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7 THE CHRONICLE, Clinton, S. C., Jan. 8, 1970—5-A Hose Win Two BILL CURRIE Kuhn Rises As PC Star Mouth of the South All-Star Games All-star games are, for the most part, about as interesting as the fifth chapter of War and Peace. The theory is, of course, that one assembles a group of super players and they will at once constitute a super team capable of playing a superior game and performing feats mortal men should only dream about. Nothing could be further from the truth. All-star games are played on the scholastic and college level by youngsters who usually do not have sufficient mastery of fundamentals to allow them to hurry into battle with compatriots with whom they have had little or no practice. The execution is sloppy, and the tactics dreary and frequently agreed upon in advance by the rival coaches so that the game can resemble a contest of skill. On the professional side, all-star games are a pain and a threat. The players do not receive any additional money for their ap pearance, and unless they bolster their endorsements by playing, they are taking an unwarranted risk by participating at all. An injury in a non-revenue producing game can end a career. Dizzy Dean can testify to this truth since a line drive which struck him on the toe in an all-star game ruined his playing ability. The only all-star game which makes any sense at all is the annual Shrine Bowl game between North and South Carolina high school players. There is a keen rivalry between the two states which has grown over the years, and the coaches and players really do try to win. Somehow, it is felt that the game demonstrates a superiority on the high school football field. Almost as meaningless as the all-star game is the holiday bas ketball tournament. Basically the holiday tournament is a good idea, and in the early days when there were a reasonable number of them, often some of the giants of the collegiate world would gather and gore each other to the delight of the onlookers. Then that most basic of all human characteristics set in--greed! Col leges and universities began to ask themselves why they should play in some city-sponsored holiday event when they could have one of their own and pocket the heavy loot. It’s easier, too, to win your own tournament. So witness the plethora of events which are being played around the country this year. Only a few of them are for tunate enough to have one good team, and the tournament field with two fan-drawing aggregations is indeed fortunate. In Charlotte, Davidson has its tournament and plays before about seven thousand people. In Greensboro, North Carolina stages one and draws about five thousand. What do you suppose would have been the result if Carolina and Davidson had got together, placed themselves in separate brackets and invited anybody they could get to-<»in9?'Th«jr ooaM have sold out the biggest football stadium in the state and totally overwhelmed uy indoor facility, and at in creased prices. Verily, cooperation among schools is the hope of the holiday future. It was greed, not gambling that killed the Dixie Classic. North Carolina State was hogging the money and the tickets, and Duke, UNC and Wake were getting tired of it. Really, the other three of the big four were relieved when the tournament died in the wake of pleaser, but it would have had to go. Next year the big four will have a holiday tourney, and already the coaciies arc saying they will be glad when it dies. They don’t want to share the limelight or the money with each other. ♦ PLAZA FURNITURE MART of Joanna « t ♦ SPEOALVALUESi f**- TEDARDS SCORES—Clinton High’s leading scor er, Buzzy Tedards, drives in for a lay-up in recent game with Gray Court-Owings in Newberry Col lege Tournament. CHS Tops York For First Win Presbyterian College’s bas ketball Blue Hose returned from the Christmas Holiday playoff with a double-barrelled victory blast. The Hose chalked up two con secutive victories in a two-night stand at Newberry College. PC dumped Emory and Henry 95-76 on Friday night and then bombed Allen University 90-64 on Satur day night. The wins upped PC’s record to 4-3 for the season. A particularly bright spot in the two recent wins was the play of sophomore Donnie Kuhn who scored 24 points against Emory 4 Henry and then tallied 28 a- gainst Allen. PC Coach Herb Robinson com mented, “Donnie had been sick and hurt in our first few games. He got well over the holidays and really came around. “We got some pretty good team play. There was more zip in our