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^ April 17, 1969 THE KINGS MOUNTAIN HERALD. KINGS MOUNTAIN. N. C. P^ge 1969 ,og JR8 9 8 pan. 30 flun. MOUNTAl^ )ON WED or Two Games Ahead, Mounties Enter Second Round Mounties Ironmen, lh<‘0 '/ W' ■fti. Goforth Pitches Two-Hitter In I Besting Lindsay t >AY 318 E. B I :ity :t. 2, Bos 105 N. I jomery, ] Dde, Rt. mp, Rt. 3, ibright, S02 It, Grover, ns, 114 Ful- ^oll, 205 E. ,t, 316 Waco 101 Center 4 Second St. ►s. 313 W. Rt. 2, Bos ;ue, 304 E. Del., Besso s, 41 Ba*os ‘ssemer City Ramseur St. vels, Rt. 1. 16 E. Mary City r nter, Rt. 2, , Rt. 2. City , Earl, N. C. . Rt. 1, City AN'KS .Tioisr late Nathan- r. wishes to a‘ion to his others who nder service illness and Is and neigh- ?s during his d expression leath — the , telegrams endered will red. Of our Fath- lys. xandcr 4:17 pd . > i • •• . y.'. i Ace lefthander Rocky Goforth j fired a iwo-hi‘ter and third base- man Wayne Mullina:: singled in I the only run of the game Friday i afternoon as Kings Mountain ! nipped Cherryville 1-0 to stretch {its Southwestern Conference load I to a full two games. 1 Goforth struck ou‘ 10 batters and walked four in posting his ; seventh victory of the year. He 1 bested Cherryville’s Aian Lind- I say, also a lofty, who gave up I five hits, walked only one and I struck out 15. I Goforth gave up only a scratch single to J. D. Bridges in the ' second and a k^adoff single *o ' Jimmy Bridges in the sixth in I making the Ironmen his second shutout victim of the season, j The Mountaineers won fhe ■ game in the top of the third when Jack Eoll cracked a double to dee-p lefl cen*er and Mullinax lollowofi with a sharp single over second base. Mc.llinax, with 2-for-3, was the only player for either team to get over one hit. Kings Mountain had two extra base hits off Lind say, doubles by Bell and Mike Smith. A single by Mullinax and Smith’s double pu‘ runners on .second and lliird for KM in the first inning but Lindsay worked his way out of trouble by strik ing out Clarence Ashe and get ting Geeper Howard on a ground er back to the mound. The .Mounties had two more hi*s off Lindsay in the third, when they scored, and the only other hit was a one-out single by freslfman David Bolin in the fifth. Lindsay, in losing his first game after four straight victories. All during baseball practice last week, Kings Mountain f out everybody in the High school Coach Bob Hussey slrossod ^ ^ charges prepared for a Southwestei n Confcience shovt- ^ fielder’s choice, down with Cherryville s Ironmen- ; Goforth struck out everybody Tuesday afternoon, the Mountaineers went to Crest 'h*- cherryville lineup except - tied for the‘ league lead with the Ironmen. The Mounties/' A won, 10-:), but Cherryville dropped if 3-1 decision to KM ■> Chofl^villo r^ixfiv\rr tUfi Mr^iintioc cnl/a nn««p««inn of the confer- _ • rr-- : Smith’s .520 Batting Mark Tops, Goforth 7-0 On Hill SOPHOMORE STARTER Here's Chuck Carpenter, sophomore first baseman for the KMHS Mountaineers, who has performed well both offensively and defensively. Carpenter will be in the starting lineup Friday afternoon when the Mountaineers host R-S Central at City Stadium in the first game of second round play in the SWe Herald Sports LEADS WIN — Third baseman Wayne Mullinax (above) drove in Jack Bell with the only run of the game Friday os KMHS nipped Cherryville 1-0 in a key SWe game. Mullinax wos the only player for either team to obtain two hits. He was 2-for’3 I j^owaVd ogainst Ironmen oce Alcm Lind- Goforth say, who struck out 15 Moimties. Senior shorts'op Mike Smith is the only memb<*r of the Kings Mountain High baseball team hit ting over .300. Through games of Friday (Cherryville), Smith sport^ a .520 batting mark witli 13 bits in 25 limes at ba*. He also leads the team in runs scored with six and runs batted in with