Thursday, January 16, 1969 KINGS MOUNTAIN HERALD. KINGS. MOUNTAIN. N. C. Page 3 Herald Sports Kings Mountain Hosts Shelby Teams Friday Kings Mountain High Sohool, colnton and aro in fourth posi- Sholby, coachod by Lloyd- Lit* round out tho Lions’startinr unit rriciay’s showclown. had personal foul trouble all sea- basketball teams play host lOjtion. tie, rates as a slight favorite in and they have probably th(* lx‘st It's Ixum over two years sinre son long, will probably start county-rival Shelby Friday night.. The Lionesses, coached by v<‘t- tlie boys game. The Lions hold iyench strength of an\ team in a Siudby lyoys t(\'im has defeated Citchem, Cole, Geeper Howard, Gamelime for the girls contest isleran Kathryn Reynolds are led down second place in the SWC the conferene<‘ with the likes (d Kings .Mountain in a basketball Charles Barnes and Alan Ham- 7 p.m. I offensively by .Millie Kw'ter, a standings behind undefeated David Alexander, .Marcus .Mau- garni* and Otis CoU*, K<*n Mitch bright Friday. The girls game is rated a toss- returnee from last year's team Cherryvillo while the .Mountain- ney, Don Bright, and others. cm and (’o. don’t want lo have The MouiUainettos will proba- The fifth ranked Bulldogs of Gardner-Webb College up as both teams have shown which finished second in the reg- eers arc tied with Belmont for The Lions played Kings Moun- thi* mark bntken against them. bly go with Childers, Turner, get back into conference action tonight when they travel great improvement early in the ular season standings and then third place. tain its clo.sest regular season ('ole liad his .second tyi'st night Debbie Timms, Nancy Reynolds, to North Greenville. This will be the first conference Hit After three straight loss-|won the tournament champion- The Lions, who have lost in game last year. In the game at of the .season Friday, scoring 30 Debbie Plonk and Kathy Atkin- since the Bulldogs defeated Anderson on December 12. conference playsh^p. conference play only to Cherry- .Shelby, the Mountaineers had to points in tlie victory over Chase, son. the ‘.Mountainettes of Blaine The Mountainettes, who havt* . Froneb<‘rger have won four been defeatwi in league play on- ! straight and are in third place. ly by East Rutherford and Lin* The .Shelby girls, who also Cfdnton, have been led of late by >r. KM Whips Chase In Doubleheader Daniel I, 113 Wa- V. Rt. 1.^ Cleveland 10 N. Mill , E. Wash* City ore, 7130 ;t. 1. Gro- \ Jr. Gro- Jr., Rt. 2 cutt, 707 *, 2^^ Bon- tt. 1, City Box 125, tt. 2, Bas is W. Lee 3 Landing X 422, Bes- 1. 314 Wa- HffniifiliAc BrAAlf iTtvIlll IflCQIi Losing Stieak With 68-ffi Win 'fK- With a conference record of 3-0 the Bulldogs face a stiff loop schedule throughout the remainder of the season. The North Greenville Mounties, led by Ronnie Robin- , . . . ..r t > . . r u . .. *u ,, son with an 18.6 scoring average, have had trouble in early ' I f*’'* Mountain . eason but aie impioving as the season piogiesses and, as Rutherford and Lin- and V'ickie Turner. always, will be strong on their home floor. , The Bulldogs, fresh from their'win over the freshmen, from Clem.son Univcr.sily. are led in scoring by Artis Gil- ^ more at thp rate of 21.8 per game. Gilmore is followed by: Ernie Fleming with 20 points per game and George Adams' hitting 17 points per game. The team average for the Bull-; dogs has dropped to 101.7 points per game. In the last two games the Bulldogs have begun to pull down more rebounds, setting game highs for the season of 53 and 54 in the last two games. With the increase in the board play by the Bulldogs they have raised their game rebounding average to 41.1, Coach Eddie Holbrook’s squad should be rested after their long road trip as they go into this week’s action. The Bulldogs will return to ^st Gymnasium Friday at 7 p.m. Mountaineers and host a doubleheader with Gardner-Webb playing broke a two-^ame losing streak Emanuel of Franklin Springs, Ga., and Mercer of Trenton, Friday night”at Chase, winning N. J., playing North