North Carolina Newspapers

1969 1 ,<i 'i''( V ifl I Thursday, November 6, 1969 :'.A KINGS MOUNTAIN HERALD. KINGS; MOUNTAIN. N. C. faae pJB* nd Jr. Ige Mountaineers Host Lincolnton In Season Finale Everything Is For Dukes KM Seeks First 43|Mountainfiers Bomb Bulldogs By 33-14 Hart Homecoming and Halloween! A good time to set off some bombs. j And Kings Mountain’s Moun.l p 3r(3, T 1 Flouri- >se being opinion k to the p of this g with led with ‘rn they y. Each his and IS from ng ea'ch the vote mending y imple- r wate^. 'e covers ting the These rided for energy :s Moun- e rest of the con- com-m fe lting ts lat aftfer • maytM* 'lonrldl- ey sup- and nkt i that it C. It o ( 4 Duke quaterback Leo Hart wears uniform No. 10 but everything has been turning up “43” for the junior from Kinston, N, C. the past three Saturdays. Hart has been involved in 43 plays in each of the Blue Devils’ past three contests against Maryland, N. C. and Georgia Tech. ^ In the game at College Park against the Terrapins, Hart rushed 16 times for 40 yards and completed nine of . ..t Friday night' 27 pas.ses for 123 yards. The following Saturday^against i Gamble sta.:ium. using! the Wolfpack, he completed 16 of 29 passes for lo4 yards “bomb” to defeat Burns in a and gained six yards on 14 rushingattempts. ' Southwestern conlerenre game,! Last Saluf’day in Atlanta, Ga„ Hart also had a hand 33.14. ! in 43 total plays He of ^ yards and gamed 24 yards on 12 cairies for his best total ^ . offense production of the season (299yards). . t^ineers and* gives them a 5-4 * . T I t r* overall record headin'.F into their Sophomore defensive halfback Ernie Jackson of Co-1 season’s finale here Friday a- lumbia, S. C., who sat out the second half of Saturday s gainst Lincointon’s wolves. ^me at Georgia Tech, is expected back for the Clemson Kings Mountain’s first unit BRntest this weekend. Saturday marked the first action scored every lime it had posses- Jackson has missed 9II seasgn although he has been shaken sion of the football Friday and jp in a couple of other games. j The only doubtful performers against the ACC co-lead- most impressive showing of the ing Tigers are sophomore offensive guard Dan Phelan and season.^ represents a sea- sophomore linebackei John Ki.^fex. nnonina Uipknff * son high for the Mountain Men, Phelan sustained a hip pointer on the opening kickoff touchdowns against Tech. Kiefer did not accompany the team to At- ^ lanta because of an ankle injury which has restnetea hjna Kings Mountain jumped to a to work in sweats since the game against N. C. State. 13-O lead in the first period, was' * • * on top 20-6 at halftime, and then Senior flanker Marcel Courtillet of Camp Springs, ran the clock out in the second, Md., who caught a personal single game high of 10 passes , half. The srore could have been in Sattirdav’s 20-7 loss to Georgia Tech, needs 191 yards ; worse had Coich Bates gone eoi- S’, fjSptoL* iiVhe";K.l°hree lames ,o finish a, ,he 1,000 ^ i '^'^'^CourUnet^vho leads the team in receptions (^i, now P‘®y| has 61 career grabs, well behind all-time lead^Stan Cris-1 Senior tailback Smith was thei son (97). Courtillet’s catches have covered 899 yards. 'only Mountaineer to tally more; As a sophomore wing end, he caught eight passes for xhan one touchdown. Quarterback | 110 yards Prior to being sidelined in the Maryland game Ronnie London scored both touch ! of 1968 he grabbed 18 aerials for 278yards. Thus far this downs for the Bulldogs and alsoj tsil hs ins 33 clohes for 421 yards. Mo™"", on the scoreboard early in the first; period, going 63 yards for a touch down. Laurin Whisnant added the PAT from placement for a 7-0 ^ yardage gained on receptions. .,1 • Head. i The record of 1,267 yards is held by 1968 A11-.^C wing ; Later ip the same period, re- ond Henley Carter, currently an assistant coach of the serve halfback Carl Fulton, play- Duke fre.shmen Carter, incidentaliy, hauled in a Duke and . ing in the place of injure 1 Charles ACC record 65 passes for 892 yards in 1968. I Barnes, went 63 yards on a re-| Chesson has caught 74 career passes for 1,127 yar^; thciri , '.ncluding rushing attempts, he ! only "shorf touchdown in the .