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Herald Sports BY HAROLD PEARSON Experience Teaches; Age Nullifies Experience is the best teacher. This is the adage that has made the rounds since my memory began. Thursday night is was made evident again. The problem Thursday, however, was that the age that comes with experience can nullify all the teachings of ex perience. The 1962 Mid-Western District Fast-Pitch Softball Tour nament began in Grover Thursday and brought out of re tirement many of the State Champs of 1958. Playing as the Grover Vets or All-Stars (take your pick) were John Gold, Harold Sheppard, Wade Vaughn, Zero Hastings, Loy Paige, Gene Turner and Ken Hamrick, all members of the 1958 Minette team that captured the state title. These veterans, with one or two substitutes, played the longest game in the recent history of the Tournament. After both teams had scored two runs in the first two frames, neither team could score over the next fourteen. In the seventeenth age caught up with the Vets and they allowed three markers to lose 5 to 2. This marked the first performance for many of the for mer champs since 1959. It also put them in the position of playing more in the one game than they had practiced mil year (they worked out two days earlier in the week). P One of the players remarked during the course of the game, “I must have set some kind of record. I’ve made the final out of the inning five times.” Experience can teach, but age can cloud the teach mgs. Collegiates Outclassed in Grid Classic In 1933 Arch Ward, the late sports editor of the Chi cago Tribune, founded the Major League All-Star baseball game. In 1934 he founded the College All-Star football game. In the former the stars are supposedly the cream of the crop from both major leagues. In the latter the National Football League champions meet what is purported to be the best college football players from the previous sea son. In the baseball All-Star series the record stands at 17 wins for the American League, 15 for the National and one tie. This shows the relative balance between the two lea gues. However, the NL has monopolized it in recent years. In the twenty-eight previous College All-Star games the collegiate eleven has won eight games. There is defi nitely an imbalance here. Monday afternoon the AL won its 17th All-Star game. Will the College All-Stars be able to win their ninth game Friday night? I think not. Will Roman Gabriel or John Hadl be able to lead the collegians as Sammy Baugh did in the school boys’ first win in 1937? I think not. Will Otto Graham be able to carry the cream of the col lege crop to victory as he did in 1942 and 1946 as a playi er and as a coach? I think not. In the last three games the All-Stars have scored a pal try 21 points to the pros’ 84. This clearly shows where the power lies. The best that can be hoped against a team of Green fay’s caliber is that the score be not too humiliating. You must remember, Green Bay destroyed the season ed New York Giants last year 37 to 0 in a batle between the two best football teams in the world. It is too muchj to expect boys unseasoned in the pro game to win. Football fans throughout the nation, excluding Green Bay, will be rooting for the college boys. I hope they win but fear the task too great. All-Star Pads Player Pension Monday was the last of the “second All-Star” games of the season, if the American League moguls hold to the decision they made last February at Miami Beach. The players are desirous of continuing the practice as a means of taking care of the $10 million debt owed by the pension fund. Ford Frick, commissioner of baseball, says that there is nothing alarming or unusual about the situ ation and at one time the debt was $18 million. Another idea of the players concerning this debt is to put the World Series and All-Star games on a pay-as-you view basis. Frick is also opposed to this suggestion as is undoubtedly every baseball fan in the country. The fans now afford these players the highest salaries in the coun try outside of corporation presidents. Why should they have to assure them pensions of five and six hundred dol lars a month? While on the subject of the All-Star game a word about Monday’s contest. Pete Runnels, Leon Wagner and Rocky Colavito made the AL look like the winners of old. With