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T7 THE CHRONICLE, Clinton, S. C., May 28, 1970—7-A BILL CURRIE m Mouth of the South Sports Future There exists now--today--a real and frightening possibility that ere another decade has passed, scholastic and collegiate athletics may be things of the past. Ultimately, of course, there will be no professional sports either if some present trends con tinue and increase. There are many scholastic and collegiate coaches who, with ostrichlike obstinacy, refuse to concede it, but there is an over whelming number who frankly say interest among students in athletics is declining at a rapid and alarming pace. For one thing, athletes are still subject to at least a semblance of discipline and order in even the most permissive organizations. Such an achronistic fiddle-faddle as the acceptance of leadership from anyone who has ever really done anything on his own is unac ceptable to many. Thus, athletics seem a festering score to in creasing numbers of the so-called liberal New Left. Even without the taint of politics, athletics may be in for trouble ahead. High school coaches tell me that in all too many cases boys nowadays had much rather have an automobile than a successful career in football. Getting the car frequently means working to pay for it, and there is just not enough time to work and play football, or basketball or whatever. Girls, those marve lous creatures who have from the dawn of the stone age been the motivating force behind most every one of man’s endeavors, are not appreciative as they used to be. It is becoming more of a status symbol to date the hippie type politico on the campus who has a good car than it is to rate with the jock brigade. These conditions obtain principally among vhite students. Thus, the emergence of black dominance in athletics. Black students are more frequently poor, and less often indulged by their parents with super-powered cars. So the black athlete dedicates himself now with a fervor which is fading from the ranks of the whites. Virtually any team you wish to watch will have a disproportionate number of blacks on it, and they are not usually the bench warmers. This spring I have spoken to about 20 high school athletic banquets, and more and more the super stars in the prep ranks are black. At least, they cart off the most awards for excellence which proves, if nothing else, that they are trying harder. Students are giving such pap as the May Queen, the Prom Queen and other traditional campus exercises the Ho-Hum, and sports (nay be next to being ignored. Right now there is a bubbling in terest, but to? many boys are forsaking athletics to be Hot Dogs It the Drive-tn, and they are getting a great deal of encourage ment from girl friends and, not infrequently, parents. The guy with the bulging muscles is beginning to take a back seat to the guy with the long hair. Well, I for one, have plenty of problems of my own, and I won’t lose any sleep over it. But it is a shame to see the real glory of sports suffer at the hands of such ambitions as to be a loud mouth at the Drive-In. But one should not be surprised. Coaches cannot enforce pride and discipline, and extend that feeling throughout a student body when teachers and principals too are cringing in fear that they may be physically abused in the course of imparting wisdom. It is not proper nowadays to question the inclination of a student. If one is a teacher he had better listen and learn from the depth of student idealism and desire. Other wise, he may be hooted from the front of his own classroom. School administrators, lacking the grit to stand 19, have ab dicated their authority too often, the teachers have followed suit, and the coaches are helpless. Thus, athletics have faded somewhat. Hopefully the thrust of such a perverted sense of direction will not mortally impale sports competition. S.C. Fishermen To Get Credits Executive Director James W. Webb of the South Carolina Wildlife Resources Department has announced that the 1970 General Assembly provided for the issuance of certain credits to resident fishermen when pur chasing their 1970-71 licenses. This procedure was developed to correct inequalities which developed last year due to changes in the valid license year. All persons now holding a re sident 1969-70 fishing license that expires on June 30, 1970, will be allowed a credit of $2.50, less any credit already re ceived, when they purchase a 1970-71 fishing license. In order to obtain this credit, the 1970- 71 fishing license must be pur chased