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' 'I 7. 1966 TRursday, 7ufy 7,1^66 KINGS MOUNTAIN HERTALD, KINGS. MOUNTAIN. N. C. Pagal LEAN that he Id. That bout the K)ple. So regarded ‘wspaper kes such lough to t lewsman tile. And ' s known V pretty . g about, fks with L it is a ■ ne, but , a little ‘ £ course; (SSful US he more i usually i‘ you, Mr. - hitting' me from ighlands :e many derived, ed States; t he does i 1 burr inf s joined' m of hu ? r general e West- Gallico, s writer, - ound for ‘ is scribe t baseball ijoyment, many of j mational | contact k. Scotty and has honorary )f higher Heston is i all who detached to *be as! In read-1 ;ets the! ncere at- man whe Actually,' jrson bu| atementi troubled zes trou» •rcblems. 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Post 155 draws a bye into the second round of eliminations as a result of finishing fifth. The locals will now play Hickory, which finished fourth, in a best- of-three series. I Tommy Goforth gained the I pitching win for KM, his third' mmmmmi mmmt mmmmmmmmmm ' .m. r r 11 rm -m Y \ il - i Vf' Coaches Bob Moore, t)f the season against three Mike Ware and Warren i losses. Goforth relieved starter Goforth will offer tough V F/ Mickey Adkins with two out in the ninth after Hickory had scored two runs to knot the score at 5-all. pitching, fielding and hit ting, and I’ve always been told that’s what it takes. The Teeners are spon sored by the Frank Glass! were Post 9811 of the V.F.W. ^hh and this is year of participation in; sisk had 4-for''-6''fo7Hickory,“in- Teener League play. Last pjyjjjng- a triple in the ninth year's team lost out to | inning that started the two-run Gastonia, which lost to j rally. k1 n eT’^nSSn has! Mountain struck for two t inning with power hitters at alrnost connor, Leigh and Med- Roy Medlin and Tony Leigh KM’s bat leaders, Leigh a 3-for-5 performance and K-M’s Qocnnd' Medlin with a 3-for-6 showing KM S S .„!and four runs batted in. Larry participation - - - -- every position with infield ers Ken Mitchem, Mike Smith and Wayne Mulli- nax heading the list. Mul- linax cracked a home run in last year’s tourney. The locals have two Ne groes on the team, Mit chem and catcher Clar ence Ash. Both boys play ed for Margrace. Mitchem, a standout on last year’s high school basketball team, in fact, the team high scorer, was very valuable to Margrace this year. He cracked sev eral home runs and can lin connecting for hits. Connor hit the first pitch of the game for a double, Leigh singled, and, after Leigh and Connor pulled off a double keal, Medlin sent Leigh home with a single. The locals scored an unearned run in the top of the third be fore Hickory came back in the bottom of that frame to get two runs and make the score 3-2. Larry Fisher and Sisk each had singles in the Hickory third and Adkins walked two batters to add to the home team’s rally. The hosts tied the game at 3- all in the seventh with second baseman Clement Huffman move around well at first I drawing a base on balls, steal- ing second and coming home later on a single by Sisk. Ash is a good hitter as! „ ^ i. , ^ , well as a fine receiver and i ^ ahead, 4- he’s always talking it up.