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THE CHRONICLE, Clinton, S. C„ Sept. 17, 1970—7-A
BILL CURRIE
Mouth
of the South
Firmness Needed
It’s a lead pipe cinch that Bowie Kuhn, Com
missioner of Baseball, has reached the strangling
point with Danny McLain, the bad-boy wunce-wuz
pitcher of the Detroit Tigers. In displaying a
firm and unyielding attitude toward McLain.
Kuhn has set an example which might well be
emulated by other officials in baseball, and by the
commissioners, coaches and owners of the other
professional sports. Indeed. Kuhn may start a
chain reaction which might just possibly slop
over into college athletics where, heaven knows,
there is a crying need for firmness in these days
of Dr. Spook permissiveness on the campus.
So common is it for people in authority—in
sports and out — to make a public display of
themselves as they disgorge their entrails under
pressure from sulky athletes, that Kuhn’s firm
ness in the McLain affair is indeed unusual and
hope inspiring. Of course he got off to a poor
start in the spring when he suspended Ding-A-
Ling Denny for half the season. As was observ
ed then, if McLain was guilty of the charges
against him, he ought to have had the perma
nent heave-ho, and, if innocent, he ought not to
have been punished at all. It amounted to a jury
finding a murderer guilty of manslaughter be
cause the members lacked the courage to bum
him.
Modem coaches have a great deal going for
them, but it is doubtful if, as a whole, they boast
the inflexible character of some of those from by
gone days. Also lacking in many cases is the
aloof dignity which commands respect. College
coaches today have to woo the good players in
such a posture of suppliance that it is miraculous
that they command any respect at all. I cannot
imagine a Wallace Wade, for instance, groveling
in the disrespect of wet-eared kids and accepting
the patronizing insults of their ill-mannered par
ents. He is a man of such statue that not even
a smart aleck long hair with his press clippings
bound in rare leather would so much as give him
a watery eve.
Laying It Down
I well remember 1943 when I was summer
ing in that Garden Spot of the Universe, Ft. Mc-
Lellan. Alabama. Hosting my visit that year
was a platoon sergeant named Floyd who talked
with a nasal twant and butchered the king’s Eng
lish with the expertise of a sixth grader who
flunked out: ‘‘They ain’t nuthing you guys can
do here,” he told us "’cept what I say. You co
operate wif me and I’ll cooperate wif you. But
jes’ remember: I ain’t gotta cooperate with you.”
Now there was an attitude which established
in a twinkling: 1. Who was boss. 2. Who would
make the rules. 3. Who would obey. It is a tac
tic which persons at all levels in authority in the
sports might consider. Once having established
respect and taken command, it isn’t too hard to
run anything.
Throughout the whole fabric of collegiate
athletics there runs the recurring bit about how
all the boys are just wonderful, clean-cut, church
going lads who write to dear old mother every
week, and avoid the sins of the flesh because
their hearts are pure. The truth is that college
athletes are about like everyone else. Thy run
the gamut from idiot to genius, and their moral
scale, as I have observed it for a quarter of a cen
tury, approximates yours and mine. Some of
them are goody-goody, and some are real hell
raisers, and the great majority falls in between.
When a star athlete gets jailed for driving drunk,
or assaults someone in a public place the coaches
rush out to cover for him. If he is kicked out of
school for cheating, the story leaks out unofficial
ly. The straight line is always a study in am
biguity.
Athletes, pro and collegiate, will be better
people when they are treated like me. Reward
for execellence and swift retribution for disci
plinary failure is the sure way to keep sports
high in the public esteem
Punt/ Pass, Kick
Deadline Is Near
There are just ten days re
maining for boys in Clinton to
register for the local Punt,
Pass and Kick competition.
The ClintonY.M.C.A. spon
soring the popular youth acti
vity In this area, said that re
gistrations would be taken
through Saturday, September
26. The Clinton PP&K Compe
tition Is scheduled for October
2, 1970.
