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TATUM'S TROUBLES—Sunny Jim Tatum’s woes can
be measured by the barrel full these days.
The latest incident involving Tatum and his so-called
“irregular recruiting methods” deals with Don Coker,
a Reidsville back that promises to be a great college
player.
The ACC has shut the door on Coker’s chances of
playing any type of sports at UNC. The reasons are a
little hazy, but nevertheless Coker will probably never
* be on the Tarheel roster.
\ Ruling Coker ineligible to participate in sports at
UNC, the ACC Executive Committee based its decision
j on the fact that the boy was given a membership to Pen
, rose Country Club in Reidsville. This constituted illegal
i aid in the eyes of the distinguished committee.
Robert D. Johnson, a Reidsville automobile dealer,
! paid for the membership for Coker, who is a good friend
, of Johnson’s son. The interested parties contend that
this membership was purchased some six weeks after
Coker had decided to enter Carolina this fall.
The ACC is sure trying to raise (its standards, or at
least give the idea that everything is on the up and up.
How about Choo Choo Justice and his convertible,
which was a gift of the alumni? Or in another case Wake
Forest’s ace fullback of a few years ago, Bill Geofge.
Big Bill also received an auto from grateful grads.
The executive committee agreed that no person from
the University was involved in this Cojcer incident. Who
is responsible for “policing” the activities of thousands
of UNC or Duke or other alumni? If no member of the
University or its coaching staff is involved why all the
rukus??
Carolina may appeal the committee’s decision—and
they should. What about Coker—his college athletic
career already has a blot on it and the boy has never
donned a uniform.
If the present trend continues, and I hope it won’t, a
college prospect will be afraid to ask an alumni for a
match to light to light a cigarette.
As for Tatum, the only other thing that could happen
is for John L. Lewis to call the Pennsylvania boys off the
field on strike.
PENNANT PARADE—The New York Yankees have
been mopping up everything in sight in the American
League—with the exception of Detroit. The Tigers,
based on standings of August 24, had a 8-10 record
against the mighty Yanks. Washington has been the
easiest touch for the New Yorkers, who hold a 14-2 mark
against the sagging Senators.
The National League pennant race has turned into a
guessing game—you pay your money and take your
pick of any of the top three teams.
Milwaukee was leading the pack by one game last
week with 29 games to go. Brooklyn trailed by a mere
contest with 29 games left, and Cincinnati was three
games back with 27 tilts coming up. , - .
The Braves have a pair of games with Brooklyn, Pitts
burg, and New York; five with the Redlegs, seven with
St. Louis, four with Philadelphia, and seven with the
Cubs. "
Brooklyn has a pair with tlie Braves, Redlegs, Cardi
nals, and Phils, 10 with Pittsburg, three with Chicago,
and nine with the Giants.
The Redlegs have five with the Braves, two with
Brooklyn, Pittsburg and New York, seven with St. Louis,
four with the Phils, and five with the Cubs.
Pittsburg and St. Louis will be the key teams to watch
in the remainder of the pennant race. Brooklyn could
have trouble with the Pirates over a 10-game stretch,
and both the Braves and Redlegs have seven each left
with St. Louis, all figures being based on games remain
ing August 29.
Cincinnati will also have a chance to knock the Bra
ves from the top spot in their five games which remain.
SHORT FLIES—Gus Hartsoe, Jr., had the distinction
of being credited with two losses in one day for Monroe,
La., in Evangline League play a couple of weeks ago.
Gus relieved in both ends of a double-header, and lost
both games by a 4-3 score.
Catcher Jake Early is reported to have been the first
man to advise Jack Harshman, Chicago Sox pitcher, to
use his screwball to reach the majors. Good coaching
Jake.
Jolter Jimmy Hall, who recently turned pro, is belt
ing the ball at a good clip in the Nebraska Rookie Lea
gue. Through August 20, Jimmy was leading the league
with a .383 average, including 11 homers and 48 runs
batted-in.
As of last Friday, Mickey Mantle had 26 games in
which to get 15 homers to better Ruth’s record. A pretty
hard road to travel for Mickey. A1 Kaline robbed Mantle
of a home-run with a sensational catch recently—this
could have been a damaging blow to Mickey’s chances.
Gardner-Webb Bulldogs Running
40 Gridiron Hopefuls In Drills
BOILING SPRINGS — The
Gardner-Webb College athletic
field is busy this week with pre
spirlng, straining, determined
football players.
