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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
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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.
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