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1 i on the bench with Bob Hoffman - I PUNCH HITS—Jerry McCarter has replaced George Harris as the leading Mountaineer hitter. McCarter is hitting .333 with 13 hits in 39 trips, while Harris has fallen below the .300 mark for the first time this season. George is hitting .298 with 11 hits in 37 trips. John McGinnis has gone on a hitting rampage during the past two or three games to raise his mark to a .308 point. He has eight hits in 26 trips. McCarter and McGinnis are the only two regulars hitting above .300, but Harris at .298 and Valentine at .290 are both in easy reaching distance of this coveted figure. The team batting has dropped to a .251 average, with the boys collecting 86 hits in 342 trips to the plate. But opposing teams are hitting Mountaineer hurlers at a mere .225 pace, with 84 hits in 374 trips. The opposing squads have scored 65 runs compared with Kings Mountain’s 55. This is through the first 10 games of the season. Keith Layton, who has carried most of the pitching assignments this year, has been pretty rough on his foes, the lanky left-hander has pitched 64 innings, given up 47 hits, and had 37 runs scored on him. On the other hand, he has struck out 70 batters, walked 31, and hit four batters. Earned run totals would even point out a better rec ord for Layton. A great many of the runs he has allowed have come directly from fielding errors. POP-FLIES—Rutherfordton-Spindale must take its baseball seriously. Several Mountaineers players came back from the mountain city telling of how their base runners came into the sack with spikes flashing. Doug Rathbone received a long slit in his pants leg from one of these Ty Cobb type runners. Speaking of rough times, Buzz Biggerstaff had a bad day at Cliffside Thursday. In the first inning Biggerstaff missed a throw made by the shortstop on a hot grounder by George Harris. To add to his woe, Harris bowled him over as he rounded first and two Kings Mountain runs scampered home. This was just the beginning. Later in the game, Big gerstaff was trapped between first and second, and on the run-down, George Harris caught the dodging first baseman under the chin with the ball. To top off this bad chain of events, Jerry McCarter stepped on Biggerstaff’s foot late in the game, wh:n he failed to remove it from the bag in time. Some days it just don’t pay to get out of bed, Buzz. Coach Fred Withers pulled his hair Thursday as one of his runners stole second and went in standing up, on ly a bad throw from the catcher saved his being tagged out. Withers then informed the other squad members that failure to slid into a base would cost them five laps around City Stadium. Bet the boys will be sliding all over the place in future games. George Harris and Mearl Valentine get a lot of rid ing from bench jockeys every where the Mountaineers play. Cliffside is no exception and the boys there got on Mearl early in the contest. However, his three base hits and three runs driven in slowed the chatter down as darkness fell to stop the game. Keith Layton was at a disadvantage in Thursday’s contest. He or the manager had left his left-handed glove in Kings Mountain. He is the only south-paw on the club, and was without a glove of the left-handed variety. However, when Keith got the call to pitch, he just slipped a right handed glove on his hand and eased out to give the Cliffside batters fits. His only trouble was trying to field a pair of hoppers back to the mound. MAJOR MUSINGS—Washington is up to its old tricks in the American League. Manager Chuck Dressen yelled all during spring drills about what a pitcher Ted Abernathy was developing into. But before the season is a couple days old, ships Ted to Louisville. Washington fans, the few that are left, are asking