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m 30. 1968 I LABAJt I are reluc- est ot our itable. For Isteln told rt and has ife In the ‘ Brooklyn, d not long avcd out of >re remote kienlent .su- replied, “I ' homo ser;- But it got wife could )ing in the ger would 1 if .she re- on to it, he angerously. )re to live ive to drive And sad to I Thursday, May 30, 1968 KINGS MOUNTAIN HERALD. KINGS MOUNTAIN. N. C. ( > w Page 3 ‘J is coming itled simply hich quotes saying that ast to serve who would in print It as it was as it is to- something row. In the ■ful volume, w that, al- if the Hevo- ■mselves af- ch, the city he war. For K to 1783, it IritUh Army the officers damor of a 1778, a de- iway a third » one of Its marlts. Trin it still is not the blaze, it ‘ss and these the ruins of >n American neral Henry troops to re- Washington, 3f Tory fam- ngland, the ime the hu- r Its out that ulence came From Dutch le says, the itraight and to the north, and passing ! from rural elegance, to id at la.st to Fifth Avo ir of glamor ra. Then the ne world of 'd about the us palaces. The erosions d the chai rs have left elegance re- or with its tores, banks, us, "fabulous the world's )f course the iged as well im the brick ■nclaves of the luxury ad 40’s, the 50’s and the s of million- avenue from rd. Few of ; .still stand t 59th Street • of the goltl^R nost lovabll^v Washington ythology for TAT 4 Many Trophies Presented During Past Weeks At KMHS Many trophies have been awarded during the past few weeks in sports at Kings Mountain High School. Here ore five of the many pictures taken during their presentations. Top left, George Adams receives the Shelby Daily Star's Player of the Year Award, from Ray Alley. Star Sports Editor. Top right. Paul Gaffney re ceives the John Moss Most Valuable Player Award from Mayor John Moss, of Kings Moimtain. Lower left, Bert Smith receives the Most Valuable Player Award for football from Head Coach and Athletic Director Bill Bates. Center, Kings Mountain High School Principal Jake Atkinson, holds two of the trophies won hy the Kings Mountain High School Baskelhall team, during the 1967-68 school year. Atkinson also accepted the runner-up sports manship award for the high school. Lower right, Gerald Allen, Athletic Director and Head Foothall Coach from Shelby, was the principal speaker at the recent all-sports hanquet. ^ r .<v« Herald Sports Kings Mountain Eases Past Cherry ville Cherries Hand 155 Loss, 6-1 N. estate Is Really A 'Tai Heel” Team, 21 From N. C. The 196S North Carolina Slate By JOE CORNWELL Herald Sports Editor Cherryville’s Legion baseball team evened their exhibition .se ries with Post 1,55 of Kings Moun tain this week. The Cherryville lads took a 61 win from the Mountain boys. N. C. State Advances To NCAA Baseball Playoffs Like Champs North Carolina .Slate ad\anted making them hit the hall, to the District Ill NCAA base-■ Esposito. .ball playoffs like a chamiiion; the story tor Kings Mountain, tts Kings Mountain college base- Cherryville pitchers Rick Colvard ball fans may have a treat in and Bobby Joe Easter fanned 17 store, if everything goes their way Kings Mountain batters. should, by taking 14 of its last 16 games enroute to .State's first Atlantic Coast Conference title. The Wolfpack droppeti two of its first three ACC games, tint finished strong to win eight ot Fine p.tehmg pcMform^^^^ final nine games to end 1,3-1 in the ACC and 26-6 against all rivals. "I'm hoping that we can cutty in the District Ill NCAA baseball tourney in Gastonia. Wouldn't it be nice if both Rich- Spagnolo Joins Adams and Rogers Coach Eddie Holbrook of Gardner-VVebb College today announced the signing of the third freshman player for his 1968-69 basketball squad. Tony Spagnolo of Eastside High School in Paterson, N J joins George Adams of Kings Mountain, N. C , and Bill Rogers of Greenville, S. C., as future Bulldogs. Spagnolo, listed in one scouting publication as one of i i H the too 500 prep players in the nation, is a 6-3'/g, 178 pound University baseball team which § forward who averaged 21.3 points per game as a senior, represents the Atlantic Coast VVlIllVAi WVAM ■■■■ Dt‘rpite his si^rSnolo pulled down an average of 14 Conterence in the NCAA Distnet I * 1 uio niii/^irn<5cc ucFtrrp^Qiv'p nlav and baseball playoffs at Gastonia, reboumls per game. His • essiv e play, ana ^ smoothness were described by Coach Holbrook as major member of the Wolf- factors in Spagnolo’s selection to the All Pateison team, •2i.man traveling squad is All County team, All Conference team and All Metropoii- ^aro- tan (including New York City) team ima, long a baseball hotbcHl. , 1 The in state Wolfpack also'aid Gold and Nelson Connor were Cotich Holbrook states that Spagnolo has piayea ^^,^^^ championship by to meet each other in the toutna- a.gainst keen competition and led his team into the New g., against its North merit? Well, if everything goes Jersey State playoffs this season. Spagnolo’s parents are (X3j,3,j3a rivals. Coach .Sam Espo-lright. that may just happen, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Spagnolo of Paterson, N. J. sito's squad defeated Duke andj Gold plays for Florida State . . . Wake Forest three times each,-and Conner for North Carolina ..... . The 6-8 Rogers, Spagnolo and 6-5 Adams join returning Carolina, one of State. Florida State opens up with tor Randy Cornwell tanned to ohna. who. along with Altiharna sophomores Art Gilmore 7-2, Ernie Fleming 6-5, K^in ,he four teamV in the District ill Eastern Carolina tonight in Sim's bring up the next batter for Ch.-i;. Cantwell 6-1, Jack McGill 6-0 and Robert Williams 6-a. The , p,ayoj{g_ „vice. The only loss'Park. N. C. State plays Alabama ryville. 'Hie next five batters hit on T nns only loss was Art Roberts, 6-4, high school All American within North Carolina came; in the afternoon contest. singles. Danny Loftin struck out. opi n.s touinam nl from Detroit Mich., who is scholastically ineligible in 1968-' again.st the North Carolina Tan Home town lan.s of Conner and “ UOIII laciiui , , Wolfpack Gold will certainly have a treat came back with a seven-run in- in store if and when Conner and Mars Hill Recruits Four From G-W ning m the second game ot the GoW meet in IVIUKS nil! a double-header to edge the Tar tournament. Mars Hill College went out and recruited a whole bas-; Heels, 7-6, tor a victory over ev- kctball team on the theory that you can’t kick success. The cry in state rival, four lettding sophomores on the Gardner-Webb College' Two all-Atlantic Coast Confer Sm. whiof woS. 30-3 thl. pasl .oason, will be .1 Ma.-s b..™ Hill this ftllJ Oil scholdiship gisnls rightfiolder Steve Martin of David Brown, 6-G center-forward of Purlear; Richard Lawsonville. top the roster which Mazovot , 6-1 guard of Huntington, N. Y.; Karl Neilsort, 6-5 °‘' forward of Miami Springs Fla., and Jim Wilmoth, 6-4 for- ,h,. „,ost mom- wiird and captain ol the Gardner-Webb squad, have cast their fortunes with the Lions of Mars Hill. adds The ability of having ilittcicnt Colvard fanned 12' batters'Hirmomcntumintothc pla.vofls." through .seven innings of plav be- says \\olfi>ack coaeh Sam K.'-po- fore being replaced by Easter, silo. "We'll have to if we haw Easter then fanned the other five, any hopes of <ioing an> tiling in Clierryville picked up four runs Gastonia, since well be plajtng in the first inning as they .sliim- Ihe Souths best teams in a tough mod Kings Mnuntain's pitelier ciouhlcwliminalion lournamenl. Luther Tlironberg for si.x singles Incluiied in Statens fine finish in the first frame. Lettd-off hat- were two victories over East Car By JOE CORNWELL Herald Sports Editor Kings .Mountain's Wayne MuHiJ na.x sliished a triple in the tojT of the sixlli inning and Gary Mc-j Naif hit a fly ball to srxire MulUH nax. as the Post L55 Legionnaired Iipened Hie 19(St exhibition seaj son with a l-tt win over ClK ■ , , , vide, hitters come ui) with key hits was also instrumental in the Kings .Mountain pitcher Rocky Wolfpack’s great year, which Gofoith allowed no runs through was only the swoikI 20-game vie- six innings before he was relievet^ tory season in State’s baseball by teammate Darrell Whetstlne history. Whetstine was eredited with th^ While third Ixisemaii Chris exliihiliim win. Cammack (.lilt, righttioldor , , ... , .1 Steve Martin (.3.s2t and center- In "''' hrst inning, things loolc| fielder Dave Boyer i.3.52i all >;<' ''oukdi for the Posp55_ boys finislied anion.; Hie top five hit ters in the ACC. the Pack could not haw won if I hole liadn'l liecn timely hilling Ihrougliout the lineup. Second hascm;in t'lcni Huffmtin's thieerun. Iwo-inil homer Ix-al Nortlt t'aroliiiit. 