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BILL CURRIEMf
Mouth
of the South
NBA vs. ABA
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Commisaioner Walter Kennedy of the Na
tional Ra-skethall Association is unquestionably
an astute administrator in need of a job. He’s
got to be smart to run his business and des
perate to put up with the headaches and pres
sures connected with it Sometimes, however,
like the rest of us, he succumbs to human frailty
and speaks in an/er withoul regard t () the ques
tion of good sense. A case in point is his com
ment on the signing of Jumpin’ Joe Caldwell by
the Carolina Cougars.
Caldwell, who is known for his all-star per
formances in the ranks of the Atlanta Hawks,
became disillusioned by certain front office ma
chinations in Atlanta and decided to cast his lot
with the Cougars of the ABA Mr. Kennedy, ob
viously in a snit about the whole thing, said the
Caldwell signing would not contribute to a con
summation of the proposed merger between the
professional basketball leagues
Come now Mr Kennedy! Just exactly how
desperate the need for a merger is pointed up
by the switch of a key player like Caldwell If
there had already been a merger, the Hawks
would never have got themselves in the ridicu
lous position of paying Pistol Pete Maravich two
million dollars. Caldwell and other veteran play
ers would not have resented the undeniable in
equity of such rookie salaries, and harmony
would have prevailed in a profit-making or
ganization Unless there is a merger—and soon
—professional basketball will founder. There
are not enough millionaires needing tax write
offs to maintain the present level of astnunnomi-
cal losses for long.
Of course nothing can be done about the
merger until Congress exempts basketball from
provisions of Federal anti-trust law. This will
hopefully be accomplished early in the next term
which begins in January. After the needed leg
islation is passed, the next ingredient needed is
a conciliatory attitude by the NBA. Older, bet
ter accepted, and possessing a decidedly dis-
• proportionate number of super stars, the NBA
* exude* an attitude approaching divine rltfht. But
there is no such right. Only two clubs in the
NBA finished out of the red last season, and the
prospects, with higher salaries and spiraling ope
rating costs, are not encouraging this season.
Of course the ABA is having trouble, too Only
one of its teams made money last season. But
the fact remains that the NBA can go just as
kapu* as its younger rival if it persists in an al
titude of intransigence.
In all the public utterances of the NBC
spokesmen from Kennedy down that I have read,
there is a distinct and unmistakable air of indig
nation that the ABA w’ould dare even to exist
They are affronted that anyone should try to get
into the warm place they have been beating out
for themselves. Such an outlook is understand
able. But. notwithstandin ght eefforts of many,
free enterprise still lives, though gasping, in this
country, and the ABA has even- right to live,
even to flourish.
Attempts to ignore the junior league have
failed. Only immediate approachment can pre
vent the ultimate collapse of the whole fabric
of professional basketball. The NBA may be in
the position of an outraged householder who dis
covers an armed burglar in his home. But one
does not treat such an intruder lightly leat one
lose the total of his possessions and even his life.
Discretion is truly the better part of valor
Wake up, NBA! The ABA has just as many
millionaires and they will never throw in the tow
el. As old Ben Franklin said .“Hang together or
you certainly hang separatelv ”
Freeman Wins Back
USC Starting Spot
Clinton’s Billy Freeman lias
dislodged the team’s leading
pass receiver to win back a
starting position with the Uni
versity ofSouth Carolina Game
cocks.
Freeman is expected to start
at tight end Saturday night when
Carson-Newman Here
Hose Host Tough
Eagles Saturday
ROBE GAINER—PC's Tam Milton
(44) races for a big gain against
Gardner-Webb behind a wave of
Blue Hose blockers. Milton scored
twice in PC’s 44-20 homecoming vic
tory.—(Photo by Dan YaAorough)
Devils Close Slate
At Newberry Friday
the Gamecocks play host to
Duke University.
BILLY FREEMAN
Freeman, a junior, was a
starter for the Gamecocks at
the first of the season but
senior Doug Hamrick took over
the starting spot in the second
game. However, Freeman a-
gain won the starting position
last Saturday againstTennessee
He responded by catching two
passes for 21 yards. He has
caught 13 passes for 170 yards
is this season, an average of
13.1 yards per catch. Hamricl:
is the team’s leading pass re
ceiver with 35 catches to his
credit.
A member of the USC coach
ing staff said, “Billy Is having
an outstanding year. He’s ex
tremely valuable as an all-
around performer. We value
him as much for his blocking
as for his considerable pass
catching talents.*
We know where we went
on vacation last summer,
but what we don’t know is
where the money went.
Have three consecutive re
latively easy wins softened
Clinton High School’s Red
Devils 0
That Is a major concern of
the Clinton High coaches as they
prepare the Red Devils for a
tough encounter Friday night in
Newberry. Clinton and New
berry both apart 8-2 records
going into the game
Clinton smothered an cut-
classed Woodmoat team 75-0
Last Fridiy. It was the third
straight large-margin win for
the Red Devils. They defeated
Westside 43-0 three weeks ago
and then bombed Laurens 40-0
the week prior to tlie W ;odmont
trouncing.
