback Bill Kirtland, half- hacks Dan Eckstein and Robert Hackle, and fullback Phil Rrad- ner, is in good shape and ready for action. To back these start ers up, Gault can call on Allen McNeill at quarterback, Pat Stog- ner, Stan Kemp, and Henry Sim mons at halfback, and Ronnie Jor dan at fullback. The offensive line, led by se cond team All-Starter Bob Mur ray, is in good shape physically. At the other quardposition is Jack Barnes, while Cary Fussell and Billy Bradshaw man the tackles. Phil Shroyer is back at cen ter, and Bobby McNair is at split end, while Bill Caldwell will t)e at tight end. Defensively, the Hose line will have Ed Paullingat middle guard, Raymond Smith and Shell Dula at tackles, and Andre Bruyere and Bobby Byard at linebacker. Both ends from last season, Johnny Bankhead and Dowl Thompson, are back and their experience should make them much stronger. The defensive secondary, a sore spot last season, hopes to lie much improved this year, with a healthy Dan Eckstein back in at one safety, while Elliott Boss is making a strong run for the other starting safety position. The cornerbacks are Ronnie Jor dan and Robert Hackle, both re turnees from last season. Star linebacker Jim Sullen- tierger is a doubtful starter for the game because ofa knee injury suffered m practice. Bell Street Drops Second Straight Game Bell Street’s Wildcats dropped their second straight football de cision last Friday night but Coach Willie Little was encouraged by the play J the defensive team. Bell Street lost 20-0 to Beck J Greenville but Coach Little said, ’’The score might not in dicate it but our defense was greatly impr ved "Ver the pre- vious week. However, "Ur offense c uldn’t do anything and there- f re i air defense was overworked. Wo couldn't keep ttie ball long enough to give the defense a rest. “We made some mistakes on defense but I t»elieve we were up against a stronger team ttian the previ us week.” Bell Street’s first two op ponents were both class AAA schools. This week, class A A Bell Street journeys to Bates- burg to take on Twin City, also class AA, in a Friday niglitgame. Bell Street threatened three times against Beck but couldn’t cash in. Grady Boyd blocked a punt inside the Beck 20 for one threat and Willie Priestly re covered a fumble inside the 20 but the Wildcats couldn’t con vert cither of the breaks. Coach Little said that Larry Burgess and Roosevelt Wilson played good defensive games and David Cheeks and Richard Scott turned in improved perform ances. :Thornwell Opens With 19-12 Win Over Ford « * ♦ BY MIKE SIMONS The powerful running of half back Craig Brock gave Thorn- well High a 19-12 victory over the Ford High Eagles in the sea son opener for both teams. Brock accounted for some 150 yards rushing, including a 46-yard touchdown run. Others scoring for Thornwell were Maynard Pierce on an 85 yard kick-off return and quar terback Jerry Watts on a 'ne yard plunge. Ford dominated the first quarter as Thornwell had only two plays from scrimmage. A pass interception and a fumtile gave Ford two unsuccessful cracks at the Thornwell goal line before Barker scored from the one with 25 seconds remaining in the quar ter. Thornwell then scored on a 48 yard drive, with Brock picking up most of the yardage in this series. Watts went in from the one with 8:30 remaining in the half. The PAT attempt failed. Ford kicked off to the Saints to start the second half, and Pierce gathered in the ball on his own 15 yard line and went 85'yards for another Thornwell TD. Brock’s run for the point after was successful, making it 13-6 with 11:46 in the thirdperiod. Ford made it 13-12 wheriBarker hit Calvert from 18 yards out with 2:10 left in the game. For the point after, Barker kept the ball and tried the left side of the line but was stopped short of the goal. After the score the Eagles tried an onside kick, but it went only six yards, and it was the Saints ball on their own 46. On the first play of the series, Brock broke off right tackle for 46 yards and a TD. The PAT attempt failed, with 1:56 left in the game. Looking ahead to this week’s game at Hickory Tavern, Friday, Crabtree commented that they lost to Lockhart, but that Hickory TAvern had some hard running backs and two really outstanding linebackers. I HOPE YOU HAVEN'T HEARD THIS ONE By Tom Plaxfco This football team was trailing three points in the last minutes of a crucial game. They received a fumble on ttiv iive-vard line and had the ball first and coal to go. ’The coach sent in play No. 4 over right tackle. After the dust settled, the officials placed the ball on the seven-yard line. He sent in plav No. 8 around left end After the scramble, the ball was on the ten-yard line He sent in play No 4 again. The ball wound up on the eleven-yard line The coach decided he couldn’t go through another loss and told the quarterback to run his own play. The coach was so upset he couldn’t even watch the play He turned his back and waited. Sud denly the stands erupted in shouting: his players picked him up and rode him off the field He asked "What happened?" He was told that the QB had run Play No. 13 and scored to win the game. In the locker room, he got his quarterback to the side and tore into him—"What in the world ever gave you the idea to run play No. 13 in this situation? I have drilled you all year that No. 13 is NEVER to be run in that area of the field." Said the QB—"W’ell, Coach, we had run No. 4 twice and No. 8 once and lost on all Chree plays 1 figured it was time to gamble, so I merely added 4 and 8 together and ran No. 13." The coach re torted. "Why you ignorant nut. You know 4 and 8 don’t make 13.” The Quarterback replied, "That’s what 1 mean, Coach. If 1 had been as smart as you, we would have lost the game." PLAXICO CHEVROLET. Inc. CLINTON, S. C ORDERPEDIC f TIPS FROM THE TOP—Two Clinton youngsters get some tips on passing from PC quarterback Bill Kirtland. 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