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f r THE CHRONICLE, Clinton, S. C., Oct. 29, 1970—5-A SPORTS BILL CURRIE»I«iil Mouth of the South | Virginia Ambitious Over the years the University of Virginia has distinguished itself in many significant and worthwhile ways. It has achieved an interna tional reputation for its academic excellence, and scholars have flocked to its shaded grounds to capture some of the culture which was establish ed by Thomas Jefferson and spawned such lumi naries as Edgar Allen Poe. Virginia’s academic effort has been crowned with such dazzling suc cess that its athletic shortcomings have, for the most part, been overlooked. But no more. Now the Cavaliers have brought back to their ranks one who never should have been al lowed to leave. Gene Corrigan is the new boss of all athletics and physical education at Charlottes ville. As such, he will provide strong and wise leadership which will give Virginia the true course to greatness. Not even the remaining presence of Steve Sebo as athletic director can dim the luster of the move which brought Gene from Washington and Lee. Exactly what function Sebo will serve under the new regime is not clear, but it has been made certain that Corrigan is the boss. Gene will think big, and strive for growth and improvement. Se- bo's theory of collegeiate athletic operation is that if one is small and weak, the proper ad ministrative theory demands that one work for the destruction of those who through effort and prudence have succeeded Thus everyone can be made—if not equal—at least competitive. Neither a person nor a university can get big be ing small, and that, in essence, has been the trou ble with Virginia athletics all along. From now on Gene will be worknig to get BIG, and I’m thinking now that the Cavaliers will have to be dealt with in every bid for a conference cham pionship. Corrigan is the guy who coached lacrosse and, I think, swimming at Virginia, had a stint as assistant basketball coach before they made him sports information director. In this capac ity, he walked on the water with the quarrelsome bunch which writes and broadcasts in the ACC «re«. He made the mean ones happy and the dumb ones seem smart, and he even managed to strike a kind and unobstruaive blow for sobriety in certain much needed quarters. Virginia began to get headlines where it had failed to get into the column fillers. Then the ACC conference office plucked him out of Charlottesville to become—well, he ran the show. Jim Weaver was getting along in years, and Gene had a knack for making himself agreeable and forceful at the same time. I think I wrote once before that he could say “no” with the brightest smile in the world. He did a splen did job for the conference, and then the Generals of W & L hired him as athletic director. The fact that Gene has a house full of young ’uns in duced him to go to W & L where a college edu- ciation was assured for all his progeny. Now at Virginia you will see class shine through. Scott Stadium is an ancient edifice hardly in keeping with the tempo of today’s foot ball. But it need not be run down and in poor re pair. In fact, if the stadium were properly grass ed, and the facilities were brought into good re pair, the place would have a charm all its own. Yes, Virginia, you are in for some bold new concepts, and not even the remnants of past ad ministrative fiascos can deter the progress that is as certain as sunrise with Genial Gene Corri gan at the helm. Thornwell Plays At Ninety-Six Thornwell High School’s Saints will visit Ninety-Six Fri day night, seeking their fourth win of the season. Thornwell’s record fell to 3-5 last week with a 34-6 lose to Spartanburg Day School. Ninety Six defeated Crescent 24-16 last Friday. Spartanburg Day School struck for 20 points in the fourth quarter to break open its game with Thornwell. Spartanburg Day scored in the first quarter for a 7-0 lead but Thornwell rallied to CHS Seeking 7ih Win Red Devils Invade Laurens Friday Clinton High School’s Red Devils go after their seventh win of the season Friday night when they visit their traditional rivals, the Laurens High Tig ers. The kickoff is scheduled for 8 p.m. The Red Devils will carry a 6-2 record into the fracas after posting a 43-0 triumph over Westside of Anderson last week in a Midwestern Confer ence game. The win left Clin ton with a 4-1 conference re cord. The only loss came at