Gixls Lose 60-27
To Undefeated
Lincolnton Glub
Kings Mountain high school's
Mountaineers, in command all
the way, handed a previously un
defeated Lincolnton quint its first
loss of the season here Tuesday
night. The scorle was 52-43 as the
two schools split a South Group*
Western AA Conference twin bill,
the undefeated visiting lassies
taking the opener 60-27.
Ollie Harris set the pace for
the winners by scoring thfe first
six points of the game in the op
ening three minutes and Kings
Mountain was never headed.
The Mountaineers led at the
end of the first turn by 11-3 and
by 22-15 at thfc half. In the third
period, Kings Mountain almost
doubled the margin and took a
commanding 36-23 lead at the
end of the canto.
The winners went into fast
break plays in the fourth period
when Lincolnton went into a
press and blazed away for 11
points while holding the visitors
to five bbfore Coach Don Parker
sent in his second team, with
3:18 left on the clock, to finish
> out the game;
Harris led the scoring with 17
points and Milton Hope hit 14.
Darrell Bost was high for the
losers, hitting 16 points, 11 in the
final chapter.
Despite the fact that the Moun
taineers were in command, the
game was fast and well-played,
with stellar Kings Mountain de
fensive play a major factor in the
victory.
Coach Parker's zone defense
kept the usually sharp - shooting
Lincolnton players off balance
and Harris and Ronnie Layton
lefl tlie MuuntalnteciB In an ox
cellent job on rebounds.
The victory moved Kings Moun
tain's South Group record to 9
wins and two losses, good for se
cond place behind Lincolnton's
10-1 and ahead of third place
Rutherfordton . Splndale's 8-2
mark.
The flashy Lincolnton lassies
had little trouble brteaklng a
throe - game winning streak for
Coach Elizabeth Collet te's Kings
Mountain sextet. The winners
shot out to a 19-2 first period mar
gin and were never headed dfe
spite a gallant effort by the los
ers. It was the Lincolnton girls'
12th win of the season, 11 in
South Group play.
Nancy Bishop, with 13, and No
ra Jane Deose, with 11, paced
Kings Mountain In the scoring
column while Mabfcl Aderholt had
20 and Billie Cashlon 18 for the
winners.
Layton's rebounding was a
feature of the first three minutes
of boys play, when Harris hit his
opening six i*>ints. At 3:13 of the
first, Hope took a Harris tap in
a Jump With John Dysart, dribb
led down and shot a pass to
Georgo for a layup and Kings
Mountain's 8th point. .After six
minutes, 50 seconds of play, Bost
broke the scoring ice for Lincoln
ton. i,
Harris added a hook goal with
47 seconds left, Bost got a free
throw at :39 and Layton added
a frep throw with 7 seconds left
for the 11-3 first period noil.
Hope started hitting in the sec
ond- period as the Mountaineers
continued to rolL
o
BOYS
Klngd Mountain (52)
Play*!. Pot. G Fa TP pr rTM
Ronnie Lay ton f o i 1 i o
Milton Hope, f !> 4 14 l o
George Harris. f 0 0 0 0 0
Bobby Raines. f l o 2 | ?>
OIHe Hards, c 7 3 17 4 2
Bobby Llttlejohn. r II 2 2 0 1
Mearl . Valentine, c 1 O 2 I 0
Richard George., g 2 3 7 2 0
Don MeCarter. * 2 2 6 2 0
David Hutlemler, g 0 1 1 ? 1
TOTALS U 16 52 12 4
Lincolnton (43)
Emmett Michael, f 3 0 B 1 0
Darrell Bost, f B 4 lit 3 1
Joe Heafner. I 0 2 2 1 0
David McCullough. t 2 0 4 1 0
John Dysart. c 0 2 2 3 1
Clifton Link, c 0 O 0 0 0
Don Chapman, g 2 2 6 3 0
Bntw Umrd. K 2 15 2 2
Terry Aiken, g 0 0 0 0 0
Bob Brackett. g 1 O 2 X 0
TOTALS 16 11 4) 17 5
SCORE BY PERIODS:
KINGS MTN. II 11 u 16? SI
LINCOLNTON 1 12 6 20-43
OFFICIALS: Ed Gomedala. r # f ? r m ; R.
W. Rankin, umpire; Buddy Murray, scorer;
Bill Bumqardnar. timer.
GIRLS
Kings Mountain (27)
PteT.1. Po.. o ro TP pp ttm .
Butch Houser. f 0 0 0 l o
Nancy Bishop. f 3 7 13 0 5
Peggy Cltne. f 1, 1 3 0 1
Nora Dee?e. t 5 '1 U* i o
Fern Barrett, f 0 0 0 0 0
Rachael Jolly, g 4
Jane Ormand. y 3
Owen Pearson, g 1
Shirley Ware, g 0
Pat Da via, g 5
TOTALS 9 9 27 1$ *
Lincolnton (60)
Rlllle Caahion. f 8 2 18 2 )
Donna Smith, f 3 0 6 4 3
Mabel Aderholdt t 10 0 20 1 1
Lavlnla Saunders, (0 11 2 0
Norma Turner, f 2 0 4 0 2
Doria Leatherman, g \
Phyllis Helms, g, ( 3 S 11 0 2
Michael, g 4
?oyd. g 0
Reynold*, g 1
Stall Ir.ga. ? ,
totals as t to it ?
