The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, May 01, 1969, Image 7
THE CHRONICLE, Clinton, S. C., May 1, 196&-7-A
Sports Club
To Attend
Braves Game
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Mouth
of the South
Racing's Elevation
Darlington Speedway has just wound up a new
paving job, and its people are predicting the big
gest crowd and the fastest times ever when the
throttle jockeys get there in a couple of weeks. At
Talladega, Ala., a new stock car track is nearing
completion, and if folks who own it are to be be
lieved, qualifying speeds there will exceed 200 mph.
The factories are building ’em faster, the drivers
are acquiring more skills and crowds of 100,000 up
wards are no longer a miracle at NASCAR Grand
National Stock Car Races.
What a contrast it is to the old days when
some drivers were mostly bootleggers by profes
sion and racers as a necessary adjunct to their
principal endeavor. Fonty Flock, who with his
brothers, Tim and Bob, wrote legendary pages in
racing annals before some of the current stars ever
twinkled, says it all got started in business coupes.
Fonty, now a wallowing rich Atlanta businessman,
has maintained his great smile and bubbling humor
over the years.
Bob unfortunately died a few years ago, but
Tim and Fonty, though not in racing profession
ally any more, do maintain a lively interest, and
sometimes appears on the scene.
Actually the Flock brothers were what gave
early stock car racing its class. There were a few
others, but mostly the guys didn’t have any color
and dash. Fonty in particular was a ring-tailed
war whooper who always roared across the finish
line with his head hanging out of the car waving
and smiling. I used to work for a competitive
group of independent tracks and I hated the sight
of Fontys* smile. It sure pulled the people in to
see him run.
France's Tough Road
Bill France, the major domo of NASCAR, and
who now operates in such a rarified atmosphere
that {there 3* ’“’g
neveij seel? Tnm, iias many friends and plenty of
enemies. He’s made friends because he’s made
racing, and he’s picked up some hates because he
has been successful, drives a hard bargain and in
sists on absolute subsurvience to whatever rules
he has laid down for NASCAR. Nowadays he
probably has somebody else making the rules; he’s
too busy hauling the loot to the bank.
First time I ever saw Bill France was at an old
speedway near High Point. I’m sure it fell down
years ago. Bill ran a green Hudson that Sunday
afternoon and electrified the goggle-eyed specta
tors by turning it in a series of end-over flip-flops
right smack in front of the grandstand. The car
was ruined, of course. Bill lost the race and since
no factory ever backed anything in those days,
he was broke. They passed the hat in the pits that
day to get up enough money for Bill to get some
thing to eat and move on to the next place he might
pick up a ride.
NASCAR is successful because the guy who
made it had to make his own way through a tough
and merciless world of people who didn’t give a
hoot about him. With the help of the Flocks and
others. Bill France began a great elevation of
racing, and today’s clean-cut crop of splendid com
petitors is a testimony to the job he has done.
CHS Tracksters
Finish 4-1-3
h a season’s record of four
a second and three losses,
>n High School’s surprising
team today was to be in-
i in the Eastern 3-A Con-
;e track meet at Wofford
The meet opened Wednesday
and was to conclude today, Thurs
day. The top three finishers in
each competition are to qualify
for the upper-state meet next
week at Belton-Honea Path.
Clinton closed out its regular
season Monday by placing second
in a triangular meet. York was
first with 72 points, Clinton had
55 and Newberry garnered 29.
Taking firsts for Clinton were
Mike Shealy in the shot put (43
ft. 1-1/4 in.); Wells Goss in the
broad Jump (18 ft., 11 in.) and
220-yard dash (23.1 secs.) 100-
yard dash (10.3 secs.); the 880-
yard relay team of Goss, Ralph
Patterson, Tommy Watts and Bob
Keller (1 mon. 36.3 secs.); mile
relay team of Watts, Larry Lol-
lis, Frank Sherrill and Bob Grube
(3 mins., 41.9 secs.).
Last Wednesday, the Clinton
team defeated Woodruff 66-1/2
to 56-1/2 on the Presbyterian
College track, sweeping 10 of 15
first places.
Upper-State 'A'
Track Meet Set Here
TEDARDS CONNCETS — Clinton
High’s Buzzy Tedards connects on a
pitch in game against Union last
week. Union defeated Clinton but
the Red Devils bounced back Tuesday
to split a double-headter with Lower
Richland. CHS lost the first game
3-1 but won the second, 4-0, behind
the shutout pitching of Tommy
Motes. With a 3-7 record, Clinton
plays at Chester Friday and will host
Chester next Thursday in a make-up
game. On Friday, May 9, the Red
Devils will close their schedule with
a double-header at Lexingto n.—
(Photo by Jerry Holland)
Track stars from 19 schools
will converge on the Presbyterian
College track today, May 1, for the
Upper-State Class A Champion
ship Track Meet.