why? The Yan^s are off to a roaring start this season. Look like the Brooklyn boys of 1955. After viewing the Boston-New York game last week, I wonder if the Yanks have the pitching it has boasted in past years. Four pitchers saw action for the Stengle men in one inning. Didn’t look too strong during that frame. Chico Carrasquel slapped a grand-slam homer for the Indians Thursday night. Those wondering about the Larry Doby-Carrasquel trade are a little happier at the moment. Early Wynn, who was said to be on the block , has won two of Cleveland’s few victories this season. Says he isn’t happy about the trade talk, but it doesn’t show in his work. Cherryville Micros Run Again Sunday five or 30 cars are expected at the Cherryville Speedway again Sunday afternoon as another 100 laps of micro-midget racing is reeled off. Time trials are at 1:30 with races carded for 2:30. Tom Harry of Grover copped top money last weekend with Jack Gardner second, Ben Dixon third. There will be two heat races, a consolation run, and the main event, a 40-lap feature, Sun day. The Cherryville Speedway is lcated just out of Cherryville on the Cherryville -Kings Moun tain-Bessemer City highway. Foi Everyone Hit or Miss—It's Lots of Fun! ALLEYS NOW OPEN EVERY NIGHT!! League Bowling Tuesday and Friday OPEN 9 A. M. 'til 11P. M. MOUNTAIN LANE BOWLING CENTER Battleground Ave. Mountaineers, Cliffside Tied As Darkness Stops Game After 12 Kings Mountain and Cliffside hooked-up in a 12 inning, three and one-half hour ball game in Cliffside Thursday that saw the contest end in a 10-10 deadlock. The game was finally called because of darkness, after each team had failed to score in the last four frames. In runs, hits and errors, the game was as close as one can get. Each squad banged out 14 hits and 10 runs, while the Moun taineers made seven terrors com pared to eight for the home town boys. Kings Mountain tallied three in the top of the opening inning to take a short lived lead. Cliff side came back for one each in the second and third, but let the Mountaineers harvest another pair of scores in the fifth. The Cliffdwellers roared back for one in the fifth, and really started a rally in the sixth when they collected seven hits good for six runs. Kings Mountain trailed at this point by a 9-6 score, however, they got two in the seventh, com pared to a lone run by Cliffside, and the local boys added two more in the eighth to end the game’s scoring. From here on, it was a pitch ers’ battle, with neither hurler willing to take a loss. Gene Bowers started the tilt on the mound for the Mountain eers, but had to be lifted in the sixth during the Cliffside upris ing. Keith Layton came on then, and the lefthander gave up only six hits during the next 6% inn ings, while stricking out 11. Both team’s fielding was shod dy at times, but neither team was hurt any worse than the other by boots. Kings Mountain had a fine chance to ice the ball game in the ninth frame, but it failed. Bill Ware had singled to open the inning, and Don Gladden went in to run for the stocky second sacker. Gladden was picked off first and tagged out in a run down. McGinnis flied deep to center, and Jerry McCarter got a sharpe single, which would have brought in the winning run had Gladden not beten picked off. Mearl Valentine led the 14-hit Mountaineer attack with three bingles. McGinnis, McCarter, and Bridges chipped in a pair of sing les each. Haynes paced Cliffside with three hits, while Bailey added a double, and Biggerstaff a triple. This marked the second game this year that Kings Mountain failed to collect an extra base hit. Local Ladies Take Golf Honors The Foothills League Ladies’ Golf Association were hosted by Cleveland County Country Club last Friday in a match, which saw some 75 ladies competiting. Attending