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■- V, Thursday, August 4. 1966 KINGS MOUNTAIN HERALD. KINGS. MOUNTAIN. N. C. anuary 687,749. kcrease ^ of Stional n. TTiis North oal of t Jenu- Avery 1 over annual } at{|ite •r ihore le. >N( are sch e cou iangei ir wo als, Dry s ualifio ? qual som able ards ai ufferei e story ipite rease il ere schools nissions he trou out 15, lere ai 00 chil school og liki s. Stan t hieh condar; tructur as kn itressfi go, ' ivil w! t score nee. Bi ly qui cadre ^ 1 who: natio ith b le Ma y- be to ma kvlth oduce ront a of reck [y vdlUU , n wpoid apermlve Teenm Playing Tennessee For Regional Title Herald Sports By GARY STEWART Darrell Whetstine Fires Two-Hitter At Tennessee For 10-0 Win Tuesday Teeners KM's First State Chairipion the 1966 Kings’ Mountain TeHer teague all-star team is the first athletic team from here to ever win a state championship. . , The boys, 13 through 15 years of age, won the title last week in Greenville, N. C., with a dramatic two-run homer by Wayne Mullinax in the bottom of the eighth inning beating Gastonia 6-4 for-the crown. Kings Mountain pitcher Darrell Whetstine was voted the tournament’s most valuable player with Mullinax fin- i.shing a close second, KM shortstop Gene Putnam led his team in hitting during the three-day tourney, however, no individual statistics are available yet. Whetstine, who posted an 0.82 earned run average while compiling an 0-1 record for Kings Mountain high school last year as a sophomore won all three of KM s games at the state tourney. _ , In the first game of the affair Whetstine relieved Rocky Goforth after seven innings and went on to beat host team Greenville 4-3 in eight innings. Whetstine came back the next day and beat Gastonia 7-4, the same game that first baseman Ken Mitchem cracked a long three-run homer to the opposite field. Gastonia came back to beat Kings Mountain 4-3 Wed nesday morning wdth Goforth getting tagged with the loss despite a four-hit, 10 strikeout performance. Whetstine came back to claim his third win of the series Wednesday afternoon. Darrell relieved Mullinax with none out and the bases loaded in the fourth. He worked the fourth through the eighth innings giving up only throe hits and not walking a batter and also chipped in a single to KM’s hitting attack. The big right-hander is being counted upon heavily lo carry much of the-p^itching load for KMHS and Post 155 Legion team come next season. In high school play last year, Darrell gave up only 15 hits, two earned runs, walked only five and struck out 11. This year’s Teener team sports several stars who will make some of last year’s KMHS and Legion starters scratch for a starting position next year. Mullinax and second baseman Mike Smith were both slarters on last year’s high school team and Mitchem, Putnam, Joe Cornwell and catcher Clarence Ash are go ing to show someone they mean business next year. Connor Good Selection As Legion MVP I don’t know who was on the Legion Committee that selected the Post 155 most valuable player, but they couldn’t have made a better selection than Nelson Con nor. By Gary stewart Darrell VV'hetsline fired a two- hitter at Greenville, Tenn., Tues day afternoon to set the stage for the Eastern Regionals championship game Wednesday afternoon at Belmont-Abbey Col lege. Kings Mountain was defeated 54Hjy Tennessee in Momtay’f? opening igame. Rocky Goforth went the distance for the locals and was tagged with the loss al though he limited the Tennessee boys to only five hits. Tuesday’s outcome was 10-0. The game was called in the bot tom of the sixth inning because of the 10-run rule which states that if, after at least five com plete innings, one team goes a- head by as many as 10 runs, the game is automatically called. Whetstine had a no-hitter go ing Tuesday until pitcher Ron nie Myers led off the third in ning with an infield single. The other hit, a double by catcher Jerry Ricker, came in the fourth inning and put runners on sec ond and third. Mike Smith, Wayne Mullinax and Eddie Black led KM's eight- hit attack Tuesday with two hits each. Mullinax registered three runs batted in. Catcher Clarence Ash and Whetstine got the Moun- ties’ other two hits. Kings Mountain scored the winning run in the first inning with Smith’s single driving .Joe Cornwell home after CornwclL struck out