|3- the eighth with Tony Leigh He’s a team leader in al most every respect. TEENER ALL-STARS—Pictured above is the 1966 Teener Leogue all-star team which will represent the city in the state tourna ments this year. Shown above, front row. left to right, are John ny Reynolds, Joe Cornwell, Eddie Black, Glenn Perkins and Jack Bell. Second row, left to right. Warren Goforth (coach). Larry Carroll. Mike Smith, Geeper Howard, Rocky Goforth and Corky Fulton. Back row, Mike Ware (coach), Darrell Whetstine, Ken Mitchem, Wayne Mullinax, Clarence Ash, Gene Putnam and Coach Bob Moore. (Photo by Lem Lynch). MIKE SMITH Smith, whcL. played for second place Craftspun, al so cracked some homers this year. The smooth fielding second baseman was a member of the Kings Mountain high school team and hit at a .238 clip. He led the Moun taineers in hitting through the halfway mark. Mullinax was also a member of the high school team. He hit .135 for the Mountaineers and also had three stolen bases to his credit. walking, taking second on a wild pitch and scoring later when Phil Cash bounced oirt. Kings Mountain made it 5-3.,in the ninth with Tommy Goforth singling, going to second when Connor reached base on an er ror and scoring when Leigh singled. Sisk’s triple, a single by Rich ard Dellinger and a double by Steve Lail produced two runs in the ninth for Hickory and sent the game into extra innings. Post 155 got one man on base in the 10th, Chucky Gladden drawing a base on balls after two outs. Goforth got the hosts, three-up, three-down, in the bot- rom of the tenth. Goforth led off the KM 11th by getting on base by an error. Tommy stole second, and, after his brother Steve fanned, Connor Seven Returning Starters Head Teener All-Star T earn luniors Fight OH Big Rally. I Beat Cherries Other returning starters on this year’s squad are out fielders Joe Cornwell and Glenn Perkins and infielders Eddie Black and Gene Putnam. Kings Mountain has one 13-year-old, Geeper Howard of Spangler’s and one 14-year-old, Jack Bell of Margrace. Jack is a brother of Mickey Bell, who made all-conference for KMHS two years running. Margrace Took Loop Title With 9-0 Mark Margrace, which led the all-star selection list with reached base on an error. Leigh six boys, won the regular season championship with a struck out for out number two perfect 9-0 record. Coach Bob Moore’s boys had stiff com-1 but Medlin drove both runners petition only from Craftspun which finished second. I borne with a single. This was Margrace’s second straight championship' the Hickory iith and this is also Moore’s second year as head coach of the with a single but was stranded Teener all-star team. Last year. Bud Bumgardner assisted, ^ Jext tSrL men in order.® f * j j . . Hickory used three pitchers The local league featured very good hitting with the I against the Mounties. Mike Mar- boys mentioned above providing much power. Whetstine tin, the third, was tagged with and Goforth were, of course, the league’s two top hurlers the loss, but Moore says that he may use Mullinax and Ash some in SCORE Seven returning starters off last year’s Teener League all star team, which finished third in North Carolina, head a list oi 15 boys named to represent the league in this year's tournament. The all-star team was announc ed Friday by Roy Pearson who has served, as president of the league for 'the past two years. Coaches of this year’s team is Bob Moore, who piloted Mar grace to the regular season championship again this year, Mike Ware and Warren Goforth. Margrace heads the list with six boys receiving an all-star nod, Craftspun. which finished second this year, placed five players, Spangler’s Concrete has three and V.F.W. placed one player to an all-star berth. The loral V.F.W. Post 9811 is sponsoring the all-star team for the second straight year. Last year’s team advanced to the semi-finals of the state tour ney in Greenville before losing out to Gastonia. Of the 15 players named to an all-star berth, 13 are 15 years of age, one is 14 and the other is 1966 TEENER LEAGUE ALL STARS 13. the state tourney, if needed. Kings Mountain Smith also did some pitching during regular season play but his home will be at second base during the play-|2iin. 3b THE WEEK OF JULY 18th has been set aside for dis- cash 2b Irict