from Kings Moun tain were Mrs. George Mauney, Mrs. Paul Neisler, Mrs. Earl Byrd, Mrs. Hal Ward, Mrs. Don Blantoii, Mrs, Pete McDaniel, and Mrs. Carl Mayes. Several of the local ladies came, through with honors in the vari ous divisions of play in the one day meet. Mrs. Margaret Ward took second low net in the class B handicap class; Mrs. Earl Byrd captured second low gross in class-C handicap play; Mrs. George W. Mauney took low net honors in class-C play; and Mrs. Pete McDaniel was named best sport in the 18-hole group. Member clubs of the Foothills League are Shelby, Kings Moun tain, Cherryville, Lenoir, Mor ganton, Catawba (Hickory), Statesville, Mooresville, and Lin colnton. KINGS MOUNTAIN Ttgitor, 2b. Ware, 2b .... Blanton. If . McGinnis, If, 2b . McCarter, c . Harris, ss . Valentine, lb ... Bridges, cf .. Rathbone, 3b Baity, rf . Bowers, p .. Layton, p ....... A-Davis .. B-Gladden ....... UR H TOTALS_ CLIFFSIDE Pearson, cf ... Humphries, c Ingram, lb ... Biggerstaff, lb Wallace, p ... Haynes, ss .. Season, rf ... Griffin, 3b ... Bailey, If _ 50 10 14 A1RH 5 12 1 1 0 0 2 2 1 2 TOTALS . 52 10 14 SCORE BY INNINGS KM . 300 021 220 000—10 Q iff side . 011 016 100 000—10 A—Ran for Tignor in 6th. B—Ran for Ware in 9th. E—Ware, McGinnis, Valentine, Harris 2, Rathbone 2, Ingram, Haynes 4, Beason, Griffin 2; RBI—McGinnis 2, McCarter, Valentine 3, Bridges, Baity 2, Pearson, nor, McCarter, Valentine, Bridges 2, Rath, bone 2, Baity 1, Hnumphries 3, Haynes 3, Humphries, 2, Biggerstaff, Wallace, Bailey 2; 2B—Bailey; 3B—Biggerstaff; EB—Tig Beason; LEFT—KM—13, Cliff side 11; F*~ Layton 3, Wallace 4; SO—Layton 11, Bow ers 4, Wallace 8; HO—Bowers 8 in 5, Lay ton 6in 7; HBP—McGinnis, Baity (Wallace) Haynes (Layton); WP—Wallace; PB—Hum phries 2. Little Leagueis WQ1 Start Play Kings Mountain’s four Little League, clubs will begin their season play on Monday. The teams will play 18 regular season games, and then will have play-off games between first and second half winners to decide the championship team. The schedule is as follows: FIRST HALF SCHEDULE—1956 May 7 Burmil vs. Park Grace Kiwanis vs. Jaycees May 9 Jaycees vs. Bur-Mill Park Grace vs. Kiwanis May 14 Bur-mill vs. Kiwanis Park Grace vs. Jaycees May 16 Jaycees vs. Kiwanis Park Grice vs. Bur-Mill May 21 Kiwanis vs. Park Grace Bur-Mill vs. Jaycees May 23 Jaycees vs. Park Grace Kiwanis vs. Bur-Mill May 28 Park-Grace vs. Bur-Mill Jaycees vs. Kiwanis June 4 Kiwanis vs. Bur-Mill Jaycees vs. Park Grace SECOND HALF SCHEDULE June 13 Jaycees vs. Kiwanis Park Grace vs. Bur-Mill June 18 Kiwanis vs. Park Grace Bur-Mill vs. Jaycees June 20 Jaycees vs. Park Grace Kiwanis vs. Bur-Mill June 25 Bur-Mill vs. Park Grace Kiwanis vs. Jaycees June 27 Jaycees vs. Bur-Mill Park Grace vs. Kiwanis July 9 Bur-Milk vs. Kiwanis Park Grace vs. Jaycetes July 11 Kiwanis vs. Jaycees Bur-Mill vs. Park Grace July 16 Jaycees vs. Bur-Mill Park Grace vs. Kiwanis July 18 Park Grace vs. Jaycees Bur-Mil vs. Kiwanis June 6, 7, 8—Rained out games to be made up and the first half winner declared. June 11 — All-Star game bet ween 1-4 place team vs 2-3 place team. Week of July 4th open date (Field day for Little Leaguers) July 23, 24, 25 — Make up rain ed out games (if necessary to de termine 2nd half winner). July 30th through August 4th— Play-offs between first and sec ond half winners for the cham pionship. In the event the same team wins both halves a round robin will be played to determine the second place team. August—Pick all-star team to represent Kings Mountain in State play-offs. Rules—All games will begin at 4:00 p. m. until further notice. If See the new super-quiet Scott-Atwater • ••it bails your boat, tool There’s a real thrill waiting for you when you try the new Scott-Atwatcr. Smooth, quiet operation; Bail-a matic power bailing; full