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STEVE GRADY . . . Catamount Linebacker
BILL CURRIE
Mouth
of the South
Non-Scholarship Athletes
Back in the days when the Rover Boys ami
Tom Swift were the unsullied heroes of every
rosy-cheeked American boy, a coach would poet
notice on the bulletin board announcing the be
ginning of practice for a sport. Then he would
sit back and wait to see how many kids showed
up. If a boy could wrangle a pair of shoes he
would hustle out to make the team. If he could
not get any shoes, then he would go barefooted,
and hope that he would be good enough for the
coach to appeal to some kind soul to buy him
some shoes. Everyone who came out for the
team would get a fair chance to make it, and
many unheard of folks did make it ever year.
Now it’s an entirely different situation, par
ticularly in college basketball. Not once in a blue
moon does a walk-in make the team. Every high
school player who is reasonably sound has been
scouted, charted and classified so that it is vir
tually beyond the realm of possibility that some
one should simply go out for a team and make
it. Yet it does happen. A1 Hartley is a case
in point at N.C. State, and Dale Gipple made it at
North Carolina, to name a couple of recent vint
age.
But these exceptions are rare. Usually 80
to 100 or more go out for freshman basketball at
a Big Four school. The freshman coach is main
ly concerned with developing the scholarship
players who have been recruited. It is under
standable, then, if his primary interest in the
walk-ins is to find a few adequate ball players
to run with those on scholarship. Cuts, of ne
cessity, come swiftly and* en masse. Nobody can
run a basketball practice with a hundred people
out for the team. In some cases, certainly, a
prospect is axed off the team, but generally those
who remain are the best.
There is a mighty leap between freshman
and variety play. A good freshman often can
not make the squad as a sophomore. Take a guy
who can shoot outside as a freshman. He will
encounter defense so much bigger and faster
when he becomes a sopohomore that he can’t get
the shot in the air. Notwithstanding the blase
attitude of most kids nowadays, there are still
broken hearts when the cut lists appear. Every
one wants to be a winner, even a champion, but
few are equipped. That, in essence, is why vic
tory is so sweet; it is difficult to come by.
Being dropped from a team is a traumatic
experience which nobody is ever prepared for,
and no one ever becomes used to. Professional
athletes are subject to trade or release, and they
fear it, just as you or I would not relish our boss
giving us the heave-ho. But it is even worse for
an athlete. If you are fired, the chances are that
you can move on to another job, and in many cas
es better yourself. But when an athlete gets the
gate, he is in trouble. Professional athletes are
put on waivers before they are fired. When
waivers are asked, any other team in the league
can claim the man in question by paying the
waiver price to the club which owns him. If no
body picks him up he can be traded or sold down,
or he can be fired outright. Not to be picked up
on waivers is a jolt. It means nobody thinks
you are worth the nominal price. It makes a man
examine his confidence in himself.
Sometimes professional teams say they are
giving a man his release so he can “make a deal
for himself.” This does give the poor bloke a
chance to sign up with another team, possibly, if
not probably, at a better figure than he was
making to start with. It also increases the
likelihood that some other team will try him if
they don’t have to pay anything for his contract.
But as in college, rarely does anyone with
winning ability just walk in. If you have the
goods and the guts, go ahead and be a profession
al ball player, or if you’re young, do it in college.
But if nobody asked you to come out, be prepared
for your career to last from three days down
ward.
Catamount Coach, Two Starters Are Clintonians
PC Hosts Revenge-Seeking Western Saturday
The Presbyterian College
vs. Western Carolina game
slated here Saturday night
sounds like something con-
coted by a wildly imaginative
press agent.
Here are some of the angles
for the game which is slated for
a 7:30 p.m. kickoff at Johnson
Field:
Last year, (1) Western Caro
lina was breezing along with a
9-0 record and needed only
a win over PC to advance to
the national playoffs. The Blue
Hose went up to Western and
pulled off a 28-17 upset. West
ern was ranked second na
tionally at the time but the
loss knocked them out of a
playoff bowl bid. The Cata
mounts undoubtedly would like
to avenge that loss.
