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KINSS MOUNTAIN HERALD, KIN6S, MOUNTAIN, N. C. Thursday, August 18, I966i VFW Teeners Eliminate Pitman, Pierre At ^rshey Slow-Fitch SoftbaU Games Undoway Herald Sports Br MARTIN HARMON Guest Columnist Action in the double elimina tion invitational slow pitch soft- ball tournament continues through Tuesday at Grover. Thursday (tonight) Sparkles of Forest City meet Neisler Mills of Kings Mountain and Minette ofj Grover plays Cleveland Lumber of Shelby in the winners’ brae- kett. The first game gets under way at 5:30. . 'niursday- action wll also pit[ A Cash Grocery of Kings.Mountain' ^ • ■” wwwawiv .A fow years ago between me Apparel in the losers’ brackett i filing the sports column, which ^ not done for the Eight undefeated teams re-1 Kings Mountain Herald since the summer of 1938 when mained n the race yesterday as, Haywood L^nch was editor-publisher. In that happy ana Lloyds and Bills played Hickory younger day, I labeled the effort “Sporting with Martin , Grove, S. c. and Kings Mountain t^e more recent resumption, I decided “Herald Sports jaycees played King.<« Mountain j generic title,'not only a bridge between sports editoi's. Bees in the losers’ brackett. In ^ shade' less sophomoric than that of 1938. the wnners’ brackett, Pepsi CoIa | vs. Gaffney, S. C. and Bur Mil of- ■ Kings Mountain vs. Antioch of. 11^61 M 0110165 Grover played- j As the major league pennant races got underway in Tuesday night’s action saw^pj.|^ neighbor George Wilson and I were speculating on Magnolia Day (playing in the possible winhers. George, the ex-major leaguer who play- loser’s brackett) defeat ^rger, Red Sox, Giants and Yankees, was high on the Barn 7-3 and Lloyds & Bii^ eii- ’Tigers, pointing to a top notch pitching staff, con- l^ir i3?i?^the°wfnnfre’ S tinued high performance of A1 Kaline and a hitting come- S^^eu^defeated Carolina Ap-,back by Norm Cash to ^tapult the Tigers to the glory parcl 7-9 and Pepsi Cola of For-i days of yesteryear when Hal Newhouser and Paul (Diz?y) est Cty whipped Hickory Grove, TroUt were pitching Detroit to pennants. George was par- S. C. 11-3. I ticulariy high on Mickey Lolich, whom George had coachT In the winners’ brackett games ed at Denver. Wednesday morning’s standings reveal Tuesday Bur MU of Kings Moun-j George’s .miscalculations not only due to .the Baltimore tain beat Kings Mountain Bees Robinsons„ Brooks and Frank, Boog Powell and Company, Olds For^f ^ aty ^whip^d, to the unusual rough licks taken by the Tiger field Montgorne^ GuH Colofful Charlie Dressen suffered a heart attack and brackett games reesuay ^ catcher, ‘ assumed command as acting manager, only to l^TS AND BUCKS — DookeY boseball will return to Kings ’ Mountain TuesdOY. August 30. as the Lions and JoYceos dotor- mino. who con be^t 1) hit the boll, 2) field the balL and 3) meet suceessfuUY steer a donkeY ofter hit balls ond ooound the base paths. lions Vs. Jaycees In Donkey Ball Cash Grocery of Kings Mountain beat Community Cash of Blacks- bury 6-5 and Kings Mountan be hospitalized with lung cancer. Recuperating Dressen Jaycees defeated First Baptist of | was suddenly re-hospitalized with a kidney infection ed. Blacksburg 13-5, In last week’s action a home run barrage by Sparkles of For est City gave them a resounding 26-4 victory over Magnolia Main tenance Wednesday night and in other Wednesday night action Kings Mountain Jaycees downed the Castaways 15-6, Blacksburg Baptist edged Magnolia Day which proved .fatal. Dressen was a barker of the Leo Du- rocher variety and a successful coach and manager. '.Way, ’Way Back More nlature baseball fans enjoyed immensely (and young ones should not have missed) an interesting con tribution to baseball history which appeared in the Au gust 13 issue of the Saturday Evening Post. Though sit- riTif' At his deslc, Puul McGInois was taking a baseball holi- S’G,^™r’wc„Xr.'’'