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THE CHRONICLE, Clinton, S. C-, Septi 3, 1970—7-A BILL CURRIE Mouth of the South Needed: A Hero In recent years a whole gobful of considera tion has been given in an effort to determine means by whicfr football in the Atlantic Coast Conference might be upgraded. Cited ad nau- seum has been the high academic requirements of the various member schools, and the demand for a 800 on the College Board Test required by the conference for an athletic grant-in-aid Doubtless many of the proposals to lower require ments or increase the number of athletes would be helpful. But if the conference wants to fill the stadiums the best and most effective way is to secure or develop an All-America back. Not a defensive back, nor one who special izes in blocking. What is needed is a flashy, col orful, crowd pleasing, imagination stirring guy who can lead a team to victory. There are some good backs in the league like Don McCauley at North Carolina, Leo Hart at Duke or Ray Yauger at Clemson to name just three. But for all their ability, and it is considerable, these fellows are not the needed quantity. The conference needs a guy who can compete for the Heisman trophy. It needs a man who can electrify a crowd, who is a hero to kids, and who has a boyish cleanliness about him. Certainly I am not a hymn-singer or a blue nose, and I sel dom crusade for ice cream over bourbon. But the fact remains that however jaded and cynical American society seems, it will respond to the challenge of the kind of fellow I’m talking about. Or at least to a fellow who SEEMS to be that way. First though, he has to be a top athlete. A great guard or tackle or even an end won’t do. He’s got to be a back; a guy who runs and passes and catcher passes. All-America teams are built around the offensive backs. Once these plums are landed, the rest of the team is built up in a sort of geographic sharing plan. It may not be fair, but it. is a fact. Look back over the years at the Heisman trophy winners and see how many guards, tackles and centers have won- Look at professional football and see who gets the most money. The ACC needs a stomp down good offensive back—or even better, several of them. . Ace Parfcet, Herc.«as a guy who. playedthe tflirtles, ‘anti ^et when one runs a memory lane pattern on Duke football he comes up first and foremost with Ace’s name. Why do you think this is. Well, he was a break-away runner without peer, and what’s more he kept North Carolina out of the 1935 Rose Bowl game with a sterling performance including a 103-yard touchdown gallop with the opening kickoff. When Ace Parker was performing at Duke (now Wal lace Wade) Stadium it was full and those were days when $2.50 for a ticket was big money, and there was not near the population to draw from which we have today. If Duke could produce an other Ace Parker, the Blue Devil athletic coffers would overflow with goodies and gold. Think, if you will, of Charlie Justice He played at North Carolina on a team studded with tremendous athletes. Art Weiner, an All-Ameri ca end if one ever drew fcreath; Kenny Powell, another. Irv Holdash at center. There were so many stars the sportswriters had problems dis playing their ignorance. But without Justice, the blue chipper, there would have been just an other football team instead of the wondrous ag gregation which drew 44,000 into Kenan Stadium. Hopefully, the point has been made. And even more hopefully, there is on some campus, , perhaps two or three, an unborn star whose abil ity, personal traits, and good fortune will spring him forth as a real glittering star. That’s what the ACC needs more than any revision of its rules Winter Bowling Season Opens The Winter bowling season of the Laurens County Dowling Associaticn got underway Tuesday night September 1 at Palmetto Lanes. The textile league opened the winter sea son with twelve teams. This is two more teams than was in the league last winter. The officers of the league are Bud Fuller, president; Wallace Patterson, vice president and Clark Mea dors, secretary. New CHS League Opens BY FLETCHER W. FERGUSON Eight schools from three dif ferent classes in prior seasons come together in 1970 to form the new Class AAA, Confer ence HI in the reorganized So uth Carolina High School Lea gue athletic program. They all start anew from scratch and anything they do will constit ute new records. From last year’s SCHSL Class AAA grouping are Bel ton-Honea Path, Clinton and Palmetto, the teams with whom the odds-makers are going a- long, and Wests ide of Anderson from the former SCSSAA. Abbeville, Laurens and Woodmont move up from the former Class AA