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ountaineer Track Team Second In SWC Event U»\v(‘ [L M to lay from Arctic ifaldo/ cs the singly nizing ind its Th(‘ arican dovcl* It. Yet men's t this viron- ■e two :an be is It and d. the nation man’s mport- rofore. 11 and ■neans serva• u‘h as logree 1 har- costly, he so There ,dvan . Bui 1 they spects • justi- ro an- blcms Host Shelby, ilu* defending as sociation champion, compilod 1)51 points in tlio field events and ran' away with the mc*et, scoring 176 points. LincoInt(in finished third | with G9 points, followed by South : Point with 63, (‘rest with 56, Burns 27 and F'ast Rutherford; King.s Mountain captured three first places and set a confer^gfre* record in the 880 relay, tinishing first with a lime of 1:33 fiat. Kings Mountain’s 4'10-relay team captured a first willi a 44.6 read ing and Wilson Ledford was first in the pole vault, clearing 11 feoj. In all, 12 KMIIS tracksters qua lified for the bi-conference meet scheduled for this Friday at Shel by. The top .six finisners in each; event Friday will earn a spot in' the association Cinnls carded fori Saturday, May IG in Salisbury. | Probably the most exciting' event of the d:iy was the lOO-yard; dash, won by Shelby’s Marcus Mauney in 10.3 secon(is. Mauney won a close race over South Point's Scott Crawford and Ran dolph Ross of King.s .Mountain. Ross led at the 70-yard mark but was nosed out at the finish. Kings Mountain captured three of six places in the 100. Philbert Smith came in fourth and Carl Fulton sixth. High .scorers for the meet were! Steve Hopper atd Van Smith of| Shelby and l>a\id Tliompsrin of] Crest, each .scoring 20 points.! KM’s Gerald Putnam wasn't far! behind with 1S*l» markers. Put nam was secf>nd in both hurdles; and was also a member of the winning S80-reIay team. Three record.s were broken. Ini addition to KM'.s 880-mark, Shel-: by .sol a imile relay mark of 3:37.2 and Shelby’s Hopper e.stablished | a .shot put record of .52 feed, six’ inches. For llU' meci, Slieiby had seven first j))ace.s t'. three each! for K.M and Linoluton and two; for South Point. Com])lete rt'sulls w(*r»‘ as fol-' Imvs: Milo — 11 illificld. .'^Iielhv; Kury. Lincolnton; AimsUong, Soulli Point: Mellon, Soutlj Point; Price East; Adam-, (rest. 4:13.6. 440—('ansler, Lineelnloii; Wil- .son, Shelby; Bell, Crc.sl; .Surratt, Cre.st; 'lom.s, Lincfdnlon; Mur])hy. South Point. 52.2. 100 — Mauney, .Sh(*lby; Craw ford, South Point; R)s*.s. KM; Ad dis, East; Fultuii. KM. 10.3. High Hurdles — Smith, .Shelby; Putnam, K.M. ('ros.s. Burns; Wil liams, .Si]cll>y: .I-irreit. Lincolnton; War.I, Lincolnlon. 15. 8Si) — v'ea.'liranr*, Linc*f>lntoYi; Mathewse:), : Rash, Cre.st; iJ( l.'js Shelby: Dunlap, KM; Bau.-!ni, :!-u;t (reeoid). 220 — (‘ra'.vl ):<!. Souili Point; Maunc.y .'-'h. Ui>-; Sinilli. KM; Ram'em, I.im-oJnt'-ti; l; )S.<, KM; -anslei, Litie 22.0. Lov. Ilip'dh .s — ihnn.sein. Lin- jolntoii; I’uiiiain. K>I: Hlanlon, , KM; .Stroud. Bums; Champion. ■.Shelby; ('antrell. Lust; Jarndt, Lincolnton. 21.4. 440-rPlay — Kings Mountain,; Slielby. Lincolnlon, Suuili Point, j Ea«t, Burns, 41.6. j 880-r(‘lay — Kings Mountain.' Shelb\. S»>utli Point, Linecjlnton, Hums. La.st. 1:33 tr(‘eoi(li. Long jump — Maunc'y. Sludhy; MO.S.-S. South Point; Smitli, Shelby: Wiiite, KM; Williams, SlH‘I;)y; llanntju, .Soulii Point. 