The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, July 31, 1969, Image 7
THE CHRONICLE, Clinton, S. C., July 31, 1969—7-A
Small Fry, Little League £
All-Stars Announced
BILL CURRIE
Mouth
of the South
He Remakes Mountains
North Carolina’s most imaginative citizen, Hugh Morton, has not,
as far as the known record shows, moved any mountains, but he
will it he wants to. In the past dozen or so years by dint of quiet
but highly effective promotion, he has transformed Grandfather
Mountain in the Tar Heel Blue Ridge from a floundering tourist
trap into one of the grandest attractions in the East. When Hugh got
the mountain, about 11,000 folks per year struggled to the top to
witness the breathtaking panorama from there. Last year more
than a quarter of a million people from everywhere travelled the
new road, viewed the nature in the original, and had a good time
on the Mile HighSwinging Bridge at the top. This is no place, really,
to discuss the Mountain; it is a subject for book length consideration!
Hugh Morton is the guy who a few years ago was outraged at the
idea of cutting the Battleship North Carolina up into scrap. He led
the successful fight to save the dreadnaught, and now it rests
in its permanent slip at Wilmington, sort of a monument to Mor
ton’s tenacity and work.
Shortly after the Battleship, Hugh announced that he was going
to build a golf course adjacent to Grandfather Mountain. Of course
the fact that the terrain would have brought tears to Daniel Boone’s
eyes was not even considered. Just move a few thousand trees,
and erase all trace of their having been there. Dam up a stream or
two and make a scenic lake for boating and fishing and swimming
and sailing. Then design the course for maximum beauty and
make it difficult enough to challenge the best pro, and possible
for the duffer. (I played there this week and have some reservation
about the latter. Perhaps I am not even a duffer, for the course
totally baffled me.)
The Grandfather Golf Club is the latest and best of all the bur
geoning recreation and sports developments in the North Carolina
hills. It has attracted resident members from overseas and I met as
many folks from South Carolina and Florida as I did from the Tar
Heel State.
Clubhouse Is A Tent
The course itself is a magnificent example of how something can
be done well if the folks doing it want to pay the price in money
and time. They haven’t built a clubhouse yet--well, they have
staked it out. But they have a temporary deal--a tent. Well, the
tent is precisely Mortindsque. In 1968 it won the American In
stitute of Architecture Award for the most creative building in the
millions*. IlJ '‘ ‘
Now being a Wilmingtonian, Hugh Morton isn’t going to live,
even in his beloved mountains without fish. The lakes on the
golf course at Grandfather are dangerous: The fish are likely to
jump out and attack a passing golfer. You can stand and watch
the Rainbow Trout swim, and have hardly enough room to pass
each other. If you wrangle an invitation to fish in the Grandfather
Mountain Lake, a private place where the residents go, be pre
pared. We caught our supper in a little over an hour, and what I
know about fishing is zilch.
If you got a mountain you want moved, or a river dammed, or
the course of a state’s history changed, call Hugh Morton. He’s
not so busy now; sometimes I bet he doesn’t work over eighteen
hours a day.
The YMCA Small Fry and Little
League All-Star teams have been
announced. They will play the
league champions today.
The^amU Fry AU-Stars will
play t|e Yankees and the Little
League All-Stars will play the
Lions.
Members of the Small Fry All-
Stars are George Walker, Jeff
Benjamin, Kevin Wessinger and
Johnny Pinson, of the Giants;
Mike Owens, Ronald James, Tim
Riley and Brian Beaman of the
Tigers; Chuck Kinard, Tommy
Oakley, Danny Phillips and Wil
liam King of the Braves; Adams,
Gilliam, Niver and Sanders of the
Lions; and B. Stewart, E. Coile,
S. Coleman and J. Dawkins of the
Dodgers.
Little League All-Stars are
Mark Satterfield, RussellSatter-
fieliTim Mann and Allen Boyce
of ta Yankees; Jack Harr ill,
JoHi Lawson, Dillard Young,
andBfrskine Jacks of the Giants;
Football Jamboree
Set For Sept. 2
The annual Presbyterian Col
lege Football Jamboree will be
held on Sept. 2, according to
PC Athletic Director and Head
Football Coach Cally Gault.
The Jamboree is sponsored by
the Walter Johnson Club and fea
tures a barbecue supper. Tickets
will be $1.75 for adults and $1.25
for children.
