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SK!—THE CHRONICLE; CUnton, S. C. F April 10, 1030 (' bill ClimEmmmm Mouth of the South • • • • Starr Says Something ■^ART STARR, whose prodigious feats as a foot ball player are legend, opened his breakfast speech to the National Sportswriters and Sportscasters meeting in Salisbury this week with: “I have been introduced as Bart Starr, but actually I am really Joe Namath . . . sober!” Then this gridiron lumi nary, who looks more like a shoe salesman than he does a Green Bay quarterback, proceeded to un burden himself of one of the best talks heard any where lately. The banquet circuit, as everyone who has developed uncers on it knows, abounds with a motley collection of tired joke tellers whose abilities are the oratorical equivalent of a blocked kick. Starr, however, not only has a great deal to say, but he punctuates his point with well-timed humor. Actually, he does not have to play foot ball; he can make it as a stand-up comedian or a preacher, depending on which direction he turns his talent. At a time when a disintegrating individualism threatens virtually every worthwhile endeavor in America, Starr is touting the necessity for disci pline, desire, self-denial, and dedication, and a whole plethora of other threadbare virtues which he sums up in an ubiquitous term he calls attitude. The field of sports, he says, is the last, the very last stronghold of the attitude which begets suc cess, and even here there are alarming cracks in the fabric of discipline. But Starr himself exudes the kind of quiet confidence which inspires his hearers. He is not a hymn singer, one of those wet foot pseudo-saints who have cropped up in the pulpits fresh from the playing field. But he is de cidedly the kind o<f man who can keep American sports on an operational basis. He can inspire those with intelligence enough to listen, and if he ran the show, he would dispose of all the recalci trants in the style he knows best—the Vince Lom bardi system. ★★★★★★ Mr. Starr followed a long line of outstanding speakers at the yearly breakfast. In the past such wits as Frank Howard, Bones McKinney, Vic Bu- bas, and even Bill Currie have been heard. During the three-day soiree in Salisbury, the breakfast is the only formal meeting, and the only speech heard. Folks in the Rowan capital every year give awards to the outstanding sports writer and broad caster nationally and then in each state. Ten years ago when the idea grew out of a proeram started by Pete Dimizio, a restaurateur, the Salisbury Chamber of Commerce sought advice from a num ber of scholarly and erudite people including me. Focusing my unfailing analytical mind on the proposition, I was quick to tell them they were all suffering from a ridiculous delusion. No sports- writen* or announcer would come to Salisbury to get a plaque. Winners have shown up from all fifty states, and this year there were sixty-eight state winners on hand to get their awards. It’s the greatest party in the land. Folks like Ray Scott, Chris Schenkel, Curt Gowdy, Red Smith, Jim Murray, Furman Bisher, and the whole crew of nationally known reporters show up every year to belly up to the free-flowing refreshments and nuz zle their way into the burgeoning troughs of free edibles. Salisbury may not be a large city, but the people there have captured the hearts (and stom achs) of the sports reporting fraternity. This may be closely akin to having the albatross swinging from one’s neck, but the guys who write and broadcast are going to be hard to drive away. As professional free loaders, we have found a haven at last. 6-6 Howard Bean Signs With PC Presbyterian College has an nounced the signing of its second basketball prospect for the 1969- 70 season, Howard Bean of Spar tanburg High. Bean a 6-6 center, averaged 12 points and 12 rebounds a game this season as he led the Red Birds to a 22-3 record. Bean Joins 6-5 Steve Crowe of Eas ley in the Blue Hose fold for next year. “Howard is an excellent stu dent who is in the top five per cent of his class,' said PC head coac£ Herb Robinson, who coach ed Bean for two years while at Spartanburg. "We are real pleas ed he has decided to come to Presbyterian and feel that he is instrumental in our building of the PC basketball oroeram." “One of the finest things I can say about Howard is that he is a winner. CHS Track Team Raises Record To 3-2 NEW GREEN—Shown above is the 18th green at Lakeside Country Club. The green is being com pletely rebuilt, enlarged and re-designed and is ex pected to be ready for