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KINGS MOUNTAIN HERAIO, ((i^IGS MOUNTAIN. N. C.
Thursday, August 5, 1965
Gastonia Eliminates KM From Tar Heel Playoffs
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ALL-STARS Pictured above are the Kings Mountain American League all-stars who reached
the finals of the District Two Little tar Heel League payoffs before being eliminated by Gas
tonia 4-1 Tuesday afternoon. First row, left to right, are David Bolin, Curtis Ruppe, Darrell Bridges,
Dana Sarvis, and Warren Herndon. 2nd row, Mike Stewart. Mike McDaniel, Ronnie Payne, Gene
Alexander, Terry Putnam, and Tommy Patterson. Sid row, Robby Whisnant (cooch), Steve Powell
(batboy). Gene Harris, Luther Hicks. Scott Howell, Geeper Howard, Mike Sisk, and Max Bolin
(coach).
Mounties
In Finals
Fall
4-1
Tuesday
The (lastonia Liitlo Tar Heol
LoaRUp all-.stars defrated Kings
■Mounlain’s American League
stars 41 here Tuesday afternoon
to advance to the state tourna
ments which begin Thursday
night in Concord. Following one
day of play in Concord, the site
will he changed to Washington.
N. C.
Kings Mountain managed but
one hit, a single, off Gastonia
pitcher Luther Hamilton, and it
canii' in the bottom of the sixth
inning. Mike Sisk .singled to
.score Geeper Howard with Kings
Mountain’s only run.
Gastonia registered only three
hits off KM pitchers Mike Sisk,
Tommy Patterson, and Darrell
Bridges but made use of many
bases on balls and errors.
The visitors scored one run in
the .second inning and added
three big insurance runs in the
final stanza with centerfielder
R o n n y Aldridge smacking a
home run to start things rolling.
Gastonia collected two of its
three hits in the sixth with pitch
er Hamilton adding a single.
IN MONDAY'S ACTION, Kings
Mountain defeated Dallas 3-0 in
82 Signed Up For Football;
Practice Begins August 13
The I960 Kings Mountain high
school football team begins sum
mer piartice Friday Au;u5t 1.3.
and Coach Bill Rates said last
.. j f- , - j j week that S2 !:oys liavc already
the opener and Gastonia downed
Herald
Sports
By GARY STEWART
Four '64 Moun+ie Stars Get Scholarships
Four hoys who were among the many .stars of the 1964
Kings Mountain high school football team will be going to
college this year on football scholarships. Two have been
awarded lull* grants and two partial.
A total of eight boys who graduated this past year
will be playing on some college sports team and the re
maining four will po.s.sibly receive scholarships by the
start of next season.
The four boys w ho received football scholarships were
all-conference last .season and two were named to all-state
learns. Two ot the boys will be going to Appalachian State
Teacher’s College, one will be at Lenoir-Rhyne, and one
at The Citadel.
KM Football Star
In All-Star Game
Murphy, McGinnis Receive Full Grants
Pat Murphy and Hubert McGinnis have received full
scholarships, M'urphy from ASTC and McGinnis from Le
noir-Rhyne. McGinnis was chosen all-state and is now in
Greensboro, N. C., where he will participate in the annual
East-West all-star game Thursday night at 8:00.
Murphy, who completed over sixty per cent of his
passes in ’6-4, was recognized as the number one quarter
back in the conference for the last two seasons and one of
the best in the state last year.
He was twice chosen all-conference and was awarded
honorable mention on all-state lists last season. Murphy
threw 76 passes last year for a total ot 962 yards and 16
touchdowns.
Pat was awarded the Team Leadership trophy at the
annual Lions Club football banquet at the end of the cam
paign, and was also awarded the Best SWC Back Award at
the Gastonia Gazette football banquet.
McGinnis was a key defensive player and was also the
Mountaineer’s place-kicker. Hubert had 21 conversions in
’64, totaled with one touchdown, for a total of 27 points
scored for the season. He was awarded the Best SWC Line
man award at the Gazette banquet last year.
