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THE CHRONICLE, Clinton, S. C., June 11, 1970—7-A
BILL CURRIE
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The Flood Case
Organized baseball’s defense against the anti-trust suitbrought
by former St. Louis star Curt Flood has been querulous and irre-
velant diatribe by a conglomeration of frightened and greedy men.
Obviously from the whimpering tone of their sworn assertions,
they are afraid somebody is about to lick the stripes right off
their candy.
As one who is easily moved to tears, I have been sniffing and
snubbing through the, whole trial as one after another bloated mil
lionaire took the stand to weep to the judge that he wouldn’t have
invested in baseball except he believed it was exempted from the
anti-trust law. Rot! On cross examination several admitted they
had invested in basketball and football, neither of which has any
slave-holding reserve clause.
One actually told the court, and under oath mind you, that he
wanted the reserve clause kept in baseball because without it
salaries for the players would go down. This guy ought to be
indicted for perjury' Any baseball official who can think of a
way to lower salaries puts it into immediate operation.
(If you don't know what the reserve clause is: A baseball
player signs with a ..am for the life of his career. He cannot
quit, but the team may fire him any time it chooses . It may
also trade him without consultation to any other major league
club, and if all the big league teams agree, he may be traded
down into the minors. He may “negotiate" for his salary each
year, but lacking the trump card of ‘I quit” he lacks any coer
cive power once the team digs in. The player is very like a
horse or a* used c^r, and is frequently abused worse than
either.)
What makes the testimony so ridiculous in its effort to win
judicial approval of baseball's operation is that it is sniveling
and petty. The question is not whether baseball needs the re
serve clause, or even that the grand old boring, hidebound
national pasttime would perish without it. The only question
is: Does the reserve clause constitute a violation of the Sher
man Anti-Trust Law, and does it violate the constitutional
rights of Curt Flood and all other baseball players? Anyone
with an ounce of legal perception, and with an iota of fair min
dedness can readily perceive that the reserve clause in manifestl
illegal, and does criminal violence to the rights of the players.
baseball ownership has always been greedy and unfair to
it^ employes. Of course there are a few big salaried players,
buf by and targe, playing baseball is a poor way to make a
living. Somehow the magnates who own it all have managed to
equate the great old gime with the Dag, motherhood, and apple
pie. But the phony qualities of it all have begun to smell. Pro
fessional baseball owners are in it for one thing: Money. There’s
nothing wrong with a pecuniary motivation, but it is certainly
reprehensible to lie about one’s motives, and try to lard one's
selfishness with a putrid cloak of hypocrisy. Why should base
ball or any other commerical operation be allowed to form
trusts when it is illegal for Genreal Electric or American
Motors?
For it has been conclusively demonstrated that no such ar
rangement is needed for the successful >peration of a profes
sional sports league. Beth football and basketball have option
clauses, but a player can become a free agent after he plays
out his option, and players on multiple year contracts cannot
fired unless they are paid off. The shadows are lengthening
the oldtime baseball myths, and not a moment too soon.
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for
YMCA Offers Many
Summer Activities
The YMCA of the greater
Clinton area will conduct se
veral programs of team sports
this summer. Team participa
tion will be offered in six se-
perate divisions. These include
boys’ Small Fry Baseball Lea
gue, Boys’ Little League, Boys’
Pony League Baseball, Girls’
Softball League, Men’s Softball
League, and Women’s Softball
League.
The Small Fry League is
composed of boys seven, eight
and nine years of age. The Lit-
tle League is made of boys 10,
0 and 12 years of age, and the
Pony League is for boys 13 and
14 years of age. The Girls
Softball League will be compo
sed of girls of all ages, and the
Men’s and Women’s Leagues
will be composed of Adults.
All games are scheduled for
the Clinton High School field.
The Small Fry League will
play their games at 5 p.m. on
Monday, Wednesday and Frl-
day. The Little League will see
action at 6 p.m. on the same
days. The Pony League will
play their games at 4:30 on
Monday, Tuesday, 1 We<toesday
and Thursday. The Girl’s Soft
ball League will see action on
Tuesday and Thursday at 9:30
The adult men will play at 6:30
the time of the games for a-
dult women will be announced
later.
> According to officials of the
Clinton YMCA, the purpose of
the team sports is to provide
an opportunity for a greater
number of people to enjoy a
quality program of team sports
conducted under the proper su
pervision and leadership. They
explained that the Small Fry
and Little League Teams are
made up by placement accord
ing to skill and age. This will
result in a more balanced lea
gue composed of more uniform
teams.