The preliminaries are sche
duled to start at 2:30 p.m. with the
field events starting at 3 p.m. and
the races starting about 3:30p.m.
Dick S. Templeton, principal
and coach at Thornwell High School,
is chairman of the meet. Clinton
High School Coach Claude Howe will
be the official starter, assisted by
Presbyterian College Coach Bob
Strock.
Several other staff member sand
students from PC will assist with
the meet.
Thornwell has qualified 11 team
members for the meet and is ex
pected to be paced by Maynard
Pierce. Pierce and Garrett Doug
las of Gray Court-Owings are ex
pected to battle for first place in
the pole vault. Both have gone over
12 feet this season.
Lewisville, Gray Court-
Owings and Heath Springs appear
to lie the top teams in the meet.
Clinton Sports Club members
. . ^ ,,.,, plan to attend the Atlanta Braves-
LewlsvUJe Is paced by DoogHUl, phiufeUihu PhUltes baseball
a ^ d a a k • a 5 *' 10 Atla " ta . Ga„ oo Sunday
conds in the 100-yard dash, and an Mav 05
outstanding mile relay team. Heath y
Springs features an outstanding The Brave ^p ulltes nu
weight man m Rusty Meetae and a ^ designated -Bat Day’and all
talented low hurdler in Eddie King. youngsters 12 yMIS old ' ^ m .
* * * der will each receive a bat from
the Braves. Children of several
Sports Club members are
planning to attend the game. Sev
eral club members also are
planning to take their wives.
Thornwell Second
In Track Meet
Thornwell finished second in
the Conference 1-A track meet
on the Presbyterian College
track.
Thornwell, paced by May
nard Pierce, totaled 32 points.
Gray Court-Owings rolled up 64
points to win the conference meet
for the third straight year.
Pierce finished first in the pole
vault with a vault of 12 feet and
was second in the 100-yard dash.
Ford’s Baker won the dash with
a time of 10.5 seconds.
Anyone interested in attend
ing the game is requested to con
tact David Word or Truman
Owens before May 10.
Automobile accidents in 1968
injured more than 4,400,000per
sons on America’s highways.
Driver error, according to The
Travelers Insurance Companies
annual statistics, was responsi
ble for more than 80 percent of
last year’s highway casualties.
Eckstein Visits
Packers' Camp
(Editor’s Note: The following article by
Hoke Currie appeared in Friday’s Presbyterian
College Blue Stocking).
BY HOKE CURRIE
Dan Eckstein, Presbyterian’s All-everything half
back, recently returned from Greenbay, Wisconsin,
where the Packers had a team meeting. Here are some
of his comments about the trip and his first meeting
with the legendary Packers.
“The purpose was to acquaint the veterans and
rookies with a conditioning program. The program is
called aerobics. It can l>e briefly defined as exercise
that lasts for more than four minutes. A number of
tests were run by the University of Wisconsin physio
logical research team to determine a program for each
player so that he might come to training camp in
shape.’’
One of the tests held was a 330-yard run. Dan had
the best time (41.5) of all veterans and rookies, in
cluding speedy Travis Wiliams, who had a 42.0. Not
bad for a small college rookie.
The week before nine Packer veterans had been
tested. Surpisingly, it was found that 6 out of 9 Pack
ers were only in average condition. During the next
few months before camp opens in July, each Packer
will be expected to stick to a strict conditioning pro
gram. This includes running at least every two days.
“The Packers are really fired up about this pro
gram,” said Dan. “All they talked about was regain
ing the World Championship. Bart Starr and Marv
Fleming impressed me. They emphasized that each of
us had to come to camp in shape to get things started
right.”
In speaking of the Packers, Dan said, “They are a
fantastically close knit group and the people of Green-
bay love them. They make it their business to give the
Packers the ‘red carpet’ treatment at all times.”
Dan described head Coach Phil Bengston as “the
opposite of Vince Lombardi. He is a quiet, unemo
tional man; more of a thinker than a doer. The assist
ant coaches probably do most of the shouting.”
The Packers plan to use Dan as a flanker. “Bob
Snelker, the end coach, will be in charge of me,” ex
plained Dan. “Boyd Dowler and Carroll Dale are the
only experienced flankers they have. The Packers
want more depth at this position. Besides, it would
really be tough to break in on their defensive team.
For the last three years, eight of their eleven defensive
players have been All-Pro.”
