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I Pat’s Peckings By NEALE PATRICK Mountaineer Lineup Changes Each Game Sports Short-takes from here and there . . . One short year can make a lot of difference .. . Last basketball season, Coach Don Parker started the same five players in every Mountaineer game, except one when Ken Baity was away at the Shrine football game ... The Starting line-up stood-up in print throughout the cam Siign . . . Keith Layton, Dan Fisher, James Pressly, J. D. iddix and Baity. It’s a far different story this season . . . The Moun taineer mentor did not start the same five players in any of the first five games of the year .. . The only ones get ting the starting assignments in all the early contests Were Don Fisher, the squad’s lone retiming lecterman, and Bobby Goodson, the team's tallest performer ... A half-dozen other players have shared the other starting roles . . . Jimmy Blanton, Chip Thorbum, Jerry Wright, Tammy Thomas, Tommy Watson, and James Robbs. Manager George Wilson now claims the biggest gate attraction in the Nicaraguan winter league on his Cinco EStrellas team in the person of Marv Throneberry, the Yankee first-base alternate, who joined the Kings Moun tain resident’s team the day after Christmas . . . Over 9,000 turned out for Throneberry’s first game . . , The Nicaragua fans call the big slugger, “The Storm”, because of his lusty hitting. Coaches sons played prominent roles in the recent Carrousel and Dixie Classic cage events . . . Don Hennon of Pitt is the son of one of Pennsylvania’s top prep men tors . . . And Dan Englehardt, the Johnny-eome-lately star With the State Wolfpack, is the son of a former high school coach in Indiana . . . Dan’s dad was down for the Classic and revealed that he was coaching prep basketball in the Hoosier State at the same time Case was turning out high school champs in the same State ... The two coa ched in different sections of the state, however, and never met on the court . . . Young Englehardt first enrolled at Butler, but after a service hitch transferred to State. Tony's Bonus Set At 'Only' $55,000 The Milwaukee Braves are mildly concerned that Tony Oloninger and a couple of his high-priced bonus bro thers (Bob Taylor and Dennis Menke) who cost the club a grand total of $310,000 failed to make the all-star team in the Florida Instructional League for rookies this win ter. The Sporting News, which has lowered C’oninger’s bonus figure to $55,000 from the formerly, listed $100,000 and up mark, says the former Line-Cherry junior star re mains high on the prospect list by the Braves .. . Tabbed as having one of the best arms ever seen on a rookie, Cloninger developed a change-up and a slider in Florida this winter, under the instruction of ex-major leaguer Whitlow Wyatt . . . The baseball paper sets Menke’s bo nus figure at $150,000 and Taylor’s at $105,000 . . . The Braves are sure that all will make the majors, but are more than a year away. Anyone for tennis? ... The recent Davis Cup matches in which Peru lend-lease helped USA recapture the cup brings to light that Bill Cullen, part-time guard on the Wake Forest basketball team, is a better tennis player . . . He won one set in a tournament last summer from Alex Olmedo, the Peruvian who almost single-handedly copped the Davis Cup for Uncle Sam. Duke basketballers John Frye and Doug Albright are ministerial students and Jerry Robertson a Bible student, planning to enter religious work . . . Which caused Coach Harold Bradley of the Blue Devils to crack during the Classic, “I have to watch my language.” Wofford Grids Eye Don Gladden Southwestern Conference football players are mak ing their college selections . . . Glenn Williams and Ron nie Vaughn of Shelby have signed football grant-in-aids at Furman . . . Dennis Hampton of R. S. Central reportedly is headed for Wake Forest . . . And Wofford is one of