nine, Smith, a four-year varsity start er ^or the Mountaineers, has hit safely in every game ‘his ><\ir. He has one home run. two triples and three dou’.des to his credit. Number two swinger for the Mountaineers is sophomoie Geep er Howard, who is hitting at a .286 clip with six hits in 21 times at ba*. Howard is also second in runs batted in with six. Third is pitcher-outfielder Roc ky Goforth, who has seven hits in 25 times at bat and a .2S0 av erage. Goforth sportg a perfect 7-0 ;)itching record. He has given up only 13 hi‘s and three runs in 40 innings. He is 6-0 against conference opponents and has hurei two shutouts, 70 over Belmont and 1-0 over Cherryville. He has walked only 10 batters and has 50 strikeouts to his credit. . Following Goforth in the bat- I 'ing department is Wayne Mulli- i nax at .269. Others over The .200 mark arc Jack Bell at .259 and Clarence Ashe at .238. MOUNTIE BATTING ^1 I *^1 Player i Smith Central, giving the Mounties sole possession of the confer ence lead. That also gave the Mountaineers a golden o] They had to defeat Cherryville to stay on top. Boxscore BOB HUSSEY noons practice session at, the high school, Hussey told his players, *T'm sure to beat the best.” Hussey further told his players, ‘‘If we can score one run, we can beat them. We can shut them out,” And, come Friday after- scored once in the third inn ing and made the run stand up for a 1-0 victory. As expected, it was a pitcher’s duel between Lind-| \V"p Goforth say and KM’s Rocky Go-'^'^'^l toidh- Lindsnv op five Kings Mountain ab ( r h ; Bell, 2b 4 1 1 Mullinax, 3b 3 0 2 Smith, Sj, 3 0 1 Ashe, c 2 0 0 Howard, cf 3 0 0 Goftrth, p 3 0 0 Carpenter, lb 3 0 0 Francis, If 3 0 0 Bolin, rf 3 0 1 TOTAL-S 24 0 2 Cherryville J. Bridges. 2b 3 0 1 Payseur, cf 1 0 0 Bennett, rf 2 0 0 Stroupe, rf 0 0 0 Huss, c 1 0 0 Heavner, lb 3 0 0 Moss. 3b 3 0 0 J. D. Bridges, If 3 0 1 Allen, ss 3 0 0 Lindsay, p 2 0 0 Patriots Cop Fourth, Play Friday Night Mullinax Bell Ashe Carpenter ' Bolin t Francis Bridges j Etheridge Player ' Goforth Bolin ran its, Etheridge ab h rbi Avg. 25 13 9 .520 21 6 6 .286 25 7 5 .280 26 7 1 .269 27 7 0 .259 21 5 5 .238 22 4 1 .182 17 2 2 .118 18 2 3 .111: 3 0 0 .000 4 0 0 .000 «■ w L Pet. 0 1.000 0 1.000' 1 .500 ‘ LEADING HTZTER — Senior shortstop Mike Smith is the South western Conference's leading hitter with a .520 batting average. He leods the Mountaineers in every offensive department and is the moin reason the Mounties sport a two-game leod in the SWC chase. ^ Central Junior High la.. *iO| 0 baseball record to a perfect 4-0 ^ «' life ^ 0 Friday afternoon with a 10-5 vic-‘ Kt|lHp||fc Ufin 0 tory over Myr‘le of Gastonia. ( VWIAI 0 Coach Barry Gibson’s lads play lj| TviHStAfA Q host to Flint Groves Friday ni^ht . j 0 at City Stadium. Game time is! Q (.30 and admission is fiee. ; Adams Academy of Karate, and ' In Friday’s victory. Central , an assistant instructor, captured ^ scored two runs in each of the} Is* place in weapon form contest ^ first two innings and added a sin-'ih the Tri-State Karate Champ-] ^ gle‘on in the third to jump off to ionships at the Bethware gym 0 ^ 5.Q jpafj Saturday. He also captured 2nd 0 ; in individual form. i Myrtle came back wdth four in* Tab Gilbert, also a student of fourth KM Bowlers Lead National Events Tough Central Here Friday, Hit Shelby Away With a two-game lead in the Southwestern Conference base* liall chase. Kings .Mountain High (‘nK'i’s second rouhd play here Friday ufl(*rnoon against defend ing league champion R-.S Central. Tue.sday’s game with Chase was rained ou* and was to be made up Wednesday afternoon, weather p‘'rmitting. Friday’s contest will probably .see ace lefthander Rocky O)fortn iT-O) Of the .Mountaineers go up against righthander Larry Dal ton of the Hilltoppers. The Moun'ipj, defeated Dalton, 3-2, in the .season