Thursday, May 12, 1966
KINGS MOUNTAIN HERALD. KINGS MOUNTAIN. N. C.
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ountaineers Host Cherries In Finale Thursday
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MdUNTAINEERS — Pictured above is the Kings Mountain high
school baseball team which plays host to Cherryville tonight
(Thursday) in the 19o6 Southwest Conference finale for both
teams. Shown above, front row, left to right, are Johnny Allen
(mgr.). Gene Putnam. Henry Manning. Nelson Connor. Mike
Smith, Larry Morgan, Tommy Goforth and Rocky Goforth. Sec
ond row, same order, Dorrell Whetstlne, Bill Bridges, Charles
Carroll, Stanley Laughter. Charles Green, Gaither Eumgordner,
Steve Goforth and Philbert Thonabs (mgr.). Back row, Mark Go
forth (mgr.), .Dennis Connor. Wayne Mullinax, Paul Gaffney,
Chucky Gladiden, Tony Leigh, Richard Shank, and Jerry Mit-
chem.
Herald
Sports
Shelby’s Self Gets 5-0
WinOverKMWednesday
bowlers — both
that have the skill
Shelby’s Mitchell Self fired- a |
five-hitter at Kings Mountain’s
Mountaineers here Wednesday
afternoon to claim a 5-0 shutout
in Southwest Conference base
ball action.
The big senior righthander
struck out nine KM batters en-
route to the vtctorv. The win
squared the 1966 K.M-Shelby ser
ies at cne game each. Kings
Mountain had earlier taken a 4-3
win at Sheik y.^
Tommy Goforth went the dis
tance for Coach Bill Bates’ Moun
Duckpin taineers and was tagged with his
i fourth straight conference loss,
men and! Goforth gave up six- hits, includ
ing doubles by Self and Max
Jones.
Shelby struck for one run in
the second and fifth innings and
added three in the seventh.
The Mountaineers got runners
in scoring position in three of the
seven innings but couldn’t man
age a score.
Self opened up the Shelby sec
ond with a single to rightfield.
Max Jones followed with a single
to left. James Van Dyke sacri
ficed both runners and Phil Peel
er walked to load the bases.
Shelby leftfielder Brian Hens-
Con-
Kin.is Mountain h.igh school’s ;
ace pitcher Steye (loforth will to
appearing in the linal game of i
his high school hiseball career 1
! Tliursday night when the Moun-i
1 taineers host Chcriyville in the
j 196(3 finale.
! The Mountaineiis were sched-
I uled to play Belmont Wedne.sday
afternoon after Tne.sday nlghfi;
game was postponed because of
cold weather. Ri.'iiih.tnder T.'m-
my Goforth, d -l’ was scheduled
to start for the .Mc,intic.asag;tliist
Larry Henson ol Belmo.iT.
Steve currently ^porls an ii.r.-
' pressivo 0.93 carnci run a\ erage
■ wile hoidinii a 1 i record, lie s
I 4-3 in conference play and has i>9
I strikeouts to hi.-; evodit. .
Steve is the only senior cif this j
year’s Mountaineer roster.
The Mounties were 1-S in con-1
I feronce play heading inlo Wed- ,
1 nesday’s encounter with Hedrnont.:
Kings Mountain had previously '
beaten the Raiders. ! .3, with
1 Steve pitching a feur hitter and j
I fanning 13 batters. I
1 Leading the .Mountaineer liit- !
ting column goiny; into \Vodncs- i
day’s game was iimior .shortstop
Nelson Connor wiih'iJ lots in 44 :
times at bat for'a .'213 aveia’c. j
He lias three doulties, a triple and
three runs batted in to bi-s credit.
Connor is the only regular hit
ting over the .200 mark.
Scheduled to start for the
Mounties in their ;cason finale
Thursday arc; Chiickv Gladden
,lbt, Gene Putnam i2b), Wayne
Mullinax (3b, Nelson Connor
(ss), Tony Leigh (if), Bill Bridg
es (cf), Charles Carroll (rf),
Paul Gaffney (C, and Steve Go
forth, pitcher.
