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on the bench with Bob Hoffman OFFICIALS — AGAIN — The crop of officials in the Southwestern AA Conference this season is not a bit bet ter than the whistle-blowers of last year. A couple of things are very puzzling about the refe ree situation. _ One is that everyone says the northern end of the conference always has better officials than the southern portion. Why is this? Another little item that I can’t figure is why does a team get the same team of referees at almosit every ball game? Kings Mountain has had one official for four of its games thus far this season. To add to the troubles, this particular official has yet to call a good ball game. One coach said recently that the fans in this portion of the conference drove out any good officials that might happen to wander into the officiating field. For the past two seasons, there have been no good officials to drive out, and the half-hearted ones won’t leave. At a ball game in a loop town recently, the take at the gate was $34. Of this, $27 went to the officials for fees and mileage allowance. The home town school man was not pleased with this deal and said so. He added, that after that type of officiating, the referees should pay to get in the game. There is plenty of room for improvement in the Southwestern officiating ranks, and I for one would wel come an overall change of personnel. I’m not saying that Kings Mountain is getting rob bed by the officials, although in a couple of instances I have felt this might have been the case. Officiating in the whole loop is poor, and should be revamped with good officials being brought in if necessary. Present officials seem to fall into one of two groups. One group blows the whistle at any infraction and slows the game, while the other bunch never calls a foul and the game resembles a slugging match before it is over. Let’s get some happy medium whistle-blowers. HERE AND THERE — With spring training just around the corner, the major league ball players are get ting out last year’s records in a try for bigger pay checks. It is always interesting to see just which players get the raises, and why. Mickey Mantle is said to be asking for $70,000 for 1957. This is a 100 percent increase over his 1956 salary of around $35,000. Will he get it? I doubt it. As one local baseball man recently said, “If the Yanks give Mantle that kind of money now, he’ll be ask ing for $150,000 or more before he is through.” Mantle at 24 is one of the youngest stars now play ing and if his legs hold out he will no doubt be around for another 10 years. His homeruns will draw fans into the Stadium as long as he is around. If he gets into the fabulous money, and he will, it will come as a result of bis gate appeal. Ted Williams says he needs the money and there fore will play again in ’57. That brings up the question of how much will the Thumper get this year. He would not play for less than $100,000, but the Boston officials feel that he makes up for the salary at the gate. Thousands come to the park just to see Williams, or to watch him get into it with fans and writers. The big trade involving Whitey Lockman must have fallen through. At any rate, Lockman has signed his 1957 contract with the Cards. Roy Campanella is not happy with the remarks made by Jackie Robinson concerning the Dodger’s catch ing situation. Roy ju§t joins the hundreds of other play ers, etc. on the “I Resent Robinson’s Remarks” list. Jackie doesn’t seem to be the sort of personality for a public relations job. Looks as though the “Chock-Full Of-Nuts” people were hunting a name instead of an ex pert on getting along with people. Robinson calls Chuck Dressen the best manager he ever played under. Maybe Washington should have bought the fiery second-sacker, that way at least one of Chuck’s ballplayers would have liked him. LEGION MENTOR — Who will the Kings Mountain Legion baseball coach be for 1957. This is a question that is as yet unanswered. High School Coach John Gamble was approached and offered the job, but he turned it down. Other prospects being mentioned favorably are Principal Lawson Brown of Kings Mountain and Coach Gene Kirkpatrick, who handled Shelby’s second team last season. So far the job is up for “grabs” and it could go to anyone interested. SHORT SHOTS — One idea I’ve heard recently is to allow all money collected through the use of the city’s “whammy” go to the recreation commission. At the rate it caught speeders during the first week, the city could have a big new recreation building in a short while. Wonder if P'rank McGuire’s water boy for the UNC cage squad uses a step-ladder? Another thing that wor ' ries me is how does McGuire get those 