The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, February 20, 1969, Image 7
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PC At Pfeiffer
Hosts Wofford
Saturday;
On Monday
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Coming off their best offen
sive show of the season, the Pres
byterian College Blue Hose were
scheduled to play at Western Ca
rolina Wednesday night in an
important Carolina Conference
basketball game.
The Hose had to win at Wes
tern to stay in the running for
a spot in the Carolina Confer
ence Tournament.
PC plays at Pfeiffer Satur
day night. The Hose had to
whip Western and Pfeiffer to
be assured of a tournament berth.
The PC-Pfeiffer game origin
ally was scheduled Monday night
but was postponed because of
snow and rescheduled for Satur
day night.
On Monday night, PC plays host
to Wofford in the final scheduled
game of the season. The PC-
Wofford game Monday night is
to start at 7:30 p.m.
PC raised its overall record
to 7-16 last Friday night with
a 98-71 victory over Mars Hill,
avenging an earlier defeat at the
hands of the Lions.
Dave Hudson led PC’s scoring
with 21 points, followed close
ly by freshman Danny Yarborough
who had 20 points. Freshman
Donnie Kuhn pumped in 14 and
sophomore Dave Kerchner con
tributed 12 as PC had four play
ers hitting double figures.
Mars Hill jumped into a 5-0
lead but PC came back for a
10-point margin, 38-28, by half
time. In the second half, the
hot Hose scored 60 points to
Mars Hill’s 43.
JUNIOR LEAGUE
Charisma? Grubar Has It
Charisma is a word nobody ever heard of until
some enterprising political writer applied it to the
Kennedy brothers, and subsequently to any other
public figure who could attract voters on his looks
and personality notwithstanding his views.
It has a rather vague
meaning s i m i 1 a r to
“virus” which is a term
the doctor uses when
he wishes to convey
certainty when he has
no idea of your ailment.
But charisma does ex
ist, and is not limited
to political figures. Ball
players have it too.
Dick Grubar of the
University of North
C a r o I i na basketball
team seems to have a
generous supply of it.
His excellence as an
athlete is beyond ques
tion, andas I have
known him for four
years he is a pleasing
young man of average temperament and intelligence
whose inclinations and interests are closely parellel
to other young men of his age and association. But
ne attracts an interest which is almost unique in
atheltics.
★ ★ ★
Stirs The Female Emotions
He is, of course, given admiration and acclaim
which his court performance merits from the un
counted thousands of Tar Heel partisans of the
male persuasion. But when it comes to the distaff
side, Grubar stirs the female emotions to a stormy
pitch which seemingly is not dissipated by age
at either end of the spectrum.
Old./ mm WhfVd WiWf'&tfrI-Hw on.,
his own age want to marry him, and the younger
sub-teeners just want to squeal around him and
get his autograph.
The phenomena is inexplicable, but
demonstrable realistic. For instance, at a recent
appearance of the North Carolina team in Charlotte,
when Grubar left the Coliseum by the players’
entrance he was immediately surrounded by a
screaming hoard of girls who were thrusting
autograph pads at him and asking all sorts of
personal questions.
Finally, one of them asked him if he would
lean over so she could kiss him on the cheek.
He complied, and then there was a stampede of
others seeking to duplicate the oscillatory feat.
Without some budgetary allocation it is im
possible to supply the demand for pictures of Gru
bar.
He, himself, receives innumerable requests, the
public relations office at Chapel Hill has quit trying
to send them out, and even I, in my office, have
a form letter which we send out to girls who
want a photograph of Grubar.
★ ★ ★
Bigger Than A Tackle
There is a prevailing notion about the boy
that he is “little,” and, therefore, cute. Far be
it from me to debate the probabilities of Dick’s
being chte, but claims that he is “little” are simply
absurd.
He is larger, for instance than Larry Miller,
and at six feet, four inches tall, is considerably
larger, and for the most part stronger built, than
any member of the University of North Carolina
football team.
Contrasting such giant specimens as Rusty
Clark, Bill Bunting, and Lee Dedmond, Grubar
is indeed, “little,” but the usual man in the street
will find himself looking up to talk to the native
of upper New York State.
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Grubar Can Write His Own Ticket
On a recent televisiorl program, I was talking
with Dick Grubar about his plans for the futurq
after his college days are done. He would, of course,
like a shot at professional basketball, but he is
realistic enough to know his possibilities are not
encouraging.