Jimmy Cloninger and Lyn Cheshire will get partial
grants, Cloninger from ASTC and Cheshire from The Cita
del. Both boys were all-conference last season and Clonin
ger was all-state.
Cloninger, who leaves today for Greenville, N. C., to
play in the annual North-South Boys’ Home Bowl Game,
was an end and also the Mountaineer punter. He punted
33 times last year for 1247 yards, an average of 39.5 yards
per punt.
Cheshire, a tackle, was known for his blocking and
defensive work. He was the recipient of the Fred Plonk
Blocking trophy last season for being the team’s best in
that category.
Ronnie Rhea, a ’64 halfback, is going to Lenoir-Rhyne
this year on a pay-as-you-go basis. Rhea will be on his own
this season but will probably receive a scholarship next
season if things work out as planned.
Rhea averaged 5.7 yards per carry last year and was
one of the top halfbacks in the conference. He gained al
most 300 yards rushing last year.
IN BOWL GAME — Pictured
above is former Kings Moun
tain High footboll star Jimmy
Cloninger who leaves today for
Greenville, N. C., where he will
participate in the annual
North-South Boys' Home Bowl
gome on August 13. Jim was
all ■ conference and all - state
while o stondout end for KMHS
last seoson.
I Jimmy Cloninger, 6‘4''. 18.5-
pound end, Icave.s Thursday
m rning for Greenville, North
Carolina, where he will partici
pate in the annu.il Roys’ Horae
Bowl All-Star GaiTe at East
Catolina College. Friday, August
13. at 8 p.m.
Ji,m. the son of ^^r. and Mrs.
James Cloninger of Route 2.
Kings Mountain, was all-eonfer-
snee and all-state last sea.-ion
while playing for Kings Moun
tain high s.'hodl. He was a pimt-
ng and defensive specialist and
was a th.ee-yoar letterman.
His skill was certainly essen
tial to the success of the Moun
taineers last year. He punted 33
times last season for 1247 yards,
an average of 39.o yards per
punt. He also scored two touch-
dmjms and was a mainstay on
b()th offense and defense.
ite was IF'.ted along with five
other ’(H KMHS standouts on the
SWC all-conference team and
was one of two Kings Mountain
players to be chosen all-state,
one of the highest honors which
can be bettowed upon a high
school athlete. Center Hubert
McGinnis was also all-state.
Jimmy will enter Appalachian
State Teacher’.s College this fall
on a football scholarship, where
he will be joined ;-y ex-KMHS
quarterback Pat Murphy.
Cloninger will be one of four
ends on the South roster and he
is the biggest as far as height is
concerned. Joining Jim at the
end slots will be Stan Berkshire.
6’1” star from Salisbury Boyden,
Louis Newton (6’2" i of Rocking
ham, and Donald Thomas (6’I of
Aycock of Pikeville, N. C.
Coaches for the South team
will be Buddy Luper (headI
from Fayetteville, Ed Emory of
Watlesboro, and Dave Maxclenny
of Aycock.
Hickory 6-4 in the second game.
Geeper Howard hurled the win
for Kings Mountain, allowing
only four hits, and Ronny Al
dridge, who replaced A1 Lane in
the second, was credited with the
win for Gastonia.
Kings Mountain collected only
four hits off Dallas pitchers
Johnny Furmanek and Steve Edi
son, with Curtis Ruppe’s sixth
inning double being the big
blow. KM scored all its runs in
the sixth, when they collected
three of the four hits.
An error started things off with
Mike Sisk reaching base when
the Dallas rightfielder dropped a
fly ball. Tommy Patterson was
issued a ba.se on balls, and Mike
McDaniel drove in Sisk with a
single but Patterson was thrown
out at the plate for the second
out.
Luther Hicks was issued a
base on balls and McDaniel
scored on Ruppe’s double. Scott
Howell, pinch-hitting for Terry
Putnam, singled to score Hicks,
and Dana Sarvis grounded out to
I end the inning.
A1 Lane was the big gun In
! Gastonia’s win over Hickory as
he smacked a home run and a
triple in three times at bat.