The Pony League teams will
be composed of teams from se-
perate districts, and boys must
play on the teams from their
particular district.
BIG CATCH — Tami Parrish, 11, caught this 13-
pound rock bass recently while fishing from a
boat in Santee-Cooper. She was using live bait
when she caught the big striper. She is a daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Perry Parrish of 276 Locust
St., Lydia.
Santee-Cooper
Fishing Good
Boys' Baseball
Opens Monday
John Bingham, director of the
Clinton Y.M.C.A. announced
that the Small Fry, the Lit
tle League, and the Pony Lea
gue will begin their schedule
this Monday, June 15, with all
17 teams participating in these
three leagues.
Smokey Says:
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Observers on the Santee-
Cooper Lakes report that the
rock fish continue to be good and
1970 already is rated as being
one of the finest years for this
important species. This peak
fishing success will continue as
long as herring are available.
The other lakes and streams
also are yielding good catches
of fish and weather permitting,
the coming weekend should be
good.
TROUT FISHING IN THE
MOUNTAINS'- Fishing condi
tions and fishing success in all
three coufities continues to be
good. In Oconee County fisher
men are advised to try either
the Chattooga or Chauga Ri
vers. In Pickens County, the
streams to try would be the
Eastatoe or Laurel Fork. In
Greenville County, the North,
middle or South Saluda Rivers
are recommended. In all of
these streams, fish are taken on
small spinners, small shysters
and an assortment of flies.
CLARK HILL - The early
morning hours or later in the
afternoon continue to be the
best times to fish at Clark Hill.
Good size largemouth bass,
white bass and hybrids continue
to be reported and the general
fishing prospects should be ra
ted as good.
Crappie are scattered and
fishing for them is good when
they can be located in deeper
water. Night fishing under
bridges at 8 to 12 feet of water
appears to yield the best cat
ches.
LAKE GREENWOOD - Both
the lake and the river below the
dam offers <good fishing oppor
tunities. Largemouth bass are
hitting well on underwater plugs
and floating worms. The bream
are also biting well using cric
kets and small lures on fly rods.
The bream are now off their
beds.
Crappie in Lake Greenwood
are rated as good, but the
fisherman must first find them
in the deeper water. Minnows
are the preferred bait Catfish
is rated as poor.
Below the dam, rock fish are
steadily taken using bucktail and
zarrows. Most of these fish
weigh 5 to 7 pounds but a num
ber of specimens in the 20 to
30 pound class are also being
taken.
Conservation Officer John
Ellison of Ninety Six reports
that below the dam it is pos
sible with a cane pole to catch
your bait and a good rock fish
at the same time. A gentleman
was fishing for bream with a
cane pole and after hooking a
small bream he found he didn’t
have time to get his catch out
of the water before a rock fish
took the bream. This story had
a happy ending, for he took
home a 6 pound rock fish.
Lose Opener
Juniors Host
To Greenville
Next Monday
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LAKE MURRAY - Fishing
conditions on Lake Murray con
tinue to be approximately the
same as they were last week.
Largemouth bass are rated as
excellent using top water plugs
during the early morning and
late afternoon around the points.
In the middle of the day, fisher
men using purple worms in 15
to 20 feet of water are boating
good fish.
White bass continue to school
and very good catches are bemg
made on spoons and top water
lures with trailers. Fishing off
points in 10 to 15 feet of water
using Mr. Champ are also taking
nice fish.
With crickets or worms, fish
ermen are making good catches
of both bream and shell crac
kers.
LAKE HARTWELL - Fishing
activity on Lake Hartwell, es
pecially over the weekend, has
slowed somewhat because of the
increased use of this popular
lake by boaters. The best area
for fishing appear to be in the
vincinity of 6 and 20 creek and
3 and 20 creek. Here, crappie
fishing is real good using live
minnows and walleyes are being
taken around the rocky points.
Successful fishermen for wall
eyes are finding that nightcraw-
lers fished on the bottom on
the rocky point can take as many
as four or five fish.
Ponds Provide
Fising Fun
BY J. B. O’DELL
District Conservationist
With the fishing season in
full swing, many Laurens coun
ty pond owners are now being
provided with many hours of
recreation, as well as supply
ing delicious food for the pond
owner’s family and friends.