(2) Western Carolina is
coached by Bob Waters who
was the star quarterback on
PC’s 1959 Tangerine Bowl
team. Waters also was a mem
ber of the PC coaching staff
after he ended his playing days
with the professional San Fran
cisco 49ers.
(3) Two of Western’s de
fensive starters are Clinton
ians. Middle linebacker Steve
Grady is a graduate of Clin
ton High School and corner-
back Maynard Pierce is a
graduate of Thornwell High
School. Pierce is the only
freshman to crack Western’s
starting lineup.
(4) Western Carolina cur
rently is smarting under a
1-3 record after losing a 28-22
thriller last week to unde
feated Wofford. Western ap
parently had scored the winn
ing touchdown with only about
three minutes remaining in
the game but the Terriers
struck back quickly in three
plays to snatch the victory
from Western and stretch their
own win streak to 14 straight.
The week before, Wofford de
feated PC 48-13.
The Blue Hose, with a 2-3
overall recordand 2-0 in Caro
lina Conference play, are fresh
from a 35-6 triumph last Sat
urday over Elon.
“It was only the second time
in eight years that I felt re
laxed during a game,” Coach
Gault commented of PC’s win
over Elon. The Blue Hose had
a 20-0 halftime lead and were
clearly In command.
PC’s younger players got a
great deal of playing ex
perience during the second half
as Gault played his reserves
freely.
Quarterback Allen McNeill
tossed a69-yardscoringaerial
to Ken Lister the second time
the Blue Hose had possession
of the ball. The extra point
was no good and PC had a
6-0 lead with 8:22 remaining
in the first quarter.
Linebacker Bobby Norris in
tercepted an Eion pass at
Elon’s 20 and raced in for a
touchdown with 2:59 remain
ing in the first quarter and
PC had a 12-0 lead after a two-
point conversion try failed.
Elon mounted its most
threatening drive in the se
cond quarter driving to PC’s
35 in II plays but Norris re
covered a fumble at the 25.
With Tam Milton, DavidEck-
stein and Johnny Jeselnik rip
ping off yardage, PC drove 74
yards in 14 plays to score.
Milton blasted over from the
two with 2:15 remaining in the
half. McNeill passed to Lynn
Dreger for the two-point con
version and PC had its 20-0
halftime lead.
M 4
Thornwell Invades
Jonesville Friday
Thornwell High’s Saint visit
Jonesville Friday night, hoping
to boost their conference re-
TOUCHDOWN — Clinton High
School’s David Mangum (41) sprints
into the end zone for the second of
his three touchdowns against Mc
Cormick. Also shown is CHS’ Billy
Young (10) who scored Clinton’s
other touchdown in the 27-0 win.—
(Photo by Eddie McGee)
Both
iding Streaks
CHS Visits Palmetto
In Key Loop Game
Clinton High’s Red Devils
On the ensuing kickoff, Maa-
visit Palmetto Friday night in
what might be the “game of
the year’ in the Midwestern
STATISTICS
CHS
McCormick
gum recovered a Chief fumble
at the McCormick 30 and Clin
ton was threatening again. Ray
3-A Conference.
First Downs
12
1
Lowman scored it on a four-
yard run. Patterson kicked the
Both teams are undefeated
Yards Rushing
250
8
extra point and Clinton had its
in conference play and both
Yards Passing
33
24
27-0 margin with 3:30 gone in
are riding five-game win
Total yardage
283
32
the second half.
streaks. Palmetto has a slight
Passes
308
2-7
edge in that the Mjstangs have
Passes Intcp.
0
1
Clinton used its reserves
not been defeated. They tied
Punts
4-35
8-37
freely thereafter.
