>, 1968
Thursday, February 15, 1968
KINGS MOUNTAIN HERALD. KINGS MOUNTAIN, N. C.
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Suzie Green Ties Game With Four Seconds Remaining
Shelby Girls Defeat Kings Mountain In Overtime
ffill Timmons
Inducted Into
Hall 01 Fame I
I
Former Kings Mountain Police|
Chief and Area Legion Baseball!
Commissioner Bill Timmons wasl
posthumously enshrined Friday
night in the North Carolina Am-1
eriean Legion Hall of Fame. j
He was selected along with!
11 othe*'s who made outstanding |
contributions to the Junior base-]
hall program in North Carolina, i
Plaques were presented to the;
12 living Hall of Famers and to
the vvidowns of Timmons, Chvirles
Odum (Laurinburgi and B. E.
Hamrick (Hickoryt.
Timmons was well knowm in
Kin ^s Mountain and Stanly Coun
ty, where he helped pionc’er the
kjunH>r prot'ram since its origin
^ in North Carolina in 1927.
He served i^’gion baseball on
area, state and national levels.
Guest speaker at the banquet
in Charlotte was Dave Bristol, a
native North Carolinian who is
manager of the Cincinnati Reds.
Living members enshrined were
Jim Austin of Salishiiry. Smokey
Burgess of Carolecm. Willie Duke
of Raleigh. Joe pVrebee. head
basohall coach at Pfeiffer Col
lege, C. D. Lambert of Concord,
Joe Moody of Charlotte, Bruce
Ruffin of Raleigh, Lewis Spence
of Siler City, Phil Stoner of
Greensboro, Roy Sudduth and
Buddy Lewis of Gastonia and
Pop Simmons of Shelby.
Ladies. Men,
Mixed Bowling
League Results
Richard Culbertson took scor
ing honors in men’s bowling le
ague action Monday night at
^Mountain Lanes Howling Center
with a 111 line anfi 391 set whieh
led his team to a 3-1 victory over
Albert Brackett.
C’ulb<mtson’s 1-11 line came in;
the first mati'h which the Brac
kett team won, But Cul-
tM'rtson's club came back to win ;
the next two games and total I
pins. I
Brackett was high, for liis club
fc.witb a,. 127 line and 351 set. '
If The Ratuiy Blanton team took '
four games from Plonk Oil Co. a.s i
Blanton had a 136 line and a 3GS !
s(‘t. Paul Ware added a 3-15 set j
and-John Dilling had a 110-317 ^
for the losers. _ i
Clyde Culbimlson rolled a 125
line and 3-46 set to lead his team |
to a 3-1 win over Dilling Heating. I
Bob Herndon had a 122 line and ^
Rod Houser added a 32S set for]
the losers. j
Members of the Clyde Culbert
son mixed team must be wonder
ing what it takes to win.
Ub Gault had a 139 line andj
392 set Thursday night hut the
('ub five fell to Ronnie Culbert
son, three to one. Balanced scor
ing led Ronnie’s team. Charles
Fite had a 134 lino and 361 set.
while Culbertson chippt'd in a 3.59
series and John Dilling had a 332.
Bob Herndon took throe from
Ranny Blanton as Herndon rolled
a 134 line and 34S set. Blanton
was high for his team with a
131358.
In ladies’ league action Tues
day night, Jenny Oates rolled a
117 line and 330 set to load Oates
Shell J^rvice to a 3-1 win over
Griffin Drug. Kay Hawkins had
a in line and Pat Panther added
a 299 set for the losers.
American Legion won four
games off Tignor Construction
as Rtvky Barnette had a 113 line
^ and 313 set. For the losers. Ethel
^ Tignor had a 111-2S8. |
Bobbie Lovelace had a 105 line
and 296 set to lead Drewos Taxj
Service to a 3-1 win over Plonk]
Brothers. Glenda Belk had a llli
line and Betty File added a 2951
set for the losers. |
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Ladies League
In the Ladies Bowling League!
this past we(‘k, Plonk Brotliers
def(*alcd American Legion 3-1. ^
High man for Plonk Brothersi
was Dessie Loften. Lofton totaled
.395, w'ith lines of; 9S, 102. and,
105. Lib Gault h‘d the losers with
a total of 309. She rolled lines of!
S7. 129. and 93. As a team Plonk
Brothers rollixl lines of 430, 49S,
and 457 for a winning total of
1.379.