WEBACH, and McCormick from Class A. An interesting note is the four of the original members of the WEBACH long an odity among South Carolina confer ence names - are back togeth er - Abbeville, Woodmont and Belton and Honea Path, before the two schools were merged. The other two originals, Ware Shoals and Crescent, re main in Class AA, Conference L The only head football Coach from among the initial WE BACH mentors still on hand is Norman (Sonny) King ofBel- ton-Honea Path, who then dir ected the Honea Path grid- ders. Belton-Honea Path and Clin ton, both of whom are fortified with returnees from ‘69, appear at the outset as “the teams to beat" despite identical 4 6-1 marks of the past campaign. Palmetto, though it lost heavily by graduation cannot be under estimated as momentum from a 9-2, record could make it a serious contender. The only defending state champion among the group is Coach William Roberts’ West- side, winner of its last 30 games land holder of three straight Class AAA grid crowns in the former SCSSAA. Roberts, how ever, lost heavily through grad uation and retoning, and says ‘We are Just going to play it by ear.” Aside from Westside, the only other m-AAA member to gain a berth in last season’s Palmetto State play-offs was McCormick which won its con ference and quarterfinal play off game before losing to event ual State Class A titlistWiUis- ton-Elko in the semifinal round. Abbeville, Laurens and Woodmont, along withMc-Cor- mick andWestside,arein“Wait and See* situations marked by some graduation losses and school consolidation programs. For Laurens, it will be ‘ moving back, into AAA, the Tigers of Ray Spoon having been in that category prior to a two year stint-during which it took the 1968 football crown - in the WEBACH. For what they may be worth, here are the overall team re cords for 1969; The Industrial League will start Thursday night, Septem ber 3 at 7:00 p.m. There is still room for teams in this league and anyone wanting to bowl in this, league should be there. There will also be a Men's League bowling Friday morn ing and a Mixed League for Friday nights. The Ladies Lea gue will bowl Monday nights and Wectaesday mornings. 11-0-0 11-1-0 9-2-0 7-3-0 5-5-0 4-6-1 4-6-1 3-7-0 is this week’s Westside McCormick Palmetto Laurens Abbeville Belton-HP Clinton Woodmont Following schedule THURSDAY Woodmont at Dacusville FRIDAY Abbeville at Wrenn Greer at Beltoo-HP Clinton at Woodruff Whitmire at Laurens Westside at McCormick Carolina at Palmetto Thornwell Opens At Ford Tonight CHS CAPTAINS — Otis Patterson, left, was elected C aptain of the Clin ton High School football team last week and Monty Crisp, right, was elected co-captain. Both are seniors. Patterson is a tackle and Crisp is a guard.— (Photo by Eddie McGee) In Season Opener Devils Visit Woodruff Friday Clinton High School’s Red Devils open their 1970 varsity football schedule Friday night with a trip to Woodruff. The season-opener kickoff is sche duled for 8 p.m. The Red Devils will be tang ling with a veteran Woodruff team which has championship ambitions this season. The Wolverines, noted for size as well as talent in recent years, have one oftheir largest squads both in numbers and in phy sical size. The Wolverines list 67 play ers on their varsity roster and that includes 22 lettermen back from last year’s team which nipped Clinton 16-15 in the final game of the season. The Woodruff roster lists ten tackles above 200 pounds in weight and four of those weigh 260 pounds or better. Clinton Coach Keith Richard son, an assistant coach at Woodruff for several years prior to becoming head coach at Clinton last year, said, “Woodruff has good experience. They have two good quarter backs, a fine running back - good-blocking fullbacks and a back named Wooten who is fast as ‘greased lightning.' Concerning his own Red De vils, Coach Richardson said, “We've been right pleased with our progress thus far. We make a lot of mistakes but enthus iasm has been good. We lack experience and speed. Also, depth is a problem.' The largest player in Coach Richardson’s tentative starting lineup is junior center Lewis Henderson who weighs 225 pounds. Other bulwarks in the middle of the line are defen sive tackle Charles Norman, a 200 pound sophomore, and Cap tain Otis Patterson, a 190 - pound senior, who will start on both offense and defense. Coach Richardson’s tenta tive starting offensive lineup includes; Ends, Sandy Saunders and Scott Hammett, both juniors; tackles, Otis Patterson, senior and Charles Norman/sopho more; guards, Kevin Long, sophomore, and Monty Crisp, senior; center, Lewis Hender son, junior; quarterback, Den nis White, senior; Fullback, Lawrence