Cherryville has posted only
two wips during the season, its
first a 4-3 wdn over KMHS, and
the other »tu8-2 win over Lin-
colnton. Belmont has an S-4 rec
ord and is in fourth place,, but
only one-half game behind loop
leaders Lincolnton, East Ruther-
I ford and R-S Central.
John Van Dyke Is Medalist
In WNCHSAA Golf Tourney
p7 Tp F D L - 1 Van Dyke Edges
East tomes rrom Dehind East's Haniii
To Beat Mounties, 6-5
Eiast Rutherford took advan
tage of five Kings Mountain er
rors Friday afternoon as the
Cav aliers pulled into a threeway
tie for first place in the South-
i west Conference standings with a
: 6 .5 win over the Mountaineers.
I Five of East’.s rqns were un
('.arnecl. The Cavs erased a 4-1
deficit to win their eighth loop
Kings Mountain high school
senior John V’an Dyke fired a 36-
hole total of 147 Monday to gain
medalist honors in the 1966 West
ern Nnrth Carolina High School
Activities Association Golf Tourn
ament.
The tourney was played at two
different golf c.;urses, with 18
j holes t eing played at Boone and
the other IS at Blowing Rock.
V’an Dyke toured the par-71
Boone course with a 73 and the
decysion. ...nni iho'^O-par Blowing Rock course with
.Senior ^ ? a 74. Van Dyke’s closest oppbn-
distance for Cq^h.c.Pi 1 Bates ^
.vloiimameers and suffeied h s ^ ^ ^
fointh loss of the year. Goforth.
gave up six hits, walked five and i Mountain’s other entry
stuu'k out five. association meet was sen-
Gaming the win was East ace,
, ,, . „:„u, Wife I eighth place. Powell just last
distance allowing eight hits, fire, in the South-
By GARY STEWART
1966 A Record Year For Local Bowlers
Bowling is becoming more ^nd more popula^ in Kmgs
Mounlain* especially since Mountain Lanes Bowbn„ C^^^
tor Manager G-. H. (Cat) Houser installed automatic pm
"'“Duckpta'boxUinsTall that is offered at Mountain
Lanes now. It's more fun than ten p.ns anyway
bowling takes real skill.
And there are several
XI omen — around Kings Mountain
needed to make good duckpin bowleis.
n irincr this past 1965-G6 season, three of the four aii-
time^hie a-d set records at Mountain Lanes 'vere broken
And the one that was not broken this year was missed by
‘'"'^The ma^^'recent record to fall was
;;pt record which was broken last weeK by Lib GauU. ^
Lib rolled a 429 set while bowling
Beauty Shop team, breaking her own record of 42o which
"“tor Si toiatbS^he old record of 395 set by Jenny
Oates whTcurrLtly holds the ladies' high line record of
was set Lrlier this season and tied by Jenny
Uvo weiics ago, the same night that Lib rolled her 42o set. jey hi, ,o
h All Began At The National Tourney home ,o nah seu. however,km
Pnth Lib and Jenny have been tearing the KM Ladies
T omrt «ince thev came back from the National
D^kotn Siwling Tournaments .in Norfolk, ya., where
they^combined to. take second place in the ladies doubles
competiUon j-oHed'a 424 set and Jenny rolled a
T80 the two totaled an 804 set which missed first place
gfh ra^dfefha^ir^^eTbowhng inthe local league for
eii?g‘j:^e T4|u\lTas =
T^wo^member^s^^of the Mondson Loan Co. team m thejbi“by S Tsingle by Hensley
men’I^eagTe robed high totals this past season wi h Boyer | and a passed ball.
Mm-ray sitting an all-time high Vi^e^seJ I Leading the Shelby hitting pa-
Bracke^tt didn’t set a record but missed his all time set ^eif
‘’'''7l7iroth^?Si;bowf£hav^^
S^iuraVera|ed"-oi^?\«°.ndTo7t of the ladies are hit-
'■"Lei^g c^amplmish^ in^
season was the g pionk (captain),; Bill
tex'mchlTBridges? Allen Myers and Sam Ham-
, A- . loom.o ^.bamnion will be determined Tues-
nesLof-five game roll-off between first haU
ff
catcher Paul Gaffney could not
get the throw off to first base.
