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From The Sports Desk
Of
FRANK R HEATR SPORTS EDITOR
Aocordlnx to Jack Nettles, the
hich school football arena may be
I>roTlded with a cement block
fence. Jack tells me that be knows
of one in Columbia that is stand-
ins np well.
Well, our hato off to the Camden
Country club for a swell Job of
tournament stuff this week. Jim
Raley's city workers had made the
area splc and span, even the ten-
nls courts looking as if they were
used to a prodigious extent.
The little man who handled the
most intricate details, such as get
ting the club swingers started on
time was none other than wee Mis
ter Morrison, himself a big time
golf pro around Chicago and Phila
delphia In his younger days.
The baseball picture here still
looks somewhat out of focus. No
body seems to be doing much in
regard to a Palmetto league team.
It does seem rather Ironical that
with an 18,000 lighting plant, one
of the best in the state, that our
baseball outlook is somewhat dis
appointing,
Remember Cecil Parker? Cecil
used to score the ball games here
but had to give it up to shoulder a
musket when Uncle Sam called
him into training. Mr. Parker Is
back in school and tells me he will
be playing with the high
. If Camden enters a team In the
loop and we sincerely hope it will,
and Hartsvllle is also listed, what
action will be taken regarding Rob
inson and Mims, who definitely
would be in the Camden area.
One rule that MUST be put in
the book is one that will prohibit
any team from padding up for an
eleventh hour finish. The manner
in which Hartsvllle and Bennetts-
ville reached out and grabbed play
ers from other teams for the 1948
finish was sufficient to cause man
agers of other teams to pass the
word "neVer again."
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Capital City Park
Being Renovated
For 1947 Season
Fans Will Find Many In-
terestinf ImproreiiMnta
In Hom« of Colum
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OUT OP
' Aaati's HAT
Two major Improvements in the
facilities for the bleacher fans at
Capital City park are being made
this spring. This Is in line with the
expressions that the comfort and
_ school convenience of the Reds* fans are
team this year. He also seems to of the utmost concern to the club,
feel that the 1947 Bulldog diamond A new entrance is being con-
psstimers will be a better team structed to be used only by the
than in 1948. We hope he is right., bleacherltes which will enable them
^ I to purchase their tickets and enter
We hear from BlshopvlUe that the park directly at the bleachers,
the Camden high school band This entrance Is to be located at
•cored a big hit last Friday night first base adjacent to the large
In the concert given in the Bishop- double gates which have been used
vine high auditorium. Hal Middleton a* exits, and it will allow the fans
and his musicians received many' to get to their seals more quickly
plaudits for a Job well done. And as they no longer will have to walk
herein Camden the folks are wak-| to the main entrance, purchase"
Ing up to the fact that we do have i their tickets there, and then walk
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WHIM BROOK F^LO MADE
LESS *ntAN 15 POINTS M
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HE'D BEEN VIRTUALL:/ HELD
scoReuess.'
CAMDEN $1,000 OPEN GOLF-
CLASSIC IS BIG SUCCESS
Chsirlotte Golfers Dmninate
Action In First Day
Of Play
under the grandstand to get to the
seats.
This entrance will not affect the
watching the efforts of the Amerl- bleacher fans alone however, as
can T/egion post over there to line there will be a notpd'ntScrease In
up a Junior Legion bail team. The the number of persons using the
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box seat and
greater ease in purchasing tickets
and entering the park.
To further the comfort of the
T.,ester Robinson Is authority for bleacher fans, rest room facilities
the statement that he and Bill are being removed from under the
Mims will play for Hartsvllle the grandstand and a new room Is be
coming summer season. Lester says ing constructed at the rear of the
a fine band to boast about.
Speaking of Bishopville, we are
reason for our deep concern is that main entrance, thus affording the
the best players on the Camden box seat snd grandstand patrons
Junior I.,eglon team last year were
from Bishopville.
they report on March 17.
bleachers In right field. Because of
the type of construction, the new
So far, there has been no steps' room will offer especially clean
taken toward the organlxation of and sanitary conditions,
the Pslmetto league of 1947. Most| All construction will be under
certainly the circuit cannot ope
rate in the hap hazard manner it
did last season.
And so far as this corner is con
cerned, we' know of several clubs
in the central section of the Pal
metto state that would fit Into the
club roster of the league better
than some that are already listed.
Reliei At Last
ForYourCoagh
Onomolslon relieves promptly be«
mnsi it foes right to the seat m the
trouble to help loosen and expel
ferm laden phlegm, and aid nature
to soothe and heal raw, tender. In*
flamed bronchial mucous mem*
hranea. Tell your drun^st to sell yoa
a bottle of Creomulslon with the un*
derstanding you must like the way It
Quickly allays the cough or you are
to hav^our money back.
iT before a small and chilly crowd of
tor Coufhs, Chest Colds, Bronchitit fans.
the personal supervision of Vince
Neeley, the ground's expert, who
is known by all for his ability to
keep Capital City Park the best In
this region.
Ramblers Trounce
Jellowjackets In
Frosty Scrimmage
Several hundred polo fans sat
through an hour’s time at Kirk
wood field Sunday afternoon to
watch the Rambler foursome down
the Yellow Jackets, 4 to 1.