the hands of undefeated Palmetto. Laurens has a 3-2 conference mark and is 5-3 overall. The Tigers posted a 2-0 victory over Ware Shoals last week. Laurens scored a safety in the second quarter for the unusual win. Clinton High Coach Keith Richardson said of Laurens, “They’re real quick and they utilize their speed very well. They run from a lot of dif ferent offensive formations and they’re difficult to prepare for. They have a good quarterback who can scramble and their tailback, Billy McNinch, is a fine runner. He has excellent speed. Their fullback, Tedd, is a good inside runner so they have threats inside and out side.” Clinton packed 27 points into the first 18 minutes of the game in drubbing Westside. Playing only the first half, David Manguin scored two touchdowns and gained 106 yards rushing. Clinton took the opening kick off and drove 80 yards in only two minutes, 30 seconds. Man- gum went over from short yardage and Otis Patterson kicked the first of his five ex tra points for a 7-0 Clinton lead. With one minute, 20 seconds remaining in the first quarter, Til White tagged Billy Young with a 35-yard scoring pass to up the margin to 14-0. Early in the second quarter, Mangum raced 30 yards through a gaping hole off his left tackle and the lead was raisedto21-0. Lawrence Jones bulled over from the five to cap a 69-yard drive with six minutes re maining in the first half and Clinton led 27-0. With one se cond remaining in the half White squirmed into the end zone from the five to cap a 45-yard drive set up by Billy Young’s pass interception. Clinton led 34-0 at half- t '<\ time and had missed two oth er scoring opportunities. In the first quarter, CHS drove 55 yards to the Rams’ 10 where Westside took over on downs. In the second quarter, Red De vil Kevin Long intercepted a Westside pass and returned it 13 yards to the Rams' 22 but Westside took over at the 19 after Clinton was set back by a 15-yard clipping penalty on a play which carried to the five. In the third quarter, Clinton drove 72 yards to Westside’s three where the Rams recover ed a fumble to thwart the threat. However, three plays later, Patterson trapped West- side’s McDuffie in the end one for a safety. Those two points turned out to be Clinton’s only score in die third • T After a poor Westside post, Clinton took over at the Rubs* 35 and, aided by a 15-yard penalty, moved to the one where Hugh Jacobs blasted into the end zone for Clinton’s final touchdown. Clinton reserves played all of the final quarter. STATISTICS CHS WESTSIDE First Downs 17 5 Yrds. Rushing 352 60 Yrds. Passing 73 27 Total Yardage 425 87 Passes 3-12 2-10 Punts 2-30 6-31 Fumbles Lost 1 1 Yards Penalized 40 67 JV's Win 6th; Visit Westside Q DOWN YDS TO 01 i io Clinton High’s Junior varsity football team ran its record to 6-1 last Thursday with a 28-6 win over York. Tonight the at Westside. JVs will play a A- 4?; A / i. HERE’S HOWE—Clinton High’s Chip Howe (28) shows good form in reaching for a pass in the third quarter of last week’s win over Westside. However, the pass was slightly overthrown and was just out of the end zone.— (Photo by Eddie McGee) AT CATAWBA SATURDAY PC Can Clinch CC Title Tie Presbyterian College's Blue Hose can clinch at least a tie for the Carolinas Conference championship this weekend-- but it won’t be easy. The Blue Hose chalked up their third conference win, against no losses, last weekend with a 28-7 lacing of Guilford. This Saturday, PC visits Catawba for a 2 p.m. game. Catawba and Lenoir Rhyne both have lost only once in conference play. A PC victory would give the Hose a 4-0 re cord with only one conference game to play. Catawba suffered its first conference loss last week, dropping a surprising 10-7 de cision to Elon. The Blue Hose trounced Elon 35-7 but PC Coach Cally Gault warns, “E- lon was having quarterback problems when we played them. Apparently they have straight ened out those problems. Catawba had a wide statistical edge In the game but Elon won it. I just hope our boys don’t think they have a soft spot com ing up. Catawba has a big ball club. They have the largest de fensive line we’ll face this year. Their top player is a 198-pound fullback named Greg Singleton who is a good runner and tough blocker. We have our work cut out for us Saturday.” Catawba has record. a 4-2 overall The Blue Hose rolled to a 21-7 halftime lead in defeating Guilford at Greensboro, N. C., last