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The Newberry Sun, Newberry, S. C., Thursday, Feb. 11, 1971—PAGE 3 Students from Lutheran churches in Charleston Heights, Moncks Corner, and Summerville toured the Newberry College campus Saturday, Feb. 6, on their visit to Lutheran institutions in South Carolina. John Kinser, right, Gatlinburg, Tenn. senior, was one of the College guides and hosts for the tour. Hobson asset to Indian 5 Anyone who has followed New berry College basketball this season has surely noticed with some degree of interest a tall, lanky forward who always seems to be at the right place at the right time with the right thing, the basketball. Whether it’s coming up with a crucial rebound (he is averaging 16.3 of them every game this sea son) or waving a small red bandana from his right hip while running downcourt, num ber 31 displays the personality that is uniquely his. His name— Steve Hobson. Second only to Catawba’s Bill Bailey in the rebounding department of the Carolina’s Conference, Hobson has proven himself a valuable asset to the young squad of Indians. Getting his first taste of basketball at Walter Johnson High School in Bethesda, Maryland, he knew that was the game for him. After graduation in 1967, the 6’6” forward went to Mary land's Montgomery Junior Col lege where he cultivated his prowess for the sport. After warming the bench his first year on the squad, he came storming back the following year to take the leading re bounder and honorable mention honors in his junior college conference. Why Newberry? Curiously enough, Hobson played against Tom Meadows, another New berry player, during his years at Montgomery. He had great respect for the Lanham, Mary land guard and thought he would like to play on the same team instead of opposite him. Also according to Steve, “I al ways wanted to go to a small school in the South.” His moth er was the influence there. ‘I had also played against Char les Gilroy (Indian star of last season) while I was in junior college, and I figured what was good enough for him was good enough for me.” By a quirk of fate, Coach Nield Gordon on one of his scouting epeditions saw Hobson play and imme diately signed him up. Probably the most outspoken player on the team, Hobson de scribes himself as a “wise guy,” who likes to let people in on what he is thinking, in cluding referees. “I know I say things sometimes that people don’t like, that's when Coach Gordon comes to the rescue. I can talk to him whenever I get bugged and he'll help me get straightened out. We have our ups and downs, but I have great admiration for the man,” continued Hobson. The Indians have looked like an entirely different ball club since Christmas vacation as they have won their last five contests and eight of ten in the new year. I asked Steve what was the secret of this sudden success. “Unity is the key,” he began. “There is not one of us who doesn’t get along. A few of us took it on our selves that we had to start scoring and winning some games, we tried harder and we found we could win if we want ed to badly enough,” he con cluded. The squad faces four road trips during the week-long In terim break two of which are against tough North Carolina teams, Catawba and Lenoir Rhyne. Catawba gave New berry a substantial 99-88 defeat earlier in the year, due mainly to Bill Bailey. When asked if there would be a different pic ture this time, Steve replied, “We played bad against Cataw ba, we’re going to have to force them into a man-to-man de fense, but above all we are going to have to be on our toes. We are playing in North Carolina away from friendly territory, so we are just going to have to play good ball; this Catawba game will be crucial to the team as we need to win more games in the conference,” finished the 22 year-old forward. Steve made a comment to me at the first of the season when I asked him what Newberry’s chances would be with such a young, inexperienced team. He summed up his attitude with these words, “I have yet to play on a losing team, and I don’t intend to start now.” From the way things have been going for the Indians, it looks like he could be right. Two convicted in drag race Two Union men, arrested for participating in a drag race on South Carolina Highway 24, south of Union, pleaded guilty and were fined $200 each by Union County Judge J. W. Work man, according to the South Carolina Highway Department traffic law enforcement records. Edward B. Morgan of 629 Duncan Street and James E. Green of 107 Kennedy Street, Union, were apprehended by Highway Patrolman First Class C. H. King shortly after noon on January 21. Officer King gave the following account of the case: “On Thursday January 21, 1971 at 12:28 p.m. I was tra veling South on Secondary High way 24, 3V2 miles south of Union, S.C. As I came over a hill and around a slight curve, two cars were observed sitting side by side in the highway approximately 3-10 of a mile down the road. There were two other cars parked on the right shoulder, and another was in the right lane and behind the two cars sitting side by side. There were approximately one- half dozen spectators from these cars standing in the highway behind the two race cars. The car sitting in the right lane behind the race cars was the ‘Lookout’ Vehicle. The spec tators, as well as the ‘Lookout’ driver became so engrossed in the count-down that they had no idea I was anywhere near. As the two cars sped off, I immediately switched the blue light on and sounded the siren to clear the highway of the spectators. Both drivers were apprehended immediately and charged with racing on public highway.” Waldrop Jerseys get top billing Trinitys Sultan Linda, a re gistered Jersey cow bred and owned by David Waldrop, Sil- verstreet, has produced 20,680 lbs. milk and 1,224 lbs. fat in 305 days in a record started at 6 years, 3 months. She was milked twice a day. Officials of The American Jersey Cattle Club say this is the fifth high est 305-day record for fat for a Jersey between five and ele ven years of age and is tied for the 25th highest all-time fat record, regardless of age, in a lactation of 365 days or less. She continued on official test for six more days and her 311- day production of 20,950 lbs. milk and 1,241 lbs. fat is the 19th highest all-time fat record. The high producer passed the 200,000-1,000-lb. barrier in her preceding lactation with 20,820 lbs. milk and 1,093 lbs. fat in 340 days. Another registered Jersey bred and owned by Mr. Wal drop has entered the Jersey Hall of Fame. Hall of Fame certificates are awarded to Jer sey cows on official test pro ducing a minimum of 20,000 lbs. milk and-or 1,000 lbs. fat in a single lactation of 365 days or less. Trinitys Tristram Sul tan Queen, a daughter of the former National Fat Champion of the Jersey breed, produced 19,640 lbs. milk and 1,077 lbs. fat in 365 days in a record started at 6 years, 6 months. Conference has new leaders Bill Bailey of Catawba con tinues to lead the Carolinas Conference in scoring and re bounding, but there are new leaders this week when it comes to accuracy. M.L. Carr of Guilford has re placed Joe Styles of Newberry as the most accurate field goal shooter and Robbie Hicklin of Elon has taken the foul throw shooting percentage, lead away from Ron Farina of Atlantic Christian. Carr is hitting 58.2 per cent of his floor shots—barely ahead of Elon’s Larry Trautwein at 58 per cent and Pfeiffer’s Da vid Lee at 58.1 per cent. Styles dropped to sixth place in the rankings. Hicklin has made 84.5 of his free throws, having shot 84 times from the line and made 71 of them. Farina, who has tried 88 foul shots and made 74, is second at 84 per cent. Bailey, meanwhile, is averag ing 20 points and 17 rebounds per game to lead those cate gories. Guilford’s David Smith is second in scoring with a 24 point average. Right behind Smith is Elon’s Tommy Cole with a 23.9 average. Bailey has a rebounding ave rage of 17 per game through 18 contests while second-place Steve Hobson of Newberry leads in total rebounds with 330, but has played in four more games than Bailey. John Banner of Pfeiffer, this week’s selection by the coaches as the out standing player, is third with an average of 15 rebounds per game. Are You Exporting Dollars Out Of Town? They arc missed sadly when you spend them away from home. A dollar that leaves town v.ill never support our schools and churches or provide jobs and opportunities for our young people. All benefits are gone for good. Today, your dollars are the very lifeblood of the community. Buy at home and save at home. That’s the way to keep our town a good place in which to live and raise a family. And, another thing where you save does make a difference. i i