Jones then scored the winning
run when Goforth issued a base
on balls to Henry Jones.
Shelby added an unearned run
in the fifth with Max Jones driv
ing Mike McDaniel home with a
douiTe to the road in left-center.
McDaniel had reached base on an
error by KM’s Wayne Mullinax.
The Lions scored three more
runs in the final frairr.e as a re
sult of four bases on balls, a dcoi-
STANDOUT — Beerttie Leonard
(above) has been listed os one
of the three mound stars that
led Coach Walter Robb's Uni
versity oi North Corolina Tar
Heels to the Atlantic Coast
Conference championship this
year. Leonard, a former Post
155 Legion standout, will per
form in the NCAA District 3
playoffs in Gastonia in June.
Lconaid Piaised
By Coach Rabb
KMHS Gills
Place Second
At "Play-Day
Kin^s Mountain high school
placed^ second in the annual |
WNCHSAA girls’"play-day” at;
North Rowan high school in
Spencer Saturday.
State.sxille won the event. Four
teen scliools participated.
Kings Mountain won the fast-
pitch softball championships with
four straight three-inning victor
ies. Sharon Gold did the pitching
for KMHS, striking out 20 bat
ters in the 12 innings.
The softball team consisted of;
Debbie Plonk (ss), Susan Loweiy
(3bL Susan Howell (c), Sharon
Gold (pi, Cassendra Wilson (2b*,
■Becky Dunn (cf), Jean Phifer
irf), Vernice Bowen and Vickie
Turner (ID, and Linda Childers
(lb).
KMHS captured one other first
place, twa third places and a
Freshman Linda
WINNER — Pictured above is i
Appoiachion sophomore War- |
ren (Bo) Goforth, a former ■
Kings Mountain high school ;
and Post 155 Legion star, who I
won his second game of the ;
season Saturday, beating Bar
ry Gibson and Lenoir Rhyne, |
12-7.
Gofortb, Gibson
Meet; (Bo) Wins
Two forener Kings Mountain
high school and Post 1:55 Ameri
can Legioii teammates met as
college rivals .Saturday at Boone,
N. C., in a G.rrolinas Conference
baseball game between Lenoir-
Rliyne and Appalachian State
Teaclicr's Colk'ge.
Barry Gib.so.n, a junior south
paw and ace of the LR staff, was
doing the iiilcliiiig for the Bears
I but found the going pretty rough
! against the Mountaineers, and
' the LK hitleis found the going
I pietty rough against the Moun-
i taineers’ pitcher, sophomore War-
I ren ( Bo) Goforth.
I Appalachian won the game, 12-
7, with Goforth picking up his
second win of the season agains4
three losses. Gibson suffered his
fourth loss of the year and even-1 Mullinax, 3b
Brinson Hill who also went the
eight hits,
walking two and striking out
I tbi ee.
: The Mountaineers took a 2-0
I lead in the top of the first with
I Nel.son Connor and Chucky Glad-
: de:i .‘-coring on a double by catch-
i er Paul Gaffney. Connor reached
'i base on a walk and Gladden col-
1 lected a single to rightfield.
I East came right back in the
' bottom of the first to score one
! run with Roger Vassey singling,
I going to second on a sacrifice
I bunrand scoring on a single by
I Hill.
1 Kings Mountain scored two
more in the second frame. After
j Bill Bridges grounded out, Go-
' forth walked, and one out later,
scored on a two-bagger by Con-
' nor. Connor then scqred on an-
! other single by Gladden.
I The Cavaliers scored two mare
unearned runs in the .second on a
1 KM error and two walks by Go
forth.
Two Mountaineer errors and a
double by East catcher Doug
flaulk led to the gaiTC-tying run_
in the third. East went ahead, 3-
4, in the fifth xvith Jim Rod,gers
CTcttlnc^ a single and coming home
an a triple by Hill. The run, how
ever, was unearned because of an
error by KM catcer Paul Gaff
ney.
