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> I THE CHRONICLE, Clinton, S. C„ Au? IS, 1970—7-A BILL CURRIE Mouth of the South Keyhole Peepers Keyhole peepers, eavesdroppers, mail snoop ers and people who use personally acquired infor mation to write books of the so-called expose type are all barnacles on the hull of humanity and ought to be scraped off into a rubbish pile forth with. Long ago it became politically stylish for persons close to the great and near great to pub lish books when their terms of employment came to an end. The result was always the same— the exalted were humbled by the simple expedient of showing that everybody acts just the same when drunk, in the bathroom or in bed. But we as the great unwashed herd of followers hate to admit even to ourselves that the big wheels of the world are not better than we. With Jim Bouton’s book on his baseball team mates such a success, you may be certain that others will follow. Of course Jim is now back in the minor leagues where he can play all the dirty pool he wants to and nobody will notice or mind. The frightening thing is that the books which fol low will have to be more obscene than his or they won’t sell. As the budding, ghost-written authors seek greater sensationalism they will play faster and looser with the truth. This comes at a time when sports figures are sinking in the public estimation an desteem. Of course, many of the leading lights in the jock world are, and deserve to be, widely applauded and highly acclaimed, but there is an increas ing number who sicken the public with their child ish and ill bred behavior. By this I certainly do not refer to some of the colorful stunts and wild escapades which are becoming to certain athletes. But what can one man do and get away with an other cannot For instance. Babe Ruth might slurp up a fifth of booze a day. But then he hit more home runs, too. So his tippling was not only tolerated, but a bemused public chose largely to ignore his excecces. However, when a wet-eared rookie kid like Pistol Pete Maravich is thrown into the pokey for driving drunk it is unsettling. Certainly it would not be fitting for me to make a sanctimonious pitch on sobriety, but there is no excuse on earth for anyone as prominent as a nationally known athlete to be drunk in public. For The Birds Books written on the private lives of well known people are for the birds, and the fact that the public clamors for this drivel is an indication of the low taste of too many people. What Jack ie Kennedy does in the privacy of her own house is about as interesting to me as the habits of a rooting hog in the barn lot. And the same thing applies to Leo Durocher, Mickey Mantle, or any one else you may think of. How empty is the American mind that it has to Till itseilf with the boudoir and toilet habits of the famous. There is no legal way that muckrackers like Bouton can be restrained. Sewer sifters have*al- ways been with us and will continue to be. The one way to discourage books on the intimacies of the locker room is to spurn them on the sales counters. Of course it might not hurt for some of those attacked in the tell-it-all books to feed the author a big meal of knuckleburger. Fishing Report The low lakes this summer shouldn’t discourage fishermen because this is an opportunity for the ardent angler to plot new islands, stumps and other lake features that harbor fish. LAKE HARTWELL-Due to restricted water flow because of the filling of Keowee-Toxa- way and the low rainfall this summer, Lake Hartwell is 15 to 20 feet below full stage. Fish ermen aren’t having much luck, except early in the morning and late in the evening and at night fishing for catfish and black bass. CLARK HILL- Conservation Officer Joe Wilson of McCor mick reports that the best bet for largemouth bass is in the Little River vicinity and fthat the fish are being taken on pur ple worms. LAKE GREENWOOD-Con - servation Officer A. R. Drum- mood of Ninety Six reports that the Lake Greenwood fish ing is still about the same be cause of the hot weather. The bream ' and largemouth bass fishing Is still slow, and fisher men are only getting out during the cool of the day. LAKE MURRAY- Conserva tion Officer James Hamm of Prosperity reports, fishing In this reservoir has really fal len off due to the hot leather. He said the fishermen just weren't getting out and that even the night fishing has slow ed down considerably. Gault - ‘Well Be Better, But So Will Opponents 9 PRACTICE STARTS—Despite heavy rain early this week the Clinton High School Red Devils football team be gan practice Monday with three-a- day conditioning drills Over 90 boys reported for the team which will put on pads Monday for twice-a-day ses sions. Shown above, left to right, are Asisstant Coach Preston Cox, sophomore Jimmy Brock, freshman Mike Wooten and Johnny Knox and Head Coach Keith Richardson.— (Photo by Eddie McGee) ONLY FIVE MINUTES FROM THE TITLE Clinton was only five minutes away from the Upperstate American Legion baseball championship last Saturday. Playing at Anderson, Clinton led the best-of-five series 2-0 and needed only one more win for a three-game sweep. Clinton led 3-1 in the fifth inning when it began to rain. If the game was called because of rain, it would be counted as an official decision and Clin ton would have the Upperstate Championship. The teams anxiously watched the rain. Most of the fans went home. The head umpire finally told Clinton Coach Sam Owens, “If the rain doesn’t stop within the next five minutes, we’ll have to call it off.” * Before the five minutes were up, the rain stopped and the two teams were ordered to re sume play, despite a soggy field, Anderson rallied to win that game and then went on to sweep the next two for the Upper- state title. Clinton took a two game lead in the upper-state baseball playoffs against Anderson on Friday night with a 7-3 victory. However, Anderson rallied to win the next two games on Saturday