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> m m P THE CHRONICLE, Clinton, S. C., July 16, 1970—7-A BILL CURRIE IWIili •%V. .V/. Mouth of the South M Basketball Camps With a summertime basketball camp on nearly every corner, poor indeed is the modern kid who doesn’t hob-nob with the big gest names in the game during the sweltering vacation months. No longer is it necessary to have a well-heeled old man who wants to pack his progeny off for the summer Camps are everywhere and some are even free. All prospective basketball players from the age of toilet training up can attend. Some >t the camps even teach some basketball. In the main, however, they are day-night baby sitting services which serve a two-fold purpose. They do give the kids something to do, and also they provide a means by which coaches and players can pick 15) a buck or two in the off season. Truly, I don’t mean to scoff at the camps, for if the kids did nothing more than rub elbows with people like UCLA’s John Wooden, or with Jerry West, BillyCunmngham, or Bob Verga, they are bound to benefit. It isn’t that they will learn that much basketball in the short span of what is called a clinic session by a big name. But hopefully, they will learn the value of dedication, determination, and the willingness to pay the price. No success ful athlete ever achieved professional or even amateur success without the daily practice of these virtues. We all tend to forget how good professional athletes really are. L<x>k at Jerry West on a basketball floor with a crowd of other players warming up, and you would never pick him out as <>ne of the all-time competitors. He isn't big enough. He lacks those bulging muscles which the girls are reputed to admire so much. He doesn’t scowl nor have a fierce expression. But when the ball goes up, he can do it. The Difference Why 0 What is the difference between West and others like him and the average player whose physical equipment looks as good and frequently better 0 Primarily the difference is in attitude and desire. There are many young players in all sports who sim ply will not pay the price for success. I recall very well a few seasons back when I knew a college basketball player with re- remarkably exceptbraal talent. It did not limit itself to the bas ketball floor. In addition to his wondrous fetts 00 the hardwood, this par ticular young man could down prodigious amounts f beer, and spent most of his more sober moments in pursuit of any human being who seemed to be female Even so he was a magnificent will mg to pay for real success 0 I told him one day: ‘ , Frank / (that’s not his name) why don’t you get off the booze and the broads and settle down to give all you got for the next couple of years? Remember, you can play basketball only a few years, butyou can slop ig) the sauce and chase the fillies after you are fifty.’* He laughed and pomted out that I was hardly one to lecture him. Thus he missed the point. It is not a moral question as far as I’m concerned. What one does with his life is his own business. But when a fellow has the tools to build an athletic career and fill the bank with money, and he sells this out to build a beer bulge around his gut instead, he is simply an immature idiot who can’t count pennies and nickels. Yeah, kids get a lot of good out of the camps for no other reason perhaps than that they see the product of what hard work and de dication can accomplish A guy like West talking to a bunch of kids is worth a dozen Sunday Scho 1 teachers and a car load of preachers. W. S. Hatton m Agency oP...*Qm!n Financing Available . t • Low Down Payment Let us help you plan your new home. Come see the many plans available. or Let us show you existing homes for sale. Also We have many attractive, con venient lots for sale. See W. S. Hatton Agency JUST WAITING — Clinton Coach played. The game was rained out. Sam Owens is shown with ace pitcher Motes who has a 4-0 record, wil! start Tommy Motes as they waited Tues- f° r Clinton tonight, Thursday, day night to see of the Clinton-Greer against Wade Hampton. American Lesrion game would he In Crucial Series Clinton Juniors Host W. Hampton Tonight Once again, Clinton's Ameri can Legion team faces a cri tical series this week in their chase for the League .Nine