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on the bench with Bob Hqffman i < LOOPING THE LOOP — The Southwestern AA Con ference race is taking a new look after the first half of the season. Shelby knocked off Belmont’s Red Raiders last weekend 14-7 to take over the conference lead with a 3-0 record. The Lions, however, dropped a pair of contests earlier the season and have a 3-2 overall record. Kings Mountain is the lone Southwestern squad without a defeat to blemish its record. But only two of the five wins have been against conference foes. Rutherfordton-Spindale’s hard-fighting team will meet the Mountaineers in City Stadium Friday night in an effort to change things around a little. The local boys have a 15-game, regular season, undefeated record on the line against the Hilltoppers. The only spot on an oth er-wise perfect record is a 7-7 tie against Forest City in the first meeting last season. Shelby is going to be a hard team to beat. The Lions have a new head coach in the person of Gerald Allen, and a new multiple-offense attack. Belmont tallied on their first play from scrimmage, but found a buzz-saw Shelby attack too much in the later portions of the tilt. The Mountaineers have Rutherfordton, Lincolnton, Belmont and Shelby left in the conference, and a strong Dallas team in a non-conference tilt. Shelby has Lenoir and Morganton out of the loop, Forest City, Lincolnton, and Kings Mountain in the con ference. The Red Raiders will have to face Lincolnton, Forest City, Kings Mountain, Hickory and Morganton. Here the Mountaineers get a break. Belmont has to play the other teams before meeting th local team. Shelby has three tough games, but get Lincolnton the week prior to the Mountaineer-Lion scrap, Forest City could have an important part in decid ing a conference winner. The Tornados have games left with both Shelby and Belmont, and the Tornado team is a tough one to beat. RECREATION GRID PROGRAM — It has been brought to my attention that a proposed recreation pro gram football team is having equipment troubles. It seems that a large poi'tion of uniforms belonging to the City Recreation Commission are missing. Only 20 uniforms were available when the 12-15 year old boys received equipment Saturday. Bruce Thorburn, who is assisting in the program, would like for any uniforms belonging to the commission be returned if now in the possession of any former play er. Parents could be a great help in this matter. It boils down to the fact that the Recreation Com mission does not have funds to purchase new equipment, and unless the old equipment is returned, the program will have to be ditched. The future of Pony League football depends on the return of this equipment. Anyone having equipment may call Bruce Thorburn at Bessemer City 9-2282 or Gene Mitcham at 196 and it will be picked up. Uniforms may also be turned in to Gene Mitcham at City Clerk’s office in City Hall. SERIES GLANCES — Monday morning the Yankees and Dodgers started over in a new World Series. Brooklyn took the first two games without too much trouble in the friendly confines of Ebbets Field, but dropped a pair to the Yanks in their Stadium. With the series tied at two games all, it will be a most interesting thing to watch the stragedy between Casey Stengal and Walter Alston. Sal Maglie, come-back kid of the year, will be the key to a Brooklyn win of the Series, while Stengal will be matching youth against age in the form of Whitey Ford, Bob Grimm, and Johnny Kucks. After Friday’s contest, which saw Stengal set a new record of seven pitchers used by a single club, fans were wondering what had happened to the once unbeatable Yankee club. The Yanks are lucky Cincinnati wasn’t the team they were facing. With the power of the Redlegs against a faltering pitching staff, it might have been 33-8 instead of 13-8. PARTING SHOTS — Things are really rough in the ACC this grid season. Duke, Maryland, Wake Forest, Carolina, and State have all lost two or more ball games with the season just under way. East Mecklenburg had one of the biggest and best lines to face the Mountaineers this season. The locals, coaches and players, were glad to get a 7-0 win out of that contest. Coach Shu Carlton says it will be hard for any Southwestern team to go undefeated in conference play this season. Teams are too equal in strength. Tony