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f THE CHRONICLE, Clinton, S. C., July 24, 1969—7-A BILL CURRIESliWISI Mouth of the South Harp Sometimes Funny The reason Duke football coach Tom Harp doesn’t get more and better press is because the majority of the writers and broad casters who cover the Blue Devils are so Incredibly dumb they can’t appreciate the subtlety of the man. He lacks the bluster and the obvious blunderbuss technique of a Frank Howard, and he Isn’t the smiling smoothie like Paul Dietzel. But in his soft-spoken, eloquently-put comments, Harp displays a rapler-like humor which is sometimes harsh, sometimes funny, and always incisive and to the point Of course, what he has to say comes off a lot better spoken than it does In print, but even so, Tom Harp is one of the truly •color ful" guys connected with sports in this part of the country. Usually a ‘colorful’ guy has the biggest part of his ‘humor" shoved into his mouth by a friendly scribe looking for a free ride or some extra tickets. Harp is too mean to get that close to, far too clever to be flattered by insincere baloney attributed to him, and totally lacking in the need for any assistance. He's After Currie Ever since he got to Duke, Tom has been after me. On our first meeting I rubbed him the wrong way mildly in a situation too long and involved to recount. The upshot of it was that I played a Joke on Tom, but refused to work the same stunt on Paul Dietzel, who at that time I was afraid might not see the humor of it Now I know he would, but then I coughed up my guts without even considering it Tom said I was a coward, and he has been Jabbing me with all sorts of barbs ever since. Of course I have got to like him, and I think he likes me, but I get that needle all the time. So do a lot of other people, and rarely does the Duke mentor make any public statement which does not contain at least one thrust which is a real Mark Twain twister. As I said, unfortunately, most of these gems go unreported to the public because the dumb- dumbs who hear it lack the perception to understand. Last year I felt sorry for Harp. He didn’t have many players, and a couple of those he did have got bounced out of school because they didn’t come up to the code of conduct for Duke students. (In light of what has been tolerated and even encouraged at Duke since, I often wonder what on earth they could have done.) And Tom was low and discouraged in pre-season work. But he worked a miracle somehow, %nd by the end of the season nobody felt sorry for Tom. Everybody felt a great respect A well-known sports personality in North Carolina, a Duke graduate, said before football last year, "Tom Harp has done a good Job. He was hired to wreck the football program at Duke in four years, and he has done it in two." Things Looking Up Well now it’s a different story. Rival coaches report that Duke has Just about the finest-looking talent in the ACC, and even Tom is talking with an optimism seldom seen or heard from head coaches. A change in administration at Duke cannot help but boost the athletic program. Whatever the just resigned administration was dedicated to, it had to hurt athletics. And in every way-- recruiting, interest, attendance, and alumni support Tart-tongued Tom may not raise the Duke to the halcyon days of Wallace Wade or the glittering years of Bill Murray, but he is not going to be anybody’s doormat, and I’m glad. PIERCE WINS—Thom well’s Maynard Pierce nips Monroe of Spartanburg at the tape for first place in the 100-yard dash Saturday in the first annual State Jaycee Track Meet. Pierce Wins Minneapolis Trip With State Crown ThornweU’s Maynard Pierce won a trip to Minneapolis,Minn., Saturday when he placed first in the 100-yard dash in the first annual South Carolina Junior Track Meet. Pierce was clocked in 10.3 seconds at the track meet held at Furman University. He nipped Spartanburg’s Monroe for first place. All first place winners in the meet will go to the National Jaycee Track Meet in Minneapo lis July 31-Aug. 2. HOWARD SPEAKS HERE—Clemson University Athletic Director and Head Football Coach Frank Howard will be the featured speaker next Wednes day, July 30, at a meeting of the Laurens County Clemaon Club. The barbecued chicken supper will be held at the Laurens County Shrine Club on Lake Greenwood, and will start at 7:30 p.m. Tick ets are on sale at McGee’s Drug Store in Clinton and the Men’s Shop in Laurens. All IPTAY mem bers, alumni and, friends of Clemson are urged to attend. DuBose, Adair Win State Jaycee Net Championships Stephanie DuBose of Clinton captured a major tennis title last weekend, winning the girls’ 18 and under competition with an upset victory. Clinton’s Chris Adair also came home with a share of a state championship in the South Carolina Jaycee Junior Tennis Tournament at Clemson. Miss DuBose upset highly touted Jill Hooper of Greenville, 7-5, 2-6, 6-3, in a two and a half hour struggle for the singles championship in their division. She defeated Gay Farr, 6-2, 6-0, in the semifinals. Adair teamed with David Hol ley of Charleston to win the boys’ Sponsored by the Clinton Jay- cees, Pierce also placed second in the broad Jump and fourth in representing South Carolina in the 100-yard dash in the national meet, he may represent the state in the broad