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T THursday, March'll7. 1966 Host York In Baseball Opener Tuesday Herald Sports Lithium To Play Belk’s Thursday Fouling Jaycees | Bow Out Tuesday With 109-69 Loss The Jkycees bowed out of the Recreation League Baskotball > Tournajnent with iosses Monday and Tuesday night after letting I fouls get the cest af than, in both conitests. s Belk’s sharpshooting forward i Richard Little connected wi three ! key foul shots in Monday’s game which saw Belk’s come from be-; hind to w'hip the Jaycees, 64-62. i Two Jaycees fouled out early : in the, second period Tuesday night leaving only four (team! players in the game. Lithium; took advantage of the opportun- j ity and trounced the ho^s, 109-69. | ‘Belk’s and Lithium meot Thurs- i day night at 7:00 for the tourna- i ment championship Should Lith- i ium win, however, the two teams will have to play again Friday night for the chaim.pionship. * The Jaycees led the entire first half against Belk’s Monday-, hold ing a comfortable 37-2S halftime margin. But the eventual winners began to catch up in the third period and trailed by only one, 45-44, heading into the final 10 minutes. Little led the game scoring with 26 points but it was, three foul shots—all three coming on technical fouls, two against Jay- cee center Jimmy Cloninger and one against coach Bili-Grissom— that told the tale. Little connected on all three shots which turned out to be the, winning baskets. Each team placed three men in double figures with Little’s{ 26 heading the list. Louis Cook^and J. D. Biddix added 14 and 10 re spectively for the winners and Vernon Carson, Skellie Hunt and Jim Cloninger had 21, 16 .and 13 respectively for the losers. The Jaycees weren’t even in the same gym with Lithium Tues day night as the regular-season By GARY STEWART «: Cherries, Lines, Raiders To Head SWC It’s just about time for high school '^^seball to really get into the swing, of things, so judging from retu g fettermen from last year, it looks like Cherr^dle. ^ colnton and Belmont will be the teams to beat i Southwest Conference this year. - ^ Cherryville has a returning letternoan at just a every position, except for shortstop, which handled for the past four seasons by Jerry Randall, an alheonfer- encerop—« the best records of any SWC coach, winning thiee of the last seven conference championships and crown.. The Cherrries were 7-7 last year and ended the ^^^^Chenwvme^ha?‘one all-conference player Returning, eenterfielder Wade Beam. Larry Davidson and Gary Homesley are Heavner’s top mound prospects while first baseman-Randy Randall and second-baseman Kenny Cad walS heJS'^infield prospects. Bill Eaker and ,Johnny Lingerfelt.are expected to join Beam in fgj.- Lincolnton Coach Perry Brown hf s two ^ -confer ence players returning, outfielders Bobby Smith and Frank Hostetler. Harry Graham looms as the top moun prospect up Lincolnton way. . .t, The Lines finished the ’6o season in fouith place with an 8-6 conference mark. v. • 'nn Belmont, always a top contender, will '^^^in-the season with probably the strongest pitching staff but will undoubtedly be a weak hitting club. *- „,iii Senior Eddie Barnhill and junior Danny Adkins will ' be Belmont’s two mainstays with able relief pitching com ing from big senior Barry Farmer and junior Warren Gar- ^"^^^ All-conference catcher Steve Barkley will pro^bly be the team’s most powerful slugger with outfielder Tom my Abernathy beginning his third year as a starter. Shelby, Moun+ies Should Be Even This.year’s tw’o gam^es between Kings Mountain and Shelby should be evenly-matched because both teams lost almost its entire crop last year. , or, Shelby last year’s conference champion with an li- 3 SWC mark, lost such stars as Billy Champion, Ronnie Witeon Tommy Pruett and Joel McKinney and KM lost such big names as Richard Gold, Pat Murphy, Seerley Lowery and Mickey Bell. v — Each team has two starters back. Lions Coach Gene Kirkpatrick will have to depend, second place team won, 109-69. largely upon big righthanded pitcher Mitchell Self and gjg center Glenn Newton was ' junior catcher Phil Peeler, both starters from last year’s team Mountaineer Coach