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Central'* Mountaineers. playing before
a gay homecoming crowd of ?ome
1600 fan* here .in City Stadium last
gjjji"', Friday night, went into a fourth
Bj;Z; place tie with Lenoir in the final
conference standing* by defeating Hea
[p - dersonville J?y a ?core of 28 to 0.
The win gave Coach Clyde Canipe's
charges a 4-3 loop record for a pereen
tage of .571, '5 po:nts better than the
Shelby Lions in fifth place with 5
fee . and 4. Lenoir had a record of 3 wins,
2 losses, and 2 ties.
With the Mountaineers playing I
let-down hnTl game after their hanh I
fought victory over Shelby the pre- !
Ceding week, the game proceeded al- ]
most as they wished it. Henderson- j
ville had numerous opportunities to
acore hut the Mountain-lino alwavs
woke up and slapped the attack back
and took over the ball.
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'Score 28 0
YOB. guinea running aio I
fit. lost rushing 13 44 j
xiv. yMsg > winyi^M v 3
Wo. piwn completed 3 6
Yd*, gained pooling 49 113
Ma. panfi 3 j
Wo. putt blocked bp .0 1
. Panting ITtrtfl 38 38
WnnbMk of pasts 7 80
Wo. kick off* 4 1
Wo. psnsKlsa t 0
Yd*, loot ponnltUo 90 0
Total not gain ' 344 183
Banning star of the game for the
^ eals was Dwlght Ware, fleet-footed
wing back, who reeled off nice gains
OB reverses to total 128 yards rushing.
Ware, playing his first year of high
school football, grabbed a hand-off
from Bob Haffstetler. Cashion 'o anderstuSy,
and dashed off 6 yards for
the final Mountaineer score two play*
before the game ended.
High scorer for the evening'a enter
a tainment that saw niee performance
- by the high band am?the Seniors Spon
aora, was Bo"b Early, returned veterand
and sharer of tailback duties with
Bill Gault, another v"ft. Early scored
the first and third Rings Mountain
touchdowns for a total of 12 points.
Cashion, bruising Mountaineer fullback,
scored one touchdown and two
extra points for a total of 8.
Kings Mountain was knocking for a
. score as soon as they received the
opening kickoff and ma^phed t: the
i; i opponents 14 where they losi the ball
' ^ on downs. The losers kieked and Gentt
fumbled midway of the next series of.
downs and Hendersoarville reeovered
?' on the 22. Ware set. up the score with
a beautiful 35 yard Jaunt to the losers
15. Cashion added 10 to the 5, and
after a 5 yarTF penalty for backfield
in motion, brought it back to the sixEarly
scooted around right end for
the score, Cashion bucking over fbr
the point.
A short Hendersonvllle punt that
went out on their own 30 set up
the second Kings Mountain score. I
umult passed to I?edbetter for 17 yards
Ware was hauled down on the
" jfiwr. Caahion bucked over for the
:f-' ^uchdown, and Gault's try for the
liiofnt was no good. Kinsrs Mountain
led at the half 13 to 0.
The Mountaineers took n*-or on
down on their own 30 earlj in the
third qunrter and marched 70 yards
for their third soore. Early made 5
and Ware 7 for a first down; Early
passed to Eodbetter for 17 yards:
Kinps Mountain was penalized 15
yards for unnecessary roughness but
Ware's 20 and fashion's 11 made it
L' first down on Hendersonville 'a 24r
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ynr'l hne; Earlv 9 and fashion 5 for
a first on the losers 10; Ware Tl and
S" Early ero-i-intr (he double stripe for
the score, fashion eraeked renter for
|t. the point.
Kinps Mountain's defense rose up
and stopped a determined HendersonTille
dri?e by recovering Haul John- I
en's fumble on their 5-yard line, the
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Cashion High Scorer;
Team Ties For Fourth
BrulMr Bill Oashlon added a
touchdown and two extra points last
Friday night in the scheduled finale
for the Mountaineers to run 9* season
scoring to 10 touchdowns and
nine extra points for a total of 60
points, to top sccrlng honors for the
locals.
^>wight Ware, fleet wingback who
was playing his first season of football,
was second with 6 td's for 30
points The speedy halfback, probably
the most Improved man on the
team at the end of the season, graduates
come June with the 11 players
the Mountaineers lose via diplomas.
