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§.C. &, 1M8 10th Hoseman Honored PC's Eckstein All-American DAH ECKSTElt UJ-Americaa Almost foar years a^o, a Pres byterian College assistant coach saw Dan Eckstem trot off a high school baseball field in time to participate in a track meet. Although Eckstem was only a Jwiior in high school in Atlanta, Ga,, the coach, Jimmy Vickers, saw that he was potentially an oatstanding athlete. Visits to the P.C. campus fol lowed and Eckstein like what be saw. He turned down a foot ball scholarship to Wheaton Col- te** in Chicago, 111., and a track •cbolarship to Georgia Tech to attend P.C. Today, he’s P.C.’s first Small College All-Ameri can in eight years. Eckstein was named to the Associated Press’ Small College All-American first team as a defensive back this week. It also was announced that Eckstein had been named Carolinas Con ference ‘Back of The Year.’ Eckstem and Sonny Wade, Emory L Henry quarterback. Chronicle SPORTS BOMS GET EEBOUND - Prwbyte- terUn’s George Dickerson (33) and Jim Kiser (31) go up for rebound against Newberry Friday night in Tip-Off Tournament at Wofford. Other PC players shown are Woody Carter (20) and Dave Hudson (66). Newberry rallied in the final two minutes for a 69-60 victory. Tourney Opener Pleases PC Basketball Coach Presbyterian College Basket s’ ball Coach Herb Robinson was c pleased with his team’s showing ? in the Tip-Off Tournament at ■ Spartanburg last weekend. •C ; H thought we played tw9 tre- l mehdous games. We played a fine ^ galae against Newberry, aMhough we- lost, and we kept our polls < and played well in winning oww Wofford. We played the way ee : have to play, with discipline,aadl «< was pleased with our showing. ^ “A couple of boys were play- *' in^^he ir first collegiate game and ; dM-very weU.' V 1 Presbyterian lost to Newberry . 69-40 on Friday night and then ; came back to dump Wofford 53- SO and capture third place in the f tournament on Saturday night 6 NsUterly beat Erskine 66-57 oo 4 ^btarday night to win the tourna- c ; ^Although we lost to Newberry, 5 we forced them to play our game * and' we stuck in there with them ^ until right at the end. They have experienced, talented ball . If you run with them, they’ll you,’ Robinson said. Newberry, Presby- trailed only 33-32 at half- alter being down by as much . as D points during the first halt i The Indians outscored PC 7-0 in A the final two minutes to put the b game away. DANNY YARBOROUGH OFFICE SUPPLIES THE CHRONICLE TELEPHONE 833-6641 were the only two Southern play ers to be named to the All- American squad. Head Coach Cally Gault com mented, ‘Dan is not only a player who has produced for four years for us, he has been consistently good in practices as well as in games. It’s not a question of be ing brilliant in one game and ot in another. He’s been consistently great I don’t know of anyone in the history of P.C. who has clocked more playing time than Dan. Gault, Eckstein Take State Coach, Player Honors Presoyterian C "liege Head Football Coach Cally Gault to day was named South Carolina Collegiate ‘Coach A the Year’ f r the third time in the past sue years. It also was learned that P.C. Halfback Dan Eckstein has been named ‘Player of the Year* in South Carolina. Concerning his honor, Coach Gault said, “Of course, we’re al ways pleased with such an honor. Hcwever, I feel this is a com pliment to our entire staff, par ticularly the assistant coaches. 1 have been unusually fortunate in having capable, loyal people to work with.” Gault, who came to his alma mater as head coach in 1963, also was named South Carolina Coach of the Year in 1964 and 1966. A native of Greenville who built state championship teams at North Augusta High School prior to coming to P.C., Gault now has a 36-28 record at P.C. In his first year with the Blue Hose, he had a 3-6-1 record. He followed that with 5-5 in both 1964 and 1965, had a 6-4 mark in 1966 and posted a 5-4-1 re cord in 1967. The 7-4 record in the recent ly completed season was his best this season and the only winning mark posted by South Carolina collegiate teams this season. CHS Hosts Belton-HP