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COLLISION COURSE — Clinton’s Mike Clark (22) tries to break through the defense of two Abbeville tacklers in last Frday’s 21-6 Red Devil win at Abbeville. Other Clin ton players identifiable are Lewis Henderson (61), Everette Fuller (74) and Clarence Davenport (70). —(Photo by Eddie McGee) THE CHRONICLE. Clinton, S. C., Oct. 8, 1970—7-A I JVs Lose 1st; Host Newberry Play Conference Foe McCormick Red Devils Host CHS Tops Abbeville; Seeks 5th Straight Win Clinton High School's Red Devils go for their fifth straight win of the season Friday night as they play host to McCormick in the annual homecoming game. The kickoff is scheduled for 8 p.m. in the Midwestern Conference battle. Clinton wrapped up its fourth straight win last week in down ing Abbeville 21-6 at Abbe ville. The Red Devils sport a 2-0 conference mark and are 4-1 overall. McCormick has a 1-3 con ference record and is 2-3 over all. The Chiefs defeated West- side 14-12 and Ware Shoals 32-0 while losing to Laurens 24-0, Abbeville 12-0 and Bel- ton-Honea Path 1C-0. Before an overflow crowd at Abbeville, Coach Richard son’s Red Devils turned two Abbeville fumbles and a pair of Panther penalties into a late second quarter touchdown. STATETICS CHS Abbeville First Downs 16 6 Yards Rushing 231 141 Yards Passing 14 32 Total Yardage 245 173 Passes Att. 9 13 Passes Comp. 2 4 Passes Intecp. 2 1 Fumbles Lost 0 2 Yds. Penalized 40 72 Punts 6-24.2 5-33.4 SCORE BY QUARTERS: Clinton—0 7 7 7 —21 Abbeville-o 6 0 0 -— 6 * * * tempt was blocked with 3:31 left in the half. The Red Devils drove 73 yards in the third quarter for what proved to be the winning touchdown. Homecoming Friday CATCHING THE QUARTERBACK —Clinton High’s Robert Scott (68) is shown at right as he prepares to drop the Abbeville quarterback for a loss in last Friday’s game at Abbe ville. Also shown are Clinton's Ever ette Fuller (74), Lewis Henderson (61), Tim Prater (81) and Charles Norman (77).—(Photo by Eddie Mc Gee) In Home Opener BILL CURRIE Mouth of the South LEFTY There hasn’t been much excitement at Col lege Park. Maryland, since Sunny Jim Tatum packed his hags and moved to Chapel Hill leav ing behind a taste for national football champion ship. Since that time the Terrapins have wallow ed about in a quagmire of mediocrity on the grid iron, and if anything, they have been worse in side on the basketball court. But them days, as they #ay. are gone foreyer. at .least as far as the basketball is concerned. Charles (i. (The “G”. I think is for Go-Get- tum) Driesell is hacking out a new image for Maryland, and as distasteful as it may be to all those who dislike the Left Hander and decry his success, he is well ahead of schedule in keeping his vow to make Maryland the UCLA of the East. His office closely resembles what I suspect the throne room in Buckingham Palace may look like, and what’s more there is substance to go along with the floss. Lefty Driesell is a fierce and unyielding competitor who allows nothing to stanci between him and his goal. He will work with Trojan dedi cation, disdaining long hours and personal incon venience. He never gives up, neither in recruit ment nor in a ball game, and consequently he sometimes lands ball players he should have lost, and wins games in which defeat should have been his. Over the years Lefty has not set any records in winning friends, but he has certainly influ enced a lot of j>eople, most lately Tom McMillan. I, for one, have been highly critical of McMillan because he led Dean Smith and North Carolina to believe he was going to Chapel Hill until the last minute w hen he was switched. One cannot fault Lefty for keeping after the guy. After all, Mc Millan had signed nothing, and the only reason he should have gone to Carolina was because he said he would. Every man sets his own value on his word. Players who have languished under Lefty seldom like him or his system of scaring victory out of his charges. But they respect him with out reservation. This is of course a fancy and uppity euphemism for fear. But once guys get away from Lefty they look back and realize that what he has tried to teach them in college bas ketball is a pretty certain formula for success in life. Give’ em hell every minute and never let up. One must reach the summit thereby. One reason Lefty is likely to succeed at Maryland as he did at Davidson is that he can stand prosperity. Many people are wise and pru dent in the face of adversity, but are unable to cope with the world wTien things go well. Some became inflated, or lose their sense of values when looking at themselves. Coaches are not al ways equal to winning. They get the big head and come to believe in all too many cases that they are endowed with special light from a Di vine source. Also some winning coaches lost sight of the fact that the