Mountaineers Take 13-0 Victory Over Jackets
Herald
Sports
By David Baity
A Reiteration--I mentionei
Hast week about Kings 'Mountail
(Legion Post offering their Ibuild
ing for a teen-age get-togethe
each week. It has (been announ
ced that Tuesday is the prefer
red date for the iLegion.
An Explanation—To all yoi
disappointed (Mountaineer fan:
wiho didn’t find an account o
the Kings Mountain iboys 13-<
victory over Bessermer City in th<
(Charlotte Observer Saturday
morning--I regret to say that
(failed to get the game called ir
(before the Observer press dead
dine.
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I Name Calling—'Football coa
i ches on the West Coast were dis
cussing the feasibility of adding
■ a fifth official for all games.
Moving to a 'blackboard, Coach
Kip Taylor of Oregon State out
lined the territory which the
i extra arbiter would cover. Then
i a thought suddenly occurred to
him. “What’ll we call him?” he
I wondered.
“Hmmmm,” rasped Jim Aiken,
then coach at Oregon. “You'll
probably call him a ‘blankety
i blank’ Just like you do the other
. four.”
..An Announcement—loecause
otf interest shown, Jake Early
say's that he is going to arrange
a tennis tournament for the
younger set. The competition will
include mostly high schoolers.
Exact knowledge as to iwhen
competition will ibegin is not pre
sently known.
lA.11 interested should contact
Mr. Early at home, City Hall, the
Deal Street Pool, or Wherever you
can find him..
Midget Football---has proven a
problem. Jake Early said that,
upon investigation of insurance
and such, insurance costs are
higher than he had expected.
Sponsors and support are need
ed. (Much interest has Ibeen
shown by prospective players
and adults alike, and Early
doesn’t want to see the interest
quelled.
The Old Confidence---The Co
lumbia frosty, playing their first
game, had instructions that if the
opening kickoff went into the
end zone, they were to let it roll,
not try to run it out. The kick
off went to !Lou Kusserow over
the goal line. IHe grabbed for it,
fumbled, recovered, fumbled a
gain, snatched up the iball and
Started to run.
On the 'bench, ILou (Little turned
to his assistant, Buff Domelli.
“Get that feller outta there,” he
spluttered. (Meanwhile Kusserow
was weaving in and out of the
enemy and went all .the (way
down to the ten-yard line before
he was downed.
(Little reached for IDonelli’s
arm. "Let him stay in,” he said.
‘1He’s only 17 years old and if
we take him out now we might
shake his confidence.”
Don't Forget--The Mountaineer
vs. West Mecklenburg Eagles
home tilt at City Stadium this
Friday at 7:30. Here’s hoping for
a second win and here’s to the
Mountaineers and all the coach
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Baity Romps
For Two Tallies
In Season Opener
Kings Mountain's Mountain
eers romped tor a 13-0 victor}
over the (Bessemer City Yellow
Jackets in the season opener «1
City Stadium last Friday.
Ken Baity, ace lefft-hallf, wem
tor both tallies, while Mike Wart
toed the lone extra point.
A little rough in (places, tht
Mountaineers weren’t overconfi
dent, which nearly caused tht
upset of the season in last year’s
Yellow Jacket-Mountaineer tilt.
Pushing across tallies in tht
first and fourth quarters, tht
Mountaineers held the Yellov
Jackets scoreless, with only i
cauiple of serious threats during
the game.
Baity scored Mountineers firs'
tally in the last minutes of tht
first quarter on a two yard plun
ge over right guard with firs;
down and goal, to go. He ther
came back in the fourth quartej
to add another 6 (points to tht
victory iby going six yards
through center, after a series oil
first downs on a 39 yard march.
(Bessemer City won the toss and
elected to receive, defending the
north goal.
The game was underway with
a 50-yard kick off Iby Chip Thor
burn. Strutt took the Ball on his
10 yard line and returned to the
29. Three plays failed to gain a
first down and Bessemer City
punted.
Baity took the 38-yard punt
and raced 14 yards to the Moun
taineer 41. The first first down oi
the game was made Iby iBaity on
an around-end 22 yard sprint.