^^tal yards, placing him in 2$th position on t second quarter when quarterback JHk- career net yardage. Geeper Howard passed 19 yards* * * , * j . to split end Bobby Ethridge for Duke Associate Athletic Director Carl James advises ^ 20-0 command. hat any area youngsters who still want to enroll in the, Burns put together a 59-yarfi Devil’s Den” may do so prior to the Clemson game this touchdown drive late in tho first nturdav make the score 20-6 at in At m-esont there are some 250 memberships in th.e termission London sparked the At piesLiiL uicic aic a , f r mai’ch and scored the touchdown Dt'B . , . r a.u ♦ ic <1:9 00 npr OH a two-yard run, but a try for Membership for the rest of the season is $2.TO per ^ two-point conversion failed, ’oungster. Each boy or girl receives a membership earn, a | Mountaineers struck quick cam photograph and a ticket to the Clemson game and the \ov. 22 contest with traditional rival North Cnro^ina. Victory Gives KMHS Basketball KM 5-4 Recoid Drills Underway X A. ^ r#r Junior wing end Wes Chesson of Edenton, N. C., who has caught 27 passes for 333 yards, needs just 141 yards on receptions to smash the all-time Duke career record foi MOUNTIE ACE — Otis Cole re turns for his senior season of Kin^s Mountain High basket ball. The 6-0 Cole made All- County ond All-Conference for the Mounties last year while averaging 21 points per game and finishing second in the SWe scoring chase. Central Closes Season With Win Over Shelby 6-0 Gardner-Webb Drops 27-2 Tilt To Mars Hill, Eyes Fiirman Frosh BOILING SPRINGS, N. C, —.yards and two touchdowns , Gai-viner Wobb’s Bulldogs contjn set up a third score. dismissals now our season opener with Uvnter Muss in Ga.'itonia on Dec. 2.” _ . 1 . . Barnes averaged 15 points per ■.^.Sra f If.st year and wa.. rated as Its 19G9 football sca.son Wednos- ^ day with a fa-0 vu-to.y over Shcl- The Mouniaineers lust two The win gives Coach Porter starters, and their demriurc will Bulldogs'reach in the second half. Griggs’ charges a final record of be felt. Gone are All-SWC for- Sophomore fullback David Bo- four wins and two losses. Both ward, Ken Milt-hem. who is now ly to put the game out of the Froneberger And Hussey Working Squads Daily Kings Mountain High School’s varsity boys basketball team will begin heavy diills Monday af(e.- noon. Coach Bob Hussey, who.se clubs have cfimpiled an overall reco.^-d of 42 wins and only six losses in his two seasons as he id coach, has been work! .g with a limited number of plavei.s for over a week. Hus.sey has lieen diilling 10 playc;s nightly and at least nine more will join the club Monday. Those nine aie members of the football team which win<ls up its' '69 sc.ison Friday night against Lincolnton. Three starters rotrrn off last year's team which fini.shed 17-5 anj second in the Southwestern Conference. One of those five losses /.as to l-.A Hunter Huss and another was to Shelby in the conference tournament. Hnding the Ji.st o: returnees is senior alU'vervtliing Oils Cole. Cole averaged over 21 points per I game last year while making All- Conference and All-County. He’s regarded as one of the top high school players in the state and .several collgges have already ex pressed interest in him. ' Also returning is senior guard Charles Barnes and junior for ward Geepem Howard, but Banes. mi':ht be slow getting statei he-' I cause of a knee injury suffered 1. ILlt^ J^^^nior end. is in ■ two weeks ago in a football game' ki/WlmO A * starter for the 1 against Shelby. , Wolve.s. flanker Bruce Cochrane “We’ll just have to wait and DAVIDSON. N .C. Davidson But Smith is extremely cautiouS jj. loading scorers in see about him (Barnest.” said, College has been playing football at this point, knowing that a loss league and center-tackle Mike Coach Hussey. “He’s been hurt for since 1S98 or 73 years. And the would knock tlic Wildcats out of ciino is one or the top interior two weeks and it looks like right Wildcats h-ave never won - or the cltampionship picture and thftt jn the .SWC. he might not he ready for shared any kind of conference East Carolina's single wing ot championship in football. fonse has never been successfully “They’ve got a good ballrlub,” Coach Homer Smitli’s team defensej b.v a Davidson team. eommenli'd KM Coach Bill Bates plays at East Carolina Saturday would. I think, rather play Wolfii.ick. “They’re fairly with an opportunity to improve ^^y other team than L— ‘ Caro- hig and yet tlu-y still move pret its standing in he