Greenville. On Saturday night the gs-46 behind the 30-point scoring Bulldogs will play Mercer in a single contest. of junior forward Otis Cole. Mercer, which finished second in National play-offs Coach Blaine Froneberger’s last year in Hutchinson, lost all of last year’s squad. Coach .Mountainettes captured their Howie l..anda is known fpr having a well disciplined team fouith straight victory in the that is well versetl in ball control. Mercer is now on the opener, 26-20, as the 1-2 scoring west coast playing several games with California clubs be fore coming to Gardner-Webb. Coach Holbrook is hopeful of receiving a continuing effort from his club as the “Dogs” get back into conference play. Gilmore has improved in the past few games and .seems to be coming along in regaining his pre-Christmas i^lnts'in'the thiriTstanzrtrpush form. Adams and Fleming are working on their offensive the .Mountainoer.s into a big corn- game while holding down the second and third place scor-, mand, 54-32, heading into the fin ing spots. Kevin Cantwell showed a cool shooting eye on al period, the Florida trip and is almost recovered from a leg injury. Besides turning in his groat received in Miami. 1 scoring p<‘rforinance. Cole /.Iso Steve Kobeck has been improving his defensive plav the .Mountaineers in rebound- and leading the Bulldogs on their fast break offense. Tony ,“nd“ Spangnolo ggve the Bplldogs a rebounding boo.st on the nj.,,, earlier road trip and has shown a desire to play. | seored 36 in an S4-63 victory over' Jack McGill after a slow start due to a shoulder injury Lincolnton’s Wolves, is back 100 percent and will see action in the guard slot. Willie Rogers has filled in when needed and has shown much improvement. Alan Land is being used a guard and his outside shooting has relieved some inside pressure. The Bulldogs are free from injuries and should be ready for the January and February run for the Conference crown. villc, arc led offensively by Jer* como from behind b<‘forc win- He earlier lo.ssini in 36 in a vie- Tuesy, Jr., Rt. — The a subsirii- & Chemi* increased im 13c to isis effect- man said cessary to ssfble, in to m(H't :s by en- purchased unker Hill /m NAME FGA FGM PCT. Gilmore 172 121 70.3 Fleming 21.3 124 58.2 Adam.s 157 100 63.7 Kebeck 205 98 42.9 McGill 43 19 44.2 Cantwell 86 42 48.8 Spagnolo 76 37 48.7^ Quinn 7 5 71.4 Brookins 0 0 0 Rogers 25 11 44.0 Higgins 10 5 50 Vaillancourt 10 6 60 Land 57 27 47.3 Scruggs 8 4 50.0 Turner Reynolds Timms STATEMENT OF CONDITION ICINGS MOUNTAIN SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION Of KINGS MOUNTAIN, N. C., AS OF DECEMBER Slst. 1968 (Copy of sworn .statement submitted to the Commi.ssioner of Insurance: g Childers as required by law.i iG -Plonk ! G—Atkinson I Chase I F—.Bvers ; F Hall TM'o other Mountaineers, Charles Barnes and Ken Mitch- em, scored double figures with 13 and 10 points respectively. Guardi Alan Hambright barely missed | with nine markers. Cole got in foul trouble early, in the game, picking up three . personals in the first period. With the Mountaineers out front by 22 ( 54-32► after three| periods, Coach Bob Hussey went* mostly with reserves in the final (luarter. The two teams playd 381 set diet College’s Nathaniel Dukes led his team to a 3-1 win over who boasts a 26.1 average. . Richard Culbertson’s team. Al A n o t h e r Voorhees performer, Henderson added a 311 set for John Likes, ranks third with 24.3 followed by Artl^ur Blume of Claf Tlie World Oi Seli-Deiense By DAVIC ADAMS The youth of today seem to long for authority and position m the world. All it amounts to is Central Defeated By Arlington 30-16 Thp rnntral Junior patri- Thp central Junior Hlf^h Mm familie.s are ix'Kin s diopped then third straight . hipii- phildi^pn pIsp lin (23.3), Jim McElhaney of Asheville - Biltmore (23.2). Ron Peters of Claflin (22.7), Mickey Gibsou of Asheville - Biltmore (20.7), and Mike Jenkins of Ers- kine and Allan Price of Appala-, Chian, both 20.4. Claflin’s Peters lead.s the