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THE CHRONICLE, Clinton, S. C., March 5, 1970—7-A BILL CURRIE Mouth of the South Basketball Recruiting Every father recalls with a certain degree of chagrin his ap prehension as he paced and smoked in the waiting room during the birth of his child. Raise this nervous seizure to the tenth power and extend it from a matter of minutes or hours to months, and one begins to understand what college basketball coaches suffer during the weeks preceding the signing of key recruits. It is an entrail strangling time of cardiac palpitations, for on the whimsical decision of an eighteen year old boy/one’s future and livelihood well may hang. Moreover, the recruitine of a true blue chin prep school player is the fruition oi months and even years of bent knee entreaties which frequently include all members of the pros pect’s immediate family plus assorted uncles, aunts, et al ad nauseaum. Right now there are several well known and nationally respected coaches who stare sleeplessly into the darkness as they thrash about on sweat drenched sheets at night, because nobody knows where Tom McMillan is going to pursue his education next fall. Who, you ask, is Tom McMillan? If you ask, then you are obviously not in step with the intensive efforts which have been published nationally on the myriad of coaches and their assistants who have been camping in seige outside Mansfield, Pennsylvania, these past two years. McMillan, whose brother Jay was a fine performer for Bud Millikan a few years back at Maryland, is a 6-11 pivot man who is averaging about 40 points and 25 rebounds per game in his high school league. Potentially he may be another Lew Alcindor, or at the very least, another Tom Riker. Admittedly, the competition at Mansfield is not as swift as say at Erasmus High in Brooklyn, but the gaggle of recruiters have seen enough: He can go like the four thousand pound gorilla, wherever he pleases. Brother Jay is pressing his younger sibling to become a Terrapin and help UCLA of the East. A few weeks ago, Lefty invited the whole Mansfield team to College Park for a luncheon presided over by the Governor of Maryland. The kid had to be impressed. McMillan To UNC? But Dean Smith of North Carolina and Bucky Waters at Duke are reportedly still in the picture, and these three coaches are certainly in the sweat-and-lie-awake stage. Signing a nationally proclaimed player like McMillan has its own intrinsic reward, but there are additional and perhaps even more important perip heral benefits which will accrue to the winner. Other good players tend to flock to join a team which has the bellweather leader, because quite understandably, everyone wants to be with a winner. All-America honors come only rarely to players on losing teams. McMaMaa could put North Carolina or Duke or Maryland into the national scene for his three varsity years. Whoever gets him will breathe a gasping sigh of relief and mop up a swarm of additional talent The losers will hustle about to corral their alternate choices before the field has been swept clean. Actually, landing a much sought after prospect is of as much psychological value as it is of physical importance. Maryland seems to have the inside track. But Dean Smith has a record of getting the big ones. Larry Miller, Bobby Lewis, Charlie Scott and Dennis Wuycik to name a few who could have gone anywhere. If McMillan doesn't wind up at North Carolin-.-- and he well may not--I, for one, will be surprised. »»»•#••••••••# «> a • •» • M #••••••••« a a aaaaaaaaaaa a.a • aaa«*«aa*aa • a Wa a a a aaaaaaaaaa a a ^a v«aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa»aaaafwaaaaaaaa a a 1 | | Read And Use i Chronicle Want Ads | CLINTON. S. 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Members of the team which posted a 14-2 mark are, front row, left to right: Gloria Adams, Yvonne Adams, Nettie Burnside, DeLois Jennings, Jacque line Byrd; second row: Mary Watts, Gail Ferguson, Lorainne Whitner, Deborah Lorick, Elizabeth Ad ams, and Coach Harold Williams HOTPOINT UPRIGHT FOOD FREEZER MODEL FV310K • 28" wide, 10 1 cu ft. big • 354-pound storage capacity • 3 refrigerated shelves • Top cold plate • Magnetic door gasket IS PRICED! FOR A FAST SELL OUT! COME EARLY — SUPPLY LIMITED EXTRA SPECIAL ON EASY TERMS • 4 door shelves • Porcelain-on-steel liner • 3-year food-spoilage warranty (up to $150 total) Netters Open Saturday HOTPOINT FREEZER Presbyterian College’s tennis team warms up for a 28-match schedule Saturday with a prac tice match against a talented Wingate Junior College team. The matches will be played on the Clinton High School courts and will start at about 2 p.m. PC Coach Jim Shakespeare expects Wingate to provide some stiff competition for his Blue Hose, saying, “Wingate has one of the finest junior college teams in the nation. They have three players from Checkslovakia and a couple of other foreign players who will make them extremely strong.” PC also will feature a couple of Checkslovakian players this year, the brothers Milan and Jan Kofol , both freshmen. Milan is the current New York State High School champion and is ex pected to battle Georga Amaya, a junior, for the No. 1 spot on the PC team. Battling for the third, fourth and fifth positions are Chris Adair of Clinton, Jan Kofol and Don Leigh of Palm Beach, Fla. All three are freshmen. In the No. 6 spot at the moment is Craig McKenzie, a sophomore. Providing depth for the Hose are Ben Gregg, Ned Campbell, James Swink and Howard Pierce. Coach Shakespeare isoptimis- tic about the Blue Hose squad. He said, "We should have one of our strongest teams in five or six years. Our strength should be our depth.” The doubles lineup will pair Amaya and Milan Kofol ; Adair and Jan Kofol ; Leigh and Mc Kenzie; Campbell and Gregg; Swink and Pearce. The team will open a tour of Florida next Monday at Jack sonville University. The Hose will play Rollins, University of Florida, Florida State and Co lumbus College before returning home for a match on the PC courts with ClemsononMarchl6. Of the 28-match schedule, 18 matches will be played on the PC courts and will feature such teams as University of South Carolina, University of Virginia, Harvard, Columbia, University of North Carolina and Davidson. Monday, March 9 Tuesday, March 10—Rollins Wednesday, March 11—U. of Fla. Thursday, March 12—Florida State Friday, March 13—Columbus College Moday, March 16-Clemison Univ. TENNIS SCHEDULE Jacksonville Univ.