Bill Bates’ two returning start ers are second-baseman Nelson Connor and pitcher Steve Goforth. ...... X 4. There’s no doubt about it^ — if Bates expects to win many ballgames, he’s going to. have to come up with something that I haven’t noticed yet. . . I’ve seen every outside practice session thus far, but I’ve not yet spotted any outstanding players. . ^ Bates will have to depend largely upon Steve and ..u . Tommy Goforth along with sophomore Darrell Whetstine in third round action Thursday the pltching'load and catcher Paul fielders Tony Leigh and Charles Carroll-and third-base ! ^ ^ forfeit over the All-Stars, man Chucky Gladden to use the stick.. I Connor will undoubtedly be one of the top infielders t Lithium used balanced scoring in the league The little junior went the entire season last I from four players \Wth James year wuK' committing an error. 12" tl-'w' The Mountaineers will be weak at the posWons where, jr is Skill is needed the m^ost, first base and shortstop At fi^sL Heavner and Robert bcise will probably be either freshman Ken Mitchem had 26 and 19 respectively sophomore Stanley Laughter, and at shortstop, well, who i for the losers. Icnows^ I Bates begins his third year as head coach, taking over! i" » fouiith ^und maU^ Mot- the job in 1964 after Fred Withers led the ’63 team to the , conference championship. In ’64 Bates’ squad finished in a tie for third place with a 7-7 mark and last year tied for second place with a 9-5 record. His third year is dim. His impressive winning mark will probably fall because of lack of skill and ex perience on the part of the players. Chase, R-S Central and East Rutherford expect to im prove their ’65 showings. Chase ended the ’65 season in sixth place with a 5-91 conference mark and R-S Central and East Rutherford j ^ ip - brought up the rear with 4-10 and 3-11 marks respectively, i vP0^1|0V I OudV The three have a lot of room to improve, facts are, they | • * can’t do much worse! ,, > j Kings Mountain high s( * For some of the SWC schools the ’66 baseball season fiitSd^y) Igai^srcher is already underway, but for KMHS, weather permitting, j ryviiie. Tee-off time is 4 p.m. it begins Tuesday afternoon at 4:00 at City Stadium. The j Mountaineers’ opponent will be York, S. C. I Parker of t ; Mountaineers reports three Kings Mountain returns the visit on Friday and then turning lettermen off iast yea gets to conference competition on March 29 at Chase. The team which posted a 10-3 rej Mountaineers’ first home game will be on Friday, April 1, lar-season record. Last yea against Lincolnton. r- finished eighth in -the as: “ " ; elation meet at Statesviile. The three returning letterm -^who wiil start one, two a three respectively—are Jay Pow ell, Fred Wright, and John ^ Dyke. Rounding out the f eight are Pat Cheshire, Star Yarbro, William MeSwain, E ny Finger and Leslie Joy, in t order. Parker said the botl four positions are subject ' J LEADS WIN — Richard Little (above) scored 26 points to lead Belk's to cr64-62 come- from-behind win over the^Jay- cees in Recreation SpR^e Tournament ' action hlonday night. Little coshed in on three technical foul shots to help ice the game during the clos- ijig minutes of play. the game high scorer with 31 points. Following Newtoh were Jep"y Ross with 26, Dick Burgess with 24 and James Robbs with 11. High-scorer for the Jaycees was Bob Haden with 24 points. Bill Grissom and Gene Patterson added 19 and 10 respectively for the losers. 32, w’ith Champion pouring in a tournament high 32 points lead the way. Ross added 28 1 the winners' and Robert Phil and Tom Richie had 21 and respectively for the losers. Golfers Host Cherries In Kings Mountain (Will play eight afternoon gam’es and eight night games, the afternoon games beginning at 4:00; and the night contests getting underway at 7:30. ! The Mountaineers end regular season play here on May 13 against Cherryville. ! Plonk T^am Dumps Ladies' Loop I Leader Plonk Brothers won four games off league leader Elsie’s Beauty Shop Tuesday night to move within one game of firsit place in the ladies’ duckpin bowling standings. Louise Dover was hiigh scorer for the match with a 115 line and a 316 set while Charity