offense and the freshmen appear to be maturing.” However, with the recent suc cess came some bad news. ▼ : SAVE *20 Color TV Complete with Cart NOW ONLY >90 Enjoy big-set performance and lasting reliability! Mobile model 6222 will delight you with its vivid color 14” (diagonal measure) pictures, highly dependable 3 I.F. Stage Bonded Circuitry chassis and many other superb Magnavox features. Per fect in any room — kitchen, bedroom, den, or office. Just one of many Magnavox values. Clinton High School’s varsity basketball team snapped a five- game losing streak last Friday night with a 57-46 win over York at Clinton. The win evened the Red De vils’ Eastern Conference record at 1-1. The Red Devils played host to Woodruff Tuesday night and will be at Union Friday mghL The next game will be on Jan. 20 as conference basketball squads have a lay-off because of mid semester exams. All ofClinton’s remaining games will be with Eastern Conference opponents. Clinton beat York at the free throw line. Both teams had 20 field goals but Clinton collected on 17 of 24 free throw attempts while York hit on six of 13. Donnie White led the Red De vils with 18 points. He connected on five field goals and hit eight of nine free throws, including six straight late in the game. Also in double figures for the Red Devils were Tommy Motes, with 16 points, and Buzzy Ted ards, with 12 points. Throughout the first six games, White was the team leader in free throws, hitting 17 of 25 for 68 per cent accuracy. Matthew King led the team in rebounds, pulled down 35 for a 5.7 average . per game. The scoring leader was Tedards who had scored 99 points for a 16.5 average. The Clinton Junior Varsity also chalked up its first victory with a 27-11 decision in the prelimi nary last Friday. Everette Full er was the leading scorer for the JVs with nine points. Concerning the varsity win, Coach Jerry Lewis said, “The biggest difference in our play was a reduction in the number of turnovers. We only lost the ball four times on mistakes. We had been having about 14 turn overs per game and it’s tough to win when you give up the ball that many times because of mistakes.” Clinton lost to Woodruff 69-59 Tuesday night despite a 27-point performance by Buzzy Tedards. The Red Devils trailed 34-29 at halftime. Tommy Motes also was in dou ble figures for Clinton as he scored 15 points. The Woodruff JVs won the pre liminary 34-29. The United States acquired its first insular possessions in 1898, when it annexed Hawaii and obtained Puerto Rico, the Philippines and Guam as a result of the war with Spain. DONNIE KUHN Santee Fishing Derby Plans Are Announced Plans for the Sixth AnnualSan- tee-Cooper Fishing Derby have been announced. It will be gin 12:01 a.m., Saturday, April 4, and run through midnight, Sunday, July 5, with prizes and cash a- wards expectedtoexceed$15,000. In the 1970 edition of the Der by will differ from those held in the past in several ways. First, there will be no charge to enter the Derby, the only requirement be mg a valid South Carolina fish ing license, or, otherwise, “fishing within the law”. Secondly, the Derby has been extended from one to three months. “By having the Derby run for two additional months,” said E. M. Redman, Chairman of the five-county Santee-Cooper Coun ties Promotion Commission, Derby sponsor, “I am confident it will be more successful than ever before. The stripers will still be spawning in April, so the Derby will include, to the fish ermen’s delight, one of the very best fishing months. On the other hand, since it will run through the first week of July, many out-of-state fishing enthusiasts with school age children who would be unable to get away during spring, will be able to bring their families for a vacation fishing trip. Especially since there will be no entry fees, entire fami lies will be able to fish for all Derby fish very economically.” Striped bass -- the fish the Lakes are best known for -- will be, for the first time, tagged for Derby competition, with weight playing no partindeterm- ing winners. From tags sub mitted from these fish, each week three names will be drawn. First place will be worth $200; second place, $100; and third place, $50. At the Derby’s end, agrandprize tag will be drawn, which will be worth $1,000 cash to the winner. Furthermore, various private sources will underwrite “re wards” for catching specifically numbered tagbass. The minimum such reward will be $100 cash, with some stripers expected to have $1,000 tags on them. \ i Full Time Service Department PLAZA FURNITURE