opener, with Goforth picking up the victory in ndief of freshman righthander David Bolin. R-.S C<*ntral stands 53 in league ' play and shares .second place with Cherryville and Shelby. Kings Mountain is 7-1 in the con ference and 9-1 overall Lariy's broih(‘r, Gary Dalton, and basketballer Stacey Lail are hl^ men a* the plate for the Hill- ' toppers, who have six starters bark from last year's litle-win- , ning club. For Kings Mountain, .Shortstop .Mike Smith carries a conference leading .520 l)atting average, but no other member of the Moun taineer squad is hitting .300. Tuesday afternoon, the Moun- . taineers face another big tost as they travel to Shelby. In their - last meeting with the Lions, the Moun'ainecus eeked out a 2-1 de cision, with Goforth again the winner m relief. Coach Boh Hussey of the Moun taineers figures every game from here on out will be a key contest as the .SWC is the most balanced u has been in years. For instance, KM’s only loss was to an P>st Ru'horford team which has games. The Mountaineers were sched ul'd to start righthander Bobby Ethridge against Chase and Eth- riige d-l) will probably got the starting call again Tuesday a* Shelby. Friday's Mountaineer lineup will probably show sophomore Chuck Carpenter at first base, junior Jack Bell at secfjnd. Smith at shortstop, senior Wa>ne Mul linax at third, senior Phillip Francis in left, sophomore Geep- j er Howard in center, Bolin in • rlj;h‘, senior ('larence Ashe be- j hiiid the plate and Goforth on the mound. Bv MARTIN HARMON Bi'Uy Ilullendcr claimed first in the John Dennis A«mu*n's .sin- Kings Mountain area duckpin gi^s event. 0 the top of the fourth to cut it Adams Academy, captured 1st returned from the na- 0 to .,4 but the Patiiots scored, place honors ,n the Pee \\ ee di- .^^ekend leading in four 0 three in *he bottom of the fourth vision (under 12 yrs. old) wi‘h 0 to stretch their load to S-4. ! Reg Whitmire taking second Another Kings Mountain ‘cam. events, second in two, and with other high standings. with 1733, placed s(*cond in the regular mixed Bdustej- division. E Allen, Gofor‘h. Bolin. LOB /*rar.irpri trinip pHce honors. Gilbert is from KM 6. Cherry. 5. 2B—Bell, Smith. n.-Urp Knti. nf fiLt Gastonia and his father is on the The national event DP Smith, Bell and Carpenter. . foinoc Gastonia police force. Whitmire for several weekends. (70) LP Lindsay taine.. ^ Kings Mountain. Lead-off hitter Wayne Bridges Ernest Hector and Danny t At the the en hits, struck out 15 and walked only one while Goforth gave up only two hits, walked four and fanned 10. The victory gave Goforth a perfect 7-0 record while Lindsay slipped to 4-1, The victory also gave the Mountaineers a full two- game lead as Lincolnton nipped Shelby 4-3. That threw! second place into a three-way lie between Cherryville,! Shelby and R-S Central Now, all the Mountainocr.s have to do is keep winning' and there’s nothing that can stand in their way of a second A SWC championship in three years. The Mounties won tiie I title in 1967 with a 12-5 record. : But, most SWC followers feel that the toughest team in the league at this point is R-S Central, the defending] champion. 1 The Hilltoppers lost three of their first five games, but j are greatly improved. Their three losses were all by one-' run margins and included in Iheii’ last three victories was an 11-1 blasting of Belmont. The Mountaineers nipped the Hilltoppers 3-2 in the season opener in Rutherfordton. Friday afternoon, the two clubs square off again at City Stadium as second round ilav begin.s. ' The local club is sure to face Central’s ace, senior Lar- y Dalton. The Mountaineers will probably counter with heir ace. Rocky Goforth. The second half schedule is against the Mountaineers IS they play five of nine games on the road. At home, they neet RrS Central, Belmont, Crest and