football history j,,, xh\9. critical game.” Smiili books. Kickofl time is 2 p.m. in Greenville, N. C. anJ it is East Carolina’s homocoming. A victory for Davidson would: 1> Make the wildcats 7-1 over all 5-1 in the Southern Confer- WATER BREAK — Defensive bock Mike Blanton (35) and tockle Steve Ingle (left) take water break during Kings Mountain-Burns game here Friday night. The Mountaineers won the Homecoming contest 33-14. (Photo by 1. G. Alexander). Davidson Grid Team Seeks Share Of Title Kings Mountain’s Mountaineers will be going after their first winning season in five years here Friday when Lincointon’s W«dve.s mvad(‘ John Gamble Stadium for a .'-Southwestern Conf<‘renee show down. The Mountaineers. .5-1 overall atui 1-1 in conlerence play, haven't eM)<*ved a winning sea.son in foot ball since 1964. when the Bat Mur phy and Kichard Gold-l(vl Moun tain Men finished 10-0 in regular sea.son play an 1 10-1 overall. In th<‘ last four years, the Mountaineers have finished 5-.5 twice, 37 another timi' and 3-6-1 in still anotlMT y/ ar. Lincolnton. though playing mostly sophomores, sports a 6-3 overall record and .5-3 coniorence mark. A Mountaineer victory Friday would give the two clulxs an identic:!! recoid. 'Fho Wolves hav'' won four siraigiit games since losing iliree of their first fi\e contest>j. One I of thei:- wins was a 20-12 upset ■ over Chase, and they’ve also won ; over U-S Central. Newton-Con- over, Crest, Bums and Cht'rry- ville. Bast scores would inflicate that the two c’lubs -'iie evenl.v-matched. Lincolnton is .-^ai i to i)0 slf^htly belter defensively .while llie .Morn- lainc'ers might lu* a slrnlt* bet(*r with their running game. The Wolves nipped (Test 12-7 last week, corning from behmd in the soco:-):! hall after the Charg- P.'S had assumed a 7 9 first hali lead. Tlie Wolves have not lieon beat en h.idl\. Their worst d(‘feat was 21-7 I South Point, a team which K5T defeated, 20-13. The Wolves ; lost to Shelby by 17-7 while the Lions tiomlied KM, IS-13. Lincolnton .«tarts only three .-umiors, but tltoy are regaried as ihroG of the IwUe;- football play ers in the Southwestern Confer ence. 24 Assure them of a bid to the trouble before.” iin took the second half kickoff, lueses came to the hands of ninth at Paii-Am College in Texas, and assui'o them of at least and returned it 75 yards for a grade teams^ Clover and Cramer- playmaker Alan Hambright, an- ^ t-onleren -e champ- touchdown and a 26-6 Mountain ton. : other accurate shooter from the ionship. eer lead. i ^ . i. , i r u outside. Mitchem started for o) as In the fourth period, the Moun g'j.j ^ed a KMHS for four years. Tangerine Bowl on December 26 ■and hS hTtTmith on a n^re p^sIpaTs an^m-ned it 63 yaH.s for, Tho Mauntaim.ers open .with a at Orlando, Ft,, the sehoof. first anu Howard hit Smitn on a iiare passj e nniv innphdnM'^ in ihol P^u* of non-conference tilts. Lack post-season football game. and the senior swifty turned rmqrtpi^ ' of height will again be the team’s 3! Tie a school record (7* for to suffer in the thr^s of ai j t jpg dismissals frorn'*"^® 62-yard touchdown maneu- ^enWal sained 92 vards rushin<^ higgest problems as Cole, who is most wins in a season. The 1924 -rns etosed ouT the scortn...:?"^. r‘| K.^.lor^| ts .he tean.. ht..est and^ „f Hill loft th^. GW season ciwoixl has a ^„runft."wh^'Soni Phillip Francis, a senior who estjoarn a^ Davidson. The fPGr, record at l-<, the woist ever tackle John Wright o'Hovunc j was a key reserve last year, might team was 6-4. said, “We have looked at enough film to know that Uiis is a typi cal (Clarence' Siasavich single wing with m-ore offense than \vc can stop. “They hav(' a t;uly great run ning back in Butch Colson. He's the heaviest, hardest runner in “Lawnng iJ>ihn, a.sophomore) is n re.il go.)d passer ae.d they’ve been throwing the ball about .50 l‘erc('nt of the time, which is un usual f(*r a Lincolnton team." Bates said it will lx* hard for tlie Mountaineers to run around our conference and ho has given the Wolv(*s as they have two of the school’s history, The last time the losing season was in they were 3-6. ■nna.: had quartcrbaqk sneak from the one j Coach Griggs cited Jimmy: “ «hen,P®®® defensive specialist who had ^ ^ two-point con Fitts, David Lee Bell and Alan:h 1 1.64, hljust recovered froin an *nju^red count Hastings for