championship. Clinton, Greer and Wade Hampton are locked in a three- way tie for first place in the league. All are 8-4. Clinton and Wade Hampton play here in Clinton on Thursday night and then go to MeadowbrookParkin Greenville for a Friday night game. In this Thursday’s game, Clinton Coach Sam Owens will start Tommy Motes, a big left hander who has a 4-0 record thps far. The game will start at 7:30 p.m. Owens is expected to start righthander Buzz Ted- ards in the Fridav nieht eame. Clinton enjoyed a brief stay all alone in first place last week when Wade Hampton knocked off Greer 5-4. How ever, on Monday night, Greer defeated Clinton 10-5 while Wade Hampton bombed Green ville, throwing the race into a three-way tie for first place. Clinton was slated to play host to Greer last Tuesday night in another crucial game but the game was rained out and will be played at a later date. Hot Weather Fishing Separates Men, Boys Remember spring when fish ing was easy? Well, hot wea ther fishing separates the meq from the boys, the pros from neophytes and the skillful from the lucky, fish don’t like hot weather either, and although they don’t have to sweat it out, they do sit it out until the tem perature is more compatible. And that is why ‘those in the know’ catching most of the fish in the early morning, late even ing and at night. TROUT IN THE MOUNTAIN - According to the Greenville weather bureau, there has only been .43 inches of rain in O- conee, Pickens and Greenville Counties since June 25. And this dry weather has drastically re duced the fishing success in the trout waters of these counties. Conservation Officer Jerry Snaders of Mountain Rest re ports that some stocked rain bow trout are being taken in the Chattoga River. KEOWEE-TOXAWAY There is good bass fishing using top water plugs and purple worms. Most of the catches were in the one to two lb bracket. Crappie fishing is fair scattered over the lake using minnows in 25 to 30 feet of water. LAKE SECESSION - Fish ermen are having good luck catching stripers in the main channel using deep running lures such as the thin fin. Bream fishing is fair using crickets and worms. Catfishing is good at night using cut bait. LAKE HARTWELL-The hy brid bass have quit schooling in this reservoir, but crappie fishing is good at night under the bridges such as the Sene- cea River Bridge. CLARK HILL- Conservation Officer Joe Wilson of McCor mick reports that a few crappie and largemouth bass are being caught by drifting the reservoir and fishing the deep holes Bream fishing is only fair. LAKE GREENWOOD - Even though the white and striped bass’s schooling has slowed considerably, the largemouth bass fishing is fair to good in the shallows during the cool of the day. Crappie fishing is good using minnows in deep water. Bream fishing is good using minnows and crickets. LAKE MURRAY - Crappie fishing is good in deep water and around brush piles. Bream fishing is still good all over the lake even though Mayfly hatching has stopped. Large mouth bass fishing is fair troll ing deep water lures and using floating purple worms and wa ter dogs. LAKE WATEREE - Catfish are hitting good at night using cut bait and worms. Bream fishing is still good using crick ets and worms in eight to 10 feet of water. Largemouth bass Home Repair Service Any and all types of repair work. Sewing machines a specialty. Plumb- in g, Electrical Carpentry, New Screening on Doors, Windows and Porches. New Installation for Wash- ers. Dryers and Room Air Condition ers. No Job too small Call— JIM UNDERWOOD MS-4897 110 W. Centennial St. All Work Guaranteed 505 North Broad Street Tel 8M-3829 a * vXv:v^ fishing is fair using purple worms in 15 to 35 feet ofwater. UPPER LAKE MARION - Conservation Officer W. A. Carson, Jr. ofFt. Motte reports that bream fishing is fair in the Lower Falls and Stump Hole landing areas. Also there are good catches of bream along the Santee and Congaree River us ing earthworms, catalpa worms and crickets. Largemouth bass fishing is fair using top water lures in the early morning and late evening. LOWER LAKE MARION, LAKE MOULTRIE AND DIVER SION CANAL-Fishing has been very slow in this area of the state due to the hot weather. However, in the Santee River several schools of rockfish have been sited and there have been