Catcher Joel Carpenter also had
a two-for-three plate perform-
1 ance tor Gastonia and Bobby
1 Hoffman had a homer and dou-
I blc in three at bats for the losers
I Ronny ,\ldridge was awarded
the win and Allan Bowman was
I tagged with the lo.ss.
Practice begins vat 9:0') and
two-a-day piactice sessions will
be held until Tuesday, Augu.-t 24
at which time practices will tap
er off to anc-a-day. Morning
practice sessions will be held
from 9:00 until 10:30 and after
noon practice will he fra-n 1:30
until 6:00.
Only four lettermen will rc
'.■urn hut 17 bo.vs who were stand
outs for Compact last season
will be vying for positions. About
13 boys arc fr-m K.M’s ninth
grade team and several boys are
up from the tenth grade squad.
Coach Bates said that he will
give each boy an equal chance
at the position which he wants
to play. Six boys have signed up
for the quarterback position, o-
:’y Manning.
’rhe four Icttcrmon who will
)e out again this sen.inn an
ackle Cliip Bridges, lialfltacl'
■itove Gofnrlli, and fullbackr
Danny Kis.-r and Jay Powell.
Jridges. who leltered as a sophn
more, didn’t play last year be
•ause ot a knee injury hut shaiilt.’
X' ready to play before praclicc
begins.
Coach Bales said that many
■isinj freshmen plan to work
>at with Ihcvarsity team and
there is a chance that a few
might be carried
Boys signed up to play this
season arc: Larry ,\dams, jeth
ro Bell, Ver:iu.s Bell. Charles
Bess. John Bess, Bobby Enlin.
Jerry Boyce, 'I’erry Boyce. Chip
Bridges. Eddie Bridges, Philip
Bunch. Tommy Burns, and Ron
nie Burton;
Alsa Keith Carroll, Joe Cham
pion, Pat Cheshire. Richard
Clinton, Scott Cloninger, Floyd
mong tho.se six, John Thom' s, | Clontz, Chip Crisp. Barry Dcllin
who was a starter at Compact ' gor. Gary Devene.v, Tommy Do-
High last .year. Other bo.vs out I ver, Lonn'e Duncan, Danny Ein-
for quarterback arc Tommy Go- ; gcr. and Tomm.v Finger,
forth, Ton-imy Finger, Philip i Also, Pa\tl (jaffney, Chucky
Wright, Doug Merrier, and Hen-j Gladden, Dennis Goforth, Mike
Gofortli, Steve Goforlli, ’Pommy
Got :rlh, ('arson ore, Charles
..rcen, Ricky Grahl, James Hall,
Ray Hciulorsim, Bill Herndon,
ind Mike lloylc.
ALSO, William Kennedy, Dun-
i.v Ki;-er, .Stan Lauglitcr, Philip
Lawson. Jerry 1 edford, David
Lcflwicli. ’Pony Leigh. Chailes
Lynn, William Mc.Swain. Henry
Manning, Don Martin. Cl.trk
.Mauncy. Sandy .Mauney, William
Mauney. Roy Mrdlin. and Doug
Mercier.
Also. Jerry Mitchem, John
Moore. Bo.r .Mass, Kenneth ,Moss.
Kcnnelh Myers. Larry Patrick.
Robert Phifer, T :mmy Philbcck.
Kenny Idonk. Jay Powell, Plato
Pressle.v, Philip Putnam. Charles
Ramsey, -Mike Sanders, Riehard
Shank, Dennis Smitli and Bobby
Stroup.
Also, John Thombs. John Van
Dyke, Charles Webh, Carl Weis-
ener, Lueio Wilson, Steve Wilson,
Fred Wright, J. C. Wright, Phil
ip Wright, and Wayne Wright.
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Box Scores
MONDAY'S GAMES
Kings Mtn.