the AL’s prestige in the games being drained by the con tinued winning of the NL, the bats boomed and again gave the junior circuit a two game lead. The late Cornelius McGillicuddy (Connie Mack) was not only a great baseball man but also a seer. Twenty,' years ago when asked of the AL superiority in the All |Star games he replied that those things run in cycles and That in time it would go the other way. Nothing could have been more true. The AL won twelve of the first six teen; the NL won eleven of the last seventeen. History repeated itself Saturday as the ’37 All-Stars ca vorted in the Old-Timers Game in Yankee Stadium. Dizzy Dean, whose career was cut short by a broken toe sustain ed in the ’37 classic, suffered an injury to his ankle on the first play of the game. This will not end his sportscasting career which was started by the earlier injury. Pirates Play Like '60 Should the Pirates by some means win the National League pennant, it will be in the same manner as I960;. That was the year no one could beat the Bucs in extra in nings or in one-run contests. Presently the Bucs lead the majors in one-run victories with twenty-two. The Yankees have won eighteen. At the other end of the scale is the Mets with twenty-five one-run defeats. Bob Addie of the Washington Post reports that there is now a new Yankee doll. Wind it up and it wins another pennant. Even baseball is becoming electronically inclined. The Twins are now considering experimenting with a transis tor-type radio receiver attached to the pitcher’s shirt so that communication between bench and mound can be held constantly. It has proved successful at Vancouver, the Twins’ farm club in the Pacific Coast League. The Red Sox not only contributed to the Angels cause by losing two-thirds of the time but also contributed many players to the seraphs. Albie Pearson, Ted Bowsfield, Ed Sadowski, Billy Consolo, Eli Grba. Ken McBride, Jack Springs and pitching coach Marv Grissom were once Red Sox chattels. It finally happened! A pitcher admitted he threw a spit ball. Dick Farrell of the Houston Colt ,45s confessed to throwing a “spitter” to Stan Musial in the July 20 game at Houston. He says he threw it “just for the heck of it” and doesn’t do it regularly like Burdette and other hurl ers in the league. (Ed. note: Musial got a hit.) "I hope to be back next year and I probably will.” So spoke Stan (The Man) Musial when he was honored in Houston recently. With these words comes the knowl edge tfcat baseball fans will continue to see records fall Tommy Goforth Hurls LL Playoff No-Hitter mmsm 1962 PONY LEAGUE CHAMPS • The Morgroce team of the Kings Mountain Pony League captured the 1962 championship with a record of 9 wins and 1 loss. Friday night in City Stadium the champs will meet a fifteen-player All-Sar team picked from the league's remaining three teams. Margrace's only loss this season was an 8 to 7 decision to the runner-up Mauney nine June 25. Front row left to right: Roy Medlin, Philip Bunch. Jer ry Bumgardner. Danny Sprouse. Dick Ray. Erskine Bolin and Solon Norris. Coach. Second row same order: Harold Farris. Richard Bolin. Wayne OdelL Jay Powell, John Vandyke and Rick Moore. Margrace Wins Pony League Crown To Play Loop All-Stars Friday Night Mauney Wins To Finish Second In Loop Ratings Margrace and Mauney regis tered wins in the last two Pony| League games of the season to! finish the campaign in the first! and second spots in the final j league standings. Margrace came from behind Wednesday to down the Moose 13 to 7 and claim the league championship with a record of nine wins and only one refeat. Mauney downed the Rebels 12 to 7 Thursday in the final gamej of the season. The win coupled1 with the Moose loss to Margrace! gave the Mauney nine sole pos-;' session of the runner-up spot inj the standings. The Margrace - Moose clash j Wednesday was a wild affairj from the opening pitch. Eight | hitters went to the plate in thei top of the first as the winners scored five runs on one hit. In the home-half of the frame the report was similar as the losers sent ten to the dish and tallied six markers on three hits. Following this opening burst, however, the Moose team was able to register only one tally as Richard Bolin relieved Jerry Bumgardner in the second and allowed the losers only one hit I and one run over the