playoffs. These games will be played on home-to- home basis and will be best-of-three series. Last year Gladden, lb Gaffney, c T, Goforth, rf, everyone that can to come oufand A^^bins, p, rf ' ■ ■ S. Goforth, rf M a Sisk, ss Malian, c Berry, rf Dellinger, lb Leathcrman, cf Lail. cf Kings Mountain drew Cherryville and won two straight. “I would like for everyone that can to come out anl. watch our boys play and give them your moral support ” said Pearson. “I appreciate these fellows (coaches) help-' ing^ me and working wrth-lhese trams *irlngT)ur league „- uoW play,” he added. “ „. Teeners Will Strengthen Legion Team I Fisher, 3b Kings Mountain’s Legion team should be the team to beat in Area IV hext season, mainly because Post 155 loses only two players this year and all these 15-year-old Teen- eers will be on the Legion squad also. , Only Ronme Rhea, a first baseman-outfielder, and pitcher Steve Goforth terminate their Legion eligibilitv Ha.stings, if so, with the experience the team has gained this vear I ^ X J*"® who will be coming up next seasonf KM^ ES’ Ih i should have a powerhouse. i , Next year’s team should have good pitching as welli ~ as hitting with Whetstine and Rocky Goforth joining 44 5 10 Tommy Goforth and Mickey Adkins on the mound. Nel- E - Sisk 3. Fisher, Dellinger son Connor, s leading hitter, will be back aeain Hastin^;s. Hoover* next season and Mitchem, Smith, Cornwell Mullinax and — KM 7. H 11. dp-1 others should give some stiff competition to the Leainn “• Glad- veterans. 2B — Connor, Lail. 3b A couple of this year’s Legion players graduated ~~ Goforth, lp — Ihe Teener ranks Tommy Goforth will Ser otThe all-star team last year and outfielder Bruce Jones, who just recently worked into a starting position plaved Hn the Margrace team. ® pus.uion, piayea on 'Vho has been bothered with foot trouWeherfe lately, was also a member of iSt year s all-star tearn^ cinffnaar , This year’s team will feature tough hitting and fielding and also has two tough pitchers, Dar rell Whetstine of Margrace and Rfjeky Goforth of Craftspun. Both boys were imembers of the Kings Mountain high school team this past year and both were Teener all-stars last year. Player, Team, Pos. Ken Mitchem, Margrace, lb Mike Smith, (Zlraflspun, 2b Gene Putnam, Margrace, ss Wayne Mullinax, Margrace, 3b Clarence A.sh, Margrace. c Glenn Perkins, V.F.W., of Joe Cornwell, Craftspun, of Geeper Howard, Spangler’s, of Darrell Whetstine, Margrace, p Rocky Goforth, Craftspun, <rP Jack Bell, Margrace, inf. Larry Carroll, Craftspun, of Eddie Black, Craftspun, inf. John Reynolds, Spangler’s, of Corky Fulton, Spangler’s, of Wgt. ’ 191 Kings Mountain’s juniors had to fight off a fivc-iun Cherry- villc eighth inning Friday night before claiming an 11-9 win over I the Cherries in an Area IV Le- , ' gion contest Ige I 15 I Coach Bob Hu.'^sey’s lads jump- 25 etl to a 7-0 lead after two innings 2 5 but were coolwl off when Cher- vr rie ace Harry Graham relieved starter Virgil Cline. ‘Kings Mountain h<*Id a eom- 351 fortable 11-4 lead gothg into the 15|hoi:r.e half of tlie eighth but the 13 Cherries eiupted and nearly 25 pulh'd the game out of the bag. ;|5l Tommy Goforth started on the 2^ K.M and worked the fiist 15 j se\en inings before giving way Juniors Lose To Granite Falls; Goforth Strikes Out 14 Batters southpaw, has a his credit so far * is currently fourth on the team h»ttmg^t anf Jones, although he’s been to bat only four official times, is third with a ,250 mark ^ .""ost of the year lodge MEETING Regular communication of Fairview Lodge 339 AP&AM \vill be held Monday night at 7:30 P-m. at Masonic Hall Secretary T. D. Tindall has an nounced. PRESBYTERIAN Ditcher - outfielder Hp hne a 9 V 'j as a Dr. Paul K. Ausley’s