University of South Carolina Libraries
I ! THE CHRONICLE, Clinton, S. C., Dec. 17,1970—7-A BILL CURRIE Mouth of the South The Dvke Situation One very famous alumnus of Duke Univer sity who doesn’t like to be identified as such re marked to me a couple of seasons ago, “Tom Harp was given a four-year contract to wreck the Duke football program. He has achieved a master stroke and done the job in just two seasons.” That’s the sort of emulsified gopher droppings which is amplified sometimes from a whispering campaign to a shouting cry for someone’s head. In Harp’s case, the shouters got their wish. Duke’s athletic brass fired him. They would have done the same thing even if he had won the ACC title by escaping defeat in the final 1970 outing against North Carolina. Somehow I have a gut feeling that Harp was impaled on a large and painfully blunt purple shaft. Of course he never should have got the job in the first place. There are multiplied oodles of Duke alumni whose football knowledge is at least equal to Harp’s, and whose acceptance among folks who buy tickets and suport the Blue Devils is many times that of turned-out Tom. Ace Park er, the most magnificent football player ever to represent the Devils, was passed over and left the campus where he had played and coached for nearly thirty years. To say Ace was and is bit ter would be to misstate the facts: He’s burned to the marrow. Dr. Douglas Knight, the late departed presi dent of Duke who wasn’t strong enough to keep dissident students from invading and occupying his own home, was an Ivy Leaguer. In his inau gural address he said, in effect, that if Duke went about it right, the place might one day be a great university. Those of us wha marveled a’ the beauty of the campus, who had been nurtur ed on the excellence of Duke athletics, and whose lives have been saved (and mine has) in Duke University Medical Center, thought the remarks were in the poorest taste. That Duke was a great university before Douglas Knight is prov ed by the fact that the institution survived his trembling hand on the tiller. Rut Doug wanted to look Ivy League. So it was under his hand that Harp was brought from an Ivy League school. Tom had never been a winner, and to see him succeed such all-time victors as Wallace Wade and Bill Murray was a bone rattling shocker. So Tom wasn’t exactly wel come with wild enthusiasm by the old Duke sup porters. And he didn’t win. Not consistently, but he did win a great many big games, and ^sometimes, as in 1970, he was nationally acclaim- - ed as coach of the week when he outsmarted West Virginia for an upset win. In firing Harp, the Duke athletic council is sued a statement which said in part “. . . the council declared its decision had been made after an intensive study of Duke’s intercollegiate pro gram and it arrived at its conclusion only with deep regret.” Now. what under the canopy of heaven does all that gobble-de-gook mean'.' If he needed firing, why should there be any re gret? Maybe those who carried it out feel a little guilty, because the reason Duke does not win in the old tradition has lain not so much on the football field as in the administrative offices and in the attitude of the jealously-ridden professors who fester on every campus in the land. So, goodbye, Tom. In winning as much as you did, I’m certain you were an embarrassment to the ultra-intellectuals who encourage the wierdos and freaks who swarm over the proud grounds where old Ben Duke thought he was giving his money to help hard-working, poor boys go to school. Football is something the Dukes who made all the money could have understood, for it represents pride, discipline, and accomplishment. If Ben Duke could see out of his tomb in the stately chapel in Durham, he would spin like a dervish in his grave for what is going on in the purported extension of has own ideas. The 41st Packer-A Rookie's Diary With Introduction by Bart Starr.... The 41 st Packer is a young man s valiant attempt to overcome all odds to obtain a childhood dream- playing professional football. Us the ageless story of "the little kid on the block trying to make it with the big guys," set in the unique perspective of the Green Bay Packers Train ing Camp Dans daily struggles intimately involves the reader in the gauntlet of human emotions from the thrill of victory to the agony of defeat $4.95 postage paid for