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Kings Mounfaln. N. C'., TKurW/y.'Oetob'ef 7, I^6S
Thursday, November 4, 1965
ountaineers Lose Sixth Straight At Rutherfordton
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Kings Mountain’s Mountain-
onrs lost thoir sixtii straight fool-
ball cMU'Ountor at Kiitliorforcllon
FrlJay night, falling to the hanils
of R S Central by a 27 G count.
The Mountaineers, led by
.senior fullback Danny Kiser,
moved llie ball well on tlie
ground but an under - average
defense allowed Rutlierfordton to
pick up tile yards when they
needed them, and connect on
long passes to .set up important
touchdowns.
Kiser, a ISO pound Ictterman,
was the game's leading ground
gainer. He picked up a net total
of 101 yards in 19 carries for a
.'j.S rushing average. Senior let-
termen Jay Powell and Steve Go
forth chipped in C) and 18 yard.s
respectively, Dennis Smith had
13 yards gained. Tommy Finger,
8, and Clilp Crisp, 2, to account
for the Mountaineers’ 187 yards
rushing.
On the other hand, R-S Central
had 161 yards rushing, but add
ed 8.5 passing to account for 245
total yards. Junior halfback Mike
Guffey led the R-S Central rush-
MOUNTAINEERS — Pictured above is the Kings Mountain high
school football team which plays hosts to Belmont here Friday
night and Lincolnton next week in the final two games of the
1965 season. The Mounties are currently tied with Belmont for
sixth place in the standings, and a win Friday would move them
into a fifth place tie with Rutherfordton. To date, the Moun
taineers are 2-5 and Belmont is 1-6. Both teams are 1-4 in South
western Conference play.
I ing column with 47 yards in four
I Irii's. lie also scored two of the
I team’.s four touchdowns.
I Junior halfback Carl Barlles
I got the R-S Central homecoming
i crowd to its feet early In the
! game when he returned Crisp’s
; opening kickoff 95 yard.s for a
1 touchdown. End Johnny Davis
] attempted the point after, it fail-
I ed, and the hosts led 6-0 with
I only 16 seconds gone by. ]
j Kings Mountain’s running at- j
tack sparkled early but after a i
' penalty caused a fourth-and-ninc j
] situation on the Central 44, Sop-
j homore Paul Gaffney was called
I upon for punting duties.
R-S Central failed to get any
ground and the Mounties took
over again but wore forced to re
turn the kick when three plays
netted only eight yards.
Rutherfordton then set up its
second touclidown drive from the
KM 43. Southpaw quarterback
Warren Goforth passed incom
plete on first down, then Guffey
broke through the middle of the
lino for a 40-yard gain to the
i Mountaineer three, setting up a
first-and goal situation.
Guffey then crasherl off left
tackle for the .score and Davis
kicked the point after, giving
Central a 13-0 lead with 10:,hu
left in the half.
Kings Mountain then launched
a 69 yard touchdown drive wliich
was climaxed with a one yard
plunge by Kiser. The Mountain
eers used only nine plays eti-
route to the score (tlieir first in .
five games) with a 38 yard run
by Kiser highlighting the romp, j
Crisp attempted the conversion, j
Central’s third touchdown drive
began at midfield after the Hill- ,
toppers relumed Crisp’s kickoff
from the 15 to the .3.5. but Rutli-
erfordton was given the pig.skin
at the 50 because of a 15-yard
penalty against K.M for tackling
by the face mask.
In three running plays the
Hllltoppers had a first down on
the 37, then Goforth let fire with
a 34 yard pass to Davis, setting
up a first-and-goal situation on
the three. Fullback Mike Gilbert
later scored from one yard out.
Davis booted the point after and
Hie Ililltoppers led 20-6 at half
time. ,
Central's final score of tlie
niglit came with 5:20 left in tiie
game witli Guffey ag.iin scoring
on a one-yard plunge.
The Ililltoppers Iiad taken pos-
ses.sion on tlioir ow'n .18, after KM
had to punt on a fourth-and-13
situation. That drive was spark
ed by a 43 yaril pass from War
ren ballon to Davis. Davis again
kicked the extra point, ending
the game scoring at 27-6.
