The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, November 05, 1970, Image 7
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In Homecoming Game
PC Hosts Gardner-Webb Saturday
THE WINNERS! — Clinton High
footballers hoist Head Coach Keith
Richardson to their shoulders follow
ing last Friday’s 40-0 win over Lau
rens. It was Clinton’s seventh win
of the season against two losses.—
(Photo by Eddie McGee)
Holding locks on at least a
share of the Carolinas Conr
ference championship, Pres
byterian College’s Blue Hose
will play host to Gardner-Webb
Saturday afternoon in PC’s
annual homecoming celebra
tion. The kickoff is slated for
2:30 p.m.
The Blue Hose wrapped up at
least a tie for the conference
title last Saturday by dumping
Catawba 28-22 in Salisburg,
N. C. The win boosted PC’s
conference record to 4-0 with
only the Thanksgiving Day game
with Newberry remaining on its
conference slate. Prior to the
Newberry game, PC hosts
Gardner-Webb this week and
Carson-Newman next week in
non-conference games. The
Hose have a 4-3 overall re
cord.
PC shared the Carolinas Con
ference championship with Le
noir Rhyne in 1966 and 1968
but has never won the title
outright.
Gardner-Webb defeated Mars
Hill lastSaturday 18-13 as Quar
terback Ray Hannon passed for
two touchdowns.
At Salisburj, PC ran up a
28-point lead before Catawba
rallied for 22 points in the final
quarter.
Concerning Catawba’s rally,
PC Coach Cally Gault com
mented, * I must take the blame
for those last touchdowns...!
made the mistake of substitut
ing too soon and we ended up
fighting for our lives..Guess we
just ‘called off the dogs’ too
soon...”
On its opening series of
downs, PC drove from its own
12 to Catawba’s three but lost
the ball on a fumble. However,
the Hose took over on the
Catawba 26 following a Catawba
punt but again lost a fumble on
the 15. PC took another punt at
their own 42 and this time drove
in for the score. Tam Milton
plunged over from the one and
Jerry Chandler kicked the extra
point for a 7-0 PC lead with
13:20 left in the second quarter.
Passes of 18 and 10 yards from
Allen McNeill to Lynn Dreger
and Ken Lister sparked the
drive, along with two good gain
ers by David Eckstein.
Richard Medlin recovered a
Catawba fumble at PC’s 38
and the Hose marched 62 yards
to score. Eckstein capped it
with a one-yard burst
Chandler’s kick made it 14-0.
Eckstein’s 21-
yard gallop was the long gain
er in the drive.
At halftime, PC had the 14-0
lead.
PC tackle John Perry re
covered a Catawba fumble at
the Indians’ 32 to set up PC’s
third score. Johnny Jegelnik
zipped 15 yards on a draw play
for the touchdown. The extra
point failed and PC had a 20-0
lead.
PC drove 72 yards for its
final score. McNeill scrambled
for 11 and 18 yards and hit Bill
Caldwell with a 22-yard pass to
cover most of the yardage. Mil-
ton went over from the two for
the touchdown. McNeill passed
to Jeselnik for the two-point
conversion and PC had a 28-0
lead with 11:29 remaining in the
game.
Even so, Catawba gave PC
some anxious moments. Indian
quarterback Harry Mooikian
came out throwing, hit nine
straight passes, including a 24-
yard scoring heave to make it
28-6.
Catawba recovered a PC fum
ble at the 32 and Mcnoldan,
using passes and draw plays,
moved the Indians to the 20
where he hit Fullback Steve
Roe don on a screen pass for
the touchdown. The two point
conversion was good and it was
28-14 with 2:59 remaining.
With 18 seconds remaining in
the game, Monokian passed 30
yards for the final Catawba
score which capped a 99-yard
drive. He passed for the two-
point conversion to make the
final score 28-22.
THE CHRONICLE, Clinton, S. C.,
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BILL CURRIE
Kid Devils,
Devils Seek
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Mouth
of the South
ACC Unrealistic
There ain’t, as they say in the backwoods
country where my daddy’s folks used to grub a
ilving out of turpentine, no way for the Atlantic
Coast Conference to survive as it is presently con
stituted and festering as it is under ridiculous
and outdated rules. South Carolina and Clemson
have served notice that they are sick and tired
of trying to play and recruit athletes when so
many excellent boys are going outside the con
ference because of the 800 score required on the
college board examination.
The examination is a questionable vehicle at
best, and not another major conference nor any
of the top independent schools in the nation re
quire an 800 score for a boy to enroll and be eli
gible for athletics and a grant-in-aid. The idea
is that the ACC is so lofty in its academic excel
lence that its athletes must be smarter in books
than anyone else.