Forty boys there were 51 to
begin with—are working hard to
be ready for the season opener
Sept. 15 with Ferrum College in
Ferrum, Va.
Coach Norman Harris and As
sistant Coach James Garrison
are high in their praise of the
entire squad. Standouts in prac
tice are quarterback James John
son of Walnut and halfback Paul
Roberts of Shelby, team co-cap
tains. The Tomblin brothers, Bob
and Jim of Rutherfordton also
look good. Weighing a combined
total of 415 pounds, they hold
down tackle and guard positions
respectively. Thomasville again
sends it usual group of talent, I
this year including Don Miller, a
fleet halfback, Clifford Hunt and
David Mullis, also at halfback,
and Dalton Crawford, fend.
Sorely missed are the services
of tackle Johnny Putnam of Shel
by who joined the Navy after last
season, and quarterback Robert
Webb and center Bennie Sher
rill of Hickory who did not re
turn. Missed also are 10 first
stringers of last season who have
graduated. Four players will join
the squad next week. These in
clude halfback Bobby Crew of
Morganton. halfback Arnold
Issacs of Charlotte, lineman Paul
McLendon of Biscoe, and guard
Ray Doggett of Forest City.
Following the intra - squad
scrimmage Sept. 1 the 10-game
schedule runs to Nov 17 without
a break. All five home games will
be played in Shelby stadium.
1956 Grid Opener Is Scheduled
In Bessemer City Park at 7:30
Time changes many things —
and the Bessemer City Yellow
jackets say it’s time for a change.
In 1954, the Kings Mountain
Mountaineers downed the Bes
semer lads by a 42-0 margin, and
in 1955 they added insult to in
—jury with a 59-0 romp over the
Yellow Jackets.
The Yellow Jackets contend
that they have their stringers
back this year, and intend to
make a football game out of the
opening contest.
Meanwhile, back in Kings
Mountain, the Mountaineer hope
fuls are putting in a full week's
practice with some scrimmaging,
John McGinnis, first string quar
terback, was sidelined with a pul
led muscle for a few days, but
started back in heavy duty Tues
day.
Coach Shu Carlton is confident
that his team will again defeat
Bessemer City, but doubts that
the score will be as decisive as in
past battles.
Kings Mountain’s starters will
probably be Keith Layton and
AND AWAY WE GO—When
Spook Stewart drops a toe into
the pigskin Friday night the
1956 grid season will be under
way for the Kings Mountain
eers. Stewart, a returnee from
{ the 1955 championship squad,
| is being counted on for a lot of
fine play at guard, along with
his role of kick-off and extra
point booter.
Charles Bridges, ends; David
Marlowe and Steve Wells, tack
les; Spook Stewart and Bill Hern
don, guards; Hoyle Burton or
Genie Bowers, center; John Me
! Ginnis quarterback; Ken Baity,
I and Doug Rathbone, halfbacks;
and Curt George, fullback.
The Yellow Jackets will pro
bably take the field with Barry
Davis and William Harmon, ends;
Jeff Wolfe and Thomas Hermon,
tackles; Larry Mullinax and
Connie Clark, guards; Sam
Wyont, center; Sid Woody, quar
terback; Hoyle Strutt and Steve
Harmon, halfbacks; and Harold
Fletcher, fullback.
Boasting a larger team this
year, the Jackets may be a little
harder to handle than in past
years. At least Coach Jackson
I (Ace) Parker hopes so Parker
i contends that the only way the
| team can go is up, the Jackets
JUMPING JOHNNY—John Me.
Ginnis, star halfback of the
1955 Kings Mountain Mountain
eer squad, will open his first
game in the role of quarterback
when Kings Mountain invades
Bessemer City Friday night. John
was an understudy to George
Harris, the Mountaineer All
Southern field general, last sea
son. McGinnis captured the
Southwestern AA Conference
scoring honors last season with
34 points.
lost all but one of their games
last season.
Conference champions last sea
son, the Mountaineers are Wring
mentioned as the team to beat in
Southwestern AA loop play this
season.
McGinnis, Baity and George are
holdover backs from last year,
with Doug Rathbone coming up
from the “B” squad. In the line,
all the boys are veterans.
