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Mountaineers Present Weiner First Win As Visitors Miss Point Attempt i ' . ?. ?*'? a a. ' ' " Kings Mountain high school won th& opening game of the 1951 footbal season here last Fri day night by .7 to 6 over Besse mer City to hand Conch Art Wei nep a scalp in his coaching d<> but. Tailback Jimmy Klmmell pro vided the winning points on a perfect point- after- touchdown from placement following his 10. yard gallop for the Kings Moun tain touchdown midway the fili al period. Bessemer City . came back strong after the Kings Mountain seven points, took the kickoff and marched 70 yards in 10 plays for the score but failed on the conversion attempt to deadlock ? the g&me. ? Fullback Bob Richardson, who ran for 54 off the 70 yards In the touchdown march, took a quick handoff from Quarterback Hob" Thomas and scooted the final 33 yards for Bessemer City's tally. Kings Mountain recovered a Bessemer City fumhle late in the third period and, after a 23-yard march, Klmmell backed up the visitors with a punt to the 10 yard line. The Yellow jackets failed to get enough for a first down and a fourth -try punt was bad, Kings Mountain taking ov er on the Bessemer City 27-yard, marker. Klmmell set up his scoring, dash from that point with a 12- 1 yard run for a first and ten on the 10-yaxd lino, Play-by-Play D. McCarter took Wright's kickoff on the KM lfl and came back up the middle 19 yards. Kimmell's pass to McCarter was hauled in onthe BC 35 and the little sophomore wingback ran to the 23. Ruth hit the line for three and Coatner broke through to down Klmmell for an 8-yard loss on a right flank attempt. Klmmell passed 4 yards to J. Ri ser and hit him on the 5 - yard line on the next play but Riser failed to hold the ball, BC taking over on their 24. Richardson and K. Kiser hit the Mountaineer wall for one and three yards and Kirhardson turned the right flank for four more. Thomas kicked out-of bounds on the KM 37. Klmmell lost 8 trying to pass as Dameron broke through and i K. Klncaid stopped McCarter's re verse to the left for minus two. Kimmell quick. kicked -10 yards to H. Matthews who came back a yard. K. Kincald failed to gain when Mauney hit him but picked up two on the next try, Flowers and lot AMOS & SON... Children's all-Wool I SWEATERS button-up in sizes 3-6 $1.98 - $2.98 button-up and pull-over in sizes 8-16 $2.98 - $3.98 Corduroy fackets assorted colors in sizes 2-6 $2.98 Corduroy Pants I in sizes 6, 12 and 18 months I * and 2-6 $1.98 - $2.98 Gabardine OVERALLS I assorted colors in sizes 1-6 $1.98 Girls School Dresses in prints and ginghams, sizes 7-14 and pre-teen 10's to 14's $1.98 - $3.98 Cotton Panties 25c and 29c Children's Slips ? Cotton 79c? $1.00 ??Silk Jersey S1.25 ruffled and lace trimmed Boys' Dungarees I ? 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" 37 23 Yds. punts returned ..... 15 16 Number klckoffs . . . . 2 2 Yds. klckoffs averaged . 37 36 Yards returned 40 27 Ball lost on fumbles . . 0 1 Number penalties ..... 1 1 Yards lost penalty ..... 15 15 TOTAL YARDS GAINED IN GAME (add yards gained runback punts, klckoffs & intercepted passes to net rush ing, passing and penalty gains) 239 283 Ruth knocking him down. Rich ardson turned his left end for 14 yards and a first down. Mc Ginnis and Hullender stopped K. Kiser for no gain and McMack in and Fisher held him to three yards on the next move. K. Kin caid turned; the right flank for 8 and a first down. Hullender and Welch making the tackle. Richardson turned the left (lank on a pltchout for 16 yards and another first. H. Matthews bumped Into Welch after pick ing up three, McCarter and Me Ginnis stopped Richardson after three and Fisher broke through to stop K. Kincald for minus three. Davis bumped Richardson down for two and the ball went over on downs as the ilrst quar ter ended. Second Period Bumgardner hit the line for 2, Dameron and K. Kincaid making the stop. Bumgardner again went into the line for a short gain but KM drew 15 yards for ilegal use of the hands. Kimmell