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THE CHRONICLE, Clinton, S. C., April 9, 1970—6-A
BILL
CURRIE
Mouth
of the South
Pistol Pete's Bonus
A few years ago when Joe Namath erupted from the football
scene at the University of Alabama and was larded with a bonus of
$400,000 toplayfor theNewYorkJets, I was certain: (1) It was a lie;
nobody would pay anybody that much money. And (2) In the unlikely
event that it was so, the payment was prima facie evidence of serious
insanity in the front office.
In light of Namath’s accomplishments, however, and seen in
the glitter of some of the present day basketball bonus payments, the
400 G’s pale in comparison. In fact, Namath’s bonus seems down
right paltry. Here’s Bob Lanier, the big foot from St. Bonaven-
ture, lolling around in something like a million four, and, of course,
Pistol Pete Maravich is said to have taken the Atlanta Hawks for a
million nine. It simply boggles the mind to contemplate such figures.
Even allowing for the exaggeration of vanity, these two guys are
purely and simply overpaid; they Just ain’t worth it! There is no way
that Pistol Pete can draw enough people into the dark recesses of the
Georgia Tech field house to justify what it costs to get him in
there. Lanier has a similar problem at Detroit. The Pistons are so
bad, so incredibly sloppy and disinterested, that even Lanier cannot
help them a great deal. If he plays out his full contract, Detroit will
pay him about $3,500 per game.
The management of these clubs have not yet begun to weep. The
gargantuan contracts are bad enough, but now don’t you just hear
what the established players are going to be saying at contract
time. There is no way that a wet-eared rookie, however talented,
can leap into a lineup of veterans and, making several times their
top salary, be accepted, let alone liked. Ln his college days Mara
vich did not really play on a basketball team. He WAS the team’
His daddy coached it, and the other guys were sort of inglorious
ballast, necessary to conform to the rule which says that there are
five men on a team. Pete dribbled all the time, shot most of the
time, and occasionally dazzled everyone with a sensational pass --
many of which were too hot for his fumbling teammates to handle.
Can't Hog Ball
As a professional player, if Pistol Pete tries to hog the ball
as he <}id in college, and takes the shots which brought such glee
to Papa Press’ face, one thing is eminently certain: He will never
see the ball! The other guys are just as greedy as he is, and if he
starts taking bad shots and forcing them, his teammates will simply
include him out. If he brings the ball up the floor, he better shoot
it, because if he passes off, likely as not, the next time he handles
it will be a blue moon down the road.
Locally the Carolina Cougars are understandably dissapointed
that Pete decided to take the Hippodrome performance to Atlanta.
He is worth a bunch of money at anybody’s gate. But considering
what he would have cost, I personally am glad the Cougars lost him.
Such a burden as he would have imposed financially, and such a
strain as he would have put on the relations with and between the
other players -- well, the Cougars need a Maravich’s appeal, but
they cannot stand the inevitable trouble. There are a number of ex
cellent players in the ABA who may become available as the league
absorbs some of the young talent. The Cougars will be after these
established players, and with the dough saved when Pistol Pete said
no, chances are that the Cougars can corral several who will boost
the power and proficiency of the team next year.
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PC Hosts Catawba,
Wofford Track Teams
Presbyterian College’s track
team will be host to a three-way
meet with Catawba and Wofford
Friday. The field events will
start at 2 p.m. with the running
events starting at 2:45 p.m.
The Blue Hose lost to Guil
ford 74-71 as the Quakers cap
tured the deciding mile relay e-
vent Tuesday at PC. It was PC’s
second loss in three outings. The
Blue- Hose defeated St. Andrews
last Friday in Laurinburg, N. C.
PC Tennis
Team Has
12-4 Mark
Presbyterian College’s tennis
team ran its record to 12-4 with
a hard-fought victory over Wes
tern Kentucky Tuesday.
The Blue Hose had to win two
doubles matches to pull out a
5-3-1 victory over Western Ken
tucky.
PC was host to Eastern Ken
tucky Wednesday and will be at
Pfeiffer today and at The Cita
del in Charleston Saturday. The
Blue Hose will entertain always-
tough University of North Caro
lina Monday and will visit Fur
man next Tuesday.
Milan- Kofol, Don Lay and Craig
McKenzie picked up singles vic
tors for PC againstWestern Ken
tucky and then it was up to Juan
Amaya-M. Kofol and Chris
Adair-Jan Kofol to win the de
ciding doubles matches.