6-foot, seven boys in those short dorm beds? Looks like Carolina will hang on to the nation’s number one spot for at least another week. The Tarheels " fneer Western Carolina in this week’s only game for the leaders. - MltColnton’s boy basketball team has become the hottest squad in the Southwestern conference. The Lines knocked off the previously unbeaten Cherryville squad, and then scared Poorest City badly before bowing by a single point. Frank King’s lads may give the leaders trouble before the schedule is out. Jay vees Lose Two Girls Win Second Coach Shu Carlton’s “B” team basketball squad dropped a pair of games during the past week, while Lib Collete’s girls racked up their second win of the sea son. Forest City knocked off the ju nior Mountaineers there on Thursday night by a 50-47 margin in a close game that saw the lo cals bow in a double-overtime pe riod. Tommy Thomas paced the loc als with 22 points. He was trail ed by Connor with 9 and Biddix with 8. Ovvens headed the Forest City efforts with 17 points. Med ford trailed closely with 15 mark ers. Kings Mountain pulled from seven points behind in the fourth quarter to tie the contest. Each team scored six points in the first overtime session, with For est City dunking a field goal at the buzzer to throw the contest into the second extra period. For est City hit three points in the final overtime period to ice the win. Monday night, the jayvees in vaded Shelby and the boys were again downed .this time by a 45 29 score. Gladden and Connor had eight apiece to lead the locals. R. O’Shield’s 15 points headed the Shelby scoring and Ropp and Wright hit 10 each. The, girls bounced the Shelby gals by a 36-28 margin, with Evelene Oliver hitting 16 to pace the Kings Mountain attack. Becky Ormand bucketed 14 for runner up honors. Short’s 14 point effort was high for the baby Lionettes. Oliver is pacing the “B” team scoring thus far .having hit 30 points in the girls' previous win. ■ She got a taste of varsity action against Cherryville Tuesday night and dunked 10 points in a one quarter performance. Raiders, Cherries Take Locals In Twin Bills Iionmen Take Squeaker By 48-45, Local Girls Also Defeated 69-46 Kings Mountain’s basketball teams dropped games to both Cherryville's boys and girls in the Ironmen gym Tuesday night. The boys’ contest was a wild and wooly affair complete with slugging, use of elbowg arid re sembling the contact usually seen in football. The Ironmen iced the contest in the last few sec onds of play taking a 48-45 win. Officiating was very lax, and the game got out of control with about two minutes gone. The offi cials never did gain control of the heated action. Kings Mountain had 18 fouls called, while the Cherries had 11 infractions charged. Keith Layton led the Moun taineers scoring with 22 points, 17 of which came in the last half. Ken Baity hit 10 markers for second place honors. Buddy Tal bert was the big gun for Cherry - ville with 15 points. Tommy Wil son bucketed 13 for runner-up honors. Kings Mountain trailed 11-5 at the end of the first period, and were behind 24-16 at halftime. Cherryville pulled into a 12-point lead early in the third period but had the margin cut to six points at the close of the third stanza. The Mountaineers pulled one point ahead a couple of times in the last minutes of the contest, but charity shots by Cherryville earased this lead. Talbert hit a long shot in the last second of play to add a pair of points to the one-point lead then held by the Cherries. uutscoring the home team 40 32 from the floor, the locals drop ped the decision from the foul line as Cherryville hit 16 of 29 tree throws. The Mountaineers hit on five of 14 foul shots. Coach Lib Collete’s girls led 15-14 at the end of the first per iod, but this was the only time during the contest that the score favored the locals. Cherryville roared back to lead 37-23 at halftime, and took the contest by a 69-46 score. Barbara Smith paced the locals with 20 points. Judy Medlin and Evelene Oliver dropped in 10 each to share second place scor ing. Sigmon was the big gun for the Cherryville squad with 49 points. Lingerfelt and Dellinger dropped in 10 each to aid the cause. Davidson Downs Compact In Pair Davidson High School’s cage teams dropped Compact High in a pair of tilts last Tuesday, The girls’ game ended 22-17 with Boyd and Brown netting six points each to pace the winners. Compact’s scoring was paced by Leach, who hit 10 of the team’s 17 points. The boys’ tilt was not as close as the Davidson boys racked up a 60-37 win, with Smith’s 23 points paving the way to victory. Goode, who bucketed 10 points, paced the Compact efforts. The Davidson boys have won four of five games played this far this season. They are coach BOYS KINGS MOUNTAIN PLAYER Layton Baity Bridges McGinnis George Pressly Stewart Herndon TOTALS CHERRYVILLE PLAYER Crisson Bull Wilson Talbert Austell Craft TOTALS FG FT 9 4-9 PF TP 4 22 5 2 2 1 1 0 0 20 0-1 0-0 0-1 0-0 04) 1-3 0-0 5-14 10 4 4 2 2> 1 0 18 45 FG FT PF TP 1 7 1 9 2 13 1 15 4 4 2 0 16 16-29 11 48 1 4 6 5 0 0 5-8 1-4 1-4 5-8 4-5 0-0 SCORE BY QUARTERS: KM . Cherryville . 