went around right end for six with the guards, Costner and Schofield, making the stop. Kim mell back to pass, had to run and picked up nine yards. Kimmell punted 40 yards to Richardson who was stopped by J. Kiser af ter picking up six yards. Kiser picked up three and BC drew 15 on the next play for il legal use of the hands. K. Kin caid picked up 4 Mauney stop ping him, and Thomas threw to Schofield for 11 yards. Thomas punted 33 yards to McCdrter who ran it back 15 yards. KimmeH's passes to McGlnnis and to Kiser fell incomplete and Kimmell turned tho left flank (or 14 yards and a first. McCarter lost a yard when Kiser and Rich ardson gummed up the works, Kimmell passed to McGlnnis for no gain and Kimmell hit Kiser (or 12 yards and a first. Kimmell turned his right end for 8 yards but on the next play, KimmeH's pass to McCarter was intercept ed. ,K. Kiricald lqst a yard when McGinnis broke in to down him but H. Matthews scooted over left tackle for 14 yards. Flowers and McMackin making the grab. Guyton stopped Richardson after 8 yards and Matthews went over left guard for six and a first. Flowers in on the stop. Richard son attempted to turn the right flank but several Mountaineers broke in and he latteraled off to Schofield who was stopped -a yard Short of the line of scrim mage by McGlnnis at the half., Third Period Kimmell kicked of to the BC 23 to Kiser who ran back 11 yards into Welch to start the second half. . McMackin and Hullender j stopped Matthews after a 4-yard i gain and. Kiser hit the line for a first down. McCarter and Hul lender mak'-.ig the stop. Ruth and Fisher stopped Matthews for minus three and Kimmell stop ped Richardson short of a first down. Harris and Flowers haul ed Richardson down after he had made the first with three yards. McGinnls and McMackin stopped Kiser for 3 and Harris, Ruth and McCarter held Matthews to no gain. Foster failed to gain into the line and Fisher, McMackin and Hullender stopped Richard son for five, short of a first. Kimmell cutback over his right ; tackle for 12 yards and a first. Wright stopped Bumgardner af ter a yard and KimmeH's pass was intercepted by Schofield at midfjeld and returned to the KM ! 48. Kiser went into the line on two tries good for a pair of yards each but found the going rough with Fisher. Guyton, Hullender and Welch making the grabs. Matthews matte a short three ov er guard but Richardson turned the right flank on another pitch out for 6 yards and the first, Fisher and Hullender doing the stopping. Flowers held Richard son to 2 yards on another pitch to the left and Matthews, going to his left, was hit hard by Fish ier and lost the ball, Flowers re I covering to stop the threat on the KM 36 . Scholield and Dameron stopped Bumgardner after five and Poe, K. Kincaid and Schofield held the big tailback to a yard on the next try. Kimmell then hit Kiser in the Tit for 9 and a first as the period ended. Fourth Period Richardson stopped Kimmell for a four-yard gain around the right and Schofield stopped Mc Carter's reverse go to the left af ter a yard. Costner and Scho field held Bumgardner to three and Kimmell punted to Richard son on the BC 10, the big full back getting 9 yards on the re turn. Hullender and Mauney stopped K. Kincaid for minus two and Kimmell almost grabbed Thom as' flip toward Kincaid. Richard son ran for six from punt forma tion and Thomas punted off the side of his foot for four yard^ to set up the Kings Mountain score. Kimmell ran off tackle four yards to the BC 23 before Cost ner bumped him down hard. Ruth picked up two yards,. Schofield making the grab. Kimmell fought STATISTICS RUSHING: Kings Mountain Player T G L Net Av. Kimmell 17 105 16 89 5.2 Ruth 2 5 0 5 2.5 Bumgardner 7 H 1 13 1.9 McCarter 3 1 3 -2 -.7 Bessemer City Richardson 18 J 36 1 135 . 7.5 H. Matthews 9 36 6 30 3.3 K. Ktser 8 22 0 22 2.8 K. Kincaid ,7 14 6 8 1.0 Foster 1 0 0 Q .0 PASSING: Kings Mountain Passer At*. Comp. Int. Yds. Kimmell 10 ? 