In the second contest of th(*
week, Griffin Drug defeated
Drewes Tax Service 3-1. Louis<*
Dover led Griffin with lines of
10.5, 115, and 93, for a total of
.313. Margaret Wilson was high
for the losers as she rolled a
total of 2S6. Teamwise, the Drug'
coinl>'iny rolk'd lint's of 493, 456,,
and 4,52 for a total of 1411.
In the final game of tlie week,
Oates Shell Service lost to TLmor
and (Construction Company 3-1.,
Ethel Tignor led the winners
with lines of 109, 113, and 110 for
a total of 332. Jenny Oates led
the losers with a total of 32S. As
a learn Tignor rolled lines of 491.
Rj -459, anti 478 for a total of 1428.
Men's League
'Phree games were also played
In the Mens League this past
week. In the firSf gaMe Richard
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Kings Mountain
Slips Past Shelby
Th(' Kings Mountain Moun-j Neely kept Sht'Iby in tht‘ ball
taineers rallit'd in the third ()uar-|gam<* scoring six points in that
t(‘r to clinch their 16th win of! period of pla\’.
Ilie season, .57-.53, in Shelby Tues In Hie fourth and final i)eriod'
day night. j of i)lay, Adams claimeti lh<* hot
'rhe Mountaineers outscored' hand for the Mountaineers. The
Sheli)y in that of j)Iay.;big c<*nt< r seoi<*<l <*ight points as
Gxeen's Foul
Shots Key To
Shelby Victory
Giecn. with
«*miiminL'. bit two
17-10. to gain the* ]ea<l for k<'ei»s
In the first {tuart(*r of play,
the Mountaineers jump(*d out in
j front of iii(‘ Lions six to z(*ro.
, .Sludliy ealle<l a tim<* out to talk
! things over and camt* back on to
I lh(* court to lake the hvui awa\
’ fioin the Mounties. 16-14. Sle\<‘
! McNh'ely sparked tin* Lions in
; the first (juarter scoring six big
i points, (o’orge Adams led the
I Mouniaine<M's with six, also.
1 The two teams matrh(*d score's
jin Hu* second, both scoring 16.
K)tis ('oh* along with Adams led
the Mojntain(*<‘rs in that ])erio<l
'of play. Both Adams and Cole
j-scorefl scv<*n points. C’arlton
j Mack gaine’d the hot hanel for
1.8h(‘lby as he* dump(*d in 10 mark-
G FG TP I'F
2 1 () 1
Kings Mountain's George Adams (44) shoots around number 34,
Bill Cameron of Crest, os Ken Mitchem owaits the rebound. The
Mountaim^rs won the game 65-44. (Photo by Issac Alexander).
Hie .Mountaineins h(*ld their lead.
'riu' win put the M(»untaineers
in tlu* eoiHerence lead with a
four game margin over Shelby
who is in s(‘eond place.
BOYS
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SHELBY
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Homosly
McNeely
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Alexander
Herald Sports
By JOE CORNWELL
Herald Sports Editor
Well rounded scoring, in tin
Htird (iuari(*r, piovided the Kings Si'orc by Periods 1 2 .3 4 Tob
•Mountain lads with enough power Kings Mtn. 14 16 17 10 .57
to gain Hie lead by five points Shelby 16 16 19 11 53
in the third period of play. Me-1
Mountainettes Trounce
Crest Girls, 45-25
Don Bumgardner, NASCAR driver, left for Daytona Beach, Florida
this past Monday. He will be competing in the Modified Sports
man race, Saturday, February 24. This will be his first chance
at winning on the high banked Daytona track. (Photo by Mike
Ledford).
From Old Kings Mountain To Daytona
The Kin.gs Mountain Mi)un-
i tainelles. led all the wa.v last
j Friday, and wc'nt on tn defeat
Little Mounties
Lose Two
Th(* Kings Mountain LiUU*
Mountaineers lost twa> ,L’ames this
past week. The Mountii‘s were de
feated by Cr<*st. 43-40, and by
Shelby, 63-40.
In the clo.se Crest game the Lit
tle Mountaine(*rs fell Ix'hind at
the end of the first Cjuarl(*r. 9-7.
, At the end of the half the Crest
margin was still two p(unts. Both
teams matched scores in the see- ^
I ond period of play. 11-11.
In the second half the Link*
Moujilie.'s lost the battle by only
one point. 23-22. The Mountain
lads outscored ('rest in the third
quarter. 12-10. but fell behind in
the fourth, 10-13.
Steve Gladden led th(* lo.s(*rs
with 17 markers, he was follow(*d | Stowe
■ by Philip Francis with 10. John Timms
Thomp.son led Crest with 18
points.