Goforth was tops for the losers with a <■117 line and a 309 set. Jenny Oates combined lines of 107, 144 and 103 for a 354 set to lead fourth place Oates-Hender- swn Shell to a 3-1 win over Mc Ginnis Furniture Betty Fite’s 123 line and Barbara Miller’ti 315 set MeSwain, a junior, is the only Negro member of the golf team. The locals host Lina were high marks for the losers. Third place Kings Mountain j change at any time. Drug won three giimes' off the 1 Outcasts with Peggy Ross lead- | ing the way with a i03 line and a'289 set. Ethel TIgnbr’ topped the losers in scoring with a 104 line and a 293 set. STANDINGS Team W L Pet. Elsie’s Beauty Shop 26 14 .650 Plonk Brothers 25 15 .625 Kings Mtn. Drug 22 18 .550 Oates-Henderson 18 22 .450 McGinnis Furniture 15 25 .375 Outcasts 14 26’ .350 Recreation BoxStores i t I € 1 0 1 ; \ THURSDAY IS X ! ^ Lithium (83X1 F-^-Jones ‘ F—Ross 6 1 18:1 C- Champion 20 ( G—Robbs 21 j' G—I'ranklin 18 ( Subs Scoring: None 1 Mountaineers (67) r F- Lunsford 13 1 F Baxley 9| C—Heav.ner 26 G-Sims 19 ;( G-Rikard , 0 Subs Scoring: None MONDAY 1st Game Belk's (64) F Cook 14 F—C. Goodson 2-j C - B. Goodson 8 G—Little 26 G- Biddix 10 Subs Scoring: 'Tessener 2, Al- len 2. Jaycees (62) F-Carson 21 F—Haden 8 C— Cloninger 13 G-Hunt 16 G-- Ware 4 Subs Scoring: None 2nd Game Lithium (84) ' F—Ross 28 F- P'isher 9 C—Champion 32 G—Franklin 12 G Burgess. 6 .Subs Scoring: None ARP (62) 1 F - Powell 6 j F Whitaker 4 |c- Phifer 21 I G—Richie 19 iG Walker 10 1 Subs Scoring: None TUESDAY Lithium (109) F— Ross 26 F—Fisher 9 C—.Newton 31 ’ G—Robbs 11 * G Franklin 8 ^ .Subs Scoring: Burgess 24. i Jaycees (69) F Haden 24 F LittlPjohn 5 C-IIunt 2 1 G Ware 9 G— Patterson 10 Sii:s Scoring: Grissom 19. , ) FRIDAY DANCE Grover Rescue Squad will * sponsor a rocktn-roll dance Friday nii^ht from 8 until 11 ^ p.m. at the Grover Rescue Squad building. Music will be furnished by- “The Danes ” and admission is .50 cents per per- son. A secohd'-dance is also 1 scheduled Friday, March 25thr. Bates To Use Thiee Pitcheis In '66 Opener ' With unexperienced and talent ed-shy players, Kings Mountain high school Coach Bill Bates be- j gins a 16-game icaseball schedule here Tuesday afternoon against I York, S. C. Gametime is 4 p.m. . The 1966 Mountaineers sport a young, inexperienced ballclut), which will be rated as bne oi the Southwest Conference’s under dogs this time around. Bates has only two lettermen returning for action, second-base man Nelson Connor and pitcher Steve Goforth. Goforth, a fire- 'ballin'g. righthandeiv> posted arj 0- "1 mound rec.ird last year and Connor was .143 at the bat, but liad the conference’s best fielding average, 1.000. ‘ Gone from the diamond scene are such stars as Richard Gold, Ronnie Rhea, Mickey Bell and Seerley Lowery and up to take their place are young boys, most of them Just out of 'Teener League. . . Bates says he will start Go forth, a senior, in Tuesday’s game but will work him for only three innings. Sophomore Darrell Whet stine will pitch two or, three in ni-ngs and junior Tommy Goforth, Steve’s brother, will finish up. . _ Pitching is one of the many problems facing this year’s team, iTie Mounties lost all confeienc,' lefty Seerley Lowery along with fireballer Bill Mullinar aftt*r last season with only the two Go forths seeing any' previous mound duty. Steve worked a total ot I 10^3 innings last time and Toni- ! my saw action in only one game. I Bates, however, looks at Sti'Nc ■{with wide eyes “If Steve can I keep his control, he’ll be the best pitcher in the conference,’’ says ‘ Bales. “He has really looked good ‘ this yc>ar. I’ve never seen him start off this way before,” , he added. Steve will be the only senior on this year’s team. 'While not on I th(‘ mound, there’s a good l)ei lat he’ll be in the outfield. The remainder cf the team will ? .pophomoros and j'uniors, how- /er, there’s a good chance that le freshman, Wayne Mullinax. 