Layton and Bridges were star
ters at the flank positions last
season, as were Marlowe and
Wells at the tackle slots. Stewart
saw considerable action last year
on defense, and does the extra
point and kick-offs for the team.
Bill Herndon came tip from the
"B” team late in the season and
saw varsity action. Burton and
Bowers are both holdover guards
from the 19&5 squad, but are be
ing made into centers in an effort
to fill the slot .left by Joe Or
mand’s graduation.
Defensively, Tony Goins, a re
serve end from last year, and
Don Fisher, freshman fullback,
have bfeen standouts in practice
sessions. Some of the other fresh
man and sophomores have been
showing promise in stopping the
first-string backs during scrim
mage games.
With three weeks of two-a-day
drills under their belts, the
Mountaineers have shaped into a
pretty Smooth working team.
There are still some 30-32 boys
fighting for the 11 starting posi
tions.
The' Mountaineers will open
their five-game home card in City
Stadium, September 14 meeting a
strong West Mecklenburg eleven.
Vehicle Offenses
Lead Arrest List
Arrest totals for the month of
August soared to 128, a new high
for recent months, with viola
tions of motor vehicle laws lead
ing the field with 50 offenders.
Public drunkenness had taken
a back-seat. to the motor law
violators for the third or fourth
straight month. Only 22 arrests
on drunkenness counts wtere made
during the month.
Other oflenses and the number
of arrests on each charge is as
follows:
Capias, 11; driving drunk, five:
worthless checks, drunk and dis
orderly, and profane and inde
cent language, four each; dis
posing of mortgaged property,
three; assault on a female, disor
derly conduct, shop lifting, es
capee, temporary insanity, forci
ble trespass, and forgery, two
each,
One person was arrested on
each of the following charges:
violation of prohibition laws, non
support, larceny of auto, larceny
of money, larceny of shoes, aid
ing and abetting in larceny, as
sault by threat, failure to have
a dog vaccinated, damage to pro
perty, assault on a minor, and
trespassing.
This list incluoes all arrests
made by city, county and state
officers, where the defendants
were processed through the lo
cal police headquarters.
Grade A milk from -producers
in North Carolina during the first
six months of 1956 was a record
level compared with the same
period for previous years, says
members of the North Carolina
Milk Commission.
DETOUR AHEAD FOR BACKS—This might well be the idea of any
Kings Mountain foe when they look at the middle of the Moun
taineer defensive line. Pictured above (left to right) Keith Layton.
David Marlowe, Tony Goins. Steve Wells, and Charles Bridges, all
of whom will be waiting to pop that ballcarrier. Goins has especial
ly proven his defensive ability in scrimmage sessions this year, and
Coach Shu Carlton is depending upon him to make life hard for
the opposition.
Tuesday's Court Session Clears
Docket of Several Minor Cases
The City Recorder’s Court ses
sion held Tuesday saw just a
handful of minor cases docketed.
The session was postponed until
Tuesday due to the Labor Day
holiday for city hall employees.
Max Odom faced charges of
damaging city property and as
sault by threat .and pled not
guilty to the assault count, whilte
admitting hiS guilt to the damag.
ing of city property.
Mrs. Mary Grace Moore testi
fied that Odom knocked on the
door of her apartment and cursed
and threatened her. She added
that Odum accused her of argu
ing with his sister, who lives in
the same apartment building.
Chief Hugh A Logan, Jr., testi
fied that the defendant set fire
to a mattress and sheet and then
flooded his jail cell with water.
Damages were set at $12.
Judge Jack White found Odom
guilty on both counts and gave
him 30 days suspended upon the
conditions that he pay the costs
and amount of damages to city
property. In the assault case, the
defendant received a six months
jail sentence, suspended upon the
conditions that he be of good be
havior and not molest Mrs.
Moore, and that he pay a fine
of $20 and the costs.
Gene Edward Smith, young
Negro of the North Brook area,
was accused of larceny of money.
A plea of not guilty was entered
in his behalf.
Smith, had admitted that he
took $27 from the wallet of Louis
Sabetti, but said he thought the
wallet had been lost. Mr. Sabetti
had left his wallet laying on the
counter of Ballard’s Store, and
when he returned $27 in cash and
a number of receipts were miss
ing.
The receipts were found out
side in the vicinity of where a
Lincolnton poultry truck had
been parked. Smith was fouiyl in
the truck, and finally admitted
taking the money.