In the second game of the*
week. Shelby was the victor over
I the Little* Mounties. Jim Hine l(*d
' Shelby with 13 points. He was
follmved by Eddie* Hc'ffner with
12. Sieve Gladden one*e again led
the Mountic's with 12 points.
She*lb> led by four points at (he
end of the fiist quarter at 11-15.
,Both It'ams .seore*d an eve»n num
ber of points in the second, e*aeh
llu' Cn*st ('hargens, 15-25. Kathv
Plonk l<*d Hic winne'rs with Hi
marke-rs. She was followed by'
.Sharon old and Linda Ciiiide'is'
both scoring ten.
Afte*r tlie* Hist quarte*r the
se-ore* was Kings Mountain ten.
('re*st four. Tlu* Mountaine'tte*s
lexl at intei mission 21-9.
In the* third the* Mountaim'tles
Iiie-ked up 14 more* tallies to add
to their total. Tliey addexi te*n
more in the fourth for their game
total e>f 45.
Cathy Washburn led Crest with
nine points.
GIRLS’ BOX SCORES
Shelby's
four seconds \
foul shots to knot the Mon- at
37-37 and fore- the n.^ulatiMn
game into an ov itim.- pcn.Ml. as
the Shelby Lions pmneri a .39,.3s
loss on the Kings Alouniuin Moim-
tainettes, in Sheihy T u-sday.
Green also scored the- winning
field goal in the overtimt- to
Shelby their come fre^m ht-hind
victory.
With just four seconds jerr,din
ing a Kings Mountain player
fouIe*d and Shelby called a time*
out to talk things over. Whon
the two teams took the floen-
again Green connected on her
game tieing foul shots.
In the regulation game, the
Lions led the Mountainettes 18-16
afte'i* the* first half of play.
Gi<*en and Pat Christopher led
Hu* Lions in that half with six
points (*ach. Linda Childers and
Shaion Gold also scored six each
for the Mountainettes.
riu* Mountainettes tUxl the
score at the* end of the third
quart!*!’ and went out in front
with approximately a minute
left in the ball game. They fought
liard tiying to hold their lead,
but as luck got*s the Lions tied
Hie .se’ore ami forced the game
into overtime*.
In the* «)ve*i’iime* peiieKl of play,
the* Lady Liems began to stall
and play foi a good shot. Gi’(U*n
s(*<iie*d a (piick fie*ld goal in the
(jpening minutes of the extra
per iofl of i)lay. to give* the Lions
tlu*ir two point advantage. Chil-
eii'i’s. ol Kings .Mountain, scored
the* only .MountU* point in the
I o\(*rtime.
Gi'<*en tossed in 19 p«)ints to
gain sce)ring honors for the* night.
Gold dumped in 13 marker.s for
Hu* Mountaine'ttes. ’Fhe loss drop-
pe<t the- .Mountainettes out of sec
ond plae-t*, and into third.
Plaver C. FG TP PF
Gold 6 1 13 1
Childers 1 9 11 3
Rc'ymdds 113 2
.Atkinson 1
D. Plonk 3
Kings Mountain
PlaYer
Gold
(’hilders
K. Plonk
Reynolds
Turner
D. Plonk
.Atkinson
K. J. Davis
(45)
FG ft PF TP
TOTALS
SHELBY
Player
Poston
BGre'ene*
Christopher
Keeler
Browing
Maddox
TOTALS
Se’oie by
K. .M.
Shelby
12 12 38 12
i39>
G FG TP PF
3 3 9 3
8 4 20 3
4 2 10 3
F^eriiKls I 2
5 8
6 12
Don Bumgardner, in a period of ten years, has risen There are 35 track chanipions competing in the race
from the old Kings Mountain track to the much higher and in order to gain a starting position Don will have to
ranks of Daytona International Raceway, in Florida. run at a speed over IBO miles per h(nir.
Don started his racing career in Kings Mountain ten The advantage that the champions hold, is that they
years ago. Since then, the Kings Mountain track has been only have to qualify over 135 miles per hour to gain a start-
dismanth'd and racing has gradually left the mountain air. ing position. While newconier Don will have to run at a
But Bumgardner along with a few other men have tried much higher speecl to qualif^^
to keep racing going in the Mountaineer city. Out of approximately 75 cars only 50 will be allowed
The 33-year-oId driver is entering the Modified Sports- to run in the race,
man race on Saturday, February 24 (the day before the Don’s sponsors are: Southwell Ford and Dilling Heat-
500-mile event). ing Company, both of Kings Mountain
I scoring cigbt.
