Ejections, Hitless Hurling
Mark First Round Finishes
Leonard Allows
One Hit; Loses
In Ten Innings
(Beattie Leonard pitched nine
innings of no-hit, no-run ball be
fore losing on a single, stolen
•rase, Wild pitch and sacrifice fly
in the tenth as Kings Mountain
was shutout 1 to 0 in the final
garrte of first round play Friday
night In Forest Olty. i
The big lefthander struekout
thirteen in his bid for glory,
but lack of scoring punch on the
part of his mates denied him the
win.
In trouble only once ever the
first nine frames Leonard retired
the Side in older seven times.
Mings Mountain threatened in
the first, second and fourth inn
ings hut could not pusih across
the needed tally.
Hn the first Barry Gibson trip
led but was left stranded as an
infield roller retired the side.
'Lawrence Botin walked, stole
second and advanced to third on
a (passed ball In the second stan
za before a strikeout got the For
est City hurler Lytle out of trou
ble. i
Back toJback singles by Lem
anl and Richard Gold in Che
fourth gave the locals another
scoring opportunity but two in
field outs and a fly to right eras
ed the threat.
'Die winning Forest City mar
ker came in the home half of tire
tenth. James Hardin opened the
inning With a single (his team's
only hit', stole second and ad
vanced to thiol on Leonard’s
wild pitch.
Jimmy Bradley then drove a
Leonard pitch to deep left field
to more Iris mate with the win
ning -run.
Ronnie Lytle went the distance
on the hill for Forest City and
picked up the win allowing Kings
Mountain three hits. He struck
out five and walked four.
Kings Mountain
Leigh, lb
Murphy, 2b
Gibson, rf
Leonard, p
< told, ss
Little, if
Bolin. 3b
Goodson, of
Cook, c
TOTALS
Forest City
Baldwin, If
Mathney, 2b
VVtiitner, lb
Jones, cf
Hardin, 3b
Bradley, c
Lytle, p
Butler, ss
Jolley, rf
TOTALS
Ab R H Rbi
3 0 0 0 1
3 0 0 0
4 0 t 0
3 0 10,
4 0 1 0 ,
4 0 0 0 J
3 0 0 0 |
3 0 0 0
4 0 0 0
31 0 3 0
Ab R H Rbi
3 0 0 0
4 0 0 0
4 0 0 0
4 0 0 0
3 110
3 0 0 1
3 0 0 0
3 0 0 0
3 0 0 0
30 1 1 1
Kings Mtn. 000 000 000 0-0 3 1
Forest City 000 000 000 0-1 1 0|
K - Gold; PO A KM 28-9, For-j
es( City 30 13; LOB KM 6, PC 4;
3B Gibson; SB - Bolin, Baldwin,
Hardin; HBP - Lytle (Goodson);
VVP Leonard; PB - Bradley.
Pitching IP H R Er Bb So
Leonard dl) 9G 110 2 13
Lyile (w) 10 3 0 0 4 5
KINGS MOUNTAIN
LITTLE LEAGUE
STANDINGS
Team
BurMil
Park Grace
Ki wants
Jaycees
Lions
Optimist
Police CUtb
Rescue Squad
W L Pet.
T 0 1 OOO
4 3 .571
3 3 .500
3 3 .500
3 3 .500
2 3 .400
2 5 .280
1 5 .167
JIM LEIGH continued hie hitting
pace in Thursday's lose to Lin
colnton-Cherryville by singling
in one of the locals' four runs.
The slick fielding first baseman
also collected one of the two
Kings Mountain hits in the loss
to Gastonia.
Softball League
Has Difficulties
The Kings Mountain Slow •
Pitch Softball League continued
to experience difficulties in lea
gue play Friday and Saturday as
rain and a forfeit cut the sche
dule to two complete games and
one four inning contest. r
Friday night Foote took the
measure of the Painters by scor
ing an 11 to 8 victory on a sus
tained fifteen-hit attack. The
Painters belted out fourteen saf
eties but could not take advan
tage of them.