'ill be carried on the varsity tuad. If so, Wayne will double s a catcher-outfielder, ^ Second base, catcher, ceritferr* be back at second, will be in center. ey is a sophomore, the other tree juniors. Connor is the only letterman f the four. In fact, the others idn’t see action last season. MOUND HOPEFULS - Kings Mountain high school baseball Coach Bill Bates is counting on brothers Tommy (left) and j Steve Goforth for much needed pitching duties this season. Both boys will see action Tuesday when the Mountaineers open | play here against York. | Tracksteis Tie Foi Second Place In 3-SchooI Meet At-York Monday Kings Mountain high school Boy.s, taking second place in tracksters tied for st‘<ond place cvcsils included: Joe Champiian in a three-team track meet at York High School .Monday after noon. York won thi' ('vent vvitli ‘Two To Go". Cry Blue Devils As They Depart DURHAM—“Ttyo to go!” That was the victory cry as Duke’s ACC and Eastern Regional champions left today for College Park, Md. where they hope to an- next the school’s first national basketbal championship Friday and Saturday nights. The Blue Devils defeated St. Joseph’s and Syracuse last week end to advance bo thefinals. Ken tucky, Duke’s opponent Friday night, whipped Dayton and Mich igan to gain a berth in the fiTl- als. Duke will have a height and rebounding statistical edge over the Wildcats who may possess a shade more speed than the Dur ham dandies. 'Guard Bob Verga (19.2), forward Jack Marin (18.1), I center Mike Lewis! (13.3) and ' guard Steve Vacendak (13.2) are I averagiriig in double digits for : the Blue Devils while fifth regu- I lar Bob Reidy is just under 10 ; points per gaime at 9.7 '' , Leading scorer Pat Riley, a I forward, guard Louie Dampier and center Thad Jaraez are the Wildcats boasting double digit averages in addition to forward 'iarry Conley and guard Tom ! Kron. I Duke -has averaged an even 50 j rebounds per contest in 28 out- i ings While the opposition has on ly-i.'.ccn able to pluck an average [of 36.6. Kentucky has averaged I under 48 rebounds per game and I the opiwsition has claimed an ■ averagiT of more than 41 per ! game. I The Wildcats are noted for I their speed, quick execution, solid I shooting and ball handling. ! The .No. 2 ranked Blue Devils . ; pt’obably have an edge in depth i with coach 'Vic Bubas being able, ! to call on forward Jim Liccardo ; )()-.5), center Warren Chapman j (6-8), guard Ron Wendelin (6-1), j forward Joe Kennedy (6-6) and I others. The Wildcats used only ; two reserves in winning the Mid- I East Regionals. i I This will be the firsit meeting ; lictween the teams since 1964 Uvhen Kentucky eked out an 81- 79 victory. The series history- stands at 6-2 in favor of the Wild cats. Diike’& last victory was legistered in,195’5, 85-84. Culbertson Leading Mixed Bowling Loop KMHS and Black>l)urg tying for Hobby Stroupe (220-yard dash, second place Yak tallied <sl tie). I high hurdles), Mike Gofi^h (low hurdles), Carl WieseneW I discus), Robert Phifer )i>ole vault), aiKl Mike Goforth and* After nine weeks of action in tile local mi.xed bowling league el to Chase next ’Thursday (heir first away* match. for TALENT SHOW Kings Mountain Kiwanis club is making plans f.or the annual Schools Talent Show to be held April 14th, a spokesman for the civic club said. SQUARE DANCE Grover Rescue Squad will sponsor square dancing on Sat urday, March 19th and 26th from 8 until 12 pm at the Res cue .Squad building. Music will be provided by the Dixie Hill billies and Marvin Panther,will be caller. • 'as a starter for Post 155 Amer- •an Legion Juniors. Big gaps are left at first l ase, hortstop, third and leftfield, owever. Bates has a good idea ?ho he will use at the positions. At first will probably be junior legro Jerry Mitchom, at short dll be Gene' Putnam, Chucky Hadden will be the hot cornel ian, and Dennis Connor is be- ig counted on to fill the leftfield post. Gladden is the only one of the four to see any previous varsity action, but he got in only one game and pinched-hit once last year. Putnam and Connor were both Teener League standouts last time but Mitchem hasn’t seen too much previous action. The Mountaineei's will play York next Friday before open ing their conference schedule at Chase on March 29. Their first conference home game will be on April 1 against Lincolnton. Bobbs, Sims Cop Becreation Loop Awards For 19M James Robbs of Lithium has been named the winner of the City Recreation