Sarvis. 2b
Bolin, 3b
Howard, p
Sisk, lb
Pat'er.son. cf
McDaniel, ss
Hicks, c
Ruppe, If
Putnam, rf
a—Howell, rf
H RBI
0 0
22
4 3
Dallas
Wilson, 2b
Brewer, If
Rhyne, ss
Furmanek, p,
Schrum, rf
Clernmer, c
Scoggins, rf
Edison. 3b, p
Caldwell, lb.
lb
3b
22
4 0
a—singled for Putnam in 6th.
E—Scoggins. 2B — Ruppe, Clem-
mor, Edison. NVP— Howard. LP—
Furmanek.
Teams Chosen Foi Men's Bowling
Season Which Begins August 16
Hickory
Bolick, 2b
Hefner, If
Hoffman, ss
Bowman, p
Clontz, c
Cline, cf, rf
Sullivan, rf
Keever, cf
Thornburg, 3b
Buckner, lb
H RBI
1 1
23
Teams have been chosen for j of the winning team, or teams
Gold Awaits News From Florida State
Richard Gold, all-conference in all three sports at
KMHS last year, is putting interest only on baseball now,
and is awaiting news from Florida State about a scholar
ship for this year.
However, if he does not receive a grant from that
school, Richard plans to attend Wake Forest and join the
Deacon baseball team as a shortstop. Gold was the re
cipient of tw’o Most Valuable Player Awards in the past
year. He w'on the KMHS football MVP trophy and was al
so the American Legion baseball team’s Most Valuable
Player this year. He led the team in hitting with a .4'79
batting average for 19 games.
Other boys planning on playing baseball this year are
Mickey Bell and Seerley Lowery. Lowery was the high
school team’s MVP and Bell the leading hitter. Lowery
posted a 5-3 mound record while Bell topped the confer
ence in hitting with a .405 batting mark.
Lowery will be attending Pheiffer and Boll will be at
N. C. State.
Ronnie Rhea also plans to play college baseball and
there is a possibility that McGinnis and Murphy will too,
if it does not interfere with their football.
the 1965-66 Men’s Duckpin Bowl
ing League as the league begins
play Monday. August 16. The
season will consist ot 35 weeks
of action, with a week break dur
ing the Christmas season. The
league will operate on a split-
season basis, with 18 weeks of
bowling in the first half, and 17
during the second half.
The winners of each half will
meet in a best-of-five series to
determine the league champion.
Awards will again be given in
the following categories: High
Line, High ^t, and High Aver
age (both halves), and Most Im
proved Bowler. Trophies will be
given to winner of each ot these
awards, plus, to each member
Last year’s winners were: First
Half High Line, A1 Henderson
(1,51); First Half High Set, Al
bert Brackett (400); First Half
High Avg., Albert Brackett (112.-
23); Second Half High Line, Al
bert Brackett (155): Second Half
High Set, Bob Herndon (398):
Second Half High Avg., Albert
Brackett (112.92); and Most lin-
proved Bowler Award, Ronnie
Culbertson. Culbertson improved
his average from 100 to 108 from
the first through second half ot
action.
Gastonia
Williams, ss
Dellinger, lb
Lane, p, cf
Aldridge, cf,
Hamilton, If
Ghorley, rf
Keistler, 2b
Rhyne, 3b
Carpenter, c
24 6 7 4
E—Bowman, Bolick. 2B — Hoff
man, Bowman. 3B — Lane, Wil
liams. HR — Lane, Hoffman. WP
—Aldridge. LP — Bowman,
TUESDAY'S GAME
The six men who posted the
highest averages for last season
were chosen as the team cap
tains, and each. In turn, cho.se
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Five Others Already In College Sports
These boys listed above will join five other former
KMHS standouts in the college ranks. Three of the five are
engaged in baseball, one in football, and one in track.
Jimmy Medlin, who won the ’63 Leadership Award,
is playing football at Western Carolina where he will prob
ably be a starter this year. Jimmy was all-conference in
’63 while playing as a guard.
Barry Gibson, who has been a starter for Lenoir-
Rhyne’s baseball team for the past two seasons,
entered college on a scholarship in ’64 and wjll be L-R’s
ace pitcher this year. Gibson received the first annual
John Henry Moss Most Valuable Player Award in ’63 when
he led the Mountie baseball team to the Southwest Con
ference championship.
