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THE CHRONICLE, Clinton, S. C., May 16, 1969—7-A BILL CURRIE IWWii Mouth of the South Bello: Fresh Air Lou Bello is a breath of fresh air blowing through the musty corridors of sports officiating. While Lou has attained a pinnacle in his business seldom reached by ordinary whistle tooters, he might indeed be at the super crest of his craft were it not for one appalling weakness: he has, and frequently displays in public, a sense of humor. The fact that he leaps into the air, flails his arms about and blows stident blasts on his whistle detracts not a jot from his effectiveness. Yet many coaches and even fans who take a ball game as though it were the cataclysm which might end the world, have criticized Lou because he evokes a laugh now and then in which he participates. For years Lou taught in high school at Raleigh and refereed on the side. Then when the kids got to where they could read better than he could, he quit teaching and now works ball games the year ’round. I saw a baseball manager bust Lou in the beak one night with a bat when he disagreed with a ball and strike decision. Bello was undaunted, though the president of the league ran from the park because he was afraid he would lave to suspend the manager with a playoff coming up. Last year Lou said he worked a game involving LSU and another Southeastern conference team. “Pete and I won,” he said blandly, referring to Pistol Pete Maravich of the Tigers. He has been known to dribble the ball into the front court after intercepting a pass from a bewildered guard. He passes small talk with the newspaper and radio guys at courtside as he goes along the edge of the floor, and if he happens to fall down, Lou manages to make a William S. Hart production out of it. Many people think Lou is crazy. I agree with them. Fortunately he has a beautiful wife who is secretary to a psychiatrist. I spent some time on the doctor’s couch myself and was a little em barrassed because at that time I had not learned the snob possi bilities about having mental problems. But later, when I learned that Lou had also been having his head shrunk, I felt okay about it. He Calls Charging Bello calls charging. Of course he calls everything else, too, but he is a stickler for the charging violation in basketball. Must coaches had rather have Lou than the majority of the offi cials available, but usually it is a qualified acceptance. "Well, Lou is okay at home.” All coaches expect to be given the dirty end of the stick on the road, and they truly believe most referees work to the advantage of the home team. A purely psychological reaction to the crowd, of course, but true nonetheless. Hopefully Bello will continue forever, and influence others to be like him. He’s a Peck’s Bad Boy, an impish elf, and a roaring mouse whose bark is terrifying and who really has no teeth for biting. He is also a thoroughly trained, competent official who knows the rules, and works hard to call ’em as he sees ’em. Lou is kind of like Uncle Charlie Moran, the venerable Catawba baseball coach and former big league umpire. Uncle Charlie was teaching in an umpires’ school in Florida one spring, and a youngs ter asked him: “Uncle Charlie, doesn’t it make you awful nervous to call a close one at the plate like in the World Series?’ The old man squirted a stream of tobacco juice at the ground and replied: “Naw! They’re either safe or they’re out, and they ain’t nothing till I call ’em!’ That’s Lou Bello--they ain’t nothing till he calls ’em. ★★★★★ State Pole Vault Mark Thornwell High School’s May nard Pierce set a state high school record in the pole vault Saturday in the State Track Meet in Columbia. Pierce vaulted to 13 feet, 5- 1/2 inches to win first place in the class A state meet. Although he was competing in class A, Pierce’s record encompasses all classes. He broke the record set at 13 feet, 5 inches in 1967 by Roger Whitmire of class 4-A Dorman High School. After setting a new state mark, Pierce had three attempts at 13 feet, 8 inches. He cleared the bar on his last attempt but hit it with his hand on the way down. A junior, Pierce will go back to Columbia Saturday to compete in the South Carolina Invitational Meet which features the two win ners in each event in each class. Pierce also placed third in the 100-yard dash Saturday. Pat Mc Kee placed fifth in the 440 to give Thornwell