V Friday, February 13. 1948 spirals ' BY CHARLES CARPENTER Jake Early has signed his contract with the St. Louis Browns. Catcher Jake will be playing his 10t.; ( year of major league baseball this summer and will be eligible for re- j tirement benefits. Here's to a good season, J. W..,.. Boyce Henry Stone has inked with Raleieh of th? Oar. ' clina league. He's the big right-) hinder who twirled for the 1946 Vets t here ..... John George, hustling first ! sacker says,he's waiting before ' he j signs but that he has had lots of in ; quiries .... George Wilson, anoth- j er first sacker from Crowders Moun- } tain section, has signed with the Boston Red Sox and is expected to ; have a good season this summer af- i ter an excellent one with Roanoke of the Piedmont loop last year . . j Louis Norman ?"? V* ???c V) V.1IVUI1 IIUO year ? reports have i' thatDuL'o^rt mills here will .field a ream this summer ..... have heard no more 1 i Bbl JSM Wy ^bb fl^ns * ' . . "*. ' ' . CG u^SajI s 8H hV^I ' Hi^j M9mr*&+MW ;" V. .',. . - "rv." V* j ? I Phone, 34 I r ;V>.' y v * v;' T? from the .Cral-.spurt nail club ..... tor we'd like to see both these teams in 'J1* a league this summer . ./where is 1 r' my spikes... . , . UP ?us? Unfortunate* situation, that's the j}c only way to describe the Central- jj0 Blue Ridge game last Friday rfight. tie 'Nuff said! ' ed ?lt-i? ea It's too oi l the rough weather de- 'Jl' priced many Kings Mountain fans Wf of witnessing junior-college calibre basketball last week during the Lions club tournament and that's . what It was. '27 With the exception of perhaps gj two games, the seven gamps played . ert was on par with-good junior college ball. Probably better! | t And the weather, we believe, kept jjc many local fans from attending the tournament. . Better luck next year. Lions! ?r' ?mo? 1 A Dick Werfver, diminutive Shelby * guard center-forward, captured the most outstanding player award and was a favorite with the fans ...... Kings Mountain's red-hot "Davidson college' team was the class of the tournament in our estimation, living up to our report of last week, A really fast-breaking team,, every man that played contributed to the winning of the championship trophy; And the t wo Grover members, al though they were not aboard for the'last two games, contributed their share in the 44 to 40 last minute vie >mpc > MBt** gKHBHSHpV^T r^ ffiST^IPB iit ' ' - :' . '-;>.r-:^, f'--:r '-'V-' * ' -v-.v ft ' 1 -A . - ' '; . , . AiV i * / .' * V./ ' *' . \ (E KINGS MOUNTAIN HERAL y over Firestone of Gastonia in { C/irst-round game Jan. 28. Al;.* isp and John Gold played a bang- ( floor game to aid the locals in it-one. And Bill Williams, Charles ed) Neisler, Owens, Manier^ Jim I( rrtdon, Dave and Bob Neill, and.g uston Black added their part, . jj nry Neisler and Ed Hopper bang- u the baskets for 25 and 30 points j eh to lead the scoring... .two of ? Shelby players also excel 1 in seball. Loy Paige and Harvey Bo n were members of the 1045 I.p. >n champs ...... Monroe's Trull d 28 points in the two games he V tyed and teammate Johnson hitj Russ Grfcer was the coach of the ngs Mountajn team He was on s itches most of the Tournament.*' ' L The best time to house the laying >ek is when the pullets are ready lay their first eggs, aithough'they jy be housed any time during the _ owing season. ?Quality THAT'S THE BRA! WEAVER'S Phone ' *Ik'? yo ;: > ' ;." Vfl >r?*s$*- - / v. > KPW ." Ok | ''* ' ',\^' ".' ' ' ' y' ' '*' ^ J s ^ \ ". D. KINGS MOUNTAIN. N. C. Central Boys Drop lame To Blue Ridge Kings Mountain boys basketball ?am dropped a "football game" to lue Ridge School for Boys from* tendersonviile irv Central gyoinasiim last Friday night, score 22 to 27. The lineups: v&i / oo\ ni..? t on \ ***** \ * ?< / Wiuc tliuvjc / Ruth,- 4 .. Patrick,' 4 Medlin, 9 t Summers, 4 i Mauney, 4 Push, 3 Huffstetler, 2 Flicker, 6 Amos Keith, 1. Subs ? 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