sermon Lyed amund the ;200 mark l„'hi{?h.r "“I S'e'S The boys nave carried poor fielding from high schnni I Eir-^t Presbyterian church will Continued On Page 4 '-uuuij Meanincr of Wnruhit. " 1 l)c, “The Meaning of Worship.' Goforth, a no-hit ter to this year. Other returining starters are third ba.seman Wayne Mullinax, shortstop Gone Putnam, outfield ers Joe Cornwell and Glenn Per kins and infielder Eddie Black. Black doubled as a third-^base- man - shortstop last year. The team features power hit ters at almost every position. At first base will probably be Ken Mitchem, 191-pound Negro who has been tearing the league a- part so far this year. Mitchem, a standout on the high school basketball team last year, was a member of the KMHS jayvee teaim this past season^ At second base will be Mike Smith, also a. power hitter, who hit .238 in high school ball this year. The rising sophomore led the high school hitting through the first half of conference play. Mullinax will be at either third base or catching with Putnam at shortstop. Oher infield hope fuls are Jack Bell andl Black, with Negro Clarence Ashe the probable starter behind the plate. Top outfield prospects are Cornwell, Perkins, Larry Carroll and Geeper Howard. Coaches will meet in Gastonia Sunday to draw for the team KM will meet in the district playoff. The state tournament will be played July 25-27 at Greenville, and, should KM win there, the locals will be on their way to Hershey, Pa.,^ and the Teener World Series. “ y k' f tk Steve Goforth deserves better backing^ Monday night the fireballing righthander struck out 14 bat ters and gave up but foorr hits during eight innings but lost the game to Granite Falls, 10-2. Steve gave up five runs, only one earned, and walked only four before giving way to his brother Tommy after the eij Steve also UkI the Mountain eers in hitting with a 2-for-3 per formance. Of course, you can’t take any thing away frmm G-Falls pitcher Ken Brooks either. Brooks check ed the Mounties on five hits, and struck out 11, although he did walk eight Stove rolled along with ease until his defense shattered and began to throw the ball away. Twice during the game Steve had five strikeouts in a row. Granite Falls tallied its first run in the third inning with Biob- by Brown coming home on an error—'by K-M t^^ird basematr Chucky Gladden. Brown reached baseon a fielder’s choice, stole second and scored when Barry Hayes bounced one to Gladden who, in turn, threw the ball low at first base. The eventual winners came back in the fourth lot two runs on a double by catcher Bobby Billings, a single by clean-up hitter Dale Gantt and another KM error. Kings Mountain brought the game closer at 3-1 in the fifth with Bruce Jones scoring after walking, taking third on Go forth’s single and coming in when Nelson Connor bounced out. Granite Falls scored two more in the eighth on a double by Gantt, two bases on balls, an er ror, a sacrifice and a stolen base. G-Falls came back in the ninth to get five runs on two hits and another KM error. Kings Mountain g'ot its final run in the bottom of the ninth with Tony Leigh driving home Paul Gaffney after Gaffney walked, took second on a single by Goforth, and went to third when Connor walked. Billings was Granite Falls' leading hitter with a single, double and triple in four times at bat_ Goforth’s two hits led KM while Coiuipi’, Phil Cash and 1 Mickey Adkins liaci a hit apiece. BOXSCORF Kings Mountain AB R H BI Connor, ss 3 0 1 1 Leigh, If 4 0 0 1 Medlin, c 5 0 0 0 Rhea, lb, p 3 0 0 0 Cash, 2b 1 0 1 0 Gladden, 3b 3 0 0 0 Gaffney, ph 0 1 0 0 T. Goforth, rf P, lb 4 0 0 0 Jones, cf 0 1 0 0 Adkins, cf 2 0 1 0 S. Goforth, p_ rf 3 0 2 0 31 2 3 2 Granite Falls Hayes, rf 2 2 0 0 P, Green, 3b 4 1 0 0 Billings, c 4 3 3 1 Gantt, If 5 2 2 1 Green, lb 4 0 0 1 Simmon, cf 5 0 1 1 I Huffman, ss 2 1 0 0 ' 1 Brown, 2b 5 1 0 0 Brooks, p 4 0 0 0 ; 1 * 35 10 '(> 7 i E- Medlin, T. Gofuth, Gladden, j ■ft+iea, Hayecs.' Dl’~^Iadden,- mi-1 assisted LOB- -K.M 10. GF 6. 