East scored its only earned run
of the game in the sixth inning
with two walks and a single pro
viding the punch.
The Mountaineers added a run
in the seventh with Bill Bridges
singling and scoring two outs lat
er on a triple by Connor.
BOXSCORE
Kings Mountain
Leigh, If
Connor, ss
Gladen, lb
Gaffney, c
week placed first in
west Conference Tournament
with an exen par 74 at Forest
City. -v
A total of 72 golfers from 36
VVNCHSAA schools participated
in the association tourney.
Mooresville of the Northwest
Conference won the team champ
ionship with a 632 total with
Shelby finishing second with a
633 score.
Shelby and R-S Central repre
sented the SWC‘ in the team
events. R-S Central, which led at
the half-way point, finished in
thii'd place.
Both Van Dyke and Powell
were instrumental in leading
Coach Don Parker’s linksmen to
a third place finish in the con
ference this past season with a
team record of 7-6-1. They also
figured largely in the 11-3 record
posted by KMHS last year.
Both boys are two-year letter-
men at the sport. —
, ed hi record at 4-4.
1 Gibson pitched six innings be-
I fore giving way to a relief pitch-
fourth place. Freshman Einna i Goforth was relievtMl in i g
Childers took first place in the I ei„hth.
high jump, Becky Dunn was i 3Qti7 i)oy.s are farmer KMHS
third in the sack race, the 440-rc-; siandbuts. Gibson
Carroll, if
Putnam. 2b
Bridges, ef
Goforth, [
lay team placed third and Susan
(Lowery captured fourth place in |
the shot put. I
The relay teaim was made up of 1
Gold, Howell, Childers and Debra J
Cole. j
As a result of placing second, ,
KMHS will receive a trophy and
won the John Moss Most Valua
ble Plaver Award in 1963 xvhen
he led Coach FhkI Withers’
KMHS Mountaineers to their on
ly Southwest Conference champ
ionship in histary. Goforth'won
the Legion MVP Award in ’64, thje
year that he spun a no-hitter a-
gainst Bessemer City in the post-
Southpaw Beattie Leonard of
the University of North Carolina
drew praise from UNC Coach - , .
Walter Rabb this week after 1 ^^ery member of the softbM
Leonard teamed with George Me- j will /old ^ftbalL elimination rounds.
Rae and Danny Walker to lead Childers will r^eive a meda for
the Tar Heels to the Atlantic I placing fust j" ^he high jump
“■■SI Klngr sSSn | wUl g« rib Jns
American Legion standout posted j Cirls’ physwal education direc-
a 4-3 mound record this past sea-!
-- coach.
Glenda O’Shields served as
FuSeLnd secojid hair champ Plonk
rirothers. halve*; It was close races all the
I^^K^CulSson^hid^°two-game lead going into
nn D^ug Sif?he1aS‘'nighrwWre Pllnk Oif was^cking up
four wins off Morrison Loan.
FNip’s Beauty Shop and Kings Mountain Drug pre-
senteJThe tough competition in the ladies’
the final half of th? season. Of coui^se, in Doth leagues, on
any given night, any team could win.
It was that well balanced.
( (Corijinued On Page Four)
with two hits each while Tony
Leigh and Nelson Connor had
two apiece for the Mountaineers.
BOXSCORE
Kings Mountain AB R H BI
Leigh, If 3 0 2 0
N Connor, ss '3 0 2 0
Gladden, lb 2 0 0 0
Gaffney, c ^ ® ® 5
Mullinax, 3b 3 0 10
Carroll, rf 3 0 0 0
Putnamn, 2fb 2 0 0 0
Manning, cf 2 0 0 0
a—D. Connor 10 0 0
T. Goforth, p 3 0 0 0
23 0 5 0
Shelby
C. McDaniel, 3o Xiv 4 0 0 0
Whitworth, c 4 0 0 0
M. McDaniel, ss 2 2 0 0
Self, p 4 2 2 0
M. Jones, cf 3 3 2 1
Van Dyke, rf 2 0 10
Peeler, lb .,1001
Hensley, If ,301.1
H. Jones, 2b 3 0 0 1
26 5 6 4
a—Grounded outfor Manning In
7th.