Hitting in every frame Foote
put together innings of two, four
and five runs to capture the win.
Holland Smith and Biddix
each had three hits for four trips
to the plate to lead the winners.
Carrigan and Lefevers hit home *
runs for Foote. ,
For tire losers Bennett had ai
perfect four for four and Horn
three for four to pace the hitting.!
Pressley was* the winning pit-j
eher while Rushing took thej
loss.
Carolina Throwing eked out
another win in the night's rain
shortened second game by down
ing Beacon 4 to 3 in four innings.
Styers hit a homerun to aid
his own cause in picking up the
win, while Lockridge had a sin
gle, double and homerun in
three plate appearances.
Beacon’s three hits were shar
ed equally by Moss, Quinn and
Ferguson.
Saturday’s night the action
was cut to one game as the Bea
con team failed to muster the
needed ten players, but the Car
olina Throwing team picked up
its fifth consecutive win with an
U to 0 shutout over the Painters.
Beheler, the winning pitcher,
limited the Painters to six sin
gles in registering his first win
of the season. The Throwers
managed eleven hits off loser
Rushing and reliefer Conner.
Three hits in four tries by Eng
’ »d the winners at the plate.
Moss and Lefevers had circuit;
outs for the Throwers.
Laughter had two for three to
i\il the losers.
Games on tap this week have
F.ote meeting Carolina Throwing
and Beacon going against the
Painters Friday night.
Saturday night it will be the
Throwers versus Beacon and the
Painters meeting Foote.
BuiMil Remains Undefeated In LL;
Win Seventh Straight Game Monday
BurMil remained undefeated
as the Kings Mountain Little
league entered its fourth week
of play this week. Running its
o Kiseeutive win skein to seven
the BurMil boys downed Kiwattis
4 to 0 and Park Grace 11 to 1.
In the shutout win over the
Kiwants June 20, Tommy Gofor
th was the big show for the
winners. The young righthander
hurled the win and hit his third
horn * run of the season to lead
the BurMil attack.
Tommy Gerberding was char
ged with the loss.
In the second game Wednes
day Park Grace picked up its
fourth wit of the campaign by
downing the Police Club 10 to 6
behind the combined pitching of
Sieve Bell and Green.
Wayne Muilinax hit his third
and fourth home runs of the sea-|
v mi to load tile Park Grace hit
lers. David Davenport had a
double to load t!;e Police hitters.!
In the game played the previ
ous nigh' the Police Club was
downed 12 to ti by the Jaycees as
Paul Gaffney clubbed two home'
runs and a single to drive in
nine runs for the winners.
Richard Carroll led the hitting
for the Police Club.
Thursday Chucky Gladden
provided the margin as the Lions
defeated the Jayeees 2 to 1 in a
squeaker. His home run in the
top of the sixth was the big blow
of the game, and gave the Lions
their third win of the season.
Steve Gladden was the winner.
Mike Ray field and Paul C.affnev
shared the hill chores for the
Jayeees. Joe Cornwell had a tri
ple in the sixth to lead the Jay
eee hitters.
Wayne Childers hurled a shut
out as the Optimist downed th
Rescue Squad 5 to 0 in Thurs
day's second game.
Kelson Conner, the Optimist
catcher, led both teams in the
hitting department with two hits
in three plate appearances.
BurMil won its seventh strai
ght game Monday night as Tom
my Goforth held Park Grace to
one run while his mates were
scoring eleven.
Powell, Bolin
Chased B; Umps
In 6 To 4 Loss
Kings Mountain got three hits,
four runs and committed six er
rors in losing a nine-inning ball
game 6 to 4 and a coach and
player for two innings here
Thursday night.
The errors and lack of plate
punch provided Llncoloton
CherryviHe with the win; player
contact with the nmplre deprived
the ilooals of the services of head
coach Bill Powell and third base
man Lawrence Bolin.
In the seventh with two men
out and first and third occupied
Bolin started the chain of events
that led (to two runs and the e
jection from the game of himself
and Coach Powell.