the schools interested in the fleet-running abilities of the Mountaineers’ Don Gladden. Everett Case has won 311 games since he came to State over 12 years ago, a winning figure which matches the total number of wins in the first 36 years of Wolfpack basketball, that is from the inauguration of the game at State in 1911 until Case arrived for the 1947 season . . . And Case went after his 312 win against none other than arch rival Carolina and Frank McGuire Wednesday night. Graeme Reeves, the Kings Mountain High School ex change student from New Zealand, has given up basket ball for the remainder of the season, due to other press ing duties in connection with his studies and assignments required with exchange program. He is re quired to make numerous talks before civic groups among other things. The first quarter loss of Don Fisher by the five-foul route shackled the Mountaineers hopes of an upset win over Belmont here last Friday night . . . The veteran for ward was a star in one of the victories over Belmont last year, with a last second field goal . . . Both scorebooks listed Fisher with his five quick fouls Friday nighi, al though Coach Don Parker insisted that two of the fouls should have been charged to Chip Thorbum (number 31) instead of to Fisher (No. 21) . . . Officials warned Parker that he should make his players raise their hands when charged with a foul . . . Actually it is the official’s duty to insist that the player he charges with the infraction raise his hand so that scorers can be sure to credit the correct party With the foul. The loss of Fisher and of Bobby Goodson with a twist ed ankle, however, gave Coach Parker a chance to more fully use sophomores and five saw action, along with six juniors among the 11 players who saw action . . . Coach Bill Bates also has a “sophomore” team, six of the 12 girls Who played being sophs, three of the newcomers being starters . . . This, truly, is a rebuilding year for the Moun taineeer teams. Lib Bolin Posts Top Bowling Score Lib Bolin posted the high sco res in the Ladies Bowling Lea gue Tuesday night, a 105 line and 293 set, to lead her club to two wins over the Jenny Oates club. Jenny paced her team with a 94 game and 268 series. The Ora Mae Bennett team copped three from Barbara Goins outfit. Lou Harmon rolled a 103 line, and shared top set honors oi 281 with Ora Bennett for the winners. Barbara Goins was best for her namesake with a 98 line and 268 series. The standings: Team Ora Bennett Lib Bolin Jenny Oates Barbara Goins W L Pet. 5 1 .833 3 3 .500 2 4 .333 2 4 ,333 I Mountaineer In. Meet Bethware Here Tonight At 7 Kings Mountain junior high teams lost a pair of close decis ions to Bethware Jayvees In gam es played on the latter’s court Monday and the local elute will attempt to square matters with the counity neighbors in a tv/in bill here Thursday nigh, starting at 7 o’clock. iBethware’s junior girls pulled away to a three-point (28-25) de cision in the final quarter after the teams had been tied at 18-all at the end of three stanzas. The Bethware boys aitet won in the fi nal half, 35-27, «5ter the teams had taken the halftime break tied at 16-all. Marian Plohk ted the Kings Mountain lassies with 15 points, a figure matched toy Huffstetter of Bethware. Mike Dixon was tops for the K. M. boys with 10 points, with Barrett of Bethware the game’s top point-maker with 14. The Kings Mountain junior high girls now Wave a record of two wins and one loss, the boys one victory and two defeats. Next week, the local junior high dubs meet Grover in a pair, there on Monday, returning here next Thursday night. GI9LS Kings Mountain (25) Bethware (28; F M. Plonk 15 .. Huffstetler 15 F Morrison 8 Seism 5 F P. Plonk 2 Watterson 6 G Yarborough Leigh G Arrowood White G Lennon Crawley Subs: Kings Mt.