PC beat Columbia University
8-1 l^st Saturday and defeated
Georgia Tech 6-3 last Friday
In Atlanta, Ga.
The PC-Guilford match went
down to the final event before the
Quakers chalked up the close vic
tory.
Tommy Porter of PC was high
point man Hose as he won the high
hurdles and, Triple jump and
placed second in the high jump.
Porter woo the high hurdles
with a time of 15.8 secs, and cap
tured the triple jump with a dis
tance of 41 ft 8 in.
Bill Caldwell won the shot put
for the Blue Hose with a heave
of 44 ft. three-fourth inch and
Cosby was first in the javelin
with a throw of 184 ft., 1 in.
Nelson woo the pole vault with a
vault of 10 ft. 6 in, and Reid
was first in the discus with a
throw of 11 ft. 5 1/4 in. PC’s
Bobby Whiteside was first in the
880-yard run with a time of 2
minutes, 4.5 seconds, Lynn Dre-
ger won the 220-yard dash with a
time of 22.8 seconds.
The PC 440-yard relay team of
Passarello, Dreger, Lister and
Kingsmore won a first place in a
time of 44.9 seconds.
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Devil* Lose
To Chester 1-0
Clinton High School’s baseball
team will visit Lexington tonight
and will play host to York at 4
p.m. next Tuesday.
The Red Devils dropped a 1-0
decision at Chester Tuesday as
the Cyclones scored the winning
run in the bottom of the ninth
inning. The regulation seven-
innings ended in a 0-0 tie.
Clinton now has a 2-2 mark
for the season.
PC Blue Hose Sign 20 Grid Prospects
Presbyterian College has sign
ed 20 football prospects for next
season’s Blue Hose squad, ac
cording to Head Coach and Ath
letic Director Cally Gault.
Coach Gault says, “We’ve sign
ed some fine young men and we
expect to get a couple more in
the near future.”
Among the most outstanding of
the incoming freshmen are tack
le Ted Wentzky of Anderson; back
Robert Hortman ofSummerviUe;
tackle-end David Norris of
Thomson, Ga.; end-guard David
Hartsell of Wade Hampton High in
Greenville; back Bob Wills of
Washington, Ga.; and quarterback
WaUy Bowen of Jacksonville, Fla.
Wentzky, a 6-1, 215-pounder,
was an All-State selection and
played in the Shrine Bowl game.
Wills, 5-7, 170 pounds, was an
honorable mention All-American
Trout Fishermen Find
Streams Well-Stocked
Trout fishermen throughout the
three mountainous counties of
Oconee, Pickens and Greenville
are finding streams well stock
ed and giving them many pleas
ant hours of fishing experiences.
In Oconee County, Conservation
Officer Jerry Sanders reports
that both the Chatooga and the
Chauga Rivers are providing good
trout fishing. The favorite bait
being used are red worms and
he predicts that the quality
fishing will continue unless there
is too much rainfall during the
week.
In Pickens County, as in the
other two counties, the stocking
of streams has been carried out
several times with nine-to
11-inch fish. Conservation Officer
Gerald Holcombe of Pickens re
ports that fishing success has
been good and the preferred
baits are earthworms or flies.
Greenville County also gives
a very optimistic report on trout
fishing. Conservation Officer
William Chastain of Greenville
checked a large number of trout
fishermen over the weekend and
found that a number of these had
taken their limit for the day. Most
of these fish were in the 10 to 13
inch class, which means that 10
fish would provide a good supper
for any family. Hot spots are
still the South Saluda River and
at Blythe Shoals the fishing would
be classed as hot. Chastain found
that the lures providing the best
fishing success were meppes
spinners.
Reservoir fishing varies con
siderably throughout the state. At
Lake Hartwell, the reservoif is
1/2 foot above full and is clear
except for the extreme upper
portion. Conservation Officer
Donnie Hanks reported that last
Saturday the late looked like the
Fourth of July. Many fishermen
were out and all were having good
success. It didn’t seem to make
much difference whether they
were fishing for white bass,
largemouth bass or crappie.they
all were catching fish.
Crappie fishing was real good
generally throughout the lake,
with most of these fish being ta
ken on minnows and some on doll
flies.