22 Icm !. High jump Tiionip-5on, :'rest; Mo.s.'^. South Point; Pa<.s, Shelby; Smith, Shelby; Hannon. .South Point. 41T". Pole vault — Ledford, KM; Lee, Shelby; Peterson, KM; John.son. Crest; Smith. East; Borders, Burns. 11 feet. Shot — Hopper, Shelby; Wil- .sr)n. Cr<‘st; ^arboro, Slielby; Daw- .sr>n. Cre.st- Divennv. Burns; Bel KM; 52.6".’ Diseu--’ — Hopper. Shtdby; Bran- ton, Shelby; Yarhoro, Shelby; Ki- .s(‘r, East; Webber. South Point; Carroll, KM; 11G.G”. (record I .Miie relay: Sheiby. Lincolnton. .Souili Point, Cre.st, Kings Moun tain. Burns. 3:37.2 (record). Mountaineeis On Verge Of Losing Central Drops Pail To Grier, ^At Home Friday Cential Junior High saw its five-game iwinn ng streak snap- XH\1 last week, the Patriots drop ping a pair of games to Giier of Gastonia 65 and 12-4. In both games, Grier handed David Carroll the loss. The kni ghts outhit f'entral .seven to six in the -first game and 13 to s'x in the second. Eight oirors led to Central’s downfall In the second contest. Central jumped to an early lead in both games, leading 3-1 after one inniniT of the opener nnfl 2-1 after one frame of the second contest. Grl(‘r scored 10 .uns in the third inning to b.eak the se cond g.\mc open. Danny Cobb had 2-fi>r-3 and Carroll had a double and tr'ple in two trips to lea’l Central in the first gO'me and Eddie Smith had 3-for.6 in the second contest. Now 52 on the season, the Pa triots j'l'uy host to South Cleve land Friday niglM at 7:.30 at City Stad’’ ■.Ti. Li nes{'ores: Central .3rV) 101 0 5 7 1 Grier 103 002 x 6-6-2 o Grier M f 10 000 0 12 13 1 Ccniml 200 200 0 4 6 8 Herndon’s Homer Whips Crest, 10>8 Gerald Ilerndon’.s two-run sev enth inning ho.Tiei erased an 8-7 deficit and sparked Kings Moun tain’s Mountaineers to a 10-8 S'mt!nvost(‘rn Conlerence victory^ over Cre.st Friday afternoon on the CliargiM's* field. The home run ofl D:de Winn of the Chargers was Herndon's third hit of the ti:iy and tlu' Mountain- ^ eors proer(' !ed pick up an in-, suranc(* t.\l)y on singhvs by Chuck ('arponter aa t Gr.dion Witlters and a pac.sed ball. Sophomon Rii'ky flonl wha re lieved starter Bobby Ethridge in ^ tlio third inning whem Crest ex- ; ploded foi five run.s, wa^ tlie win- ' ning pitcluM-. ll was his fir-'t de- ' vision ol the yi'ar. i King.s .Mountain hrola* on lop 1-0 in tile tliird inning wlton Eth- • ridge tripled and scored, but the j Chargers knocked Etiiridge from' the box with a five-.spol in the | bottom of t!u' inning. The Mountaineers. liowever,, struck for .six in llu' fourth to take a 7-5 lead. After David Bo lin reached on an error, consecu-! rive single.-* by Herndon, Withers,! Carpenter, Hold and Danny Hart-: soe pushed the six tallie.s across. Crest eaiTU» back fru' two in the! bottom of llie f uirlh to lie thc\ score, then the Ciiargers took an; 8-7 lead v\ itii a .single in the bot-1 tom of the sixth. | Herndon then cam\ through in! the seventh to break the .game open and hand the Mountaineers their secoml .straight triumph, j The Mountaineers on joyed their i biggest plaU? performance of thej .season, hanging out 11 hits a-1 gainst thr(*e Crest pilehers. With-j ers and Carpenter had two hit.s each to go with llnrndon’s three. Bill Cameron and Mike 8tancil led a 13-liil Ci('si .dtack with 2- for-3 eat-h. | Score bv innings: KM ■ (JHl GOO 3 10 11 0 Crest 005 201 0 8 13 2 Etiiridge, Hord <3) and Bolin; ^ Hamrick. Winn (7), Slancil (7) j and Goode*. Winning pitcher:! Hord. LP — Winn. I ^Oms And Hogue Sign Harold Johnson With Spartanburg Msist Win last Fo!ji: To Spcjt 104C Beocfd K;-' . • :.!