^foSl made my regular ^vertisinl c^l.,Paul was route when the City of Kings' relishing LawTence S. Ritter’s “The Glory of Their Times”, Continued On Page 8 an excerpt from his book of the same name. Not only Were Ritter's subjects heroes of the old days, Box SCOIB ' but his .repertorial method unique. He interviewed the' llAllfAniA P« inyi 4 of yesteryear with tape recorder. Here BfSUMMfUWg «Pt CM. a R,TK«-'TWn,annar-H <‘U;aknr, Can,” r'a.o MONDA'TS GAME BELLFONTE, BA. AB R Vegger, ss Dewitt, cf Leitvell, p Nostave, c Eveling, rf Wetgler, If Fisher, 3b O’Leary, lb Glenn, 2b TOTALS 26 5 KINGS MTN. Cornwell, cf Smith, 2b Black, If Putnam, ss Mullinax, 3b Howard, rf Ashe, c Mitchum, lb Whetstine, p w'ere Rube'Marquard, “Wahoo Sam” Crawford, Fred Snod- ' grass, Smpkey Joe Wood reminiscing about the baseball H RBI stars, freak plays, fracases and fights of the old days. 1 0 Who remembers Tommy Leach, 1903 third-sacker for 1 1 the Pittsburgh Pirates? Ritter did, and Leach has a mem- 2 1 ory he tvishes he didn’t have. The Pirates met the Red 0 1| Sox in the World Series and won three of the first four. 0 0 Then, Leach says, the Red Sox fans put the hex on the 0 0 Pirates. A song labeled “Tessie” was quite popular and Q Q the Red Sox Royal Rooters began singing it. Of course Q q' the words were changed to fit both the hometown fav- _i orites and the visiting enemy. To Honus Wagner, one of 4 3! the all-time greats, the Beantown fans would sing: Honus, why do you hit so badly? 0 0 Take a back seat and sit down. 3 oj Honus, at bat you look so sadly, 0 0 Hey, why don’t you get out of town? 3 Leach’s plaintiff closing comment: Sort of got on your A 2^ nerves . . . and before we knew what happened, we'd lost ” I the World Series. Three, Kings Mountain civic dubs will coliaborate August 30 at CUty Stadium here in a non ordinary baseball game. It’s been done here before but not recntly. It’s dMiky baseball. Sure to collect the worse side of the triple effort are members of the Juraor Chamber of Com- rrt^ce and Lions, who will con fer etch other for victory on the fidd of braying battle. The CO-sponsoring Kings Moun tain Optibnists will fare better, having taken as their chore tnaniiing of the battlements at the concession stand. The osminndttee in charge for the Lions donkey-riders Includes Bill Moss, Fred Withers and Howard Bryant. Withers will double in brass as field manager for the Lions. The Jaycees have not yet an nounced their managing master mind. It’s all for dvicigood, as each of the three dvic clubs will devote their net returiiS to dvic or charitable projects. Members of all club's now have tickets available at $1 for adults and 50 cents for students. Tickets are also on sale at Willie’s Jewel ry. Whetstine, Putnam Star As Piene Falls By GARY STEWART HeroM Sports Editor HERSHEY, PA. — Kings Moun-1 tain's VFW Teeners erupted for' three runs in the fourth inning in Memorial Stadium Wednes day morning and eliminated Pierre, South Dakota, 6-4. I The Tar Heel and Area IV reg-| ional champions combined their j oest hitting of the tournament with, much improved fielding,' with eight hits — half of them triples — and two by shortstop Licnc Putnam, who added a single lor a perfect day at the plate. Meantime, Darrell