The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, August 07, 1969, Image 7
THE CHRONICLE, Clinton, S. C., August 7, 1969—7-A
'Baptist Bottom'
Wake Forest’s athletic department has survived some traumatic
explosions in the past decade, but now, with Gene Hooks in command
as Athletic Director, and with a full stable of subordinates of his
own choosing, things should smooth out. Things at Baptist Bottom
never have really shaken down since the departure of Jim Weaver
as AD, and Peahead Walker as head football coach. These two
gentlemen are of the old non-coddling days when ball players
were men, or at least they were if they survived under Peahead.
Today Jim Weaver is Commissioner of the Atlantic Coast Con
ference and looking forward to retirement before long. Peahead,
ageless and still as wry as he was the first day out, is a scout
for the New York football Giants. Jim talks little and Peahead
talks a lot, and they both growl deep in their throats when they
speak.
STAY WITH BOAT—Laurens Coun
ty Rescue Squadmen demonstratd
last weekend that when a boat over
turns, it’s best to stav with it. The
two squadsmen shown above over
turned a boat, clung to its sides,
righted it and paddled it to shore,
showing that even though a boat is
filled with water, it can still provide
transportation.
Howard: Clemson To Have
'Pretty Good Football Team'
Peahead’s square handle is Douglas Clyde, and nobody ever got
so much coaching for so little money as Wake Forest got out of
him. He got good ball players who were as tough as Hickory knots,
and when there was a lot of pride and little money at Wake Forest
he won. Of course Peahead was never popular with the Baptist
preachers who viewed him and his football team with, at best, a
jaundiced eye. A visit to a practice session was sufficient for more
than one wearer of the cloth to conclude that Peahead was not
only going to hell, but he was going to take most of his players
with him.
Yarns About Peahead
He is famous for a whole liturgy of one liners. Some of them
he said, and some he didn’t, but they have been told and retold so
much that it is doubtful if Peahead himself knows the real truth.
Like the time one of his players was knocked out in a game. The
trainer and team physician hustled out to see about the stricken
Deacon. Peahead walked out slowly and poked the semi-conscious
player with his foot. “Git up!" he is reported to have roared,
“You’re layin’ where we gotta play!”
Another similar case and Peahead is said to have shouted at
the knocked-out player, “Git up! Git up! You ain’t hurt!” The team
physician said, “Wait a minute, Coach, this man isn’t breathing."
Peahead sniffed, “Well, you’re a doctor. Make him breathe!"
Peahead still nurtures his eternal feud with Clemson’s Frank
Howard. In thirty years neither has ever said a decent word for,
to or about the other. Yet in reality, they are close, and love
each other -as true old friends do.
Weaver used to make an annual speech to all football camps
in the ACC, warning the players about the dangers of gamblers
who might try to corrupt them. It was a set ritual which he de
livered in his gutteral growl in about ninety seconds flat. I me
morized the speech from travelling with him and hearing it so
at various dinners. Then Jim heard how he sounded he quit mak
ing the speech.
Hopefully, there are a few more Weavers and Walkers around.
Only men of their calibre can keep collegiate sports from slip
ping into the purposeless guagmire which has beset most other
areas of the college campus. If the smart mouths of the so-called
young set think they invented the use of four-letter words, Pea-V
head could spot them cards and spades and run ’em off the lot.'
And what’s more, he’d do it.
“I think we’re going to have
a pretty good football team this
season," Clemson Coach Frank
Howard told a gathering of Lau
rens County Clemson Club mem
bers and friends last week.
Howard was featured speaker
at the barbecued chicken sup
per at the Laurens County Shrine
Club on Lake Greenwood. About
225 people attended.
The veteran Tiger boss said,
“We’ll have a fine offense. Right
now, I think our quarterback will
be (sophomore Rick) Gilstrap.
He’s a big, strong boy who can’t
do some of the things our other
quarterbacks can do but he can
do some things they can’t do.
However, our defense might leave
a little to be desired. A lot de
pends on what a few boys do in
summer school."
Pointing out that there were
only five buildings on the Clem
son campus when he arrived as
an assistant coach in 1931, Howard
said, “We have made much pro
gress in building up the campus
and its facilities. Now we’re
spending about $15 million up
grading our athletic program."
