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THE CHRONICLE, Clinton, S. C„ July 17, 1969—7-A
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BILL CURRIESiiii
Mouth
of the South
Davidson Basketball
About ten years ago there was a coaching vacancy at Davidson
College. After almost a decade--nine consecutive seasons of los-
ing--the Wildcats were looking for a coach. Needless to remember,
the fact that Davidson was looking did not exactly send a shock
wave through the basketball fraternity. Nobody in his right mind
would want the job. It had to be somebody who was hungry, eager,
blind to the facts, and maybe just a trifle on the dumb side overall.
So they came up with a high school coach out of Tidewater, Virginia,
a former Duke bench warmer, one Charles G. Driesell. His friends
called him Lefty, and his enemies—who were soon moving in
battalion formation--called him everything unprintable you can
imagine. Lefty was pretty dumb. With a recruiting budget of $500
he decided he would build a national power. And he did.
His success story is a rags-to-riches saga developed in the best
tradition of Horatio Alger and Dick Merrlweil. . .and considering
his inventive genius, you might throw in Tom Swift as well. It is
doubtful if there has ever been such glowing accomplishment
in such an unlikely atmosphere in all the annals of collegiate
sports.
Last spring Lefty resigned and went to Maryland. He left a Junior
team spearheaded by a phenomenal center from New York named
Mike Maloy. It was not beyond the realm of possibility that the team
could win the national title. It was almost a shoo-in to decimate the
willy-nilly Southern Conference. So the coaches came tearing out of
the woodwork and from under rocks in search of the Job. It was a
sad and confusing scene for weeks as the assistants Jerry Convoy
and Terry Holland were hanging in the balance between perhaps
and maybe and Davidson scoured about the country to get a
coach. Finally they decided on Larry Brown.
Larry is 28, a former All-American at North Carolina, a member
of the U.S. Olympic team, a former assistant coach at UNC, and
a successful player in both the tough AAU league and the ABA.
He is good looking, smart, personable and fully capable of doing the
job. His signing was heralded as a major accomplishment for the
Cats.
Brown's Quick Exit
Brown was delayed getting to the scene because he was in the
playoffs of the ABA with Oakland. Then he had a hernia and was
forced to go to Chapel Hill for surgery. In all, he spent less than
two weeks on the campus, and then rattled the basketball world with a
preemptory and unexplained resignation. There was a formal state
ment, a bate of rumors, a few words from Athletic Director Tom
Scott, and a silence from Brown. Former assistant Terry Holland
was snatched back from Maryland and hurled into the breach.
Brown's assistant Bo Brickless has agreed to stay on and help
Holland. At last it is over. Davidson has a new coach.
Larry Brown is a victim of his own naivete in business. He did
not get firm understandings about recruiting, salary, admissions,
and office procedure. He did not have a clear, written understand
ing about the summer camp program for kid basketballers on the
campus. The whole incident was a tragedy of misunderstanding
and poor business principles.
But it did not wreck Davidson basketball, nor does it reflect on
the soundness or character of Larry Brown. Both he and the program
will continue successfully, albeit a pity perhaps that the success
will not be together.
COACH BEN WHAM INSTRUCTS SWIM TEAM
First Y Swim Team
Still Needs Members
With the first meet of the sea
son less than two weeks away,
the Clinton YMCA Swim Team
still needs more team members.
YMCA Physical Director Ben
Wham, who is coaching the team,
said, “Although we have only one
swimmer who has competitive
experience, we have several
swimmers who show good poten
tial. However, we need more
swimmers so that we can have
more competitive practice as
well as a stronger and more
encouraging program.*
There currently are 17 team
members practicing for the first
meet July 26 in Anderson. The
meet in Anderson will begin at
11 a.m. A return match between
the two teams will be held la
ter in Clinton, either at the Clin
ton Mill Pool or at the Lydia
Mill Pool.