PC football fans will get a
preview of the 1969 football team
and will be introduced to the play
ers.
PC Cage Coach
Attends Clinic
Herb Robinson basketball
coach at Presbyterian College, at
tended the 7th annaul Stetson
Basketball Coaching Clinic,
Thursday-Saturday, July 17-19, in
DeLand, Fla.
Robinson and 250 fellow
coaches heard Frank McGuire of
South Carolina, Bob Knight of
Army, and Don Donoher of
Dayton, lecture on their respec
tive brands of winning basketball
at what has become in only seven
years the South’s premiere
coaching clinic.
Speed Record
An unofficial world speed
record has been set for a high
peyjformance helicopter, it was
lunced by Bell Helicopter
)any.
“’record speed of 316 MPH
in level flight was attained.
Mike Templeton, Jimmy Miller,
Henry Blalock, Peter Undari of
the Tigers; Brian Shealy, Johnny
Thomas, Mike Hendrix, Michael
Cogsdill of the Braves; Howe,
Roach, Ward and Godwin of the
Dodgers.
The Small Fry League title
was won by the Yankees with a
13-1 record while the Liong placed
second at 10-3. Others in order
are Tigers (9-5), Dodgers (5-8),
Giants and Braves (2-12 each).
With a rained-out game to play
early this week, the Lions were
first in the Little League (11-3)
while the Giants were second at
9-4. Others are Yankees 8-6,
Tigers 7-7, Dodgers 5-8 and
Braves 1-13.
PONY LEAGUE
Undefeated Joanna set the pace
in the Pony League with an 11-0
mark, followed by Northeast
(7-4), Southern (5-6), Bailey
(3-9) and Lydia (2-9).
Lydia Places First
Bill Rhodes Wins
Bat Championship
Bill Rhodes, manager of the
Joanna team, won the batting
championship in the YMCA Men’s
Softball League regular season
which was recently completed.
Rhodes posted an average of
.581 with 25 hits in 43 times at
bat. Placing second was Haup-
fear of Rock Bridge who hit .577
on 26 hits in 45 times at bat.
Others who hit .500 or better
for the season, with at least 35
times at bat, included:
Foster (.549) and Watts (.508)
of Jaycees; J. Cooper of Lydia
No. 1 (.509).
Lydia No. 1 captured the re
gular season championsnip witha
record of 11
Ioanna and the
Jaycees tied for second with 13-7
records and Rock Bridge was
fourth at 10-10. Lydia No. 2 was
fifth at 7-13 and United Agents
were sixth with 2-17.
The playoffs began Tuesday
night with Rock Bridge going a-
gainst United Agents and Joanna
vs. Lydia No. 2. On Wednesday
night, Lydia No. 1 went against
the Rock Bridge-United winner
while the Jaycees took on the Jo
anna-Lydia No. 2 Winner. To
night, the championship semi
finals will lie held with the winner
playing the winner of the losers’
bracket next Wednesday, Aug. 5.
Donkey Ball Game Set
Friday Night In Clinton
The Clinton Jaycees will spon
sor a Donkey Ball Game Friday
night at the Cavalier Ball Park in
Clinton.
The game is to start at 7:30
D.m.
The Jaycees will field a team
against the Clinton Cloggers.
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SADDLE: Adjust height
leg bends only slightly with
ball of foot on pedal at bot-\
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BRAKES: Must brake evenly \
everytime. No slippage. Have
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REFLECTOR: Must be visi
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SPOKES: Replace broken
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TIRE VALVE: Inspect for^
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CHAIN: Check for damaged
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HANDLE GRIPS: Replace
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BELL OR HORN:
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HANDLE BARS: Adjust for
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securely.
in fork. Tighten
LIGHT: Must
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be visible for
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TIRES: Inflate to correct
pressure. Check tires fre
quently. Remove imbedded
glass, cinders, etc. Don’t ride
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WHEELS:
nuts.
Tighten wheel
ALWAYS RIDE WITH CAUTION • TAKE GOOD CARE OF YOUR BICYCLE
Get Ready For Bicycle Rodeo
A Bicycle Safety Rodeo will be held Friday, Aug.
22, for Clinton area school children. The Rodeo will
be sponsored by the Clinton YMCA in conjunction with
the Health and Safety Committee of the Clinton
Chamber of Commerce.
The Rodeo is tentatively scheduled to start at 4
p.m. at Clinton Elementary School.