It is interesting to note that
most of the big bass are being
taken in deep water using plas
tic worms, hellbenders and doll
flies. Some of these fish are
starting to work into the more *
shallow waters. This is indicated
by some fishermen who had suc
cess fishing from a boat and cast
ing towards the shoreline. The
deep water off Apple Island was a
favorite spot for largemouth bass
over the weekend.
The walleye pike in Lake Hart
well still are not running up the
Tugaloo River. This appears to
be the result of the continuing
cold weather which has not per
mitted water temperatures to
reach the desired level.
Fishing in Lake Secession is
slow. This is the result of the
dingy color of the water and will
remain a poor bet for fishermen
for a few more days until this
clears up.
The report for Clark Hill Re
servoir is a short one. It is ris
ing and muddy and fishing is slow.
Water level in the Reservoir is
approximately 327 feet, with full
stage at 330 feet. One must re
member that it was not too many
weeks ago when the water level
was 321, which means that it has
risen six feet since the recent
rains. Most of the islands in
the lake are now covered and
many of the stumps are also out
of sight Once the color settles,
fishing should be good.
LAKE GREENWOOD
Fishing in Lake Greenwood, as
reported by A. R. Drummond,
Conservation Officer from Ninety
Six, is improving. Crappie fish
ing is real good fishing around
the piers and the bushes. Fav
orite baits are live minnows and
alibis. Largemouth bass fishing
has improved with most of them
being taken on thin fins and devil
dogs. A few bass were reported
as being taken on white doll flies.
The color in Lake Greenwood
is good in the lower half of the
lake. The upper half is still in
fluenced by the muddy runoff.
Below the dam at Lake Green
wood, fishermen are still taking
white bass in good numbers and
the rock fish should be classed
as spotty.
Wateree Reservoir is now ser
iously affected by the color of
the water. It is real muddy and
Conservation Officer Ken Lomi-
nac of Camden reports that crap
pie fishing has fallen off be
cause of this water condition.
Some fishermen are having suc
cess fishing with minnows a-
round the stumps, brush tops and
under the banks in two feet of
water. What fish are being boat
ed, are good ones with many being
two pounds in weight and several
3-1/2 pound crappie observed
during the past weekend.
LAKE Murray fishing is im
proving, so reports Conservation
Officer James Hamm of Pros
perity. Ne notes that largemouth
bass fishermen are having good
success fishing on the points
using plastic worms and night
crawlers.
The real hot spot for fishing
in Lake Murray now is the Saluda
River where it enters the upper
Jaycees
Win YMCA
Cage Title
The Jaycees copped the YMCA
Men’s Basketball League champ
ionship Tuesday night with a 55-
43 win over Kiwanis.
John Benedict paced the
Jaycees with 16 points. Leonard
Price, with 14, and Frank Arm
strong, with 13, were the other
top point men for the winners.
Mike Lausman, with 19 points,
was the only Kiwanis player in
doubled figures.
To reach the playoff finals, the
Jaycees beat Torrington 61-
57 and Kiwanis beat Joanna 49-
38. Armstrong pumped in 30
points against Torrington which
was paced by Douglas ’ 26 and W il-
son’s 20. Lausman scored 28 for
Kiwanis and Hill contributed 15
in the win over Joanna. Carter
had 23 for Joanna.
end of the lake. White bass fish
ing is exceUent with many fish
weighing three pounds and some
up to 3-1/2 pounds. Fishermen
are using jigs (a small bucktail)
and trolling with thin fins. Offi
cer Hamm notes that this white
bass fishing should continue to
be excellent for the next two
weeks.
The Santee-Cooper Lakes have
been affected by the recent heavy
runoff. The colored water has
made fishing difficult and it is
hoped that this will improve as
the amounts of colored water en
tering the lake is reduced and
also by increased water usage
through the generating stations.
CHS Runs
Net Mark
To 6-2
Clinton High School’s boys ten
nis team sporting a 6-2 record,
will visit Greenwood today and
will play host to Belton-Honea
Path next Tuesday in a key match.
Belton-Honea Path handed
Clinton one of its two losses of
the season earlier this year.
Last Friday, Clinton beat
Woodruff in straight sets 9-0
and was leading Rock Hill 3-2
Monday when the match was call
ed because of rain. The Red De
vil netters defeated York here 9-0
on Tuesday.
Clinton, which currently is
leading the Eastern Conference
standings, will play host to the
conference tournament April 27-
28.