Goins and Don Fisher are still the best defen sive men on the Mountaineer squad. Both are used pri marily on defense, and turn in excellent jobs every week. Fisher, a freshman, shows great promise of being one of the best all-round players in Kings Mountain history. Jimmy Blanton, also a first year man, is another boy that has great potential. Fans are saying that Ken Baity and John McGinnis are sure things for the Southwestern all-conference team this year. McGinnis was chosen on the squad during 1955, along with several other Mountaineers. George Harris seems to be doing all right for the Duke freshman team. Big George started against N. C. State’s baby Wolfpack a couple of weeks ago, and tossed a touchdown pass in a losing 14-13 cause. Mickey Mantle swept the triple-crown honors in the American League. This coupled with his 52 homers should give him a big wedge for a salary increase next season. I still don't believe he will get $100,000, but some think differently. Bob Feller says he won’t be back with Cleveland next I season. He contends that the Indians don’t want him. It’s ; a shame when a man as talented as Feller gets the gate, j No doubt that Rapid Robert has been one of the best j men ever to toe a mound. He probably would have rewrit ten some of the record books if the war hadn’t interrupt ed his career. A1 Lopez’s departure is about the best news Indian fans have had in a long time. Mountaineers Vs. Hilltoppers Here Friday Locals Will Go Alter Third Loop Win Against B-S Central High School gets one of Its toughest gridiron tests to date as they tangle with the Rutherfordtow - Spindale Hilltop pers in a Southwestern AA Con ference tilt at City Stadium Fri day night. The Hilltoppers have a big strong team, and have improved a great deal since the opening game of the 1956 season. They carry a 1-3 conference record in to the Kings Mountain battle, but this record is not a measuring rod for the type of team the Rutherfordtcsn - Spindale boys have. Forest City, Belmont, and Shelby have carved out victories over the Hilltoppers, and the R-S team took a win from Lincolnton last week. The Lions won by a 13-6 mar gin, and the Raiders took a 14-6 win over the Hilltoppers, but both teams had a rough light be fore racking up a victory. With Dee Frady, 185-pound quarterback, running the R-S of fense, the visitors may prove to be a much better team than the records show. Jack Merchant, speedy senior halfback, is ano ther offensive threat counted up on by Coach George Tate. Adding brawn to brains, the Hilltoppers will be one of the largest teams to face the Moun taineers this year, the combina tion will be a hard one to stop. Cecil Turner, 291-pound Junior fullback, will be another back the local boys will have to stop. A "B” team player last year, Tan ner has been a big gun in the run ning game of the Hilltoppers this year. Graduation didn’t hurt the Hill toppers to a great extent, they lost only six men of last year’s squad. Those leaving included Charles Parton, end, James Tom blin, tackle, Robert Chatam, Ray Sparks, Joe Brown, and Joe Mc Dougal, backs. This left plenty of big expe rienced linemen for the 1956 squad, and the line play of the Hilltoppers is expected to be a big factor in Friday’s contest. Kings Mountain will pit the speed of John iMcGinnis and Ken Baity against the Hilltopper brawn in a try for victory num ber six. The Mountaineers have the only undefeated team in the Southwestern loop, although Shelby has not lost a conference game. No serious injuries were num bered in the East Mecklenburg game, and the locals are expect ed to be at full strength for this important conference tilt. . . . John McGinnis Paces KM Win ... WE OFFER 6 ALLEYS j Friday and Saturday Nights For Open Bowling League Bowling During First Four Days of the Week Fountain Lane Bawling Center Mountaineers Take YARDSTICK KM East FINAL SCORE . 7 0 Touchdowns rushing .. 1 0 TOTAL TD'S . I 0 PAT, placements. 1 0 TOTAL PAT . 1 0 First Downs rushing .... 8 5 " ", passing . 0 1 " ", penalty . 1 0 TOTAL 1st DOWNS .... 9 6 Yds. gained rushing_ 198 127 Yds. lost rushing .._ 6 2 NET RUSH GAIN . 192 125 No. rushes attempted .. 36 33 Average per rush. 5.3 3.8 Passes attempted . 1 5 /" completed . 0 28 YDS. GAINED PASSING 0 28 Net Rush & Passing_ 192 153 Number oi plays (not counting kicks and penalties where play is nullified) . 