some catches using large white bucktails. ASHEPOO-COMBAHEE - In the upper Combahee River water is still low and fishing has been poor, but in the lower Combahee and the Ashepoo bream fishing is fair to good using worms, crickets and a mepps spinner with a squirrel tail. LOWER EDETO RIVER - Conservation Officer P. B. Wa gers of St. George reports that the river is still low, even though they received a little rain, and that redbreast, bream and black bass fishing is only fair. SALT WATER FEHING BEAUFORT - Spanish mack erel, king mackerel and bonita have been caught abundantly from the northern edge of Port Royal Channal and Bay Point to P. R. Buoy. Tarpon or silver- fish schools have been sited off by Bay Point, Chowan Creek, and Bull Point There have been good catches of sheepshead, summer trout, flounder, whiting and black drum off the bottom around the Frip Island Reel Cobia are being caught above the reel GEORGETOWN - There have been good catches of Spanish and king mackerel around the ‘city of Richmond and Hector* ship wrecks. MURRELLS INLET - The Murrells Inlet artificial fish ing reef has been producing real good catches of flounder, blackfish and porgeys on file bottom. On top of the reef the re have been good catches 0! co- bi^ mackerel and spadafish. : The Spanish mackerel are hit- : ting real good in the grand strand area. Rhodes Leads Y Softball Rhode’s Runners hold a one game lead over Sander's Spar in the YMCA Men’s SoftbalP , League. The Runners have a 12-3 won-lost record, and San ders has won 11 and lost four. The Jewel Box is two games out of first place with 10 wins in 15 games. Bailey’s Bombers with eight wins and seven los ses. Joanna with three wins and 12 losses, and the Big O’s with one win in 14 games complete the standings. In action on July 7, Rhode’s Runners defeated the Big O’s 26-5. The Runners got 27 hits and were lead by Bixler with five hits and Holbrook with four. In other action, Sanders Spur de feated the Jewel Box 18-14. The Jewel Box outhit Sanders, but Sanders had a four run rally in the sixth inning to put the game out of reach. Foster had four hits for the winners, and Laney had three. In the only other game, Joan na forfeited to Bailey 7-0. Hunting Season Announced James W. Webb, Executive Director of the South Carolina Wildlife Resources De partment, today announced the seasons for doves, marsh hens (including Gallinules)snipe, and woodcock. The period selected will permit the greatest re creational use compatible with resource management The seasons for 1970-71 are as follows: Dove: Sept. 5 to Oct. 3, incl.; Nov. 23 to Jan. 2, incl. daily bag limit 18; posession limit 36. MARSH HENS: (Rails,Clap per Rails, Sora and Gallinules) Sept. 12 to Nov. 20, incl. Daily bag limit 15; possession limit 30. WOODCOCK & WILSON’S SNIPE OR JACKSNIPE - Dec. 13 to Feb. 15, incL Woodcock daily limit, 5; Woodcock pos session limit, 10; Snipe daily limit, 8; Snipe possession li mit, 16. Boys' Baseball Action In the Small Fry division of the Youth Baseball program the Dodgers are in first place with a record of six wins and two losses. The Lions trail by only one game with a 5-3 re cord. The Braves, Yankees, and the Giants are tied for third place with 4 wins and 4 losses. The Tigers are in last place with one win in eight games. In action in the Small Fry League last week, the Yankees defeated the Lions 5-0, dodgers defeated the Braves 12-0 on July 6. On July 8, the Giants defeated the Tigers 5-0,andthe Lions defeated the Dodgers 7-4. On July 10, the Yankees defeated the Giants 6-4, and the Braves blanked the Tigers 5-0. In the Little League, the Lions and the Giants are tied for first place with a 7-1 record. The Tigers with a 4-4 record, the Dodgers with three wins and five losses, and the Braves and Yankees with one win in eight games complete the standings. " / In action last week In' the Little League, the Liana de feated the Yankees 10-1 and file Dodgers defeated the Braves 12-1 on July 6. On July 8 file Giants defeated the Tigers tO-S, and the Lions defeated the Dod gers 4-1. On July 10, the Giants defeated the Yankees 9-0, and the Tigers blanked the Bra ves 11-0. In Pony League Action last week, the Southern District de feated Lydia 12-5 on July 6. 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