The green is located on in the foreground. y late this month. The he other side of the water Lakeside Course Is Improved According to Earl Tinsley, Golf pro at Lakeside Country Club in Laurens, several improvements are now being made on the course there in order to make golfing more pleasurable and challenging during the summer months. The major change in the course now taking place is the complete rebuilding of the 18th green. “Our regular grounds crew of three is working to take off the old common Bermuda grass and to re-sod the green with a new hybrid form of Bermuda. The green is also being made larger and has been redesigned with a little neck of water on the left side. The existing lake in front of the green is also being made larger,’ Tinsley explained. He added that the new green should be in good condition by April 20 and that a temporary green is being used until that time. Tinsley also pointed out that the creek bank near the 9th tee has been beautified by a professional contractor. Several tournaments will hope fully be held at Lakeside this summer. Members of the Fishermen Can Back Up Their Yarns Now Fishermen who have been claiming championship catches in South Carolina State Parks will receive certificates to prove it this year. In the State Park Fishing Con test, which opened April 1 and closes September 1 of this year, awards are possible for 18 fresh water species and 20 from salt water. Each park will give sep arate awards. As an added attraction, Myrtle Beach State Park fishing pier will give 15 free pier uses to the per son catching the largest edible fish from the pier each week. Separate awards will be made to youngsters 12 and under. F ish must be caught on sport ing tackle, hooked and landed, by the entrant. Fish must be weigh ed and measured and entered in the contest on the day they are caught. South Carolina has no license charge for salt-water fishing. Regular fresh-water fishing li cense are needed for persons The total wages earned by tex tile workers in South Carolina in creased to $636 million in 1967 from $72 million in 1937, ac cording to the S. C. Department of Labor. between 12 and 65. The fishing contest is a new program in the state parks, ac cording to Archie Hardy, assis- tate to the director in charge of recreation, interpretation and history. Eligible fresh-water species are: brook trout, rainbow trout, brown trout, large-mouth bass, smallmouth bass, white bass, st riped bass, redear sunfish, blue- tail bream, redbreast, chain pic kerel, channel catfish, American shad, black crappie, white crap- pie, war mouth, walleye and white catfish. Salt-water species are: blue- fish, channel bass, cobia, croaker, black drum, flounder, jack crevalle, ladyfish, mackerel sheepshead, spadefish, spot, Tar pon, weakfish, spotted trout, whiting, pompano, pigfish, triple- tail and tautog. committee now lining up tourna ments are Phil Southerland and John Koopman of Laurens, and Tinsley. “This year we have more people playing golf than ever before. There is espec ially an increase in the number of club members on the links over the past few years,’ Tinsley re marked. Other noteworthy Lakeside golfing news includes a hole-in- one made by Wilkie Colyer of the Presbyterian College team on hole number 11. Colyer wasplay ing with fellow teammates Ashton Blount and Steve Albright. Mr. Tinsley also emphasized the Ladies Day program at the club on the first and third Tues days of each month, with dinner being served at 12:30, and urged interested persons to contact him. Fees at Lakeside Country Club for the general public are $3.30 per day on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday, and $4.40 per day on Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday. Golf carts are avail able at the price of $3.00 for nine holes and $6.00 for 18 holes. Clinton High School’s sur prising young track team ran its record to 3-2 last week with a 65-58 Eastern 3-A Conference win over Union. The Red Devils will play host to York and Laurens next Mon day, April 14, in a triangular track meet at Presbyterian Col lege. Alex Rogers set a school re cord in the pole vault as CHS swept all three places in that e- vent. Rogers won with a vault of 10 ft. 8 in., breaking his own re cord of 10-7 set the pre vious week. Wade Goodman was second and Ralph Patterson third. Mike Shealy won the shot put with a toss of 43 ft., 5 in. Wells Goss won the 100-yard-dash and the 220-yard-dash. He posted a time of 10.7 in the 100 and 23.7 in the 220. 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