seventh place in the class A rankings. Thornwell has finished in the top 10 of class A every year since 1964. Clinton High School’s girls tennis team capped their season last week with a fine showing in the State Girls’ Tennis Tourna ment in Columbia. Although the CHS girls’team was reorganized this year after a lapse of several years, the team had a 3-3 record during the regular season before going to the state tournament. In the state tournament, the CHS girls won eight mathces. The doubles team of Ju’ie Young and Rena Ramage went to the finals in the third flight doubles be fore being defeated. In the first round on Thurs day, Stephanie Dubose of CHS, playing in the tough first flight, was defeated by Mary Abbott of Edmunds High of Sumter but all other CHS girls won their open ing matches. Nancy Jones of Clinton defeat ed Phyllis Dees of Lancaster 6-4, 6-4 in Flight Two and then teamed with Cynthia Turner to defeat AIbenessius-Kennerly of Bishop England, 6-0, 6-0 in dou bles. Miss Jones suffered a leg injury in the doubles match. She and Miss Turner lost the second round doubles match 6-2, 6-1 and Miss Jones had to forfeit her second round singles match on Friday. Also in the opening round Thursday, Cynthia Turner of CHS won by default from Garland Bagnal of Edmunds but lost to Cynthia Serra of Flora on Fri day. Rena Ramage of CHS defeat ed Sheila Ellington of Aiken 6-1, 6-2 on Thursday before losing to Linda Brown of Sumter Friday, 6-1, 6-3. Stephanie Dubose and Mary A- dair of Clinton defeated Knight- Deese of Lancaster 6-0, 6-4 in the opening of the Flight 1 dou bles but lost toPeltaso-Bundrick of Camden, 6-2, 6-1, in the se cond round. Tennis Program Reorganized CHS Girls Play Well In State ★★★★ Young-Ramage of Clinton de feated Spong-Soufaof Dreher 7-5, 7-5 in the first round of Flight 3 doubles and then defeated Kimmey-Taylor of Flora 6-2, 6-1 in the second round. In the finals, Young-Ramage lost to A lien-Jones of Mc- Clenaghan High in Florence. Mary Adair and Julia Young drew byes in the first round but lost in the second round in Flights 4 and 5, respectively. CHS Coach Marian Ramage commented, “I felt we made a very good showine for our first Men's YMCA Report Softball League Opens With Six Teams BY JOHN BINGHAM YMCA Director The YMCA Adult Mens’ Soft- ball League got underway last Thursday evening with six teams participating in the League this season. Games are being played at the Clinton High School field each Tuesday and Thursday be ginning at 6:30. The team playing in the League this sea son are: Joanna, Jaycees, Rock Bridge, Lydia #1, Lydia #2, and the United Agents. The Jaycees and Joanna opened Water Clears, Fishing Better Water conditions are returning to normal and fishing, especially in the rivers, is improving. Hartwell and Wateree Reser voirs report excellent fishing and good catches of stripers are being taken in the Santee, Congaree and Wateree Rivers. Blue fish have been schooling along the entire coast and Cobia are starting to bite in Beaufort, South Carolina. Trout Fishing in Mountains - Trout fishing continues to be good in mountain streams using corn and worms. Large mouth bass are Eckstein, Hudson Break Records Presbyterian College’s Dan Eckstein and Dave Hudson set Carolinas Conference track re cords last week at the conference meet at Salisbury, N.C. The PC team finished third in the meet, behind Western Caro lina and Catawba. Eckstein set a conference mark as he was timed in 9.6 seconds in the 100-yard dash in quali fying^ However, he ran a 9.9 dash in the finals and finished second. Hudson set a conference re cord in the javelin with a toss of 194 feet, 8 inches. Hudson’s record-breaking throw came in the finals and netted PC a first place. Doug Bowles also captured a first for PC as he won the broad Jump. biting good in the Keowee Toxa- way Reservoir using minnows and spring lizards. Lake Hartwell - Water is high and falling, clear in feeder streams but still muddy around Portman’s Shoal. Large mouth bass fishing is good using Lazy Ike and plastic worms. Bream are biting good on red worms and crickets and crappie fishing is good using minnows and Doll Fl ies. Trout are biting good in deep water using corn and red worms. Mr. J. Singleton of Belton caught a thirty inch brown trout weighing 11 pounds, 12 ounces us ing a yellow bucktail and fishing in the Savannah River just below the dam. The