5 11 15 14-45 11 13 13 11—48 GIRLS KM—46 Smith 20 Medlin 10 Cansler 6 Dean Beam Lawrence Cherryville — (69) Sigmon 49 Lingerfelt 10 Dellinger 10 Black Eaker McSwain SUBS — KM—Oliver 10, Wright; Cherryville — Dellinger, Rudisill, Carpenter, McSwain, Sullivan, Mitcham. SCORE BY QUARTERS: KM . 15 8 10 13—46 Cherryville - 14 23 15 17—69 HIGH SCORER — Keith Layton, junior forward, is leading the Kings Mountain basketball squad scoring with 119 points in nine games for a 13.2 average. Layton has hit in the double figures in all but one of these contests. His latest effort, and high for a Mountaineer player this year, was a 22 - point total against Cherryville Tuesday night Raiders Down local Cageis Twice, McGinnis, Cansler Lead Scoring The cage squads of Central High School dropped a twin-bill to Belmont’s Red Raiders here Friday night. Final score in the nip and tuck boys contest was 38-35, with Bel mont pulling the game out of the fire in the final minutes of play. The girls were downed 61-54 in another thrilling tilt, that saw Belmont trailing 16-9 at the end of the first period. The Raider ettes had a 47-36 lead at the end of the third quarter, but the lo cal lassies cut that margin down to seven point in the final peri od. John McGinnis paced the boys’ scoring with 13 points. He was followed closely by Keith Layton, who hit 10 markers. Belmont’s leader was T. Sanders with 10 points. The game was tied at 32 all at the end of the third period, and it looked as though the Moun taineers might win their second of the season. However, Belmont controlled the ball and hit six points compared with three char ity throws for the locals in the final stanza. Diane Cansler paced the local girls with 23 points. Smith’s 14 was good for second place hon ed by J. A. Gibson and R. B. Bai ley. Mrs. M. B. Leach coached the Davidson gills to their first vic tory in many years over Compact. The two teams will meet Wash ington High School at Washing ton gym on Friday, February 1, in their next outing. ors. Kendrick was the big gun for Belmont with 33 markers. BOYS KINGS MOUNTAIN PLAYER Layton Baity Bridges McGinnis George Fisher Pressly FG 3 FT PF TP 4-10 4 10 2 3 3 0-4 2-4 7-9 4 2 2 13 0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 Totals 11 13-27 13 35 Hand B. Sanders T. Sanders Williams Poag Abernathy Maynard BELMONT 0 0-0 2 3 3 3 1 2 34 4-7 2- 4 1-3 3- 4 0-0 0 3 3 10 2 8 3 1 5 Totals 14 10-22 17 38 Score by quarters: KM Belmont 5 14 13 3—35 6 10 16 6—38 GIRLS KINGS MTN. 54 BELMONT 61 Cansler 23 Medlin 20 Falls 8 Buckner 8 Medlin Kendrick 33 Wright Worthy Lawrence Cato Beam Eller Subs: Kings Mountain: Smith 14, Edwards: Belmont: Howe, Laye, Harrell. Score by quarters: t KM Belmont 16 6 14 18—54 9 23 15 14—61 Important Notice PENALTY ON 1958 CITY TAXES BEGINS FEBRUARY 2 You can pay your 1956 taxes by 4:30 Friday afternoon, February 1 and save this extra cost. Penalty oi 1 percent effective Saturday. City Of Kings Mountain I. W. Webster, Tax Collector Forest City, R-S Next Cage Foes Two exciting contests are on tap for the Mountaineers in this week’s upcoming Southwestern AA Conference basketball wars. The Mountaineers of>en a two game home stand with Forest City providing the competition Friday night. The Tornados took a 43-40 victory over the locals in the first meeting of the two squads. However, the Forest City team had to come from behind in the last two minutes of the con test to win. On the distaff side of the pic ture, the visitors are expected to have a little tougher time with the local girls on their home grounds. The Forest City lassies took a 74-42 win over the Kings Mountain girls there. Rutherfordton-Spindale will in vade Central gym on Tuesday night to try for their second straight twin-bill sweep over the Mountaineers. The R-S boys took an overtime 40-39 victory there in the first meeting. The girls had less trouble winning and took a 67-38 conference win. Keith Layton has been the big scoring punch of the Mountain eers thus far in the season, and the tall forward’s left-handed shot is gaining more.and more respect around the loop. In fact, Layton has been the only con sistent scorer on the squad. In the friendly confines of Cen tral gym, Coach Don Parker is hoping that John McGinnis, Ken Baity, Charles Bridges and Curt George will also get in the scor ing