4-A Carolina 0-0 in a heavy
Yds. Penalized
60
20
Kid Devils
Open Grid
Twin Bill
Bell Street Boys Junior High
dropped a 22-6 decision to un
beaten Laurens Junior High
School last Thursday.
The Kid Devils have an open
date this week but will play
an intrasquad game at 6 p.m.
tonight prior to the Clinton-
Palmetto JV game at Wilder
Field.
Butch Brewington raced 60
yards on a crossbuck to put
the Kid Devils on the score-
board against Laurens. Brew-
ington’s run cut Laurens’ mar
gin to 14-6.
Laurens scored again before
halftime to lead 22-6. Laurens
threatened several times in the
second half but the Kid Devils
recovered a fumble to stop one
drive, threw Laurens back for
big losses to thwart another
and a field goal attempt was
unsuccessful on another threat.
cord above the .500 mark.
The Saints dropped a 20-16
non-conference thriller to Cal
houn Falls last Friday, bring
ing their overall record to 2-4.
In conference play, Thornwell
has a 2-2 mark and Jonesville
is 1-0. The Saints haven’t beat
en JonesviUe since 1964.
Kanada Roach scored two
first half touchdowns plus a
two-point conversion to give
Thornwell a 16-12 halftime lead
but a 25-yard scoring run by
Calhoun Falls halfback Charles
Moss gave the visitors the
winning margin in the third
quarter.
Roach scored on a 25-yard
run and on a short plunge which
capped a drive sparked by full
back Frank Bruyer. Thornwell
Quarterback Don Lundkovsky
scored Thornwell’s other two-
point conversion.
The Saints drove from their
own 20 to Calhoun Falls’ 25
with 3:50 remaining in the game
but a 15-yaxd penalty and a long
loss on a pass attempt snuf
fed out ThornweU's threat.
Karen Robinson of Laurens
a junior, was crowned Thorn
well Homecoming Queen in
halftime ceremonies. She was
sponsored by the junior class.
rain in the first game of the
season. Clinton lost its open
er 6-0 to Woodruff but has won
five straight since then.
The kickoff for the game is
scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Pal
metto is located near Pelzer.
Clinton fans wiU take Highway
76 to Princeton and then High
way 25 to Ware Place and from
there to Pelzer.
Clinton Coach Keith Rich
ardson said, “Palmetto has a
real good team. They start
10 seniors and a junior on
defense. Their offensive line
is composed entirely of sen
iors and the backs are all
juniors. They have good ex
perience. They also have good
size, averaging about 205
pounds per man.
“We think we can beat them
but it’s going to take our very
best effort Nothing less will
do it’
The Red Devils had little
trouble in dumping McCormick,
28-0 last week. The Red Devils
held the Chiefs to only one first
down and eight yards rushing.
Tackle Charles Norman,
playing across from the Mc
Cormick captain who also is
named Charles Norman, woo
'Player of the Week’ honors
for his effort against McCor
mick. A sophomore, he graded
86 per cent on his assignments,
caused two fumbles and made
eight Individual tackles.
In defeating McCormick last
Friday, Clinton sputtered to
two first half touchdowns but
packed two more into the first
three minutes, 30 seconds of
the second half to salt away the
victory.
David Mangum scored three
touchdowns, recovered two
fumbles and gained 123 yards
rushing to pace the Red Devil
offense.
The Red Devils struck the
first time they had possession
of the ball. Billy Young receiv
ed a McCormick punt on the 50
and, racing behind a wall of
Clinton JVs Crush
Newberry For 4th
blockers, scooted to McCor
mick’s one. Mangum punched
it over on the next play. The
extra point kick failed and
Clinton had a 6-0 lead with
only 2:15 elapsed in the game.
A couple of other early Clin
ton threats were nullified by
penalties. Mangum shook loose
on a 60 yard run late in the
first quarter but it was wiped
out by a penalty.