trout, weighing 12 pounds 8 ounces (on hand sca les) when caught, was played for twenty minutes. Lake Greenwood-Fishing for bass is good using black plastic worms and bass are averaging two to five pounds. Crappie good, having moved back toward the banks, taking them on minnows and Mepps Spinners. Catfish good, taking them in the day time, while fishing on the bottom with worms. Bream falling off. White bass haven’t started yet. Water level is down a foot and a half it’s murky and by next week it should be clearing up and fish ing conditions should be good. Clark Hill - Lake is full and clearing in upper half but still muddy in lower lake. Large mouth bass fishing is fair using plastic worms around points and in coves and top water plugs in late after noon. Crappie are biting fair on minnows in coves around tree tops. Wateree - Water conditions are normal. Crappie fishing is good in both shallow anddeep water using live minnows. Large mouth bass are biting good around points us ing plastic worms and Rebels. Bream fishing is good in shal low water using worms and cric kets. White bass fishing is good around Rocky Creek and Ce dar Creek Power House using bucktails. Lake Murray - Water condi tions returning to normal and fishing should be good for the weekend. Large mouth bass fish ing is fair to good using plastic worms, Rebels and jugs around the points and in coves. Crappie are biting fair on live minnows and jugs in both shallow and deep water. Bream fishing is fair using worms and crickets and should improve considerably as bedding occurs. Upper Lake Marion - Water level is normal but rivers are still slightly muddy. Rockfish biting fair to good in the rivers and flats using cut bait. Bream fishing is fair to good on worms and crickets in flats around Stump Hole and Low Falls. Catfish are biting good in deep water on blue worms and cut bait the season last Thursday evening with a very close game. The Jaycees opened the game by scor ing two runs in the top of the first. Joanna came back with one run in the bottom of the first, making the score 2 to 1 - Jay cees after one inning of play. The Jaycees failed to score in the second but Joanna scored 5 big runs in the bottom of the second putting them ahead 6 to 2. The Jaycees came back in the top of the third scoring four runs to tie the score at 6all. The game went to the seventh inning tied up 9 all after the Jaycees scored one run in the fourth and two runs in the fifth, and Joanna came back with three big runs in the sixth. The Jaycees scored four runs in the top of the seventh but Joanna could only manage 3. The final score was Jaycees 13, Joanna 12. The Jaycees collected their 13 runs on 14 hits while Joanna scored 12 runs on 18 hits. In the second game Lydia #2 met Rock Bridge in a high scor ing game which was called at the end of 4-1/2 innings because of rain. Runs were scored in each inning except the top of the first. The score at the end of three full innings was Rock Bridge 8, Lydia #2 - 4, but Lydia #2 scored three runs in the top of the fourth putting them ahead 7 to 6. Rock Bridge was not be be defeated and came back with 13 runs in the bottom of the fourth making the score 21 to 7. Lydia #2 put on a good effort, before the rain ended the game, by scor ing nine runs in the top of the fifth inning. 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COX HOME AND AUTO SUPPLY 205 North Broad Street Clinton, S. C. “Customer Satisfaction Guaranteed” year. All of the girls played well and we hope to do much bet ter next year. I was particular ly proud of our tournament show ing in view of the fact that we played only six regular season matches and most of the girls were up against opponents who played from 12 to 20 matches dur ing the season." All six of the team regulars are scheduled to return next season. Dubose, Jones and Young are juniors. Turner and Adair are sophomores and Ramage is a freshman. Fry, Little League, and Pony League Baseball are asked to meet at the Clinton High School ball field Friday, May 16 at 4 p.m. The meeting will be used for the boys to meet their coaches and set practice schedules for the next two weeks. All boys who have not filled out a contract are asked to come by the YMCA be fore Thursday and do so. All boys in the Greater Clinton area are eligible to play in the Leagues again this season. 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