prior to July 31, 1970, and the purchaser must render his 1969-70 fishing license, a- long with a statement under oath, certifying the amount of credit already received and the additional credit due. PC Protests Cage Assignments Presbyterian College’s bas- North Carolina officials work- sonville (Ala.) State in a Car- with Marshall University of 1 i C w IT WAS HIS BAIT—Wright Simpson, left, and Robert Satterfield gag it up after a recent fishing trip in which Satterfield landed the 9 lb., 4 oz., largemouth bass shown above. Simpson said the one hte caught weighed 12 ounces (“Since I helped the scales a bit”). They were fishing in a private pond when Satterfield borrowed a purple worm from Simpson’s tackle box and landed the lunker. Eckstein Reports Soon For Canadian Practice Former Presbyterian Col lege All-American football star Dan Eckstein will report to the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League June 18 for pre-season practice. Eckstem, who has been work ing in the PC Guidance Dept, during the off-season, says the Hamilton team has a pre-season game scheduled for July 1. He said, “The squad will be se lected by the last of July. If I don’t make the cut, I intend to return to Green Bay and try it again with the Packers. They’ve been corresponding with me about giving it another try." Eckstein was drafted by the Packers after his senior year at PC. He was the last player to be cut by the Packers prior to opening of the 1969 season. A wide receiver and defensive back, Eckstein, wrote a widely- read column for the Greenville News during his rookie training with the Packers and later in the season with the Hamilton team. He has written a book entitled “The 41st Packer, A Rookie’s Diary", which is beingpublished by Jacobs Press. He says the book is expected to be ready for distribution in September or October. Fishing Picks Fishermen throughout the state, whether their choice are trout streams, creeks, rivers or reservoirs should find fishing 11 their liking this week end. For those who enjoy the coast and its salt water fish- ing will be glad to hear that cobia are being taken in num bers at the mouth of Port Royal Sound and Broad River Bridge. In fact, the general activities along the coast have improved and for those who venture out as far as the Gulf Stream will find that blue marlin are hit ting again. CLARK HILL RESERVOIR- Largemouth bass continue to make the news in Clark Hill. This past week a good number of large fish were taken. Ex amples of this success is J.M. Ficklin of Clinton with the two largest fish weighing five pounds five ounces and eight pounds six ounces. LAKE GREENWOOD - The general report for Lake Green wood is good to excellent fish ing. Crappie are rated as good fishing deep with minnows, bream are real good fishing mostly with worms over beds and the largemouth bass are also rated as real good fishing PC Golf Team Finishes Third Presbyterian College’s golf team finished third in the NAIA District 6 competition last week at Furman University. •The tournament was won by Appalachian and Wofford fin ished second. Stan Littlejohn of Wofford was individual me dalist with a 143. Appalachian scored 597 while Wofford had a 601 and PC had a 607. Appalachian will represent the district in the national tour nament the edges with black plastic worms cast towards the bank. In the spillway below Lake Greenwood, Conservation Of ficer A.R. Drummond of Ninety Six reports that rockfish are being taken in numbers at the present time. These range in size from 2 pound to a 32 pounder that Buck Morris of Ninety Six took on a Zarrow lure. Bream are also rated as good below the dam. LAKE MURRAY - Early morning is the time to take largemouth bass according to Conservation Officer James Hamm of Prosperity. Most suc cessful lures are the devil horse and chuggar spook. If you must do your fishing during the mid dle of the day, then trolling off the points or fishing with min nows and night crawlier will do the trick. ketball team will not play the Carolinas Conference member schools from North Carolina next season. The Blue Hose athletic of ficials said the move is design ed to call attention to what they feel is an inequitable situa tion in the officiating of con ference games. Athletic Director Cally Gault said “We have felt for some time that we have not been dealt with fairly with regard to as signing officials to our games in North Carolina. When we’re playing another school from South Carolina, we are always assigned South Carolina offi cials. When North Carolina