With first and ten, Blanton car
ried for no gain. Two plays Jef1
the Mountaineers stranded with
fourth and ten. IFisher punted tc
the Bessemer 26.
tnoyie btfutt drove ten yards
for a first down and iDon Hun
nicutt went focr five yards, Stev<
Harmon pushed through for •<
yard gain, tout Bessemer Citians
were stopped with fourth anc
four. The Bessemer punt was
short, 7 yards, dead on the Bess
emer 49.
Don Gladden started the march
for a Mountaineer tally with an £
yard gain around left end. Baity
sprinted 26 yards for a first down
and then went ten ydrds for an
other. IA Bessemer (City penalty
made it first and goal to igo.
Baity plunged the necessary
two yards over right guard foi
the first Mountaineer tally. The
point after touchdown was low
and no good. Score: Mountaineers
-6, Bessemer City-0.
Thorburn kicked to the Yellow
Jacket 20 yard line, with Strutt
returning the iball 15 yards to
their own 35. Hunnieutt went for
no gain just before the end of the
first quarter.
Steve Harmon came back into
action for a 3 yard gain and
Strutt went for the first down on
an 8 yard drive. Ken Falls went
for 5 and Harmon went over left
guard for 8 and another first
first down.
Crossing into IMountaineer ter
ritory, the Yellow Jackets drove
Jangerously close to the (Moun
taineer goal. Strutt went for six
from the IMountaineer 41, Steve
Harmon going for 3. A measure
Eound the Yellow Jackets lacking
scant inches for the first. Strutt
made good the firt down with a
four yard gain.
Starting from the Mountaineer
18 yard line the Bessemer Citians
lrove 11 yards for another first,
staking their claim on the Mourn
mincer 17,.
Strutt fumbled, then recovered
for no gain. He netted 3 yards on
i run around right end, but the
jain was to no avail. Bessemer
,’ity was penalized 5 yards for
ielay of the game. Harmon then
•vent for a 5 yard loss around left
snd. A play by Harry Davis fail
'd to gain the necessary yardage
ind the Mountaineers received
;he ball on downs on their own 21
,-ard line.
Baity found an opening and
ran 29 yards to his own 49 for a
first down. A clear miss by Glad
len on a pass from Fisher was
made up in full on the next play
in which he romped for a 20 yard
first down.
Fisher finally connected with
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THURSDAY j
NIGHT
SEPT. 12 |
FIRST RACE 8 P. M.
AT THE
Gastonia Fair
ADMISSION TO THE RACES-ONLY 90 Cents
HOW THEY DID IT
KM BC
FINAL SCORE . 13 0
Touchdowns rushing ... 2 0
TOTAL TITS. 2 0
FAT, placements'. 1 0
TOTAL FAT . 1 0
First Downs rushing_9 5
First Downs, penalty .. 1 0
TOTAL 1st DOWNS .... 10 5
Yds. gained rushing .. 225 96
Yds. lost rushing. 18 7
NET RUSH GAIN .... 207 89
No. rushes attempted . 28 29
Average per rush_ 7.3 3.07
Passes attempted _ 4 5
Passes completed _ 0 <0
Yds. Gained Passing . 0 0
Net Rush & Passing .. 207 89
Number of plays (not
counting ldcks and
penalties where play
is nullified) 32 34
Avg. Gain Per Play .. 6.5 2.6
Passes intercepted by . 1 0
YARDS RUNBACK ... 30 0
Number of punts _ 2 4
Yards punts went .... 69 116
Yds. Punts averaged . 34.5 29
YDS RETURNED. 33 11
Number of kickoffs i.. 3 1
Yds kickoofs went ... 121 38
Yds., kickoff averaged . 40 38
YDS KO RETURNED . 10 54
Ball lost on downs ..... 1 2
Ball lost on fumbles 1 0
Number of penalties 4 3
Times enforced . 3 2
YDS PENALIZED. 20 8
TOTAL YARDS GAIN.
ED IN GAME (add
yards gained run-back
punts, kickoffs, inter
cepted passes. & re
covered fumbles to net
rushing, passing plus .
penalty gains) . 270 154
Layton on a pass, Layton going
for 20 yards, tout the play was
voided on a Kings [Mountain pen
alty for illegal motion.