Newberry, however, has the
“finest offense we’ve faced this
seas xi," according to CHS Head
Coach Keith Richardson.
Richardson said, “They run the
Houston veer offense (triple
option; extremely w-ell and
they’re a very dangerous team.
Their quarterback Stewart
Leslie, is a very talented and
he’s the one who makes their
ofleoce go. Their defense also
Is adequate but it's overshad rw-
ed by that fine offense/
Coach Richardson said, “We
haven’t really been extended in
our last three games as we don’t
know what affect that’s going to
have on us.“
Eight Red Devils got into
the scoring act against Wood-
mont. David Mangum scored
four touchdowns, three of them
in the first quarter. Others who
hit paydirt were Lawrence
Jones, Donnie White, Scott
Hammett, Ray Lowman, Terry
Suber, Mike Clark and Hugh
Jacobs.
The pattern for the night
was set on the opening kickoff
as Billy Young took the ball on
his own ten, followed a convey
of blockers up the middle of the
field and ran to Woodmont’s
15 before being hauled down. On
the first play from scrimmage,
Mangum zipped to the two and
on the next play Fullback Jones
blasted over for Clinton’s first
touchdown. Otis Patterson
kicked the extra point andClin-
too led 7-0 with only one minute,
15 seconds lapsed in the game.
Patterson hit seven of eight
extra point kicks in the game.
Also early in the first quart
er, Mangum burst offtackle, cut
to his left and raced 60 yards
to another touchdown with only
3:40 elapsed. Patterson missed
the extra point but that was his
only miss of the game.
Mangum recovered a Wood-
moot fumble at the 20 and two
plays later scored from the five
to up Clinton’s lead to 20-0
with 3:10 remaining in the first
quarter.
Joe Hairston blocked aWood-
mont punt and CHS took over at
the six where Mangum went over
on the next play for a 27-0
margin with 50 seconds remain
ing in the first quarter.
From that-point on, Clinton
reserves were used freely but
the score continued to mount
Billy Young intercepted a
pass at the W'oodmont 43. Runs
by Mike Clark and a pass to
Sandy Saunders moved the ball
down to the 15 where Quarter-
White, who played only about
half the game, raced around end
for the touchdown with only
2:15 elapsed in the second
quarter.
Ray Lowman went over from
the four a few plays later but
Clintco was penalized five yards
for offsides and 15 yards for
unsportsman like conduct and
that touchdown and threat were
wiped out.
With three and a half minutes
left in the first half, Mangum
raced 23 yards to his final
touchdown of the night and Clin
ton had a 41-9 halftime lead.
In the third quarter, Wtiite hit
Mangum with a short pass and
the tailback reeled 35 yards to
Woodmont’s three where White
passed to Scott Hammett for the
touchdown.
Calvin Young recovered a
fumble atWoodmont’s 25. Terry
Suber boomed to the five where
Ray Lowman pushed over for
the TD to make it 55-0with4:15
remaining in the third quarter.
With 1:05 remaining In the,
first quarter, Terry Suber
boomed 15 yards on a deter
mined run to paydirt, upping
the margin to 63-0 when Young
sneaked over for the two-point
conversion.
In the fourth quarter, Steve
Rhodes recovered aWoodmont
fumble at Clinton’s 40. The
Red Devils drove to the 15
where Mike Clark raced to
paydirt and the score was 69-0
when the two-point conversion
attempt failed with 5:20 elapsed
in the fourth quarter.
Hugh Jacobs went over from
the three after a 25-yard drive
in which Jacobs carried the
ball three out of four times.
Jacobs’ touchdown came with
2:15 remaining in the game.
It was Clinton's largest point
spread in at least 20 years.
The only game approaching last
Friday’s run-away was a 61-6
win over Laurens in 1965.
There’s nothing busier than
an idle rumor.
Presbyterian College’s Blue
Hose have a chance at their
finest record in Coach Cally
Gault's tenure but there are a
couple of stumbling blocks in
the way. Perhaps one of the most
dangerous hurdles must be
faced Saturday night as the
Blue Hose play host to Carson-
Newman’s Eagles in a7:30p.m.
game.
The Blue Hose chalked up
their fifth win Saturday, bomb
ing Gardner-Webb 44-20 at
PC’s homecoming. The Hose-
men luve lost three.
PC faces Carson-Newman,
Mars Hill and Newberry in its
final !hree games. Wins in these
games would give PC an 8-3
overall record and sole pos
session of the Carolinas Con
ference championship. PC’s
finest record during Coach
Gault’s previous seven years as
head coach was a 7-4 mark
during 1968. Also, PC has never
won the Carolinas Conference
title outright. The Hosemen
shared the title with Lenoir
Rhyne in 1966 and 1968.