shift; big remote tank; lota of other features, rop in today 5 HP 10 HP 16 33 SMALL DOWN PAYMENT—FULL YEAR TO PAY TfF City Auto & Home Supply S. Battleground Ave. _Phone 896 Dusters Take Title Pair Oi Loops Open The last of Kings Mountain’s bowling leagues closed its regu lar season this week. The Dusters took the Challen ger League title with a 55-32 rec ord for the season. Tin Benders were second with a 49-38 mark. In the closing games, Dusters won a pair from Tin Benders, with Bill Barber’s 321 paving the way. Blanton’s 323 Was tops for the losers. Kat Houser opened a pair of mixed-double leagues during the past week. In league No. 1, the Out Casts won a pair from the Cast Outs, while the Let Downs took three from the Pick-ups. Buren and Ann Randle paced the Let Downs with scores of 314 each, and a 295 by Clarence Plonk led the Pick-Ups. Tom Gamble’s 349 paced the Out Casts and Albert Brackett’s 303 head ed the Cast Outs. League No. 2 action saw the Ten Tins, and the Cherry Pick ers win three each from the Duck Pins, and the Punch-Outs. Plonk’s 342 paced the Ten Tins, while Peterson’s 312 was high for the Duck Pins. Ellison’s 284 headed the Cherry Pickers’ wins, while a 301 by Brackett paced the losing Punch-Outs. Tigers Dropped 11-8 For Second Defeat Kings Mountain’s semi - pro Negro baseball team, the Tigers, lost their second game in a row as they dropped a 11-8, 11-inning game to Mt. Holly Saturday. Miles Brown was the losing pitcher, giving up 16 hits. Char les Mutts came on in relief in the ninth to pick up the win for Mt. Holly. The local team will play Dallas here Saturday afternoon in their next game. the visiting team is behind 7 runs after 4% innings or the home team after 5 innings it shall be declared a game and play shall be stopped. All Little League rules as found in the Little League manual must be observed at all times and an infraction of the. rules may con stitute a forfeit. Raiders Take 9-7 Thriller Here Mountaineers'Late Rally Fails Kings Mountain’s Mountain eers dropped another Southwest ern Conference thriller here Tuesday to Belmont’s Red Raid ers by a 9-7 count. The Mountaineers out-hit the Raiders, but mental lapses in two innings cost them the ball game. Keith Layton hurled the sevten. inning game lor Kings Mountain, giving up seven hits while strik ing out 10. The Raiders had to call Don Traywick from the bench to put out a Kings Mountain rally in the seventh, when the local boys threatened to grab the game out ol the lire. Traywick struck out Jerry McCarter to end the upris ing and the game. Belmont tallied one run in the lirst on a triple by Mickey Byers and a single by Dick Suggs. The Mountainteers came back to score a pair ol runs on an inter ference play by the Belmont catcher, a hit batter, a single by George Harris, and a double by Mearl Valentine. The Raiders came through with a trio of tallies on one hit. Isen hour walked, Williams singled, Byers was safe on a fielder’s choice which failed to get the runner, Suggs was hit by Layton, Mauldin was safe on a fielder’s choice, and the damage was done. Adding one in the fifth, the Raiders went into the sixth with a 5-2 margain. In this frame, Bel mont tallied a pair of runs on no hits as Bradshaw walked, Lineberger got on due to an er ror, stole second, and a passed ball saw one run score. Line berger then tallied on a ground ball to second base. The Mountaineers rallied in the sixth to get back three runs when iRathbone opened with a single, I Baity also bingled, McGinnis walked to load the bases, and McCarter hit a rousing double to drive in three runners. In the seventh and final inn ing, all conference games will be of seven-inning duration unless agreed upon by both poaches in the future, the local team started with Valentine getting a single, two