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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
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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
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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
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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.
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