The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, October 02, 1969, Image 17
Hose Blanked By Lenoir Rhyne
Hosts Wofford Saturday Afternoon In Homecoming
★★★
★★★★
Presbyterian College’s Blue
Hose play host to ajjchrival Wof
ford Saturday afternoon in the an
nual homecoming game. Kickoff
time is 3 p.m.
Both PC and Wofford come into
the game looking for their first
win. PC suffered a 45-0 loss to
Lenoir Rhyne last Saturday night,
the Hose’s worst defeat in Coach
Cally Gault’s six years as PC
head coach. It was the first time
PC has been shut out in 18 games,
dating back to the middle of the
1967 season.
Wofford, meanwhile, was
losing to Chattanooga last Sat
urday, 28-23. In their only other
outing, the Terriers lost to Le
noir Rhyne 38-11.
However, PC Coach Gault
warns that Wofford has “its finest
team in years."
Lenoir Rhyne brought ade-
vestating single wing attack to
PC. The Bears scored in each
quarter and packed 17 into the
second and 14 into the third
quarter.
The Blue Hose had trouble gen
erating an offensive attack. Ace
Quarterback Allen McNeill
played with a badly swollen thumb
and had trouble handling the ball
and with his passing, hitting only
eight of 30 attempts. Lenoir
Rhyne intercepted three passes
and recovered three fumbles.
Paced by the running of full
back Phil Bradner and the pass
catching of Johnny Jackson, the
Blue Hose moved to Lenoir
Rhyne’s one-yard line early in
the fourth quarter but a fumble
was recovered by the Bears to
thwart PC’s most serious threat.
PC Line Coach Billy Tiller
says Wofford has a “big and
strong” team. He said, “They
don’t have the speed of Lenoir
Rhyne but they’re probably the
biggest and strongest team we’ll
play. They have a big defensive
tackle named Sid Allred who is a
fine ball player. Their fullback,
Cliff Boyd, also is a good one.”
Tiller said the biggest problem
in preparing to defense the Wof
ford offense is in trying to stop
the triple option play.
He said, “Quantico used it
some against us but they didn’t
run it as much or as well as
Wofford runs it.”
In the triple option, the quar
terback can hand the ball to a
fullback blasting up the middle
or he can pitch back to a trail
ing back or he can keep the ball
and run or pass it. “It’s hard
to defense,” TiHo' saM
PC again will be without the
services of starting center Phil
Shroyer who suffered a broken
bone in his right thumb. Larry
Tyler, the second center, missed
last week’s Lenoir Rhyne game
but is expected to be ready Sat
urday.
Otherwise, the Blue Hose are
expected to be at fell strength
for Wofford.
Wofford lost their fine split
end, Dooley Bizzell who was In
jured in the Chattanooga game
last week but his substitute, SUp
Corn, came in and made some
catches in the last quarter at
Chattanooga. Corn is the son of
Dorman High School Coach Wade
Corn.
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THE CHRONICLE, Clinton, S. C., Oct. 2, 1969- 1 -C
UNC Fans Hungry
University of North Carolina football fans are so hungry for
victory that they are seriously incluned to gobble up the goose
before the golden eggs can be laid. Frustrated for more years
than some of the current players have lived, the Tar Heel sup
porters are pawing the turf in hopes that Bill Dooley is about to
serve up a winner.
There have been winners -- one of Jim Hickey’s teams even
went to Jacksonville and won Carolina’s only bowl, victory --
but strictly speaking there hasn’t been a Tar Heel team which
captured the imagination of the public since Charlie Justice,
Art Weiner, Ken Powell, Hosea Rodgers, et al packed and quit
drinking from the Olde Well at Chapel Hill.
Now that Bill Dooley has admitted he can count a number of blue
chip athletes on his football team the partisans are screaming Tor
victory. I have heard a good many say it is high time Dooley pro
duced a big winner. In this, I agree, but hasten to point out that the
Tar Heel mentor has got to be at least one year away from the
big blast.
If you can be reasonable long enough, Tar Heel fans, remember
that Dooley has only one full year of recruiting playing on this
year’s varsity. His first year he didn’t get into th^£|&rcb for
players until December, and that's like trying to get > date for
the prom after the music has started. As it was, he picked up
some good boys: Don McCauley and Tony Blanchard to name Just
two. Then the next year he had a good season in the hinterlands,
and these boys are now sophomores. Last year was another suc
cessful hunt, but the product of this labor will be seen on the
freshman team --no help to the varsity this season.