parade. McGinnis .when hot, is one of the best long shot men PLAY MAKER — John McGinnis, senior guard, is the chief play maker of the Mountaineers this season. John is highly regarded by cage opponents, and can give lots of trouble when his set shot is hitting. McGinnis is a hold over from the 1955-56 squad. in the conference. Lack of point production from the pivot slot has been a big handicap for the Mountaineers to date. Coach Parker may use Jun ior James Pressly to try to find a scoring threat in that position. Pressly has performed little to date, but has been impressive in his appearances. Local Civic Gzoups Supporting Bill For Education Of Retarded Proposed legislation setting up funds to educate the "trainable” retarded child in North Carolina received the backing of three Kings Mountain civic groups this past week. Bruce Thorburn, a director of the Gaston County School for Handicapped Children, said Wed nesday that the Kiwanis, Lions and Jaycees of the city had en dorsed the proposed bill. Mr. Thorburn pointed out that the “trainable” retarded child can learn self care, lives and learns well in a small group, and can be taught to do simple jobs with some supervision. He added that academic work for these children is seldom above the sec ond grade level. The civic and other organiza tions of the city are being asked to .support this proposed ibill for the following reasons, Mr. Thor burn reported: (1) Parents ipay taxes for schools without getting any teaching aid for their trainable retarded child. ^ (2) These parents have greater teaching problems and yet get no help in teaching this child who learns so much slower than most. (3) It is less expensive to train them for usefulness than to care for them through life. (4) They can .be useful if taught and will do routine sim ple jabs happily. The world needs workers who do simple jobs hap pily. The retarded persons liv ing at Caswell Training School performed $900,000.00 of work in one year, according to their train ing director, Mr. Gareth Thorne. Many of these workers fall in the “trainable” classification. '(5) Twenty - four hour super vision is a grueling burden to parents. A school program chan ges the burden to a challenge of developing the child to his maxi mum. Parents are more produc tive and better citizens when they see this progress. (6) Unrecognized abilities of ten emerge after a child has the p Rites Conducted For Joe Wharton Funeral rites for Joe Wharton, Of Greenwood, S. C., were held in Greenwood Wednesday morning. Mr. Wharton, a salesman far an Atlanta, Ga., casket manufac turer, was a brother-in-law of Byron 'Keeter, of Kings Mountain. Mr- Wharton died Monday. He had been seriously ill for a week. His wife, the former Viola Keeter, survives. Good calf raisers always see that the calves start getting some dry feed — hay and grain —at about 10 days of age, says J. D. George( Extension dairy spe cialist at North Carolina State College. The grain fed is usually a special calf grain mixture, but the kind is not so important as is the point that the calf get some grain, he adds. security of being part of a group, accepted for what he is and not always the slowest. (7) Early training of the train able child teaches good habits and thus prevents bad habits. Less remedial teaching is then necessary. (8) Public school programs give insecure parents needed se curity Of knowing that their de fenseless child is cornpetantly supervised and taught. Parents know that their child “belongs” and is accepted by the commu nity. (9) Public school programs will encourage the parents to bring the trainable retarded child for ward for proper training rather than lonely neglect. (10) Bringing together train able retarded children in a pub lic school program will encour age religious, recreational and vocational programs to be spon sored. Such services are enjoyed and taken for granted by per sons who are not retarded. (11) Public school classes for the trainable will encourage re search for better teaching meth ods to help all children. (12) Nationwide, only about 10 percent of the mentally retarded are in our overcrowded institu tions. So the retarded are pri marily the responsibility of the community. (13) A public school program for the trainable retarded child is much less expensive per child than is now possible in the com munity sponsored centers. (14) At present it is legal for a county to spend tens of thou sands of dollars for dog pounds but they cannot legally spend one dime for schoolrooms for the trainable retarded children. The proposed bill will remedy this neglect. This proposed legisla tion gives the trainable retarded child nothing special. 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