Cherryville while hey must visit Shelby, Burns, East Rutherford, Lincolnton ind Chase. And, too, since the Mountaineers are ahead of the pack hey’re sure to face the other team’s ace every time out. ^nd that’s quite a problem since the Southwestern Confer- mce is dominated bv outstanding pitchers such as Lindsay )f Cherryville, Rick Cherry of Belmont, Don Bright of Shel ly, Dalton of R-S Central, Roger Wilkerson of East, and| itheni. j Two SWC hurlers have tossed no-hitters already, and| loveral others (including KM’s Goforth and Bobby Eth-i idgo) have come close. Shelby’s Tom Dover no^hit East games. Bell doubled tutherford and a Chase pitcher no-hit Belmont. i and scored on a single by wayne Baseball is a game that has no upsets- But, one thing] Muiun«c. a junior, Beu is in hfe I bout the SWC race, there are 10 teams and the other nine; second year as a starter for the irc the ones that have to play catch up. * Mountoineers, continues 334. Betty Ilullcnder 34.7, Lib ' Gault 322, Richard (.'ulhL*rson 33.5 and Dwiglit Reevii. 357. In the mixed championshi;; di- reached base four times for "he Rhodes both placed in the senior vision (claimed twice hy Kin^s **'^1 n-»nK t^i >n. T. Patriots, twice on singles and, division (over 16 years old) for Mountain •-i ’ , ” •!,. . _.j .1 fiMore \j1rx twnce on walks. Linescores: Myrtle Central 1 the experience, savs Adams, the Kings Mountain entries left Hal- ' head ins‘ructor. They were de- timoie with first, second, and ! feated by hard fighting experi- fifdi place. 000 401 0-5-3-6^^ced Brown belts, and in both] ^jkk), cases, had to go into o\er-time scores being: Jenny for sixth in .Men’s doubles. Southwestern Conierence Standings Ti*am \\’ L Pet. KING.S MOUNTAIN 1 1 .875 Cherryville .5 3 .625 R-S Central 5 3 .625 Shelby 5 3 .625 Belmont 4 4 .5'JO Burns 4 4 .500 Lincolnton 3 5 .375 Chase 2 .5 .286 East Rutherford 2 5 .286 Crest 2 6 .2.50 221 311 x-10-8-5 fighting. Things Could Get Interesting For Wake Forest Pasebnll Team Oates 314, Lib Gauit 351, John Dilling 407, Ronnie Culberson 422, Richard Culberson 406. Nations Top Drivers Expected To Participate In Sunday Race Second place score was three points aft at 1S97. The ‘earn in cluded Betty Hullender 337, Jen ny Oates 420. Albert Brackett WINSTON-SALEM. N. C.—Neil at Chapel Hill Saturday. ,368. John Pilling 340. and Ran<l\ Johnston, in his first season as} “Bob just cranked up and blast- Blanton 430. coach of the Wake Forest base- a t'ouple of pretty good drives hall team, isn’t exactly overjoyed out of the park. Then he comes * 34(j_ with the current 6-10 record of on and give^, us ‘wo innings of Hullender the Deacons, but at the same shutout relief hurling to save Clarence Plonk 370 time he isn’t really unhappy. the win. As long as we get that o/hard Culheison 341 “Frankly, I fe<d pret‘y good a- type of play we will do alright," bout the way things have been Johnston said. In B Boosteu' mixed, with 7oing in the last few games,” he The biggest concern at the handicap, a 1763 was good NORTH WILKESBORO, N. C. builder Cotton Ovvens and vacat- A field of 35 to 40 is expected ed by the resignation of driver at North Will;esboro Speedway Charlie Glotzbach, was entered this weekend as the nation’s top here and awaiting assignment of drivers swarm into *he five- a driver. eighths of a mile asphalt track Also awaiting a driver assign- for Sunday's ninth annuar'Gwyn ment was ‘he 1969 Plymouth en- Staley 4(KV’ .NASCAR Grand Na- tered by home county car builder tional stock car race. Bill Ellis. It is the first Plymouth regarded as capable of winning Most of the sport s elite names ^ entered in a Grand Nation- •and expected to be among the 30 g^v^son. Ellis has pro- diivcis who win s arting duced one winner here, in 1966 tions for the $28,000 event, which Paschal drove his Ply- a 31 is sclieduled