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1 THE CHRONICLE, Clinton, S. C„ Jan. 22, 1970—7-A BILL CURRIE Mouth of the South North Carolina maintains the open door policy, but responds to the present idea by matching restriction with restriction. The shortsightedness of the present trend is obvious. There are many sections of the state where State, Duke and Wake Forest cannot be heard. North Carolina is heard in most places, but would be better off if Carmichael Auditorium was being visited by the other broadcasters occasionally. In the end, the greedy and jealous athletic officials who have been responsible for the restrictive radio policies will be re sponsible for a lessening of interest in basketball. The radio sta tions which have loyally, and with little or no profit, carried the games over the years are being sacrificed to pick up a few quick television bucks, while the listener cannot hear many games he wants to because of the new policies. The athletic brass hats who are killing radio because of jeal ousy and the grab for TV dollars are wildly running about in con fusion screaming: “To hell with the eggs; let’s eat the goose!* Thom well Cagers Sweep Twin Bill i * > . vfe > t Radio And Basketball There were two elements in the development of big time college basketball in North Carolina. First was the arrival of Everett Case on the campus of North Carolina State where he initiated an en tirely new approach to the round ball game. The second was the state-wide radio broadcasts of the Squire of Wake County, Ray Reeve. Ray, and the company he represents in Raleigh, made these games available to stations all over the state at a nominal cost, and if the station couldn’t pay, then for nothing. No money was made for many years. As State soared ahead with its basketball all the other schools in the Big Four began to beef up their programs. Soon Ray was broadcasting a composite schedule of all these schools, and as a result, the interest mushroomed in all basketball. The only way people in the hinterlands ever became enamored of basket ball was via radio, with Ray’s staccato description booming into their living rooms and automobiles almost every night. The schools loved it. Radio and good basketball together capti vated the people of the state. After it became profitable, other radio operators got into the act, and in a few years there were several in the field, carrying the college games, and every broadcast er was welcome wherever he cared to show up. Getting the games across the state was important. As Athletic Director at North Carolina, Chuck Erickson was intent on making the Tar Heels heard in every nook and cranny of the Old North State. Other AD’s concurred. Then the various schools began to look with disapproval on the composite schedules which everyone was broadcasting. They wanted ALL their games broadcast. So networks evolved f r UNC, State, Wake Forest and Duke. There was reciprocity lietween all the schools. For instance, the Duke broadcaster could go to UNC whenever he wanted and carry a North Carolina game on his net work, when Duke was not playing. Thus all the schools were open to all announcers all the time. The result was that every Big Four game was widely exposed, frequently on three and sometimes four networks. This was saturation coverage, and the game pros pered in public interest. Duke Sells Rights Then Duke, tired of operating its own radio setup, sold its rights to a New York producer. He insisted that only the Duke network could carry a Duke game, and thus the Blue Devils were soon reduced to a fraction of the public exposure they had been re- ceiviig. Now State and WakewForest have also joined in the concept that Ithetr troidcaster should be the only one to do their ganrer. Thornwell swept a double- header from De La Howe last Friday as the girls won 38-27 followed by a 65-52 boys’victory. Wood, with 22 points paced the Thornwell girls to victory. Thornwell's boys posted a 32- 17 halftime lead and coasted to the victory. Kanada Roach pumped in 25 points for the Saints and Maynard Pierce tallied 21. Thornwell will be at Connie Maxwell in Greenwood next Tues day, Jan. 27. 1 ' • •i? k X *7 IV & GOAL BY KUHN — Presbyterian’s Donnie Kuhn (11) twists in for a basket against Wofford last Friday night. At left is Presbyterian’s Dave Kerchner (42). PC defeated Woffbrd 69-60 LOVELL SCORES—PC’s Mike Lov ell (22) hits a free throw against Mars Hill with PC leading 61-58 and 9:45 remaining in the game Lovell Hose Win Host Fleet also hit some crucial free throws in the final minutes of the game to help PC to the 88-81 victory. 3 Straight Satu rday Presbyterian College’s Blue H 'Se chalked up their third straight win M >nday nightwithan Can You Afford $48.36 A Month? 