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THE CHRONICLE, Clinton, S. C„ Nov. 26, 1970—5-A BILL CURRIE Mouth of the South Coach Firing Coach firing is a parlor jrame induged in bv millionaire professional club owners and rapa cious college alumni who amuse themselves by sniffing the sweat of the locker room. Being fired is an occupational h-azard which all coaches and managers accept when they cast themselves into what has to be one of the most thankless endeavors on earth As one sage observed years ago. the players win and the coach loses. You will note if you follow the hirings and firings in athletics that a new coach seldom does e\cn as well as his departed brother with the ma terial at hand. However, the arrival on the scene of a new college coach is the signal for the sweat sniffers to ante up more money for more schol arships. So Charlie will get his brains beat out for four years at least while he is getting “his” boys. Then he must win, or the whole thing starts all over again, and the sniffers come up with new coin for the new man and, sucking up their pride, take hope again. In the professional ranks where the pay is generally hig r her the risks are correspondingly greater. Baseball managers in the major leagues are kicked out and swapped around so much that their progressions sometimes resemble a poorly organized game of musical chairs. The guy one team fires is promptly hired by another, and some managers have been hired and fired by the same club two or three times. There is a mildness in the method. Fans are enthusiastic about staying away from losing teams. Baseball owners are unenthusiastic about losing money. So if a team comes up with a bat talion of has beens and never wuzzes and fails to win, the best way to breathe midseason life into the rapidly expiring fan interest is to fire the manager and get a new one who can properly “inspire” the players. Of course, like everywhere else, the sports world abounds with nuts of almost every con ceivable persuasion. Some of them are owners. In this group are one or two who exploit their offbeat proclivities for fun and orofit. Bill Veeck is a case in point There are others who fire | people for no apparent reason except as some sort of zahy'balm to a demanding ego. Chalie 0. Fin ley is one of these. He has had the A’s for eleven years and just fired his eleventh manager. Ob viously, he enjoys sending people to the employ ment office for one A’s manager is as dismal ns the others. Week before last Gene Rhodes, coach of the ABA Kentucky Colonels was summardy fired by the new general manager in Louisville, Mike Sto- rin. Rhodes lost his job but won the word war because he fired off, “I’m sorry I inconvenienced the club ny winning seven in a row before they could fire me.” Well, it is unusual to see a man huffing right up on first place get the axe. Rut there must lie good and sufficient reason. A long time friend of Storin’s told me, “Mike is a very hard man. Ruthless, even, in his pursuit of ex cellence and victory.” Two weeks ago the Colonels with Storm at the helm drew nearly 16,000 fans to Freedom Hall on the State Fair Grounds in Louisville. It was the largest crowd in the history of the ABA. Storin is the guy who built the power house at Indiana and left the job because he did not feel theie was any way the club could grow. The seating was insufficient in Indianapolis, but it is almost limitless in Louisville. Rhodes is not the first coach to be fired. As a matter of fact, there is only one in the league now who was in it when operations began four years ago. So, is they used to say in the German Air Force in World War I, “Hooray for the noxt man to die'” Clinton Raiders Defeat Laurens The Clinton Red Raiders, coached by Jimmy Braswell, traveled to Laurens Tuesday (Nov. 17th) and defeated the Laurens YMCA All-Star Team, 28-M. Clinton drew first blood when they trapped a Laurens back behind the line for a safety. Laurens then scored on a 30 yard run from scrimmage. The conversion was no good and Laurens led 6 - 2. In the second quarter, Coile raced 45 yards around left end for a Clinton TD. The conver sion attempt failed. On their second TD, Pitts sneaked over from the five yard line to end the scoring in the first half and the first half ended 14-6. Laurens came back strong with a 60-yard romp on a faked 4th down punt and the point after was good. Coile then sprinted 20 yards around left end again for another Clinton score and Pitts sneaked over for the conversion. Clinton iced the game in the fourth quarter with a TD on a 15-yard pass play from Pitts to Marler. The try for the extra point failed. Edwards, Marler, Pitts, Smith and Strach were defen sive stand-outs. The Red Raiders are an in dependent tackle football