remaining: five frames. J I The winners scored six in the; fourth to put the game out of. reach. Mike Hughes was the hitting* ;tar of the afternoon as he ban ned out two singles and a double n five trips to the plate. Danny Sprouse led the winners with :wo hits in three trips. Mauney pounded out ten hits, ix for extra bases, to pin the 2 to 7 defeat on the Rebels Thursday afternoon. Jerry Carrigan and Gene Hun singer were the big guns for the vinners, each accounting for two jxtra-base blows. Carrigan had two doubles for three plate ap pearances while 'Huntsinger had a triple and a double in four trips. Frank Carroll and Steve Ram sey each had two singles and wo runs scored to pace the los ers’ offense. Line Scores: Margrace 500 620 0—13 6 3 Moose 600 010 0— 7 5 3 Rebels 340 000 0— 7 8 5 Mauney 331 500 0—12 10 1 Neisler, Baker Are Winners In CC Golf Charles Neisler and Don Bak er are two golfers who believe | in duplication. One week ago this past Satur-i day Neisler captured the blind: bogey event and was nearest the Number 5 lake hole in the elos est-to-the-hole competition. Sat urday he was again the blind i'bogey winner and again near on [the Number 5 lake hole. Baker performed his duplica tion feat on consecutive days. Saturday he was the winner on the 217-yard eighth hole in the closest-to-the-hole competition. Sunday he duplicated the feat. 'A trio of golfers shared the first place honors in Sunday’s blind bogey. Splitting the prize in the three-way deadlock were 1 Pred Wright, Jacob Cooper and the aforementioned Baker. ; Johnny Smathers, Saturday, and Ooman Falls, Sunday, were [the blind bogey runners-up. I Zip Rhea was closest to the j Number 5 lake hole Sunday. I Last Wednesday in the dog I fight competition the team com prised of Carl Blanton, Luther r Joy and Rheat emerged victori ous. An "unidentified vitamin” fr om fish meal improves growth in chickens. It has had a part in the | fast growth of the fish meal in-j dustry r~ Diamond Standings KINGS MOUNTAIN Little League Standings Team Bur Mil Lions Jaycees Kiwanis Park Grace Res. Sq. Optimist Pol. Club W L Pet. 12 1 .923 9 5 .643 7 5 .583 7 7 .500! 6 7 .462j 6 7 .462j 4 9 .308 2 12 .143 i KINGS MOUNTAIN Pony League Standings Team W L Pet. Margrace 9 1 .900 Mauney 5 4 .556 Moose 4 5 .444 Rebels 0 8 .000 In 1901 Naip Lajoie posted a batting average of .422 which still stands as the highest one year AL figure. Ty Cobb a record 12 AL bat-1 ting titles. He won nine straight titles before failing in 1916. He came back with three more for a run of 12 titles in 13 seasons. KM Wins Two In Mid-Westezn Play; Two Victories Needed Foi Ciown ; Kings Mountain’s entry in the ! Mid-Western District Softball iTomament put itself in a eom jmanding position with a 7 to 2 iwin over Zion Thursday and a 2 to 1 decision over Cool Springs i Friday in the opening rounds of play in Grover. Two consecutive wins without ia setback can now send the ] Kings Mountain Moose team to Winston-Salem as the Med-Wes tem representative in the North j Carolina State Championshipj ! Tournament. The locals will meet Minette of Grover in the tournament quarter - finals Friday night. Winner of this game automati cally advances to the finals nee-| ding only one win to Claim the j crown. In picking up the two wins last week the Moose team dis played two attributes that had I been missing in the local’s at ! tack during the last two months of the regular campaign. Thursday night it was a power laden plate attack and Fridayj ; night it was a never-say die 1 comeback. In the win Thursday (called after five innings in accordance I with tournament rules) two - to the man who sets a record almost every time he dons ' a uniform. I Fred Haney, general manager of the Los Angeles c Angels, has an idea about the scheduling of inter-league 1 play if it ever becomes a part of the baseball program. He suggests matching the clubs according to positions in the - race. “Think of the fun and the turnout, too, when the > tenth-place teams meet to see which is the worst in the ; majors.” ’ Gene Autry is unique among major league club owners. - He not only attends those clinics his players put on but <*lso performs in them himself. > The Dodgers call their home park Dodger Stadium. The l Angels tab it Chavez Ravine. Would they alternate the -1 names if both teams win pennants