their defensive play. I : climaxed a 64 yard drive with a downs. starting guard spot players, including. Froneberger, are also practicing scored s<-ven limes liimsolf. Nevertheless. Davidson, featur ing one of the nation's top pass ing attacks, will ho favbred over the Pirates, who are 2-4 after winning their last two games, Quarterbiuk Gordon S 1 .a d e ranks among the nation’s leaders in forward passing with 147 ol 223 pa.sses Bt 1.635 yards an.l 24 roechdowns. In addition, he has ankle, w'as dismissed from schooli the better defensive ends in the conference in Fore and Bill Beck. “We’re pretty well matched.” said Bates. “Thcy’iea little tough- edefensively, maybe, but the offenses are about the s.ame. We’ve got to prevent them from hirtin- the l)ig pass.” Lavving. one of the best q-car- terback prospects at Lincolnton in s.'^veial yi’ars. Ins made a ha bit of throwing the bomb. He Despite the record, the Bulldogs^ several \yeeks ago for disciplinary: praised Howard, ive gone on record as having reasons. The Bulldogs face FthridLe for their of- played good football. They haveman’s JVs Saturday night at 7:30; h a d finished ahead of their opponents; r m. at home. i defensive performance, in total first downs for the season | smith's two touchdowns ran his Gaston Patiiots have team-leading scoring mark to 54, Aie Ready Foi Sat. Game points. Ethridge moved into sec- g^nizing ; ond place on the scoring list with league. 117 to 102 and have outgained iheir foes on the ground 1496 ards to 1-140. The long pass has proven the downfall for the ’Dogs in almost every game. GW is on the short end of the passing stick by over 500 yards, 504 to 1003. The Davidson JVs are respon sible for over 400 of *hose Pas^; ive working hard this ing yards when they routed the preparation for their Bulldogs 42-14. Guilford game qi ll?e sea.son against who won their till with GW 28- tough Eagles of Athens,“Ten- 6. completed only six of P^®®1 ne.ssee. As previously announced, attempts, but those six went 170 game will be played at John j Gamble Stadium in Kings .Moun- I tain. ! This is the second meeting of ! the two teams this .season. In ' their first encounter, the Patriots ' were defeated by the non-league ' foe 19 46 B in a hard fought con- I Test in Athens. Against non-league competition Named this week to the Dixie this season, the Patriots have Football League A'll-Star Team , xyop apd 2 ))ut fjqw to put were Patriots Jerry Phillips,; a 3 in the won column Saturday unanimous selection tor dofens- ; night. ive left end and big Ernie Cham- j The Patriots playejd their fina) ber.s, defensive right guard. Jerry,: regular season Dixie Footbajl who* has missed the last three i League game last wpek against games due to a .separated shoul- , Augusta and finished fourth in der, mgy see some action this the four tp^m league- Saturday night. Ernie, 31Q pound Having been organized just last tackle .said by league foes to be ■ year, the Patriots have posted 9 “the hardest hitting 'lineman wiqs agajnst J? Ipa^s to date, they fac'cd this sea.son”, should , Not a bad record for the young he in top form for Saturday’s and still bpildjng tp^m. ’ garne. * Patriot t(<&rn has been While only two players from , plagued by injuries this season. fie Patriot squad were selected to ' Coaches Lar;y ^pod and Bud ’ ’ ' son, one of the fastest halfbacks. Jerry and Clarence puchanan. one of the Patriots was probably the | pnii^ips ana Kpapr ofoss, prpbably . the league’s top pass receivers, toughest in the league to run a-1 the best pair of defensive fnite j have hurt tjio Patriots tremend- gainst, iu Hie leagUe, and Robert Ander-1 ously. Jimmy'a but several Ben Brewn. who is up from the daily. They’ll be in a rebuilding Three of .Slade’s top re.-eiver.'^ i jayvees, are challengin:. stage as the top three scoiers ond Mike Kelly, end George Han- burled three touchdown passes in Others cuncntlv practicing with: from last year's club Linda nen and tailback Mike Mikolayu- up.'^oi over Chase and it was ! the team are Roger .Smith, Steve Childe.’s, Vickie Turner and Nan- nas rank among the nation’s , passing which enabled Gladden, Andy Neisler. Mike Bai- cy Reynolds all graduated. top 15 pass oaiche!