men went down, and Baity got a single, Layton singled, and pinch-hitter Charles Blanton fol lowed with a timely single, Mc Ginnis walked, and McCarter fan ned to end the inning. It was Jerry’s first time to gQ down swinging this season. Byers, with a triple and single, led the Belmont hitting, while McCarter, Valentine and Baity had two hits each for Kings Mountain. Valentine and McCar ter had doubles. Thifc loss gave Kings Moun tain a 4-5, one tife, standing in the Southwestern loop play. Central, Chenyville Games Will Finish Local Diamond Schedule Kings Mountain has three chances to make 1956 a winning baseball season. The Mountaineers presently have a 4-5 record, having tied one game with Cliffside. Teams yet to be played are Rutherfordton - Spindale, Cherry ville, and a raided - out contest with Lincolnton. » Of the three, Rutherfordton Spindalte is the lone home game. Smarting from a previous de feat by the Central team, Kings Mountain will be out to get re venge when Central journeys here Friday afternoon. Keith Layton and Ray Searcy will probably facte each other on the mound. Searcy won the pre vious meeting by 6-5 score. How ever, the Mountaineer batsmen collected 10 hits off Searcy, while Layton allowed only seven Tuesday, Kings Mountain will travel to Cherryville to attempt a win over the Ironmen, who took a previous game by a humi lating 21-6 score. A rained-out game with Lin* colnton will be played but an exact date has not been set. The Lines have a good hitting team, but lack pitching strength. Coach Fred Withers, having made several line-up switches, now has a slugging ball team, but one that has been hampered by errors afield. Layton, one of the better pitchers in the con ference, has lost several games due to these miscues. Conference games will be of seven-inning length for the re mainder of this season, Coach Withers said Tuesday. The con ference ruling has been in effect, but few coaches were playing seven-inning games. If two coach es agree to nine-innings prior to the contest, they may still play the full-length game. BELMONT AB B H PO Williams, 3b.,..... 4 1 1 2 Byers cf...3 Mauldin, ss ... • 4 Miller, rf. 4 Bradshaw, 2b . 3 Brown, If . 4 Lineberger ,b. 3 Isenhour, p.2 Traywick, p . 0 TOTALS . ..... 30 9 7 21 KINGS MTN. AB H H PO Ware, 2b .. • • • 2 0 0 2 Gladden, If . 0 0 0 0 McGinnis, If, 2b . 0 2 0 2 McCarter, c . 4 1 2 10 Harris, ss ......4 0 1 1 Valentine, lb . 3 1 2 3 Bridges, cf . 3 0 0 1 Rathbone, 3b ...’.. .....4-1 1 0 Baity, rf . 4 2 2 1 Layton, p . 4 0 1 1 x Carpenter .. 1 0 0 0 xx 31anton .... 1 0 1 O xxx Davis . 10 0 0 TOTALS . 31 7 10 21 SCOBE BT INNINGS: _ BELMONT .... 103 012 2XX-* KINGS MTN .200 003 2xx—7 x—Hit for Ware in 6th. xx—Singled for Gladden In 7th. xxx—Struck out for Bridges in 7th. E—Harris 2, Rathbone, Layton, Byers, Bradshaw; RBI—McCarter 3, Valentine 2, Layton. Blanton, Suggs, Mauldin 2; 2B— McCarter, Valentine; 3B—Byers; Sft— Byers 2, Bradshad, Llneberger: LEFT— KM 11, Belmont 4; BB—Layton 2, Isen hour 3; SO—Layton 10, Isenhour 5. Tray wick 1; HO Isenhour 10 in 6% wick 1; HO—Isenhour, 10 in 614 Inn, Traywick 0 in 14 inn: HBP — McCarter (Isenhour) Suggs, Byers (Layton); WP— Layton 2; PB—McCarter 2; W—Isenhour; L—Layton. FOR STRAWS! KEETER’S \ , Coo! New Numbers by Hopkins in latest styles and colors. Dress Up. and feel cool at the same time. $2.98 to $5 Sunday Is Kings Mountain Straw Hat Day! Wings and Jantzen SPORT SHIRTS Big new shipments from these two top manufacturers. Short sleeves and knit numbers. S2.95 and S3.95 Big New Shipment JANTZEN SWIM TRUNKS (See the matching Jantzen shirts listed above.) $2.95 to $5.95 COOL SLACKS By HUBBARD Big .assortment col ors, styles. Wash 'n' wear, ivy lacquer, regular styles. SL9S to $9.95 KEETER’S
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