and Sqpday to dead lock the series at two games a piece and to set the stage for the championship game played in Clinton on Monday night Clinton staged an eighth in ning rally to win the second game of the series at the Clin ton Mill Ballpark. Anderson took an early 1-0 lead with a run in the second inning. How ever, Clinton tied the score on a home run by Stan Elrod of Whitmire in the bottom of the third. Anderson had two more tal lies in the top of the fifth to make the score 3-L Clinton tied the score in the sixth when Billy McNinch lined a home run over the right field fence after Arnold Lietszeyhad singled. This tied the score at 3-3. Clinton’s four run rally in the bottom of the eigth put the game out of reach. Troy Bowan started the rally when he slash ed a double to left to lead off the inning. McNinch hit a single to right to drive in Bowan and give Clinton a 4-3 lead. With McNinch on first, leftflelder John Chaplin sliced a homer to left to give Clinton a 6-3 lead. A walk to Elrod, an error by Johnson, and a wild pitch gave Clinton the final margin of vic tory, 7-4. Buzz Tedards picked up his tenth victory of the season a- gainst only 3 looses. He struck out 3, walked 3, and scattered 4 hits for the victory. Clinton seemed to be in an excellent position to wrap the series up when the teams re turned to Anderson for the third game on Saturday night Coach Sam Owens had his ace lefthander Tommy Motes ready, well-rested since his victory over Anderson last Monday. Motes had lost only one game this season, had won nine, and was averaging well over ten strikeouts a game. The Red Devils jumped out to a 4-1 lead going into the sixth. Clinton picked up two unearned runs in the bottom of the second. In the same inning, Matt King beat out an infield hit. McNinch was safe on a sacrifice attempt when the pitcher fielded the ball cleanly but threw it into right field to put two men on base. John Chap lin, who has had some key hits in Clinton’s playoff games this season, cracked a tripple off the leftfield wall to drive in King and Liet sey, who had forced McNinch at second earlier in the inning. Anderson narrowed the mar gin to 4-3 in the bottom of the sixth when George Harris singl ed, and pitcher James Rice slammed a two run homer. In the seventh inning, Anderson took the lead and put the game out of reach. Andrews lead off the inning with a double. Gantt singled and Harold Johnson was safe on an error to load bases. Second baseman < Gambrell singled in two runs to give Anderson a 5-4 lead. Left - fielder Chaplin hobbled the ball and Johnson scored to make the score 6-4. Gambrell moved to third on an error and scored when Motes threw a wild pitch, completing the scoring and giv ing Anderson a 7-4 victory. FOURTH GAME Clinton and Anderson were forced to play on Sunday after- Presbyterian College Foot ball Coach says the Blue hose will field a stronger football team this season—but so will most of the teams PC plays. Addressing the Clinton Rotary Club Tuesday, Coach Gault said, "If I had to, I could name a starting effensive and defensive team right now. This time last year, I couldn’t do that. We’ll be better this season than we were last season. But I believe the others will be, too. “Frankly, last year wasn’t a banner year for Carolina Con ference teams. If anyone could have come up with a pretty good team, they could have dominated noon because of two rain delays earlier in the week. Coach Owens was out of starting pit chers again since Motes had pitched in a losing effort on Saturday night, and righthander Buzz Tedards had not waited the necessary 72 hours required between games. Owens started junk pitcher Rick Thompson from Whitmire. This strategy had worked in the Greenwood series when both Motes and Tedards were inelligible to go the full nine innings. This time, however, the plan was not as affective. Thompson gave up 16 hits, 10 runs, struck out one, and walked seven in the 10-2 game. James Rice had three homeruns and drove in six runs in the victory. Rice, the winning pitcher on Saturday night, hit his first homerun with the bases empty in the third. His second blast came with two on in the fourth and he com pleted his big afternoon with a three-run blast in the eigth. Clinton scored single runs in the first and second innings to complete their scoring. In the first, Elrod was safe on an error, advanced on an infield out and came home on Matt King’s single. Elrod trippled in the top of the second and came home on a wild pitch. UPPER LAKE MARION Conservation Officer W. A. Carson, Jr. of Ft. Motte re ports that fishing in this part of the lake has been slow due to the muddy Con gar ee and Wateree Rivers. Fishermen have caught some medium size bream in the back waters of Broad water, Riser’s Ole River and Remni’s Landing. There have been a few largemouth bass taken in the Cypress woods off of Stump Hole Landing. The crappie fishing has just about ceased. LAKE WATEREE- This reservoir is three feet below full stage and the largemouth bass fishing is taking place in only deep water. Fishermen are having fair luck on devil’s horse and purple plastic worms. Bream fishing is fair in 10 feet of water using crickets and worms. Crappie fishing is fair using minnows in 10 to 15 feet of water. LOWER LAKE MARION AND LAKE MOULTRIE - Conser vation Officer Earl Tairney of SL Stephens reports that strip ed bass fishing is picking up gradually and that fisher men are having a little success using a Cisco Kid with a trail ing clark q>oon. He says, Fish ermen are picking up a few white bass in Lower Lake Mar- inn. Those who mourn the pass ing of the six-course dinner never worked in the kitchen during the summer. HABIT IT'S A MATTES OF LIFE AND BREATH! Your Christmas Seal Association Can Help the conference. Some of the teams we play this year are going to be load ed. Western Carolina lost only three men off a fine football team last season. 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