7-6, while Caldwell's single was tlu' big hit in Ihe 3-2 win over Mary land: Frye's two home tuns beat An error on McNair allowed DenJ Ills Beam of Cherryville to reach Rick Colvard then double for the Cherryville lads to mov^ lieam to third base in -seoring po silion. Litckly for the King Mountain iad.s. Goforth lanne thi' next two hatters. fciisl Carolina, and sliortslop Dai 'I'lie first three Kings Mountain batters fanned as they first cams I C<»lli)Ull ll OH Pi'ilc V bat. .\s Ihe old .saying go Home town fans of Conner and then Jim Huss slashed the sixth with a 3 p.m. game again.st Ala sinjjlc of thp inning. bama, th(* Soutbeastorn ( onfoi- Kings Mountain picked up their enee champions, the District HI only run in the bottom of the nin- In its final 16 games, the Wolf th inning, when Nelson Conner pack hiid its starting pitchers go scored after reaching base by the distance in It outings. Kspo- walking. Conner, a .star from N. sito has used a three-man stall- C. State, replaced Gene Putiiiim ing rotation of senior Alex Cheek in the Kings .Mountain line iq). and freshmen Mike Caldwell and Kings Mountain Kings Mountain could colleel Joe Frye in all but two games Coaeh Boh Hussey announced this only six hits oft of the Cherrv- this year. Sophomore Tommy week that any boy intert'sied in ville pitchers. Rockv Goforth hit Smith started the other two atuoiding the baski'lhall camp the long ball for Kings Mountain, games, but did not finish either should enroll before school i^s out a triple. .Mike Smith led the of them to have a 01 iwon-loss this year. In order for the Kings Smith Wrecks In Shelby Race Register Early For Basketball Day Camp they had three up and three down in Ollier. Baskelb.Hl SHELBY Spartanhur, Bobby Gossett of S. C., laid hack in \if,untain lads at the plate with third place waiting his enhance ^ 2 for 3 performance. Rick Car- record. Cheek and Caldwell, both Mountain staff to hold a .school, lefthanders, <‘ach compiled til they first must have enoiigli Ai .son !dso“a\?ded 'i'rdouhle. maVkT wiiiie Frye wim .Wn anil membeis enrolled to finanee the Vn Vaw'extensive a^^tion t^hroughout theh^^ Tom Ramsey from the Piedmont,'^aTonr'six "or'i'he '""Thrmain success of our pit- " m^'.wy said all persons inter GW with Neilson and Wilmoth lated as stiongei in their (.jty. First baseman Tommj Brad- ^ot that chance with a quar- (ph,.rrvviHe lads. Post 155 used chers has been their (sintiol. ested should eontaet Hie Kings .sophoilioi'o sea.sons. Neilson averaged 8.5 points per game, ford joins Cammack as another! ^ J^p ,0 go in the race and Wilmoth 12.6 per game, Mazoyer 7.S points per game and Fayetteville representative, while,across the finish line for Bl own 6 4 points per game on a team which averaged 100 9 the Combs twins, outfielder Fred, oheckerd flag, points per game and used 10 players e.xtensively. '""’i p.-ston Humphries of .shelby, RMe#«<v*c rUnitthlA Pnv« Ofi Other bovs from Ihe same and Charlie Blanton of Gaffney, OOSCG S vtamuie ruya hometown are ccnterfielder Dave S. C.. battled for 29'!4 Itips around Bosco Lowe’s gamble of running 100 miles without a Boyer and pitcher Tommy Smith the track, but with a quarter of three pitchers in the contest. Champion's Takes Two From Union Thov liavo I*) stay (iblMifi Mountain Higli Scliool of the hiltiM’s ami not put many llifir ro^islration forms to , of thorn on bas<' u’ith walks, soliool. Two jiames wore played in the nil sTod fov eas paid off Saturday. The Asheville driver of Alhomarlo, catcher Gary Yount a mile to go they hooked bump- Kings Mountain Ladies* Soflhall licked un SHOO in winning his first Hickory leature of the and first baseman-outfielder Den- ers and spun out, Gos.setl then League this past week. Both pii KLU up .pi 100 Ill b 3.^ Punch from Newton, and got his opportunity for v ielory games involved the same two „ .