The Clinton team practices in
the Clinton Mill Pool every Tues
day, Friday and Saturday morn
ings from 9:30 a.m. until noon.
Each swimmer participates in
his or her own age group (8
and under, 9-10, 11-12, 13-14, 15-
17).
Wham said, “This is done
so that each swimmer may com
pete with other swimmers in his
own age group. Boys swim against
boys in their own age group and
girls swim against girls in their
age group.*
compete for an individual award.
No team score will be kept. This
is in accordance with the AAU
rules for 1969. The purpose is
to encourage individual parti
cipation and to give each
swimmer a goal toward which to
work.
Wham also said, “We will not
be able to take part in the state
meet this year because of our late
start but we hope to compete in
the state in the future. Team
scores are kept only in state
meets."
He added, “1 feel we have come
a long way in the past few weeks
but, this being our first year, we
have a long way to go. The swim
mers are giving it a 100 per cent
effort each practice but this isn’t
enough. They need the support of
the Clinton and Joanna area. We
would like for parents to en
courage their children to join
the team and then cheer them on
to victory.*
Juniors Finish
Second In League
Wham commented,
gram is set up so a
The pro
child can
develop mentally, physically and
through the daily practices of
swimming, build uphisor her en
durance. We also hope the par
ticipants develop spiritually
through devotionals which are
given at the end of each prac
tice.*
The League 8 American Le
gion championship race went
down to the wire Monday night
but when the smoke cleared
Greenwood had its 19th league
title in 22 years.
Greenwood defeated Newberry
7-1 Monday night while Clinton
lost 1-0 to Ware Shoals. If Clin
ton had won and Greenwood lost,
there would have been a tie for
first place. However, Greenwood
wound up 14-2 and Clinton was
12-4.
Clinton CoachSam Owens com
mented, “We feel we had a
good season. The boys didn’t let
down. We had a couple of de
fensive lapses at key points dur
ing the season and that was the
major difference.
“We couldn’t have asked any
more of the boys as far as hit
ting is concerned. The team bat
ting average was .320. Our pitch
ing was good. Overall, our team
earned run average was 2.48 and
that’s plenty good enough.
“We lost four one-run games.
“I’d have to say this was the
best hitting American Legion
team I’ve ever seen.*
Steve Owens led the team with
a hot .492 average. Larry Ster
ling hit .412 and Arnold Leltz-
sey hit at a .400 clip. Everett
Davis batted .392 and Matthew
King hit .385, giving the infield
an average of better than .400.
Buzzy Tedards hada4-2pltch-
ing record while Lynn Evans was
3-1, LarrySterling 3-0, and Tom
my Motes 2-1.
Clemson Club
Meets July 30
At Shrine lub
The annual picnic for the Lau
rens County Clemson Club will be
held on Wednesday, July 30, at
7:30 p.m. at the Laurens County
Shrine Club on Lake Greenwood.
A barbecued chicken supper
will be served prior to the even
ing meeting. Frank Howard, Ath
letic Director and head football
coach, will be the speaker for
the evening.
All members of IPTAY,
alumni, good friends of Clem
son are urged to attend. Special
guests of the evening will be the
students from Laurens County
who will be entering Clemson
University as freshmen this fall.
Tickets for this event are now
on sale in Clinton at McGee’s
Drug Store and at the Men’s Shop
in Laurens.
Lakeside Junior
Golf Tournament
To Open Monday
The Lakeside Country Club
Junior Golf Tournament is sche
duled July 21-22.
The tournament will start Mon
day at 10 a.m.
Junior boys are requested to
sign up in the pro shop prior
to the tournament and be ready
to tee off Monday morning. There
will be flights for all compe
titors, regardless of handicap or
age.
Owens, Braswell
Are Star Officials
Sam Owens and Jimmy Bras
well, both from Clinton, have been
named as officials of the North-
South All-Star Basketball Game.