Clinton Girls'
Streak Snapped
A 7-2 loss to A. C. Flora
Tuesday snapped a four-match
winning streak for the Clinton
High School girls’ tennis team.
The girls defeated Dreher 7-2
last week and then beat Converse
College 4-2 on Monday to run
their record to 4-2 before the loss
to A. C. Flora.
The Clinton girls will be host
to York today and will play at
Belton-Honea Path Tuesday.
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If You Can't Trad* With Coopor
—You Just Can't Trade
LYNN COOPER, he.
302 E. Main St.
8S8-1741
and was Class A “Back of the
Year* in Georgia where he also
made the All-State team. Norris,
who weighs 184 pounds and stands
6-3, is a brother of PC Line
backer Bobby Norris. Hortman
weighs 173 pounds and Hartsell
is a versatile 219 pounder.
Quarterback Bowen weighs
~CHS~Track~
Team Host
To York
Clinton High School’s track
team played host to a three-way
meet Wednesday and will be host
to York today.
The Red Devils were host to
Newberry and Union Wed
nesday and will face York today,
Thursday, on the Presbyterian
College track. The Clinton-York
meet is to start at 3:30 p.m.
C linton placed thir d last F riday
in a three-way meet at J. L.
Mann. Mann won with 64 points
and Belton-Honea Path captured
second with 48 points while CHS
was third with 43.
Alex Rogers won two first
places for Clinton as he was
victorious in the high jump (5
ft., 9 1/4 in.) and the high hur
dles (16.6 secs.). Wade Goodman
was first in the low hurdles (21.
9 secs.) and Chip Howe captured
the 880-yard run first place with a
time of two minutes, 5.9 seconds.
Rogers also was second in the
pole vault. Lewis Henderson
made his best throw of the year
(44 ft. 1 1/4 in.) in the shot put
but it was good only for second
place. Donnie White was third in
the shot with a heave of 42 ft 2-
1/4 inches. Johnny Hudgens plac
ed second in the discus with a
throw of 120 ft., 6 in. and Frank
SherriU was second in the 440
with a time of 55.4 secs. Good
man was third in the pole vault
and Clinton’s medlay relay team
placed second when Mann was
disqualified.
Wells Goss tied for fourth in
the 100-yard dash (10.5 secs.)
and was fourth in the 220 (23.9
secs.). BarryWhitman was fourth
in the low hurdles.
YMCA Softball
Meeting Slated
An organizational meeting for
the Clinton YMCA Me^’s Softball
League will be held Monday night
at 7 o’clock at the YMCA.
All persons interested in the
league are invited to attend the
meeting.
League play is expected to start
around the first of May.
only 150 pounds but Coach Gault
commented, “He throws the ball
real well. He’s small but he’s
talented. ”
Of the 20 who have been signed,
15 are linemen.
Coach Gault said, “It’s been a
good year for linemen. WeTe
always looking for good line pros
pects but some years you can find
them and some years you can’t.
Last year, we recruited a lot of
backs so we feel we’re pretty
weU set there. This year, we
were hoping to find some line
prospects and we were success
ful. We don’t recruit too much
by position. We look for good ath
letes.”
Some of the other prospects
signed by PC include:
Backs — Wales Barksdale (5-
9, 166) Conyers, Ga.; Jimmy
Barnette (5-10, 182!) WashlnftcB,
Ga.;
Linemen---Clyde Bexley (5-9,
170), Land-O-Lakes, Fla.; Bur-
nie Bourne (5-11, 168), Charaw;
Steve Brown (6-0, 210), Fort
Valley, Ga.; Charles Edmtmdc
(6-1, 173), Stone Mountain, Ga.;
Eddie Fendley (5-9, 201); Glym
Hammock (5-10, 194), Sumteri
Tony Hass (6-2,170), Aiken; Ketf-
ny Hudlow (5-10, 218), Marietta^
Ga.; John Orck (5-10, 188), Ct£
lumbus, Ga.; Phil Pitts (6-1,178)
Elbertoo, Ga.; Ray Spoon (5-11,
208), Chamblee, Ga.; Dexter Les
lie (5-10, 190), Doraville, Ga.
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It’s for everyone between the ages of 16-21.
Who feel. Who understand. Who know about love.
There will be five national recognition prizes,
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Pick up the contest rules and entry blanks now.
The contest closes May 15, 1970. So hurry.
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