world could probably exist without the game they teach. Lefty was not a great player. It is stretch ing a point to say that he was really a good one. But he did play, and knowing him as I do, I’m certain he was limited only by his ability. He was a highly successful door-to-door salesman, and this is the toughest sort of assignment. He re members the days at Davidson when he had a $500 total recruiting budget, and when he travel led and slept in the back of a worn-out station wagon with a pistol under his head. He is smart enough to know that however successful he is, has been or may be, once a man starts for the bottom all creation is greased for the slide. Leftv will be good for the Atlantic Coast Conference. He won’t be well liked outside of * Maryland, but he’ll be a winner, and heaven knows the University of Maryland needs one. Clinton High School’s junior varsity football team will play host to Newberry tonight, Thursday, in the second game of a football doubleheader at CHS’ Wilder Field. Bell Street Boys Junior High will be host to Laurens in the first game which is to start at 6 p.m. The Clinton JV’s were de feated last week at Woodruff, 18-0, snapping Clinton's win streak at three games. Clinton and Woodruff battled to a scoreless tie in the first half but Woodruff drove for three tallies in the second half. Woodruff took tlie second half kickoff and marched for the go-ahead touchdown and then drove for another early in the fourth quarter to pad the lead. Clinton’s major threat came in the first half but a drive bogged down at Woodruffs 20. Guard Robert Scott played a big role in Clinton’s first real scoring bid. He grabbed an Abbeville fumble to thwart a Panther drive which was launched when Donnie White’s punt was partically blocked. Scott made the recovery at the Clinton 45. After Clinton punted a few minutes later, Scott broke through to throw Abbeville’s Raymond Ware for an eight- yard loss to the Panther four. Clinton Captain Otis Patter son recovered a fumble at the four and a penalty against Ab beville for having 12 men on the field moved Clinton to the two. Lawrence Jones blasted over from there and White kicked the extra point for a 7-0 lead with 4:38 remaining in the half. On the second Abbeville play from scrimmage after the en suing kickoff, Ware cut the corner on the far right and out- raced a pack of Red Devils for a 76-yard touchdown dash. B%rrjr Stgcie’g placement at- Kid Devils Shock Woodruff By 14-0 Quarterback - linebacker Butch Brewington passed for one touchdown and scored ano ther on an intercepted pass as Bell Street Boys Junior High knocked off previously unbeat en Woodruff, 14-0, last Thurs day in Woodruff. With about one minute, 55 seconds remaining in the game, Brewington hooked up with Harold Coggins on a 67- yard pass play which put the Kid Devils out front. Brewington threw the ball about 40 yards and Coggins shook off two defenders to cover the final 27 yards to pay dirt Brewington ran a bootleg play for the two-point conver sion. Clinton received a couple of offside penalties on the ensu ing kickoff but on Woodruffs first play from scrimmage, Brewington picked off a Wood ruff pass and raced 60 yards to score the clincher. The Kid Devils dominated the game in posting their first win of the season after two losses. In the first half, the Kid Devils gained well over 100 yards rushing and once threa tened at Woodruffs four but couldn’t get the touchdown. Pacing Clinton’s attack were Coggins, Quarterback Tim Mann, Brewington and fullback Leonard Peake. Tackle Bent ley Prater led the blocking. The Kid Devils’ defensive unit kept Woodruff in check. never allowing them inside the Clinton 40. Coach Bobby Brock said, 'Our defensive play was a fine 11-man effort.” The junior high team will play host to Laurens tonight, Thursday, in the first game of a football doubleheader. The kickoff is scheduled for 6 p.m. The Clinton JVs will play host to Newberry in the second game. Clinton was nursing a 7-6 lead when the Devils received the second half kickoff and, paced by the running of David Mangum, drove to paydirt. Mangum had gains of eight, five, two, 18 and 11 yards along the 73-yard route. An 11-yard pass from Donnie White to Sandy Saunders was the only time the Red Devils left their ground attack during the drive. Mangum’s burst of 11 yards carried to the one and White pushed over for the touchdown. White kicked the extra point for a 14-6 margin with 6:57 re maining in the third quarter. An insurance tally was scor ed in the fourth quarter as Clinton drove 62 yards. Man gum lit the fire with a 36- yard romp to Abbeville’s 26. Jack Hames, Jones and Man gum moved the ball to the 15 and White raced down to the five. Three tries by Mangum neted two yards before White tagged end Scott Hammett in the end zone with a jump pass. Otis Patterson kicked the ex tra point and Clinton had its 22-6 verdict with 7:13 remain ing in the game. Abbeville threatened again, taking over on Clinton’s 33 late in the game. However, Donnie White came up with his second interception and, coupl ed with a 15-yard penalty a- gainst Abbeville, moved out of danger as the final whistle sounded. Hose Host Elon Saturday Afternoon Conf. All Games Games Palmetto 20 4-0-1 Clinton 2-0 4-1-0 Laurens 2-1. 