Warren (iloforth was Appalachian’s ace last season
while a freshman and will have three more years of play
left. Jimmy Leigh was the first string first-baseman at
ASTC last season and Calvin Lockridge lettered in track,
also at ASTC.
Appalachian Is Favorite School
All but one (maybe two) of the 13 boys listed above
are attending a college here in North Carolina. Appala
chian is the favorite choice, as five of the boys choose that
school — Leigh, Goforth, Lockridge, Murphy, and Clon
inger. Three will be at Lenoir Rhyne — Gibson, McGinnis,
and Rhea — and five other schools are blessed with one
each.
Lyn Cheshire will be going out of state to school (Cit
adel) and Gold, if given a scholarship, will be at Florida
State.
Gastonia
Williams, ss
Dellinger, lb
Lane, If
Aldridge, cf
Hamilton, p
Ghorley, rf
a—Haney, rf
Keistler. 2b
Rhyne, 3b
Carpenter, c
H RBI
Rusty Eaip All-
Stai Swimmei
Rusty Eai'p, IG-ycar old grand
son of Mr. and .Mrs. W A. Earp
of Kings .Mountain. left l.isi
Thursday for San Salvad U' wtiere
he wa.r to compete wiili four oth
er Florida AAU All-Star swim
mers against topnolcli swim
ming and diving talent from El
Salvador and Guatamala. Meets
were held on Friday. Saturday,
and Sunday.
Earp is in his seventh y<-ar of
AAU competition and his .second
year as a mcirher of tlte All Slar
team. His specialties are the
breaststroke and freestyle, A
three-year letterman for the
Fort Myers Junbr High Ripples,
Rusty was awarded the Ripple
“Mostj Valuable .Swimmer” tro
phy in 1964.! In his fre.slimati
year he was .-;cle.-ted ".Sliulcnl of
the Month” and awarded a Ki-
wanis eilizenship trophy.
In 1963, he was a Junior Olym
pic finalist in the bi'e :c si stroke
and freestyle events. In 1961,
Rusty was a member of the Fort
Myes 1517 hoy^i freestyle and
metUey relay teams that -set five
Florida Association reeoid-s. As
a .sophnrore at Fort .Myer.s Sen
ior High .School this year lie was
a mc.m er of the Junior Civitan
Club, Student Council, Home
coming Court, ami lettered in
football and swimmiirg.
BARRY 'TEAGUE, Davidson College basketball star will be hon
ored August 18, in Kings Mountain at "Barry Teague Night''.
Barry and friends will play a scrimmage game at the high school
gym, following a series of Davidson game movies. The program
is being sponsored by First Union National Bank where Teague
was recently employed in the Trust Department.
Halford Crowned
Speedwoy Champion
Barry Teague Night
August 18, KM Gym
I FOREST CITY, N. C. John-
I ny Halford of .Spartanburg. S.
i C was crowned ehaempion of the
j local speedway last week when
hefinished three ear lengths a-
hcad of Tommy Eskevv of Shelby
in the .50-lap (Championship rare
at the Rutherford Speedway. Hal
ford won the first heat in his
'.55 Chevrolet and Otis Spencer
of Gaffney, S. C. won the other
heat in a '55 Ford.
First Union National Bank will
spon.sor “Barry Teague Night” in
Kings Mountain on Wednesday,
.August 18, according to an an
nouncement today by bank vice
president R. S. Lennon.
The program at Kings Moun
tain High School Gymnasium
will salute star “Playmaker’’
Teague and the famous team
that made national sports his
tory last year. Included on the
program with Barry Teague will
be his teammate, Don Davidson,
and Don Parker, coach of Kings
Mountain High School.
Following his recent gradua
tion, Teague swapped his basket
ball uniform for a banker’s gray
suit for his new job in the Trust
pro-
Department of First Union Na
tional Bank in Charlotte.