2B'; .. J. to his lu'other Stew. Cherryville 35 j jumped on Stove from the word 15! say .go and Coach Hussej- had to 35 I re call Tommy to put out the fire. Tommy picked up the win, his second of tlio year against three losses Cline was tagged with the loss. Kings Mountain tallied three runs in the first on hits iby Nel son Connor, Ronnie Rhea and Chucky Gladden. Connor led it off with a single to leftfield, Tony Leigh walked, and after Roy Medlin flied out, Rhea sin gled to left, but Cherrie leftfield er Bobby Smith booted the ball and Rhea went all tin* way to third. Rliea scored an out later on Gladden’s single to center. Singles by Bruce Jones. Med lin and Rhea produced four more runs for the Mountit's in the .second. After Bill Bridges grounded out to leadoff the in ning, Toimmy Goforth drew a walk, Jones singled, and after Connor struck out, Leigh walk ed to load the bases. Medlin sent all three runners home with a sharp single to left Juniors Finish Fifth; Enter Playolis Friday Kings Mountain Post 155 A- merican Legion juniors travel to Hickory Friday night to tee off a best-of-three series as the sec ond round of the Area IV Legion playoffs begins. The two teams will meet here Saturday night and the third game, if needed, will be played at Hickory Monday. Kings Mountain draws a bye in the first round of eliminations ajs a result of finishing fifth in the 11-team Area IV standings. ! Hickory finished fourth. I Post 155 Coach Bob Hussey j will probably pitch Steve Go- ! forth (5-31 at Hickory Friday ' and come back with either Tom- jimy Goforth (3-3t pr Mickey Ad- I kins (2-1) here Saturday, j Adkins hurled the first 8% in- I nings at Hickory Tuesday night ! before giving way to Tommy Goforth in the bottom of the I ninth. Goforth went on to pick I up the piching win when the lo- I cals beat Hickory 7-5 in 11 in- ! nings. Steve Goforth leads the pitch ing crew in just about every de partment. The fireballing right hander has worked a total of 66H! innings and leads the team in strikeouts with .82 and has the lowest eained run average, 2.18. Steve has lost his last two out ings, losing to Forest City and Granite Falls. Against Granite Falls he fanned 14 batters and gave up only four hits. Post 155 finished the regular season standings with a 13-9 record, onl.v a game behind Hick ory, 14-S. The Mounties stayed around fourth and fifth spot all season long. Shortstop Nelson Connor will lead the team into the playoffs as the leading hitter, Connor ha< so far collected 28 hits in 71, times at bat for a .373 average and he also leads the team in runs scorc'd with 18. Third baseman Roy Medlin is the team leader in almost every ; slugging department. Roy has five home runs, four doubles and 28 runs batted in. He is now hit ting at a .238 clip. The winner of the Kings Moun tain-Hickory series will play the winner of the Belmont, Henriet- ta-Cherryville series, those games Ring played July 13-16. Henriet ta and Cherryville meet in a one- game playoff tonight (Wednes day) in Harris. FINAL AREA IV LEGION STANDINGS Team Belmont Forest City Gastonia Hickory KINGS MOUNT •Shelby Henrietta Cherryville Marion Bessemer City w L Fcf. 19 3 .864 17 5 .7^ 16 6 .728 14 8 .636 13 9 .581 11 11 .500 11 11 .500 7 15 .318 6 16 .273 4 18 .182 nnor Leads Juniors With m Mark Shortstop Nelson Connor leads tile Post 155 juniors in hitting as the team- heads into the Area IV Legion playoffs this week Kings Mountain begins a besf^ of-three series Friday