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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.
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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.
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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.
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• Dates: Four Consecutive Thursdays
Beginning February 121 h
• Time: 7:30 p.m.
• Place: Clinton YMCA
• Speaker: Marion L. McMillan,Jr.
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In support of your YMCA program, admission
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JANUARY END OF THE MONTH SPECIALS!
WE’VE HAD SOME ICE AND SNOW—
BUT THESE CARS ARE READY TO GO!
1968 OLDS
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roof. Black interior. P.
S., A. T., R, H. Factory
Air Cond. 17,000 actual
miles. Local, one own
er car. Balance of fac
to ry warranty remain
ing.
1969 DODGE
Charger. Blue with black
vinyl roof and black in
terior. R, H, A. T., P. S.
Sport steering wheel.
Mag wheels. Factory air
oond. Just over 4,000
actual miles. Like new
car at used car price.
1968 FORD
Fairlane 2-Dr. hardtop.
Light blue with white
painted top. P. S., A. T.,
R. H.
EXTRA SPECIAL!
1968 Chevrolet Camaro—Green with
white vinyl roof. P. S.. R. H., A. T.
HEIGHT ADVANTAGE — Guilford demonstrated
its height advantage on the opening tip-off Mon
day night at PC. Controlling the tip for Guilford
is Quaker Center David Smith who scored 21 points
for the visitors in a hard-fought 76-66 win. At left
is PC’s Mike Lovell. No. 11 for PC is Donnie Kuhn.
Jumping for the Blue Hose is Freshman Budge
Bean (31).
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