All bicycles will be safety inspected before riders
are given proficiency tests. Owners of bikes which
pass the safety inspection will be given an inspertic n
sticker of approval to place on their bikes. Those who
pass the riding proficiency test will be given a member
ship card in the Bicycle Safety League.
To prepare their bikes for the safety inspection
youngsters are urged to check their bikes to see if they
mdet the standards shown in the drawing above.
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CITADEL GRANT—Laurens’ A. J.
Cox. center, chats with Citadel Base
ball Coach Chal Port. At right is
Cox’s father, Jack Cox. A. J. played
four seasons with the Clinton
American Legion team.
Cox Signs Baseball
Grant With The Citadel
Citadel Baseball Coach Chal
Port has announced that A. J.
Cox, shortstop-outfielder from
Laurens has signed a Citadel
baseball grant.
He is the son of Mr. Jack L.
Members of the ‘Cloggers’’
team are John Bingham, Willie
Carter, Billy Tiller, CallyGault,
Jerry Lewis, Preston Cox, Tru
man Owens, Jimmy Braswell, Al
len Simmons, Cornell Blakely,
Sam Owens and Billy Rhodes.
Members of the Jayceeteam
will be Melvin Bailey, Joe Fos
ter, Tom Wlest, Milton Moore,
Alan Hunnicutt, Jerry Powell,
Rocky Norris, Len Caricofe,
Mike Sanford, Dan Lynch, Dave
Watts, Nolan Lancaster, Sam
Price, Mike Hurt and Moe Guer-
rinni.
Rogers Slowed
By Leg Injury
Clinton native Phil Rogers has
been slowed by a leg injury in
recent St. Louis Cardinal foot
ball practices.
Rogers was playing as a cor-
nerback on the first defensive
team when he suffered a pulled
hamstring. He has been switched
to flanker but has been slowed by
the injury recently.
Rogers set pass catching re
cords at Clemson University af
ter graduating from Clinton High
School. He is a rookie with the
Cardinals.
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Don Acheson
Heads Bowlers
Don Acheson was elected
president of the Laurens County
Bowling Association at a recent
meeting of the association.
Other officers elected at the
meeting at Palmetto Lanes in
Clinton are Gholdie Simmnns,
vice president; Bill Fennell, sec
retary-treasurer; J. B. Van-
derford, Wallace Patterson and
Frank Walker, directors.
Named to a pormotions and
publicity committee were Clark
Meadors, Horace Robinson and
Ted Wilson.
The date and time of the meet
ings to organize the winter
leagues will be announced later.
Women’s voices are
£ Itched higher than men’s
ecause their vocal chords
are shorter—-not to mention
their tempers.
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Cox of 305 Mill Street in Lau
rens.
Under Coach Don Helms, Lau
rens won their conference base
ball championship. Cox hit .375
while playing the infield and out
field. He also played halfback on
the upper state class “AA’’ foot
ball championship team. He won
ten varsity letters, four in base
ball and three each in football
and basketball. Cox played four
years with Clinton American Le
gion Team.
He was active in student af
fairs and was a member of the
Key Club, Future Teachers of
America and the Block “L^Tlub
He also was a member oTlhe
student council.
“A. J. will fill a need for a
left-handed hitter in our outfield
next year,” said Port. “He is a
power hitter that can hit the long
ball and covers the outfield with
speed. A. J. will help us re
place some of the hitters lost
last season via graduation. An
excellent student, he will be a
credit to The Citadel both in the
classroom and on the baseball
field."
Swim Team
Hosts Easley
The Clinton swim team will
have its first home meet at 10:30
Saturday, August 2, from 10:30
a. m. till 1 p.m., at the Lydia
Mill pool. The team will lie
swimming against Easley YMCA.
This is the first year for both
teams and each meet is a learn
ing experience as well as a lot of
fun, according to Coach Ben
Wham.
“Plan to come out Saturday
and cheer your team to victory,”
Wham said.
Stripers Stocked
In Lake Greenwood
South Carolina’s rockfishcon-
tinue to return home. On July 24,
approximately 40,000 striped
bass arrived by truck from
Louisiana for stocking in Lake
Greenwood. These fingerlings
were hatched from eggs supplied
by the South Carolina Wildlife
Resources Department to the
State of Louisiana in exchange
for the eggs.
Louisiana agreed to deliver 25
percent of the successful pro
ductions.
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