While Kiser was llie game's
outstanding player on olfcn.se.
Chip Uridges and I’liilip Bunch
played an impressive game on
defense for the losing .Mounties.
Each boy aided on many tackles
and had five una.ssisted stops
eacli. Tackles Bobby Keever and
Garry .Sprouse siiearheaded tlie
Central defensive cliarge.
The win marked Ceiitrars sw-
ond SWe victory in as many
I weeks, making tlie Ililltoppers 3-
i5 overall. The loss marked the
sixth straight defeat for the KM
eleven. 3'he Mounties are 2-6
. overall.
MOUNTAINEER
GRIDGRAPH
Herald
Sports
By GARY STEWART
Mounties-Belmont
t
Meet Here Friday
SFirst Downs
KM
15
R-S
13
Sfards Rushing
187
161
1 Yards Passing
35
84
1 Total Yards
222
245
l^’asses Att.
3
6
■ Passes Comp.
3
3
I?as.ses Had Int.
2
0
1 Fumbles Lost
0
0
IPenalties
6—40
9—53
■Punts
3—32.7
1—28
KINGS MOUNTAIN
RUSHING
Offense Shined, Defense Not Up To Par
Kings Mountain lost its sixth straight game at Ruth
erfordton Friday night, losing to Coach Max Beam s Hill-
lopper.s by a 27-B count. After u inning their first two sea
son games, tlic Mountaineers have been held to only lo
points. . , •
The Mounties scored 12 points at Chase while losing
3S-12 in the thiid game of the year, then were held score
less for four straight contests. KM fullback Danny Kiser
averted a fifth straight shutout Friday late in the second
Quarter when he scored from one yard out.
In past weeks the Mountaineer defense has looked
fairly well and the offense has not been clicking. But last
week, it was just the opposite. The offense clicked but the
defense was not up to par.
Tackle Chip Bridges played an impressive game on
defense, as did defensive back Philip Bunch, but as far as
the remaining nine positions — not too well.
Kiser played probably his best offensive game of his
career Friday, chalking up a net total of 101 yards rush
ing in 19 carries. Kiser led the game in rushing and moved
within 2.5 .yards of overtaking Jay Powell for the Moun
taineer rushing lead.
Comparing The Two—Kiser And Powell
So far this season, Kiser has carried the pigskin 61
tim«« from cev'mmaee and has picked up a net total of
247 yards for a 4.1 rushing
average. Powell has carried
72 times for 272 yards and
a 3.8 average.
Average-wise, Kiser leads
Powell in rushing because
he had cai'i'ied tlie ball 11
less times. An amazing
thing about Powell’s mark,
the 160 - pound tailback -
fullback has not been
thrown for a loss this
year. In fact, Powell has
been thrown for a loss only
once in two years, that a
one-yarder.
Actually, Philip Wright,
who was ruled ineligible
after the completion of the
fifth game, leads the rush
ing column. Wright picked
up a net total of 329 yards
in 85 tries, good for a 3.9
average. He w as ruled ineligible because of poor grades
and will have to wait until next year to rejoin the team.
A couple of sophomores have the best rushing aver
ages to date. Fullback Chip Crisp, who was just recently
called up from the junior varsity squad, has carried three
times this season for 16 yards, an average of 5.3 yards per
take.
Halfback Dennis Smith has carried the pigskin 17
times, has gained a net total of 71 yards, and has a 4.2
rushing average. Neither boy has managed a score — yet.
The Mounties’ four senior lettermen continue to lead
the team in just about every department. While Pow’ell
leads the rushing column, right behind him is Kiser, and
in third position in rushing is w’ingback Steve Goforth with
78 yards in 27 carries.
Goforth, who, like Powell, has had to sit out a good
bit this sea.son because of injuries, leads the team in pass
receiving and is co-leader w’ith his brother Tommy in
scoring. Steve has grabbed four passes good for 80 yards
and two touchdowns. Tommy’s two touchdowns came on
roll-outs.