A high wind, laden with icicles
from the frozen wastes of the
northland swept the polo area,
causing spectators to huddle in
their cars and watch the field ac
tion through the windows.
The action of the game was
spirited throughout. Down In
Aiken the Augusta riders trounced
Aiken 7 to 4 in a well played game
oh
V*'
.Ito'
Golfers from Charlotte copped
the corner on low scores in the
first day's play of the first an
nual Camden Country club |1,000
open Tuesday.
Skip Alexander, one of the more
prominent tourney entrants, and
Joe Worrell of Charlotth, along
with Tom Wright of Knoxville,
Tenn., were low for the pros with
first-round 70’s. The Camden club
pro, Steve Duda, and Forest Lake
of Columbia’s pro, Melvin Hemphill,
came iip with 71*8. Another Char
lotte entry, Jimmy Riggins and Ous
Novotny of Augusta were low for
the amatesrs with 70’8.
One hundred and nine entries
in a field of well over 12S turned
in scores Tuesday. The tourney was
completed on Wednesday, with
cash awards presented to the win
ning pros and prizes to the ama
teurs. All entrants were guests of
the Camden club i^a cocktail party
late in the afterimn at the Sars-
fleld club.
Tuesday’s pro scores were:
Skip Alexander, Charlotte, N. C.,
36- 34—70: Joe Worrell, Charlotte,
N, C., 36-34—70: Tom Wright,
Knoxville, Tenn., and Steve Duda.
Camden, 37-34—71: Melvin Hemp-1
hill. Columbia. 38-83—71: Colei
Moss, Spartanburg, 38-34—72; Elarl
Estrldge, Avden, N. C., 37-36—72:
Ed Riccoboni, Sumter, 36-38—73;
Chifli. Farlow, Greensboro, N. C->
87-86—73; Furman Hayes, Lancas
ter. 38-36—74; Kelly Key, Farm-
vllle. N. C.. 37-37—74: Thurman
Edwards, Winston-Salem, N. C.,
86-39—74; Joe Goes, Savannah,
Oa., 40-34—74; Paul Miller. Lin
coln, Neb., 36-38—74; Jim Vincent.
Charlotte, N. C,. 38-37—76; Dugan
Aycock, Lexington. N. C.„ 38-37—
76; Mike Lucas, Aiken, 38-87—75;
Vee Hawkins, Long Island,, N. Y.,
38-37—76.
Also, I.«e8ter Reynolds .Rock Hill,
41-36—76; Dave Chrlchton, Wll-
hilngton, N. C.. 42-35—77; Ned
Cwper, Charlotte. N. C., 37-40—77;
Tommy Almar, Savannah, Ga., 39-
38— 77; Bob Spence, Columbia, 40-
37— 77; Grover BuIIin, LeaksviUe,
N. C., 38-39—77: Jim Oantz. Char-
lotte, N. C., 41-37—78; Johnny
Spence, Columbia. 40-38—78; Wal
ter Reynolds, 78; Vic Calendrlello,
Lumberton. N. C., 40-38—78; Clar
ence Owens, Martinsville. Va.. 40
39— 79; John Helms, Charlotte,
N. C.. 40-39—79.
Also. George Corcoran, Greens
boro, N. C.. 41-49—80; L. Honshorg.
Summerville. 41-39—80; Fred
Hyatt. Charlotte. N. C., 41-40—81;
Purvis Poroe, Winston-Salem. N.
C., 45-38—83; Rill Crlckton, Wil
mington. N,.C., 47-40—87.
Pen land Visions $10,000 Opsn
Jake Penlsnd of the Columbia
State, who with Frank Harden, Wi§
sportscsster, covered the Tuesday
session of the tournament, offered
the following comment in his col
umn on Wednesday:
"Camden Country clnb’s first
open |olf tourney got off to a good
start yesterday with something like
140 pro and amateur entries. Be
cause this is the first year of the
tourney and because it it is only a
$1,000 open, golfdom’s big names
are absent. I asked the congenial
secretary and treasurer of the
club, Joe McKaln, it plans for an
nual tourneys in later years called
for any expansion and acquisition
by the Cai^en club of a spot in
golfdom’s national sun, and this
whst the man said:
"We are starting off this year
with a $1,000 tourney. We hope to
make It a $3,000 open in 1948—and
we hope to make It a $10,000 affair
eventually. We have a fine pro here
in Steve Duda. He loves Camden
with a passion. He's a Dutchman
ffom New Jersey who nutrrled a
Liberty HlU, 8, C., girl and he’s
doing a fine Job. He have about 140
members at the Camden Country
club. A $1,000 open Is about our
speed right now,"but we will be
building up to bigger things Jn the
years to come. And it Is likely that
Camden’s Country club will do Just
that”
Camden-Trained
Horses Rank High
In 1946 Records
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Six Out Of First Ten High
Money Winners Were
Trained Here
Backward, Tom
Backward, Oh Hme
In Your Flight
Girl Cage Stars Of Yeaterday
Spank The Higk Maid*
ena. 27 to 22
Hello yon haaketball fans. Re
member back in 1939 and the early
40’s when Camden lassies of the
maple floor were winning state-wide
acclaim aa champs or near champs.