On a steal of second by Bolin
the L-C second baseman made
a cutoff attempt at the plate and
three errors by the catcher al
lowed Bolin to make the circuit
to the plate. On his first try he
missed the base and, in attemp
ting to make the required tag o
home, made contact with every
thing and everyone within tag
ging distance.
When contact was made with
the umpire, Bolin was ejected
from the game. The ejection
brought forth a protest from
Powell who was immediately
directed to follow his player
from the field of battle.
Following this eruption Kings
Mountain did not get another
man on base.
Kings Mountain registered its
other two runs in the third and
fifth innings.
In the third a walk, hit bats
man and Jim Leigh’s single
chased across one marker.
In the fifth a single by Mike
Huffstickler, another hit bats
man (Goforth again) and a wild
pitch accounted for a tally.
Lincolnton-Cherryville scored
early and often in running up
its six-run total. Singletons were
registered in the first, fourth,
fifth and sixth and two tallied
in the seventh.
Two errors and a single pro
vided the first inning marker. A
single, stolen base and single
scored the fourth inning run.
Two singles and an error ac
counted for the fifth frame score
and a walk and two singles
pushed across one in the sixth.
Three errors and two walks gave
L-C its final two runs in the sev
enth.
Bo Goforth, Kings Mountain’s
starter and loser, allowed two
earned runs on nine hits. He fan
ned three and issued four free
passes.
Jackie Hughes surrendered one
hit and no runs while striking
out fouT in two and two-third
innings of relief.
Donnie Carrigan, the winner,
gave up one earned run on three
hits. He struck out ten.
Steve Herman pitched two and
two-third innings of hitless re-1
lief far the visitors.
line- Chert yville
Wallace, rf
Houser, lb
Smith, of
Laney, If
Jenkins, c
Setter, c
Beal, ss
Randle. 2b
Cook. 3b
Carrigan, p
Herman, p
TOTALS
Kings Mountain
Leigh, lb
Murphy, 2b
A-Leonard
Gibson, rf
Bolin. 3b
Putnam, 3b
Gold, ss
Young, rf, 2b
Goodson, cf
Little, If
Huffstickler, c
B-Huffstetler
Goforth, p
Hughes, p
TOTALS
A-Hit by pitcher
Tth.
AbRHHbi
4 0 10
5 0 10
5 2 10
5 0 10
3 0 11
2 0 10
4 2 10
4 110
4 111
4 0 10
1 o o o :
41 6 To 2
AbRHRbi
5 111,
2 0 0 0 !
0 0 0 0 1
0 0 0 0 i
4 10 0
0 0 0 0 i
4 0 0 0|
3 0 0 0 I
4 0 10!
4 0 0 0
2 2 1 0 j
1 0 0 0 j
0 0 0 0 1
10 0 0
31) 4 3 1
for Murphy in
B-Grounded out for Huffstickler
in 9th.
Line-Cherry 10) 111 200-6-10-5
Kings Mtn. 001 010 200-4 -3-6
E Murphy 4, Gold, Goforth.
Carrigan. Houser, Setzer 3; PO-A
Line-Cherry - 27-12; KM 27-14;
LOB - L. C, 12; KM 5; SB - Bolin,
Beal; HBP - Carrigan (Goforth
2), Herman (Leonard); WP-Hu
ghes, Carrigan; PB - Huffstick
ler; U - Yarbrough & Myers; T -
2:57; A-350.
Pitching IP H B Er Bb So
Carrigan (w) 6H 3 3 1 4 10
Herman 2S 0 1 0 0 3
Goforth (1) 6ls 9 6 2 4 3
Hughes 2% 1 <y 0 0 4j
Lowest ERA u| the history of
the major leagues was the 0.£W
posted by Fertile Sehupp in 1916.
r
H e r a l d
Sports
BY HAROLD PEARSON
Thursday Double-D Night
Thursday night was Double-D Night for yours truly
in the area of Kings Mountain sports. The D’s representing
a Downright Discouraging night of athletic contests.