Tommy Finger, who just recently took over as the
first unit quarterback, is second in pass receiving with
four catches and 46 yards. Next comes Charles Carroll
with three grabs for 22 yards, followed by Kiser with 19
for one catch, and sophomore Pal Cheshire with 17 yards
for one grab.
Wright follows the Goforth brothers in scoring with
seven points, one touclidown and one conversion. Three
boys, Kiser, Powell, and Carroll, have six points each, and
Jerry Mitchem rounds out the Mountie scoring column
with one extra point.
Going to the passing rolumn. Finger has completed
38 per cent of hi.s tosses, three-for-eight. His pas.ses have
been good for 20 .yards, no touchdowns. Goforth has com
pleted 33 percent of his throws, 14 out of 43, good for 177
yards and two touchdow ns. Wright completed 40 percent
of his passes, two-for-five.
So far this year, eight passes have been intercepted
DANMT KlSctR
Kings Mountain’s Mountain
eers entertain the Belmont Rod
Raiders here Friday night at 7:30
before putting out the welcome
mat to Lincointon in the 1965
finale next week.
Both coaches. Bill Bates of
Kings Mountain and Kay Shelton
of Belmont, look for a close bat
tle, since the two teams are tied
for sixth place in the Southwest
ern Conference standings w'ith
identical 1-4 records. Over-all
marks show the Mounties "just
a little bit better” than Belmont,
as the Mounties sport a 2-6 rec
ord and the Red Raiders are 1-7
lor all games.
Coach Shelton of Belmont re
ports that he will have only one
letterman starting this week be
cause of the fact that injuries
have plagued his team all sea
son long. Three ’64 standouts,
tackles Barry Farmer and Tom
my Fuller, and guard Danny Ab
ernathy will all miss the game.
Fullback Charles Orren is the
only letterman in the lineup. Or
ren, a 180-pound senior, to date
is the team's leading rusher.
Other backfield starters will be
quarterback Warren Garrett, a
southpaw, and halfback.s Wayne
Barr and Danny Adkins.
Tommy Tate, one of the top
pass receivers in the conference,
and Steve Wilhelm will be Shel
ton’s starting ends, at tackles
will be junior Dan Conard and
.senior Mike Feimster, and guards
will be seniors Barry Fislior and
i Dennis Dotson, and the center
: will be junior Ton.v Chaney.
Shelton’.s starting lineup con-
.sists of four seniors, six juniors,
and one .sophomore. Wilhelm is
the sophomore.
"Going by games that we’ve
played with other teams in tins
conference, we should be evenly
matched," said Shelton. Shelton
added that his team is pretty
W’ell balanced between running
and passing, but added that
"they’re not too tough on defense,
but move the ball well on of
fense.”
KM Coach Bates said that his
starting team will look about the
same but added that a lot of the
younger boys will sec a great
deal of action in this week's
game, as they have in the pass
couple of weeks.
Bates added, that at the ends
especially, he will bo working
with a lot of the younger boys.
Sophomore Pat Cheshire, a 5-10,
145 pounder, looked good on of
fense last week against Ruther
fordton, and will probably see
much action for the next two
weeks.
Coach Bates added that senior
fullback Danny Kiser is the only
back assured of a starting posi
tion for tills week’s game. Kiser,
a letterman, gained 101 yards
last week to lead the ground
gaining column, plus, did a com
mendable job on defense.
KM’s starting line will prob
ably consist of Fred Wright and
Scott Cloninger at the ends. Chip
Bridges and Roy Medlin at the
tackles, Chucky Gladden and
Paul Gaffney at the guards, and
Sandy Mauney at center.
I At quarterback will be either
I Tommy Finger or Tommy Go- ,
i forth, Kiser will bo at fullback. |
j and top halfback choices will be i
Dennis Smith, Jay Powell, and
! Steve and Mike Gofortli.