but went to second on a passed ball and a throwing er ror Iby the Tennessee catcher. Smith scored KM’s second run two outs later on a single by Mullina.x. Kings Mountain put the game out of reach by scoring six runs in the fifth inning to make the score 8-0. KM’s fifth inning runs came on singles by Smith, Black, Mullinax and Whetstine, two %vild pitches, a passed ball and a Tennessee error. The locals ended the game by adding two runs in the sixth on three bases on balls and singles by Black and Ash. KM jumped to a 1-0 load in the first inning Monday with Putnam driving Cornwell home with a single after Cornwell to Mike Side Invades Columbia With Outstanding Hitting And Pitching (Editor’s Note: The folloxo- ing news feature appeared re cently in the Columbia^ S. C., Record and describes the re cent diamond exploits of Mike Sisk, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Sisk. Mr. Sisk, noiv assistant p\a,pager of South Carolina &tdte Parks, for several years was manager of the nearby Kings Mountain State Park.) The people of South Carolina have withstood many invasions from- the north. Nothing in their heritage, not Sherman’s march, not the burning of Atlanta, not even the carpetbagger govern ment after the war could have j)repared citizens of Columbia for the “invasion from the north” by young Mike Sisk. r Mike, the son of Mr. and Mrs Ray Sisk, formerly of Kini^s Mountain, is a twelve-year-old Dixie Youth baseball player with talent and abilities far beyond his years. Playing with the Todd*Moore Sporting Goods team in the \pdgewood League, the strongest (League in Columbia, Mike re- Pee Wee Football Meeting Today All boys interested in playing pee wee football are urged lo meet at the Deal Street Swim ming Pool this afternoon at 4 p. m. In order to be eligible to play under pee wee rules, a boy must weigh between 65 and 95 pounds. Jim Littlejohn will coach this year’s team. walked and was sacrificed second by Glenn Perkins. Tennessee came back in the second to take a 2-1 lead but sin gles by. Goforth, Cornwell and Smith, along with a base on balls and a wild pitch gave KM a 3-2 lead in the third. Tennessee went back ahead, 4- Sr-in the fourfh.with pitcher JimiL my Gillen cracking a tvyo-run, double after Goforth served up • walks to Rex Bishop and Bugs ! Kinser. The locals tied the score in the! fifth with Perkins scoring on a wild pitch after cracking a dou ble and taking third ..when the ' Tennessee second baseman boot ed the throw-in fro.r. the outfield. Tennessee scored the winning ; run in the fifth with Jimmy Fill er’s double driving home Plvil Smith who reached base on a walk. Putnam led KM’s hitting at- t.ack Monday with a 2-for.4 iier- formance while Filler was Ten- nessee’.s top gun with a <ioiible i and two singles in three trips to the plate. j ^ i Teener League | Boxscores - MONDAY'S GAME Kings Mountain AB R H BI Cornwell, cf 3 2 10 Perkins, rf 1110 Boll, ph 0 0 0 0 Smith, 2b 4 0 11 Putnam, ss 4 0 Mullinax, 3b 2 0 Carroll, If 4 0 Ash, c 30 Mitchem, lb 2 0 Goforth, p 3 1 Connor became the second shortstop in as many sea sons to win the MVP Award last Thursday night at the annual post-season banquet honoring the local players, their parents and local Legion officials. Connor is not a power hitter but without his timely hitting Post 155 could not have played .500 ball this past wrote'every pitching Vnd hit- season. Nelson led the team in hitting with a .404 batting ting rw>rd available to him. average, one of the top marks in Area IV for a regular He batted .802 for the 20-game player, ' regular season in which his team Nelson collected a total of 38 hits in 94 trips to theiw^s unbeaten. He drove in ^ of- plate this season, led the team in doubles with five andj^^^^^^ RBI’s and blasted 12 home tied for the lead in triples with one. He finished second statistics are m runs scored with-20, had 12 runs batted in and fourL^^ impressive until an addi- stolen bases. The little shortstop hit safely in all but one game Of the ’66 season and was also very valuable to the team with his fielding. Previously, only two infielders had been awarded the Post M\T Award. Last year the award went to shortstop Richard Gold and first baseman Jim Leigh won the trophy in 1962. Connor represents the first lefthand batter to wip the award since outfielder Mickey Bell took it in 1963. Qualifying Runs Held For Dixie "400" Qualifying was in full swing at the Atlanta Interna-, . * , * tional Raceway today as NASCAR speedsters time-trialed IrSie fenreand for starting positions in the rugged Dixie 400 Sunday. Sad to Tettfe SS 'X o? Starting time for the race, which carries a $83,260 posted purse, is 1 p.m. The starting field, which will in clude practically all of the nation's top stock car race drivers, will be limited to the 44 fastest cfirs as determined in the lime trials, which will continue through Saturday. The trials, each consisting of four laps around the fast 1! ..