The headlines in the Chronicle
and also the metropolitan dailies
at that time related the prowess
of one Peggy McOnlrt, Carolyn
Pitts, Margaret McLean, Mary
Pitts, Prances Hammond, Mary
Freds Bowers, Margaret McDowell,
Alice Kerr, Dot Sowell and other
girls whose names we cannot re
call at this moment.
^eggy McOulrt was a star, not
only in this state, but her fame
as a point maker attracted na
tional attention. All of the others
were outstanding. Mary Pitts and
Margaret McDowell were two of
the best guards this writer has
ever seen in feminine cag play.
This isn’t a historical review, but
is preliminary to a story of a game
played last week In the high school
gymnasium when a group of some
of these stars of yesteryear mixed
with the 1947 li^h school girls
team. It wag a tough grind for
most of the oldsters but they still
retained-enough of their skill to
wallop the youthful Highs, 37 to
22. Peggy McGuirt was tipping
them in and with a few games
back of her will be really going
'Places as will Margaret McLain
Branham, Polly Oillls, Alice Kerr,
Mary Fre<fe Bowers (she’s married
now and i do not 'recall her last
name), and Dot Sowell.
The girls hare caught the fever
of those old championship days
and will play a number of games
with outside teams. Already road
and home games have h^n ar
ranged with Darlington and Bish-
opvilld girls of 1940.
Margaret McLain Branham (she
married handsome Bob Branham
only a few weeks ago), says that
the famous- tsam of her day had
the best cage coach in the state.
He was H. A. Small, Jnst out of
the Veterans hospital, where he
has been under treatment for a
heart involvement. Small was a
snre-nnff cage coach and he turned
out the best court teams in Camden
history.
Who knows but that we may see
this fine chap on the sideline at
some of the games here In the
near future. The girls want him to
coach them and knowing the old
chap as we do, we look to see him
doing Jnst that.
Let’s go h«ck to that banner year
of 1939 and see what Camden of
fered in girls basketball. It was a
great year for Coach Small and his
maidens. Twenty-three games were
played and If onr record Is cprrect
we won 22 of them. Rock Hill nosed
ns out In the first game of a two-
game series, 19 to 18, hut Camden
roared back in tfie second game,
winning 26 to 8. That was the year
that we played Monetta, the won
der team of the nation, according
to a Colufeite sport scrfto sl^t
years later. Camden defsatad Mon-
etta, 27 to 22. and aa wa racaU
the gams. It waa a diag-Eong battta.
^ T Igniting hack Into ths rocord^s of
that year no flad that the ftHlow-
Ing girls were on the squad rostsr:
Batty BametL Betty Blaken^,
Betty Brown, Nell Corbett, Margie
Gaskin, Carolyn Hall. Frances Ham
mond, Mary Helen Hasty.- Ms^
Kennlng^on, Ruth Lamoy. Dorothy
Lcuninsc, Lanetta Lynch, Jean
Mayer, Margaret McDowell, Peggy
McOnlrt. Margaret McLain, Dorla
McLeod. Barbara Ann Ogbum,
Carolyn PltU. Mary PltU, Mtdly
Ruth Redfeam. Dorla Rush, Joan
KERSHAW LODGE Na 29
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Regular CoThmsstea-
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Bach Ifonth at 8 P. M
Visitora Welcome.
GEORGE MICKLE, W. M.
L. H. JONES, Secretary
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Of the first ten money winning
steelp^hase horses in tbs United
States in 1946, six werS trained
in Camden. This Is shown in the
annual report of the executive com
mittee of the National Steeple
chase and Hunt association.
Camden horses ranged first, sec
ond, third, sixth, eighth and ninth
in the list of the first ten. First
was Mrs. Esther duPont’s Weir's
Burma Road with a total for the
season of $42,225. Second Is War
Battle, owned by Kent Miller with
$41,000; third Is Elkridge, owned
by Kent Miller with winnings of
$35,676; sixth Is Refugio, owned by
Mrs. Adams with a total of $26,220;
eighth is Binder, owned by Mrs.
Weir wlj^i $13,930, and ninth Is
IJttle Sammle, owned by Mrs.
Adams, with winnings totaling
$13 865. *
James E. Ryan tops all trainers
with a grand total of $121,665 for
horses that he trained. John McGee
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was top JCckey with a record of 32
races.
The money winning stable was
that of Mrs. Eisther duPont Weir
with a total of $98,065 with Kent
Miller’s stable second with a total
of $82,926.
Elkridge, the Kent'MUler horse,
was voted the outstanding steeple
chase horse of the nation.
Announcement Just made of the
personnel of the hunt race meeting
committee shows Harry D. Klrk-
over has been^named as executive
chairman. On the general com
mittee are Mrs. F. Ambrose Clark.
Paul Nellon, Kent Miller, Mrs.
Marlon dnPont Scott and Mrs. Es
ther duPont Weir, all having their
stables here in Camden. The name
of Mrs. Scott also appears on the
race committee.
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