team composed mostly of sixth grade boys up to 12 years of age. The team organized November 2nd, played Laurens November 5th and despite so little practice together, made a good showing although they were defeated 9-6. The 17 members of the team are: Eddie Coile, Walter Cro mer, Charlie Davis, John Ed wards, Bobby Fulmer, Jerry Green, Marty Harris, Jeff Howe, Neal Kugler, Chuck Marler, Tommy Oakley, Danny Orr, Ben Pitts, Jimmy Revis, Sammie Smith, Andy Stall- worth and Berry StrociL * * + In observance of Thanks giving, no doubt, television serves up several turkeys each fall. BLUE HOSE NIP MARS HILL IN ANOTHER CLIFF-HANGER Gault Says Newberry Has 'Best Team In Six Years’ Presbyterian College’s Blue Hose will play host to arch rival Newberry Thursday, Thanksgiving Day, and PC Coach Cally Gault thinks this year’s Indians make up ‘the best Newberry team in at least the last six years.” The two teams will square off at 2 p.m. Thursday at Johnson Field in Clinton. “Newberry has a young team and they’ve come a long way this season. Their win over Samford two weeks ago shows that they’ve made a great deal of progress since the first of the year. This is the best Newberry team in several years.” Concerning his team’s 24-21 win over Mars Hill last Satur day, Coach Gault said, ‘We were very fortunate to get out with a win. We didn’t play one of our better games and they were better than we antici pated. The game was played in some pretty deep mud and I don’t know how mucn that af fected our play but we were happy to come back and win it.” Jerry Chandler, a left-footed junior who is a Thornwell graduate, kicked a 30-yard field goal with 1:20 remaining in the game to lift Presbyterian to a 24-21 triumph over Mars Hill last Saturday at Mars Hill,N.C. A fired-up Mars Hill teams had tied the score at 21-21 with 6:57 remaining in the game and the Blue Hose suddenly found themselves involved in another cliff-hanger. But the Hose were up to it again as Quarterback Allen (Mr. Cool) McNeill drove them down the field to set up Chand ler's winning kick. Mars Hill took a first quart er lead as Jeff Davis plunged over from the one and Doug Stephens kicked the extrapoint The Blue Hose offense sput tered early in the game but Johnny Jacicson, a junior from Alpharetta, Ga.,stungthe Mars Hill Lions with a 64-yard punt return for a touchdown. Chand ler kicked the extra point and the score was tied at 7-7 at halftime. Mars Hill took the lead again in the third quarter on Davis' 12-yard run. The extra point was no good and Mars Hill had a 13-7 lead. The Hosemen then got their offense together and struck for two third quarter touchdowns. Tam Milton scored the first from the one and later scored again on a two-yard burst as PC moved out from 21-13. The lead appeared safe in the fourth quarter until Mars Hill recovered a PC fumble deep in Blue Hose territory and drove in for the tying points. Marvin Parrett passed to Johnny Dawkins for a two-point conversion which tied it at 21-2L CHS Basketball Team Opens Schedule Dec. 1 Clinton High School’s varsity basketball team will open its schedule Dec. 1, playing host to Union. The Red Devils will face an 18-game schedule plus partici pation in a holiday basketball tournament. The tournament is the Peach Capital Christmas Invitational Tournament at Wofford Dec. 21,22 and 23. Bobby Brock is the varsity coach and Preston Cox will coach the JV’s. The regular season games will all be doubleheaders with the JVs playing at 6:30 p.m., followed by the varsity game. The schedule: DECEMBER - 1, Union here; 4, Woodruff here; 8, at Wood ruff; 11, at Union; 21-23, Peach Capital Tournament; JANUARY - 5, Laurens here, 8, at Palmetto; 12, McCormick here; 15, at Westslde (Ander son); 19, Woodmont here; 22, Belton-Honea Path here; 26 at Abbeville; 29, at Laurens; FEBRUARY - 2, Palmetto here; 5, at McCormick; 9, Westside here; 12, at Wood mont; 16, at Belton-Honea Path; 19, Abbeville here. The Midwestern 3-A Con ference Championship Tourna ment is scheduled Feb. 22-27 in Greenville Memorial Audi torium. PC Football All-Stars Chosen OPEN FRIDAY—The Presbyterian College bas ketball team shown above will open its season Friday night, playing Erskine at 7:30 in the first game of the Tip Off Tournament at Wofford Col lege in Spartanburg. Members of the team are, left to right, kneeling: Larry Rizzo, who is no longer a member of the team, Donnie Kuhn, John Bartone, Danny Yarborough, Artie Maxwell, and Mike Lovell; standing, left to right: Steve Crowe. Howard Bean, Rick Morris, Martie Tiller. Fred Melson, and Dave Kerchner. PC will also play in the Tip Off Tournament Saturday night and will open its home season next Monday night, playing host to Lander.