Last year Paul Dietzel at South Carolina was in about the same
shape. He managed to win well the last month of the season, but
before that, except for the UNC game, the Gamecocks were game
but miserable. This season, with another year’s experience and
another boost from a great freshman year, and the Chickens are
favorites in the league.
Personally I’m convinced that when it all shakes down in two
or three years, no one school is going to dominate the league.
There are five with excellent programs now. Virginia is getting
stronger, and we have hopes that Wake Forest and Maryland have
found the answer at least sufficiently to be contenders.
Dooley wiU win his share -- perhaps more than his ahare--
but brethren and sistren, this ain’t the time to start hollering
at him. He needs this year to build up the team’s confidence,
and if he wins half the games, he’ll be ahead of schedule. If
he wins six, look out for a lightning flash.
The message is: Don’t clamor too loudly for something that
is still in the process of developing, and after all these dark,
lean years of privation, don’t get buck fever and blow it Just
when there is promise ahead. The light streaks are showing through
at Kenan Stadium. After such a long race and frustrating wait,
don’t let one more year throw you.
Now it is time for all State, Duke and Clemson fans to attack
me, so I bare my breast and await for epistles.
JVs, Junior High
Host Woodruff Teams
Clinton High’s Junior Varsity
suffered its first loss of the sea
son last week in Union and tonight,
Thursday, plays host to Woodruff.
The JVs dropped a 7-0 de
cision to Union last Thursday af
ter winning the first two games
of the season.
The Clinton-Woodruff JV game
will follow a match between Clin
ton Junior High and Woodruff
Junior High which starts at 6 p.m.
The doubleheader will be play
ed at Wilder Field at Clinton High.
Against Union last week, the
JVs threatened seriously three
times during the first half but
coulcto’t cash in on their oppor
tunities. Fullback Jimmy Arm
strong and tailback Gary Kuy
kendall ran well for the Clinton
JVs. Armstrong, a ninth grader,
was playing his first game as a
starter.
Barry Saunders moved up to
starting quarterback for the Clin
ton JVs as Billy Young was moved
ig) to the varsity. Young was
moved to the varsity after quar
terback Bob Grube suffered a
knee injury in the York game and
is expected to be out for the sea
son.
Clinton cornerback Gerald
Davenport suffered a broken arm
in Union and will miss the re
mainder of the season.
Union scored late in the third
quarter on a 40-yard pass, the
only pass they completed dur
ing the game.
Clinton linebacker JoeySpil-
lers played one ofhis best games
thus far and sparked Clinton’s
defensive play which contained
Union well except for the one long
pass. Splllers intercepted one
Union pass.
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Early Ballast Tanks
The forerunner of the mod
ern ballast tank used to sub
merge submarines was first
proposed by an unknown
English inventor in 1747. His
proposal was to fill goatskin
bags with water and attach
them to the hull of the
vessel.
TURNING THE CORNER — PC
Fullback Phil Bradner (46) turns
the comer for a 20-yard gain against
Lenoir Rhyne Saturday night. Rrad-
ner’s run in the fourth quarter was
PC’s longest gain rushing during the
game. Other PC players shown in
the background are tackle Frankie
Bates (71), halfbjick Johnny Jack-
son (26) and Quarterback Allen Mc
Neill (1).
Clintons Ed Pitts Named
To All-Time USC Grid Squad
Clinton native Ed Pitts has been
named to the first team all-time
University ofSouth Carolina foot
ball squad.
Pitts, an outstanding tackle in
1957-58-59 at South Carolina, was
named to the first team in ballot
ing by Gamecock Club members
and other USC alumni. Over 9,000
ballots were cast in the vote.
The late Steve Wadiak was
named the outstanding all-time
back at USC and Louis Sossa-
mon, publisher of the Gaffney
Ledger, was named the greatest
USC lineman.
Others on the all-time first
team are ends J. R. Wilburn and
Fred Zeigler; tackle Sam De
Luca; guards Frank Mincevich
and Jake Bodkin; quarterback Dan
Reeves; halfback Earl Clary; and
fullback Warren Muir.
Zeigler and Muir are members
of the current team. Only Sossa-
ED PITTS
mon and Clary, both of Gaffney,
played prior to the 1950s.
Contacted by The Chronicle,
Pitts said of the honor, “I’m both
surprised and well pleased.'’