On Friday Clinton High School’s basket ball team opens its home sche dule Friday night, playing host to Belton-Honea Path. The junior varsity game wiL start at 7 p.m., to be followed by the varsity game. Clinton opened its schedule at Laurens Tuesday night The remainder of the schedule: DECEMBER - 10, Laurens here; 13, at Belton-Honea Path; 17, at Newberry; 26-30, Chester Invitational Tournament. JANUARY - 3, at York; 16, at Woodruff; 10, Union here; 21 Newberry Here; 24, at Lower Richland; 28, Woodruff here; 31 at Chester. FEBRUARY - 4, at Lexington; 7, Chester here; 11, York here; 14, Lower Richland here; 18, at Union; 21, Lexington here. All games feature double- headers with the JV game start ing at 7 p.m. except at Chester Jan. 31 when the JV game will start at 5:30 p.m. *Of course, he had some real fine teammates. We had u un usual senior group and he hap pened to be the one who was singled out, and deservedly so. However, it could have been Bill Kirtland or Bob Hackle.” Gault also said, ‘Dan has been a wonderful representative of the school. This week, he was guest of honor at a Pop W’araer bowl game in Florida and was the main speaker at a church there on Sun day. Eckstein is the 10th PC player to be named to the Small Col lege All-American team. Others are Tackle Billy Ogden (1960); Ogden as a guard and halfback Bobby Pate (1959); Guard Lu ther Sbealy (1954); End Joe Kir- vin (1952); Tackle Bose Weir (1949); Quarterback Hank Caver (1946); Guard Andy Cavanus (1945); End Jack Adams (1943). ATTAWAY, HADAWAY—Preebyterian Coflege’s Wayne H&daway (20), a freshman from Atlanta, Ga., skirts end for a gain against Newberry.— (Photo by Dan Yarborough) Gault Says Consistency Was Key To 74 Record Four P.C. Players Named To All-District ford, Hudson was the leading scorer with 19. Yarborough con tributed 15 and Donny Kuhn, a- •otber freshman from Spartan burg’s 4A state championship team of last season, hit 12. Kuhn hit three crucial free throws in the fading seconds to preserve the Blue Hose win over the Terriers. Yarborough was named to the All-Tournament team, alongwith Newberry’s John Smith, Charles Kllroy and Mike Jenkins and Er- sklne’s Bill Yates. Presbyterian College placed four players on the All-NAIA Dis trict 6 football squad, including one unanimous selection. Dan Eckstein, PC’s offensive and defensive star, was^a unan- imous selection as a defensive back. The only other unanimous pick was Appalachian State eno Bob Agle. Other PC players named to the 24-man all-star squad are Cap tain Charlie Reid, a tackle, on the offensive team; Shell Dula, defensive tackle; and Bob Hackle, Ime backer. All four P.C. players are seniors. Eckstein is a 178-pound er from Atlanta, Ga. while Reid (210) is from Greenville. Dula is a 230-pounder from Laurens and Hackle, who weighs 205 pounds, is from Winnsboro. Colleges and universities in NAIA District 6 include Appa lachian State, Emory A Henry, Wofford, Western Carolina, S.C. State, Newberry and Allen Uni versity. Here is the offensive all district unit: Ends - Agle, Appalachian State and Donnie Pruitt, Emory 4 Henry. Interior linemen - Jim Price, Wofford; John Thomas, Appala chian; Joe Kearse, Western Carolina; Charlie Reid, Presby terian and Fred Selfe, Emory 4 Henry. Backs - Jackie Roten, Appa lachian; David Lomax, Western Carolina; Pat Murphy, Appala chian; Sonny Wade, Emory 4 Hen ry; Larry Bales,Emory4 Henry; Ted Phelps, Wofford. The defensive unit Ends - Bruce Johnson, Wofford and Joe Love, Western Carolina. Interior linemen - Jewel Rhea, Emory 4 Henry; Sidney Allred, Wofford; Shell Dula, Presby terian, and Jim Barnes, Appa lachian. Linebackers - Bob Hackle, Presbyterian and David Neeld, Appalachian. Secondary - Eckstein, Presby terian, Willie Ham, South Caro lina State and Dave Richardson, Appalachian. Consistency was the key to Presbyterian College’s 74 re cord and a share of the Caro linas Conference football champ ionship, according to HeadCoaeb Cally Gault. The Blue Hose completed their season last Thursday by bomb ing Newberry 42-7 in the tra ditional ThanksgivingDayBronse Derby battle. The conference win left PC with a 5-1 conference