Lennon stated that the
gram will get underway at 7:30
p.m. and following several very !
short talks there will be .selected ;
basketball movie shorts of actual
games and a scrimmage involv- i
ing a number of local Kings
Mountain players. “The program
is designed to encourage local ;
players to advance their careers
on college courts,” Lennon said, i
Door prizes will include pairs of
tickets to this sea.son’s Davidson .
games to be played in the Char- j
lotte Coliseum. Free tickets to
“Barry Teague Night’’ are avail- i
able through the Kings Mountain '
office of Fir.st Union. No phone
or mail orders can be filled.
Promolor Lloyd Self has lined
up another fine ix'ogram for
(his Friday night with feature
events in hith the semi and .su
per modified divisions.
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Kings Mtn.
Sarvis, If
Bridges, rf, p
Howard, lb, cf
Sisk, p, lb
Patterson, cf,
Bolin, 3b
McDaniel, ss
Ruppe, 2b
Hicks, c
b—Harris
0—Payne, c
3 2
P, rf
20
a—walked for Ghorley in 6th.
b—struck out for Hicks in 5th.
c—went in to catch in 6th.
E5—Sisk, Rhyne, Keistler, Dellin
ger, Carpenter. HR — Aldridge.
WP—Hamilton. LP — Salt
Baseball Standings
NATIONAL
W
LEAGUE
L Pet.
GB
AMERICAN LEAGUE
W L Pet.
GB
Los Angeles
62
45
.579
—
Minnesota
67
.39
.632
Cincinnati
60
46
.566
IVi
Baltimore
60
43
.583
S'ii
Milwaukee
57
45
.559
2'i,
Cleveland
59
44
.573
6>.L.
San Francisco
56
46
.549
31^
Detroit
.58
45
.563
7to
Philadelphia
.54
50
.519
6'i
Chicago
.57
46
.553
8’-!
Pittsburgh
55
53
.,509
7lj
New York
52
56
.481
16
St. Louis
.53
53
.500
S’i
Los Angeles
48
56
.462
18
Chicago
Houston
51
45
.58
59
.468
.433
12
15’'2
Washington
Boston
46
39
61
64
.430
..379
21 Ml
2612
New York 34 72 .321
THURSDAY'S GAMES
27',2
Kansas City
34
66
.340
30
Pittsburgh at New York, night
Chicago at Philadelphia, nigh'
Los Angeles at .Milwaukee,
night
San Francdsco at Cincinnati,
night
Houston at St. Louis, night.
THURSDAY'S GAMES
Washington at Minne.sota
New 5’ork at Chicago
Detroit at Cleveland, night
Boston at Kansas City, night
Only games scheduled
A large contingent of coupes
from Georgia will he on hand
this week, headed by Buck Sim
mons the 17ycai-okl phenom
from Allanla. Ga. who won his
dehut race here |wo weeks ago.
Wilton Watkins of Cornelius and
Aar.n Galley of Livonia, who
will be driving his newly Iniilt
’32 Ford, also will he ready.
Paul Ghost of Morristown,
Tenn., will offer a strong chal
lenge as will John Altman of
Bluff City, Va. the reigning track
champion ai the Kingsport, Tenn.
.Speedway who will be making
his first app<'aranoe at Ruthor-
fordton.
Toodle Estes of Knoxville,
I Tenn. who led most of the race
two weeks ago before being forc
ed out by mtn'hanieal trouble,
: will be on hand in the car that
' Galley formerly drove
Self is again offering a bonus
of $100 to the late model that
i can outrun the coupes. Lefty Bol
ton of Gastonia, A. G. Atkins ot
Rutherfordton and Bobby Gos
sett of Spartanburg are among
the late model entrants who will
’ be shooting for the 'tonus.
Eskew will he on hand with
his '51 Chevrolet, trying to un-
.seat Halford ad thf'.se two will
receive strong challenges from
Tommy Edmondson and Irvin
Wix of .Shelby, Wendell Byers of
Forest City and others. >
Heat races begin at 8 o’clock
I with a 23-lap main for the fiemi-
; modified And the 40-lap feature
for the super-midified to follw.