Trailing the leaders with 18 po^hts
Was Bob Early, while Bill Dettmar
had 12, Jim Black and Sam Mltcbem
7 apiece, and Ken George and Bob
Patterson recovered a blocked punt
In the end tone to share a tally.Kings
Mountain scored more than
twice as many points as did their
opponents. Totals: Kings Mountain, .
i Mirf iinrnTTfriiPi 11 III Mill ! nl i
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Western conference schedule of 7 ?
|um with 4 wine?S losses for a ?
percentage of JS71, finishing la a tie g\
with Lenoir, victim of Mountaineer V
power 18 to 7, for fonxth place host- 1
ore. Shelby was la fifth place, 1ft (J
percentage points behind the Moon-ft**?*?
imlio'illfn wmpogghsy' U>1
S wins, two looses, and two ties. ?
Boys Basketball
Pmrtire Monday t
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Coach Clyde Canipe announced ye# 0f
terday that boys basketball practice
will begin at the gymnasium Monday ee
afternoon at 5 p: m. with some 50-40 th
candidates expected to tnrn ont for co
the team. a(
Among lettermen returning are Bill e0
Bettmar, Bob Neill, Jim Black, and
Bill Caahion. UI
Girls basketball practice, under the l,
direction of Miss Mabel Goodman, Is p
now in its second weejs of practice ^
with the initial candidates already cut
to about half. tt
Mountaineers put Seep in that hole'by ^
Crouch's block of Cashion'a punt attempt.
Kings Mountain's final tally came
after the winners took over the ball
in midfield Henderaonville failing to
,make a first down by inches. Ware,
behind beautiful blocking, .dashed 34
! yards from his own 45 and Jake Harry
took it 15 yards down to the loser
18. Harry and Bob Huffstetler made
it first and goal on the 7 and Ware
on a reverse cut baek inside his sad
for tCe final six points, Rob Huffstet
ter's try for point failfhg by inches.
The game ended on the ftoat play
after the Mountaineers had kicked off
to the scrappy Hendersonville eleven.
Paul Johnson's running and passing
sad Collins pass snagging was ' out
standing Tor the losers.
. Bud Medlin, ironman Mountaineer
pivot man, was outstanding on defense
as was Caahion. Xeill- Oeeroe.
Dettmar, and Black.
The starters:
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LE?Dettmar Crouch
LT?George Jones
I,G?Harmon Miller
C?Medlin Whitmlre
RG?Bohelcr . _ Ma'ys
RT?Xeill Dermid
RE?Black Burnet
OB?Ledbetter Hudson
1,11 B?Gnult P. Johnson
R1 IB?Ware Collins
FB?Cushion Moruan I
J#nmninry: ~ KM scoring td?Enrlv |
(suh fo? Gnult. lbbl 2. Fashion. Ware. I
pt. T'r.shiftn 2. It scoring?none. Subs: i
KM Early. Harry. Boh Huffstetler.
Pntterson, Ledford, Plonk, Mnuney,
Crnwford. Wright, and nullender. H
?Williams. B. Johnson. Lowe, Sparks,
E. Johnson. Williams, and Hunt. Officials
? Wheeler referee; East umpire
and Ware headlinesman.
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Bob Fattorson B; Dwlfht War
Don Farkor; Jackla Barrett H]
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iPORT SHOTS
The Mountaineers of footbell fuit
Med a quite good teuoi last Fri17
eight with win over the loop)H'<
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1 to 0. It put the Chnlpe-men ik*a<l
the Shelby Lioes by 10 pereeetege
ilnU in the final Western confereestandings
and that, together with
eir 0-point licking of the upperunty
rivals, 'Just did up' the season
> perfect as far as many funs are
neerned.
By rights the locals should be in
idisputed fourth place is seems but
enoir's two ties must figure in tho
srceniage as a nair-win in oraer to
ve them the same percent as the
ountaineers. That ia 3 wing plus 2
es at 1-2 equals 4 and 2 losses plus
ties at 1-2 equals 3.