mark, the same as Lenoir Rhyne with whoa the Hose share the league champ ionship. Coach Gault said, “We were always optimistic about this sea son, sometimes maybe we were too optimistic, but we felt all along that we’d have a pretty good season. “We had thought that last yeai would be our year but we had so many injuries." “This year, we consistently played good football. We were a little slack on offense at the start of the season but we played consistently overall. The boys had a good attitude in practice. They didn’t go to extremes. We opened with a win and then had two losses but we didn’t pan ic. We came back with good games against good teams, Wofford and Elon.” “Our only bad game was a- gainst Appalachian, a very good team. The cold, wet weather seemed to have an adverse af fect on us although it didn’t bother Appalachian.” “Three of our four losses were to teams ranked in the top 22 among the nation’s small col leges. I still think we deserved to win the Furman game but that doesn’t change anything.” “We will lose some fine sen iors (13) this year but we try to prepare for that. Our big question now is how many non- seniors we’ll lose between now and next season because of acade mics, service or lack of money.” Against Newberry, P.C. rolled up a 28-0 halftime edge and in general dominated the game. All-American Dan Eckstein Hose Dump Western; At Lenoir Rhyne Tonight t i Freshman Danny Yarborough $o( Spartanburg paced the PC v* scorers with IB points, mostly on ^a jump shot from the back of the *I«U circle. Dave Hudson pumped : in 13 points and Gaarga Dicker- ; son hit K). On Saturday night against Wof- Presbyterian College’s bas ketball team opened a tough three-game set this week with a 78-51 win over Western Caro lina. The Blue Hose played host to Catawba Wednesday night and Is at Lenoir Rhyne in Hickory, N.C., tonight, Thursday. PC Coach Herb Robinson called this week’s PC schedule, “the toughest small college schedule in the nation. Hitting Western Carolina, Catawba and Lenoir Rhyne in the same week is tough,” he said. A 15-point spurt opening the second half paced PC over West ern Carolina. Danny Yarborough led the spree with eight points, mostly on driving layups. At halftime, PC was leading 24- 22 but the Hose quickly widened the gap in the second half. Yarborough finished the night with 26 points. Chuck Baker, a sophomore from Kershaw, con tributed 14 points. Next week, the Blue Hose have two games scheduled. They play at Belmont Abbey in Belmont, N.C., on Tuesday and will be at home to Pfeiffer on Thursday, Dec, 12. Hunt Areas Open To Public Some 26,000 acres of West Ylrglnia Pulp and Paper Com pany’s Piedmont woodlands -- easily accessible from Green wood, Spartanburg, Columbia or Gmanville -- has been opened to public hunting on a permit- only basis. Westvaco hunting permits for the Lowcountry or Coastal Plain will not be available this sea- COACH GAULT •eorao twice, once oo a 14-yard pass from Bill Kirtland and then on an exciting 88-yard punt re turn. Kirtland sneaked over from the one for another PC score. Defensive back Elliott Poss, a sophomore, intercepted a pass and went 26 yards for a PC touchdown. Fullback Phil Brad- ner scored twice, on a seven- yard run and on a 16-yard pass from Allen McNeilL William G. Sheppard of Sum merville, Westvaco’s Southern Woodlands Manager, said per mits and maps of the Piedmont area involved may be applied for by enclosing $5 in cash or money order with a self-ad dressed, stamped envelope and South Carolina hunting license number to West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company, Timber- lands Division, Box 699, Sum merville, S.C. 29483. Local, state and federal laws apply and all hunters are bound by these laws and regulations. PCS YARBOROUGH FIRES JUMPER ... He hit 26 points WHOOPING IT UP—P.C. fans give the Blue Hose a standing ovation as they widen the margin of victory Monday night against Western Caro lina.—(Photos by Jerry Holland) DICKERSON HITS—Presbyterian's George Dick erson (33) races in for a lay-up in win over Western Carolina. P.C. players at right are Dave Hudson (55) and Pannv Yarborough (44).