—Cooper. Bethware — McSwain 2, Fisher, McClain. Halftime score: Bethware 12, Kings Mt. 8. BOYS King* Mountain (27) F Houser 3 F Ramseur 2 C Dixon 10 G Houston 4 G Smith 6 Subs: Kings Ml. — Bethware — Herndon, Fite. , Halftime score: Kings Mt. 10. Bethware (35) Cashlon 8 Cash 5 Bolin 8 Barrett 14 Wease 0 Ross 2, Stewart. Ledford, Queen, 16. Bethware Bryant To Head Gun Club In *59 T. W. Bryant of Kings Moun tain is the new president of the Universal Gun Club for the 19 59 season. He was elected head of the organization at the club’s an nual meeting and Ladies Night last week. Dean Champion was named new vice-president, and Richard Williams the Executive Officer. Frank Sikes, Jr., was elected as chairman of the junior pro gram and Fain Hambright re elected secretary and treasurer of the club which is affiliated with the National Rifle Associa tion of America, and also the N. C. State Rifle and Pistol Asso ciation. Other officers named last week are Dr. R. P Anstett, chief range officer; Paul Holt and Bu ford Ellis, range officers. Retiring President Frank Sikes presented the Club member tro phys to the high scorers for the, past years. The awiards were furnished by the National Rifle | Association. Receiving the a-i wards were: Small bore Rifle—Fain Ham bright, Grover. 30 cal. Rifle—T. W. Bryant, Kings Mountain. Center fire Pistol—Jessie Price, Shelby. Shotgun Trap — Fain Ham bright, Grover. SHARP-SHOOTERS — This trio of pretty lassies pictured above al so play basketball, being three senior forwards on the Kings Moun. tain High School g3.rls basketball team this season. Left to right they are: Peggy Black, Judy Medlin aed Becky Onnand. Judy toss ed in 41 points against Belmont here lost Friday night for the top scoring feat of the season for a local eager. Kings Mountain clubs go to Cherryville Friday and to Cliff side next Tuesday for their next two outings. (Herald Photo by Pennington Studio). Kings Mt. Girls Cop First Win; Boys Lose To Vet Belmont Club The Kings Mountain girls cop ped their first victory of the sea son, and the local lads turned in one of their better performan ces of the year, respite the loss, as the Mountaineer cage teams divided a twin bill with Bel mont here Friday night Judy Medlin went on the big gest scoring binge of the cam paign here, scoring 41 points to lead Coach Bill Bates’ lassies to their initial win, 62-42. The sophomore-studded Moun taineers lost two of their start ers and top performers in the first quarter in a 59-38 loss to the senior-stacked Belmon t team which rates as one of the top threats in the Southwest Conference race. Don Fisher, the Mountaineer’s leading point-maker for the year, fouled out in the first quarter, and he was joined on the bench in the period by the club’s tallest performer, Bobby Goodson, who suffered an ankle injury and did not return to the game. Coach Don Parker relied on his sophomores and juniors the rest of the way, with as many as four sophs in the game at the same time on many occasions. A quintet showing sophs Perry Champion, Chip Thorbum, Jam es Robbs and Punch Parker, a long with junior Jimmy Blan ton, played the best quarter of the game for the Mountaineers. The group outsoored Belmont 12* to-8 in the second stanza. Thorbum was the top point maker for the Mountaineers, with 14, a figure matched by Belmont’s highly-touted guard, Kermit Williams. Both hit three field goals and eight foul toss es. James Robbs also sank three fielders for the Mountaineers, Albert Brackett Posts New High Line Of 139 In K. M. Bowling Loop The second half of the local bowling season is underway, but it’s the same old story in the in dividual scoring ranks ... Albert Brackett continue to set the pin toppling pace. He turned in a new individual high line of the season in the Kings Mountain Men’s League Monday night, rolling a 139 for his Independents team which beat Kingpins two games to one. The 139 topped Brackett’s own pre vious high of 136 in the K. M. League. Brackett, in fact, swept