320 Abbeville M 32-0 Belton-I IP 1-1 23-0 V.'tMsidc 1,7 1-4 0 McCormick 13 2-3-0 Woodmont 0-2 1-4-0 After three tough games on the road, Presbyterian Col lege’s Blue Hose will open its home schedule Saturday after noon, playing host to Elon’s Christians. The kickoff for the Youth Day game is set for 2:30 p.m. at Johnson Field. The Hose will carry a 1-2 mark into the game while Elon is still looking for its first win after three games. PC dropped a 48-13 decision to nationally second ranked Wofford Saturday nightinSpar- tanburg while Elon was losing 21-0 to tough Appalachian. Unbeaten Appalachian -led, Elon only 7-0 at halftime. Elon lost to Wofford 36-12 in the opening game of the season and then lost to Guilford 10-3 when the Christians’ starting quart erback suffered a broken leg. The Hose opened with a 19- 7 loss at Furman and then beat Lenoir Rhyne 13-10 before los ing to Wofford. PC tackle Rowland Mc Laughlin is a doubtful starter for the Elon game. Center Phil Shroyer also is expected to miss the game because of in juries as is tackle Robert Middleton. Wofford packed 21 points into the fourth quarter to down the game PC Blue Hose. PC scored first in its open ing series by driving 79 yards in 15 plays. At Wofford’s two- yard line, fourth down, Quart- MILTON GAINS—PC’s Tam Milton picks up yardage against Wofford last Saturday in Spartanburg. Thornwell plays host to Cal houn Falls Friday night in the Saints’ homecoming game. The kickoff is scheduled for 8 p.m. Thornwell boosted its re cord to 2-3 last week with a 25-12 win over S. C. School for the Deal Calhoun Falls, which sports a single wing offense and a strong defense, defeated East- side of Spartanburg last Friday for its first win against four losses. Thornwell’s Kanada Roach enjoyed his finest game last week as he scored all four Thornwell touchdowns and also played a jam-up defensive game. On defense, Roach made K) individual tackles and had five assists. Also sparkling on defense for Thornwell were middle linebacker Joe Adams and de fensive end BUI Cbeetham. Roach went three yards in ttie first quarter to climax a 30-yard drive for Thorqwell’s first touchdown. Pete Belcher kicked the extra point and Thornwell led 7-0. However, SCSD Quarterback Sam Camp bell scored on a 20-yard run to narrow the gap to 7-6 and that score stood at halftime. ta the third quarter, Roach scored twice and added another in the fourth as Thornwell sift ed the game away. erback Allen McNeill rolled out on an option play and scor ed. Wayne Renwick kicked the extra point for a 7-0 PC lead with 6:21 remaining in the first quarter. Tam Milton ripped off key gains in the drive, going 14, 7 and 27 yards. Following a PC punt later in the first quarter, Wofford took over at PC’s 31 and on the first play Terrier Quar ter back Harold Chandler pas sed to end Skip Corn for a touchdown. Randy Bringman’s kick knotted the score at 7-7 with 2:45 left in the quarter. Wofford went ahead when fullback Clifford Bpyd raced 25 yards to paydirt and padded the lead with 12 seconds re maining in the half after re covering a fumble at PC’s six. The halftime score was 20-7 as Tony Passarello blocked the extra point attempt. PC narrowed the gap to 20- 13 when McNeill passed to tight end Bill Caldwell on a 17-yard scoring play. McNeill hit Lynn Dregger with passes of 24 and nine yards to set up the score. However, Wofford took eight plays to move 40 yards after Ray Monroe returned the kick off 46 yards to PC’s 40. Boyd plunged over from the one and it was 27-13 with 6:55 left in the third quarter. The Terriers marched 67 yards in 19 plays for their next touchdown which was scored by Boyd on an eight- yard run. PC continued to scrap and moved to Wofford’s 19 before running out of downs. The Ter riers drove back upfield, tak ing eight plays to maneuver 65 yards to paydirt and a 41-13 lead. The final Wofford score came with 35 seconds remain ing. PLAYER OF WEEK— Junior Tailback David Mangum was named Clinton High’s ‘Player of the Week’ in the win over Abbeville. M a n- gum, who was the work horse in the Clinton at tack, is the first Red Devil to win the honor twice this season. He also was named Tlay- er of the Week’ in the opener against Wood ruff. Thornwell Homecoming Set Friday Thornwell Coach Ben Crab tree said, *We should have scored more in the first half but we were hampered by pena lties. 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