The inequities arer ampant. Forst a “stu
dent” may be accepted in many of the institu
tions without 800 on the college board exam. But
no student can play varsity athletics, even if he
pays his own way, unless he has attained such a
score. This is manifestly unfair, and if it were
to be litigated in the courts would undoubtedly
be struck down. A student may play in the band,
act in the dramatic club, or march and protest
without 800, but he may not play varsity snorts.
The System
Universities grade on a 4.0 system. The 4.0
represents maximum achievement or an “A”. A
student must project 1.6 at least to be given an
athletic scholarship under NCAA rules. Well,
this is idiocy compounded because the ACC uses
the toughest formula to see if a kid is likely to
make 1.6. It involves his high school class rank
as well as the college board score. The ACC uses
the NCAA formula. The Southeastern Confer
ence uses its own formula, and frequently guys
who fall below the 1.6 projection in the ACC soar
well above in the SEC and wind up playing for
Georgia or Alabama or some other powerhouse.
Many institutions now allow a certain per
centage of their student bodies to be admitted
without minimum academic achievement. The peo
ple so considered are of minority races or de
prived backgrounds. Many of them do well in
college, graduate and go on to success. Of course,
in the Big Ten and the Ivy League, a great many
of these so-called deprived persons are topflight
athletes. This is one reason so many super black
athletes tear off to far away places rather than
stay to play and go to college hereabouts.
A Suggestion
If the ACC would keep its present rules and
allow eadi school to recruit five additional foot
ball players each year who would be excluded
from the regular academic requirements, then
pjphaps the conference would not disintegrate.
The very professors who weep for the black man
in the classroom are the same ones who are keep
ing so many first class black athletes out of the
ACC schools.
It is a myth that excellence in athletics wa
ters down the strength of academics on the cam-
S us. Students on athletic scholarships invariably
ave better grade averages than the average of
any student body. And it is a lie to imply that
they are taking easy courses. Check the school
work done by athletes; they are the best group
on any campus because they know how to work,
can get organized, and respect leadership and
authority.
If the academic wheels who run the ACC
schools want to improve their whole picture, the
first thing they should do is strengthen athletics,
and this begins with the elimination of the
threadbare 800 rule, and a realistic approach to
admissions.
Clinton High School’s junior
varsity football team will try to
get back on the winning track
tooight when they visit New
berry.
The JVs suffered their se
cond loss of the season Mon
day night, losing at Westside
20- 14. The game originally was
scheduled last Thursday but
was postponed to Monday be
cause of rain.
The Bell Street Junior High
Kid Devils will be at J. L.
Mann tonight, Thursday. The
Kid Devils were scheduled to
play at Union last week but
that game was cancelled be
cause of rain.
Playing in a downpour, West-
side struck for two quick first
quarter scores. Jimmy Arm
strong putcilnton on the score-
board with a five-yard burst in
the second quarter, capping a
a 70-yard drive. Armstrong
kicked the extra point andClin-
ton trailed 14-7 at halftime.
Clinton tied the score In the
third quarter when George
Bodie scored on a 35-yardpass
play from quarterback Barry
Saunders. Armstrong kicked the
extra point and it was 14-14.
Westside scored the winn
ing touchdown with one minute,
30 seconds remaining in the
game, driving 45 yards for the
tally.
Clinton defeated Westside
21- 0 in a previous meeting.
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NEW YORK — Fire losses
usually are higher in the winter
than any other time of the
year, says the Insurance Infor
mation Institute. Although
other factors are involved, this
is a result mainly of heating
hazards.
Woodmont
The Clinton High School Red
Devils will be shooting for
their finest football record
since 1965 when they play host
to Woodmont Friday night. The
kickoff for the Wilder Field
battle is scheduled for 8 p.m.
Clinton will be heavily
favored to chalk up their eighth
win against two looses. The
Red Devils won No. 7 last
week, ripping Laurens’ Tigers
40-0. If Clinton wins Friday
night, it will be the first time
since 1965 that the Red Devils
have won eight games in a
season. The 1965 Red Devils
posted a 10-1 mark, losing only
to Woodruff 13-7 in that now
legendary rain-soaked show
down.
The 1970 Red Devils proved
to be good ‘mudders* last
Friday in Laurens as they raced
to a 27-0 halftime margin on a
rain soaked field.
Clinton scored on its first
possession, driving 86 yards
to the three where Divid Man-
gum squirtedover for the touch
down. A 45-yard run by Mangum
and a twisting 20-vard burst by
quarterback Donnie White were
the big gainers in the scoring
march. Otis Patterson kicked
the first of his four extra points
for the night and Clinton had a
7-0 lead.
Clinton muffed its next
scoring change, losing the ball
on a fumble at Laurens’ eight
on the last play of the first
half.
In the second quarter, Billy
Young returned a Laurens punt
22 yards to the Tigers’ 38 to
set up the next Red Devil Tally.