The game will be played in
Columbia Aug. 5, preceding the
annual North-South All-Star
Football Game on Aug. 8.
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Smokey Sayt:
REPORT OF CONDITION OF*
Bank of Clinton
of Clinton, in the State of South Carolina
and Domestic Subsidiaries at the close of business
on June 30, 1969
ASSETS
Cash and due from banks $ 592,712.09
U. S. Treasury Certificates 786,100.00
Securities of other U. S. Government
agencies and corporations 350,000.00
Obligation of States and political
subdivisions 460,270.00
Federal funds sold and securities pur
chased under agrrements to resell 2lK),000.00
Other loans 1,777,674.98
Bank premises, furniture and fixtures
and other assets representing bank
premises 57,881.11
Other assets 5,263.93
YMCA Program
Back In Action
Wham said that meets are set
up so that each swimmer will
Gault's Biggest Group
PC May Use Several
Frosh Football Players
Presbyterian College Head
Football Coach Cally Gault will
have his largest number of fresh
man prospects next fall and that’s
fortunate because he thinks he’s
going to need them.
Gault is gloomy when discuss
ing prospects for next season but
he’s enthusiastic about some of
the players coming in. Right now,
Gault is counting on several of the
incoming freshmen for immedi
ate varsity action.
The Blue Hose, co-champions
of the Carolinas Conference last
season, lost several seniors who
were the nucleus of that fine 7-3
squad, including All-American
Dan Eckstein, quarterback Bill
Kirtland who set numerous
passing records, line stalwarts
Charlie Reid, Dowl Thompson and
others.
COOPER INELIGIBLE
In addition, Blue Hose hopes
for next season suffered a blow
However, Gault has 34 incom
ing freshmen lined up for
the team. It will be the largest
number of freshman football
players in Gault’s six years at
PC.
TOP PROSPECTS
Some of the most promising
members of the incoming fresh
man group are:
Ends---Harold Bennett (6-0,
175 lbs.) from Marietta, Ga.;Bob
Cloy (6-2, 175 lbs.) from East
Point, Ga.; Lang Long (5-10, 170
lbs.) from Laurens; Richard
Medlin (6-1, 180 lbs.) from De
catur, Ga.; Bill Quinn (5-11, 170
lbs.) from Evans, Ga. Quinn also
can play quarterback. Harvey
Jones (5-10, 165 lbs.) from De
catur, Ga.
Quarterbacks---Larry East-
erwood (5-11, 170 lbs.) Lithia
Springs, Ga.; Johnny Gylmph
(5-9, 165 lbs.) from Wade Hamp
ton in Greenville; Porter Ken-
Guard---Jay Rogers (5-11,
lbs.) from Decatur, Ga.
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Tackle---Robert Middleton
(6-0, 181 lbs.) from Tifton, Ga.
Linebackers---Wayne Thomp
son (5-11, 180 lbs.) from Wade
Hampton in Greenville; and Joe
Upchurch (6-0, 196 lbs.) from
Savannah, Ga.
Centers---Tom Thrasher(6-1,
184 lbs.) from Decatur, Ga.; and
Wade Wmith (6-11, 161 lbs.) from
Lafayette, Ga.
Gault said that because of some
of the personnel losses suffered
by the Blue Hose, *WeTl be look
ing to some of the freshmen for
immediate help.”
He said the top prospects are
End Bennett; Quarterback Eas-
terwood; Halfback Jeselnik;
Quarterback Kennington; End
Medlin; Quarterback Renwick;
Guard Rogers; Linebacker
Thompson; Center Thrasher and
Fullback Tibbitts.
recently when it was learned that nington (6-1, 170 lbs.) from Lan-
flanker Francis Cooper, a two-
year veteran from Clinton, will be
ineligible next fall. Cooper ran
into grade problems which he
did not overcome in the first
session of summer school.