Mountaineer's season reeord was
48
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\ CENTRAL HIGH UOVTM
; Human BCanaoy *; Bob Ladtottar Q
LHB. Jmckia Wri*bt O. John B Plan)
K Bod H?dlln 0; Boy Bohalar a; Bob
? BHB; Jiki Harry, LHB; Bob Huffs
I; Jun?s Mom FB; Jim Oobb HB; Joo
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better, all ttacii losses oceuring U 1
conference foea: 7 win* and 3 losses. |
or .700 percent winning*. Which still j
doesn't truthfully show their greet I
season?ell three of the games they I
way' np to the final whistle. Lincoln- 1
ton beat them by 6 points; Hiehory by
7; and Cherry ville by 6. The Mountain
cert mauled out-of-loop opponents,
outscorlng them by 58 to 14. j
or-un IBtiuTB otters ite De?V i""> [
to each and every player on the squad
and to coaches Clyde Canipe and Don ,
Parker, not- forgetting the managers j
and other important personnel, and ,
congratulates them nil on a job well |
done! 'Hats off to the (our) Monn- ,
taineers, vintage 1946.
The homecoming ceremony was fit- 1
ting for the occasion as each senior
graduating frosn the squad was gtvee i
a pretty sponsor, backed by a local
business firm of course, and graduating
players' mothers were presented
with silver footballs honoring them '
and their sons. A group of ladies star <
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got it. Want a golf a
We've got 'em. Want
wrapped package, a <
Come in and sight-se
perfect present for e
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FEOTBST IN JOCK'S
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Finale
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'AINEER FOOTBALL SQ
S; Bob Sarly XJIB; Brnoot Jeakina 1
; O; Frank Oroon, Mana<er; 2nd 1
Belli T; Jack mttkm, KB; Jaol
teller FB; Ken Ooorgo T; Ralph Hu
rwiw na- * t.?w ?
Glonlnger O; Bobby Tsckeoo HB; Bic
.^P"*"1* ^.'.?<TMITIfo'T1/affir^c^
:ed the boll rolling on the homecoming
>arty and turned thing* brer to the
UerekuU 1 aaoelotlon awjl tbe Junior
Jhamber of Commerce, who did a notable
job of keeping the old pill mor>
ftJU-Benb-roo. ^ae. A
iff better boing hastily planned fbac
lad it been done-up tone week* age
?the weather waa perfect.
Rumor* flying around juat before
fcl?>-off ??fl ?t I??t ? Hnrmn epilog*
toache* in the atanda to look orer the
prospects on the Mountaineer aquad.
I'd naked Frank Howard to oend up a
coach for the gam* when I waa down
rigertown way for the Turman-Clemion
game and he aaid Bandy Hi neon
wonld be here. Well I got to thinking
maybe he brought along half the ataff
flown there, figuring we'd beat Travl*
Tidwell and Company down Anbnrn
way without them. I saw Randy during
the half and he waa the only one
T aaw. may hare been more therg.
And it took all Frank's assistant* except
Randy to atop the Auburn boys,
which waa the way we figured in this
comer.
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WORLD OF OIFTS
spiration on what to give. tli
weater, a hickory pipe, a 1
an easy payment lay-a wa;
sourteous salesman? We'v
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very man on your list.
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P; BUI Dettmar B; Jim Black
ov?Don Crawford B; HerK
Ledford O; Jack Both HB:
lUondar B; 3rd Bow?Coach
tyer* B; Bryan War* 0; F. C.
hard White HB; Coach Clyde
Carolina's Choo Cboo rolled merrily
on its way Saturday after being only
slightly held up for a little mora fast
by Duke and it . looks like Daks's added
fuel might have stoked the Justica
like to_see another Souther ronferene*
teai take away top honors in that affair.
Last Game for 14 Mountaineers was
high school eleats this week are Bill
Dettmar, Ken George, Bill Harmon,
John B. Plonk, Boy Boheler, Bob NaiH
Jim Black. Bob Ledbetter, BiU Gault,
Bob Early, Jake Harry, Bill Cushion,
Don Crawford, and Dwight Ware. May
eaeh of them piek up their college
eleats and eontinue their good work.
The Henderscn^ille player injured
last Friday night, Hudson, blocking
baek and signal eallCr for the visitors,
was not seriously hurt it has been
learned from several informative sour
ces, 8PORT8HOT8 is happy to reno
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