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I THE CHRONICLE, Clinton, S. C., May 7, 1970—7-A BILL CURRIE Mouth of the South It's Recap Time! Eckstein: Game Plan Is Needed For Life THORNWELL A W A R D WINNERS — Guest Speaker Dan Eckstein, left, is shown above with the winners of athetic awards which were pre sented Saturday night at t h e Thomwell High School athletic banquet. Shown above, left to right, are: Dan Eckstein, holding one of Maynard Pierce’s three trophies; Frank Kellum, who was named ‘Most Courageous Athlete’; Pierce, who was named ‘Best Back* in football, Top Re- bounder* in basketball and ‘Most Valuable’ in track; Dianne Woods, ‘Most Outstanding’ girls’ basketball player; Kanada Roach, ‘Most Improv ed’ in football, ‘Most Valuable' in both basket ball and baseball; Jim Singleton, ‘Best Lineman’ in football; and Ricky Roach, holding one of broth er Kanada’s trophies. Whew! It is summertime again. Of course, I know that officially it is still spring, but in the lexicon of my year it is summer. By defi nition summer is a season when there is no basketball, no football and no conferences about either. It is also a time when I can lie down in my own bed and sleep the sleep of the innocent. Of course the fact that there are no games to cover means that one has a great deal of time to reflect on the past year. (A year to me runs from September to September.) Probably the greatest disappointment in the area was the University of South Carolina’s failure to capture the Atlantic Coast Basketball title. Ifyou are a Gamecock rooter you will argue with a good deal of vehemence that the Chickens were robbed of their rightful perch atop the league. But that isn’t really what happened. They just had one lapse when the big chips were on the table. To me the most resounding surprise of the year was the Caro lina Cougars. When somebody told me that Jim Gardner had bought the Houston Mavericks and was about to move the team to North Carolina I was certain beyond any reasonable doubt that he was at once bereft of reason. Moreover, I was certain that neither Jim nor all his associates could cook enough hamburgers to balance the loss. How wrong I was about that is history. The Cougars were not only an emotional success in the hearts of the fans; they were a box office sensation, and apparently Mr. Gard ner A Company possess another vein of pure gold. The misjudgment of the year was the professional appraisal of UNC’s Charlie Scott. Of course, Pete Maravichisa show boat and will, for a time, drag in thunderous herds through the turnstiles. But Scott is the best basketball player ever to come down the road. His real strength lies in his total ability. There is no weakness in his game. Maravich, Mt>unt, oh you name the big scorers. Most of them can t spell defense, let alone play it, but Scott can. One day when the dust has settled and the hysteria of many points is forgotten, Charlie will be helping his team to win. I believe that is the purpose of playing, and while Charlie is a take charge player, he knows how to play on a team. Individually I have been disappointed that Bill Bunting did not do better as a professional player. With a heavy money contract, the former UNC star was expected to cut a wide swath in the ABA. ‘ He did not. He may never. But I have hopes. Remembering thal * Bunting was not a tiger in college until he got his confidence as a senior, I was not surprised when he failed to show up his real ability in his first season. If he works hard enough, and puts in enough extra hours before and after practice, and never misses a day working in the summer, he can yet be a force in the ABA. Gene Littles who never had a scholarship offer anywhere but at High Point College, roared into the Cougar starting lineup and stayed there. At six feet he gave away both height and weight to virtually everyone he faced. Yet he proved his ability and also proved that there are many superb ball players in the Carolinas Conference. What a pity the league is run by such a fuddy-duddy bunch of old moss backs that most of the time nobody ever bears about the excellence of the athletes and teams. But with Littles doing the job he did, not even High Point College’s lack of public relations could keep this guy a secret CHS Moves Into New Loop Clinton High School moves into a new athletic conference next year, Region 3 of the 3-A classification. CHS Athletic Director Keith Richardson commented on the recent reorganization of all conferences in the state, “We’re in for a lot of reorganizational work, redrawing schedules, etc., but we’re optimistic about the new setup. We believe it will be more equitable. The old Eastern Conference has been split up and