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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. The final score was
Rock Bridge 21, Lydia #2 - 16.
Rock Bridge scored their 21 runs
on 21 hits while Lydia #2 scored
their 16 runs on 18 hits.
The last scheduled game of the
evening between United Agents
and Lydia #1 was called because of
rain.
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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
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Opens Practice
On Saturday
The Clinton American Legion
baseball team will begin prac
tice Saturday afternoon at the
Clinton Mill Park.
Practice is to start at 2 p.m.
Coach Sam Owens said all
candidates for the team should
report at that time and bring their
gloves and spikes.
Any boy who will not reach his
19th birthday by Aug. 1 will be
elegible for the team. The Clin
ton team will draw from the Clin
ton, Laurens, Joanna, Whitmire,
Enoree area.
PC Golfers
Win Loop; Ploy
For Region Title
Presbyterian College’s golf
team, with the Carolinas Confer
ence Championship in hand,
moves on to the Regional Tourna
ment this week.
The Regional Tournament will
be held today and Friday at the
Boone, N.C., Country Club.
PC Coach Herman Jackson said
that Appalachian undoubtedly will
be favored in the tournament. PC
and Appalachian tied for third
place nationally last year in the
NAIA championship tournament
and Appalachian won the play
off.
The Blue Hose golfers won
their first Carolinas Conference
Championship last week in the
conference tournament at Sap
phire Valley Country Club in
Cashiers, N.C.
Paced by Captain Ashton
Blount, the PC team placed four
men in the top five. Elon’s Dick
Long was medalist with 148 on
on the par 144 course. Blount
was second with 154 and was trail
ed by Terry Clyburn, Bruce Lind-
strom and John Winn.
Blount and PC’s fifth man,
Steve Albright, are seniors. Cly
burn is a junior, Lindstrom a so
phomore and Winn a freshman.
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