Pitts was an "iitstandingtackle
at Clinton High Schoo , play
ing under Coach Punchy Thorn
ton. He graduated from Clinton
High in 1957 after playu g in the
1956 Shrine Bowl.
At the University of South
Carolina, he weighed 215 pounds
as a sophomore, 225 as a jun
ior and 230 as a senior. He
was drafted by the Boston Pa
triots but suffered a pre-sea
son injury and never played a pro
fessional football season.
He is a son of Mrs. P. M.
Pitts who is executive secretary
of the Clinton Chamljer of Com
merce. He is married to the for
mer Ann Digby of Greer and they
have an eight-month-ulddaugh-
ter.
Pitts is now director of the
USC Gamecock Club, the athle
tic fund raising organization for
the university.
Thornwell Invades SCSD
BY MIKE SIMONS
The Thornwell Saints will try
to break a two game losing steak
this Friday night as they journey
out of town to take on the South
Carolina School for the Deaf,
which Thornwell coach Ben Crab
tree says “has their best team
in the last four years, and a club
that has shown definite improve
ment over last season’s squad."
in the second quarter when Kana-
da Roch scored from one yard
out on a quarterback keeper.
After the second Panther tally,
Maynard Pierce hit Ji>dy Still on
a 20 yard TD pass to knot the
count again.
McCormick scored the go-a
head touchdown with 4:28 to go
in the game, as Harper broke
free for a 22 yard run. The kick
for the p‘>int after made it 19-
12, with time left for a Thornwell
drive.
On the kick-1 iff, though, Turn my
Wallin could not pick the ball up
in time, and he was tackled in
the end zone to give McCormick
their 21-12 win.
Red Devils To Visit
Lower Richland Friday
Clinton High’s Red Devils jour
ney to Lower Richland Friday
night, seeking their second win of
the season.
The Red Devils were upset 20-
14 last week by Chester and will
carry a 1-2-1 record into the
fracas with the tough Diamond
Hornets. Lower Richland has a
3-1 record and is 3-0 in Eastern
Conference play.
Clinton High Coach Keith
Richardson said, “Lower Rich
land has a sound football. They
aren’t especially big but they’re
quick. They do have an outstand
ing fullback named R <ibertson who
weighs about 190 pounds and runs
well off-tackle. They’re a good
trapping team.”
The Lower Richland quarter
back, Don McNeill, is a brother
to PC Quarterback Allen McNeill.
’’He’s a good quarterback,” Rich
ardson siad.
Lower Richland has a reputa
tion for playing unorthodox foot
ball but Coach Richardson com
mented, “I think you’ll find that
Lower Richland plays some
pretty basic football until they
get you whipped. Then they might
try some of the unusual things.
They’re a sound football squad.”
Concerning the loss to Ches
ter, Richardson said, “I thought
that was one game we should have
won. We played very well in the
first half but they outplayed us in
the second half. We actually grad
ed out the best of any game this
season in carrying out our as
signments."
He said that quarterback Don-
ny White, Tailback Jack Hames
and End Alex Rogers graded the
highest among the regulars. On
the specialty teams, Bill Alex
ander scored 92 per cent on the
kicking team, the highest any in
dividual scored for the night.
Clinton took the opening kick
off and drove 60 yards for a touch
down which White scored on
a quarterback sneak with five
minutes 30 seconds gone in the
game. Big plays in the drive were
a 15-yard run by Hames and a
15-yard pass from White to Ro
gers.
Buzzy Tedards kicked the ex
tra point for a 7-0 Clinton lead.
However, the lead was short
lived as Chester’s Steve Cudd
raced 45 yards to score andGene
Robinson ran a two-point conver
sion and Chester was ahead 8-7.
On the next series of plays,
White hit Tedards with a pass
and Tedards raced in to score on
a 58-yard play. Tedards kicked
the extra point and Clinton led
14-8.
To preserve the 14-8 lead by
halftime, the Red Devils had to
fight off a serious Chester threat
The Cyclones drove to Clinton’s
four where a crunching tackle by
linebacker Lawrence Lee stopped
Chester on the final play of the
first half.
Clinton’s offense bogged down
in the second half as Chester
came back to score in the third
quarter for a 14-14 tie. Chester’s
extra point attempt was blocked
by End Matthew King.