none of the old conference members are in the same conference with Clinton. Chester, Union and Lower Richland have moved up to 4-A, the largest classifica tion in the state. Woodruff and York are in 3-A Region 2 and Lexington and Newberry are in 3-A Region 4. In the new conference with Clinton are Abbeville, Belton- Honea Path, Laurens, Palmetto, Westside of Anderson and Woodmont of near Greenville. Richardson said, "The foot- CHS Baseball Team On Road Fof Finale With a 7-5 record, the Clin ton High School baseball team close out their schedule Friday at Newberry. The Red Devils assured themselves of a winning season last Friday by blanking Chester 3-0 in Clinton. Tommy Moates ran his re cord to 4-3 by going the dis tance in the shutout win over the Red Cyclones. Moates al lowed only five hits. His Red Devils collected only four hits but pushed across two runs in the third inning and another in the fourth for the victory. ball schedule which we an nounced previously is now out- of-date. Forget that one.We’ll have to re-draw the schedule completely.” He also said, “We hope to be able to continue to play some of our traditional rivals--par ticularly Union, Woodruff and Newberry. We couldplayallour conference teams plus those Rogers, Howe Qualify For State Meet Clinton High’s Alex Rogers and Chip Howe qualified Tuesday for the state 3-A track meet by taking third places in their respective events in the upper-state meet at Belton. Rogers placed third in the high hurdles and Howe was third in the 880 The Clinton team placed 12th among the 16 teams entered. The Upperstate team title was captured by J. L. Mann. The Red Devils finished fourth last week in the 3-A East ern Conference Track Meet at Union. Johnny Hudgens captured Clinton’s only first place as he won the discus throw with a toss of 132 feet, four inches. PC Trio Set Track Records Bill Caldwell, Bobby White- side and Rick Little set Pres byterian College records last week as the Blue Hose finished fifth in the NAIA District 6 Track Meet at Wofford. Whiteside broke the PC re cord in the 880-yard run as he was clocked in one minute, 56.3 seconds, breaking Butch McWa- ters’ record of 1:58.8. McWa- ters set the record in 1966. Whiteside finished third in the NAIA race. three and game.” one other ‘outside’ Caldwell broke cord of 44 feet, the shot put with feet, 3 inches. his own re- 8 inches in a toss of 45 RECORD BREAKER — The three Bill Caldwell, center, set a record in young men shown above recently set the shot put. Bobby Whiteside, right, new Presbyterian College track reo- broke the school record in the 880- ords. Ricky Little, set a school yard run.—(Yarborough Photo) record in the three-mile run while Little ran the three-mile race in 16 minutes, 3 seconds, break ing the record of 16:21 set by Ellis Jenkins in 1968. Western Carolina won the district meet. PC finished a- head of Wofford, Mars Hill, Benedict and Vorhees. The Blue Hose closed out their season Tuesday with the Carolinas Conference meet at Catawba. Fishermen's Success Increases Throughout the state fisher men continue to have success as water conditions continue to im prove. In a state where we can truly boast of fishing from the mountains to the sea, general statements are always difficult to make and today is no excep tion. Recent showers in the mountains have affected trout streams but in the low counties the streams are in excellent condition. So if you haven’t al ready done so, it’s time to take out that rod and reel and start enjoying all that South Carolina has to offer. TROUT IN THE MOUN TAINS - the recent rains have influenced trout fishing in the three mountainous counties. In Oconee County, Conservation Officer Jerry Sanders reports that the recent hard rains du ring the last week have increas ed water levels and that only bait fishing should be tried until these levels drop. h Pickens County, Conserva tion Officer Gerald Holcombe did not find the recent rains ef fected trout fishing as much and recommends the Eastatoeand the Oolenoy. LAKE HARTWELL - The re port for Lake Hartwell can be said in only one word — good. This is general over all of the lake with both cr apple and bass hitting well. Most popular baits for largemouth bass are spring Hazards, night crawlers and thin fins. Fishermen are find ing doll flies best for crappie. CLARK HILL - The weekend fishing on this popular reser voir was good. Successful fishermen find that they must change their lo cation as the day progresses. Conservation Officer Joe Wil son of McCormick noted that most successful fishermen when fishing early in the morn ing started close to the bank. As the day progressed these same fishermen moved towards deeper water and continued