More ponds are being stocked
this season. Bass were de
livered recently to 22 new pond
owners cooperating with the
Laurens Soil and Water Con
servation District. This brings
the total to over 600 ponds in
the county. The fish for stocking
these ponds were furnished by
the U. S. Fish and Wildlife
Service from the Hatchery in
Orangeburg. The delivery of
bass will complete the stock
ing of the new ponds as cat
fish and bream were delivered
last fall. Fishing usually can be
gin one year from date of bass
delivery.
After ponds are stocked, re
gular fertilizer applications
should be made during the warm
months of the year - when the
water temperature is 65 de
grees or above. Weeds and other
vegetation should be kept from
the water edge.
Where a suitable site exist,
a farm pond makes good use of
the land and the impounded
water has many uses.
Wade Hampton of Greenville
defeated Clinton on Monday
night by a score of 6 to 1 in
the American Legion season
opener. The defending champion
of League IX got the runs needed
for victory in the top of the
Sanders
Has Slim
Y Lead
With the season almost half
over, Sanders Spur holds a one
game lead over the Jewel Box
and Rhodes' Runners in the A-
dult Men’s Softball League.
Sanders Spur has a record of
seven wins and one defeat. The
Jewel Box and the Rhodes team
have won six and lost two. These
teams are trailed by Bailey’s
Bombers with a record of four
wins and four losses, Joanna
with a 1-7 record and by the
Big O’s with no wins and 8
losses.
In action this week, Sanders
Spur defeated Joanna by a score
of 24 to 7. Jones lead the of
fense for the winners with four
hits. Owens, Evans, F. Cooper,
and J. Cooper all had three hits
for the winners. In other action
on June 4, Bailey’s Bombers
defeated the Big O’s 12-8, and
Rhodes’ Runners defeated the
Jewel Box 17-7. Young, Foster,
and Davis all had three hits
for the winners.
On June 2, Joanna defeated
Rhodes 7-4, the Jewel Box was
leading the Big O's when the
game was halted, and Sanders
Spur defeated Bailey’s Bom
bers 15-5. Owens, Ward, andC.
Cooper had three hits each for
the league leaders.
seventh inning on a three
homer by Billy Griffith.
run
Clinton pitcher BuzzTedards
pitched a strong game and held
Wade Hampton scoreless for the
first six innings, but a pair of
errors and a wild pitch set up
Griffith’s game winning home-
run. Wade Hampton had
threatened several times in the
early innings. In the fifth, they
had a man on second base with
only one out, but a pair of
sparkling fielding plays by se
cond baseman, Jimmy Garrett
prevented the man from
scoring. Tedards struck out
nine but was hurt by the shaky
play of his infield in the latter
innings.
Clinton scored its only run in
the bottom of the first inning off
Donny Moore, the winning pit
cher who allowed only three
hits. Matthew King singled in
Stan Elrod for the score.
Clinton will play Greenville
at home on Monday, June 15,
and, according to Coach Sam
Owens, will probably play Greer
here on Thursdaynight, June 18.
The game had originially been
scheduled for Wednesday, June
17, but a conflict will prevent
the use of the Clinton Mill Ball
park on that date.
Swim Team
Meets Monday
The YMCA Swim Team will
meet Monday, June 15, at the
Lydia Mill Swimming Pool.
All boys and girls through se
venteen years old are invited,
to join. The meeting will be at
8:00 a.m.
YMCA Learn to Swim for 4
and 5 year olds will begin Mon
day, June 15 and will continue
through June 25. The classes
will be held from 11:30 till 12
Please call the YMCA and re
gister by Saturday, June 13.
3L270 Lose
Drivers Licenses
The South Carolina Highway
Department has found it neces
sary to withdraw driver licens
es of 31,270 persons in the past
10 months for violations of the
state’s various traffic safety
laws.
Department records show
that since July 1, 1969, the be
ginning of the Department’s fis
cal year the greatest offenders
against safety on our highways
who have been apprehended has
been persons driving'under the
influence of intoxicants.
A summary of license sus
pensions prepared by the De
partment’s Driver License Re
cords section shows that in this
10-month period more than
8,333 persons lost their licens
es for driving while intoxicated.
National studies show that
drinking of intoxicants is in
volved in at least half of the
fatal accidents on the highways.
The drinking driver is, of
course, very dangerous to him
self, but often he also involves
innocent victims.
The second most prevalent
reason for driver license with
drawals is the poor driving hab
its of persons who accumulate
12 points under the state’s Point
System law.
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