all the top scoring honors in the two men’s leagues as they opened the second half. His 361 set also was high in the K. M. League, and his 137 line and 365 set topped Sportsman League scoring. His high scores were big items in Independents two wins over Kingpins who were led by Har old Barber’s 126 game and Paul Ware’s 308 series. Griffin’s Drug copped three from Keglers in the other K. M. League match. Buien Randle rol led a 116 line and Furman Wilson a 324 set to pace Griffin, and John DUling topped the Keglers with j a 118 line and 328 set. Brackett's 137 and 365 semes | paced Champions to two wins | over McCurdy’s Cleaners in the Sportsman League. Bob Hose burg’s 112 line and Jim Guyton's 323 set led McCurdy's. Cherrypickers won two from j Outcasts, with Don Caldwell roll ing a 114 game and John DUling a 340 s»t for the winners. Bob i Herndon’s 125 game and Rannie Blanton’s 331 series led the los ers. Spokes won three from the Wheels and the Moonshiners three from Maintenance in the Lithium ten pin league. Clarence Smith’s 189 line and 448 set led Spokes, with Bruce Thorbum’s 141 line and Howell’s 361 set paced Wheels. v Richard Bridges’ 192 game and 550 set led Moonshiners, with Lawrence Putnam’s 168 line and Ephriam Holland’s 405 series topped Maintenance. Wesleyan Methodist No. One team copped three games from Mountaineers in the junior lea gue. Gene Connors with a 100 line and 257 set led the winners, with Johnny Dye tops for the los ers, with scores of 81 and 223. Wesleyan No. 2 won a pair from East Side Baptist. Doug Met calf roiled a 101 line and 257 set to paoe the winners. Bobo Go forth was best for the losers, with a 105 line and 264 set. K. M. MEN'S LEAGUE Team W L Pet King Pins 7 2 .788 Griffin Drug 6 3 .667 Independents 4 5 .444 Keglers 1 8 .111 SPORTSMAN LEAGUE Champions 2 1 Cherrypickers 2 1 McCurdy’s Cl. 1 2 Outcasts 1 2 LITHIUM LEAGUE Spokes 7 2 Moonshiners 6 3 Wheels 4 5 .667 .667 .333 .333 Maintenance .778 .667 .444 1 8 .111 all long set shots. Percentage-wise, Rings Moun. tain outshot the winners from the field. The Mountaineers con nected on 12 of 40 field goal at tempts, for a 30-percent accur acy. The Red Raiders dropped 20 of 70 attempts from the floor, for a 27-percent figure. The already-mentioned second quarter was (the best for the Mountaineers who hit five out of ten field attempts during the stanza. The four sophs and one junior pulled from a 11-point de ficit (22-11 at the end of the firs" quarter) to within five points during the period and to a 30-23 score at halftime. Coach Parker figured source consolation in the loss. “I lost with sophomores and Juniors, while Belmont won with seniors,” he consoled himself, “Our day will come.” Judy Medlin apparently takes great delight in having her big scoring nights against Belmoni. The 41 points Friday night marked the second straight year Judy posted her high total of the season against the Raid erettes. Last year she! scored 55 in the game against Belmont here. . . this giving her 96 points in her last two contests against the Gaston club. By quarters last Friday night, she scored 11 In the first, fol lowed by 12 In the second, and 10 and eight in the last two stanzas. * GIRLS KINGS MOUNTAIN (62) Forwards FG FT TP Weir 6 3 15 Gladden 306 Medlin 18 5 41 Ormand 0 0 0 Black 0 0 0 Lewis 0 0 0 Totals 27 8 62 Guards — Goodson, Pearson, Yates, C. Plonk, B. Lynn, J. Plonk. BELMONT (42) Forwards Traywick Howe Worthy Joye Brown Hoover Gardner Totals Guards FG FT TP 13 5 0 7 0 0 0 0 11 3 0 0 0 1 22 13 0 0 0 2 16 10 42 Poag, Bartness, Steele, Nutall, Fite. Score by periods: Kings Mt 17 16 19 10—62 Belmont 8 10 9 15—42 BOYS KINGS MOUNTAIN (38) FG FT PF TP 2 Fisher Thorburn Goodson Wright Robbs Champion Watson Blanton Allen Parker Ware Totals 0-2 3 8-12 0 0-0 • « 0-0 3 0-2 1 1-2 1 0-3 2 1-3 0 0-0 0 2 2 0 2-2 5 3 0 0 3 2 0 4 1 0 1 4 14 0 0 6 3 2 5 0 2 2 12 14-27 19 38 FG FT PF