The Mountaineer found them
selves with first and fifteen to
go and a pass toy 'Fisher fell in
complete. Jimmy Blanton went
over right tackle for 7 yards, but
the halftime whistle halted iplay.
'After 'halftime entertainment
toy the Kings (Mountain High
School toand the Mountaineers
received the kick off, defending
the south goal.
Baity returned the kick ten
yards to the Mountaineer 32,
then went for a 7 yard gain.
Fisher's pass was (blocked, tout
he ran the next one for an 11
yard first down.
Fisher lost 4 on a mixup and
the Mountaineers received a 5
yard penalty for delay of the
game. Fisher lost yardage on an
other attempt to pass, tout Baity
went for 10 around 'right end.
Fisher’s punt was good for 34
RUSHING:
YARDSTICK
PLAYER
Baity
Fisher
Blanton
Gladden
Kings Mountain
T G L Net
12
6
5
5
0
18
0
0
Strutt
Hunnlcutt
Harmon
Davis
Falls
PASSING:
130
16
42
37
Bessemer City
14 55 1
3 7 0
8 23 5
1 4 0
4 7 1
13(f
—2
42
37
Avg.
10.8
—.3
8.4
7.4
54
4
18
4
6
4
2.3
2.25
4
1.5
PASSER
Fisher
Strutt
Kings Mountain
Att. Comp. Int. Yds.
4 0 0 0
Bessemer City
5 0 10
TD
0
yards to the Bessemer City 30.
Strutt took the punt and re
turned it 11 yards to his 3A. Hun
nicutt went 2 yards and Falls
went for no gain. A pass toy Strutt
was intercepted toy Baity as he
raced to the Bessemer 22.
Bessemer jjeld against the
Mountaineer attack after ibeing
pushed to -their 14 yard line. The
Mountaineers lost the ball on
downs with 2 yards to go for a
first.
Ken Falls went for a one-yard
loss with Strutt gaining two
yards. With third and nine, the
third quarter ended.
Strutt came (back in the fourth
quarter for a 7 yard gain but
punted to the Mountafneer 38 on
the fourth down.
The 40 yard kick was returned
to the Mountaineer 42 by Baity,
who then went around right end
far a six yard gain. Blanton net
ted 13 yards and a first down, go
ing through center.
(Don Gladden went for no gain
and then plunged through center
for nine yards', tout the 'ball was
fumbled with Bessemer City re
covering.
Three plays netted the Yellow
Jackets only four yards and the
31 yard punt was dead on the
Mountaineer 33.
With four minutes to go in the
game, the Mountaineers found
they could do little with the (ball
Mountaineers Meet Indians
In City Stadium Tilt Friday
New Gate Used
Foi Reserve
Ticket Holders
In full warpaint, the West
Mecklenburg Indians will invade
City Stadium this 'Friday night
far an out of conference tilt with
the Kings Mountain Mountain
eers.
Smarting from the 20-13 Moun.
taineer victory last year in which
Baity romped for a pair and 'Curt
George for one, the Indians will
be out to scalp the Mountain
men. They will be looking for
their first win over Kings Moun
tain in over three yeaTS.
At press date, the West Meck
lenburg roster and starting line
up had not been received, but a
good contest can (be expected.
Kings (Mountain football fans
will ibe glad to 'know that meas
ures axe (being taken to relieve
the congestion at the main gate
at City Stadium on football
nights.
(Mayor Glee A. Bridges, in lea
gue with Lawson Brown, has put
a plan in action to erect a single
entrance gate just to left of the
main one.
The single gate will ibe for the
use of persons with reserve seat
tickets, adeviating the necessity
of waiting in line.
Mr. (Brown also stated that he
will sell tickets to students at
school on Friday afternoon.. They
too will use the single gate, tak
ing that much more congestion
from the main gate.1
The gate, slated to ibe in oper
ation Iby 'Friday night’s game,
Bowling Leagues Started Action
Kings Mountain’s bowlers saw
action last week with three
leagues starting play.
The Monday night Kings Moun
tain Men’s Duckpin League start
ed with four teams participating.