Whetstine,' loser of a 3 to 4 heartbreaker in \ donday’s epening game, limited ..ic DaKouns to five singles as .tc lanncu six men. Whetstine walked five, but only two of the free passes cost runs. In the game-idng home half of the fourth, Kc Mltchcm led off with a single, scoring when Mike Ridgeway dropped Whet- stinc’s long fly to left field. It was a three-base error as Whet- stinc took third. After Joe Corn- well had filed out, Mike Smith grounded to third. Attempting to score, Whetstine found himself trapped in a run-down, but tal lied when Thlrd-Sacker Steve Robinson erred. Meantime, Smith reached second. Black grounded out, but Putnam uncorked his second triple and Smith scored. In contrast to the first two contests here. Kings Mountain drew first blood, tallying two in the first, as Cornwell tripled and scored on Catcher Dale Cleve land’s passed ball. Smith and Black went down, but Putnam’s triple and Mullinax’s single made it 2-0 for the Tar Heels. Pierre roared back for three and a one-run lead. -JT'i if#-' J -. , PITCHER — Danell Whetstine, ace pitcher of the Kings Moun tain Teener League All-Star team, pitched the opening gome in the notional tourna ment MondoY in Hershey. Pa. The locol teom has ctdvanced to the semi-finols. Tuesday's Boxscore Pitman. N. I. 2. KM 6 Kings Mountain Ab R H RBI Cornwell, cf 4 0 10 Smith, 2b 4 0 10 Black, If 3 0 0 0 Putnam, ss 2 2 1-0 Mullinax, 3b 2 2 10 Howard, rf 3 111 Ash, c 110 0 M’.tchem, lb 3 0 2 3 Goforth, p 2 0 0 0 Totals Pitman, N. J. Cunningham, 3b Albers, c 6 4 H RBI 0 0 Terry Burge was out opening the second, but Pitcher Brad ; Schieffelbien singled. Ridgeway was safe on an infield hit, and Oherv, cf Steve Robinson walked. Cleve- Beavon, lb land singled, scoring Scheiffel- Ortlip, p, ss bien and Ridgeway. Butch Hueb- Hendlmyers, If ner singled to score Robinson. Gaimsharv, ss, p , Adams, rf Kings Mountain made it 3-alljjgj^gg 2b in the third. Smith walked, j ’ B^ck skied out, and Putnam 1 24 Z 1 o' sfogled Smith to third. Smith 1 ^ Goforth 3, Mitchem, Ash. Put- was out at the plate on Mulli-1 ^am, Adams, Gaimsharv, Alberts, nax grounder to third, but Put-: ^qb — K.M. 3, N. J. 5. DP—Smith nam, who had stolen second, |^q Mitchem; Jones to Adams to rrkrvLp im #«4. ' _ 30 4 TOTALS Seei« By Innings: BELLFONTE 310 010 I Papa Marquard Like Father Cobb — Rube Marquard loved baseball and like Kings Moun * Iain’s Hugh Ormand, was playing with much older ladf ' in sandlot ball. Mr. Marquard thought baseball merely £ KINGS MTN 100 ^ ^ valuable time. He was Oeveland, Ohio, city en E —Smith! Putnam, Howard, gineer, wanted his son to be college educated. Ty Cobb’f Ashe, Veeger, Glenn. LOB—Bell-' father was a school teacher in Georgia and held similai fonte 5, Kings Mtn. 10. 2B—Vee- j ambitions for his son. Both sons were as adamant in their ger, Leitvell, Smith. 3&—Putnam, ambition as were their fathers. Dewitt. SB — Mullinax 2, Upton, 1 When Marquard left home to report to Indianapolis, Howard, Veeger, Leitvell. S —. his father told him never to cross the Marquard threshold ^ding. SF - N<»tav^ again. Ten years later, when Giant Marquard had beaten 7 s f 2 s Braves 1-0 in the first game of a doubleheader, the 7 4 5 3 2 5 batboy entered the dressing room and informed the Rube •'his father wanted to see him. The Rube knew better “Son,’' he said, "get his autograph book and bring it in I’ll sign it.” But the lad returned with Father Marquard who had seen his son pitch while sitting “between that fellow who wears that funny thing on his face and the B RBI number one.” It was the first baseball game his fathei had ever seen. Later, when the New York sports writers learned Rube’s father was living they invaded Cleveland for interviews. Had he ever played baseball? “Oh, of course I did, the elder Marquard replied. “I used to love to play baseball. I used to be a pitcher like my son Rich ard — I mean like my son Rube.” The nickname “Rube" is usually associated with the innocent country boy come to town. Marquard got his tag on Tn/iBonoTw\1i» .