Jones, junior; tail back, Jack Hames, junior; wingback, Bill Young, junior. The defensive lineup in cludes: Ends, Saunders and Everett Fuller, a junior; tackles,Pat terson and Norman; middle guard Long; linebackers, Steve Rhodes, junior, and Ray Low- man, senior;cornerbacks, Jack Hames and David Mangum, jun iors; safetys, White and Young. Dove Season Opens Saturday The opening of the dove sea son in South Carolina in a way signals the end of summer and the beginning of fall. If one looks only at the thermometer this statement may be quest ioned but certainly in the minds of the state’s many hunters the early part of September is the beginning of another season. Campbell Has bee Surgery Gary Campbell of Clinton underwent knee surgery Mon- <fey and is expected to be out of action for the remainder of the University of South Carolina football season. Campbell, son of Mr. and Mrs. G. Ed Campbell of Clin ton, was a member of the de fensive backfleld on the second team at the time of his opera tion. This was the second oper ation on the same knee for Campbell who is a junior at use. Conference 3-AAA Schedule 4 ABBtVILLK tCLTON- HONEA PATH CLINTON LAURENS McCORMICK PALMETTO WESTSIDE (AnOaraon) WOODMONT *•*. 4 At Wren Orter At Waoerwff Whitmire WeataMe (A) Carolina At McCormick At DecetvDM Seet.-S Sept, it At Ninety- Six At wtKMvnm At Cheater At McCermkk Laurent Sanaca Daniel ^At^_ Sept, is McCermkk Oraniteville Union At Cheater At Abbavilla Dorman At Seneca •are. Sept. >s Dixie At Clinton Mtton- Honea Patti WeataMe (A) At Ware Shaata At VvWlOTTVhPeil At Laerena Palmetto Oct. 1 Clinton At McCormick At AkbevHta Palmetto Rattan- Hanna Path At Laerana IMpAapfeehAiAh# VvXmWTlwVil At WeataMe (A) Oct. » At •elten- Memee Path Abhavllle. McCormick At wuou vnvm At Cltntan WeataMe (A) At Pahnatta LMtcen. Oct. 14 La arena At WaatsMa (A) At Palmetto At AMevHle waaRmant Clinton Haeea'path a—A- IVICheVe iiiwK Oct. B Palmetto WeataMe Ware Shaata Walhalla At AhhevMe At Clinton _ At Henna Path Oct. M At WeeOment At Pahnatta At Laerena Clinton t At ^ Henoo'path AkhmHR. Me*. 4 At WeataMe (A) Laerana W-mm* At Eeiten- Honea Path Pahnatta At McCermkk Abbeville At Clintan Me*, is At BSm# IS At DanM At Kwivbfefrv At Wathalia Smokey Says: Thornwell High School will open their football season against Ford High School in Laurens tbnight, September 3. Coach Ben Crabtree is cau tiously optimistic about the prospects for his Saints this season. He admits that his team may have some depth problems, but he is looking for last season’s reserves to carry much of the load. Thornwell will be in a con ference with two or three schools who will have strong teams, according to Coach Crabtree. He rates opening game foe Ford as the strongest team with Lockhart and Jones- ville strong seconds. Frank Bruyer, a defensive starter at tackle last season, will be the fullback on this year's team. Joe Adams, also a senior tackle, will be backing the line on defense for the Saints this year. Jody Still, a junior, will be the split end in the Saints’pro type offense and, because of his speed, will be a safety in the defensive secondary. Fresh man Ray Bee will be the tight end and will be a linebacker on defense. In the backfleld, Junior quar terback Kanada Roach has been shifted to tailback to replace Maynard Pearce, the Saints’ leading offensive threat last season who graduated. Roach’s replacement will be Don Lund- koskl, a freshman transfer stu dent from Anderson with a very strong throwing arm. Bill Cheatham, a junior, is the re serve quarterback. Only five starters or return ing from last season’s team that compiled a 4-4 won-lost re cord Crabtree is particularly impressed with the per formance of Sam Scarborough, his flanker. He said thatScar- borough has good hands and should be of great help as a wide receiver. Senior David McCarter, the offensive center, will be a tackle on defense. The remainder of the sch edule is: Sept. 11 at Hickory Tavern (A); Sept 17 Laurens (B); Sept. 25 Lockhart; Oct 2 South Carolina School for the Deaf; Oct. 9 Calhoun Falls; Oct. 16 Jonesville; Oct 23 at Spartanburg Day School; Oct. 30 at Ninety Six; Nov. 6 at Dacusville (A) -tentative. This year the season opens on September 5 at 12 noon. Each day the legal shooting hours are from 12 noon until sunset. The 1970-71 season for this popular migratory game bird has been divided into two per iods. The first extends from September 5 through October 3. The second season opens on November 23 and closes on January 2, 1971. The daily bag limit remains the same as it was last year, 18 birds per day, with a pos session limit of 36 after the first day. Guns used for the hunting of doves are limited to three shells in all repeating guns and no larger than 10 gage may be used. Hunters hunting doves are not required to have the fed eral stamp which is required for every migratory waterfowl hunter. WWVWWWVSAMVWW* Waterfowl Seasons Are Set At the regular monthly meet ing of the South Carolina Wild life Resources Commission, the seasons for the taking of ducks and geese were select ed. These dates and bag limits fall within the framework and options offered to the various states by the U. S. Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife. The open season for the tak ing of ducks will commence at one-half hour before sunrise on December 2 and continue for fifty consecutive days until sun set on January 20. The bag limit for ducks will be four daily and eight in possession after the opening day. Within this bag limit the daily limit shall not include more than two black ducks, two wood docks and one canvass back or one redhead. The possession limit shall be not greater than four black ducks, four wood ducks and one canvass back or one redhead. In addition to the bag limits stated above, waterfowl hunt ers in South Carolina may take in addition to the regular daily bag two bonus blue-winged teal daily and have four in poss ession during the first nine days of the season. These bonus blue-winged teal may be taken from December 2 through Dec ember 10. The goose season in South Carolina will be fifty days in length and coincides with the duck season, opening on Dec ember 2 and closing on Janu ary 20. The daily bag limit shall be one goose and the pos session limit after the first day is two. Waterfowl hunters are re minded that legal day com mences one-half hour before sunrise and closes each day at sunset The federal migratory bird stamp is required for every waterfowl hunter, over 16 years of age. in addition to the re gular state hunting license. Blue Hose Drill Twice A Day “This is the most practice time we’ve had since I’ve been coaching at PC,' Presbyterian College Head Football Coach Cally Gault commented this weelL The Blue Hose opened prac tice last week with two-a-day sessions which conclude next week with the opening of the new semester. PC opens with Furman in Greenville on September 19. Coach Gault has been pleased with the showing of the Blue Hose thus far. PC still has comparatively young team but the squad features more ex perience than last year when the Hose relied heavily on freshmen. Gault expects the Blue Hose to be well-balanced offensively with strong running from John ny Jeselnik and Tam Milton, complimenting the passing of senior quarterback Allen Mc Neill. Defensively, the team has a strong secondary but the pro blem spots are at three of the front five positions in the line. In Tuesday’s practice, Quar terback McNeill was sharp in a session which stressed pass ing. Milton, Ken Lister, Lynn Dreger and David Eckstein all looked good on the receiving end. County Public Dove Fields Are Announced I Three dove fields in Laurens County will be open to the public when the dove season opens in South Carolina on September 5, the South Caro lina Wildlife Resources depart ment announced this week. One field will be located on the land of Billy DeShields, just off Highway 92 in West Lanford Station. This field will be open on Saturdays. Another field will be open on the farm of Milton R. Howard, ten miles wesf of Laurens on U. S. 76 near Hickory Tavern. It will also be open on Saturdays. The third dove field will be in the Enoree Game Management Area controlled by the U. S. Forest Service. This field is located three miles North of Tip Top on Ridge Road and will be open on Wednesdays only. Hunters who use these fields in Laurens County or in the rest ofSouth Carolina are urged to use them with consideration and recognize that abuse can make them unavailable next season. Litter should not be left in the fields or along the roads leading to the fields. Hunters are urged to bring lunch wrappers and beverage containers and deposit them in a suitable location. The season will open cm Sept ember 5, and the first half of the season will close on Octo ber 3. The second half of the season will open November 23 and close January 2. The bag limit is 18 per day, and shoot ing bows are from 12 noon to sunset. Only man more unpopular than an umpire is the jams- and-jellies judge at the county fair. ia omt before you Live Play-By-Play All Presbyterian College Foot ball Games Home And Away WLBG FM i 100.5 ON YOUR DIAL 100,000 WATTS OF SPORTS POWER SPONSORED BY: 1. LYNN COOPER, Inc. 2. D. E. TRIBBLE CO. 3. CANDA DRY BOTTLING CO. 4. BANK OF CLINTON 5. 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