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f / THE CHRONICLE, Clinton, S. C„ Jan. 29, 1970—7-A PC Turns Corner' Vs. Erskine BILL CURRIE Mouth of the South Gambling Charges The United States attorney conducting the federal probe into gambling as it may relate to sports and athletes reminds us of Big Jim Garrison, the prosecutor who indicted a prominent New Orleans businessman as a conspirator in a plot to assassinate President Kennedy. Clay Shaw, the businessman, was acquitted, Even so, Shaw was ruined financially, and underwent great per sonal loss and suffering. Now comes the gambling “expose”. Actually, nothing has been exposed, and nobody connected with the probe except a few small time bookies. Yet the attorney in charge has openly and repeatedly said for public consumption, that a “number” of prominent sports figures may be questioned. He specifically said famous football players would be quizzed, and also many in horse racing. Then one national TV network went further and quoting an un named source mentioned such people as Lynn Dawson and Joe Namath. The immediate public reaction is one of suspicion, and these men have been subjected to unwarranted attention of the most adverse kind. Moreover, every other professional football player is under a cloud because when a broadside is fired in dicting a “number” of ball players, everyone is looked at with a wary eye until the true culprits, if any, are revealed. They, of course, have recourse in the courts, and I for one hope they seek legal redress for the injustice they have suffered. Let Him Prosecute Meanwhile, if any law enforcement official has any solid infor mation which will tie a professional athlete to illegal activities, let him prosecute at once in order to clear the air above the rest Nothing should have been said about ball players unless the talk ing party was ready to proceed with an immediate arrest and trial. What has been dune makes gambling seem a pretty small crime compared to character assassination by insinuation. Of course there is gamblmg influence in sports. And it is idiocy compounded to say that a professional athlete gets to know gamb lers m a casual way without realizing that they are making book. It is a strain on anyone’s intelligence to say a fully grown man, wise in the ways of the world, and sufficiently sophisticated to play professional sports, does not know who gamblers are, and could not avoid them if he wished. PetaRofetlV football’^ commissioner, is doing a first rate Job in try mg to police the sport, but he cannot hire enough snoops to keep twenty-four hour tabs on every player. The players must police themselves and avoid contact with undesirable characters. If the players consider the result of a big scandal, they would avoid fine like the plague. There will be no hundred thousand dollar ball players if the public ever loses conficence in the in tegrity of sports. There have got to be a few crooks in football, just as there are anywhere else. Efforts to gouge them out should be supported and the results applauded. But the law officers making the effort should hunt with a rifle, not a shotgun. And once they have spotted the game, they should shoot iemmediately and not wave their weapon about recklessly, calling out that they intend to pounce. In other words, Mr. U.S. attorney, if you can’t bite, don’t bark! Clinton Hosts Chester Friday; LR Saturday ichboi; Clinton High SchbelLs basket ball team, still seeking its se cond win of the season, will play host to Chester on Friday night and Lower Richland on Saturday night. The Red Devils were scheduled to play host to Lower Richland last Friday but the game was postponed because of snow. Both the Friday and Saturday outings will be doubleheaders with the junior varsity games slated to start at 6:30 p.m., to be followed by the varsity act ion. Clinton’s record fell to 1-9 over-all Tuesday night as the Red thereS a dangerous animal in these woods. A woods arsonist, who destroys a forest on purpose. And a careless burner, who destroys accidentally. Remember—any wildfire is illegal. HELP PREVEHT FOREST FIRES IN THE SOUTH Hosemen Shooting For NAIA Tourney Berth With an 8-8 record for the sea son, the Presbyterian College Blue Hose embarked on a three- game road trip Wednesday night. The Hose played at Elon Col lege on Wednesday and will be at Mars Hill Saturday. Next Tues day, Feb. 3, PC will be at Wof ford before playing host to High Point on Thursday, Feb. 5. The PC record dropped to 8-8 Monday night as the Hosemen lost 76-66 to tough Guilford at PC. Guilford, undefeated inCaro- Unas Conference play