Kings Mountain will ho.st Lin-
colnton in the season finale here
i next Friday. Lincointon is cur
rently tied for first place in the
SWe standings with East Ruth
erford. and if the two manage
to end the season in a tie. East
will represent tlie conference in
the po.st-.season pla.voffs, thanks
to a 7-0 “sudden death" win over
the Linc.s.
In other games this week,
Chase will play at Shelby, Cher-
ryville will visit Mt. Holly, and
R-S Central will play at Dallas.
Lincointon has an open date.
Elsie's Stretches
Loop Lead To Three
Elsie’s Beauty Shop won four
games off Cash’s Grocery to
stretch it.s Ladies’ Bowlln.g
League lead to three games over
second plaee McGinnis Furniture
in action at Mountain Lanes
Bowling Center Tuesday night.
In other action, Oates Hender
son Shell defeated Kings Moun
tain Drug Co., three games to
one. to move into fourth place
in the loop standings and Mc
Ginnis Furniture was a 3-1 victor
over third place Plonk Brotlicrs.
, The standings now show Mc-
i Ginni.s Furniture trailing Elsie's
by three game.s. Plonk Brothers
I in third place, seven games out.
' Oates Henderson, Shell a game
back of Plonk’s, Kings Mountain
Drug Co. in fifth place, and
I Cash’s Grocery bringing up the
I roar, 14 games out of first place.
j Lib Gault copped night scor
ing honors by combining games
of 123. 123. and 126 for a 372 set
to lead Elsie’s to its four game
win over Casli’s Grocery. Two
other members of the winning
team. Charity Gofortli and Dot
Etters, topped the 300 sot mark,
with Goforth registering a 334
and Etters chipping in a 316.
I Betty Cash had a 121 line and
a 288 set for the losers.
0-H Shell team captain Jenny
Oates gained scoring honors in
the Oates Henderson-K. M. Drug
match by rolling linos of 127,
116, and 113 for a 356 set. Pat
Panther topped the losers in
scoring with a 102 line and a
282 set.
Barbara Miller rolled a 127
line and a 333 set to lead the
McGinnis Furniture team to its
three game win over Plonk
Brothers, Betty Fite added a 328
get for the winners and Evelyn
Eailv had a 103 line and Pat
Herndon a 275 set for the losers.
;v
iPlayer T
iKlser 19
*Powell 16
'3. Goforth 5
Smith 3
Finger 6
I Crisp
N Avg.
101 5.3
^'Player
- Finger
PASSING
Att. Comp.
4 2
Int.
1
5r. Goforth 4 1 1
RECEIVING
Goforth
» %,'i *i -Green
STANDOUT — Pictured above
is Kings Mountain high school
junior guard Chucky Gladden
Mountaineeis this s e o s o n.
Gladden will he starting ogoin
this week when the Moun
taineers host Belmont.
Kiser Mountaineer<
“Player Of Week’^
Player
Caught Yards
TD
Ciser
1
19
0
Cheshire
1
17
0
^risp
1
-1
0
R-S CENTRAL
RUSHING
Player
T G L
N
Avg.
Guffey
4 47 —
47
11.8
Gilbert
11 43 —
43
3.9
Goforth
4 30 1
29
7.3
Green
4 15 —
15
3.8
Dalton
1 10 —
10
10.0
Smith
1 9 —
9
9.0
Bartles
4 10 3
PASSING
7
1.8
Player
Att. Comp]
mt.
Yds.
Goforth
5 2
0
41
Dalton
1 1
RECEIVING
0
43
Player
Caught
Yards
TD
Davis
3
84
0
Team
STANDINGS
Plonk Brothers
Oates Henderson
Kings Mtn. Drug
Cash’s Grocery
VI
L
Pet.
25
11
.694
22
14
.611
18
18
.500
17
19
.472
15
21
.417
11
25
306
by KM’s opponents. Five have been intercepted against
Goforth, two against Wright, and one against Finger. Bes-
: semer City grabbed four of those tosses here a few weeks
' ago, when the 2-A Yellow Jackets won 7-0.