—There College There There There There Here Tuesday, March 17—E. Stroudsburg State Thursday, March 19—U. of S. C. Monday, March 23—U. of Cincinnati Tuesday, March 24—Tennessee Tech. Wednesday, March 25—West Chester St. Thursday, March 26—Univ. of Toledo Saturday, March 28—Otiio University Monday, March 30—Univ. of Virginda Tuesday, March 31—Harvard University Thursday, April 2—Univ. of Georgia Friday, April 3—Georgia Tech. Saturday, April 4—Columbia University Tuesday, April 7—W. Kentucky Univ. Wednesday, April 8—E. Kentucky Univ. Thursday, prAil 9—Pfeiffer College Saiturday, April 11—The Citadel Monday, April 18—U. of N. C Tuesday, April 14—Furman University Wednesday, April 15—Erskine College Thursday, April 16—Guilford College Saturday, April 18—Appalachian Undv. Saturday, April 25—Davidson College May 1 and 2—Conference Tournament May 15 and 16—NAIA Dist. 6 Tournament Clinton June 9-14—NAIA National Tournament Kansas City, Mo. 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It was the first time the Hose have qualified for the Carolinas Conference Tournament in the six years in which PC has been a member of the conference. The loss left PC with a 12- 15 record for the season. Coach Robinson said, “We cer tainly aren’t satisfied with that record but we did show some im provement this season. We were going with a young ball club and I’m optimistic about the future. Our boys gave a 100 percent ef fort this season.” Concerning his recruiting plans, Robinson said, “We’re looking for two boys at least 6’ 7” or 6’ 8’ and that’s about all well be able to bring in this year. We will have Fred Melsoo back for next season so, as I said, I’m optomistic.’ PC played Guilford on even terms throughout most of the first half but the Quakers’ superior strength and height gradually overpowered the Blue Hose. It was the 22nd straight win for Guilford which was undefea ted in Carolinas Conference games during the regular season. Danny Yarborough paced PC’s first half efforts as he tallied 13 points. He finished the game with 20 points, as did Steve Crowe. PC led by three, 21-18, with 8:25 left in the half but Guil- ■' ford ran off six straight points and never trailed again. The Quakers led 42-31 at halftime. Coach Robinson said, “We gave a fine effort against Guilford. They just had too much power. They got a lot of rebounds (69 to PC’s 43.) Bar craft Team Wins In Bowling In the Clinton Woman’s Bowling Association tournament held re cently at Palmetto Lanes, the Bar craft Team was the winner of the team championship with a score of 2963. The team was made up of Jean Dawkins, Leona Williams, Sue Brady, Shirley Walker and Kathlyne Lott. The doubles winners were Es ther White and Barbara Wallen- zine with a 1201 score. Jan Hammond was the singles winner with 669. Jean also rolled the highest series in the tour nament with a scratch score of 626. She was also the all-events winner with a total score of 1878. The Frances Meadors trophy, presented annually by Mr. Clark Meadors and daughters, in me mory of Mrs. Frances Meadors was won by Jean Hammond. In the Bowler of the Month roll-off, Jean Hammond was named bowler of the month for February. On Thursday, Feb. 26, Cecil Bishop bowling with the Jaycees in the Industrial League rolled the highest game that has been rolled at Palmetto Lanes. He rolled a 289 game. This beat the highest previous game of 280. The USS North Carolina, the World War II battleship, was the first of the new dreadnoughts buflt by the U. S. Navy prior to and during the war. Thomwell Teams Lose In Tourney Both Thornwell teams were eliminated from the 1-A Confe rence Tournament in the semi finals by Gray Court-Owings. The Thornwell boys lost 64- 52 and the girls suffered a 59- 26 defeat. Thornwell’s boys stayed within shooting, range until the final four minutes of play. Gray Court-O wings had a 28-21 halftime lead but Thornwell chopped the margin to three points with two quick bas kets at the start of the second half. The shooting of high-scoring John Mills gave Gray Court-O wings a little breathing room la ter in the third quarter and Thornwell was down by nine at the end of the third quarter. Mills, double-teamed on de fense by Kanada Roach and May nard Pierce, tallied 31 points but that was considerably below many of his performances. Pierce led Thornwell with 25 points and Roach pumped in 20. Roach scored most of his points in the first half and Pierce found the range in the second half. Gray Court-Owings’ girls led Thornwell 39-16 at halftime and romped in for their victory. Thomson was the leading sco rer for Thornwell with nine points. 1k Old 1t/moi HONG KONG CUSTOM TAILORS NOW PERMANENTLY LOCATED IN GREENVILLE, S. C. IN THE NEW HOLIDAY INN NO. 2 Interstate 85 At Parkins Mill Rd. Exit PHONE 277-7631 GREENVILLE, S. C. 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