and leading the league with a 7-0 conference mark, didn’t have an easy time of it. With an excellent floor and rebounding display, the Hosemen built up a 39-32 halftime lead. PC hit 61 per cent of their shots from the floor in the first half and continued their outstanding defensive play. PC stretched the margin to 40-32 before Guilford rallied and took the lead at 43-42 with 16 minutes remaining in the game. The Quakers led the rest of the way. Donnie Kutm was the leading scorer for PC with 16 points and Mike Lovell contributed 13. John Bartone hit 12 and Danny Yarborough 10 for the Hosemen. David Smith, a 6-7 center, paced Guilford with 21 points. Presbyterian’s Blue Hose chalked up a significant win Sat urday night with a 66-52 win over Erskine at PC. The win was significant lie- cause: (1) It gave the Blue Hose a 7-1 NAIA District Six recordandwas an important step toward the NAIA tournament. vk? D10 ; w. 1 J'V ■ ^ BLOCKED SHOT — PC’s Donnie Kuhn (11) shows good form in this jump shot but the ball went the wrong way as Erskine’s Jenkins (51) blocked the shot. It was one of the few stray shots for the Spartanburg sophomore who scored 17 points in the big PC win. Other PC players shown are Mike Lovell (22), John Bartone (24), Steve Crowe (40), and Budge Bean (31). (2) It proved to the young Blue Hose that they can whip a good basketball team. (3) It was Coach Herb Robin son’s first win over his alma ma ter, Erskine. Coach Robinson admitted that the win over Erskine was par ticularly satisfying but not neces sarily because it was against his alma mater. Robinson commented, "Er- skine is a good team and I thought we played exceptionally good de fense. I think we may have turn ed a corner in our program. The win gave us a 7-1 District Six record and we have four more district games remaining. The top four teams will have a play off and the winner goes to the national tournament in Kansas City, Mo. S. C. State is lead ing the district now with a 7-0 mark. Newberry has a 7-1 re cord and Appalachian has lost only two. We need to win at least three more to be certain of a tournament berth. ” again and stretched its lead to 10 points. Danny Yarborough was the leading scorer for PC with 18 points and Donnie Kuhn was close behind at 17. Yarborough hit three field goals and 12 of 13 free throw tries for his point total. Howard (Budge) Bean, a 6-6 freshman from Spartanburg, was PC’s leading rebound as he pulled down 16. The Blue Hose cagers batt led Newberry down to the last second before losing 72-70 last Thursday night. The Hose trailed by as much as 11 points in the second half but refused to fold. Donnie Kuhn and John Bartone fired in key baskets, mostly on long jump shots, to keep PC in the game until the final one second. Kuhn hit for 20 points and Bartone had 16 while Steve Crowe contributed 12. The loss dropped PC’s record to the .500 mark at 7-7 over all and 1-5 in the Carolinas Con ference. It was PC’s first loss in NAIA District Six action. The win was the 12th of the season for Newberry which has lost four. Charles Gilroy paced New berry’s scoring with 18 points, including seven down the hectic home stretch. Buddy Moore had 16, Kevin Howard 12 and Tony Miller 10 for the Indians. LAURENS DRIVE-IN THEATRE Box Office Opens 6:30 Movie Starts 7:00 WED. - THURS. • FRI. AND SAT. Jan. 28-29-S0-81 DOUBLE FEATURE "The Good The Bad And The Ugly" — And — "Hang 'Em High" Starring: Clint Eastwood GP ALL AMI AM I mo ParenUI I SUN. - MON. - TUBS. FEB. 1-2-3 "Day of Anger" Starring Le Van Ckef $2.00 Per Car He also said, “We’ve been play ing pretty good basketball. We outrebounded Erskine and New berry. When you get the rebounds and the field goals, things are going to fall your way.” Against Erskine, the Blue Hose took a 19-17 lead with 10 minutes remaining in the first half and were never headed. The Hose had a 32-24 halftime margin but Er skine rallied to narrow the gap to four points early in the se cond half before PC turned it on Devils suffered a 64-46 defeat at Woodruff. The Red Devils made a contest of it for the first half, trail ing only 24 - 22 at halftime. How ever, Woodruff poured it on in the second half and widened the margin. Buzzy Tedards was the only Red Devil to score in double figures as he tallied 15 points. Woodruff also won the JV pre liminary, 38-21. Clinton’s Eastern Conference record is 1-5 at the halfwaypoint in the season. ENTHUSIASM—PC supporters had plenty to yell about Saturday- night as they cheered the Blue Hose on to a 66-52 win over Erskine at PC. Basic investment seminar. 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