He then said he would like a business careor,
possibly as a stock broker. Head Coach Dean Smith
then received no less than 14 calls from brokerage
firms, all of which would like to hire Grubar when
he gets his diploma, and none of which ever met
him personally.
Charisma?
You better believe it, and if he’s smart, he
can marry a rich girl, start out at a high salary,
and zoom to a continuing success similar to the
one he has always enjoyed.
The only difference is that he has worked
tirelessly and sacrificially for years to become a
basketball player, and now he can be almost
anything else he likes just by nodding his head,
or perhaps by mailing < ' - r
YMCA Basketball
Leagues
BY JOHN BINGHAM
YMCA Director
All teams of the YMCA League
were active last week, playing
a full slate of scheduled games.
SMALL FRY LEAGUE
The Small Fry League played
their scheduled games at the
National Guard Armory last Mon
day, February 10. The League
leading Red Skins met the War
riors and were downedby a score
of 9 to 6. Saunders led the scor
ing for the winning Warriors with
5 points. Gault was high for the
losers with 4 points.
In the second game, the Pis
tons defeated the Bullets to gain
a first place tie for first place
in the standings. The final score:
Pistons 17, Bullets 1. Shealy
led the scoring for the Pistons
with 9 points. Nelson scored
the one point for the Bullets.
The standings show a tie for
first place between the Pistons
and Red Skins with 6 wins and
3 losses each. The Bullets and
Warriors also are tied for third
and fourth place with 3 wins and
6 losses each.
CADET LEAGUE
On Thursday, February 13, the
Cadets met at the National Guard
Armory, playing two scheduled
games. The Bullets were never
behind and defeated 26 to 6.
Wessinger and Baldwin led the
scoring for the Bullets with 8
points each. Koon was high for
Joanna with 4 points.
In the second game, the Red
A major league baseball coach
says Little League baseball
serves a good purpose, as long
as the emphasis is on fun for the
youngsters.
Vern Benson, third base coach
for the Cincinnati Reds, said,
“Little League baseball pro
grams are good where they are
run for the pleasure of the kids.
However, I have seen situations
where there was too much empha
sis on winning. In fact, I think
the pressure to win has driven
some youngsters away from
baseball.’
Active
Skins downed the Pistons in a verj
close and hard fought game 16
to 15. Owens paced the scoring
the the Red Skins with 8 points.
Meadors and McGee were high
for the Pistons with 4 points
each.
Wins by the Bullets and Red
Skins kept the two teams tied
for first place in the standings
with 6 wins and one loss each.
The Pistons hold hown third place
with 3 wins and 4 losses. Jo
anna is in last place.
Scheduled games for this
Thursday, February 20, have the
Pistons going against the Bul
lets at 3:30 and Joanna takes on
the Red Skins at 4:30.
MEN’S LEAGUE
On Thursday evening the Men’s
Adult League played their sche
duled games at the Armory with
Turrington meeting the League
leading Has-Beens in the first
game at 7:00.
The Has-Beens were never be
hind during the game and downed
Torrington 74 to 57. Roach led
the scoring for the Has-Beens
with 23 points. Price was high
for Torrington with a game high
of 25 points.
In the second game, the Jay-
cees beat Joanna 48 to 46, in
a game that was decided in the
last five seconds of regulation
play. Pointer hit a 25 footer
with only 5 seconds left. Point
er led the scoring for the Jay-
cees with 22 points. Stockman
was highfor Joanna with 15 points.
Benson was interview at Pres
byterian College where he offi
ciated the PC-EIon game re
cently.
He said, “Little League has
had a great deal to do with the
improvement we've seen in major
league pitching.”
Asked what effect tie thinks
lowering of the pitching mound
will have next season, he replied,
“Ttie new mound will primarily
affect the overhand pitchers. Tt
won’t make any difference to the
sidearm pitchers, like Ted Aber
nathy.”
On Saturday, February 15, the
Junior League played their sche
duled game at the High School
Gym. The League leading Cel
tics met the Lions in the first
game at 9:30 and kept up their
perfect record by winning 47 to
32. Hammett was high scorer
for the Celtics with 19 points.
Young was high for the Lions
with 15 points.
In the second game the Lakers
downed the War-Hawks 27 to 22.
Windsor led the scoring for the
Lakers with 13 points. Petty and
Saunders were high for the War-
Hawks with 7 points each.