1 Sophomore guard - linebacker Paul Gaffney has punt-
; od 25 times this year, good for 842 yai’ds and a 33.7 aver
age. He has had one punt blocked. Senior Scott Cloninger
I has punted three times for 112 yards and a 37.3 average.
I MISCELLANEOUS FIGURES — Kings Mountain
j players have intercepted two passes (Mike Goforth and
Dennis Smith, one each), and have blocked two punts,
j (Philip Bunch and Gaffney, one each). They have recov
ered seven fumbles, Charles Carroll getting two, and Chip
Bridges, Tommy Dover, Tommy Finger, John Moore, and
' Smith, one each.
Little Mounties Knock Oil East;
Mullinax Now Has 13 Touchdowns
Wayne Mullinax upped his sea
son scoring pace to 13 touch
downs Thursday night as he scor
ed twice to lead the Kings Moun
tain high school ninth graders
to a 33-0 will over East Ruther
ford.
Mullina.x, who has thrown for
three additional touchdowns,
scored on runs of 31 and 71
yards, and led the ground gain
ing department with a total of
127 yards rushing. Tlie Little
Mounties, as a team, gained 270
yard.s rushing.
The speedy halfback intercept
ed a pa.ss and carried it back 31
yards for his first score of the
game and went 71 yards on an
off tackle play for his final TO.
Quarterback-fullback Joe Corn-
well also scored two touchdowns
on runs of one and 12 yards and
halfback Demetrius Moore ran 31
yards for the other TD. Corn
well’s 12 yard touchdown gallop
was set up by a fumble recovery
by KM defensive end Ross'
Springer.
Kenneth Mitchem kicked three-
out-of-five extra points for the
Little Mounties.
Hus.sey said that defensive
tackles Stanley Brown and Barry
Robinson played a real fine game
on defon.se. Brown sustained an
ankle injury in the contest and
will miss the season finale a-
gainst Hunter Huss.
The ninth graders will travel
to Gastonia today (Wednesday)
to take on the Hunter Huss jay-
vees in the final game of the '65
season. Coach Bob Hussey’s Lit
tie Mounties finished conference
play with a 4-1 record, second
place in the loop standings. They
are 5-1 over-all.
Kings Mountain had only 19
points scored on them this sea
son, all of them coming in the
season opener against Lincoin
ton, which the Little Mounties
lost 19-13. Since then the Moun
ties have not been scored on.
Plonk Oil Defeats
City Paint Store
Clarence Plonk rolled a 1.54
line and a 426 set to lead the
Plonk Oil Co. Men’s Bowling
team to a three game win over
City Paint Store Monday night.
The action took place at Moun
tain Lancs Bowling Center.
The Plonk Oil Co. captain
rolled the high game in the first
game of action and led the Oil
ers to a 28 pin win. Ho added a
132 line in the second game,
which the Plonk team won by
93 pins, and added a 140 game
in the final match, which his
team lost.
Allen Myers chipped in a 132
line and a 327 set for the win
ners and Randy Blanton had a
128 line and a 356 set for the los-
ers. Paul Ware added a 323 set
for the City Paint team.
In other action, first place
Morrison Loan Co. moved into a
five game lead by blanking Clyde
Culbertson 4-0, and Dilling Heat
ing moved into a fifth place tie
by beating Griffin Drug Co.
three games to one.
The standings now show Plonk
Oil trailing Morrison Loan Co..
Clyde Culbertson and City Paint
Store tied for third-fourth place,
and Griffin Drug and Dilling
Heating tied for fifth-sixth.
Every member of the Morrison
Loan Co. team rolled a 300-plus
set with team captain Albert
Brackett loading the way with a
363. Boyer Murray copped high
line honors with a 142. Red Mor
rison had a 356 set, Murray add
ed a 351, Tommy Gamble had
a 303, and Tom Gamble chipped
in a 302. Harold Barber had a
125 lino and Clyde Culbertson
chipped in a 340 set for the los
ers.