Although Saturday night’s
contest with Carson-Newman is
not a conference game, it is an
important challenge to the Blue
Hose.
Concerning Carson-Newman,
Coach Gault says, “They have a
young, ag^essive and quick
sS
PC QUEEN—Mary Lee Smith, a senior from Mari
etta, Ga., is shown being crowned homecoming queen
at Presbyterian College last Saturday. PC PreBident
Marc Weersing presents the crown.—(Photo by Dan
Yarborough)
Y Basketball
A organizational meeting of
the Adult Men’s Basketball
League will be held at the
Y.M.C.A. Thursday, Novem
ber 12, at 7:00 p.m.
Anyone interested in enter
ing a team should be present
at the meeting.
Rolling S Golf
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Mabry
scored first low net last week
end in a Husband-Wile Golf
Tournament at Rolling S Golf
Club at Waterloo.
The Mabrys had a low net of
Lonnie Hiers won honors for
low putts in the men’s competi
tion and Naomi Sims won the
ladies’ competition.
JVs, Kid Devils At Home
To Woodruff In Twin Bill
team. They’ve scored a great
number of points against some
good teams.*
Coach Gault was pleased to
win over Gardner-Webb last
week but said, “I don’t think we
gave a good effort, particularly
in the first half. I think some
of the boys were taking Gard
ner-Webb too lightly and they
were surprised when Gardner-
Webb kept coming back at
them.
PC drove easily to its first
touchdown which David Eckstein
scored from the ten. But the
Bulldogs struck-back to tie the
score on a 48 yard pass play.
PC went ahead again in the first
quarter aifc Eckstein scored on
an 11-yard pass from Quarter
back Allen McNeill but again
the Bulldogs rallied and tied
the score on a seven-yard pass.
Tackle Roland McLaughlin
recovered a fumble at PC’s 38
and Tam Milton and Eckstein
rushed the ball to the one where
Milton went in to score. Jerry
Chandler's kick made it 20-14
with 1:55 remaining in the first
half.
However, PC wasn’t through
for the half. F reshman Bernle
Bourne intercepted a Gardner-
Webb pass at the PC 37. Mc
Neill connected with tight end
Bill Caldwell, who made a leap
ing catch, for a 23-yard pass
play and Chandler kicked a 25-
yard field goal to give PC a
23-14 halftime lead.
Ken Lister took the second
half kickoff and raced 94 yards
for a touchdown which pretty
well broke the game open as
the lead swelled to 30-14. Mil-
ton capped an 87-yard drive
with a one-yard scoring plunge
and McNeill passed 16 yards
to Caldwell for the final touch
down.
Jl'L
‘PLAYER OF WEEK —
David Mangum, junior
tailback, has been named
Clinton High’s ‘Player of
the Week for the third
time this season. He pick
ed up 136 yards in 10 car
ries against Westmont
laat week and scored four
touchdowns. Last Friday’s
yardage gave Mangum
over 1,000 yards gained
rushing thus far.
Clinton High School’s junior
varsity football team will close
out its season tonight, Thurs
day, playing host to one of the
two teams which have defeated
them this season.
The JVs, with a 7-2 record,
will play host to tough Woodruff
in the second game of a foot
ball doubleheader at CHS’
Wilder Field. The Bell Street
Junior High Kid Devils will
tangle with Woodruff Junior
High in the first game, starting
at 6 p.m. The Kid Devils de
feated Woodruff Junior High
14-0 in a previous meeting.
The Clinton JVs posted their
seventh win of the season last
Thursday, trouncing Newberry
47-0 at Newberry.
Jimmy Armstrongscoredtwo
touchdowns and kicked five
extra points to pace the JVs
who raced to a three-touchdown
margin in the first quarter.
Allen Petty scored three
times for the JVs, including a
65-yard scoring return with
the second half kickoff.
Armstrong put ClintoD on the
scoreboard when he raced 30
yards from scrimage for the
first touchdown. Allen Petty
scored the second on a six-yard
run after he set it up with a
40-yard run with a pass in
terception.
Also in the first quarter,
Armstrong went over from the
one to cap a Clinton drive.
In the second quarter, Petty
scored from short yardage after
George Bodie set it up with a 30-
yard pass from Barry Saunders.
At halftime, Clinton led 28-0.
Petty took the second half
kickoff at his own 35 and raced
65 yards for a touchdown.
Bodie ran a punt back 60
yards for Clinton’s sixth touch
down and Marion Jackson scor
ed the last one as he inter
cepted a blocked pass and ran
35 yards to paydirt
In addition to his fine offen
sive showing. Petty played well
on defense and intercepted two
passes. Bodie also played a fine
game at defensive end.
JUNIOR HIGH
The BeU Street Kid Devils
lost 18-8 to Union last week
as their record dropped to 1-4-1
on the season.
Union was leading 18-0 before
the Kid Devils struck paydirt
Butch Brewington passed 30
yards to Bill Bowling for the
Kid Devils’ tally.
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