schools come down to play us, they are always assigned a North Carolinaofficial. But wher we gouptoplayaNorthCarolina school, there are always two Boys Report Friday For Y Baseball Teams All boys who are planning to play Small Fry, Little Lea gue, or Pony League Baseball will meet at the YMCA Build ing Friday afternoon at 5 p.m. All boys will be eligible to play in the League as they have in the past. A YMCA Member ship will not be required to participate. Boys who have not signed a contract may do so at the meeting. All coaches will be present and drawings of the teams will take place at the meeting. Prac tice will begin Monday, June 1 at the high school fields. Age grouping for the Lea gues are as follows: Small Fry: Ages 7, 8, & 9 Little 12 League: Ages 10, 11, Pony League: Ages 13, 14 & 15. Ioanna Romps To Softball Win Joanna trounced the BigO’s 20 to 0 in the Adult Men’s Soft- ball league last week. Leading the Joanna offense that produced 27 hits were Petty, Stroud, Han na and Brannon, all of whom had four hits apiece. In other action, the Jewel Box defeated Bailey’s Bombers 21 to 7. Foster led the Jewel Box with four hits. Bailey went three for four for the winners. Sanders Spur defeated Rhode’s Runners 13 to 2 in the other game on the schedule. James Jacks CANDIDATE FOR FOR COUNTY COUNCIL HONEST — DEPENDABLE — ENERGETIC LAURENS DRIVE-IN THEATRE Box Office Opens 8 P.M. Movie Star* 0:00 P. iM. Wed. - Thur.- Fri. - Sat May 27-28-29- 30 First Run Showing Horror House and Crimson Cult (OP) Parental Discretion Sun. - Mon. - Tuee. May 31 — June 1-2 First Run Showing Sam Whiskey (M) Suggested For Ma- 1966 FORD LTD 4-Door Hardtop. V-8 Engine, A. T., P. S. Factory Air. One own er. White With Black Vinyl Roof. Extra Sharp Auto. 1969 DODGE Coronet Sport Coupe. Equipped With V-8 En gine, A. T., P. S., White Tires, Wheel Covers. Medium Blue Bott, With Blue Top and Matching Interior. 1968 DODGE Dart GTS 2-Door Hard top. 383 V-8 Engine, A. T. Bronze With Black Vinyl Roof. 1968 VW White With Black In terior. Economical To Operate. Equipped With R. H., White Tires. 1965 FORD 10 Passenger Station Wagon. White With Red Interior. Fully Equipped, Inc. Factory Air Cond. This Would Be Nice for Summer Vacation Trips. 1966 DODGE Coronet 500 2-Door Hardtop. V-8, N. T., P. S. Bucket Seats With Console. Bright Blue Exterior With 1 Match ing Interior. If You Can’t Trad* With Coopar —You Just*Can’t Trade LYNN COOPER, Inc ing the game. We have had one official from South Carolina calling a game when we were playing in North Carolina the past two seasons." The Blue Hose have won only one game against Carolinas Conference opponents on the North Carolina schools’ home floors since joining the league five years ago. PC will play Newberry in a home-and-home schedule in their only league basketball games next season. Coach Gault has emphasized, however, that PC has no in tentions of leaving the Carolina Conference. Emphasizing PC’s point about the officiating situation, Bas ketball Coach Herb Robinson said that in the 12 Carolinas Conference games PC played last season--accounting for a total of 24 officials --19 of them were from North Carolina and five from South Carolina. Coach Robinson said, “We feel that we have some good officials in South Carolina andifl they’re good enough to call games in South Carolina, they should be good enough to call games in North Carolina when we’re playing.” At a Carolinas Conference meeting last weekend in Winston- Salem, N. C., PC called for an annual rating of officials by coaches for grading purposes and asked that officials be assigned to conference games on the basis of a drawing sys tem. The proposal was reject ed by the conference. The Blue Hose will not be eligible to compete for the Car olinas Conference basketball championship next year since they will not play enough con ference games to qualify. How ever, they can still qualify for post-season tournament play in the NAIA District 6. To fill in the schedule gaps left by the Carolinas Confer ence games which have been dropped, the Blue Hose have added Furman to their 1970- 71 schedule, along with Bel mont Abbey, Mars Hill, Luther Rice of Springfield, Va., West Georgia, Berry College, Jack- rolton, Ga., tournament, along Huntington, W. Va. LETS WITH JOE! THE QUALIFIED BUSINESSMAN JOE HOLLAND For County Council VOTE June 9 Plaza Furniture Mart of IOANNA, S. C. / / COLOR AUTOMATIC FINE TUNING ONLY S429M DIRECT FACT0RY-T0-DEALER PRICES WE HAVE A FULL TIME SERVICE DEPT. PLAZA FURNITURE MART OF JOANNA. S C ,1 * 302 E. Main St. 838-1741