-mile track, began Wednesday. For drivers not winning starting positions in the time trials, a 20-lap qualifying race will be held Saturday after noon at 4:30 to fill out the starting field. Infield gates will open at 6 a.m. on Sunday and the i eluding one perfect gHme. grandstand gates will opj3n at 7 o'clock. Fans are advised j in his last 48 inlnings pitohetl. to geLan early st&rt to avoid a repeat of the unprecedent ed traffic congestion caused by the record number of fans headed for the Atlanta 500 last March. The posted purse for Sunday's long grind — 267 laps tional fact is ‘brought to light. ■Edgewood League doesn’t play their games in a regulation Dixie Youth Park with a 189-foot home run fence, but has to play in a softball park with a 240-foot barrier. Prior to young Sisk’s exploits, there had only been three fair balls hit out of the park during games. Sisk hit six during the regular seoson and would have had several more homers inside-the-park but the the longest singles and doubles ever witnessed in youth play. He was walked intentionally 50 times in 20 games, twice with the bases loaded, but as a pitch er he was even <mo.re impressive. He posted a 12-0 pitching rec ord with an E.R.A. of less than 0.30. He struck out 140 batters in 64 innings pitched and threw eight no-hitters in 11 starts in yobng Mike allowed no hits and no runs. Thp Edgewood League All-Star team, 1^ by Sisk, marched through the seven league City mound the high-banked track — is $63,260, with $12,800 Tourmment without a loss and going to the winner. Second plac ewill pay $6,520, third $3,405 and so on down to at least $350 for the last-place man. captured the Carl Asbill Trophy, emblematic of the Columbia area youth baseball championship. Mike pitched and won two games, as limited (by the ndes and was even, more devastating at the plate. About 50 race cars are crowding the bustling garage area as mechanics labor without let-up to bring them to Iheir peak speed before race day. Virtually all of NAS- CAR’s ace speedsters will compete in Sunday’s 267.1ap:f ^at 18 time® in event. : All-Star competition ,aiid Among early entries were Curtis Turner, who will stroked three homers, one dou- clrive the Smokey Yunick Chevelle he raced so handsome-;ble. a fly to center and was Iv at Daytona: Paul Goldsmith, winner of the recent Vol- walked intentionally 13 times, ilnteer 500 at Bristol: former Grand National champion Mike is described by his coach. Richard Petty: Sam McQuagg, last year’s Ropkie of thej Bill Sim^^on. ^-State bas- Year, who zo^ed to a smashing victory in this year's Firecracker 400 at Daytona: David Pearson, current, has unUmlte^ a- Grand National point leader: James Hylton, the rookie wjjjty and coot^inatimi. but the driver who’s amazing the race crowd by pressing Pearson'most impressive thlrag about for the 1966 championship; the Allison brothers, Bob, Mike is his attltuhe. He huMles former national champ, and Donnie of Modified racing! better than any player I’ve ever fame; Bobby Johns, the Miami veteran; the Bakers, father! been around in giw eport pnd Buck and son Buddy; Friday Hassler of Chattanooga,If and‘'5thJ"cvTt'!f1iS'^hi,r^crc'^^ Yarbrough, Paschal a d other certified charters. I could ever experience.” - Fords predominate among the entries, with 12 so far. i i——::— 26 Tennessee Scott, 2b Burns, .ss Brenizor, cf Smith, If Filler, lb Ricker, c Bishop, rf Myers, p Kinser, 3b Gillen, p ” MOST VALUABLE PLAYER — Nelson Connor (left) poses with Post 155 Legion Coach Bob Hiusey after he was named the ninth Post 155 most vol loble player at the annual post-season banquet Thursday night. Connor's .404 batting average, one of the best in Area IV. earned him the trophy. i Nelson Connor Wins Legion ; Most