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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.
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