37 38 Passes intercepted by .. 0 0 Number of punts. 4 4 Yards punts went. 124 130 Punts had blocked. 0 0 Yds. pnts averaged .... 31 32.5 YDS. RETURNED . 6 8 Nmber of kickoffs. 2 1 Yds. kickoffs went. 80 30 Yds. kickoffs averaged .. 40 30 YDS. KO RETURNED .. 16 44 Ball lost on downs. 1 2 Ball lost on fumbles ... 1 2 Number of penalties ... 3 6 Times enforced . 3 5 YDS. PENALIZED. 45 35 TOTAL YARDS GAIN ED IN GAME (add yards gained run-back punts, kickoffs, inter, cepted passes, & re covered fumbles to net rushing, passing plus penalty gains) . 249 250 Jayvees Bounce Foiest City 13-0 Central High School’s Jayvee football team won its first game of the season Thursday night as they downed Forest City’s baby Tornados by a 13-0 score. This win made it a clean sweep of the Tornados by Kings Moun tain teams, as the varsity took a 12- 7-victory from the Forest City varsity earlier in the season. Coach Fred Withers was very well pleased with the perfor marlce of his team. He reported that the next game for the “B” squad would be on October 18, at 7 p. m. in City Stadium, when the locals wil Imeet a strong Dallas club. The Dallas boys hung a 13- 0 loss on the Jayvees in their first outing of the season. Kings Mountain and Forest City had banged each other all over the field for almost an en tire game, when with 40 seconds left, Mike Ware scored on a 15 yard pass from Don Smith. Forest City then tried a long pass that was intercepted by Derrick Smith for another Moun taineer touchdown. Coach Withers said he could not pick out any one defensive player for the locals, but added that the entire team’s perfor mance was excellent. This win gives the Jayvee team a 1-1 record for the season. Local Ladies Attend Golf League Meeting Members of the Foothills Wo man’s Golf League met at Lin coln ton Country Club October 4 with several local ladies attend ing. Some 40 members attended the meeting, and played in the Lea gue’s afternoon golf match. Mrs. Hal D. Ward of Kings Mountain took putting honors in the 18 hole match, while Mrs. Paul Neisler, Sr., had low gross in the Class C play. McGinnis Tallies lone Touchdown In Second Period The Central High Mountaineers swept to their filth straight win of the 1956 season Friday night as they downed a tough East Mecklenburg team by a 7-0 score. A capacity homecoming crowd jammed City Stadium to see the scrappy East Mecklenburg Eagles fight the Mountaineers almost to a standstill. The game’s lone tally was Scor ed in the second quarter, as John McGinnis climaxed a 66-yard Kings Mountain drive with a bril liant 36 yard jaunt into the end zone. Spook Stewart’s kick was true, and that was the margin of victory. McGinnis played a fine game, and gained 86 yards in 10 carries for a 8.6 average. His work under the center was also a credit to his field generalship ability. Ken Baity, the team’s leading gainer and scorer, was held to 56. yards in 13 tries by the Ea gles, but several of his rims brou ght the crowd to its feet, as one or two blocks would have put him in the clear. Curt George maintained his steady dependable pace at the fullback slot by picking up 41 yards on eight tries for a 5.1 mark. Doug Rathbone also got nine yards in five carries, as well as a 31 yard average for four punts he got off during the con test. All-in-all the contest was battle of two defensive giants. The Mountaineer defensive squad per formed very well, as did the Ea gle forward wall. Tony Goins played a very fine defensive game, as did Don Fisher, Dave Marlowe, and Curt George. East Mecklenburg won the toss and elected to receive. Stewart’s opening kick carried to the East 10, where Thurston gathered it in for a 25-yard runback to the Eagle .36. Thurston got three, Davenport got about six and a-half in two carries, but with a fourth and less than a yard to go situation, Phillips pulled a sneak good for three and a first and 10. Starting on the Kings Mountain 49, Phillips got one, Untz picked up five, and Thurston scampered for nine and another first and 19 on the Mountaineer 34. The Eagles dropped five yards on the first play on an offsides infraction. Phillips kept for six, Davenport lost a yard, a pass by Phillips fell incomplete and again the Eagles gambled with fourth and 10 to go. Thurston rolled a round end for nine yards, but the Mountaineers took over on