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THE CHRONICLE, Clinton, S. C., May 29, 1969—7-A BILL CURRIEiWMf Mouth of the South 'Stock' Cars w f W £ Rain Curtails River Fishing |P a 4} ■ N U Would you believe that there are people in this world who base their automobile selection and purchase on the outcome of the various Grand National races which thrill thousands on NASCAR tracks around the country? It’s true, and more than unbelievable because the cars which the intrepid drivers wheel through the gruelling courses to the rose-covered victory lane have Just about as much kinship to a car on the highway as a spaceship has to a horse. Take nothing from the motor sports. They are excellent and growing in interest every time the green flag goes down, but to call the cars “stock' is a misnomer of the wildest proportions. And the fact that Richard Petty wins in a Ford or Buddy Baker in a Dodge, or any of the other drivers in whatever breed of car they operate, does not mean that anyone can expect a similar performance on the highway. The engine, suspension, transmission, differential, wheels, tires, brakes, oil distribution, carburation, and even the instrument panel in every so-called “stock’ car are all specially built and modified for the race track. Tire manufacturers learn a lot in tests and races, but a racing tire would kill you on the highway the first time somebody spit in front of your car. They just can’t handle wetness. Like farmers used to gather in the dust of the cross roads to talk about crops, racing buffs defend their own personal cars in light of what the brand has done on the speedways. The only real kinship between the racing version and the highway edition is that the bodies are similar. Crew Chief Is Key Race drivers are, in general, a coldly logical breed of peo ple. They are not particularly carried away with any specific brand of car. They frequently switch from one stable to another, realizing that one car is as good as another. The real secret /jomes in the crew chief’s skill. He is the man, with his staff of highly-trained assistants, who makes the car a winner. And often, of course, the most skillful mechanic cannot make an automobile run when its insides blow out through the engine wall under the tremendous pressures of the race. When stock car racing started as a contest between bootleggers and the police authorities, it was truly a run between cars off the showroom floor. But everybody knows police cruisers are souped up, and if a self-respecting liquor runner was to keep ahead, he had to learn how to juice up his own heap. It was done with mechanical adjustments, various fuel mixtures, and heaven knows how many other ways I neither know about nor understand. Through the years, the racers became more skillful, and there developed builders and mechanics who could soup up a car. Then, seeing the tremendous public acceptance of and response to such racing, the factories got in the act, and they built cars for the purpose. The tire people--Firestone and Goodyear--build tires to suit the demands and heat levels of each individual track. If you buy a car because you think somebody won a race in one like it, you are simply eat up with dumbs. CHS RECORD BREAKERS—Shown above are the young men who set Clinton High School track rec ords during the past season. They are. left to right: Everett Robbins. Lawrence Lee. Ralph Pat terson. Alex Rogers and Mike Shealv. Robbins, Lee and Patterson and Phil Snoon (absent when picture w’as taken) were members of the medley relay team which set the school record at 1 min., 39.9 seconds for the 880-yard distance. Rogers set the pole vault mark at 11 feet and, Shealv set a new shot put mark at 46 ft.. 7 ins.— (Yarborough Photo) Jaycees Lead YMCA Men's Softball Loop Santee Derby In Final Week SANTEE - Fish are being pulled from the Santee-Cooper lakes in record numbers as the 1969 Striped Bass Fishing Derby enters its final week. “Fishing is red hot,” one camp operator puts it simply. And one derby official reports: “Tons of striped bass, hun dreds of pounds of largemouth bass, crappie by the cooler full and bream by the bushels ac curately describes the fish taken from the lakesby anglers all ove; the United States.” The annual Fishing Derby, which features more than $10,000 in prizes, ends June 1. Entries through Sunday will have a chance at one of the weekly prizes, as well as the grand prize. Officials have announced these third week