^. Kelly leatls wolves to come from behind ty, Alfred White, Arthur Hood Fronoherger is in his third year the team with 52 catches, ^Iiko- week against Crest, The Citv Recroatlon Departmont and Grafton Withers. as head c-oach of the Mount.ain. layunas has J3 and Hannen has Mountain • nf nr- Paxpecled to join the team Mon- ettes. Two years ago he coai*he. 42. * h r.nn basketbalL fiom the football squad are them to one of their best records Hannen is the top scorer on the i < n . Barnes, Howard, Chuck Easley, in hkslory, winning IS games team with 56 points on nine touch ,24 points, one touchdown ahead; ■';^n7one interested in plaving or Jewel Watson, Bobby Kthridse, while losing only four. Included downs and one Iwo pomt con'.er iof Barnes, who has seen only i sp(,n,;„ring a team should contact Ran iotph Ross. Wilson Ledford Hr the victory string was a win sion. He is *^‘'hin i o I limited action the last two weeks| p;,,pupation Director Elmer Ross David Bolin and Steve Plonk. over Chase, a team which hadn't school scoiin^ tcfoi a oi ot. pom . Basketball Leagues Being Organized is presentlj’ in the proces^s of or- its winter * • of the highlights of the grid st^a• son. All-Stai! Are Named To Dixie League i because of a knee injury. : ^x 7,39.4742. I Burns led the Mountaineers ini The semi-professional Patriots < first downs 17-9, but the Moun- ties held a 'big edge in overall Yardage. KM rushed for ISO yards i :3P<J H for 153. Burns hai 165 yards rush-| ing and 35 yards on three pass eopipletions ip 20 attempts. intercepted one Burns pass and each team lost a fumble. AUSLEY SERMON §ermon topic of T^r. Pa4l K- Aus- lev af Sunday morning services at FlVst'Presbyterian cbilrch will be “Priority.” RESCUE SQUAD BUSY Grovei Rfscur Squad an.swered a total of 42 calks for a total o'^ 1,580 miles traveled and 632 hours on duty during the month of Oc tober. In addition, the snuad was called ‘to the scene of eight acci dents and throe fire.s. Wyatt Ad cock is pc|uad reporter. §UFfEJI $fJW#Y The anhuarstewarn.ship Supper wjl) be bol^ Sundijy njght at 6 p.m. at St. Matthew’s laitheran church. 7 he girls team, under Blaine lost a game in over two yeai-s. set last fall by Kelly. Central lunlor High Spsnt^ors Facuity Game ^11-Star posts, it was recognized ■ Griffjn bofti ^gree that side.l: Phat the entire defensive line of j ing injut}« tg players like Je: the Patriots was probably the 1 Phiiiips and Rp#r prjpbal In 1967. when the Mountaineers finished .3-6-1 and the Wolves bveezei to Hie l<*ague champion ship with an undefeated record, the Lines won by only a 7-0 count in a game played here. Last jear, the Wolves gained hack some prestige with an easy .3.3-6 victory l)Ut it’s not likely that the game will be that one sided this time. Central Junior nigh School will Kings Mountain’s last victory sponsor a parent-teacher basket- over a Lincolnton team came in ball game on Nov. 21 at Kings when tlie Mounties stunned Mountain High gymnasium. a belnw-average Wolfpack club, Game time is set for 7 p.m. 16-15, on a fourth ouarier s-afely. In the opening gime. the Cen- That gave the Wolves their tral girls basketball team will only losing sea.son i4-6i siruN' play liio parents and in the night- Coach Von Ray Harris has been ca]), the men’s I'acuiiy will meet there. the parents. Nc.v, the Mountaineers nco<^ a Any p>:»renls interested in par- viciory over the Wolves in oid»*r i ticipating in the games are asked to post their fir.sl winning season to contact Rev. Charle.c Easley or jC-4i in five years. Mrs. Charlie Carpenter. It's not going to bo easy. All proceeds will :o to the — ^Central Athletic Associati('n.' SWC STANDINGS j wlr")! .'^nonso.s all athletic cvenis (Division One) of the junior high school. Jeams W L ; An aii .ed fcalui'e to the basket- chuso 5 3 1 ball douhleheader will be an in- chcrryville 3 5 !tra-;qiiad .scrimm^.ge by the t>ntral 3 5 I Kings Mountain High School Crest 3 .5 SMITH ON TD SCAMPER — Kings Mountain halfback Philbert Smith (20) streaks around end en route to first period touchdown against Burns Friday night. No. 41 of Mountaineers (on ground) is halfback Carl Fulton. (Photo by I. G. Alexander) team. It will give fans a preview Burns of things To come. T:c!tcts may be obtained in ad- Shelby vaiKv by going by the main off- Fast fiiitherford ice at Central. They may also be Kings Mountain obtained at the door on the night: Lincolnton of the game. 1 South Point \ (Division Two)