E—Mullinax. Goforth, Hensley.
DP—M. McDaniel A H. Jones.
SA<5 — Ihttnam, VaA Dyke, Peel
er. 2B Self, M. Jone®. PB —
OaMnay. HPB — Oaflney (by
Self).
son but pitched much better ball
than his record indicates.
Beattie has two shutouts to his
credit, including a one-hitter a-
gainst Georgia Tech and a four-
hitter against Wake Forest. He
also fired some other Tow-hit
games but failed to figure in on
the decision.
Leonard teamed with I^lcRae
for a onehitter against Virginia
last Saturday but MoRae picked
up the decision. Carolina won the
'game, 2‘-l.
Local fans can get a chance to
see Leo-nard perform when the
Tar Heels come to Gastonia June
2 to participate in .the NCAA Re
gion 3 Playoffs at Sims Legion
Park.
East
Vassey, lb
Melton, If
Jolley, ss
Rodgers, cf
Hill, p
Haulk, c
■Bailey, 3b
Butler, rf
Bradley, 2b
KMHS Second Best
In SportHnanship
Kings Mountain high school
Dlaced second in ballotinig for the
Sportsmanship Award at the an
nual meeting of the Western
North Carolina High School Acti
vities Association last Wednesday
in Belmont.
Belmont high school won the
award xvith KWHS placing a close
second. Good sportsmanship is
the main factor involved in the
winning of the award, however,
playing facilities plays a big part
In selection of the winner.
Shelby won the award last
Goforth was in his first start
since sustaining a shoulder in
jury which kept hL.m out of action
for eight days. He has been des-
crii:ed as a hard-luck player but
ASTC Coach Bill Church claims
that he has done an exceptional
job in the games that he has
started.
“His record is deceiving be
cause he, has faced some of the
toughest competition we have
-met this year,” said Church. He
addefl, “he is an outstanding
young man and should be a big
winner before he graduates.”
Appalachian first-baseman Jim
Leigh, also from Kmgs Mountain
and’ a junior, also drew some
praise from Coach Church. “Jim
is one of our team leaders,”
.states Church. “His batting aver
age (.2.50) is deceiving because he
is often put in hit and run situa
tions, but he is one of our big
rbi men. Jim is a quiet and dedi-
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Plonk Biotheis
Wins Lakes'
Second Half
Plonk Brothers won only one
game in ladies’ bowling action
Tuesday night but it was enough
to cap the title for the second
half of play.
Plonk’s will meet first half
winner MdGinnis Furniture next
Tuesday in a best-of-five series to
determine the league champion.
In other action Tuesday night,
pull into a final tie f(^ second -
~ Betty Fite rolled a 132 line a'ttd
a 332 set to lead McGinnis Furni
ture to a 4-0 win over the Out
casts. Barbara Miller chipped in
a 311 set for the winners and
Doris Ware had a 105 line and
Ethel Tignor added a 282 set for
the losers.
FINAL STANDINGS
Team W L Pet.
Plonk Brothers 47 25 .653
Elsie’s Beaoity Shop 43 29 .597
Kings Mtn. Drug 43 39 597
Oates-Henderscin 31 41 .431
McGinnis Furniture 28 44 589
Chitcaste 25 47 .347
place and McGinnis Furniture
won four off the Outcasts to fin
ish in fifth place.
Oates - Henderson Shell took
three games off Plonk’s with
tfeam captain Jenny Oates lead-
fhg the way with a 125 line and
a 325 set. High scorer for the
losers was Pat Herndon with a
l05 line and a 290 set.
Lynda Sparrow rolled a 131
llnff and a 363 set to lead Kings
Mountain Drug to a 3-1 xxdn over
Elsie’s. Team, captain Pat Pan
ther chipped in a 329 set and Lib
Gault ww high for the losers
xvith a li4 line and a 334 set.