re- b;ske,harr'‘d«T;;on‘'“weane“sd;y ‘<1 *‘‘"‘!.p'’affPPUon'^amrun tlie winners while Richard led his afternoon at Arlington, 30-16 where for love, afRction ami un team with a 146 line and 379 set.' ^ * dorstanding. This leads to heart- Herndon taMird a 127 line and' Coach Warren (Toforth’s Patri- ache, resulting in such things as 331 set to lead his team to a 3-1 qts play at Highland today and early marriages, fightiiig. and win over Clyde Culbertson. Cul- host Wray on Jan. 23. ! others, ending in d<*lin(iuent bertson had a 127-362 to lead his High scorer for the Pats a- youth. club. i gainst Arlington was Jake Bridg- , Tm not sut^gesting over power- * * • es with six points. D. Picklesimer ing your children with love or the Albert Brackett won four led the winners with 15. luxuries of life, but I am sug- games off Richard Culbertson Coach John Blalock’s jayvees gesting that you talk with them bounders with 13.7 per game Monday night to open up a two- defeated the Salvation Army and listen to their problems and through conte.sts of Jan. 4. Ap*, game lead in the men’s seepnd Bays Club Number Two team 31- make them feel that >ou are palachian’s Darryl Gibson and' haPf race. 26 as Butch Blalock scored 13 there to understand, and not (‘on- 1 Willie Grate of S. C. State are sec-; Albert's 128 line and 364 sot points and Kim Bumgardner 11. demn. I ond at 13.1. ; were highs for the match. Rich*, in a set'ond meeting with SABC, I’m appmached daily by our Sam Washington of Claflin is ard topped his team with a 118*; the two teams tied 14-14. They youths desire to learn Karate . I the field goal accuracy leader 345. j played two overtime periods, but Their reasons arc many and some with a percentage of .677, slightly! DUling Ifeating moved into: neither team could break the tie. not so pleasant. More than Fifty ahead of team'mate Arthur Blume! sole possession of sccon(3 place' For Central. Monty Wilson; per cent of them are lookmg foi ' who Is hitting at .675. Bessemer;by winning four games ofl^.Clyd®}scored six points and Tony Falls, i*eco^ition and feel that if they Continued On Page Six Oidbertson. Charles Fite ted the four. * (Continued On Page Stx) [ STANDOUT — Senior Vickie Turner (above) has been scor ing in double figures for KM's girls basketball team. Vickie hit 14 in a victory over Burns la$t Tuesday night and 10 Fri day in a win over Chase. points added 13. In action Monday n?:ht, Plonk Oil whipped Be.ssemer City 57-38 and Kings M()unt.iin Gulf defeat ed Gastonia 49-30. F'or Plonk, four players scored in double figures. Lawrence Bo lin led the way with 17. Gene Davis and Ken Cash added 13 each and Jack Barrett had 12. F"or the losers, David Carpen ter led the way with 15 markers. F'ormer Grover High School star Billy Crocker scored 14 points to lead KM Gulf’s victory over Gastonia. Reggie White add ed 13 while Bob Gibby had seven for the losers. In action tonight, Fulton’s plays Plonk Oil and Fashion Cleaners takes on KM Gulf. Mon day night. Bessemer City meets Gastonia and F'ulton’s tackles KM Gulf. .STANDINGS Team W L Plonk Oil 6 0 KM Gulf 5 1 F'ashion Cleaners 4 3 Gastonia 1 3 F^ulton’s 1 5 Bessemer City' 1 6 Football Prospects Visit Gardner-Webb HOILING .-'IPRINGS - Coach I Norman Harris is in the midst of ' The recruiting wars at Gardner- W<*bb College. Thirty prospective grjddi'is will visit the Gardner- Webb (‘ampus Saturday’, January IS, for iryout.s. This is the sec ond week that Harris has had prospects on (Aampus. 'rwenly young men spent Sat urday, January 11, at Gardner- \Vebh. Those boys trying out were: Richard Goodin and Richie Helms, Lincolnton High School; ■ Ray Ross. F:ast Lincoln High I School; Lanny Mabry and James ' I'aulkenbei ry. All>emarle High ; School; Hank Ridge, Davie Coun ty High School: John Tiller, Sa lem High School: Dt'nnis Stewart, Continiicil On Page ' — 1 coupon- free KARATE LESSON ADAMS ACADEMY OF KARATE 212 CHEROKEE STREET KINGS MOUNTAIN. N. C. — BY APPCnXTMKXT ONLY — (MUST HAVE (5) COUPONS) — PER LESSON —