winners, each of whom will receive a 1969 Mercury out board motor: Striped Bass - Yale C. Cal- bert of Hanahan, with a 22- pound, 10-ounce catch. It was 33- 1/2 inches long and had a girth of 24-1/2 inches. Black Bass - A. B. Wyllie of APanta, with a 10-pound, 5-ounce c. h It was 25-3/4 inches long and tad a girth of 21-inches. Crappit - C. Wayne Hewitt of Cordova, w.th a 3-pound catch. It was 17 inches long and 14 inches around. Bream (tie) - Kenneth W. Cody of Summerton and Barry Greene of Santee, each with a 15-1/2 ounce catch. From cottonseed come linters for mattress fillings, feed for livestock, oil for cooking. BY JOHN BINGHAM YMCA Director MEN’S SOFTBALL Tuesdays’ scheduled games in the Men’s Adult Softball League were rained out and made up this past Monday evening. The first game was played between Unit ed Agents and Lydia #2. Lydia #2 pulled away from the Agents in the first inning by scoring nine runs and were never headed as they took the game 20 to eight. Lydia «2 scored their 20 runs on 27 hits while United Agents scored their eight runs on eight hits. In the second game Joanna downed Rock Bridge eight to three. Joanna scored three runs in the first inning and four in the second to lead Rock Bridge all the way. Joanna scored their eight runs on 11 hits while Rock Bridge scored ttieir three runs on seven hits. In the third game of the even ing the Jaycees scoredall of their five runs in the first inning and held on to down Lydia »1 by a score of five to four. The Jaycees scored their runs on eight hits while Lydia #1 scored their four runs on eight hits. In games played last Thursday To Tour Orient Baseball fans in the Orient are about to get a look at right hand er Roger Hazel of Newberry Col lege. Hazel, a 6’3” 190-pound junior from Saluda, has been selected by Venture for Victory as one of 15 U.S. collegiate diamond stars who will barnstorm through Hawaii, the Phillippines, Taiwan, South Korea, and Japan on a good will tour extending from June 10 through August 5. evening the Jaycees met Lydia#? and took their first loss of the season 11 to one. Lydia #2 scored two runs in the second, four runs in the third and fifth, and one run in the sixth to account for their 11 runs. The last run for the Jaycees came in the top of the seventh. Lydia #2 scored their 11 runs on 16 hits while the Jay cees scored their one run on five hits. In the second game Joanna lost to Lydia "1 in the Ixittom of the seventh inning after leading the game all the way. Joanna was ahead 12 to nine going into the seventh inning and Lydia scored four runs to go ahead and win the game 13 to 12. Lydia #1 scored their 13 runs on 16 hits while Juanna scored their 12 runs on 12 hits. In the third game of the even ing Rock Bridge downed the U- nited Agents 16 to one. Rock Bridge scored in five of the seven innings to gain their 16 runs. The Agents lone run came in the second inning. Rock Bridge scored their 16 runs on 15 hits while the Agents scored nne run on six hits. STANDINGS be played at the Clinton High School Fields. The Small Fry games will be played at 5 p.m. followed by the Little League games at 6 p.m. Games will be played on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. The Pony League will also play at the High School with their games getting under way at 4:30 on Monday, Tuesday, Wed nesday, and Thursday afternoons. SWIMMING The YMCA Swimming Pools at Clinton Mills and Lydia will open Monday, June 2. Recreational swimming will lie from 2 to 5:30 each day Monday through Sat urday and 7 to 9 Monday through Saturday except Wednesdays. Swimming Instruction Classes will get under way at both pools Monday, June 16. Position Team 1. Jaycees 2. Lydia #1 3. Joanna 4. Rock Bridge 5. Lydia #2 6. United Agents Wins Losses 4 3 3 2 2 0 1 1 2 3 3 4 YOUTH BASEBALL Scheduled play in the Small Fry, Little League, and Pony League will get under way Mon day, June 2. All teams have been under a practice schedule and should be ready to go. Games will HEAD FOR THE WIDE OPEN SPACES IN A wmeM 1868 DODGE Dart 4-Door Sedan. 