Judge White gave the 16-year
old boy a three months suspend
ed sentence upon the conditions
that he be of good behavior and
pay the costs of court.
Noah Gardner, local Negro,
pled guilty to failure to yield
right of way, when he appeared
in court Tuesday. Gardner had
struck a lady crossing a street but
said he had paid the hospital and
doctor bills.
He was given a 30day road sen
tence, suspended upon payment of
the costs of court.
A hit and run charge was filed
against Carl D. Guyton, Gaston
County Negro, but the young
man denied his guilt of the of
fense.
Guyton had backed into the car
of Julius E. Seism, which was
parked in the city’s Cherokee
Street parking lot, inflicting what
Seism said was $59 in damages.
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During the trial, howtever, it
was pointed out that Guyton re
mained at the scene of the acci
dent for some 15 minutes await
ing the owner of the car, and left
his name and address with an
employee at City Auto & Home
Supply when he did leave.
Judge White found the defen
dant not guilty of the charges.
John Henry Cook admitted
driving drunk when his case was
called, and the arresting officers
gave him a good recommenda
tion in their testimony. Judge
White gave the defendant a nine
months suspended sentence upon
the conditions that he pay a fine
of $100 and the costs and that his
driving license be revoked for
one year.
Melvin Brakefield entered a
guilty plea to a charge of run
ning a red-light and was given a
30-day susptended sentence upon
payment of the costs of court.
Three defendants paid the costs
of court as terms for suspension
of 30-day road terms on public
drunkenness counts.
Guy V. Butler, accused of dis
posing of mortgaged property
asked that his trial be continued
until next week. This request
was granted.
Joe Lewis Crank was ordered
picked up on a capias when he
failed to appear for trial on an
improper muffler charge.
Scout Troops
Plan Fall Program
A full program of scouting has
been planned for the fall at First
Presbyterian church. Beginning
this week, all troops will resume
their wetekly meeting in the Scout
rooms of the Recreational Build
ing.
Troop 1 Boy Scouts will meet
on Monday night at 7:30 p m.
with Scout leaders C. D Blanton,
Jr., scoutmaster, and Ben F
Moomaw and Hugh Neisler, as
sistant scoutmasters. On Monday
afternoon at 3 o’clock Dten Moth
er Mrs. P. M. Neisler, Jr., will
meet with the Cub Scouts. Troop
4 Girl Scouts, under the leader
ship of Mrs. T. L. Kesler and Mrs.
R. S. Lennon, begin thleir plans
for the fall with a meeting on
Monday at 3:30 p m.
Mrs. Harry E. Page and Mrs.
Frank Cranford have announced
that Brownie Troop 32 will meet
at 3 ’clock Thursday afternoon at
the church.
Grade A milk from producers
through June accounts for 43 per
cent of total North Carolina pro
duction.
Jack Kochman Hell Driven Set
For Spindle-Center Fair Show
Thirty vehicles, representing an
investment of more than $100,000
will be jumped, crashed and
smashed by the Jack Kochman
Hell Drivters at the Spindle-Cen
ter Fair in Gastonia on Septem
ber 10th and 11th.
Kochman originated the use of
every body type—sedans, conver
tibles and station wagons—on thte
premise that show patrons were
partial to different models and
so interested in seeing just how
the typfe of car they owned would
stand up under daredevil driv
ing. The units, all .1956 models,
are spectacularly painted and de
corated.
Included in the thrilling 22
evtents programmed are such
stunts as jumping cars through
more than 100 feet of space, crash
roll overs, end over end and side
over side spin, flaming wall pene
tration and carfeening at high
speeds on two wheels.
A revised program liberally
sprinkled with new events and
with comedy interludes, has bieen
worked out in the training period
to give the show an entirely new
format.
The thrill performances art?
scheduled for Monday and Tues
day Nights, September 10th and
11th.
The Spindle-Center Fairgrounds
are located on the Wilkinson
Blvd, at the Lowell Overpass, on
Route 29, just outside of Gas
tonia.
WITH THE GREATEST OF EASE—Wrecking automo
biles is their business, and the Jack Kochman Hell-drivers
have plenty of business on hand for their Spindle-Center
Fair appearances Monday and Tuesday nights. Some 30
cars will be jumped, crashed and smashed during the two
shows.
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