TP Abernathy Finger Nixon Williams Buckner Sanders , Wheeler Maynard Cooke Foag Grady Robinson Totals BELMONT (59) 4 3 0 3 5 4 0 1 0 • 0 0 0-1 6-9 0-1 8-8 1- 3 2- 3 2-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 4 4 4 4 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 12 0 14 11 10 2 2 0 0 0 0 20 19-27 24 59 Score by periods: King. ML 11 IS 9 B»7*nont 82 8 14 15-59 Scrappy Mountaineers Lose Pair Of Games To Shelby Bethwate Girls Win 3th In Row Bethware’s Conference-leading girls capped their eighth straight loop win of the season, beating Mooresboro, 63-42, Tuesday night, but the Buccaneer boys were rudely upset by the visi tors, 51-46. Barbara Gamble scored 23 points to lead the Bethware las sies Ito their victory with Faye Bolin next in line with 16. Jerry Wright was the top sco rer in the boys game with 18 points to lead Bethware and he had 15-point help from Luther Edwards. The other three start ers, however, fell below their normal point production in the loss. Beth ware clubs go to Piedmont Friday night with the girls game determining the top spot in the circuit and the first-round leader. Both girls teams have won eight straight. GIL-S Bethware (63) Mooresboro (42) F. Bolin 16 Philbeck 19 N. J. Hamrick 12 Hensley 12 Gamble 23 ISaker 3 Cranford C. Nodine S. Falls S. Nodine J. Hamrick Logan Subs: Bethware — M. Hamrick 2, Hern don 10, Panther, Bolin, Smith. Mooresboro — Lovelace 5, Wall 1, Moorehead, Atkinson. BOTS Bethware (46) Mooresboro (51) F Wright 18 Humphries 17 F Edward , 15 Packard 4 C Anthony 3 Daves 4 G Webster 5 Dysart 14 G Burton 4 Melton 9 Subs: Bethware — Carroll 1. Mooresboro — Mayhew. Reporter — Kim Cashlon. Grover Boys Lose In Final Minute Grover boys lost a one-point decision (50-49) at Belwood Tuesday night after holding a three-poinlt edge heading into the final (minute of action. A field goal <and a couple of foul tosses gave Belwood the vic tory, Ken Willis topped the win ners with 22 points and -Billy Crocker was the top gun for Grover with 20 points. Belwood girls pulled away in the second half to defeat Grov er’s lassies, 79-66. The score was tied at halftime, 37-all. Julia Beam’s 34 points paced the win ners, but top honors for the game went to Gloria Huffstetler with 36. Coach Preston Holt’s Grover clubs go to Polkville for a pair of games Friday night. Grover (66) F Huffstetler 36 F Batchelor 18 F Wright 8 G Stewart G Wilson G C. Allen Subs: Grover GIRLS Belwood (79) * Beam 34 Morrison 16 Cook 27 Miller Price! Hamby Goforth 4. Little May hew, Eaker, Crocker. Belwood — Newton 2. Halftime score: Grover 37; Belwood 37, BOYS Grover (49) Belwood (50) F Huffstetler 12 K. Willis 22 F Bolton 4 Warlick 12 C Neal 6 Hoover 2 G White 7 Turner 4 G Crocker 20 Seagle 4 Subs: Grover — Watters on, C. B. Green. Belwood — Earl 4, C. Willis 2. Halftime score: Belwood 25; Grover 20 BOXSCORES GIRLS KINGS MOUNTAIN (47) Forwcads FG Medlin 12 Weir 4 Gladden 2 Ormand 0 TOTALS 18 Guards — Goodson, Pearson, Yates, C. Plo.ik. FT 7 2 1 1 11 TP 31 10 5 0 47 SHELBY (50) Forwards FG FT TP Jones 4 6 14 Blanton 13 Singleton 3 Hawkins 0 Roberts 0 Mauney 1 TOTALS 21 Guards — Craver, Chapman, Woods, Stroup, Putnam, Kirken dall. 0 1 1 0 0 26 7 1 0 2 8 50 Score by periods: Kings Mt. 12 12 7 16-47 Shelby 14 16 10 10—50 BOYS KINGS MOUNTAIN (33) FG FT PF TP 4 0-1 Fisher Thorbum Goodson Wright Robbs Thomas Parker TOTALS 2 1 0 1 4 0 5-9 4-9 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 12 9-19 1 1 2 1 1 0 3 9 8 9 6 0 2 8 0 33 SHELBY (46) V Kouri Trammell Williams Ponder Peeler Shull Kennedy Ropp TOTALS FG FT PF TP 5 1-2 2 11 5 6 1 1 1 0 0 19 0-0 3-3 2-2 2-4 0-0 0-0 0-0 4 5 0 1 3 0 0 8-11 15 10 15 4 4 2 0 0 46 Score by periods: Kings ML 6 10 7 10—33 Shelby 9 7 16 14—46 Tri-High Girls Beat Lines To Take Lead Caroleen’s Tri-High is the on ly remaining undefeated team in the Southwest Conference girls division. The favorites handed