This includes the recently
completed coliseum and will in
clude new track and baseball
fields, a swimming pool, athletic
office building, athletic dormi
tory to house about 200 athletes,
and enlargement of the football
stadium to seat 70,000 spec
tators.
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Howard praised the current
Clemson administration for its
firm stand concerning demon
strations and campus disrup
tions.
Hunting, Fishing Fees
Increase For Residents
The General Assembly of the
State of South Carolina provided
during the closing days of the
session for increased license
fees for resident sportsmen.
These changes affect residents
only. No changes were made in
non-resident hunting or fishing
fees.
The Wildlife Resources
Department will now be able to
improve its resource manage
ment services to the public. More
hunting and fishing opportunities
can be actively considered for
early completion and the much
needed salary improvements, as
provided by the legislation, can
be met.
Under the new license struc
ture, resident statewide fishing
license will cost $5.25. This sin
gle license permits a resident to
fish in all waters of the state. It
replaces what was formerly re
ferred to as the “resident com
bination license."
The former resident anglers
license, which sold for $.10 is no
longer available.
Lake permits, at $1.10 each,
have not been changed.
The resident statewide hunting
license has been increased to
$6.25 and a county resident li
cense to $3.25.
A combination license for re
sidents was provided for in the
new legislation. This combines
the resident statewide fishing li
cense and the resident statewide
bunting. It sells for$10.25, a
mg of one dollar to the purchaser.
Hunting licenses for non-resi
dents are now in the hands of a-
gents throughout the state. This
was possible because no changes
were contemplated in either cost
or legislation affecting its use.
Resident licenses for hunting,
Hunt Seasons
Are Announced
Pat Ryan, director of the Game
and Freshwater Fish of the South
Carolina Wildlife Resources De
partment, has announced dates
and regulations for hunts on the
various Game Management areas
throughout the state. Applications
for these hunts will be avail
able soon from conservation offi
cers and the Columbia office.
The hunting schedule for this
area begins onSeptemberlSwhen
the season for small game opens.
This includes all game except
deer, turkey, and near. No
buckshot or rifles may be used,
except .22 rimfire.
On November 10, still hunts for
deer begin. No dogs may be used
in this hunt. The limit is two
deer, buck only. This season
closes on November 22. The
Wildlife Resources Department
reminds hunters of the area that
the deer must have a minimum of
3* ankle length to be legal for
the "bucks only* hunt Also,
hunters must obtain landowner’s
permission in order to hunt on
land other than US. Forest Ser
vice Property.
the resident combination and the
three-day non-resident hunting
should be on sale before the
opening of the hunting season.
They are presently on the print
ing press.
Fishing licenses are also being
printed at this time and will be a-
vailable shortly after August 15.
The new legislation makes the
license period the same for all
licenses, except lake permits.
This means from now on all re
sident license s will expire on
June 30 of each year and lake
permits on December 31.
For those persons already hav
ing purchased a 1969 fishing li
cense, a credit for one-half of
the cost (50£ for an anglers and
$1.50 for a combination license)
win be applied to the cost of a
new statewide resident fishing or
combination license.
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United, Jaycees
Fight For YMCA
Softball Crown
The United Agents went against
the Jaycees Wednesday night in
the championship bracket of the
YMCA Men's Softball League
Playoff.
United kept its hopes alive by
winning the loser's bracket and
tiie Jaycees reached the finals
by winning in the winner’s
bracket
United beat Joanna 8-7 Tues
day night and then defeated Lydia
18-2 to reach the finals. United
finished last in regular season
play and Lydia was first
He also said, “Football is the
last stronghold for teaching
democracy. Football teaches dis
cipline, teamwork and loyalty.
Where else do youngsters learn
such things these days?"
Howard’s talk was sprinkled
liberally with jokes and wry com
ments. Here are some of them:
“The 10 teams we play this
year have had a total of 69 head
coaches since I became head
coach at Clemson," he said. He
went down the list saying, "Au
burn has had four, Wake Forest
six, etc.” until lie came to the
University of South Carolina. Ho
ward commented, “They ain’t
never had a coach at South
Carolina."
USC’s athletic dorm is known
as “The Roost.” Howard refers
to it as “The Chicken Roost."