5 2 64 From To Yds. Gained Kimmell P. McCarter 39 Kimmell. Klset 4, 12, 9 Kimmell ; McGinnis 0 Bessemer City Passer Att. Comp. Int. Yds. Thomas '7 2 0 21 From To Yds. Gained Thomas K. Kincaid 11, 10 his way around the left flank for 12 yards and the first down. Scho field and Wright delaying the tally by making the grab. On the next play, Kimmell set sai^l a round the Hght end, cut back i fast and whizzed by a number of would-be tacklers to cross the goal standing up. Kimmell added the extra point from placement. Bessemer City came back to drive for their score after Davis kicked off to the BC 14 and Rlch: a rdson returned 16 before Flow ers hit him. The big fullback pick ed up a yard before McMackin and Matin*? stopped him. Thom as missed R. Kincaid with a toss but hit K Kincaid for 10 and a first. Richardson took a Thomas pitchout and went 13 to his right, Fisher making the stop. Flow ers and Mauney stopped Mat thews for six yards. K. Kincaid couldn't flag down Thomas' quick toss, Richardson, running to his left, adde danother first with 7 | yards before Fisher got him. Thomas tried a Pair of pitches, to K. Kincaid down the center and to Matthews down the right side, both incomplete. Richard son got the call again and sailed 33 yards with a handoff from Thomas to the. corner for the score, Thomas missed the center snap and Daniels didn't get a chance to boot for the point as the Mountaineer line swarmed on the ball. Kings Mountain took the kick off and held on to the ball until the final whistle. McCartfir took Wright's 35-yard boot 21 yards back up the field before he ran into Costner. Kimmell ran for 9 and 7 yards and a first. Costner was knocked out slamming Bum gardrter down for a yard loss. Kimmell failed to gain on two tries as, the game ended. The lineups: Pos. Kings Mtn. Bessemer City LE? Davis K. Kincaid LT? Fisher Wright LG ? McMackin Costner C? Hullender Poe RG-s-Welch . Schofield RT? Mauney Dameron RE ? Flowers ............ Pipes QB ? McGinnis ........ Thomas RH? McCarter .... H. Matthews LH ? Kimmell ........ K. Kiser FB ? Ruth Richardson Kings Mountain ..0 0 0 7 ? 7 Besaemer City ... .0 0 0 6 ? 6 SCARING: Kings Mountain ? touchdown, Kimmell (10 yard run 'in 4th period); PAT, Kimmell, Officers Destroy Large Still Here Kings Mountain law enforce ment officers reported "hlasting" of a large still here last week. Deputies Jack Stone and War ren Ellison reported discovery of a still located near the north western slope of the Kings Moun tain crest. After watching the still for sev eral days and failing to discover anyone approaching it, the offi cers figured it had been aband oned by ii's operators. placement. Bessemer City ? touch down, Richardson (3? yard run in 4th period). SUBSTITUTIONS: Kin g s Mountain ? ends, J. Kiser, Plott; tackles, Hudson; backs, Bum gardner, Harris, Guyton. Besse mer City? ends, R. Kincaid; tac kles, Payne; guards, P. Daniels; backs, Foster, J. Daniels. OFFICIALS: Austin, referee, of Charlotte; English, umpire, of Belmont; Boggs, head linesman, of Dallas; Putnam, field judge, of Shelby. On September 6th, the officers, along with Officer L, L| Hamrick and A. C. Stewart of the Kings Mountain police department, went to t he scene and "blasted" the unit with dynamite. Deputy Stone, said the unJt was a double boiler type and had a capacity of ?40 gallons. Truckers Requested To Reduce Speeding Acting police Chief S. R. David son anounced this week that he has mailed letters to many motor freight carriers operating trucks through Kings Mountain asking cooperation in reducing speeds of the vehicles. . The letter: " "The drivers of some of the trucking companies that operate through this city are lax in ob serving the speed laws. In the past we have been very lenient with .these violators. "With the opening of school the hazard is increased, and we shall thank you to instruct your drivers to cooperate with us in reducing this hazard." Your Favorite Style _ 0ar Big Stock Any Bi???" ?21 t W? P?? ?-??'?? *M| , 1 terfw "? AS LOW AS EASY TERMS!1 COMMIE OOgfSpCES BEFORE OU MlMilQllDS SEUS t01Rl
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