jump if the first place finisher from Union does not attend the national meet Two other Thornwell boys, Roby Wallin and Kanada Roach placed in the meet. Wallin was fifth in the 860-yard run. Roach was fourth in both the 100-yard dash and discuss and placed fifth in the shot put. YMCA Day Camp To Open Monday BY JOHN BINGHAM YMCA Director The YMCA Day Camp for boys and girls will get underway Mon day, July 28, under the direction of Ben Crabtree. The camp is for boys and girls between the ages of six and 12 years old. All who have not registered for the camp should do so as soon as pos sible. The camp will run for two weeks with a fill! camping pro gram offered. Details of the camp may be obtained by calling the YMCA office at 833-1555. GAME RESULTS A full schedule of games was played during the week in each division of the YMCA baseball and softball leagues. SMALL FRY LEAGUE In games played Monday, July 14, the Lions downed the Braves 12 to. 5 and the league leading Yankees defeated the tigers six to two. On Wednesday the Giants downed the Dodgers in a very close game eight to seven and the Yankees continued their win ning way to down the Lions four to three in another close game. On Friday the Dodgers did not have enough players to build a team and had to forfeit the game to the Braves nine to zero. Standings in the Small Fry di vision places the Yankees in num ber one place with 10 wins and one loss, the Lions are in second place with eight wins and two losses. The Tigers hold down third place with a 6-5 record followed by the Dodgers with five wins and six losses. The Braves have a 2-9 record placing them in fifth place and the Giants are in last place with two wins and 10 defeats. LITTLE LEAGUE In games played in the Little League division on Monday, July 14, the Lions outscored the Braves six to nothing and the Yankees edged by the Tigers five to four. On Wednesday the Dod gers gave a game to the league leading Giants by forfeit and the Yankees downed the Lions in a close game five to four. On Fri day the Braves downed the Dod gers nine to nothing and the game between the Giants and Tigers was postponed. Standings in the Little League places the Giants in first place with nine wins and two losses followed by the Lions with a 7-3 record. The Yankees hold down third place with six wins and five losses. The Dodgers are in fourth place with five wins and six losses. Fifth place goes to the Tigers with four wins and six losses and the Braves are in last place with one win and 10 losses. MEN'S SOFTBALL The number one place in the Men’s Softball League tightened up after another week of Intensive play by the participating teams. On Tuesday, July 15, Joanna got by the United Agents by a score of 12 to 10 which Joanna won in the bottom after being down 10 to five. In the second game of the evening the League leading Lydia #1 also had to come from be hind in the sixth inning to down their sister team 20 to 14. In the third game the Jaycees and Rock Bridge played a very close game that was also decided in the last inning of the game. The final results show Jaycees 13, Rock Bridge 11. On Thursday the teams played again with Lydia #1 and Rock Bridge meeting in the first game at 6:30 p.m. Rock Bridge came from behind in the bottom of the seventh by scoring two runs and defeating the league leading Lydia #1 12 to 11. In the second game the Jaycees downed the United Agents 12 to four and Lydia #2 outscored Joanna 20 to five. Standings in the League with only one more week to play has Lydia #1 in first place with 13 wins and four losses followed closely by the Jaycees with 13 wins and five losses. Lydia #1 has a game to make up with the United Agents. Third place goes to Joanna with 11 wins and seven losses. Rock Bridge is in fourth place with nine wins and nine losses, followed by Lydia #2 with a 5-13 record. The United Agents hold down last place with two wins and 15 losses. ♦ is/ h STEPHANIE DUBOSE * V. Thomason Leads Valley Pitchers DUE WEST - Erskine Thoma son, who received all District 6 NAIA honors for posting a 5-1 record and 1.35 earned run aver age this season for the Erskine College Flying Fleet baseball team, has posted an 8-0 record thus far this summer in leading his Charlottesville, Va., team to a commanding lead in the tough Valley League. Thomason, former Laurens High righthander who now makes his home in Clinton, has posted a 2.28 earned run average while pitching against some of the na tion’s finest college players. The Valley League, a summer collegiate loop composed of teams from the Shenandoah Val ley of Virginia, attracts its play ers from leading southern, east ern, and midwestern institutions. Thomason’s most recent win was a one-hit shutout in which be retired the first 19 batters before losing his perfect game. Thomason transferred to Er skine this past year after grad uating from Anderson Junior Col lege. His onlv defeat while pitch ing for the Flying Fleet this season---and his only loss thus CHRIS ADAIR doubles championship. Adair and Holley defeated Keith Richardson of Rock Hill and Ro bert Phillips of Charleston 6-4, 6-1, after trailing 4-1 in the first set of the finals. Adair seeded No. 1, was up set in the semifinals of the sing les competition by David Rich ardson of Rock Hill 6-0, 6-1. Richardson went on to