Initiating the evening of despair was the local fast
pitch softball team’s 2 to 0 loss to Minette. As a member
of the losing nine my spirits were not at the highest point.
However, this was the least discouraging of the
night’s events. Losing is never pleasant, but when the
game is well-played and well-officiated it leaves no bad
taste, only the thought that you could have done better.
Such was the case in the softball game, but the sec
ond game (Lincolnton-Cherryville vs Kings Mountain)
was altogether different. The game was neither well-play
ed nor well-officiated.
The players can be excused their minor miscues and
misplays; they are young. Some (the majority of the lo
cal nine) are in their first year of organized competition.
How do you excuse, though, the mistakes made by
men who are supposedly well-trained for their jobs? How
do you turn your head when these men of experience
make glaring mistake after glaring mistake? How can you
forgive men who destroy the earnest efforts of youngsters
doing the things they enjoy most?
It is not the policy of this source to find fault with the
officals assigned here, but in answer to the above three
questions, there is but one answer from this corner: I
DON’T.
This is not to be judged as a “sour-grape attitude” to
cover up a losing game by the home town team. This is
an opinion arrived at after much thought and deliberation.
Also it is not just the solitary opinion of one person.
It is the concensus of opinions expressed by everyone wit
nessing Thursday night’s game.
Opposing coaches, opposing players and opposing fans
agreed that the entire Legion Junior baseball program
suffered from the game’s officiating.
Officials are necessary in every athletic contest, but
not of the caliber we saw Thursday.
Club House Need Felt
4.07 When a manager, player, coach or trainer is
ejected from a game, he shall leave the field im
mediately and take no further part in the game.
He shall remain in the CLUB HOUSE or change
to street clothes and either leave the park or take
a seat in the grandstand well removed from the
vicinity of his team’s bench or bullpen.
This is an excerpt from the Official Baseball Rules
and is used here as another means of emphasizing the nec
essity of renovating and improving the existing facilities
at City Stadium.
How is it possible for a manager, player, coach or
trainer to adher to the rules and regulations if no such fa
cility exists?
This is not just an improvement necessary for base
ball. With football it is an even more acute problem.
Thursday the need was felt when the Kings Mountain coa
ch had the choice of making the trek to the high school
gym to change into street clothes or linger outside the Sta
dium until the game’s conclusion.
In football, which is not as far removed as it seems,
there is a need for a club or field house at every game.
Why must the players be forced to endure the vagaries
and hardships of nature merely because Kings Mountain
chooses to remain apathetic toward improving the local a
rena.
For years improvements have been forthcoming, but
like tomorrow they never really come.
Even when civic organizations offer help City Sta
dium remains the same.
Committees are appointed expressly to study the pro
blem of improvement. Their reports are tabled to await
further study.
Now the delay is for the final plans of the new high
school to be made. It is hoped that these will include a
structure suitable for all the city’s athletic endeavors.
This is a possibility but not in the near future.
The question seems to be not How can we improve
City Stadium? But how can we escape improving City
Stadium?
Like Shakespeare’s “To be or not to be” question, this
may become a classic.
Kid Hecklers Undesirables
Did you ever wonder about some of the followers of a
kid baseball program? What type of person is he? Does he
experience a vicarious thrill when his team performs an
outstanding maneuver or gets the big basehit? Does he at
tend the games because of a deep feeling for the sport?
OR, and this is a big word, does he go merely to be on
hand to criticize the kids when they make a bobble or a
mistake?
It is easy to point out examples of all types if you are
yourself a follower of the sport.
One type which is all too prominent and would not be
missed, is the constant heckler. You all know him. You
see him at every game.
This is the loudmouth who has never played the sport,
but is an "authority” on each aspect of the game. He is
the blaring bleacherite who is always ready to heap criti
cism upon an erring player.
Never does this type stop to consider that the player
is only fifteen or sixteen years old. Never considered is the
fact that the boy is inexperienced and playing only for the
second or third time. Also never considered by this buff
oon is the damage that can be done to the boy and even
the entire team by remarks that are made without any!
basis.
The harrassing heckler thinks only of being heard.'