in Hickory, and through the regular season, Connor has collected 28 hits in 75 times at bat for a .373 bat ting average, one of the best marks for a regular in this area. Lonnor leads the team in total _ hits, tuns scored with 18 and is center and he took.second on the; tied for the lead in doubles with throw-in from the outfield. He 'four and triples with one. He heis then scored on Rhea’s second hit j hatted in a total of nine runs so of the night. ; f^^”- Cherryville took advantage of; The smooth fielding shortstop, a triple by Chuck Pendleton and ; who was all-conference for Kings a single by Graham and a Moun-; Mountain high school this sea- thc-p’Sfh—!l^.? hit safely in al 6ut —Billings Gantt. 3H Billings. WP—T. Gofoi-th, Rhea." Pitching: ip li R ER BB SO S Goforth I) 8 4 5 1 4 14 T. Goforth 2 4 4 3 0 Rhea Hi 0 1 0 0 1 Brooks (w) 9 5 2 1 8 11 Optimist Clinches Littie Loop Title Optimist clinched the champ ionship in the local Little League Thursday night l)y blasting Po lice by a 1.5-0 count. Dana Sarvis was the winning pitcher. Dana went the distance, giving Up only ■ one hit while striking out nine batters in four innings, David Bolin had two doubles' to lead the winners at bat. In Thursday’s nightcap, Kiwan- is bested Parkgi-ace 7-6 with Dana Franklin the winning pitch er and David CaUlvell the loser. Bobby Byars led Kiwanis in hit ting with a double and Caldwell had a triple to lead the winners. Friday night, the Lions blast ed Jaycees 12-1 in the opener and Rescue Squad beat Bur-Mill 7-5 in the nightcap. Tim Hunter hurl second and came right back in i game this year, the third to get a run on a triple I Second on the hitting by Wade Beam ^nd a single by Larry Davidson. KM added two runs in the fifth on singles by Connor and Phil Cash, a walk, hit batter, an other Cherryville error and a .sacrifice by Jones. Cherryville added another in the bottom of the fifth on a single (by Larr,v Sain, a base on balls, a fielder's choice and a KM error. A walk by Graham and anoth er Cherryville error gave KM another tally in the seventh and a single by Cash, another base on balls and another error pro= duced its final tally in the eighth. Steve Goforth got off to a shaky start in the eighth, letting he first two men get on by er- I ors. He proceeded to walk two, then strike out two, and issue haek-tcvback hits to Sain and Bobby Smith. Coach Hussey then le-calkHl Tommy who got Pen dleton to fly out. Tommy got into trouble in the ninth but Connor forced two men at second and Cash turned a hot bouncer into an out and km preserved the win. Connor was KM’s leading hit- list is ed the win for the Lions and Bob j maker with 3-for-6 while "Rl^a Johnson was the winner for Kes- and Cash chipped In two hito-' Continued On Puga i Continued On Page 4 Ronnie Rhea, who has been dou bling as an infielder-outfielder and has ®een some mound duty. Rhea is 20-for-76 and is hitting .263 with two, doubles and a triple and 10 runs batted in. Roy Medlin leads the team in slugging with five homers, four doubles, a triple and 28 runs batted in. Medlin is 19-for-80 and is hitting .238. He is third in runs scored with 15. Paul Gaffney and outfielder i Bruce Jones are the only other Mounties hitting over the .200 mark. Gaffney thus far ig IG-fcw- 68 and hitting .235 while Jones is hitting .2,50. Steve Goforth heads the pitch* ing crew with a 5-3 won-loss rec ord and 82 strikeouts. He han an earned run average of 2.18, best on the team. Hte brother, Tosn- my. has won three and lost three and Mickey Adkins Is 2-1. Tony Leigh is leading the team in stolen bases with eight and is second in rune scored with 17 although he’s hitUng on ly .167. BATTING AVERAGES (Through July 5)1 Pla.ver AB H H Avg. Conner 79 18 28 .373