Some of the more publicized Packers were not at
Greenbay last weekend. Donny Anderson and Jim
Grabowski did not make the trip. Dan said that most
of the veterans were real friendly. “The really big
stars made a point of welcoming us.”
Twenty rookies attended the affair. Seven of the
rookies came from small colleges. Craig Koinzan, a
linebacker, came from Doane College in Nebraska. Oth
ers came from Western Missouri and South Dakota
State. “Each of us was aware that there would only
be around seven of us left when the season starts. A
competitive atmosphere was apparent at Greenbay
even though training camp is almost three months
away ”
Concerning the trip, Dan said, “I feel a lot better
having gone there. Even though I’m a little short, I
hope that conditioning will make up the difference.”
Dan also revealed that he has been invited to play
in the All-America game in Atlanta on June 28. The
game, which matches the thirty best players from the
East against the thirty best players in the West, will
be televised on ABC. Such players as O. J. Simpson
and Ted Hendricks have been invited. “This game
means a great deal to me,” said Dan, “because I played
high school ball in Atlanta.”
In Spain the rain falls main
ly on the plain But as any
golfer knows, it also falls on
the greens. And wet weather
play is nothing to sing about
With a few adjustments,
however, you can manage rea
sonahly well on soggy courses
The key phrase here is “play
conservatively.”
Don’t cut that dogleg quite
so close if it means risking a
hit into a wet rough On iron
shots, always play for the fat
part of the green Don’t take
chances with a pitch from
soaked turf Traps can cause
additional problems. Rain-
soaked traps can become hard
packed and thus, more difficult
to handle
styles are: an all white blucher
oxford, and a two-tone color
saddle.
Mulligans, which are manu
factured by Weinbrenner Shoe
Corp., are available for about
$25.00 in leading pro shops
and sports departments.
Striped Bass
Derby Underway
SANTEE - The annual Santee
Cooper Lakes Striped Bass
Fishing Derby got under way
April 28 and will continue through
June 1.
Prizes adding up to over
$10,000 will 1* given to the best
fisherman. There will be weekly
prizes in addition to a grand prize
at the end of the contest.
Thousands of fishermen from
all over the eastern UnitedStates
come each year to fish the waters
of the Santee Cooper Lakes. They
are considered to be among the
top 10 fishing holes in the world.
The Striped Bass Derby has
grown in popularity each year.
The Trade Association of the
United States Travel Industry in
Washington, D. C., includes the
Derby in the top 20 tourist at
tractions in the U.S. for the month
of April.
Whether they play in spring
showers or autumn dew, wet
weather golfers can now enjoy
the comfort of moisture proof
leather footwear.
New Mulligans for men offer
the wear and comfort bonuses
of real leather in a waterproof
golf shoe The leather is pro-
cessed with Syl Mer brand sill
cone treatment, which imjiarts
a barrier against moisture and
yet allows the leather to
breathe This helps to assure
the foot comfort so important
on the fairways. Moreover,
since the leather is waterproof,
it will not curl or crack Shoes
thus retain their new look and
last longer
The shoes also have a flex
ible spike support vulcanized
into the sole and fully cushion
ed innersoles. The soles are
joined to the leather upjiers in
a waterproof bond. Tbe two
This golfer is using his No.
8 iron The ball will land along
the (“dge of a heavily wooded
area near the green—but next
to a fallen tree branch that
will hamper his swing Accord
ing to the rules, what can the
golfer do in this situation? (see
answer below)
Locker room miscellany:
The longest recorded hole-in
one was shot by Robert,
tera on Oct 7, 1965, at Miracle
Hills Golf Course, Omaha,
Neb The ball traveled 444
yards on the tenth hole . .
the all time marathon record
is held by James J. Johnston
of Fort Worth On Oct. 14 15,
1959, he plavt'd 363 holes at
the 6,101 yard long Abilene,
Tex., country club the all-
time moneymaker in PGA
tour events is Arnold Palmer.
His official winnings from 1955
through 1968 totaled $1,053,-
117.
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Winning firsts for Clinton were
Shealy in the shot put (43 ft.
5-1/2 in.); Alex Rogers in the
120-yard high hurdles(17.2 secs.)
and pole vault (9 ft. 6 in.); Goss
in the 100-yard dash (10.5) and
220 (23.4); Johnny Hudgens In
the discus (118 ft., 1 in.); Ronnie
Roth in the mile run (4 mins.
54.6 secs.) and 880 (2 Mins.
12.1 secs.); Goss, Patterson,
Watts and Keller in the 880-
yard relay (1 min. 35.4 secs.)
Watts, Sherrill, Grube and Lol-
lis in the mile relay, (3 mins.
41.1 secs.)
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