Shclliy took Ihoir four point
! margin into the dro.ssing room «'it
I the half, but canu* on >;trong in
(i'autinnvil nu
OUvt*r
Crest
Player
Borders
Wa.shbuni
Joni's
Low(*r\’
Thralt
Packard
Bridges
Padgett
Ash
Wart*
Hiiopauelt
Ha mriek
Score by Quarters:
Kings Mtn. 10
Crest 4
10—45
5—25
Sports Bulletin
The Southvve.stei n Conference
Tournament along with the Bi-
e<»nfen*nee Tournaments will be
played in Kings Mountain ac-
ior<ling to Kings Mountain High
School AthU'tie Director Bill
Bates.
Th(* .8outhw(*sttrn Tourney will
Ix'gin on March 1, at three
o'cloek. All games will be play^ed
in the Kings .Mountain High
hool Gym.
'rh(*n on .March 11-12, the Bi-
e(»nferenc(* touiiiament will be
played in Kings .Mountain, put
ting the winners of Southwestern
against the winners (d the North
western ('on fei c*nce.
During his ten years of racing, he has raced with such
Heading his pit crew are Jim Leigh, Mike Ledford, and
names as Stick Elliot of Shelby and Tiny Lund of Cross. John Dilling, Jerry Wells has also helped in building the
South Carolina. > racer.
Up until this year. Don had not been racing regularly. His car is colored a bright orange and sports the num-
He would drive in one race a week, just for a hobby, you her “four” painted in w hite, M’ith a power plant composed
might say. But this year he began to get the support he of a 427-cubic-inch engine with 525 horsepower,
needed, and the idea of Daytona came into his head. From the Herald and all Kings Mountain race fans to
Don left Kings Mountain Monday. Time trials for the Don Bumgardner — “Good Luck”,
300-miie event began Wednesday.
Barrett Scores 20
In Bethlehem Win
Tommy Barrett scored 20 points
to lead Hothlehom Fire Dept, to
a 76-61 victory over Tryon in
Recreation Basketball League ac- cerg played host to the Crest
tion Tuesday night at The Ar- chargers this past week, and
mory. came out on top, 65-44. Big
The loss was the first of the
KM Boys
Glide By Crest
The Kings Mountain .Mountain-
Six Races Scheduled For Martinsville
; MARTINSVILLE, VA. — II's
going to be a busy and attrac
tive 1968 racing .season at Mar-
' linsville Speedway.
Six races, including two NAS
CAR Grand National events and
four modified battles, are on the
day, September 21, the Old Dom-
iniim 500 NASC'AR Grand Nation
al race on Sunday, Septemb(*r 22
and the Cardinal 300 NASCAR
national championship modifit*d
race on Sunday, October 20.
The opener, the Dogwood 3<K)
on March 31, looms as otic of the
fastest and riehe.st modified!
George Adams once again led the schedule announced by speedway
season for Tryon. which sports a ^t^untaims-rs whh 29 points president II. Ch.y Earles.
13-1 record ind leads Bethlehem connected on 12 field Opening the season on March events on the N.\SCAR si’hedule,
' ‘ ‘ goals and five free throws for 31 will be the .second annual
high loading total. Dogwcxid 3(X), a NASCAR national
Bethlehem
by one game.
Dennis Harrison was
Tryon squad with. Sophomore guard Otis colc
was .second in scoring, dumping . <‘'<P''<:t‘'d to attract the top
12. Ken Mitchem and Bert Smith
tied for third with eight eaeh.^ ^ lOO-lap modified race is .set
It looked as if tho Mountain- for Saturday. April 27 and the
15 points for Fultons and Doug eers were going to run away with annual Grand National classic,
Rathbone hid 1<1 far Celtics. hie Chargers in the first period the Virginia 500, is slatt'd for Sun-
Last Thur-sday night. Fultons of play, as they scored 23 mark- day, April 28.
whipp4‘d F^pi.scopul .57-56 and ors to Crest's nine. But tlu* Moun The fall schedule calls for a,
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scorer for tlu*
20 points.
In the only other game played
Tiu'sday, Fultons whipped the
eltics 41-36. J. D. Biddix scored
Posted awards have climb(*d from
tbe $11,605 of last season to overt
$13,000. A bonus offered for latej
model bodie.s in the event has
produced several now cars in the|
area with modifieds being built
bearing Chcvelh*. Chevy 11, Fa! I
con and Mustang bodies. !
There were four different win-,
ners in the four modifi<*d races
last season. Ray Hendrick of
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Ginger Finger keeps close guard on an unidentified Crest lassie. The Mountainettes went on to
win the game. (Photo by Isaac Alexander).