Also, one of PC’s prized re
cruit, halfback Ken Lister of
Wade Hampton in Greenville, suf
fered a broken ankle playing touch
football recently and he isn’t
expected to see action for the
Blue Hose next season, accord
ing to Gault.
caster; Wayne Renwick (6-0, 170
lbs.) from Winnsboro.
Halfbacks---David Eckstein
(5-8, 150 lbs.) from Atlanta, Ga.;
Johnny Jeselnik (5-9, 170 lbs.)
from Sylvania, Ga.; Ken Lister
(5-10, 155 lbs.) from Wade Hamp
ton in Greenville ;T(xiyPassarel-
lo (5-9, 170 lbs.) from Bishop
England in Charleston.
Fullback—Jeff Tibbitts (5-11,
192 lbs.) from Marietta, Ga.
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TIP
It is sometimes neces
sary, when replacing or fit
ting window glass, to tap
the pane to loosen it or
push it into place. A rubber
crutch tip slipped over the
handle of your putty knife
will enable you to do this
without the danger of
breaking the glass.
BY JOHN BINGHAM
YMCA Director
The YMCA program got back to
normal after the vacation week.
All games in the Small Fry, Little
League, Pony League, and Men’s
Softbal’ T oague were played as
sched’
Game results are as follows.
In games played in the Small
Fry Division Monday, July 7, the
Lions downed the Giants 9 to 0
and the Dodgers defeated the
Tigers five to three. In Wednes
day games the Yankees took the
Braves 12 to zero and the Lions
out scored the Tigers 11 to zero.
In Friday games the Braves beat
the Giants nine to zero and the
Yankees downed the Dodgers
seven to two. Each team plays
two games each week.
Standings in the Small Fry Di
vision show the Yankees in first
place with eight wins and one loss,
the Lions in second place with
seven wins and one loss, the Ti
gers and Dodgers are tied for
third and fourth places with a 5-4
record, and the Giants and Braves
are tied for fifth and sixth places
with one win and eight losses
each.
In games played in the Little
League Division Monday, July 7,
the Giants downed the Lions 11
to one and the Dodgers nipped the
Tigers four to three. In games
played on Wednesday the Yankees
out scored the Braves 19 to three
and the Tigers downed the Lions
three to two. In Friday games the
Giants defeated the Braves 11 to
zero and the Yankees downed the
Dodgers 12 to four.
Standings show the Giants in
first place with an eight win and
two loss record. The Lions are
in second place with six wins and
two losses. The Dodgers axe in
third place with five wins and
four losses. The Tigers and Yan
kees are tied for fourth and fifth
place with four wins and five
TOTAL ASSETS $4,229,902.11
LIABILITIES
Demand deposits of individuals, part
nerships and corporations $2,212,232.01
Time and savings deposits of individ
uals, partnerships and corporations 625,808.07
Deposits of United States Government 63,881.80
Deposits of States and political
subdivisions 813,937.40
Certified and officers’ checks, etc. 5,219.10
TOTAL DEPOSITS $3,721,078.38
(a) Total demand
deposits $2,945,270.31
(b) Total time and
savings deposits $ 775,808.07
Other liabilities 2,870.22
TOTAL LIABILITIES $3,723,948.60
RESERVES ON LOANS AND SECURITIES
Reserve for bad debt losses on loans
(Set up pursuant to Internal Service
rulings) 28,092.12
TOTAL RESERVES ON LOANS
AND SECURITIES
.$ 28,092.12
losses each and the Braves are
in last place with no wins and
nine losses.
In games played in the Pony
League the Southern District
downed Bailey 12 to seven in Mon
day’s game. On Tuesday Joanna
defeated the Northeast District
seven to zero. On Wednesday Jo
anna out scored the Southern Dis
trict four to zero and the North
east District downed Lydia 10 to
one on Thursday.
