IP Page Two I SPORT SHOTS! BY CHARLES CARPENTET. Jacob Wlllard (Jake) Early, Kings j ? Mountain's hustling catcher with if >t the St. Louis Browns of the Ameri- ' | can League is currently pleasing j f local fans with his hitting after J breaking into the regular lineup two e weeks ago. ^ Jake is now hitting a healthy .361 percentage (as of May 20) with 13 hits in 36 trips. He has 9 runs batted in to his credit and two home runs. Judging by talk one hears in the ^ local baseball circle 'talking spots,' St. Louis definitely gained favor in . Kings Mountain with the addition " of Catcher Early. This time last year the Old Fox, Clark Orifith's, Washington Senafar as majortear iVVcte J" *8 Now it's the Browr.s, and many * fans of Jake's here are happier, be 1 lieving he has a better chance of 1 playing under another system. The 8 Old Fox and his managers haven't f seemed to get the most out of their 1 players in recent years. Kings Mountain is pulling for Jake ( ful-time now, and it looks like he ir d definitely on the way to a darn good season. ?lpu? Legion Junior stuff?Kings Moun tain Juniors baseball ttam of 1947 g got off on the right foot Tuesday i with a 9 to 6 win over "Pop" Sim- v mons Rutherfordton-Spindale team. Gene Brook's, right?hander of, last year's team, struck out 13 of the * opposing hitters in gaining the vie- ? tory and with another good pitching j prospect in the offing, the team f stacks up well according to local r observers. c Hitting, sadly lacking on the team j last year, looks improved. Addition of players from Grover1 and Waco high schools has also add j 1 ed power to the team. z Regular daily practice was started I last Monday by Coach Don Parker 11 and with first round eliminations j J scheduled to begin on Jnne 9, the ' l team is expected to shape up lntok a strong aggregation. 'S mjs Jj No information on the Area 4 set- j up has been received here other than ^ that published in the Gastonia Ga- ^ zette Tuesday, giving the Area break down. According to the report Kings ;1 Mountain has been bracketed along with Gaston and Mecklenburg coun- ( ties, Mt. Holly, Bessemer City, Shel- ] by, Cliffslde, Forest City, and Char- \ ryville. 1 Blanfton Child Dies At Duke Hospital i1 Jimmy Blanton. three-year-old; I son of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Blanton,! I died at Duke hospital, Durham, j Tuesday aftcmon following a long 1 illness. lz The young boy had been taken to 1 > P"ke hospital last week for treatment. Funeral rites were to be held at 1 the home Thursday afternoon, with 1 Rev. W. H. Stender officiating, and burial was to tawe place at Bethel cemetery. ! National Farm Safety Week will 11 be observed during the week of July S 20-26. 'l See J. T. R A' Tracy McGii F( NEW AND 1 ?AH Can Avail ONE-H 1947 Ford Tudor 1946 Ford Convertible ... 19W Bulck Super Sedan . 1942 PONTIAC STATION 1941 UNCOLN ZEPHYR. 4 1940 ClMTroltt Station Wo 1940 LaSalle Convertible 1940 Ford Station Wagon 1939 PontkM Sedan 1939 Ford Tudor 1939 FlywmUi Soda ... 