— (Yarborough Photo) * • • • .. * VY> '' Wilderness Home One land developer is catering to the whims of those who “want to get away from it all." The Royal Palm Beach Colony acquired 11.000 acres in Lake County, Florida. President Herbert Kaplan says that they are going to leave a major part of the tract undeveloped with its lakes, streams and forests. Located south of the Ocala National Forest, the largest U. S. Government wilderness preserve in the state, the tract is described as an extension of the Ocala National Forest. “We plan to create camp site clusters containing 225 campsites each, and this concept will assure the preservation of a great na tional resource,” he said. Football all-stars of five eras at Presbyterian College, selected by alumni vote, will be honored by PC when the Blue Hose entertain Newberry in the annual Thanksgiving afternoon classic here next Thursday. Intercollegiate play at PC began in 1915 under CoachWal- ter A. Johnson and has been sustained by such coaches as Lonnie S. McMlllian, Bill Crutchfield, Frank Jones and now Cally Gault They develop ed an array of outstandingper- formers and the spirited Blue Hose tradition. Many of these players are among the all stars listed below who were chosen by ballots sent to all alumni: 1915-29 Era: Ends - Lon nie McMlllian, Ross Lynn, A. P. Macfie, Joe Mason: Interior Lineman - Lee H. Griffith, James Witherspoon, Hugh L. Eichelberger, T. O. McKeown, J.W.C. Bell, Marion Kirven, J. Graham Miller, Porter Bomar; Backfield - Jimmy Green, Jimmy Stamps, A. T. “Jack* Wilson, Charlie Wilson, James “Shorty* Peace, Hey ward J. Hindman. 1930-39 Era: Ends - J. B. Copeland, Furman B. Pinson, Jr., Be Moore; Interior Line men - Gus Blakely, Archie Cheatham, Mike Caskey, George Ewing, D. M. McNauU, W. J. Millsap, R. S. Reeder; Backfield - Harry Bolick, Dick Meisky, June Moore, Bob Per rin and Bob Sims. 1940-49 Era: Ends - Jack Adams, Lloyd Evans, J. C. Coleman; Interior Linemen - Richard Bowles, James “Bud” Collier, Jack Milam, Jew Milam, Ben Moye, Buddy Mc Laughlin, Bozo Weir; Back- field - Hank Caver, George Fleming, Walter Gooch, Herb Rollins, Blake Watts. 1950-59 Era: Ends - Joe Kirven, Jon Vastine, Paul Chastain; Interior Linemen - Mac Copeland, Sonny DuBose, James “Buddy” Neely, Billy Ogden, Luther Shealy, Bill Schofill, Tommy Warren; Backfield - Bill Hill, Bobby Pate, Bob Waters, Ken Webb, Jack Harper. 1960 - 1969 Era: Ends - Jimmy Bankhead, Richard Reed, James Smith; Interior Line men - Tommy Campbell, Shell Dula, Randy Fitzpatrick, John Monk, Ed Paulling, Charles Reid, Jim Sullenberger; Back- GETS ( OLEGLE OFFERS Hinton High Quarterback Donnie (Red) White, .shown above running a 15- yani touchdown against WoHmont. has been contacted by representa tives of six colleges who are interest ed in his football talents. White has been contacted by South Carolina. Clemson, Georgia, Wofford, PC am! The Citadel. Asked if he is leaning toward any one of the colleges at Thornwell this time, he replied, T’d rather not say.’ White said he hopes to major in either business administiation or physical education. He also said, ‘Ome I decide where I’m going to col lege, it doesn’t matter to me whether I play quarterback or on the defen sive team. I just like to play foot ball.’ White guided the Red Devils to a 9-2 record.— (Photo by Eddie McGee) You Don't Need Cash To Shop At Edward's Opens At Gray Court Thornwell High School will open an 18-game basketball schedule Dec. 1 at Gray Court- Owings. The schedule: DECEMBER - 1, at Gray- Court-Owings; 4, at Lockhart; 8, SCSD here; 11, Dacusville here; JANUARY - 5, at Ford; 12 at Connie Maxwell in Greenwood; 15, at De La Howe; 19 Hickory Tavern here; 22 Gray Court- Owings here; 26, Jonesville, here; 30, Lockhart here; FEBRUARY - 2, Ford here; 5, at Dacusville; 6, Connie Max well here; 9 at SCSD; 12, De La Howe here; 16, at Hickory Ta vern; 19, at Jonesville. All games will be double- headers opened by the girls’ contest, except the January 22 meeting with Gray Court- Owings when the boys game will be played first The two Dacusville and De La Howe games will start at 7 p.m. and all others are to start at 6:30 p.m. Hunters don't mean to start forest fires. But they do. It’s usually when someone spots a buck and everyone ^grabs his gun. And everyone forgets the campfire. Which is pretty dumb Leaving a fire to smolder alone is just inviting an inferno. Man, douse it first. Only you can prevent forest fires. Us© Your Convenient EDWARD'S Credit Card! FOR YOUR CHRISTMAS SHOPPING! -'ci? r Open Ah AccouRi In Mimitej-Tak* Months To Pay! Bring or Mall This Application To Your Edward’s Store EDWARD’S INC. LAURENS, S. C. I would Hko to opon an Edward's Charge Account: NAME ADDRESS . CITY & STATE _ ZIF EMPLOYED BY ______ _______ HUSBAND or WIFE'S NAME OTHER ACCOUNTS AT