Standings show Joanna leading
the League with seven wins and
no losses. The Northeast District
is in second place with five wins
and three losses. The Southern
District is in third place with
three wins and five losses and
Bailey and Lydia are tied for
fourth place and fifth place with
two wins and five losses each.
MEN’S SOFTBALL
The Men’s Softball League re
sumed action after a week lay
off for vacation week. On Tues
day evening Lydia #1 and Joanna
tangled in the opening game and
after the dust had settled and the
score counted, Lydia #1 had de
feated Joanna 10 to 5. In the se
cond game of the evening Rock
Bridge defeated a much improved
United Agents team in a close
game five to two. In the third
game of the evening the Jaycees
defeated Lydia #2 18 to eight.
Standings show Lydia #1 in first
place with 12 wins and three
losses, the Jaycees in second
place with 11 wins and five losses,
Joanna in third place with 10
wins and six losses, Rock Bridge
in fourth place with an eight and
eight record. Lydia #2 holds down
fifth place with four wins and 12
losses and the United Agents are
in last place with two wins and 13
losses.
* + *
Over 20 mill ion pounds of tire
fabric were produced last year by
the textile industry in South Caro
lina, according to the State De
partment of Labor.
b UKK
ForMt Area can destroy
clear stream a!
South Carolina textile plants
consumed more strict low middl
ing cotton last year than any
other grade, the records of the
state’s department of labor show.
CAPITAL ACCOUNTS
Equity capital, total (sum of items
36 to 40 below) $ 477,861.39
Common stock—total par value $ 100,000.00
No. shares authorized 10,000
No. shares outstanding 10,000
Surnlus 200,000.00
Undivided profits 77,861.89
Reserve for contingencies and
other capital reserves 100,000.00
TOTAL CAPITAL ACCOUNTS
(Sum of items 34 and 35 above) $ 477,861.39
TOTAL LIABILITIES, RESERVES,
AND CAPITAL ACCOUNTS
(Sum of items 28, 29, 33, and 41 above $4,229,902.11
MEMORANDA
Average of total deposits for the 15
calendar days ending with call date $3,874,660.89
Average of total loans for the 16
calendar days ending with call date . 1,787,300.67
Unearned discount on instalment loans
included in total capital accounts 23,919.18
I, Harry Y. McSween, Cashier, of the above named
bank, do solemnly swear that this report of condition
is true and correct, to the best of my knowledge and
belief. HARRY Y. McSWEEN, Cashier
Correct—Attest: Robert P. Hamer, T. H. Copeland,
Ansel B. Godfrey, Directors.
State of South Carolina, County of Laurens, ss:
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 16th day of
July, 1969, and I hereby certify that I am not an officer
or director of this bank.
CECIL E. WHITE, Notary Public
My commission expires January 1, 1971.
1968 DODGE
Polara 2-Door Hardtop.
A. T., P. S., Factory Air,
New Tires. Spare Tire
Never Been Down. One
Owner. 14,000 Mile
Car.
1967 MUSTANG 1968 DODGE
Convertible. V-8, A. T.,
P. S. Excellent Condi
tion. Yellow With Black
Top.
Dart 2-Door Hardtop.
Green with Green Vinyl
Roof, A. T, 6 Cyl. En
gine. Wheel Covers,
White Tires, Radio.
1966 OLDS
442 2 Door Hardtop, 4-
Speed Trans., White
Tires, Wheel Covers, R.
1967 DODGE
Polara 2-Door Hardtop.
R, H, A. T, P. S. Fac
tory Air, Yellow With
Black Vinyl Interior.
1963 OLDS
Cutlass Sport Coupe.
A. T„ V-8, R, H, White
Tires, Wheel Covers,
Black With Red Inte
rior.
1965 RAMBLER
Classic Station Wagon.
6 Cyl., Std. Trans.,
White Tires, Wheel
Covers.
1965 DODGE
Sportsman Van, 6 Cyl.,
Straight Drive. An
Ideal Unit For The
Sportsminded.
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