In the fourth quarter, a fumble
and a poor Clinton punt put Ches
ter in scoringposition at the Clin
ton 24 and the Cyclone moved in
to score the winning touchdown
with four minutes 30 seconds re
maining in the game.
&
Clinton Chester
First Downs
6
10
Yards Rushing
106
169
Yards Passing
85
42
Passes Att.
9
8
Passes Comp.
3
4
Passes Intcp.
0
0
Punts
4
4
Punting Ave.
27
33
Penalized
5
0
Score by quarters:
Chester---8
0 6 6—20
Clinton ---7
7 0 0—14
SURPRISE GAIN — Clinton Wing- so he took off down the sidelinee and
back Buzzy Tedards (11) is finally gained 15 yards and a first down
stopped on the sidelines after he before he was stopped. Racing along
picked up a first down against Ches- with Tedards is Clinton Head Coach
ter Friday night on a fourth down - Keith Richardson at right. Behind
play. On fourth and two at midfield, Richardson is assistant coach Pres-
Tedards dropped hack to punt. He ton Cox.— (Photo by Eddie McGee)
wasn’t rushed by Chester, however,
S.C.S.D. has lost to a school
for the deaf in Alabama and to
Ford High, a team that Thorn
well defeated 22-20 in a thriller
at the start of the season.
Quarterback Calvin Brock
leads the S.C.S.D. offense, and he
has a really good arm, accord
ing to Crabtree. They are a big
team, with six or seven boys be
ing over six feet and 200 pounds.
ThornweU is now 2-2 in con
ference play, as a result of a 21-
12 loss to undefeated McCormick
last week. Even though TO Is
playing a non-conference foe,
they could move up a notch in
the conference, as Lockhart and
Jonesville are playing each other
this weekend. Jonesville is one
place ahead of Thornwell, with a
5-1 conference mark.
McCormick recovered a Saint
fumble on the eight yard line,
and scored two plays later, as
they recorded their fourth win of
the year. Larnell Harper went in
tor the TD, giving McCormick
a 12-6 lead at the time, with
4:04 left in the third quarter.
The Panthers scored first, as
David Baggett ran for seven yards
with 6:47 left in the opening period
capping a 48 yard drive.
Thornwell tied the score early
* ’4$
GAMECOCK—Clinton’s Billy Freeman is the sec
ond team tight end for the University of South
Carolina Gamecocks. A sophomore, Freeman
stands 6-2 and weighs 200 ponds. At Clinton
High School, Freeman was captain of the Red
Devils during his senior year and played in the
Shrine Bowl game.
Bell St.
Upset; Hosts
Wright High
Bell Street High’s Wildcats
suffered their first defeat of the
season last Friday, losing 12-2
to Riverside at Saluda.
Friday night, the Wildcats will
try to get back on the winning
track, playing host to Wright.
The Wildcats will carry a 3-1
record into the game.
Last Friday, Riverside scored
twice in the first quarter and
then spent the rest of the game
fighting off Bell Street scoring
threats.
The Wildcats swept inside Ri
verside’s five yard line four
times but failed to score.
Bell Street scored a safety in
the third quarter, trapping a
Riverside back in the end zone.
Riverside scored in the first
quarter on a 50-yard run and later
tallied on a pass play.
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Junior High Rallies
To Tie Union 14-14
Down by two touchdowns, Clin
ton Junior High’s Kid Devils
roared back in the fourth quarter
to tie Union Junior High 14-14
last Thursday in their season’s
opener at Union.
End Mike Wooten scored both
Clinton touchdowns. He raced 40
yards on a punt return for the
first score. He gathered in a
pass from Quarterback Claude
Crocker and raced 45 yards for
the second TD.Wooten is an eighth
grader from Joanna.
Terry Heaton ran the extra
point after the first Clinton score,
making it 14-8, but the extra point
failed after the second touchdown.
Prior to the fourth quarter ex
plosion, Clinton had three scoring
chances but failed to cash in.
Clinton moved to Union’s eight,
10 and 18 but didn’t score. A 50-
yard run by Tim Mann, to Union’s
five, was nullified by a hold
ing penalty.
Coach Bill Rhodes said that
Wooten, Heaton and Doug Wessin-
ger looked good on offense for the
Kid Devils and Gene Pinson and
Johnny Knox paced the defense.
Tonight, the Kid Devils play
host to Woodruff in a game to
start at 6 p.m. The Junior High
game will be followed by the
Clinton-Woodruff JV game.
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