•Although time Is growing
short, any boy8-13 years of age
can still compete/ said John
Bingham, Director of the
YMCA. “All he needs to do is
come into the YMCA, accom
panied by a parent or guardian,
and All out the PP&K regis
tration form. There’s no entn
lee or charge of any kind, and
that goes for all six levels of
competition, up to and includ
ing the national finals/
Mr. Bingham pointed out that
Thornwell Hosts
Greenwood B'
HIT FOR LOSS—Clinton’s Sandy Saunders (75)
spills Chester ball carrier for a loss in last Fri
day's game. Other Clinton defenders shown are,
left to right: Terry Suber (21), Kevin Long
(63), Lewis Henderson (61), and Charles Nor
man (77). Clinton defenders held Chester to
-17 yards rushing.—(Photo by Eddie McGee)
Defeat Chester 22-6
Devils Host Union Friday Night
Thornwell High School’s
Saints will open their home
schedule tonight, Thursday^
playing host to Greenwood‘B’
team.
The kickoff Is scheduled for
7:30 p.m. Thornwell originally
was scheduled to play the Lau
rens ‘B’ team tonight but Lau
rens cancelled out and Green
wood ‘B’ was substituted.
Thornwell chalked up Its first
win of the season last Friday in
defeating Hickory Tavern 18-6.
Thornwell goes into tonight’s
game with a 1-1 record, having
lost Its opener to Ford.
Kanada Roach scored Thorn-
well’s first touchdown in the
third quarter after the teams
battled to a 0-0 tie at half
time.
Roach went over from the
five-yard line and then scored
a two-point conversion. Hic
kory Tavern came back to
score on a 35-yard run by Ke
vin Bolter. Hickory Travern’s
score came on a screen pass.
However, the extra point was
unsuccessful and Thornwell led
8-6.
Fullback Frank Bruyer
beamed 10 yards to score
Thorn well’s final touchdown
and Pete Belcher kicked the
extra point Later in the fourth
quarter, Belcher kicked a 28-
yard field goal for ThornwelTs
final victory margin.
Thornwell Coach Ben Crab
tree praised the defensive play
of middle linebacker Joe Adams
who blocked two punts. He said
defensive ends Barry Walton
and Jody Still and guard Bill
Odom also enjoyed good per
formances. On offense, Coach
Crabtree was Impressed with
the blocking In the line and said
center David McCarter and
tackle Joe Adams were particu
larly effective.
With Don Lundkevsky at
quarterback, Kanada Roach was
switched to tailback and gained
over 100 yards rushing.
Bolstered by a 22-6 win over
4-A Cluster last week, Clinton
High’s Red Devils open their
home schedule Friday night,
playing host to Union’s Yellow
Jackets, another 4-A school.
Friday night’s
start at 8 p.m.
game will
1st, 2nd, and 3rd place trophies
will be awarded In the local
competition in each of the six
age groups. Increasing the
boy’s size is not as important
as his ability to punt, pass and
place-kick for distance with
accuracy.
•Winners can keep right on
going up through the zone, dis
trict, area and division contests
to the national finals/ Mr.
Bingham said. It’s possible that
one or more of our local win
ners could wind up In the finals,
which this year will be held at
the pro All-Star Game in Los
Angeles on January 24. That
means an all-expense paid trip
to the Coast for the contestant
and his parents, a special tour
of Disneyland, a Banquet of
Champions celebration, and the
chance to meet some of the top
professional players' and
coaches.
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Clinton and Union sport iden
tical 1-1 records going into the
game. Clinton lost its opener
to Woodruff, 6-0, before dump
ing Chester last Friday. Union
lost to Newberry 8-0 in the
Jackets’ first game but defeat
ed Hartsville 19-0 last Friday.
Clinton Coach Keith Richard
son said, ‘It’s a typical Union
team. They’re big and strong
and they hit hard. We expect a
real slam-banger against
them.*
Richardson said he was gen
erally pleased with the play of
his Red Devils at Chester last
week.
