The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, March 06, 1969, Image 7
THE CHRONICLE, Clinton, S. C., March 6, 1969—7-A
The ACC Tournament
Ole Everett Case who elevated basketball from
the doldrums of the 40’s to the dizzy heights of
the 60’s used to say there ain’t but three games
in a basketball season that amount to anything:
The three in the tournament which determines the
Atlantic Coast Conference championship.
Over the years, as one team and another assum
ed dominance of the league, the cries have switched
from campus to campus of how unfair it is to
name a titleholder on a three-day marathon.
The winners are always crying that they are
being hornswaggled, and the losers are saying the
tournament keeps interest alive and all the teams
hustling.
In the early days, the conference needed the
money, and, inasmuch as all net proceeds from
the tournament go into the ACC coffers, the schools
were tickled pink to keep the three-day title
determination lest they might have to ante up
some loot to cover a conference deficit.
In later years, however, the ACC has become
so bloated and rich from bowl money, TV proceeds,
as well as the tournament booty, that finances
are no longer a consideration. Now it is a matter
of maintaining one of the premier events of the
year.
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Tickets Next To Impossible
Unfortunately, the tournament has become mor
of a social gathering for the elite than an event
where the average spectator can go and get his
jollies. If you don’t come up with a minimum
of $500 contribution to the athletic scholarship fund
of one of the schools, you haven’t got a chance
to buy a ticket.
The freeloaders, with all the sportwriters and
radio and television people in the vanguard, have
been reduced to one ticket per outlet for one wife.
Then, if you act nicely, you can buy two more,
and that’s all, except for the actual tickets for
working reporters. Every paper from the Pud-
dleberg Weekly Splash to the metropolitan dailies
seeks space, and many of them are turned down.
The players are deadly serious about winning,
the coaches are under staggering pressure, and
the school administrations struggle manfully to
assuage all the injured feelings among the faithful
who couldn't get a ticket.
Dissident student groups, dedicated to making
as much trouble about as many issues (real and con
trived) as possible, are moaning that basketball
must be given back to the students
What these fuzzy cheeked and fuzzy thinking
morons fail to recognize is that without the sugar
daddies who dig up the scratch to pay for
scholarships, basketball would still be back where
it was when Case arrived in Raleigh.
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Currie's Pick: UNC
So, here we go again into ACC tournament
week. Like the State Fair, it gets bigger and better
every year. I have carried my other suit and
a clean shirt all over the country trying to grub
a dollar out of the dirt covering sports for 30
years, and nowhere is there anything as noisy,
as gaudy, as extravagant, and as ferociously con
tested.
To change it would be n sin of major pro
portions. Too many of the magnificent traditions
of the age have been scrapped because some college
administrator, adle-pated professor, or bookworm
student has somehow lost his ability to enjoy himself
and have fun.
Thank heaven the ACC basketball tournament
has endured and flourished, and hopefully it will
be around forever.
Who’s gonna win?
South Carolina is sensational. Duke is a sleeper,
W'ake Forest a dark horse, and State a ponderous
giant, but when it’s all over, Dean Smith and
the Tar Heels will be making their travel ar
rangements for College Park, Maryland, and the
NCAA Regionals.
Reid Named
Most Valuable
Charlie Reid, co-captain of the
1968 Presbyterian College foot
ball team, was named most valu
able player on the PC team which
tied for the CarolinasConference
football championship last sea
son.
Reid, a senior tackle from
Greenville, was honored Tues
day night, Feb. 25, at PC’s Foot
ball Conference Championship
banquet in the PC dining hall.
Reid was selected for the honor
by his teammates.
Dr. Fred Chapman, academic
dean at PC, and Col. Ben Ivey,
bead of the Military Science
Dept, were given special awards
for * their contribution to the bet
terment of the athletic program
and to young people at PC.”
CHARLIE REID
Awards were presented to 32
lettermen and five trainers and
managers.
New CHS Coach Stresses
Execution And Alertness
Clinton High School’s new foot
ball coach sees football as “only
a part of the total school ex
perience* but believes ‘it’s the
closest thing a high school stu
dent has to real life.*
Keith Richardson, who was
named last week to succeed
Claude Howe as head coach of
the CHS Red Devils next sea
son, said, “We will attempt to get
across to the boys the point that
football is only a part of the to
tal school experience. We
wouldn’t have football if it weren’t
for the academic side and we
certainly won’t stress football
over academics. If we did, it
would defeat the whole purpose."
He said, “We do expect those
who participate to give it just as
good an effort in football as they
do in the classroom. We will try
to use football to teach them re
spect for rules and discipline.
This is important during this par-
Hose Sign
Five Grid
Prospects
Presbyterian College has
signed five young men to foot
ball scholarships thus far.