His ego expands with each scathing remark. He receives
some “long-denied recognition” for his witticisms. He
makes himself feel important.
Is this type necessary? Would the game survive with
out him? He is not and the game would.
It takes a special breed to destroy the confidence of aj
kid. There must be a cerebral malfunction involved when!
a man seeks release from his own feelings of inadequacy*
at the expense of a youngster representing his home town, i
The best that can be hoped for is that maybe he will!
stay at home next time. *
Juniors Lose To Gastonia
As Playoft Series Begins >>
George Plonk, Jr.
Has Hole-In-One
On KMCC Course
Golfers dream of making a
hole-in-one shot from the time
they first swing a club until they
can no longer pover the course.
Some realize their dream, others
never make if.
To George Plonk, Jr. dream
fulfillment came early when the
fourteen-year-old golfer holed
his tee shot on the 14th hole of
the Kings Mountain Country
Club course Tuesday morning.
The youthful golfer was play
ing in a threesome with Robert
Neisler and Sherman Perry when
his eight iron shot from the tee
dropped in the cup on the cour
se’s 125-yard lake hole.
A rising sophomore at Kings
Mountain High School, young
Plonk was a member of the
school’s winning golf team this
spring.
When asked, the happy golfer
could not say just how long he
had been playing the game, but
“guessed” that about six years
would be close.
Young George is the son of Dr.
and Mrs. George W. Plonk.
Tigers Win Eighth;
Play Two Saturday
The Kings (Mountain Tigers
returned to the win column Sat
urday by downing CherryviUe 6
to 3 in CherryviUe.
The win was the eighth of the
season for the Tigers who have
lost only one contest during the
young 1962 season.
Scoring in the first, fourth
and seventh innings the local
team rolled to victory behind the
two-hit, eleven - strikeout pitch
ing of Belton. The hard throwing
hurler picked up his first win of
the season in his first start.
Sharing the hitting leadership
for the Tigers D. Mitchem had
four hits and J. Davie had three
Big blow of the afternoon was
H. Jordan’s two-run homer, his
fourth circuit smash of the sea
son.
Sunday the Tigers were in
Charlotte for a game with the
Charlotte Eagles but were rained
out in the first inning.
Saturday, June 30, the Tigers
WiU play a three-team double
header. In the first game the lo
cals will meet CherryviUe and
Boiling Springs will provide the
opposition in the second game.
Game time is 2 p. m. on the
Davidson Park diamond.
Lane Score:
Tigers 100 200 300—6 9 1
CherryviUe 000 021 000—3 2 5
CCNLL
STANDING
Team
Boys Club No. 1
Lanterns
Pryettes
Boys Club No. 2
W L Pet
2 1 .667
2 1 .667
1 2 .333
1 2 .333
Minette Defeats
Moose Again 2-0
Thurman Peterson and Minette
continued their domination of
the Kings Mountain Moose team
as they downed the locals 2 to 0
in Thursday night’s fast-pitch
softball game.
The locals have now dropped
two games in league play. Both
losses have been to Peterson and
Minette by identical scores.
In Thursday’s contest the Gro
ver nine took advantage of (three
hits and four Moose errors to
shutout the Kings Mountain
team.
Grover scared first in the four
th on two hits, a fielder’s choice
and a dropped fly ball behind
second.
The second run crossed the
plate when the Kings Mountain
pitcher Harold Pearson dropped
the ball after making the tag at
home plate in the fifth.
Kings Mountain had four hits
but left six runners stranded.
The locals now have a record
of seven wins and two losses
and hold a one-game edge over
One - Hour - Marti nizin g in the lea
gue standings.
Lanterns Win 18-4;
Tie For First Place
The Lanterns blazed early in
Holly Oak Park Monday as the
Kings Mountain team exploded
for seven runs in the second inn
ing to down Boys Club No. One
10 to 4 and move into a tie for;
first place in CCNLL standings. ;
The Lanterns lashed out thir-!
teen hits in picking up the win.