SCORE BY PERIODS:
KINO# MTW. ^ I t~? t? 27
LINCOLNTON It ^ IS II It? ?0
OPriCIALS: Pot Owtu, scalar: Donjso
CkMthoia. lirnil.
United States poultry flocks
laid a record 5.26 billion eggs in
December last year. The 1953 to
tal was 61.96 billion, a 2 per cent
increase over production in 1952.
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RECREATION DEPARTMENT TEAMS ?Two boys
basketball teams are now ploying under direction
of the parks and recreation commission. The Jay
cees sponsor the team pictured on the left, with
the players including, front left to right Darld
Plonk. Banks Guy ton, Pat Lay ton, Jerome Grant
and Wayne Drum; and standing. Tommy Goins,
J. G. Blddix. Bill Chllders. BUI Staggs, Irrln Hou
ser, Henry Foster, B. W. Blanton, Gib by Gibson,
Jerry Wilson and Charles deary. Gene Stone li
the coach. On the sight of tho photo U the Klwanls
club "Bantams," coaced by Bob Sanders, shown at
extreme right. Pictured sitting In the front row
are Bill Mltchem. Frank Graham. Johnny Hardin,
and Ed Led ford; middle row, kneeling. Gene Lay
ton. David Marlowe and Handy Cash; and back.
Ray Horn. Charles Smith. Keith Layton and Dean
Blanton.
Pride Rattenee, Native Of City,
Named Line Coach At Wake Forest
WAKE FOREST ? Pride Rat
ter ree. >J-vear-old line coach at
Lfenoir Rhyne College and former
Wake Forest football star and
Kings Mountain native, has been
named line coach at Wake Forest,
according to an announcement by
Athletic Director James II. Wea
ver.
Ratterree joined thte Deacon
staff Monday in time to assist
Head Coach Tom Rogers with
spring football practice. Other
members of the Wake Forest
coaching staff are end coach Pat
Preatun and backiield coach Jahiv
(Red) Cochran.
Ratterrte, a guard, was a mem
ber of the powerful Deacon team
of 1944, which complied an 8-1
record and the 1945 team which
went to the fir?? annual Gator
Bowl In Jacksonville, Fla., and
defeated South Carolina 26-14. He
lettered in basktetbaH also in 1944
.45.
After graduation with a BS de
gree in 1946, Ratterree played for
one year with the Chicago Cardi
nals before accepting a position
as assistant coach at Staunton
Military Academy In Virginia. He
became hoad coach at Staunton in
1948 and served in that capacity
until he was appointed line coach
at Lenoir Rhyne in the fall of
1949.
At Lenoir Rhyne Ratterree was
noted for his strong lines which
ranked with the best in the North
State Conference. He served also
as assistant basketball coach at
the Hickory school.
As a student at Wake Forest,
Ratterree was a member of Kap
pa Sigtna fraternity, the student
council and the Monogram Club.
He was named to the Greensboro
Daily News all-state team in
19-15.
Coach Ratterree is a graduate
of Kings Mountain high school,
class of 1910, where he played
four years on the football team.
He is the son of Mrs. P. G. Rat
terree and the late Mr. Ratterrbe.
He is married to the former Edna
Rowe, of Morganton, sister of
Mrs. Hal D. Ward
Freshmen Boys, "B"
Club In Victories
Kings Mountain's freshmen
and "B" boys cagers took two
close scraps at Cherryviile Mon
day afternoon.
Coach John Charles'* "Bees"
held onto a big lead to overcome
the Cherryviile "B" club ?9-28.
Pete Fal's hit 10 points and Ron
nie Cole 7 to pace the winners.
Coach ^hu Carlton's 9th gra
ders won by 25-22, also with
standing a late Cherryviile
splurge that fell short. Hopper
and Stewart had 8 points and
Barnes 6 to pace the winners.
The lineups:
iots ' teams ,
Un?i Mia. (M) CtwrrrvlU* (M)
ra rr tt ra rr rr
*ote. t 2 3 7 Sain. f 6 2 14
lackson. ( 0 0 0 B. Delllnger. fl O 2
f 113 Morrison, f 0 0 0
Houser. t 0 0 0 *, molds, f 0 1 1
e.utis. c 4 2 10 Gtitn. c 3 2 6
Ormjrd, e 0 1 1 C. Delllnger. fO 0 0
C. George, ([0 3 3 Kllby, * 213
McCaTter. g 2 0 ? 4 Daggerhart. gO -0 0
Breedlove. g 0 0 0
Wilson, g 0. 1 1
TOTALS ? 11 2* TOTALS lift*
SCORE *T PERIODS!
KINGS MTU. "I" ? ~ i 11 I ? *?
CHXRRTVILLE ? ? I II? ?