• •1'. : ••n’’- M' uritaiiK ei l.a-eb -n U' •'III, ::f;< J ilrfU;-un'. a ■ i-'c. d Rutiierford ft,. ■ 1,. e 1 t 11-;. . win n.^- re 'U.l i;-' if;. \wll lia\« it.s fir - )»)'!;• ■: ::uh ‘ ■ : un eve; under Th.' ‘i-.e •i. u. ]u.> haw r • . V ,. , . ” n; ;.i . ar^ ii'-.v C 1fi j. , III 1 la a 1 .5 il in ‘ . • • !'•: 11 f\ 'nh'iTiu' ' ■ ■ ;i f:r ' !;■ ' a '■'I'.’ih I'liii.t eh.t; i I .! !.• > •ta\ af!( • ■ 1 Li:.f- ill c-'. . tin 5’.iu;i- L.dtg 1 v,oIl y . iicrrv )nn!• JC SPARTiVNBURG, S. C. ~ For rest Toms and Cedre Hogue, oiP standing prepsters from Shelby (N. C.) High School, have signed grants-in-aid with Spartanburg Junior College. Toms is a 6’4”, 195 pound foiward and Hogue is a 6’3” -ISO pound pivot man. In announcing the signings, Spartanburg Coach John Smoak tftaid, "We’re really liappy to h.ave Foricst and Cedr c decide to con>e to Spart anburg. BoMi of them will reall-y add to our pmgram. There’s no doubt that they are the type cf material we nerd to make us strong for the 1970-4971 sea son. "Toms is the kind of forward we’ve been needin'- for a long time — he is stiong, a gocr.l shooter, has good moves, and plays good defense. "And Hogue is so strong that we’ll u.se him in the middle — he has exceptional strength. He’s a good rebound'*' quick, and very Signs With 6-W BOILIN SPRIN^GS — N. C One of North Carolina’s lop high school football players signed a gran-in-aid to attend Gardner- Webb yesterday afternoon. Har old Johnson, of Glen Alpine Hi/gh School announced he worcld at tend the Boiling Springs college. Johnson is cons deied a prize catch for the Bulldogs of Coach ■aggressive." I Playing for Coach Lloyd Little, who is retiring this year after 34 years of coaching Hogue and Terns were both three year let- termen and were loam co-cap- , tains this year. Both Hogue and _ ^ Toms were namel to the All | Q.o'gJ Li^7n H;7s"s-xle^t7aii .Tournament team at their con- j ^j^d weighs ISO pounds forence tournament as juniors j ^f all-star honors In- ■and both were All Conference and'dudes All-Eurke County; All- All County as seniors. Skyline Conference; All-Western They both played for the North iNoVt-h Carolina; All-Southern list All Stars in the Marion C vitan and honorable mention All-Am- Classic, and Toms was leading ; erican in Scholast c Magazine. He scorer AUh 23 points while Hogue j was also named to play in the HOMER DECISIVE — Mountaineer third baseman C^rald Hern don cracked a seventh inning two-run homer Friday to give Kings Mountain High a 10-8 Southwestern Conference victory over Crest. Herndon was 3-for-4 for the game. Ethridge Hit Job ;in.-i• • I ;; ■ ■*1 111 : . • ■ -U' •. it iill i'f:I: (' 1 a 11 lii’fc!- n’ul tl’.i .Moimlain- ('r— 1-12'. S r«)iiu in ’bird ;:1 k-o iri hi* y>\V v.'[\\ an S 1’ record, r.-»\ h-i."' rlrc.-i iv ( Uiirhed *Iu title MI .P’maik, i:tliii:l-o. v. li . V,-;. a \ i ■ ^4 t’.m (if .-liodiv fio’.din-T nl Frist nuih('i;i,i\l 'i\u*sflr»y. will j)i'-.»ba- )\y t'it b f); liii M. tr t.iinec:/ a- Uain.st Lini’olnlon. Tlu* Moiintic*s will h: .‘^rnkin;: r»’venge in that 2amj' a.