They are the Alleycats, the King
Pins, the Keglers, and the Inde
pendents. High scorer in the
league was Albert Brackett with
a 367. This mark copped high in
his team the Independents. Ran.
die was high in the Keglers with
a 321, Clarence Plonk was high
for the Alley Cats with a 351,
while Barber took top honors in
the King Pins team with 343. .
Wednesday night’s play in the
Lithium Corporation League
found Rumney leading both1 the
league and his Maintenance team
iwith a 308. High in production
was Hamrick with 274, while Rob
inson led the Staff team with 289
and Bridges, the Lab team with
277.
The six team Sportsman league,
with play on Thursday night, was
led by Brackett with a 368, which
was high' score in the Foote team.
Blanton led the Champions with
a 318, Plonk, the Hillbillies with
344; Lowery the Wildcats with
328; Barber, the Outcasts with
326, and Herndon the Cotton Pic
and punted to the Bessemer City
33, where the ball fell dead. A
Yellow Jacket dff side penalty
was refused.
Harmon nefted 3 yaTds but two
passes by Strutt fell incomplete,
not without the efforts of Ken
Baity, one long pass nearly being
intercepted by Baity.
The Bessemer City boys failed
to gain ground and lost the ball
on dawns, Kings Mountain tak-.
ing over on the Bessemer City 39
yard line.
Baity took the ball for a 16
yard sprint to the Bessemer 23
for a first down, Blanton follow
ing with a through center 12 yard
run. On the Bessemer 11 the
Mountaineers couldn’t be stop
ped from another tally as Baity
went five yards on the first play,.
Baity then romped through cen
ter for six yards and his second
tally. Mike Ware’s kick for the
extra point was good and the
Mountaineers led 13-0.
Thorburn came in again to
kick 6ff, and his 31 yard boot
was taken by Ken Falls and re
turned to the Bessemer 49 yard
line. Two passes fell incomplete
and the Yellow Jackets were left
stranded on their 49 yard line
when the final gun sounded.
THE
Mountaineers
Goins
Wells
Plonk
Bowers
Herndon
Marlowe
Layton
Parker
Baity
Blanton
Gladden
SCORE
LINEUP
Pos. Yellow Jackets
Carpenter
UE
L.T.
L.G.
C.
R.G.
R.T.
R.E.
Q. B.
L.H.
R. H.
BY QUARTERS
Mullinax
Herman
Hoyle
Robinson
Hodge
Davis
Strutt
Hunnieutt
Falls
Harmon
Kings Mountain
Bessemer City
6 0 0 7 — 13
0 0 0 0 — 0
OFFICIALS: -
Referee, George Cooper, Umpire Ed Hum
phries. Head Linesman Calvin Michaels,
Field Judge. Lloyd Helms
RACE STARS-Dan Williams (left) and Fled Sigmon, a pair of Hick
ory Speedsters, will be among the favorites for Thursday night's
stock car racing feature at Gastonia Fair. The four-event NASCAR
program will start at 8 p. m.
kers with a 332.
In the Sportsman League the
Champions won 2 and Foote 1,
the Outcasts won two over the
Cotton Pickers 1, and the HUlbii.
lies won 3 to the Wildcats 1.
In the Lithium league the Staff
team and Maintenance won three
over Lab and Production respec.
tively.
The Alley Cats took three over
the King Pins and the Indepen
dants took two to the Keglers
one in the Duck Pin League.
Cat Houser reports that the
alley is open every Friday and
Saturday for non-league bowling.
Frazier, Rotan
Win Doubles;
Frazier, Singles
Rudy Frazier, former High
Point college star, waxed hot in
Kings Mountain tennis touma.
ment competition. As reported in
last week’s Herald, Frazier down,
ed George Harris 6-1, 6-2 to cop
the singles championship.
Doubles competition was com.
pleted this week and the Frazier.
Rotan combo emerged Champions.
In semi-finals competition, Fra
zier and Rotan took a 6-1, 6-0 vie
tory oyer Bill Harmon and Dwi
ght Ware and were pitted against
Earl Marlowe and Jack Lazarus
for the championship.
6-2, 6-2 was the count that won
the Kings Mountain tennis cham.
pionship for Frazier and Rotan.
Jake Early reported Tuesday
that he plans a tournament for
high school age players. All who
are interested should contact him
so that details can be worked out.
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