Ronnie Culbertson copped
scoring honors in the Dilling
Heating • Griffin Drug Co. match
by rolling a 139 line and a 367
set to lead the Dilling team to a
3-t win. John Dilling and Rich
ard Culbertson rolled 347 and
325 sets respectively and Steve
Rathbone had a 128 line and Aud
Tignor a 340 set for the losers.
STANDINGS
Team W L Pd.
Morrison Loan Co. 33 15 .688
Plonk on Co. 28 20 .583
Clyde Culbertson 24 24 .500
City Paint Store 24 24 .500
Dilling Heating 18 30 .375
Griffin Drug Co. 18 30 .375
Senior Mountaineer fullback
Danny Kiser gains "Player of the
Week" recognition for the seoo'nci
straight week as a result of his
out.standing play at Rutherford
ton Friday night.
The 180-pound letterman was
the game’s out.standing offensive
player, leading the ground gain
ing department with a net total
of 101 yards for 19 carries, a 5..5
rushing average. He also took a
.screen pass from behind the line
of siTimmage and turned it into
a 19-yard play.
Kiser, who has been recogniz
ed this year mostly bccau.se of
his defensive play, turned in one
of the most out.standing perform
ances of the year for a KM play
er. Besides being the leading
ground gainer and pa.ss receiver,
Kiser also scored hi.s team’s only
touchdown in the 27-6 lo.ss to the
Hilltoppcr.s. It was the first time
tliC Mounties have scored in fi\c
games.
Although the Mountaineers
were not up to par on defense,
tackle Chip Bridges and defen
sive back Philip Bunch should
gain honorable monlion for their
defensive work. Each boy turned
In five unassisted tackles and
aided other boys in making sev
eral stops.
STARTERS — Pictured above are two members of the Compact
football team who will be starting when the Cobras ploy host to
Reid high school of Belmont In Compact's Homecoming game
here tonight. Stonding is letterman quarterback Johnny Thombe
and kneeling over the btOl is tackle Sherwood Moore,
CITY BASKETBALL
Any industries, business es
tablishment, communities, etc„
thort wish to put a team in this
year’s City Recreation Basket
ball League are asked to con
tact Recreation Director Elmer
Ross as soon as possible.
Cots Lose Top Spot
In Mixed Standings
The Clyde Culbertson team de
feated the Alle.v Cats four games
to none Thursday night to move
into first place in the Kings
Mountain Mixed Duckpin Bowling
standings, Alexander’s Auto
Parts won four games off Clar
ence Plonk to move within five
games of third place.
Randy Blanton and Clyde Cul
bertson teamed up to bowl the
Culbertson six into sole posses
sion of the top spot with Blanton
copping high scoring honors with
a 146 line and a 370 set. Culbert
son added a 140 line and a .361
set and Gary Hollifield led the
losers with a 124 line and a 331
set.
Alexander’s Auto Parts was
given a 19-pin per game handi
cap and went on to defeat the
Clarence Plonk team four games
to none. Roddy Houser topped
the winners in scoring with a
139 line and a 360 set and Plonk
had a 128 line and a 335 set for
the losers.
standings
Team
Clyde Culbertson
Alley Cats
Clareitee FlOnk
AiexMider’s
%-
standout — Pictured above
Is Mountaineer tackle Chip
Bridges who played an out
standing game on defense for
Kings Mountain last week a-
gainst R-S Central. Bridges, a
senior letterman, is expected to
be In full swing this week
when the Mounties put out the
welcome mat to Belmont's Red
Raiders.
W
L
Pet.
18
10
.643
15
13
.536
14
14
.500
•
19
A21
PLAY, CHEER. OR FIGHT
. Steve Powell, (12i
Seventh Grade
Central School
On tlie mist of the field
Dusit has settled, dried and
gone.
The 8(gns of roughness also
yi*ld
Each player played alone.
It was 1 a rough, tough game.
In which many were to
blaire.
Each mtn played his best.
To pie sse his cheering guest.
The coai -hos shook hands to-
goth pr.
«t each other and
sftid ‘Good Game ”
One was good, the other better,
„ was the best,
bo this B lows even though
■Your t< am might not gleam
show ^
came
to fig ht the opposing-team.