AUTOGRAPHED copy. I enclose S (Check or Money Order) for_ Mail to: Name Street PO Box. or RFD City State and Zip Autograph to: .copies i Name CHS In Spartanburg Tournament Clinton High School’s basket ball Red Devils will ^against undefeated Boiling Springs next Monday night, December 21, in the opening round of the Peach Capital Festival Tournament The tournament will be held in the Wofford College gym nasium and Clinton and Boil ing Springs will square off at 8:45 p.m. Other teams in the tournament are Chesnee, Cow- pens, Woodruff, York, Laurens and Chapman. CHS Coach Bobby Brock says the Red Devils will face a stiff challenge in going against the Boiling Springs team. “They have some talented boys and they’ve been running up some big scores this season," he said. Clinton’s record dropped to 2-2 last Friday as the Red Devils lost 64-50 at Union. Despite the loss, Coach Brock saw some improvement in the Red Devils. They lost to Union in their opener 74-42. “I was impressed with our improvement, particularly in the second half. We played a little better defense and we took better shots. However, we missed 14 lay-ups, including three in a row off the fast break when we were behind only nine points, We had a good team effort As long as we can get the good effort, we’ll be alright. Experience will come and inexperience seems to be our biggest problem now." Williams and Watts led Clin ton’s scoring with 11 and 10 points, respectively. The Clinton JV’s suffered their first loss after three straight wins as they bowed 46-40 in the preliminary. Canyas Stegall of Clinton led all scorers with 16 points. PC’s Gault, McNeill Honored By Conference Hosting the first Carolinas Conference Banquet to be held on a college campus, Presby terian College walked off with two of the three top foot ball awards last Friday night. PC Head Coach Cally Gault was named conference “Coach of the Year’ for the second straight year. PC Quarterback Allen McNeill, a senior from Lower Richland, was named “Back of the Year." The other major honors went to Lenoir Rhyne Guard Tom Lumsden who was named “Lineman of the year." Gault, who was South Caro lina ‘Coach of the Year’ in 1964, 1966 and 1968, guided the Blue Hose to the Carolinas Confer ence championship this year with a 5-0 record in conference games and 8-3 overall. His Blue Hose have won 13 of its last 17 games, including its last six this season. Gault’s coaching record in eight sea sons at PC is 44-37-2. McNeill, the 155-pound clutch performer, completed 116 passes in 260 attempts for a yardage total of 1,605. He had a game average of 157.8 yards. Coach Gault has called him “The best third down and critical situation quarterback who has ever been at Presby terian." AnopposingCoachsaid McNeill “is the best quarter back I have seen in the con ference in a number of years... a real winner capable of making the big play." PC also placed four players on the All-Carolinas Confer ence team which was honored at the banquet attended by about 250 people in the PC dining hall. Tommy Lawson of Joanna, a graduate of Clinton High School, was named all-confer ence at guard on the offensive team which hasMcNeill at quarterback. On defense, PC placed linebacker Bobby Norris and defensive back Tony Pas- sarello. McNeill and Lawson are seniors. Norris is a junior and Passarello is a sophomore. The banquet in previous years has been held in North Caro lina and never before on a col lege campus. Guests received gifts from manufacturers and local civic clubsand businesses and were lavish in their praise of the PC hospitality. In addi tion to the all-conference athletes, special guests in cluded representatives of the member colleges of the con ference. PC Cagers To Play In Georgia Tournament Thornwell Teams Idle Thornwell’s boys wound up their pre-holiday basketball schedule with one win in four outings while the girls posted a 2-2 record. The boys defeated Carolina School for the Deaf 60-59 on Dec. 8. The Saints lost to Gray Court-Owings, 66-34; Lock hart, 66-48; andDacusville, 62- 57. In the loss to Dacusville last Friday, Kanada Roach and Frank Bruyer each had 17 points for Thornwell and Pete Belcher hit 13. The Thornwell girls defeated SCSD 45-14 and Dacusville, 45- 30, while losing to Gray Court- Owings 66-32 and Lockhart 51- 31. Diane Wood had 16 and Kathy Little 12 in the win over SCSD. Little hit 19 and Wood U in the win