He said, “We showed some
offense and I thought the de
fense played extremely well,
especially against running
plays. We held them to minus
17 yards rushing. Our pass de
fense wasn’t as good as it has
been. They got 121 yards pass
ing but a lot of that came late
in the game when we were giv
ing them the short pass to shut
off the long gainer.'
Clinton scored in each of the
first three quarters and was
coasting on a 22-0 lead before
Chester tallied.
Quarterback Donnie White
sneaked over from the one to
cap the first quarter scoring
drive. The Red Devils took the
opening kickoff and drove from
their own 39 to score in ten
plays. A big play in the drive
was a 12-yard pass from
White to Sandy Saunders, put
ting the ball on the one-yard
line. White also got off a nine-
yard run and Ray Lowman
exploded for seven in the drive.
The extra point try was no good
and Clinton led 6-0 going Into
the second quarter.
The Red Devils upped the
margin to M-0 as fullback Law
rence Jones scored on a four-
yard run and White passed to
Scott Hammett for the two-point
conversion.
In the third quarter, Jones
scored again, going over from
the two and White 'passed to
Billy Young to raise the lead
to 22-0.
Chester scored in the fourth
quarter on a quarterback sneak
from the one.
White and guard Robert Scott
were named “Players of the
Week* for the Red Devils. White
a 6-3, 205-pound senior quar
terback, was named 'Offensive
Player of the Week’. Regained
75 yards in 14 carries, com
pleted four passes for 37 yards
and passed for a couple of two-
Statistics
CHS
Chester
First Downs
11
7
Yards Rushing
179
17
Yards Passing
37
121
Total Yardage
216
104
Passes Att.
9
20
Passes Comp.
4
7
Passes Intep. By
1
0
Fumbles Lost
1
2
Punts
5-34 5-33
Penalties
8
4
Yards Penalized
90
48
Score by quarters:
Clinton 6 8 8 0 -22
Chester 0 0 0 6 -- 6
Clinton JVs Win
Opener; Visit York
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RUSHING THE PASSER—Three Clin
ton High School Red Devil defenders
close in on Chester qu
Clinton’s 22-6 win at Ch
uarterback in
eater Friday.
Leading the way is tackle Charles
Norman (77). Others shown are Lew
is Henderson (51) and Sandy Saun
ders (76).—(Photo by Eddie McGee)
Clinton High School’s junior
varsity football team opened
its schedule last Thursday with
a 12-0 win over Laurens.
The Clinton JVs will play at
York tonight, Thursday, with
the game starting at 7:30 p.m.
Allen Petty, a wingback,
chalked up Clinton’s first
touchdown as he broke loose on
a 70-yard punt return in the
first quarter.
Despite several scoring
threats, Clinton still led by only
6-0 at halftime.
In the fourth quarter, Barry
Saunders faked offtackle and
slipped around left end for four
yards and another Clinton
score. Saunders’ run capped a
40-yard drive.
Clinton threatened three
other times from Inside Lau
rens’ 20 but failed to cash In
Civic Clubs Sponsor
Pancake, Program Projects
‘PLAYERS OF THE WEEK’ — Clinton High’s
‘Players of the Week’ in last week’s 22-6 win over
Chester are Donnie White, left, and Robert Scott
White was named ‘Offensive Player of the Week’
and Scott was named ‘Defensive Player of the
Week.’
point conversions. In addition,
he also played defense.
Scott, a 10th grader, also
played both offense and de
fense. He was credited with
six individual tackles and put
a lot of pressure on the Ches
ter quarterback, dumping him
several times for big losses.
Coach Richardson said, 'Scott
graded 80 per cent on his per
formance and that’s real good
for a two-way player.'
Two Clinton civic clubs will
have special projects going
Friday night in con junction with
Clinton High’s first home game
of the season.
The Clinton Kiwanis Club
will stage its annual pancake
jamboree starting at 5:30 p.m.
prior to the game. The pan
cake supper will be held in the
Clinton High cafeteria.
The Clinton Lions Club mem
bers will beselllngprogramsat
the first game. The Lions Club
sponsors publication of the pro
grams and proceeds from the
sales go to the athletic program
at CHS.