In the second quarter, Clin
ton drove from its own 42 to
score with Mangum going over
from the four to cap the 58-
yard march. Runs by Young,
Donnie White and a pass from
White to Scott Hammett were
big plays in the drive. Pat
terson kicked the extra point
for a 13-0 lead with four minu
tes, 15 seconds gone in the se
cond quarter.
McCormick staged its most
serious threat in the second
quarter, recovering a Clinton
fumble at the CHS 42. Mc
Cormick moved to the 25 where
Tim Prater recovered a Mc
Cormick fumble on fourth down
and 10. The first half ended
13-0.
Clinton received the second
half kickoff and started a drive
from its own 43. Mangum broke
up the middle from the 25 and
scored with 1:55 elapsed in the
second half. Otis Patterson
kicked the extra point for a 20-0
lead.
‘PLAYER OF WEEK’—
Sophomore tackle Charles
Norman was named Clin
ton High’s Tlayer of the
Week’ for his efforts In
die win over McCormick
last Friday. Norman made
eight individual tackles
and caused two fumbles.
Clinton High School’s junior
varsity football team got back
on the victory trail last Thurs
day, crushing Newberry’s JVs
27-0.
The Clinton JVs now have a
4-1 record for the season and
will play host to Palmetto to
night, Thursday, at Wilder
Field.
The local junior varsity rol
led up 27 points In the first
half and coasted in for the win
with reserves playing most of
the second half.
George Bodie led off Clin
ton’s scoring parade as he
snagged a30-yardscoringpass
from Quarterback Barry Saun
ders in Clinton’s first series
of plays from the opening kick
off. Jimmy Armstrong kicked
the extra point
The second time Clinton had
possession, Saunders hit Terry
Heaton with a screen pass and!
Heaton rolled 20 yards to
score. Armstrong again kicked
the extra point for a 14-0 lead.
Armstrong scored from the
eight after setting up Clinton’s
third touchdown with a 60-yard
gallop. He kicked the extra
point and the margin was up to
21-0.
The final Clinton score came
when Saunders scooted into the
end zone from the eight on a
quarterback option play. An at
tempt at a two-point conversion
failed and Clinton had its final
27-0 edge.
MAYNARD PIERCE
In the third quarter, Larry
Easterwood intercepted an
Elon pass and returned it 30
yards to Elon’s 23. Three plays
later, Jesselnik went four
yards for the touchdown. Mc
Neill passed to tight end Bill
Caldwell for the two-point con
version and it was 28-0 with
five minutes remaLiing in the
third quarter.
Elon drove 30 yards in seven
plays to score with 5:35 re
maining.
Freshman Halfback Bob
Wills of Washington, Ga., took
the ensuing kickoff and raced
43 yards before being brought
down at Elon’s 40. Nine plays
later, Wills scored from the
one and Terry Chandler’s extra
point kick made it 35-6 with
2:25 remaining in the game.
* * *
Bowling
News
L. Ben Howard, Southeastern
regional representive, of the
American Bowling Congress,
met with the officers of the
Laurens County Bowling As
sociation. Mr. Howard covers
the states of North and South
Carolina, Georgia, Florida,
Alabama, Tennessee and Miss
issippi. The regional bead-
quarters are in Greenville,
S. C. He discussed recent rule
changes of the American Bowl
ing Congress and the organisa
tion of the Junior Bowlingpro-
gram.
The Flat tops are leading
the Textile League and the Bat
men lead in the Industrial Lea
gue. In the Textile League,
Art Champy has rolled the
high series a 646. The high
game is by Hall King a 246.
Jimmy Re vis has the high
series of 621 and Jack Cumble
and Frank Walker are tied
with the high game 238. Thurs
day night, October 8, the Bat
men rolled a team series of
3214.
Saturday morning, October
10, the Junior Bowling league
was formed with four teams.
For the boys, the high game was
rolled by David Achesoo a 176
and the high series by Bill Ro
land a 417. For the girls, Dar
lene Vanderford had a high
series of 393 and Debra Darnell
had the high game 146.
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