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You Just Can't Trade! LYNN COOPER. Inc. “YOUR VOLUME DEALER” 302 EAST MAIN STREET : CLINTON, S. C. PC Basketball Camp Opens Monday Morning The Presbyterian College Bas ketball Day Camp will open Mon day at 9 a.m. in the college gymnasium. Forty boys have signed up for the camp thus far. Final regis tration will be held Monday morn ing in the gym. The camp is for boys between the ages of 9 and 17 and will lie held each day from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. through June 6. PC Coach Herb Robinson is in charge of the camp. Other staff members include Coach Herman Jackson of PC and formerly bas ketball coach at Clinton High School; Jesse Medlock, coach at Gray Court-Owings; Tom Sub- lett, Clinton High coach; Thorn- well Coach Ben Crabtree and several college players. The camp will feature films, fundamentals, skill tests, tourna ment games, swimming. The fee of $21.50 will include insurance. A hot lunch will I* served each day in the college cafeteria. Heavy rains throughout the state have curtailed most river fishing. Reservoir fishing continues to Improve and fishing in gereral is good. Salt water fishing is on the up-swing along the coast with good catches of Cobla, trout, mackerel and blues being report ed. The second annual George town Billfish Rodeo (to be held this weekend) kicks off a heavy list of big game tournaments to be held this season. TROUT FISHING IN MOUN TAINS - Trout fishing continues to be good in most mountain streams and good catches of largemouth bass and catfish are being made in the Keowee Toxa- way area using live monnows. LAKE HARTWELL-Water le vel 661.8, clear in big water but feeder streams are muddy. Largemouth bass fishing is good using plastic worms, spring liz- zards and White Bomber. Bream are biting good on crickets and worms in shallow water and white bass fishing is fair, mostly be ing done at night using minnows. Trout are biting good using red worms, Little Cleo and Thin F ins. SALUDA LAKE - Fishing for largemouth bass is good around points and in coves using Thin Fins, Rapala and plastic worms. Crappie are biting good in coves using minnows and some big crappie are being caught trolling Rapala, some in excess of three pounds. Bream fishing is fair using worms and crickets and catfish are biting fair on cut bait at night. LAKE GREENWOOD Large mouth bass fishing is good using worms and top water plugs and bream are biting ginxi in the river behind the dam. Largemouth bass, white bass and crappie con tinue to school together around piers and are biting good on min nows and Doll Flies. Catfish bit ing good on cut bait. CLARK HILL - Water condi tions in lake are good and feed er streams are clearing. Large- mouth bass fishing is good using purple worms, Super Float and top water plugs. Good fishing re ported for white bass around points using spoons and Doll Flies and under bridges at night. Crappie are biting fair around bushes and in coves using min nows. Lake conditions on the South Carolina side are returning to normal and good fishing is predicted. WATEREE - Water conditions are normal and fishing is good. Largemouth bass biting good on green plastic worms and bream fishing is good in shallow water using minnows and crickets. Crappie fishing is good using minnows in eight to ten feet of water and white bass are biting good using bucktails. LAKE MURRAY - Water is clear in lower half of lake and muddy in upper half and in feed er streams. Fishing for large mouth bass is good using Bass Master, Rebels and plastic worms around points and using night crawlers around rocks in deep water. Bream biting good on crickets and worms and fair fishing reported for white bass and crappie. UPPER LAKE MARION-Wa ter conditions good, fishing will improve with some warm wea ther. Rock fish fair to good on cut bait averaging four to nine pounds. Bream good fishing on beds. Crappie are poor and large mouth bass fair in the woods and they are primarily around Stump Hole, Low Falls and Packs. Cat fish good using cut bait and blue worms. Water level 75.23. LAKE MOULTRIE - Rock fish are biting good near Power House and Navy Point, six to twelve pound average, using live her ring. Largemouth bass good using plastic worms and top water bait. LET’S MAKE LAURENS and GREENVILLE COUNTIES PEPSICAPITAL W“ 833-1741 We think it’s a great accomplishment for our state that the Pepsi Capital of the World is already located right here in South Carolina—in Dillon. Folks there drink more Pepsi per person than anywhere else in the world. We feel that Dillion is a fine community, but should the Pepsi Capotai of the World be in a small, rural area of our State? Shouldn’t it be in a progressive, fast-moving section of South Carolina, where the title will be truly appreciated? 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