to catch fish. He also noted that many good catches are now being taken while fishing at night, expecially under the brid ges. LAKE GREENWOOD- Con servation Officer A.W. Drum mond of Ninety Six reported that all fishing at Lake Green wood had improved. He stated that crappie were doing real weU and the primary lures used were white doll flies and live minnows. Bream fishing had also improved, using worms and largemouth bass were the best they had been this season. Fishermen are finding that these bass are moving back to wards the bank. Black plastic worms seem to be a favorite bait Dewey Rains of Greenwood found that a fly rod and a black popping bug was the right com- bination when he landed six nice bass. Catfish are only fair in the lake, using cut bait. Of the former Eastern Con ference teams, Chester and Union are now in 4-A Region 3 with Byrnes, Dorman, Gaff ney, Lancaster, Rock Hill and Spartanburg. Lower Richland is in 4-A Region 4 with A. C. Flora, Dreher, C. A. John son, Hopkins, Spring Valley, Orangeburg and Wilkerson. Woodruff and York are in 3-A Region 2 with Boiling Springs, Chapman, Clover, Eastside, and Southside. Lexington and Newberry are in 3-A Region 4 with Allendale- Fairfax, Batesburg-Leesville, Langley-Bath-Clearwater, Ir- mo, Saluda, Winnsboro and Strom Thurmond. In class 1-A, Thornwell is in Region 2 with Bell Street, Ford, Grey Court-Owings, Hickory Tavern, Jonesville, Lockhart, S. C. School for the Deaf. Under the realignment, schools with an enrollment of more than 1,150 pupils will be in Class 4-A. Those with enroll ments of more than 638 students will be Class 3-A. Those with more than 365 will be Class 2-A and all other schools are assigned to Class 1-A. Abbeville, Laurens and Woodmont are moving up to 3-A from 2-A Classification. West- side in Anderson may compete in the new conference for only one year because it is expected to be absorbed in a consoli dation program after next year. “I love athletics but I have come to realize that there has to be more to life than living from the cheers of one crowd to another,” Dan Eckstein said Saturday night at the ThornweU High School athletic banquet Eckstein, a former All-A merican football player at PC and now a professional player with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in the Canadian League, said, “The ones who cheer you this week when you score the win ning touchdown will be the same ones who will boo next week when you make a mistake. And you will find that it doesn’t take long for those newspaper clippings to start to turn yel low. After you’re through play ing and the crowds have gone home and your clippings have faded, what will you have? “I’m thankful that Christiani ty gives me a 'game plan’ for life. Even after my playing days are over, I will have a to go by, a higher purpose to strive for.” Athletic awards were pre sented and Maynard Pierce md Kanada Roach received awards in three different sports. Pierce, a senior who has signed a track-football grant- in aid at Western Carolina Uni versity, was named “Best Back" in football; "Top Rebounder* in basketball and “Most Valuable in Track.” Roach was named “Most Im proved” in football, “Most Val uable” in basketball and in base ball. Jim Singleton was named “Best Lineman” in football; Di anne Woods was named “Most Outstanding” girls’ basketball player and Frank KeUum was named “Most Courageous Ath lete." Thornwell Has Six In State Track Meet Three From CHS Win State Titles Bill Alexander and Dickie McSween teamed up to win the 3-A State Championship in first flight doubles last weekend. Dirke Von Hollen captured the state title in the sixth flight singles. Alexander and McSween de feated Rice-Clinkscales of Bel- ton-Honea Path in a hard-fought match, 6-3, 4-6, 8-6. Von Hollen beat Williams of J. L. Mann, 6-3, 5-7, 6-4. Frank Ivey of Clinton also made it to the finals on Friday but was defeated by Mann’s Walker, 10-8, 6-3. J. L. Mann won the team championship with 22 points. Belton-Honea Path was se cond with 19 points and Clinton High placed third with 12. Berea was fourth with four points, trailed by York and St. John’s of Darlington which had two points each. Six Thornwell High track team members have qualified for the State 1-A Championship Track Meet Saturday in Colum bia. Thornwell placed third in the Upperstate Meet last week at Belton. Maynard Pierce won three events for Thornwell: the pole vault, 440-yard dash and 220- yard dash. Other Thornwell team mem bers who qualified for the State Meet are Larry Weaver in the 880; Kanada Roach and Frank Bruyer in the discus; Mike Briggs in the Low Hurdles; Ron- Heart Fund Golf Tourney ) A Heart Fund Golf Tourna ment will be held at Lakeside