over Dacusville. Thornwell teams are idle this week for exams and will resume the schedule Jan. 5,playinghost to Ford. ~ YMCA RACE A Johnny Lightning Race will be held at the Clinton YMCA Saturday. The race is open for boys six to 14 years of age and will start at 9 a.m. Sporting a 5-3 record, Pres byterian College’s basketball Blue Hose will participate in the HubbardClassic in Carroll ton, Ga., this weekend to wind up their pre-holiday schedule. PC will play in the Hubbard Classic Friday and Saturday nights and then will have two weeks off for the Christmas holidays. The Hosemen will play host to Belmont Abbey Jan. 7 in their first game after the holidays. The Blue Hose chalked up their fifth win of the season last Saturday night as they shook off a chilly first half and then romped to a 76-38 triumph over Luther Rice of Virginia. PC led only 28-21 at half time but roared back for 48 White Signs With Clemson Clinton High School senior quarterback Donnie (Red) White has signed a letter of intent to attend Clemson University next year on a football scholarship. White, a 6-2, 215-pounder, signed with Clemson lastSatur- day. A first-team All-State 3-A selection, he had been highly recruited by colleges and uni versities in South Carolina and Georgia. points in the second half while holding the Cavaliers to only 17. PC Co-Captain John Bartone led the second half surge as he poured in 20 points for the night. Also in double figures for PC were Danny Yarborough, with 12 points, and FredMel- son with 11. YMCA Action Bailey’s Bombers and Little River-Dominick won opening night games December 10 in the YMCA Men’s Basketball League. Bailey’s Bombers defeated Torrington 56-50 and Little River-Dominick beat SJC 77- 53. John Wayne Jacks led Little River with 23 points and M. Riddle had 20. Rice was high point man for SJC with 22 points. On Monday night, Lydia, Kiwanis and Little River- Dominick chalked up wins. Lit tle River handed Bailey’s Bombers their first loss, 56- 51 as Jimmy Bankhead scored 25 points for the winners. Ro gers hit 21 for the Bombers. V I IN ONE OF THESE 1969 Chevrolet fova SS Sport Coupe. -Speed Manual Trans., I Red and Black Vinyl (Roof, Black Interior. 1967 Ford jGalaxie “500” 1-Door HDTP. 22,000 Actual iMiles. Fully Equipped, jlncluding Factory Air. [Extra Sharp! 1959 Chevrolet :V-i Ton Pick-Up Truck. IV-8 Engine, Standard (Transmission. 1966 Dodge Polara Station Wagon. 3 Seats, Luggage Rack. Factory Anr. 1967 Olds Delta Hardtop 4-Door. EM Radio, Vinyl Roof. I Power Steering and| Brakes, Factory Air. 1967 Dodge Coronet 440 4-Door Se-j dan. V-8, Auto Trans., Power Steering. Green | With Black Vinyl Inte rior. IF YOU CAN'T TRADE WITH COOPER —YOU JUST CANT TRADE! LYNN COOPER, Inc Your Volume Dealer East Carolina Avenue 83S-1741 He-Man Recliner Dt*«c»ovi Volet'de c^ocfc full o* 'Vt* end fru'U. ■» pefttci mt* cottte •<* ♦rit«d» vv'-o oroo " Th.» c»k« *Oui0 keep • loofl time t*cept fo» t*e feet t*et vo^r ♦e^.iy «<n e«t it up Accept .t *nth out beet *i«rei 'o' tn# Hoodev ve*v>" For p«.rcrem t'om «o* t*ro<jgr CJ'fttmee Get one of these 3-position recliners. Seat and back have foam padding for extra com fort. The vinyl upholstery shrugs off stains and spills, has beautiful, lustrous finish. See it today at this low price. eat* ttQQ Prica 9 *?*? AFTER SALE PRICE $119.95 Our Finest Rock-A-Lounger It’s BIG! BIG! BIG! A per fect marriage of style and comfort! Tough, stain re sistant "Herculon” fabric on seat and back. It rocks! It reclines! Sala Prica $149 AFTEH SALE PRICE $169.95 ' > VI Luxurious Rock-A-Lounger Do you miss the old fashioned rocking chair? It’s back, cleverly con cealed in this big luxury recliner. Foam underlay, sturdy vinyl cover for years of comfort. Sale Price $119 AFTER SALE PRICE S1<?95 FOR YOUR AUTOGRAPHED COPY, FILL OUT THIS FORM AND MAIL WITH REMITTANCE (Sorry, No COD) TO JACOBS PRESS, INC., BOX 150, CLINTON. S.C. 29325 LAWSON I OMVI A UTTU . . .) SAVE A LOT COMPANY N. Mcdn St Ioanna Edumdi FOR THE HOLIDAYS WOMENS AND TEENS CRINKLE PATENT STOCKING STRETCH BLACK, WHITE, BROWN, RED Size 4%-10 Reg. ‘8” FASHION BOOTS *6 90 Infants, Boys and Big Boys COWBOY BOOTS Size 5-3 *7 4 7 Size 3’A-6 ‘9 4 ’ MEN S TAN HOUSE SLIPPERS ■' Size 6A-I2 j* 00 Reg. ‘2" ✓A.. MW All TYPES OF FUR COLLAR BEDROOM fe SLIPPERS $2 27 Size 5-10 WOMENS AND TEENS FUZZY FUR MOP HOUSE SLIPPERS ' In BLUE PINK S | 44 SIZE 5-10 Regular ^