League Most Valuable Player Award for 1966. The announcement was made Monday by Recreation Director Elmer Ross. Winner of the Sportsmanship Award was Robert Sims of the Mountaineers. Both Sims and Robbs are guards. t "‘The Most Valuable Player was voted on by the six team cap tains. Robbs was named on four of the six ^ballots. I Robbs, former Kinlgs Mountain high school athletic star, led Lithium to a second place finish in the league standings this year and a first place spot last sea son. Runners-up to Robbs were< Charles Goodson of Belk’s and Skellie Hunt of the Jaycees with two votes each. Ken Cash and Tom Richie of ARP, Richard Lit tle of Belk’s, Mike Ware of the Jaydoes, Charles Smith and Rob ert Owens of the All-.Stars, and RoViert Sims of the Mountaineers collected one vote each. points while K.M ciiul Black.slmrg had 32 apiee<“. - • Kings Mounkiiii won only two first places as nui'i ol thc> team'.': jioinls came on M-ciind and lhii<l place finishes.. The 880-rela> ii'.iin Mike Go forth. Bobby .-'Iiouim*. Rocky Brown and J"c (' inwcll jilac ed fiisl and supiioinore V\’a.\ nc VViight finished lii.-it in the 8S0 yard run. Culbertson Team Moves Into Tie For First Place The Clyde Culhertson team won tliree games off Dilling i Heating Monday night to move ! into a tie for fii st place in tlie, Men’s Duckpin Howling league! standings. Griffin Drug Co., despite a ; night-high 414 .sci by Clarence Plonk; defe'ated Plonk Oil Co. | three games to one to move into, fourth place in the loop standings ■ and Morrison Loan Co. pulled in- ! to a tie for fifth with a 4-0 win ; over City Paint .Store High scores dom-inated tlie scene in all three matches. All but three of the 2S 'oowlers pres ent rolled 300 plu.-; sets. Harold Barber was the big! ma^n in the Culbertson attack with a 151 line and a 383 set. ^ Culbertson addeil a '372 set and Ronnie Oulbertse.n Irid a 113 line and a 389 set for (be losers. Albert Brackett's 147 line and 382 set led Morrison Loan Co. to; a 4-0 win ov(‘r Cii.''' Paint Store. Tom Gamble, added a 3.56 s(‘t for the winners :uid Ranny Blan- | ton had a 147 line and a 387 set ' for the los<*rs. !■ Bob Hm-ndon and Kurman Wil son had the hot hands- f,;i- Gi-if- 1 fin Drug- Co. a.-i ii downed Plonk | Oil, 3-1. Herndon . ‘-nneeled witli ; a 140 line and a 36'-^ set to gain ^ team scoring honor-- butc lose be- ; hind was Wilson '.viih a 1.36 line ■and a 367 set. Cl-arenee Plonk gaimtl nijht scoring honors with lines ot 131, 138 and 142 for a HI set. Morrison Loan Co. itainefl team set honors for the nigtit with a 1715 total. Team VV' I. Pet. Clyde Culbertson .32 21 .571 Dilling Heating 32 21 -571 City Paint Store 28 28 .500 Griffin Drug Co. 26 30 .464 Plonk Oil Co. 25 31 vl-16 Mon-ibon Loan Co. 25 31 .446 Str lUiie jilaeed third in the 100- yard dash. Ross Sp! iiij:er placed tliiid in low hurdles and fourtli in !*tr,'h hurdles, and Chip Crisp jdaced- tliird in tli<' higli liurdles. - 'I'raek Coach Boh Hussey said tliat he was ph'ased with the te-am's showing adding that the yo>s have only praelieed outside twice thi;-i season. “It was a good ;icet. simply- because the kids leariH'd a lot,” saifl Hussey-. I'he eindermen will participate in a eonfi-renee meet at Ruther- furdioii tfxlay (Thursday) and go I 1 ClHM-ryville next Thur.sday. tlie standings show the Clyde Culbertson team atop the loop with a 26-10 record. Si.\''games behind and in sec ond place is the Clarence Plonk team holding an 18-18 mark and tied tor third place are the Alley Cats and Ale.xander’s Used Cars witli identical 14-22 marks. KIWANIS PROGRAM Dr. D. F. Hold will present the 1965 Achievei.Tient Report at Thursday’s Kiwanis club meeting at 6:45 p.m. at the Woman’s club. rr J “Warmer tomorrow— it says here” Mr. and Mrs. Reader have a year-round procession of needs resulting from changes in the weather. They read the advertising in this newspaper for timely news and suggestions about food, fuel, clothing, drugs, furniture, services and equipment for the house, indoors and out. It will pay you to keep our readers informed about your merchandise and services through ad vertising in these columns. 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