*-' Ilu* Wolves came from u'liiii'i ii:- win an gime. 6-5. Loses Three To Cavs, f occk! GtC5!1P 13- high .SCOREH — Gcrnld Puluair. above, was Kings Mountain's high scorer in the SWC track inert last Friday at Shelby. He had 18''2 points with a pair cf second place finishes in the hurdles. Putnam and several other KM athletes will participate in the bi-conference meet Friday in Shelby. Thompson To Return To Concerd This Week K fiardner-viFebb nks Standout JC Periormes: BOILING .SJ^-INGS, N. C. — An (iGstanding junor college star, Danny DeSan'otis, of Mercer County Junior College, Trenton N. J., has signed a gran-in-aid to play for Gardner-Wibb College. DeSanctis is five foot, ten inch es tall and w(*ighs only t.55 pounds, but TuHdog Coach Eddie Holbrook regaris him as an ag- ress ve typo of player who will lend it'al leadership to the Bail- dog offense. "DoSanelis is the of guard who controls flie action with sound ball handling, passing and ‘a nice scoring range as far as tW(*nty feel out ‘•Ho i.s tremendous on tlte fast break and has gioal spet'd.’’ DeSanctis avera^'cd 15 points per game last season at Mercer along with eight assists. As a prep star in Trenton he was the 'cit>*'s leading high school scorer with a 24 point per g-ame average, Holbrook said D.Sanctis w'OuKl be a big asset in the Bulldog of fense. "Ho should g ve us consider- a^’le strength at the pressurized point position whore we initiate APil our offensive and dvTensive ^If'^^ponsibilitics." .said Holbrook. "^‘DeSancts goes after the loos** bill and finds the open man of- led all rebounders with 18. Additionally, Toms was named Most Valuable Player in the Wes tern North Carolina High School Activities Asociation Tourna- ment and was an all conference selection as a junior as well as his senior year. He w’as voted 'Most Outstanding Player by his teammates both his junior and senior year, and ho was named ' this year to the Coaches’ All I State Team. i Both Ho.’ue and Toms have I been involved in extra curricular : activities other than athletics. ! Both are Shelby High School Marshalls and' iHomeroom offi- annual Shrine Bowd and the East- West football games. Young Johnson has been a star for his high school since he first went out for football according to his coach, Jug Wilson. He scored 94 points as a sophomore at tight end, followfxl this with ITS points as a junior at half-back and then 168 points this past season at (juarterback. Ho also set a North Carolina high school pass interception re- icord when he pulied down 17 e- ; nemy passes during his sopho- ' more year. Fie intercepted 40 I passes (L ring his three years in high school. . ^ I .1. George Litton, Oar.iner-Webb ; ,.m. and Tr,ms IS an officer In tho I football coabh. said ho folt that I Ke> Ciub 'Johnson was a real "oatah" for the Bulldogs. He said his plans light now are to use him at a running back position. Shelby Wins Safety Honoi ('HARLOTTE — Eighteen North C:^rolinn eitie.sand towns won the N. C. ?t lie Motor Club’s Traffic Sa'ety Award for 1969 fir the!;' fatality-free reeord.< last year. Winners in the over 10.000-pop ulation category are; Chapel Hill, no traffic deaths for three conse cutive years; Kin.ston, two years; Ttek'^onvillc, Roanoke Rapids, said Holbrook. 