« ^ ^ Leitvell Whetstine Kings Mountain 6 PlerrOf S. Dcdc. 4 WEDNESDAY'S BOX SCORE Piwn, 8. Dak. Huebner, 2b Krier, m Larson, lb Burge, cf Schelffelbien, p Ridgeway, U Klrley, rf Robinson, 3b O’Malley. P Cleveland, c M RBI 1 0 totals 27 4 mmpi MountotB AB R Cornwell, cf 3 1 Smith. 2b 3 1 Black. If ? 2 Putnam, ss 3 2 MuUinax, 3b 3 0 Howard, rf 2 0 Aaha, c 2 0 MHcbem. lb 3 1 Whetstine. p 3 ^ totals 28 S • 4 •1,^ 030 001 0—4 iHff Mountain 201 300 x—6 3. Robinson, Ridgeway, Put IjOB — Fiem 7; Kings itsln A. m *-* Putnam 2. WlWtrtlne. SB — Put- Mullinax PB — Cleveland, V. 1:46. IP K R KRBB80 I 4 7 6 4 2 2 10 0 1 Z A 4 a 5 21 from M Indianapolis sports writer who complimented him "ii comparing him to the great Rube 4 Waddell. The sports writer, both personally and in print, always referred to him thereafter as “Rube”. It stude. Back To Today took up Smith’s stand at the hot corner, scoring the tie-marker on CSeeper Howard’s single. FILLS PULPIT Rev. Fred Falls, Jr., of Fay etteville, formerly of Kings Mountain, filled the pulpit at last Sunday’s worship hour at First Presbyterian church. Mr. Falls, a Kings Mountain na- tive, is married to the former Derice Weir, also formerly of this city. Gaimsharv to Bevron. 2B — Mit chem 2. HBP — Mullinax (by Ortlip), Goforth (by Gaimsharv). WP — Goforth 3, Ortlip 4. Pitching IP H R Er Bb So RocJty Gofoith One-Ifitter Ends New Jersey Bid By GARY STEWART Herald Sports Editor HERSHEY, Pa. — Southpaw Rocky Goforth's ono-hit pitching, coupled with clutch hitting by Geeper Howaid and Kon Mitcli- em kept Kings ."Vlountain Teen ers alive Tusday aftrnoon in tlie national championship finals as they eliminated Pitiran, N. J., 6 to 2. „ In_the first inning,_ it_ looked like a sad day for'Goforth and a quick ticket home, as Pitman scored twice on three wild pitch es and three Kings Mountain errors. The Mountaineers tied it at 2- all in the fourth, as Pitman re ciprocated by committing an 'm- ror, and the pitcher threw wild four times. With Gene Putnam’s single, these were worth two runs. Goforth had a no-hitter going until the top of the 7th inning when Jack Hendlmycr singled to open the inning. Pitman batters got only one other ball out of the infield against the little southpaw whose win kept Kings Mountain alive with a 1-1 rec ord. KM won the game in the si.xth by scoring four runs on singles by Wayne Mullinax and Geeper Howard and a 3-run double by Ken MitcheiT.-. With one out, Put nam walked, Mullinax siniied and Putnam scored when How ard singled. CJlarence Ash walk ed to load the bases and Mitchem sent all runners home with a double over the center fielder’s head. JUl-St^Piay In Contests ^ Heie Satuiday Oj All-Stars of the Waren’s Soft- 0 1 ball League blanked the Wrang- 0' Vrs, the" Nationals whipped the 0 i Americans, East defeated Teo- fi:Lague All-Stars and the Men's 0, All-Stars whipoed the Bees in 0 I rdl-star action Saturday night at City Stadium. The five contests were spon sored hy the Kings Mountain Recreation Dct-a; Lmcnt c;. ’ ceeds will be applied to cost of the annual post-season athletic banquet August 27. m jSO-CAPTAINS — The high school football sgucti dopaxted from ‘Crostom of some Yocofs standing MondaY and elected SandY -MouneY. lettennaa center, end TommY Goforth, lettermon gnarterback oo-ooptoiiu for the 1966 season. PreviouslY game - eopoins had been elected. 