Stainless in the Swim
Nickel stainless steel, because
it resists corrosion, is the pre
ferred material for swimming
pool equipment and hardware.
Between 1964 and 1969, the
United States use of stainless in
swimming pools doubled from
10 million pounds to 20 million
pounds. By 1974, it should be on
the order of 25 million pounds.
Lions Club members are re
quested to be at the stadium by
6:30 p.m. Friday.
the scoring chances.
Clinton Coach Preston Cox
said he was particularly
pleased with the defensive play
of middle linebacker Jimmy
Armstrong although he added,
“The entire defensive line play
ed well/ Laurens never mount
ed a serious threat.
Softball loam
Loses In N.Y.
Clinton’s Softball All-Stars
won their first game In the Soft
ball World Series Labor Day
week-end at Jones Beach, N.Y.,
but lost the next two to be
eliminated from the tourna
ment.
Clinton won its opener on
Friday night, September 4, de
feating Richmond, Va., 9-4 In
the slowpitch softball tourna
ment. Clinton lost to Minnesota
16-10 on Saturday afternoon and
then was eHmtoated hjr DuPont
of Virginia, 9-5, on Saturday
night
Dickie Watts and Gary Laney
each enjoyed hitting sprees
during-the series.
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Presbyterian College’s Blue
Hose open their 1970 football
schedule Saturday night at
Greenville as they take on Fur
man University’s Paladins. The
kickoff is scheduled for 7:30
p.m. In Sirrine Stadium.
PC Coach Cally Gault says,
'We’re optimistic. We only
wish we had played a game
last week. There’s really no
way to test your team except
in a game so you never know
exactly where you stand until
you get that first game under
your belt
'However, we do know that
we’re better than we were at
this time last year/
'Our scouting reports on
Furman show they were In
consistent on offense against
VMI last week but they are
strong defensively. They pos
sess better material than in
the past three years/
Furman lost to VMI 13-0 last
Saturday, ending a 12-game los
ing streak for the Virginia
team.
Coach Gault’s starting line
up is sprinkled liberally with
sophomores from last year’s
fine freshman group. There are
five sophomores, five seniors
and a junior on the tentative
starting offensive lineup with
four sophomores, four juniors
and three seniors in the de
fensive lineup, with posslbl*
a freshman taking the place of
one of the sophomores.
The tentative offensive line
up has sophomore Lynn Dre-
ger at split end; either Porter
Kennington, a sophomore, or
Bill Caldwell, a senior, at
tight end; bob Middleton, a
Tickets
Tickets for the Presbyterian
College-Furman football game
Saturday are on sale at the PC
Athletic Department between
9 a.m. and noon.
The game will be played at
Sirrine Stadium in Greenville,
starting at 7:30 p.m. Tickets
are $4 for adults and $1.10 for
students.
sophomore and Frankie Bates,
a senior, at tackles; guards
Tommy Lawson and Bobby
Hicks, both seniors; center Phil
Shreyor, a senior; quarterback
Allen McNeill, a senior; tail
back Johnny Jesselnlk, a sopho
more, or Caldwell; halfbacks,
Tam Milton, a Junior, David
Eckstein, a sophomore. Johnny
Jackson, a quick junior, also
will see a lot of service in the
offensive backfleld.
On defense, Coach Gault may
start Lynn Spurlin, a senior,
and Jerry Traynham, a junior,
at ends; Rowland McLaughlin,
a senior, and Stan Gruber, a
sophomore, or Ted Wentzky, a
fine freshman from Anderson,
at tackles; John Perry, a jimior,
at middle guard; Larry Tyler
and Bobby Norris, both jtmi-
ors, at linebackers; Elliott
Poss, a senior, Larry Easter-
wood, Richard Medlin and Tony
Rassarelle, all sophomores, in
the secondary.
Ken Lister, another sopho
more, is expected to see a lot
of action in both the offensive
and defensive backflelds.
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