1 Shelby, Albemarle and Eden, one Despite a fine three-hitter by senior righthander Bobby Eth ridge, Kings Mountain’s Moun- j tainoers dropped a 3-2 Southwest- t ern Conference decision at East j Rutherford Tuesday. Ethridge walked only one bat- Iter and struck out nine, but the ! Mountaineer defense committed six error-s and handed the hos Cavaliers two unearned runs. ( Kings Mountain collected .six^ hits off two East hurlers with shortstop Philip Francis going 2 for 3. Francis and Jack Bell sin gled in the fifth, leading to KM’s‘ first run and the Mountaineers scored again in the seventh on a walk and a droi»pod fly hall. In addition to committing six fielding errors, tlic Mountaineers had runners thrown 4>ut at liome plate llnee limes and also left 12 runners on base. East RutlKM'ford led 2 0 (on un earned runs) after four innings but the Mouni i}iH*er.s cann* hack to tic it at 2all heading into the bottom of llie seventh. Melton tripled to lead (tff the East '<ev(*ntli and .scored the w in ning run (»n a .sacrifice fly. Foulhall .star Billy I-atlimore. who rnme on in the fiftli inning, wa« th(‘ winning pitcher lor the Cavaliej.s. Score by innir»gs; P H E KM 001) bit) 1 2 6 6 ER 010 100 1 3 3 1 Win rung pit flier: Latlimore. Losing pUeh(*r: Ethridge*. Itip When spraying aerosol paints, do not hold the can too close to the surface. This can result in over- painting, as well as drip ping and running. Best re sults are achieved by spray ing very thin, wet coat’s*, and allo-ving drying time in between each one. For .\n: :hcr Hit-0-R:ima lia< hecn .•^-bcdulcd by the Arncrican Le gion to bo hi’l I Saturda\‘ afte:'- lU'Ti at 2 a’.'i • •!; at C’Ly Sla limn. Ch.'-.iic Aarp.’nlcr, aThldic of- fi.’cr ‘ftr i'o^t 155. said tlun any youngster age 13 •>!• over i.< wcl- ■ -v-c Ti' attend irnd the rt)st is secirln.^ hoy.< to come out who are not on a high schod team. ‘These boys who arc' not on a hi:;h .s.-hool team are c.syeciaily ratpenter sahi as he •n-'t-'d them t''- he present dav. Satur- pi; viler Don Divsdale rni.'-'cs ihorouglvbrc! horses on ’lis C i;- iforn c ranch. Another advantage of owning a battery operated wri.st watch :s that you can tell the bo&s you .'^re late lKa*auso the battery ran do^vn. Los .Angeles’ growth since World War II has been phenom- ■nal. I I Alexander Hamilton negotiated Famous Downing street, vYhere | the first loan to tlio V. S. govern- Brili.sh offic als rosi.’e, is just a i menl. The monov was obtained :ho”l stntot off Whitehall. from New York banks. ye:ir. Those the 5,000-to-10,()00 population arc: ^mlthfield, Mount Airy, Roxlior » ami Panto*', three years: Oxford, two year^ ; Clinton, Morehead City, Lauriii- burg. VVashin^!nn, Wililamston and Waynesville. one year. Motor Club President Thomas B. Watkins said the annual a wards wdll be made by his club and itP affiliate, the National Automobilo Assodition. for their oulstanding records in traffic safety. Automobiles are on the in crease in Asia. A gain of 21.8 per fensively, He will help our team i cent was registered in 1964 as aXfort a great daad.” I compared with the previous year. HERALD SPORTS COXyORD — 1' didn’t matter, -omrliov., tlia! it wasn’t riding at the head of liie p.aek. 'I’he 1970 ’nm.an* loriied aiilj it :i Inak of di. tin: tion and i»s jjiaee in the .4upcr ports li(‘!.l :it (’oiuord ^piM-dwriy .^alui'Iay nigld d/I n d alter that at all. driver w.a* s-)mewlint (iis- linetive, tao. Ili-i nnm(* 'aa' S;H*edy Thomp.son. tlu- .