Lincolnian its first de feat (48-36) Tuesday night as Barbara Webb set the pace with 26 points. The Lincolnton boys squared the set with a 44-43 win over Tri-High. R. S. Central copped two from Cherryville, the Mountaineers foe Friday night. The Central girls won 40-29 with Beaver’s 29 points pacing the winners. Cen tral’s boys ramped 61-46 with Reid Huntley’s 15 points pacing three Hilltoppers in double-dig its. Stan Crisson’s 14 led the Ironmen, and Velo Kuuskraa hit 10. Belmont’s boys romped on Cliffside, 62-23, as 11 players scored points. Cliffside girls beat Belmont, 63-36, in the opener. Jr. High Boys Snap Back From F6 Blanking To Win; Girls Win Two Kings Mountain’s Little Mountaineers set a dubious “world’s record” in their opening basketball game at York last Thursday afternoon . . . failing to score a field goal in an 18-5 loss to the Palmetto club. But the local junior high kids came back the next afternoon against the same club here to score a 28-19 victory and square the set against the York club. The Kings Mountain junior junior high girls copped both starts against York, winning there on Thursday by 44-22, and by 28-19 the next afternoon here. Tense in their first outing, the Kings Mountain junior high boys failed to find the field goal range throughout the game at York, and escaped the dubious distinction of suffering a shut out by sinking five out of nine foul attempts. The Little Moun taineers failed to score “ven a point in the first a id fourth quarters. The junior high lad' improved quickly overnight and dropped 12 field goals in whipping York here Friday. Tommy Houser pa ced the scoring with 11 points. Marian Plonk paced the jun ior high girls, with 22 points in each game. She tallied all 22 of her markers at York in the first half, and didn’t play the second half as her team held a com fortable lead. She scored 12 points in the first quarter here Friday afternoon and again set tled with 22 for the game. SWC Cage Schedule For Friday* Tuesday Here is the schedule in the Southwest Conference basketball race for the next two playing dates: Friday — Kings Mountain at Cherryville, Belmont at Forest City, Caroleen Tri-High at R. S. Central, and Cliffside at Shelby. Tuesday — Kings Mountain at Cliffside, Belmont at Caroleen Tri-High, and Shelby at Lincoln ton. Kings Mt (44) F—M. .Plonk 22 THURSDAY'S GAME GIRLS F—Morrison 6 F—Cooper 2 G—Yarborough G—Arrowood G—Lennon York (22) Vincent 6 Clinton 2 Wallace 6 Jackson Gould Metts Subs: Kings Mt. — Hunnicutt 6, Mauney 4, Ware 2, Roberts, P. Plonk 2, Oliver, Lynn, Thorbum, Maddox, Thrift. York—Burgess 8, Baker, Williams, Whitesides, Miller, Daniels, Sherrill, Russell, Pruitt. Halftime score: Kings Mt. 28, York 16. Subs: Kings Mt. — Whistnant, Ross, Stewart, Hardin. York — Neely, Oates, White, McKnlght. Halftime Score: York 7, Kings Mountain 3. BOYS Kings ML (5) F—Houser 2 F—Harris 0 C—Dixon 2 G—Swath 0 York (18) MossO Humphrey 6 Morrow 8 Dover 4 Turner 0 G—Houston 0 FRIDAY'S GAME GIRLS Kings ML (28) F—M. Plonk 22 F—Morrison 6 F—P. Plonk 0 G—Yarborough G—Arrowood G—Lennon Yorie (19) Oates 9 Glenn 4 Gettys 6 King Thomas Ligon Subs: Kings Mt. — Mauney, Cooper, Maddox; York — Dicker son. Halftime score: Kings Mt. — 16, York 6. Kings ML (29) F—Houser 11 F—Harris 4 C—Dixon 2 G—Smith 4 G—Houston 4 BOYS Tortr (21) Humphrey 2 Morrow 4 Graham 7 Moss 6 Dover 2 Subs: Kings Mt: — Kamseur, Whistnant, Roes 4; York—-Turn er. Halftime Score—Kings Mt 19, York 13, • BY NEALE PATRICK Mountaineer cage teams lost a couple of Southwest Conferen ce games to Shelby here Tues day night, but only after a pair of battles which are typical of the neighborhood rivals. The Kings Mountain girls lost by a bare three-point margin (50-47) in a game which went down to the final seconds and had Central gym hopping with excitement. Mountaineer boys dropped a 46-33 decision to the SWC-lead ing Lions in a game which was