downs on their own 25. An Eagle offsides penalty cost them five yards on the first play, and it was first and five for Kings Montain on their own 30. John McGinnis kept on a pitch out option play and romped for 13 yards before being dropped, giving the Mountaineers a first down on their own 43. Curt George broke loose for 17 yards to carry to the Eagle 40 for another first and 10. Rath bone picked up a yard, McGinnis was dropped for a five yard loss by Tackle Bob Harkey, and then a McGinnis pass fell incomplete. Doug Rathbone punted to the East 12, where Davenport got eight yards on the runback. * Untz fought his way for six yards on a pair of runs, Phillips added three, and it was again fourth and yardage to go. Daven port fumbled, but a East offsides Dtawa bead on these HUNTING 6lM RABBIT SEASON WILL SOON BE HERE! A Small Down Payment Will Lay-Away That New Rifle or Shot Gan!! See Oar Complete Line oi Hunting Sup t plies We Are Authorized Dealers For State Hunting & Fishing Licenses ^BRIDGES HARDWARE Fifth Win, Beat East 7-0 HOW THEY DID BUSHING: KINGS MOUNTAIN T G L 10 91 IT PLAYER McGinnis Baity George R&thbone PLAYER Phillips Untz Thurston Davenport PASSING: 5 13 56 0 8 41 0 5 10 1 EAST MECKLENBURG T G L 13 57 0 32 0 6 23 6 21 KINGS MOUNTAIN Att. Comp Int. 1 0 0 EAST MECKLENBURG Att. Comp Int. 1 10 RECEIVING: EAST MECKLENBURG PLAYER Caught Skinner 1 PASSER McGinnis PASSER Phillips Net. Agr. 86 8.6 56 4.3 41 5.1 9 1.8 Net. Agr. 57 4.4 32 4.6 22 3.7 11 1.9 Yds. TD 0 0 Yds. TD 28 0 Yds.. 28 TD 0 infraction was accepted by tfee Mountaineers and with some six yards to go, Thurston punted out of-bounds on the Mountaineer 34, as the first period ended. Ken Baity got his hands on the ball for the first time and tore loose for eight yards, a personal foul against the Eagles on this play netted Kings Mountain ano ther 15, carrying to the Eagle 44. Baity broke into the clear for eight more, yards to the 36, and McGinnis kept on a option play, faked several Eagles out of their tail feathers and ended up with a touchdown on a brilliant piece of footwork. Stewart added the point after touchdown try and the score was 7-0 Mountaineers. Stewart kicked-off to the East 10, and Kimsey scooted back to the Eagle 38, but fumbled on a vicious tackle by Fisher. Spook Stewart fell on the ball, and the Mountaineers took over deep in East territory. George drove for two, Baity was stopped cold, and McGinnis broke into the clear for nine yards and a first down on the East 27. George picked up two, Rathbone added one, Baity fumb led but recovered for a yard gain, and McGinnis was stopped short of a first down after a five yard gain, East took over on their own 19. Davenport got one, Phillips was held to two by a determined Kings Mountain defense, Thurs ton dropped a yard, and Thurs ton punted to the Kings Moun tain 45. A 15-20 yard runback by Baity was nullified by a clipping infraction by Kings Mountain and the ball was moved back to the Mountaineer 30. Baity fumbled on the first play and Griswold recovered for the Eagles on the Mountaineer 36. Untz got two, Thurston gained a pair, a Phillips pass was no good, and another pass was knocked down at the last minute by Doug Rathbone, and the Mountaineers again got the ball. Starting on their own 31, George picked up four, Rathbone one, and McGinnis was held to no gain. As Rathbone went back to punt, the second quarter end ed. Opening the second half, Bruce Lowe’s kick went to the Moun taineer 20, and McGinnis racad back to carry to the local’s 49 for a first down. Baity drove for one, McGinnis picked up four, and Baity added six for another first and 10 on the Eagles’ 40. Baity got one, George drove for three, and George was stopped cold before Rathbone was forced to punt. His punt carried into the end-zone and the Eagles took over on their own 20. Davenport got three in a pair of runs, and Phillips got six, Thurston kicked to the Kings Mountain 40, and Baity raced back to the Mountaineers 46 be fore being downed. ' A seven-yard jaunt by Curt George was nullified when both teams were offsides. George got four, and Rathbone broke loose for seven and a first and 10 on the Eagle 43. Rathbone lost a yard, McGin nis failed to gain, and George got nine through the middle before Rathbone punted out-of-bounds on the Eagle 20. Untz got two, Ed Duchesney picked up