and play the World H Series there? * homeruns and a triple hightligh ted the nine-hit Moose attack. Jim Guyton, ‘Holland Smith, David Huilender and Jerry Ross each pounded out two hits to lead the winners. Gene Stone started the game with a towering drive over the! left field fence to put the locals ahead in the opening frame. ! In the second Smith led off with a triple to the deepest part of center field and scored on Jerry Ross’ single. With two out and the bases jammed Jim Guyton unloaded a line drive over the left field bar rier to clear the sacks and make the score 6 to 0 Moose. Zion marked twice in the bot tom of the second, but the lo cals came back for one in the third to provide the needed five run bulge to termlinate the game after five frames. 'Palmer Smith started the game for the Moose but gave way to Bud Moss in the second when his control faltered. The two hurlens allowed only two safeties while fanning five. Friday night the Moose and Cool Springs, the tournament fa write, battled for five innings without a score. Cool Springs marked in the home-half of the sixth on an error and an infield single to take the lead. Battling back in their last at bat the locals scored two runs after two were out in the sev enth for a one-run lead. Cool Springs threatened with men on second and third and no outs in the final frame but could not score as two strikeouts and a pop to first ended the threat.; Lne Scores: K. M. Moose 151 00-7 9 0i Zion 020 00—2 2 0, K. M. Moose 000 000 2—2 6 3 Cool Springs 000 001 0—1 4 2 Hurlers Head Filteen-Playei All-Star Squad Pitchers dominate the 1962 Pony League All-Star team that wil face the league champion Margrace nine Friday night at 7:30 in City Stadium. Five pitchers were picked by the coaches to head the fifteen player squad that is comprised of five players each from the lea gue’s second, third and fourth place teams, Mauney, Moose and Rebels. A trophy emblematic of the 1962 Kings Mountain Pony Lea gue championship will be pre sented to the winning Margrace team prior to Friday night’s game. Will Grice of the Moose and Herman Green of Mauney will share the coaching chores for the All-Stars. Solon Norris, who directed Margrace to the league cham nionship. will be at the helm of the host team. The All-Star team in additior to the five pitchers has three catchers, five infielders and two outfielders. The roster by teams: Mauney: Steve Bess, pitcher, Jerry Carrigan, outfield, Phillip Wright, catcher, Phillip Cash, pitcher, and Gene Huntsinger, in field. Moose: Bill Bridges, infield Phil Russ infield, Mike Hughes, pitcher, Eddie Hamrick, catcher, and Jirv; ilamsey, outfield. Rebels: Frank Carroll, infield, field, Larry McNeily, catcher, Dave Alexander, infield. Kenny Plonk, pitcher - infield, and Steve Ramsey, pitcher-infield. Registration Opens For Women Bowlers The Kings Mountain Ladies’ Duckpin Bowling League will begin its season with the first games scheduled for Septem ber 4 at 7:30 P.M. Ladies in this area who are interested In duckpin bowling his season are requested to register at Ithe Mountain Lane Bowling Center by August 10. Grid Aide Choice Likely This Week An assistant coach to fill the vacancy existing on the Kings Mountain High School staff is ex pected to be selected this week end according to a statement to the Herald Wednesday afternoon by Superintendent B. N. Barnes. Supt. Barnes stated that sever al applications are under con sideration awaiting the recom mendation of Bill Bates. Head coach Bates is to meet with Barnes Friday for the pur pose of making the final decision -oncemlng the choice of an aide. Bates is in Greensboro this week attending the annual North Carolina Coaches Clinic. Supt. Barnes also stated that ol lowing the selection of a grid issistant, the relief requested by laseball coach Fred Withers can ie considered. Withers stated that the de cision as to a new assistant would determine his coaching 'oad for the coming school year. The present head baseball oach told the Herald Monday that he would like to continue -it the helm of the Mountaineei diamond squad, but that the de cision rests with Supt. Barnes. Presently the coaching stafi has Bates heading varsity foot ball and girl’s basketball, Dor Parker boy’s basketball anc Withers baseball. Vacancies exist in track anc golf which were left without