ValuablePlayer Award [Leading Hitter i Awarded Trophy ^ At Annual Fete Itriplo and four stolen bases. f Connor earned two letters at 1 Connor follows up Richard I .fings M-juntain high school this Gold as the only shortstops to* past jeai, one in baseball and 24 Shortstop Nelson Connor came tlie ninth Post 155 most E—Kinser, Scott, Putnam, Mulli nax, Ash. LOB—KM 6. Tenn. 4. j \ i.iua’.'lc plaja'i' at the annual 2B—Perkins, Filler, Gillen. SB— l.ogioii b;.seball banquet I Smith, Kinser. SAC —'rPerkin.s^ _day jii ;!u. Pitching; IP H R ER BB SO Connor, whoso hitting Goforth tn 6 5 5 3 3 jq 1,5-11 season Gillen (w) 6Li 7 4 3 5 '” ever win the Post .155 award, i Richard won the award last year I after leading Post 155 to the j semi-finals of tlie Area IV play- loffs with a .479 batting average. ! Jim Leigh, winner of the I award in 1962 and who now Post 155 serves as Thurs- ^°^^*’’ other lei' to ever win the troph.i one in basketball. In baseball ho was the team’s leading hit ter with a .314 batting average and in basketball he finished second in scoring. Coach Hussey and Athletic Officer Carl Wilson reviewed the assistant: season for guests ^ Thursday infielc- i night before Wilson adjourned V. ' the meeting. Myers 0 0 0 0 TEENER MVP — Pictured above is Darrell Whetstine, the ace pitcher of the Kings Mountedn Teener League all- star team, who last week won the State Teener ToiQnoment most valuable player owopd after leading KM to the N. C. title. Whetstine Wins State Tourney MVP Trophy Darrell Whetstine, who posted four victories against no defeats in district and state Teener League playoffs last week, won the state Teener League Tourna- melnt most valuable player a- ward following the three - day tourney in Greenville, N. C. Whetstine, who was the win ning pitcher in the champion ship game against Gastonia Wednesday afternoon, edged teammate Wayne Mullinax for the honor. Mullinax, who played third base and pitched for the locals, hit a two-run homer in the bot tom of the eighth inning Wed-j nesday to give KM a 6-4 win. In tho title game Wednesday,! Whetstine pitched a total of five Innings and gave up only three hits and one run. The big right hander came in when Ga.stonia loaded the bases off Mullinax j in the top of the fourth. ' Whetstine was a member of! the Kings Mountain high school team this past season. For the, Mounties Darrell worked mostly I in relief and compiled an 0-1 season record but had th^ best earned run average on the team, 0.82. I TUESDAY'S GAME Kings Mountain AB R 'Cornwell, cf 3 2 Smith, 2b 2 2 Black, If 3 1 I Putnam, ss 3 2 Mullinax, 3b 2 2 Howard, rf 2 0 Ash, c* 3 1 Mitchem, lb 3 0 I Whetstine, p 2 0 I I I Tennessee I Scott, 2b [Burns, ss I Gillen, If j Justice, rf Fillers, lb Brenizer, cf Ricker, c Herron, c Kinser, 3b Myers, p Bishop, p Smith, p led the this ‘ i year, wa.s pre.'^cnled the tropliy; ■* i by Post 155 Coach Bob Hussey. I American Legion players, their! gj'parent.s and other guests attend- 3 2 0 0 2 2 2 1 Connor, an all-conference so- 3 12 1 ' lection for Kings Mountain high | 3 2 0 0 school this past sea.son, posted 2 2 2 3 -404 batting average this yean 2 0 0 0 lead the local Post to a fifth, 3 112 place finish in the 121e'am Areaj 3 0 0 0 IV Legion standings. 2 0 1 1; The smooth-fielding shortstop — — — — collected 38 liiis in 04 limes at 23 10 8 8 1*^1. scored 20 run.s, had 12 runs ! batted in, fi\e doubies, one E—Ricker LOB—KM 22 0 2 0 Putnam, Mullinax. "Tenn. 7. DP—Put-!' nam. Smith & Mitchem. 2B — Ricker. SB — Putnam 2, Mulli nax, Cornwell. SAC — Black. Pitching: IP H R ER BB SO Whetstine (w) 6 2 0 0 3 1 Myers (1) 3 2. -2 0 4 3 Bishop 1 3 5 5 2 1 Smith 1% 3 3 2 4 3 METER RECEIPTS Meter receipts for the week ending Wednesday at noon totaled $229.70,^ including $132.- 80 from on-street meters, $23.15 from off-street meters and $73.75 from fines, according to report of Mrs. Grace C. Wolfe, assistant,city clerk. Regular communication of ' Fairview Lodge 339 AF&AM will be held Monday night at 7:30 p.m. at Masonic Hall. Dodges come next with seven, and there are six each of, flag-stand for every race held thus far at Atlanta Inter-1 Chevelle, .Plymouth, and'Chevrolet. Among the Mercjiry na,tiohal Raceway, drivers will be Johnny Wynn of Detroit, Rhd Nell Castles of Charlotte will pilot an Olds. 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