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On Thursday night, Jan. 22, the Blue Hose will visit tough Newberry and "n Saturday, Jan. 24, will play host toErskine.The Blue Hose will lie host to Guil- Frd *in Monday night, Jan. 26. The win Monday over Mars Hill was seventh of the season for PC, against six losses. The Blue Hose have won all six of its NAIA District six games. Sophomores Donnie Kuhn and freshman H iward Bean scored 16 points each to lead the Blue Hose over Mars Hill. All three played high school basketball under Coach Herb Robinson when he was coach at Spartanburg High. The Blue Hose had a 38-35 lead at halftime hut widened it to 13 points with 5:44 remaining in the game. A Mars Hill press nar rowed the margin to 75-68 but ran into f<>ul trouble and PC pulled away again. Freshman Mike Lovell had 12 points and junior John Bar tone hit 14, giving PC five players m double figures. The Blue Hose evened their record at 6-6 last Friday night with a 69-60 win over Wofford’s Terriers at PC. The Hose led all the way in gaining revenge for a loss to Wofford earlier in the season. PC County Bowling Tournament Set At Palmetto Lanes The sixth annual Laurens County Bowling Association tour nament will be held at Palmetto Lanes the weekends of Jan. 31 and Feb. 1 and Feb. 7-8. This tournament will be open to members of the association only. There will be divisions for five-man teams, doubles and sin gles and all events which will be optional. A bowler may bowl on more than one team if no more than three men bowl to gether on the other teams. If a bowler bowls doubles he must also bowl singles and if he bowls singles he must also bowl dou bles. There will be trophies and pat ches awarded to the champions in each division. There will also be cash prizes awarded on a ratio of one prize for each ten entries. Entries will close Jan. 29. The tournament will be handicap. MEN NEEDED In this area to train at LIVESTOCK BUYERS LEARN TO BUY CATTLE, HOGS AND SHEEP A# oato KAnta in la 9 aHp*ze- I an**. w« prater to trato «aa XI- wun iiwniwvh vxpanvncv. Fpc W06R MMRa Meat Packinc P. O. Bax 2475 Colombaa, Ohio 43214 Clinton Hosts Lower Richland Friday Night Clinton High School’s Red De vils will play host to Lower Rich land Friday night, Jan. 23, in an Eastern Conference double- header. Clinton’s conference record fell to 1-3 Tuesday night with a 67-46 loss to Newberry. Buzzy Tedards and Tommy Motes were the only Red Devils to hit double figures. Tedards scored 13 points and Motes tallied 11. Newberry led 31-20 at halftime. Newberry also won the junior varsity game, 28-20. Women's Bowling Tourney Slated The fourth annual Clinton Wo man’s Bowling Association tournament will be held at Pal metto Lanes the weekends of Feb. M-15 and Feb. 21-22. This tour nament will be open only to mem bers of the ladies association. There will be divisions for four member teams, doubles, singles and an optional all events. There will be trophies and patches awarded to the champ ions in each division. Also there will be cash prizes on a ratio of one prize for each five en tries. An added attraction in the tour nament will be the Frances Mea dors award. This is a trophy a- warded by Mr. Clark Meadors and daughters in memory of Mrs. Frances Meadors, who before her death was one of the better bowl ers in the association. This tro phy is awarded on an all-events basis. No entry fee is required for this trophy. The only re quirement is that a lady bowl on a team, doubles and singles. The*winner of the trophy may not necessarily be the winner of the regular all events as an entry fee is required for this. The tournament will be handi cap. scored the first basket of the game and was never headed or tied. The Blue Hose led by 37-30 at halftime. Wofford rallied to cut the margin to four points with less than five minutes re maining in the game but PC spurt ed and pulled out of the danger zone. Freshman Steve Crow played one of his finest games thus far as he pumped in 21 points, hit ting nine field goals and three of five free throw tries. Sopho more Danny Yarborough contri buted 14 points and junior college transfef John Bar tone scored 11. Zeke Bateman led Wofford with 20 points. Bell St. Girls Still Unbeaten The Bell Street Wildcats Girls' team is still undefeated after rolling past Jefferson’s girls team from Bath, 38-27. This was the girls’ eight victory. The game was tied twice in the first half. The score was 12- 14 in favor of Jefferson’s girls team. The Wildcats girls’ team was determined to have a better second half. So, Gail Ferguson and the team went back and set up their plays. The Wildcats were off in their shooting but Ernes tine Booker and Lorainne Whit- ner turned in a tremendous job on defense. 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