E—Putnam 2, Bridges, Gaffney,
Connor, Bradley, Haulk. SB —
Gladden. SAC — Melton. 2B —
Connor, Gaffney, Haulk. 3B —
Connor, Hill ^
Pitching IP H R ER 'BB SO
Hill (w> 7 8 5 4 2 3
Goforth 1) 6 6 6 1 5 5
Three Teams Tied
For Softball Lead
Bur-Mill, Gastonia and the
Jaycees are deadlocked for first
place in the Sloxv-Pitch Softball
Le-ague after one week of action.
The three teams sport identical
2-0 league records. In fourth
place is Margrace with a 2-1
mark, Cash Grocery, Grover and
i '.he Bees are tied far fifth xxdth
1-1 records, Craftspun Gems are
in eighth place with a 1-2 mark
and the Craftspun Jets and Mul
lins have yet to win and hax'e 0-3
records.
Gastonia, Jayiees and Mar-
grace each posted two wins dur
ing the past week, however, one
of" the Jaycees games was pro
tested. The Jaycees defeated the
Bees on Monday night but the
Bees protested on grbunds of an
neligible player.
The Jaycees’ other win was
aver the Jets on Wednesday night
in a make-up game.
Gastonia claii.Ted victories this
weelc’over Mullins and Margrace
vhile Margrace took wins off the
Gems on Friday and the Jets
Tuesday.
The Bees erased a 16-4 deficit
Thursday night and came from
behind to edge Cash Grocery 21-
20 for its only win thus far. Cash
Grocery jumped into the win
column on Monday night with a
9-2 win over Grover.
In action Tuesday night, Mar
grace defeated the Jets 14-10 and
ff
Golfers "Skunk
Lines In Hnale
The Kings Mountain high
school golf team “skunk^” Lin
colnton 9-0 here Thursday after
noon to end its season with a 7-6-
1 record.
It was the third time this sea-
swi that Coach Don Parker’s
linksmen posted shutout wins
over their opponents. The other
two “skunks” were against York
and the same Lincolnton teaim
Senior Fred Wright fired an
even par 36 to gain medalist hon
ors while John Van Dyke also
broke 40 for the Mountaineers
with a 39 score. Bo King had a
39 for Lincolnton.
Pat Cheshire recorded the most
impressive win xxith a 4-up vic
tory over Goodson. Van Dyke re
corded a 3-up win while Jay Pow
ell, Wright and William MeSwain
were 2-up amd Andy Davis won
1-up.
RESULTS
SINGLES
Wright (K) def. King (L) 2-
up; MeSwain (K) def. Cashion
(LI 2-up: CheiWii? oK) Ooa*
the Gems beat Mullins 17-15.
STANDINGS
Team
Bur-Mill
Gastonia
Jaycees
Margrace
Cash Grocery
Grover
Bees
Gems
Mullins
Jets
W L Pet.
2 0 1.000
2 0 1.000
2 0 1.000
2 1 .667
1 1 .500
1 1 .500
1 1 .500
1 2 .333
0 3 .000
0 0 .000
Netm^il Beal R-S.
Lostf Two Othors
Kings Mountain high school’s
tennis team won one of three
matches duHng the past week.
The win came at home against
R- Central Wednesday afternoon
with KMHS xvlnnlng a 54 deci-
Mon. Coac* Ralph Sdxeussler’s
netmen lost matches, 9-0, to Hick
ory Thursday and Shelby Mon
day.
Clark Mauney, Neal Ckx>per
and Doult Mercfer won singles
matches against . R-S Central
while the doubles entries of C.
Mauney and David Wilson and
Coopei* and Mercier also took
wins.
ip;
(L) 1-up; Van Dyke (K) def.
UnebeigAr (!•) S-up; Powell (K)
def. Maxmey (It ) 2-up.
tXyUBLES
Wrigbt-li^cSwain (K) def. King-
(^jashkm ^ dbashiro-Oavis
3jf) def. Gdbdson-Self (L> 4-up;
det. Line-
IjLMktMMlwji (L) 2-ttp.