Country Club for its members the week of May 11-17. Participants may play at any time during the week for an en try fee of $2 which will go to the Heart Fund. There will be a gross and low net winner in each division. Participants may enter as many times as they like, paying the $2 entry fee each time. Legion Baseball Practice Will Open Next Wednesday The Clinton American Legion baseball team will begin prac tice Wednesday May 13 at 5 p.m. at the Clinton Mill Park. All boys who will not be 19 years of age before August 1 of this year are eligible. Clinton draws from the Clin ton, Whitmire, Laurens and En- oree area. Over the past years, Clinton has been in some real hard- fought battles with Greenwood for the League Eight title only to lose out in the final week for the past three years. How ever, this year, due to a re alignment of American Legion baseball, Clinton will be in the League with Greenville, Wade Hampton and Greer. Clinton lost a number ofboys from last year’s team and will be looking for some new faces for the coming year. Returning from last year will be Arnold Lietzey and Stan El rod from Whitmire; Matthew King, Buzz Tedards, Andy El lis, Mike Crawford, Tommy Motes, all from Clinton. A num ber of new boys are expected out. All boys of American Le gion age are urged to report to the Clinton Mill park Wednes day May 13 at 5 o’clock p.m. Bring spikes and gloves. *•••••••• In the spiUway below Lake Greenwood, white bass are dropping off, smaU rock fish are being taken in goodly num bers and bream are real good. LAKE MURRAY- Large mouth bass fishing continues to be real good usingpurple worms and live night crawlers. The purple worms seem to be the hot bait right now. White bass are good fishing off points with tit tle cleos, yellow butterbeans, doll flies and mister champs. PC Golfers Win Carolinas Presbyterian College’s golf team won the team title Tues day in the Carolinas Conference Golf Tournament at Salisbury, N. C., Country Club. Tommy Smith of Atlantic Christian won the individual title and PC’s Terry Clyburn placed third. FIRST PC WATCH — PreabyterUn College Business Manager Ed Camp bell, right, receives the first “Block P” watch awarded at the recent PC athletic banquet. Making the pres entation is Assistant Athletic Direc tor Billy Tiller. This year, PC ath letes who lettered for as many aa three yean received a watch. The members of the Block P Chib Campbell as honorary club and voted for him to receive the first watch in recognition of his service to the young people of PC — (Yarbor ough Photo) nie Joe Allen in the Mile. Briggs broke Pierce’s school record in the high hurdles with a time of 17 seconds but fail ed to qualify in that event in the state meet 6-10 Morris To Sign Grant With Blue Hose Rick Morris, 6-10 star with James Island, is scheduled to sign a basketball grant-in-aid this weekend to attend Presby terian College next year, it was learned today. PC Basketball Coach Herb Robinson said earlier that he had hoped to sign at least one tell man for next year’s squad and Morris apparently will fill the bill. Clintonians In Bowling T ou moment -.-r,vr The Clinton Woman's Bowl ing Association was well repre sented in the Women’s Inter national Bowling Association tournament in Tulsa, Okla., re cently by Mrs. Jean Hammond and Mrs. Kathlyne Lott. The latest available standings listed Jean Hammond leading the open division all events with a score of 1754. She had series of 605 in the team event 590 in doubles and 559 in slopes. Jean teamed with Mrs. Kathlyne Lott in the doubles and they are in third place with a fine 1159 score. These scores are all scratch as this is not a handi cap tournament Kathlyne al so had a very good all events score on a 499 team series, 569 doubles and 517 singles. Jean Hammond is from Laurens and Kathlyne Lott is from Clin ton. Only by attending this tour- ^ nament can anyone believe the scope of it. Between opening date April 9 and closing May 26 more than 21,000 women will bowl a total of 202,446 games. There are 4,894 five woman teams, 10,753 doublesteamsand 21,506 singles entries. , The prize fund totals $281,594. In the roll off for the champ ionship of the Ma & Pa leagna Friday May 1 the Red Devils defeated the Tempos 2202 to 2132. After the roll off, tro phies were awarded the champ ions and runners up. Among the trophy winners were high aver age for men George House with 173 and Jean Hammond lor women a 594. Ronnie Hwebie had the mens high gum a tfT and Barbara Wallenzina for wo men a 345. Most improved bowl ers were Corky Campbell for men and Leona Win lama for tha women. Bowling on the Red De vils team were Kathlyne Lott, Brenda Johnson, Ronnie Mile and Corky Campbell. ******