1937 Fold TfcdO? ^ 1936 Ford Coupe '|n " ' ' TH, ?!etndlnge Western Caroline W L Pc orest City 6 1 .85' iewton 5 2 ,72^ dorganton 4 8 .57] Cings Mountain 4 3 .571 darion 4 3 .571 lessemer City 3 4 .425 ihelby ...2 5 .28 'aldose 0 7 .00 X?All games of May 21 rained ou , i 1 Vets Split Pair With Red Rocks Kings Mountain's Vet;- split a l\v< led Rocks over the week en3!"taklnl he game there Friday n.gnt by t 1-2 score and ropping the returi ;ame here Saturday nlpri before i tacked house in City Siuuium by i .2 to 8 score. Left Haynea v?nt th* rvure fo; he Vets in the li to J victory Fri lay night giving up se"*n hits, om i triple by Harold deal ;n the firs nmng. Gus Hartsoe started t'.ie Saturday ;ame (or the Vets and *.18 relievet n the second by Coley Gnyton, wh( t'as the losing pitcher. Beal and Forest Logers nomeret or the Red Rocks in the secont ;ame, Third Baseman Hull had three fo: ive (or the Vets Friday nigth anc )ermont Lohr had three (or (ou iaturday. Saturday night box: AB R H PO 'j 5. Nickols, 3b, 2b ..... 4 4 1 Franklin, 2b 2 2 2 4 leal, c( 5 1 3 0 i Sogers, r( 5 2 4 2 I Aillwood, c 5 0 1 6 (inkle, If 4 0 1 1 i J. Nickols, lb .4 0 0 11 < iherman, lb 1 0 0 2 i )ixon, ss 5 2 3 0 1 (armon, p 4 0 0 0 1 )ixon, ss 5 2 3 0 (armon, p 4 0 0 0 1 Vllliams, 3b 3 1 1 1 TOTALS 43 12 19 27 1 AB R H PO 1 juyton, cf, p 5 0 0 1 Halliburton, 2b 5 0 1 5 Veils, If 5 2 2 0 ' _ohr, lb 4 2 3 12 SuJl, 3b 4 2 1 1 Hold, ss 4 0 2 2 Paynes, rf 4 1 1 1 ;West, c 1 0 1 0 Jiggerstaff, c 3 1 1 5 lartsoe, p 0 0 0 0 5arker, cf 4 0 2 0 TOTALS 39 8 14 27 2 :?Thrown out of game by Umpir _ee in 2~:d. Jessemp- Cltv 230 012 040 i to play here In a single-game elim'.7,r Tune !tfl illlv i 1,2, and Sr^ii'K aliTK^n^Jl'S 1 In Western North Carolina will be j 1 offered an opportunity to enter, an t 1 over-abundance of entries will force j I selective chcdce of the 12 partlci-1 pants. This selection will be based , r on previous record of the teams, \ . iwith due consideration to competi-[ ? I tion faced. ? \ 1' The entry deadline is June 10, and 'it is expected that the leader and .' runner-tap in the Western Carolina II league will be two of the 12 entries. } The tournament winner and jruni ner-up will earn the right to particii pate in the state tourney at Ashe11 boro, with, the winner there to repre 11 sent North Carolina at Wichita, Kan jsas, to compete for- the national ^ j championship. i t Mr. Barrier reported that more inr ' terest is being shown in the events < this year than ever and said he felt Kings Mountain's portion of the state competition would be handled I in fine style. 1 Tentafive schedule calls for play1 Ing four games on June 30, four oni 0 July 1, the semi-finals on July 2,: 01 and the finals on July 3. On the first j 2 i two days, there will be both after0 noon and night double-headers.* I 0; Further announcements concern01 ing the event are expected in the i 5, near future. 0, 5 j Total cash receipts including Gov-; 0 ernment payments, in April from ^ ! 1 it/ootAnlr an/1 11?J ? ?4? ^ *va?wvn auu liTCQlUVn ^IUUUt'O |B j were around 1.9 billion dollars. 9 Lohr. HR?Beal, Rogers. SH?Har- I H imon, Lohr. DP?Gold to Halliburton .I a! to Lohr 2, E. Nlckols to Sherman. I 41 LOB ? BC 6, KM 6- BB?Off Harman I iq i 1, Guyton 1. SO?Off Harmon 4, Hart' I 0 soe 1, Guyton 4. H?Off Harmon 14. I 1 in 9; Hartsoe 6 in 1 1-3; Guyton 13 ! 4 In 7 2 3. SB?Hull, E. Nlckols. PB ? ifl 0 Biggerstaff, Millwood. Winning Pit- ! 0 cher?Harmon; Losing Pitcher?Guy>l 1 ton. Umpires?Lee and Shehan. I ! Time?2:15. ^ 0 e| - I ?! fDStgi \ J tfMWI J ? A . * \ \ t ' ' : " *'V [lay. 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