three and Phillips broke loose for 10 for a first down on the Eagle 35. Phillips kept three times but could man age to net only five yards and Thurston punted out-of-bounds oh the Kings Mountain 27. Baity broke loose for six, and added nine more to carry to the Mountaineer 42 fbr a first down. Baity got two, an East offsides penalty carried to the 49, but a six-yard jaunt by Baity was cal led back when Kings Mountain was detected in a holding infrac tion. The 15-yard penalty moved the ball back to the 34. McGin nis broke into the clear for 18 yards and a first and 10 on the Eagle 48. Baity got one, Mcuinms aaaea six, and Baity was stopped cold. Rathbone punted out of bounds on the Eagle 20. Davenport picked up two, Untz took off for 16 and a first down on the Eagle 38. Davenport was held for no gain, Phillips got one, and then Phillips hit Skin ner with a pass that carried to the Kings Mountain 46. A per sonal foul infraction against the Mountaineers moved the ball on to the locals’ 30 yard stripe. Phillips tried a pass that fell incomplete, and them the quar terback fumbled and Steve Wells pounced on the ball for Kings Mountain on the Mountaineer 30. The final gun sounded before Kings Mountain could rOn a play. The Eagles showed the local fans a well-coached team that SOUTHWESTERN ROUNDUP SOUTHWESTERN STANDINGS TEAM Shelby. Kings Mountain Belmont . Forest City Lincolnton . Ruth-Spindale . Cherryville. W L 3 0 2 0 2 1 2 1 0 5 RESULTS LAST WEEK: Kings Mtn. 7, East Meek., 0 Shelby 14, Belmont 7 F. C. 12, Cherryville 0 Ruth-Spindale 12, Lincolnton 6 GAMES THIS WEEK: Ruth-Spindale at Kings Mtn. Lenoir at Shelby Belmont at Lincolnton Sherryville at'Mt. Holly YOUR HOME is "your castle." Don't let fire destroy it. Fire is Public Enemy No. 1. Every year it takes its grim toll of property . . . and lives! Only your constant vigilance can keep this destroyer in check. Eliminate all fire hazards from your home . . . now. Have an electrician examine your wiring system. Re move all accumulations of paper from attic and basement. Watch your smoking habits. Don't leave lighted cigarettes untended. Snuff out all butts. Break used matches. Don't smoke in bed. The Arthur Hay Agency ALL KINDS OF INSURANCE Phone 182 could move the ball. Don Phil* lips, former Paw Creek Legion baseball star, handled the chores of quarterback in fine fashion. The East line consisted of big, tough, hard-to-handle boys. Coach Shu Carlton remarked, following the contest, “Our de fensive team won this ballgame. They played a hard-hitting type of game, the same type of play East had. The offensive team did not move the ball as well as we had hoped, but they still turned in a fine game. John McGinnis was very effective on the Hew pitch* out-option type play which we in stalled this week.” It was an excellent homecom ing contest, and the Mountaineers fans left the stadium feeling very lucky to have stopped a team like East Mecklenburg. East Meek. Name Skinner » Jones Briswold Francis Cross Bramble Chestnut.t Phillips Thurston R. Untz Davenport THE LINEUP King! Mountain Poo. LE LT LG C DG KT RE SB Bridges Wells Stewart Burton Herndon Marlowe Layton SB McGinnis a Baity RH Rathbone FB George EAST MECXLENBURK SUBS: Kinsey, Har ris. Duchesney, Cleveland Harkey, Lowe, and B. Untz. KINGS MOUNTAIN SUBS: J. Blanton, Fish er, Goins, Hinson, and Bowers. SCORE BY QUARTERS: KM 0 7 0 0—V EAST 0 0 0 0—0 HOW THEY SCOBED: Kings Mountain — John McGinnis scored on a option “keep" play from 36 yard* out in the second period to climax a 66 yard Mountaineer drive. J. L. Stewart added the Baity iiea Area scoring marie Ken Baity, the leading scorer lor the Kings Mountain Moun taineers, is still helping set the scoring pace lor this area. The lleet-looted hallback tied with' lour other boys lor the top scoring mark in the Gastonia area, according to the Gastonia Gazette Tuesday. Ken has tallied 36 poinl Others Campbell ol Gastonia, Toomey ol Mt. Holly, Miller o| Belmont, and Davis ol Mt Holly. John McGinnis is tied lor ninth place in the scoring with 14 points. John has had two touch downs, and a pair ol runs good Wherever You Are In Your Car Boating or Relaxing At Home Model 1232 © © O TELIVISION viewing at Its finest with Emerson "Future" chassis. RADIO with rich, clear tone and exceptional range. 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