MART Of Ioanna, S. C. Vote For Experience! VOTE FQR TALAAADGE SANDERS FOR MAYOR DEMOCRATIC PhlMARY TUESDAY. JANUARY 13 POLLS OPEN 8 am. - 7 pm. EXPERIENCE: Current Mayor Pro Tem 8 Years Representing You On City Council TALXADGE SANDERS Freshman Fred Melsoo, who has been averaging in double figures, will be ineligible for second se mester play. He was to compete in three road games this week but will be ineligible after this weekend. He narrowly missed meeting the academic require ments for second semester eli gibility. Freshman Howard Bean, a 6-6 Spartanburg product, will take Melson’s starting role at center^ The Blue Hose played at Gull- ford Tuesday night and were at Catawba Wednesday night. To night they were to invade High Point. Next Monday, PC will play at Lander before hosting Wofford on Friday, Jan. 16 in their first home game since Dec. 9. PC’s CarolinasConferencere cord dropped to 1-2 Tuesday night as the Blue Hose lost to league leading Guilford 71-56. PC suffered a poor first half and trailed 35-19 at halftime. The Blue Hose pulled to within 10 points in the second half but couldn’t make up the margin. Kuhn was again the leading scorer for PC as he tallied 12 points, the only Hoseman in double figures. Thomwell Splits Ford Twin Bill Thornwell split a doubleheader with Ford Tuesday night with the Thornwell boys winning 45-31 after the Ford girls had taken the preliminary 35-27. Maynard Pierce led the Thorn well boys, hitting 22 points. Close behind was Kanada Roach who tallied 18 points. Thornwell led 20-14 at half time. In the girls’ game, Wood paced Thornwell with 13 points. The Thornwell teams will visit Calhoun Falls Friday night and then will take a week off for mid term exams. Thornwell will re turn to action on Jan. 16, playing host to De La Howe. * * * Clinton Y Teams To Host Greer The Clinton YMCA basketball teams will play host to Greer Saturday afternoon in a YMCA League tripleheader at the Clin ton High School gymnasium. The first game will start at 2 p.m. The league includes Cadet teams for boys 12 years of age and un der; Junior teams for boys 13 and 14; and Senior teams for boys 15-17. These will be the first YMCA League games of the season. The league includes Clinton, Laurens, Greer, Greenville, Anderson and Easley. I BARTONE HITS — PresbyterJohn Bartone (24) scores against Emory' ami Henry'. The Blue Hose defeated Emory and Henry 9*5-76 last Friday at Newberry. Irmo Added To CHS 1970 Football Schedule Clinton High School’s football team will face a tough 11-game schedule next season which will feature eight Eastern Conference tilts. In the only change opponents from the past season, Irmo will replace Georgetown on the CHS schedule. Irmo will become a member of the 3A Eastern Con ference next season. The Red Devils will open with three straight games at home, starting with the conference de fending champions, Lower Rich land on Sept. 4, Following Lower Richland, CHS will play host to Belton- Honea Pathand York before visit ing Chester on Sept. 25. The Red Devils are tentative ly scheduled to play at Wade Hampton on Oct. 2 and will play host to Irmo on Oct. 9 and Union on Oct. 16 before the final four games of the season, all of which are scheduled away. Clinton Coach Keith Richard son said a Nov. 6 game tenta tively scheduled at Palmetto may be played in Clinton. He said negotiations are still underway on that game. The Red Devils lost 14 letter- men from this year’s team and expect about 14 lettermen return ing for the 1970 team. The schedule: Sept. 4 -- Lower Richland here Sept. 11 -- Belton Honea Path here Sept. 18 Sept. 25 Oct. 2 (tentative) Oct. 9 - Oct. 16 - Oct. 23 York here at Chester at Wade Hampton Irmo here -- Union here -- at Lexington Oct. 30 -- At Newberry Nov. 6 -- at Palmetto Nov. 13 -- at Woodruff > • ■ ••••••••••• • •••••••••••••••••a a • ■ • a a » a a a a a a '•a aaaaaaaaaaaaaa****•0 Ww# * a a*• a a # « Start The New Year Off Right! JANUARY New And Used Car Specials! 1968 FORD t airl&ne 500 2-Dr. HT. Formal Roof, A. T., P. S., V-8 Engine. On* Owner, Local Car. Fac tory Warranty Still Available. Light Blue With Cream Color Top. 1965 CHRYSLER New Yorker. 4-Door Se dan. P. S., P. B., Air Cond., R. and O t h e i Standard Equipment. White With Matching Gold Interior. Local. One Owner Still Undei Factory Warranty. 2—1966 Chevrolet* Impala Sport Coupes. Both Low Mileage, One Owner Cara. Complete ly Equipped With r. S. A. T., and Air Cond. 1—20,000 Miles; 1— 34,000 Miles. Must See To Appreciate. 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