The Blue Hose coaching staff
has signed three players from
South Carolina and two from
Georgia.
They are:
Quarterback Johnny Glymph,
5-10, 170 pounds, and linebacker
Wayne Thompson, 5-11, 185
pounds, both from Wade Hampton
High School in Greenville; quar
terback Wayne Renwick, 6-1, 175
pounds, from Winnsboro; center-
linebacker Tom Thrasher, 6-1,
190 pounds, from Atlanta, Ga.;
halfback Johnny Jeselnik 5-10,
170 pounds, from Sylvania, Ga.
Head Coach Gaily Gault com
mented, “We think we’ve signed
some fine boys. Now we’re look
ing primarily for linemen and
ends.”
PC Coach
Is Pleased
With Scrimmage
Presbyterian College’s foot
ball team held their first big
scrimmage Friday and Coach
Cally Gault was pleased with the
showing.
The Blue Hose scrimmaged
Newberry, after only five days
of spring practice.
Gault said, “I thought the boys
looked pretty good, considering
the fact that we had only five
days of work behind us. Right
now, I’m encouraged. If we can
keep all of these boys in school,
we might do alright next season.’
Gault and his staff will put the
Hose through their paces for
three days a week before taking
a break for spring holidays. After
the holidays, the Hose will drill
for about three more weeks,
making 20 to 25 days of spring
practice.
Lowest reading at Clem son is
a minus 7, recorded in Febru
ary, 1899.
ticular stage in their lives.
“We hope to show them that
by cooperating and working to
gether as a group, success can
come."
Concerning the actual perfor
mance of the football team, Rich
ardson said, “We will stress ex
ecution and being mentally alert.
We don’t know exactly what of
fensive formation or defensive a-
lignment we will use but, what
ever it is, we will stress execu
tion and alertness. This covers
fundamentals. And you have to
want to play the game. Your mind
has to be just as ready as your
body.
“We’ll be in just as good phy
sical condition as anybody we
play.’
Richardson says he has no pre
conceived notions about the
talents of the boys who will be
returning for next year’s team.
“I know a little about the per
sonnel but that’s primarily from
studying films last season, get
ting ready for them when they
played Woodruff. "
“They appeared to be pretty
sound fundamentally but that’s
usually true of a Clinton team.
Coach Howe has done a fine job
through the years and we have a
tremendous amount of respect for
him.”
Richardson said, ‘No posi
tion is assured anyone next sea-
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son. We’ll use our best football
players, regardless of what they
have done in the past. If a boy
will come out ind stay with us,
we’ll find a place for him to play.
It might be on extra points or
the kick return team but we’ll
try to find a place for the boy
who wants to play. I’d like no
thing better than to have 30 to
35 boys get into every ball game.”
Richardson, a 1964 graduate
of Presbyterian College, has been
line coach at Woodruff High
School for the past five years.
During that time, four of his
linemen have played in the Shrine
Bowl game.
Presbyterian College Football
Coach and Athletic Director Cally
Gault commented recently,
“Keith is a fine young man, one
who will fit in well with the Clin
ton tradition of having outstand
ing leadership in their coaching
staff. He was a senior when I
came to PC and he gave us tre
mendous leadership.*
In addition to his coaching and
teaching duties in the Woodruff
School System, he currently is
working on his thesis for his
masters degree in education ad
ministration from East Tenn
essee State University.
PIERCE HITS — Thomwell’fl May
nard Pierce (20) hits a jump shot
against Hiokorv Tavern last Thurs
day in the 1-A Conference basketball
tournament at Presbyterian College.
Hickory Tavern eliminated Thornwell
56-54 in the second round after
Thornwell defeated Calhoun Falls
60-44 in the opening round. Thorn-
well’s girls, playing without two reg
ular starters, lost to South Carolina
School for the Deaf in the first
round. McCormick’s boys and the
Gray Court-Owings girls won the
conference tournament.
STEVE CROWE
PC Signs 6-5
Steve Crowe
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Presbyterian College basket
ball coach Herb Robinson signed
Steve Crowe, a 6-5 standout from
Easley, to a four-year basket
ball grant-in-aid Saturday.
Robinson commented, “He’s
going to be an important factor
in our basketball program at PC •
and he’s the type of young man
we want at PC.’
Crowe, who averaged21 pounds
and 18 rebounds per game for the
Green Wave this season, plans
to major in business administra
tion. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
G. W. Crowe Jr. of Easley.
Robinson said he plans to use
Crowe at forward Although
Crowe was primarily a center at
Easley, he was moved to forward
twice this season and scored 30
and 31 points for the Green Wave.
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