Nob Cole had a perfect 3 for 3
to lead the hitters. Ken Mitch-;
em had two triples in three trips, ;
Norris Moore also had two hits’
for the winners.
Ray Adams worked the first
five inning for the Lanterns al-|
lowing five hits and two walks;
while striking out eight
Arthur Lee Hood pitched the
sixth and recorded two strike
outs while allowing no hits.
Line Score:
Lanterns 170 110-10-13-2
Boy* Onb 1 003 001- 4- 5-4
LAWRENCE BOLIN, Kings Moun
tain third baseman, singled in th
ninth inning Monday to register
one of the two local hits in the
11*0 loss to Gastonia.
Spangler Loses
In Ten Innings
The Spangler & Son teener
team was rained out in one
game and lost another in ten in
nings as play in the Cleveland
County Teener League entered
its third week of action.
After four complete innings of
play Friday the rains came to
wash out the Spangler-Shelby
VFW contest before it could be
made official.
Monday the Mixers played
host to the No. 1 Township (Boil
ing Springs) team and went ten
innings before falling to a 10 to
8 defeat.
Trailing by three the local
team came alive for three runs
on four hits in the bottom of the
sixth to throw the game into ex
tra innings.
In the top of the tenth the visi
tors followed five shutout inn
ings. with a three-run burst to
claim the victory.
Spangler fought back for one
run in the home half of the in
ning on a hit batsman and a tri
ple by Fletcher but could not
keep the rally allive.
The local team, with Jones
and Mullinax leading the way,
gathered thirteen hits from the
combined offerings of the two
Number One pitchers, Huskey
and Honeycutt. Jones had 4 for
6 and Mullinax 3 for 5.
Pittman and White shared the
Spangler pitching chore and al
lowed fifteen safeties.
Three Pitchers
Yield Nine Hits
In 11-0 Shutout
Kings Mountain employed
three pitchers to no avail Mon
day night as Gastonia took an
11 to 0 decision from the locals
in game one of the best three of
five second round playoff series.
Game number two will be
played in City Stadium Wednes
day night with Barry Gibson on
the mound for Kings Mountain
to face Gastonia’s Steve Forrest
er. Should the game be rained
out it will be played here Thurs
day night.
Play will revert to the Gas
tonia diamond for game num
ber three..
The trio of hurlers allowed the
Gaston Post 23 team seven earn
ed runs and nine base hits.
Kings Mountain managed two
safeties and no runs off the serv
ings of the route-going Gastonia
pitcher, Tommy Millwood.
Beattie Leonard started on the
hill for the locals and was res
ponsible for six of the enemy
scores (three earned) as he was
touched for three hits in the
three innings he worked. In suf
fering the loss the big lefthand
er struck out five, walked three
and hit one barter.
In forty Innings of play this
season Leonard has given up
just fifteen hits and now has a
record of 2 wins and 3 defeats.
In the fourth Bo Goforth came
on to relieve Leonard and scatt
ered three hits over the next
three frames. He allowed one
earned run while fanning four
and walking none.
Jackie Hughes was the last
Kings Mountain pitcher of the
evening. Gastonia reached him
for three runs on three hits in
the last two stanzas.
The host team scored markers
in every inning except the first
and fifth to take a one-game
lead in the series.
In the second an error, hit
batsman, walk, passed ball and
a sacrifice fly accounted for two.
A waflk, stolen base, error and
single scored one in the third.
Three hits, a walk and a wild
pitch were good for four in the
fourth.
In the sixth a single followed
by a two-base error and a wild
pitch added one to the total.
Herman Eaker’s blast over the
left-field fence in the seventh
made it nine.
The final two Gastonia scores
were registered in the eighth on
two hits, a walk and a Codder's
choice.
Kings Mountain threatened in
the second, third and fifth but
could not muster the needed
punch to push across the run
ner.
Herman Eakar added two sin
gles to his home run to emerge
as the night's hitting leader.
Jim Leigh’s single in the fifth
and Lawrence Bolin’s one-baser
in the ninth were Kings Moun
tain’s only safe blows.
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