The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, January 22, 1970, Image 7
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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!*
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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.
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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
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88-81 triumph over Mars Hill at
PC.
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.
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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. The Wildcats hadn’t
beat Jefferson in three years.
The Wildcats boys’ team was
defeated by Jefferson 60-53. The
Wildcats only held the lead a short
while before they were defeated.
Grady Boyd led the offense with
22 points and the defense with 26
rebounds and he blocked several
shots.
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