defeat his brother, Keith, seeded No. 2, for the 18 and under championship. Miss Hooper and Nancy Year- gin of Greenville defeated Miss DuBose and Debra Moore of Ai ken, 6-1, 6-2, for the girls’dou bles championship. •• ••••••••*• • • » Dove Season Opens Sept. 13 Dates of hunting seasons and bag limits for doves, rails, gal- linules, snipe and woodcock for 1969 were established this week by the S. C. Wildlife Resources Commission. The framework for seasons and limits is set up by the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service in Washing ton following annual surveys of breeding populations. States then select dates for seasons within the federal framework. The South Carolina season for doves will open at noon EDST on Sept. 13 and will close at sun set on Oct. 4. A second season commences at noon EST on Nov. 17 and closes at sunset on Nov. 29. The third open season for doves starts at noon EST on Dec. 12 and closes at sunset on Jan. : 15, 1970. The daily bag limit will be 18, with a possession limit of. 36 after the first day of the season. A 70-day season on Marsh hens (Rails, Clapper rails, Sora and Gallinules) will start at one-half hour before sunrise on Oct. 7 and close at sunset on Dec. 16. The daily bag limit will be 15, with a possession limit of 30 after the first day. Woodcock may be taken from one-half hour before sunrise on Nov. 28 to sunset on Jan. 31, 1970. Daily bag limit is five, with a possession limit of 10 after the first day. Guns shall be limited to three shells for all repeating guns and no gun larger than 10-gauge may be used. $ ! Are You Vs X X Seif-Employed? § THOMASON far in 1969—was a 1-0 decision in 10 innings to Wofford, An un earned run beat him in that game. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Furman E. Thomason, 503 South Broad St. in Clinton, Thomason is a rising senior physical education major at Erskine where base ball coach Harry C. Stille is de pending upon him as ace of the Flying Fleet staff next season. .Social Security Isn’t Enough Retirement Income. You Need To Supplement Social Security With A Jefferson Standard Self-Pension-Plan : It Can Be Used Before Retirement, And You Can : Still Have An Income At Retirement! 3 V Roper Pond Built BY J. B. O’DELL District Conservationist Miss Katherine Roper has just finished a farm pond on her cat tle farm in the Hickory Tavern Community. This will mean a permanent source of water for cattle in this section of her pas ture. Don Willis, contractor, fol lowed SCS surveys on doing the necessary clearing and earth moving for this job. DITCHES D. W. Stevenson of Laurens is constructing 750 feet of open drainage ditches on his beef cat tle farm on Little River just North of Laurens. The ditch will provide drainage for about 10 acres of rich bottomland to be used for growing grass. FARM POND Julian Hunt, Billy Richardson and Billy Webster of Greenville are building a farm pond this week on their Cedar Hill Farm in the Shiloh Community of Lau rens County. When the fish pond is completed, they plan to con struct a 4-acre shallow water duck pond in the same area. The floodable area will be planted to waterfowl food plants to attract ducks and other water fowl. The pond will be designed so that the diked area can be flood ed annually from October 15 throughout the duck hunting sea son. The food plots will be plant ed each year. The Soil ConservationService is assisting the landowners and Billy R. Abercrombie, farm man ager, with the development of the Wildlife Recreation Program for this farm. CONSULT: MILTON P. MOORE 833-3919 Jpfffrsiiii Vliiiiiliinl UM IN SOI A M( I COMPANY \ Jf N.C X * * I -\ .V | * S: $ X s f At the end of regular sche duled play all six teams will entex , into a double elimination play-^| off. The play-off will begin next Tuesday, July 29. "We're speeding up the game—we have a plane to catchr USC Entrance Exam Scheduled The University of South Caro lina will hold a College Entrance Examination for all prospective students of the University and its Regional Campuses onSeptember 4th at 8:30 A.M. at the Naval Re serve Training Center on Howard Street in Spartanburg. Anyone in the community who has not met theentrance require ments of the University of its Regional Campuses are urged to take this examination. Appli cations may be obtained by phon ing or writing the Admissions Office of the Spartanburg Re gional Campus of the University of South Carolina located on East Wood Street. Telephone 585-8241. Early Typewriter The first recorded attempt to invent a typewriter was made in England in 1714, when Queen Anne granted a patent to Henry Mill for his ^artificial machine.” ■•••w.yV IV 0!jglS* 1965 COMET Station Wagon, 6 Cyl., Straight Drive, R. H, White Tires. An Extra Clean Car. Low Mileage. 1967 FORD Galaxie Conv., V-8, A. T„ P. S. White Tires, Wheel Covers. Silver Gray With Black Top and Int. 1967 DODGE Coronet 440 4-Door Sedan. V-8, A. T., P. S, R, White Tires, Wheel Covers. Tur quoise With Black Interior. 1966 OLDS Dynamic 88 4-Door Sedan. Fully Equip- p e d, Including Air Cond. One Owner, Local Car. Dark Blue With Matching Int. 1966 DODGE Dart 4-Door Sedan, 6 Cyl., A. T., Radio, White Tires, Wheel Covers. 1962 OLDS STARFIRE Cpe. Ex tra Clean, P. S., P. B., A. T. 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