a mentor by the resignation oi John Gamble. Parker served as Gamble's as sistant in track and is a likely candidate to fill this vacancy. lones Leads Tigers To Fourteenth Win For the second straight weel Will Jones was the man of th* hour for the Kings Mountain Tig ers’ baseball team. His single ir the home half of the tenth frame Saturday night drove in -the win ning run as the locals downed Lancaster 9 to 8. Saturday, July 21, Jones dou bled home the winning run as the Tigers beat the South Caro lina team 8 -to 7. Belton Roberts went all the way on the hill to pick up his fourth win of the season as the Tigers posted their fourteenth victory. He struck out 9 and walked 4. Lancaster knotted the score in the top of the ninth to set the stage for Jones’ game - winning hit. A. Jordon, who had tripled, scored the tie-breaking run. Saturday, August 4, the Tigers will travel to Lancaster for a re turn match with the Sandlap pers. On August 11 the Tigers will play a double header to conclude their season in City Stadium. At 4 p.m. they' will face Blacksburg and at 6 p.m. an old timers game will bo held between Kings Mountain and Galilee. Tank Hill, manager of the first Negro team in Kings Mountain, will man age the locals while Clyde Adams will be at the helm of the Galilee nine. Sunday, August 12, the Char lote Eagles will invade Davidson Park for an afternoon game. Hurler Fans 13 In Shutout Win Over Police Club Tommy Goforth pitched the first nohitter of the 1962 little League season Monday night as BurMil downed the Police Club 11 to 0 in the first round of lea gue playoffs. The hard-throwing righthander registered thirteen strikeouts in hurling the mound masterpie ce and did not allow a ball out of the infield. 'Pour walks and a hit batsmaa prevented the young moundaman from recording a perfect game as his mates played air-tight ball defensively. Keith Carroll had four hits In four plate appearances' to pro vide the hurler with offensive assistance. The Jaycees, Park Grace arris Lions logged wins in the otfuar first round playoff games. Mike Rayfield provided the pitching and Dennis Conner She hitting as the Jaycees shutout the Rescue Squad in the playoff Mdlifter Monday night. Rayfield pitched one-hit, nfcie strikeout ball to keep hite 3ay cee team in the winner’s brack et. Conner had two homemns, one in the second inning and or* in the fourth, to provide the win ners with a victory margin. A single by Alexander in the opening frame spoiled Rayfield* hid for a no-hitter. Pour runs in the top of the sixth were not enough Tuesday night as Park Grace eked out a one-run victory over the Kiwan is 11 to 10. Wayne Mullinax was the big stickma-n for the winners as the I Kiwanis pitcher could root get 1 the young catcher out all night. He had a single, double and tri ple in three official trips to the plate. He also accounted for three; of the Park Grace mark ers. Darrell Whetstine and Ricky Grabl provide the plate punch for the losers. Whetstine had two singles and two runs for three at hats while Grahl had two doubles and a single in four trips to the plate. Centerfielder Stotereau scor ed three runs for Kiwanis 'With out officially coming to 'bat. He drew four consecutive bases on 'balls. Carl Cash hit and hurled the Lions to a 5 to 0 shutout win ov er the Optimist in the nightcap Tuesday night. His homerun in the first inn ing provided a winning margin as he shutout the opposition on three hits. He fanned thirteen While issuing five free passes. Nelson Conner and Moitow collected the Optimist hits. Con ner had a single and (Morrow a single and double. The playoffs will continue through Thursday of next week. Line Scores: Jaycees Res. Sq. 010 200 3 5 9 000 000— 0 1 0 BurMil Pol. Club 610 022—11 13 0 000 000— 0 0 3 Kiwanis Park Grace 311 104—10 7 3 402 41x 11 6 2 Optimist Lions 000 000 0 3 2 101 30x—5 6 0 FALL MERCHANDISE BEING RECEIVED DAILY FEATURING: Laay van Heusen Blouses & Shirts Ladies* Jay Ray Co-Ordinates Jay Ray Pleated Skirts Men's London Fog lackets & Coats Ladies London Fog All-weather Coats & Hats Ladies' Jay Ray Cullotte? & Wrap Around idras Belts & Suspenders Name Brand Men's Sportswear Girl's Madras / Also: Our Summer Sale Continues! PAGE’S MEN’S STORE "Men's Formal Wear For All Occasions" WEST MOUNTAIN STREET
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