SOTS FRESHMEN
(lafi CkarrrvUto
Hopper, t 3 2 8 Humphries, g 3 11
Barnes. ( 2 2 6 Dagger hart, e 2 3 7
Sllbert. f 0 0 0 Austell, g 10 3
Burton, f 0 0 0 /Uran. I 0 0 0
Stewart, e 3 2 8 Jorrlson. f 1 1 3
Hutfstetler. eO 0 0 Reynolds. f 1 1 3
Wright, g 0 0 0 Moss, c 0 0 0
McGlnnU. g 1 1 3 Crocker, ? 0 0 0
Heavner. g 0 0 0
Lee. t 0 0 0
Thomuson, go 0 0
TOTALS J ? U TOTALS ? ? tt
SCORE IT RERIOMl ?
ETHOS MTK. mi i ? ? >? g
CMERRYVILLE MM 4 I > ?? tt
Classified Ad in a Newspaper:
"Young man about to be married
seeks acquaintance of older, ex
perienced man to dissuade him
from Idea."
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Bethwore Girls.
Waco Boys Win
Bethware high's girls defeated
Waco Tuesday at Waco toy a
score of 52-44 as the Waco boys
took the second game 48-36.
Lib Bolin paced the Bethware
lassies with 17 points, with Kal
ph Hord shooting 14 to top the
?boys scoring.
The lineups:
?OYS
??th*ur* (M) Waco (U)
g ran a ro t?
CanipV t 0
Yarboro, c 3 0 6 Harrelion. c 2 4 8
Barrett. 3 2. S Wright, g 7 0 14
Hord. g 4 6 14 r. Back, t 3 1 7
Webtter. f 0 0 0 Sweeiy. f 0 0 0
Putnam, g 10 2 Stlrwalt. g Oil
Burton, g 0 0 0 Caah. f 3 0 4
TOTALS t? ? M Murray, f Oil
Aker, f 0 0 0
TOTALS tO ? 4t
9cor? at ball ? Bethwaxa lit Waco U.
OOU4
Batbwar* (St) Woco (44)
oroTr oron
MorrU, t 7 3 17 Cllne. ( 13 3 29
Anthony. I 7 2 16 Beam, f 3 17
Bolin, t . 8 2 IS Putnam, t 3 0 6
Led better, g 0 1 1 Knox, t 10 2
Lovelace, g WUllami. g
Bell, g Dal ton. g
Bolin. g Putnam R
Led better, g
Champion, g
TOTALS tl ? 51TOTAL S 10 4 44
Scora at halt ? Bethware t4. Woco 14.
Bracket! Hits 347
In Bowling Action
The Independents stumped thte
Mountaineers 1440-1353 and the ,
Alley Cats downed the Luckies |
1404-1395 in Kings Mountain Bow
ling League action at Shelby ,
Community Center Monday night. |
Capt. Albert Brackett posted a
347 set and a 121 high line to take
honors in the Independents vie- |
tory. Fred Wright, Jr., had 309
to top the losers.
Capt. Furman Wilson hit 314
and 119 lor scoring honors in the )
other match, while Paul Ware
had a 309 set to top the winners.
The scores:
MATCHES OF R1IUA1T ?
W?tiilmn 10-13 Iadepeadeata (8-15)
Tl*nor 230 Fall* 270
KbUUA B? lioiail : ? V?
Olark -309 Houeer 279
Wright. 309 Carpenter 274
Gamble 387 Brackett 347
SCOkX 1353 SCORE 1440
Hlflh Line: Brackett, 111.
High Set! Brackett, >47.
Luc lde? (10-13) Alley Cat* (18-5)
Bverhart 288 Howell 278
Bleer . 277 Ware 309
Jooaa 247 Morrison 263
Kelly 271 Hamrtck 270
Wllaon 314 Arrowood 282
SCORE IMS SCORE 1404 i
High Unei WU?on, 119.
High Seti V/lUoo. 314.
CARD OF THANKS
The family of Earl Bumgard
ner will hold in grateful remem
brance your kind expressions of
sympathy. f -11-pd
ao/ - rv*v ? v*/j
Special Event
? ? **
? ? ^ . , ? * , ? '? . **?
D. C. CLASS
Expert stylist, representing
Hopkins Tailoring Company
will be at our store
Friday and Saturday
to khow the new 1954 Spring and Summer Display of
MADE-TO-MEASURE CLOTHES
FOR MEN AND WOMEN
Mir. Clark has been coming to our store for yean and
hit regular customers keep returning for more Hop
kins tailored clothes. If you hare trouble getting a -.
Ut" see Mr. Clark this weekend.
PLONK'S
Janlor Baseball Players Being Sought
- i ? *_ ? * * n ? -
< Boys who were born in 1937
and after who are interested In
playing American Legion Junior
baseball this summer are urged
to ?>ntact Fleete McCurdy, Post
155 athletic officer. .
Mr. McCurdy said this week
that plans are now -being made
to field the 1954 junior team and
that he wants to get an indica
tion of the number of boys who
wish to play.
He invited interested tooys to
contact or see him during the
next. couple of weeks.
Further plans on in? program
here will be announced in the
near future, Mr. McCurdy said.
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