to get the green flag rnouth to victory, and Allison put for at 2 p.m. Sunday. Among them „ ruis-biiil* Plvn an Ellis-buil* Plymouth in the said. “I really didn’t know exact- moment is the uncer'ain status first. The scores: Betty IUil]en<ier are David Pearson. Richard Pet posi*ion for this race a vear I ly what to expect at the start of pitch»?r Bobby Harris, who is ihll Gault 313, Lib Gault, ty, Lee Roy Yarbrough. Bobby of ‘he season, but now it appears nursing a back injur>’. Harris, a55, Marence Plonk 3S2. and Al- Isaac, Bobby Allison, Buddy Bak * things are falling into place and who has credit for two of the six bert Brackett 349. er and James Hylton. I Speedway president Enoch Sta- I we could have an interesting wins, strained his back reaching „ t i-i i i i • • other top-notch cars were ley said that, with good weather, for an erratic throw by first , ^ l^igh ^Kwves, ^ still awai‘ing assignment of driv- a crowd of 15,000 or moi*e is e.x- The Deacs, who return to ac- baseman Bill Seltzer in the first tion here Friday against Virginia, game against Ciemson last week. the Men's B Booster division. Hill Gault had 345. Ronnie Cull‘/t*rson .'MO. Glar- Pearson and Petty will be % 1969 Fords, and SCORES ->• Second baseman Jack Bell scored the winning run Friday as Kings Mountain nipped Cherryville 1-0 to in crease its SWC baseball lead to peeled for Sunday’s 4001ap (250) miles race. won only two of nine games on “We don'* know just how long Fords, and will enter the Starting positions will be ck'- their southern trip, hut since re- Harris will be sidelined,” Johns- ^ . 1099^ event tied for the lead in the cir-. termined hy tiualifying trials turnin/: have captured ‘wo of ton stated, “but we need him Person 329. The total was 1. 22. ^landings. Pearson overtook Friday and Saturday. The firs* three ACC eontests. this weekend for the games with Petty in the point rankings by eight spots will be decided by “If our pitching was just a Virginia and Maryland.” Softbcill TgQIIIS winning last Sunday’s 150-miIe trials from 1 to 4:36 p.m. Friday, little stronger I would definitely Harris, Blanton and Ruffin race ai Richmond. Va. The 9th through 29th positions say we would be solid contenders Branham have accounted for five OrflailWftd Yarbrough, the “Daytona 500" will J>e determined by more trials for the ACC crown,” Johnston of the six wins. The other victory^ winner who lost tho eiivuit’s from 1 to 3:30 p.m. Saturday, added. “I though* at the begin- went to Seltzer, who pi'ched a- softball leagues for worn- rnoney-winning lead to Pearson with the final 10 ber‘hs to l>e ning the hitting would be our gainst South Carolina in a non- jjp organized Thursday week, could regain it by win- chosen by a qualifying biggest weakness, but we have league game durin,g the southern5.30 at Deal event which offers a rat'e that is scheduled for 4 p.m. been getting some pretty good trip. Branham got credit for the Pool. priz<‘ of moie than $5,000 Satuixlay. stick work in the past few win over North Carolina for his ‘ from a total purse of $28,000. The race honors the memory games.” first after 10 setbacks in a row: Roy Pearson, assistant city Yarbmugh will drive a 1969 Mer- of the late race driver Gwyn The Deacon coach was overjoy- over ‘he past two seasons. recreation director, said all worn- oury. Staley, brother of the speedway ed with the long-range hi‘ting of. Third baseman Bruce Bergman en in‘ei'ested in joining softball Isaac, Allison Baker and Hyl- president, who was fatally injur- outfielder-pitcher Bob Blanton in is the club’s top batsm^in at .391., teams arc invited to attend the ton will be in 1969 Dodges. An-jOd in a 1957 racing accident e* the 43 win over North Carolina' i meeting. i other 1969 Dodge, owned by car* Richmond, Virginia, I 1
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