-anic fel low w!\o enjoyed so muih succe.ss on NASC'AR’s: tough Grand Na tional cirvuil sanu* years :igo. Tlvanpson catm* out of ndire- :m*nr for his (ird ^fioi at a eomt*- bai-k in llu.' Ajoeii-'an IJ.'cin,. .\.s- sociation proyr.n*’ liere Saliird:iy ’ligfit. And e, h le !;e ;• to’t win or ' omo eJo'e to it up v! his return. I he showed i)lenty of proini.so lor the future. Thomason’s n(‘W ('.-unaro, briizlit- ly painted i?7 hl:udt and Li.ild and ea:ryin'r tin* nnm / i 2:_. stood >nt in tlu' lnra(‘ fieid. Sp?*edy a: rivf'd l.'in. iiaw»’‘v*r, a:id had to start near tlu* re.ir. Ih* made a ’)rie;' spurt in llu* t'> I feaiirr hut har) to ihi (‘nrl.v lor m(*(dian- it a) a Ijuslnu'nts a>id aa.s lu^vor a threat. ’ Tin)intKcn relujps to stmL ear 'aria:, with a eoloLul and suc cessful l.V won 19 (Land Nrdionil races diirin:', Iti.-' ntajoi- leai^iue career ije In !!n,' tlu- N:i- tio lal 40'’ at Ch olotie M. ' )r .4pcedu'a.v i.u 19'.') and }!i<' S.iind- irn .5;'( at Daidh’-don in 19.)7. Thomps'M will p.et l.\os)'.ols :»t vidor.N this \\<*<*kend. as tlu* A L. s!(o;es siv cvent pro'U.'on.s i'.i- h\ nialit a« Stx'edwoHd on ttu* Metrolina lalr.urounds in ('liar- lotto and at llu* (’mu-ord .'<p<'ed- way on Saturda.v ni.^hi. The championship notoreyi le* that v‘-er(’ .schedule) t< comru'te last Sunday at Sperdworld will •oturn thi? Sunday afternoon, aft er rain forced a po.siponement. The Southea.sKTn Racing Assoei- .ation program will begin at 3 p. m. Rookie Shepherd First Driver To Repeat With Win liKT-:OR^. N. C. — Rookie Mor gan Siiepherd Saturday niglit bi^ (.#!ne the fir-l Sportsman driver at Hickor\ Spee(l\va> tfiU season t. repeat a." a leaiurt- race win- ne. h> holding oil a determined Richard Brown. The Hickory driver took over the lead after Grand National star Bobby Alli.<on ble.\ an ens^ne. Brown of C’laremonl w on the winner's oumpei a: tfio finisli. Ned Setzer, Bob Pre.ssley and Tommy liju.sion wt*rr third ihroiigh fiftli in th.c 5'Map main cv ent. Sedver won the ‘'iiin wit.h a lecorl qu;d SS.HS mile- an h> . tlu* Harrv Gant ea: n wa^’ .-^idc’lined with < ioii- lems in i .heat event. Double h*aturt Li:ni’‘*d Sp vis- man races, bocauso of rain short- ('ned program.^ la-^t week, wt*nt to Roy Chatham and Raul D.>jkery, both oi Asheville. Cltalham won tlie fir.-l feature in a near pliuio ‘‘inish wiifi Jerrs lox or Taylors ville. Way’U' ?'o\ c\ an ) Bo.vco Eckcrc were winnors o. iliC twin Rookie ii-iiiu a*.". Tlu- iu*Nt week’.-s raein.i; card, a -no:-', :l .Motlu'r’.s Da.s' program. V, if: include Sf>ortsrnan. IJmiled '"'man and Rookh* c-irs in 125 lap. ■! racin.g. Ilxports o'" peanuts by the U.S. have h.coped fn»m s xth place among all natlon.s to fourth. SOPH STANDOUT — Danny Kartscc is one of several sophomore startm on the KMHS boficboll team this spring. Although he's shown here in a pitching act, he also plays in the outfield, stort* ing ot center. Softbntl Terim Entries Invited Lades niorest<'.i in j(dning a Khigs Mountain Ladies Softball Lea;;u4‘ (his sumtn(*r :tre inviTed to me(*l at the Kings Moentain ihunmimily Center Thursd:iy (to- night) at 7:30 p.m. Annouircement was made by i Coaches Elmer Ross and Roy 1 Pearson. , . SAfE AS AMERICA U S. SAVIJ^GS BpNDS
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