much closer than the score indi cates. The game tied at halftime (16-all) and the local lads took a brief lead early In the second half before the superior height of the Lions under the basket began to have a telling effect on the scrapping Mountaineers. Shooting by big Glenn Wil liams, with three field goals in the stanza, boosted Shelby Into an early lead to the game, and a 9-6 nod at the end of the first quarter. \ Thommy Thomas, playing nis first game since a knee opera tion, and Chip Thorbum began hitting in the second period, however, to pull the Mountain eers all-even at halftime. A buc ket by Don Fisher gave K. M. an 18-16 lead early in the second half. Shelby’s normally high-scor ing forwards John Kouri and Jerry Trammel had scored one field goal between them in the first half, due to the fine defen sive play of the Mountaineers along the base line and under the hoop. The two Lion aces began find ing the range in the second half, Kouri scoring three field goals and Trammell two in the third period as. Shelby pulled away to a 32-23 edge at ithe end of the quarter. Trammell added three more fielders in the last quarter to help his club hold the advan tage. All three of Shelby’s rangy front-court operators hit in the double-figures, led by Williams’ 15. The three tall ‘uns also con trolled the rebounding for the Lions. Sophomore Ohip Thorbum was the high point-maker for the Mountaineers for the second straight game, with nine points. Failure to connect on foul shots played an important role in the Mountaineers defeat They could hit only nine of 19 oppor tunities, missing many first shots on one-and-one situations. Shelby, in contrast hit eight of 11 from the line. Kings Mountain shot for a 30 percent accuracy in the game, hitting on 12 of 40 field goal at tempts. The Mountaineers hit six for 17 the first half, six for 23 in the second half. Shelby connected on 35-per cent of its shots, 19 for 54. The Lions scored six for 24 the first half, 13 for 30 after intermission. 'Foul shooting, or the lack of same, could be assessed with the blame for the K. M. girls loss. The local lassies hit on 11 of 34 foul attempts in the three-point loss. The Mountainettes pulled within 3-points midway of the fourth period, and again in the final minute. Judy Medlin tossed in 31 points for Kings Mountain, giv ing her 72 points in the last two gaimes. First-Half Bawling Champions Crowned local bolwing teams have op ened the second half of play in leagues at the Mountain Lane Bowling Center with action due to continue until late spring. First-half champions were de termined in all four of the adult leagues in pre-Christmas action. Griffin’s Drug won the first half title in the Kings Moun tain Men’s League, and the Champions copped the first round bunting in the Sports man League. The Lib Bolin team captured first half honors in the Ladies League, and Maintenance was the winner in the duckpin half of the Lithium League. K. M. Cagers Travel For Next Two Games Mountaineer basketball teams take trips for their next two games in Southwest Conference action. The local high school cagers go to Cherryville Friday night for a double-header, and head the other direction to Cliff side next Tuesday evening. Kings Mountain’s teams will return to Central High Gym for their next home game on Friday of next week (Jan. 23) against the Cool Springs teams from Forest City. Both of the Cherryville teams are playing around .500 ball on the Conference season, with -Velo Kuuskma pacing the Irommen, with additional help since the Christmas holi days of Stan Crisson who has been out of action since last grid season with a knee oper ation. Kings Mountain boys split wiii Cherryville and beat Cliffside twice last year. The Mcunbainettes lost both ga mei; to Cherryville and won their only game of the season over Cliffside last winter.
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