Concerning Alabama Coach
Bear Bryant, Howard said, “Bear
is the only coach I know who
hires the university’s presidents
on a one-year, make-good con
tract. ”
He said, “Bryant is always
ahead of the trends. When every
one else switches to two platoons,
Bryant went to three platoons---
one for offense, one for defense,
and one to actually attend class.”
Howard said all major colleges
should have the same entrance
standards and noted, “We haven’t
been to a bowl game since we
put in entrance exams."
He said, “In the past, we’ve
had some athletes who might
not have been real smart. For
example, ol’ Billy Tiller (PC
line coach) over there was at
Clemson for a while. Tiller loved
pizza and a bunch of them went
out for pizza one night. Tiller
ordered the biggest in the house
and the waiter asked, “You want
us to cut this in four pieces or
six?’ Tiller told him, ‘Better cut
it in fours. I don’t know if I could
eat six pieces.’ "
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14. Colorful So
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15. Closed
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17. Elephant
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18 . What a Ro-
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23. Magog’s
partner
24, Good judg
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26. Biggest
fishing
grounds
28 Arrow
expertise
32. Moor the
boat for
fishing
(3 wds.)
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friskily.
39. Fumble.
40 Famous
publisher
of Time
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shooter 41. Away from
wants. the wind-
19. Isaac , ward
Nobel Prize 42 Geologic
physicist. epoch
20. European 43 Philippine
war theater. palm fiber
21. Fresh or 44 Boat pro
salt-water tector, in
collisions.
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man’s gear
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the foot.
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fellow.
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era (2 wds.).
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of the
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12. Yachting
flag
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21. Saucy.
22 Hear it in
a fog
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energy.
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Three A Day
CHS Football Drills
Start Monday Morning
Three-a-day football practice
sessions will begin Monday
morning, Aug. 11, at Clinton High
School.
Head Coach Keith Richardson
Bowling League
Meetings Set
The Textile Bowling League
will meet Tuesday, August 12, at
7 p.m. to organize for the winter
season. The Industrial League
will meet Thursday, August 14,
at 7 p.m. These meetings will be
held at the Palmetto Lanes in
Clinton.
Each league had 10 teams last
winter and hope to expand to 12
teams for the coming season.
The Flat Tops were the cham
pions of the textile league and
the Batmen of the Industrial last
winter.
There are efforts to organize
a Business and Industrial League
to bowl Wednesday night. In this
league all members of the team
will be required to be employed
by the sponsor. If there is enough
interest in this league, a meet
ing will be called later.
In the Twilight League bowling
this summer, a close race has
developed with the Luckies, hold
ing a 3-1/2 game lead over the
Batmen.
Greer Hosts
S.C. Drag Race
The Greer Jaycees will host the
South Carolina State Champion
ship Drag Race Saturday August
9, at the Greer Jaycee Dragstrip
with more than $2,500 in cash
and prizes being presented to the
winners.
Entries from seven states are
expected to compote with South
Carolina’s best on this big pro
gram. This attraction will fea
ture some of the finest NHRA
Super Stockers, Street Elimi
nator and Stock Eliminator Cars
in the Southeast.
All regular classes will run
with Championship Trophies
being presented to class winners
and cash prizes to eliminator
winners. The Dragstrip is Sanc
tioned and Insured by National
Hot Rod Association.
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Gates will open at 4 p.m. and
final eliminations will begin at
7:30 p.m.
said the first session will start
at 8 a.m. with the second at 2
p.m. and the third at about 4:30
p.m.
The first week will be devoted
strictly to physical conditioning.
Players will work out in shorts
and football shoes during the first
week before putting on pads the
second week.
During the second week of
practice, two sessions will be
held each day, at 8 a.m. and a-
bout 4:30 p.m.
Richardson said all varsity
candidates are to bring their
parental permission blanks and
doctor’s physical blanks to the
first practice.
The junior varsity candidates
are to report on Aug. 18.
Richardson will coach the var-"
sity backfield with Jerry Lewis,
coaching the line and Preston Cor
coaching the ends. Cox and Lewis
will coach the junior varsity.
Richardson said he is expected
a total of about 70 to 80 boys for
the varsity and junior varsity.
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