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TOUCHDOWN BOUND—Clinton’s Billy Youn*
ia all alone as he gathers in a pass from Donnie
White for a touchdown against Laurens last Fri
day. The pass play covered 42 yards and went
tor Clinton’s second TD in a 40-0 rout of the Tig
ers.—(Photo by Eddie McGee)
STATISTICS
CHS
First Downs
Yards Rushing
Yards Passing
Total Yardage
Passes
Punts
Yards Penalized
LAURENS
15
315
67
382
2-3
3
-26
77
51
7-12
2-33.5 7-27
50 45
A couple of plays later, Clin
ton was penalized back totbe42
for clipping but on the first
play from there, White tagged
Young with a pass down the
middle and Young scooted in for
the touchdown with 8:30 re
maining in the first half. Pat
terson’s extra point kick was
no good and Clinton held a 13-0
lead.
White scored Clinton’s third
touchdown as he went out to
his right, cut left across the
field and rambled 29 yards to
paydirt. His scoring run capped
a 55-yard drive which high
lighted a 15-yard run by Man-
gum.
With eight seconds remaining
in the half, White passed 24
yards to Young for another Red
Devil score. White was rushed
hard and was tackled but on
the way down he threw to Young
who gathered it in at the one
and stepped into the end zone.
Clinton led 27-0 at halftime.
In the first half, Clinton was
credited with eight first downs
while Laurens had only one and
that one came on a penalty. Clin
ton had 192 yards rushing and
Laurens, faced with a hard-
charging Clinton defense led by
sophomore guard Robert Scott,
was held to minus 12 yards
rushing.
Clinton tacked on two more
touchdowns in the second half
before the reserves finished the
game, playing most of the fourth
quarter.
Tackle Charles Norman
blocked a Laurens punt attempt
and Patterson picked it up at
the 50 and raced to Laurens’
38. Clinton drove down to the
five where fullback Ray Lowman
powered over for the score. A
two-point conversion try failed
and Clinton had a 33-0 lead.
Donnie White scored his se
cond touchdown of the night only
minutes later as he muscled
over from the three to cap a
50-yard drive. Young set the
drive in motion as he intercept
ed a Laurens pass at the 50.
Patterson’s extra point kick
made the final score 40-0.
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Insurance Taxes
LISTER LEAPS—Presbyterian Col- day at Salisbury, N. C. The sideline
lege’s Ken Lister (22) leaps for a pass was complete and helped set up
pass from quarterback Allen McNeill one of the PC touchdowns—(Photo
in PC’s win over Catawba last Satur- *>y Pan Yarborough)
Thornwell
Finale
Cancelled
Thornwell’s football season
concluded last week as its trip
to Ninety Six was cancelled.
The two teams were
scheduled to play Friday night
but the game was postponed be
cause of rain and was reset
for Saturday night. OnSaturday,
Thornwell Coach Ben Crabtree
said Ninety Six representatives
told him the field was still
“too wet’ for play and cancelled
the game.
The Saints wound up with a
3- 2 conference record and was
4- 5 overall, counting the final
game as a forfeit.
Some Fish
Are Unfit
Fish in some South Carolina
rivers are unfit to eat because
they have too much mercury in
them, the State Board of Health
said today. “Contrary to reports
by the S. C. Pollution Control
Authority, fish taken from the
Savannah River contain mer
cury levels above those set by
the Federal Food and Drug
Administration,’ said State
Health Officer Dr. E. Kenneth
Aycock.
The Savannah was closed to
fishermen in August. Mercury
concentrations very close to the
recommended tolerance levels
have also been found in Hart
well Lake and Lake Keowee-
Toxaway.
Large but no excessive re
sidues of mercury have been
found in fish taken from the
Saluda, Reedy, Edisto, Wateree
and Broad Rivers as well as
Clark Hill Resevoir and Lake
.Greenwood.
PLAVERS OF WEEK — Quarterback Donnie
White, left, and center-tackle Lewis Henderson
have been named Clinton High ‘Players of the
Week’ for their play last week in the 40-0 win
over Laurens. White gained 79 yards in nine
carries, completed two passes in three attempts,
both for touchdowns, and graded 90 per cent on
carrying out his assignments. Henderson, a jun
ior. blocked a punt, made five individual tackles
and graded 86 per cent. Henderson also was
nemed Greenville Piedmont ‘Player of the Week’
and was a guest at the Greenville Touchdown
Club where Dick Butkus of the Chicago Bears
was guest speaker.
TO MAKE A GREAT USED CAR DEAL
NEW YORK —Insurance
companies paid more than $2.75
billion in taxes and fees to the
federal and state governments
in 1968, reports the Insurance
Information Institute.
The Pollution Control Au
thority last week reported that
mercury pollution in all these
waters was “below the stan
dards considered to be cri-
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