Standings show the Celtics in
first place with 5 wins and no
losses. The Lakers are in se
cond place with 3 wins and 2
losses. The Lions holddown third
place with 2 wins and 3 losses.
The War Hawks are in last place
with 5 losses.
SENIOR LEAGUE
On Saturday afternoon the Sen
ior Boys League met at the High
School Gym to play their sche
duled games. In the first game,
the Lakers downed the Red Dev
ils with 9 points.
In the second game, the Globe
Trotters defeated the Celtics 53
to 35. Powers led the scoring
for the Trotters with Ir points.
Prater was high for the Celtics
with 9 points.
Standings show a first place
tie between the Celtics and Globe
Trotters with 4 wins and one loss
each. The Lakers are in third
place with 2 wins and 3 losses.
The Red Devils are in last place
with no wins and 5 losses.
CADETS IN TOURNAMENT
The Boys Cadet All-Stars will
travel to Anderson Friday, Feb.
21, to participate in the YMCA
Carolinas Western District
Tournament. YMCA’sinthe
Tournament will include Green
ville, Spartanburg, Canton, Eas-
ly, as well as Clinton. The win
ners and runner-up will repre
sent the Western District in the
Carolinas Tournament to be
played at High Point, N.C. Par
ings for the District Play are
now being drawn.
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A Pacific white-side porpoise,
or lag, has been exhibited at
Marineland of Florida since 1967.
Although this attractively marked
mammal often feeds on ancho
vies in its natural waters, at
Marineland it is fed the same blue
runner and herring diet as its
Atlantic cousins.
Major League Coach
Discusses Little League
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SANDRA and SUSAN, youngest members of the
RUMI’Y FAMILY, will team with Brothers and Dad
in a poweitul series of antirs that run the gauntlet
from absolute effort to just plain nonsense. This
group is one of the eight act stage and water show
which will be presented at the Sportsmen’s, Boat,
t amping and Vacation Show of South Carolina in
Greenville’s Memorial Auditorium. March 4-9.
t-A Tournament
Opens At PC
Next Tuesday
The 1-A Conference basketball
tournament will open at Presby
terian College Tuesday after
noon.
are pre-tournament favorites
while Gray Court-Owings’ boys
and the McCormick boys are ex
pected to battle for the boys’
The tournament will start with
a girls’ game at 2 p.m. Tues
day. There will be six games
(three boys’ games, three girls’
games) on Tuesday, six more on
Wednesday, four on Thursday and
four on Friday before the final
two games nn Saturday, March 1.
crown.
Other teams which will par
ticipate are Thornwell, Calhoun
Falls, Hickory Tavern, Ford,
Lockhart, JonesvIUe', South Car
olina School for the Deaf, Town-
ville, Dacusville and Tamassee-
Salem.
CHS Completes
Slate At Home
Friday Night
Clinton High School’s varsity
basketball team will close out
its regular schedule Friday night,
playing host to Lexington.
The Red Devils visited Union
Wednesday night. The game
originally was scheduled for
Tuesday night but was postponed
because of snow.
Clinton went into the Union
game with a 5-7 Eastern Con
ference record and 7-9 overall.
Wins in the final two games would
give the Red Devils an even split
on the season.
Clinton, Chester, Lexington,
and York all are scrapping for
third and fourth place in the final
conference standings. Lower
Richland has wrapped up the re
gular season championship and
Newberry probably will wind up
in second place.
The Eastern Conference Tour
nament opens Monday at Union
High School but the pairings won’t
be set up until Saturday. The first
day’s play will include two boys’
games and a girls’ game, open
ing with the girls’ game at 5:30.
The tournament will continue
through Friday, Feb. 28, when the
championship finals will be held.
In previous meetings this sea
son, Clinton defeated Union and
lost to Lexington in overtime at
Lexington.
* * *
It isn’t just a coincidence
that most fuses blow out at
night This is the time when
the heaviest load is on the
house’s electrical system
To avoid shuffling around
in the dark looking for re
placements, keep spare
fuses on top of or next to
the fuse box It also pays
to keep a flashlight handy
Replacing fuses in the dark
can be risky.
be drawn Wednesday afternoon.
The Thornwell girls are 10-6
and the boys are 8-8 with only
a game at Lockhart Friday night
remaining on the schedule.
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Officials for the tournament
are Truman Owens, Jimmy Bras
well, Leo Fisher and Carlisle
Bryant.
The Gray Court-Owings girls Tournament pairings were to
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