52 Candidates Report For Drills Bf MABTTH HARMON | posts were Steve Spencer, a TSe Kings Mountain high j iransfer from Washington high jchool MounUineers opened pre- school, Tony Leigh, a senior who The Legionnaires who have twice caravaned to At- Iwta to see their favorites the Braves have witnessed two Brave losres, 2 to 1 and 4 to 3. But on ^e second trip they ^w Hal Lanier, of Denton, lead the Giants to victory with four consecuUve singles. His father, ® ®naging this season in upstate New York And the swject of a recent feature in the New York un^ Sun^y Magazine. The Times writer labeled the ex- ordinal pitchw as a Durocher-type competitor to which Mayor John Henpr Moss can attest. Max managed two, ye^ in Jfmp 8 Western. Carolinas league and continually aboiU poor qdality of thcTumpiring until Presi- word. He said, “Max, I know the wi*tern®Snn?* “usky ex-Compact per- Toe western Carolinas has graduated two umpires former who weighs in a 200 Md to the major leagues. We haven’t graduated a managerjis 6’ i”. * ' - • - Ikking turns at ths halfback reason football drills Monday morning with 52 candidates — dx’shy — reporting to Coach BiU Bates for twice-daily work outs. TTie missing six include five footballers now performing in the diamond sport with the Kings Mountain VFW Teeners at Her- shey. Pa., and Letterman Carl Wlesener, not yet returned from summer school at Western Col lege. Coach Bates described con ditioning drills as “more than usual,’* followed up by intensive work li* blocking and tackling, Maantime, the offense was get. tini attention by the running of l^c plays, with particular at- 4^|^n to ball-handling. sunning the T system at quar- b^ack are Lettermen Tommy ^ger and Co-Captain Tommy Gmtxth. ■ ^Three were taking turns at the fullback slot, Paul Gaffney, let- townan guard shifted to the bh^ield. Chip Crisp, and Son ny Moore, husky ex-(3ompact per is a football candidate for the first time, Jerry Mitchem and Dennis Smith., Co?Captain Sandy Mauney, alone at the center slot, is get ting some hefty back-up in the person of big Eddie Bridges, be ing shifted from tackle in the carly-drlll experiments. Three lettermen are at guards, including Chuck Gladden, Lafry Patrick and J, C. Wright The veterans are augmented by Bert Smith who attended Compact last year. Coach Bates finds more depth at end than In several seasons, where 1965 veterans Charles Carroll, Dick Schenck and Ross .3*pringer are augmented by Pat Cheshire and Stan Laughter, up 3ro.n the J-V squad. The team is drilling at City Stadium. Coach Bates acknowledges his opening game will be among the season’s toughest. Non - loop Thomasville has been in the tap rungs of the AAA conference for the past four years and in two of them won the division champ ionship. (Goforth (w) Ortlip Gaimsharv (1) Score by innings ! New Jersey 200 000 0—2 Kings Mountain .. 000 204 x—6 TAX AT EAST CAROLINA Mr. and Mrs. W. K. Mauney, Jr., of Kings Mountain were among 41 state legislators and nominees who were recent guests of East Carolina college at Greenville. They were given a tour of the campus, attended an ECC Summer Theatre pro duction, and were entertained at a buffet dtnner. IMscoimt Notice ^Fnlly AllowaUe Discount of Can Be Earned By Paying 1966 TAX BILL BY AUGUST 31 Kings Mountain
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