Saturday. Quarterback Al len McNeill and tight end Bill Caldwell both enjoyed ooe of cut the margin to 7-6. Full back Frank Bruyer bulled over from the ooe to end a 35-yard drive. Spartanburg Day led 7-6 at halftime. In the third quarter, Spart anburg Day scored once, rais ing the margin to 14-6 and then crammed 20 points into the final quarter to salt the game away. their finest performances. McNeill completed 19 of 31 passes for 246 yards and two touchdowns. He scored onece himself on a 16-yard run for PC’s first touchdown. Caldwell caught eight pass es and scored one touchdown. McNeill’s touchdown capp ed a 75-yard drive from the opening kickoff. Guilford came back to tie the score but PC packed two touchdowns into the second quarter. David Eckstein scored on an eight-yard pass and Tam Milton bulled over from the two with 50 se conds remaining in the half. In the fourth quarter, mc- Neill tagged Caldwell with an eight yard pass for PC’s final score. Jerry Chandler kicked all four extra points for the Blue Hose. Kid Devils At Union Bell Street Boys Junior High’s Kid Devils will visit Union tonight. The Kid Devils have a 1-3-1 record after being held to a 0-0 tie last Thursday by Whit mire Junior High. The Kid Devils had several scoring opportunities against Whitmire but they were thwart ed by penalties and a pass in terception. Whitmire threaten ed early in the game, moving inside the Kid Devils’ 30 but the locals stopped the drive. Kid Devil Coach Bobby Brock commented, “Our ball handling was poor. We lost the ball three times on fumbles and three times on interception.” Tonight’s opponent. Union, defeated the Kid Devils 6-0 in a September 24 contest. Although the Clinton JVs had defeated York 30-8 in a pre vious game, last week’s battle was tight until the third quart er when Clinton broke it open. Clinton led 7-6 at halftime. Jimmy Armstrong bulled over from short yardage to cap a scoring drive in the first quarter and then kicked the extra point for a 7-0 Clinton lead. York struck back In the se cond quarter but missed the extra point to trail 7-6 at half time. In the third quarter, Clinton scored twice. Armstrong went over from the four to cap a drive. The extra point attempt failed. Later in the third quar ter, Mac Young scored, also from the four, and Armstrong kicked the extra point for a 20-6 Clinton margin. Clinton put the game out of reach in the fourth quarter as Claude Crocker connected with George Bodie on a 40-yard scoring pass. Crocker passed to Melvin Prater for the two- point conversion. Clinton Coach Preston Cox said, “It was a tough game un til midway of the third quarter when we buckled down and started getting good, steady play. Armstrong did a fine job on both offense and defense and Quarterback Barry Saund ers provided some good lead ership. he kept them hustling. George Bodie and Terry Hea ton both played well at the de fensive ends. We were parti cularly pleased with Heaton’s showing because that's the first time he’s played defensive end. The Clinton JVs have been scored on in only three games with York providing two of those scores. The only other scores came In Clinton’s lone defeat, an 18-0 loss to Wood ruff. Clinton has scared 145 points while allowing the op position 32 points. PLAYERS OF THE WEEK — Tim Prater, left, and Otis Patterson, right, have been named Tlay- ers of the Week’ for Clinton High School’s Red Devils last week. Both are seniors. Prater, a defensive aid, graded 90 per cent in carrying out his assignments and also made three individual tackles. Patterson grade 84 per cent as an offen sive guard and also kicked five extra points and scared a safety. IS YOUR BODY A SIGHT TO BE HOLD? OR IS IT LUMPY, BUMPY. BENTED DENTED, SCRATCHED. MASHED? IF SO, BRING IT TO US! WE’RE EXPERTS ON BAD BODIES! CECIL'S BODY WORKS \ CORNER OF EAST CAROLINA AVE. AND SOUTH WOODROW ST; • BODY WORK - • PAINTING • 40 YEARS EXPERIENCE This Space in Memory of LAURENS COUNTY SENATE SEAT Departed this life April 26, 1967 at the hands of Lt. Gov. John West On that date Sen. Bill Dobbins Introduced an amend ment to the Reapportionment Bill which weali have given Laurens County a resident Senator, rather than sharing- two senators with three counties. The vote was a tie ... 21 to 21. John West then cast the de ciding vote, which killed the amendment. (Pages Mt- 999 Journal of the Senate April 26, 1967). 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