-nee vena eniial second ba.seman Clem Huffman and thus snapped Humphries teams and the same team won 1 he national spot tsman ch.iminonshtp 1 ace . q catcher Mike Malian of Hie- tour-race win streak. both contests. Champion's Land- ly kind to the Lakeland District of Bo> Scouts who weie Blanton in a Ford and Bill scaping dofoalod Union Comman- donated 25G of the race proceeds by Hickory Speedway, | Additional Wolfpack Tar Heels Bishop of Chesne, S. C, in a dors, 9-8 and 12-1 in a double- S2874. are outfielder Robert Andrews, Chevrolet won heal race in Hie header clash between the two Lowe finished 14 .seconds ahead of Jack Ingram, in gparla; pitcher Mike Caldwell, late-model event. Herman Matt- leani.s. second place and four laps in front of third place finisher, Tarbero; infielder Nelson Con- ney of Glen Alpine was -second Nancy Hollaway led the Mvin Brown All three Asheville drivers operate from nor. Kings Mountain; pitcher Joe in the main event and Paul .Schull Champion’s lassies in the first r-l ” |3ts Frye, Fairmont; infielder John of Granite Falls was third. (•cutest with a 4-4 performance. ......flncTc wore rlrnnned for an assortment of Lancaster, Wilson; shortstop Dar- In the rookie division Jerry as Champion's scored nine runs .* P Two drivers escaned Moody. Asheboro, and out- Gantt of Gaffney and Dale Me- on 20 hit.s. Stap Dellinger led spinouts, wrecks and blown ennine-s-l WO clliveisescap a Rowland, Raleigh. .Murray of Shelby won he.rl Union wOth a 3-4 performance in injury on the 40(h lap when Hal Houston spun our, on wolfpack won't be races with Gantt taking the from the plate, the homestretch and coasted to a stop in the center of the ,|,p world, Htey will be main event. In the second contest, Joyce track. The helpless racer was hit headon by Ed Ducker, ^ppi^j^g a berth in the College J. E. Evans of Cowpens. S. C., Bolin. Patty Champion, Lib Gault, eliminating both cars World .Series, June 10-15 at Oma- won tlie hobby division race with! and Charlene Yates all hit home Ingram won the pole position with a time trial of 16.88, ha. Neb., when they compete Duh Beaver of Shelby finishing runs for Champion's as they roll- which is 85 37 miles an hour. On the outside front row with with Alabama. Florida State and second, who has been virtually ed over ITnion, 12-1. Bolin had an dentical time was Jimmy Griffin of Eden.N. C. , East Carolina for the District Hi unbeatable in recent weeks two to her credit. Champion's col an luemicar e f(;oiUinucd on Page k) ' at Gastonia. ' (Conlinuid on Pago J,) Area 4 American Legion Baseball' 5-TEAM LEAGUE—20-GAME SCHEDULE Date Place Kings Mountain vs. Shellty Home Kings Mountain vs. Belmont Home Kings Mountain vs Cherryville Away Kings Mtn., vs. Gastonia Home Kings Mountain vs. Shellty Away Kings Mountain vs. Gastonia Away Kings Mountain vs. Belmont Away Kings Mountiiin vs. Cherryville Home Kings Mountain vs. Shelby Home Kings Mountain vs. Gastonia Home Kings Mounttiin vs. Belmont Home Kings Mountain vs Cherryville Away Kings Mounittin vs. Shelby Away Kings Mountain vs. Gastonia Away Awav May 30 June 1 June 3 June 4 June 7 June 10 June 12 June 14 June 19 June 21 June 24 June 26 June 29 Julv 1 July 3 July 4 Kings Mountain vs. Belmont Kings Mountain vs. Cherryville Home PLAYOFF ELIMINATION SERIES Lst Series Best 2 of 3 July 9 thru 12 2nd Series Best 2 of 3 July 13 thru 17 Icctcd 23 hits during the cuntest. Area Championship Best 3 ol o July U Ihiu Kings Mnimtiiiii allowed fou Chcrry\ ille halters to come to th4 pl.ite in the second inning. Jin Hea\ ner was Hie first Cherryvilld player to reach base. After the first two hatters made outs. Ball witen Randy Cornwell hit into fielder's ehoiee. Kings Mountat itiughl Heavner between thiril aiui .secsnid for the final out Of that inning. .\eli(in was fast and furiou through the next few innings uni til Kings -Mountain scored thq winning run in the sixth. It was really a pitching due for most of the game, as Cherry! vine's Colvard. a former LincxrlnJ ton Wolve star, gave Kings MounJ tain lotsof trouble with his curve hall. King.s Mountain Coach Bob llu-ssey, tried to get his lads fd step up in Ihe batter's box in or! dt‘r to be able to hit the curvfl hall. In all, Colvard fanned ten bat^ ters before being replaced bj Beam. Goforth fanned nine before be<j 7:.30 ing relieved by Whetstine in th^ 7:3(1 .sixth. Cherryville collected three hiti 7‘30 "ff "f k>OK;< Mountain hurlers -T.Qe, Kings .Mountain collected two off of the Cherryville Iad.s. 7!30 7;.3H 7:30 7:30 7:30 7:.30 7:.30 7:30 7:30 1968 Time 7:30 City's Two Pools To Open Saturday I'ieal street and Davidsonl p.iols and their playgroundsl will open for the summer sea-| son .Saturday, Kecrealion Direc»| tor Elmer Ross has anBOOneed.l Swimming hours wHI lie 9 a<| m. to noon and 1:30 to 9 p.m. wiH'kdays, and from 1:30 to 6| p.m, on Sundays.
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