Mountaineers Blank Wolves 6-0 And Lions 1-0
Herald
Sports
BY HAROLD PEARSON
.SWC Has Balance
I Early season results in the Southwest AAA Confer
lence baseball race are playing havoc with the pre-season
guessers. .
After three games the standings are the same as in
1962. with one or two teams exchanging places. Last year
*after three contests there were five loop members dead
locked for the top spot. This year five teams are similarly
knotted. „ „ _ . .
Pre-season favorites, Lincolnton and Blast Rutherford,
last season’s champ, Cherryville, Shelby and Kings Moun
tain are the five tied for first.
These standings are sure to change this week, how
ever. Kings Mountain takes on Shelby and Cherryville,
Lincolnton meets Belmont and Shelby, East has Cherry
ville and Chase.
Upcoming games notwithstanding, two facts seem evi
dent in the SWC this season:
(1) There is balance throughout, and (2) the top
.teams are one-pitcher teams (KM being the exception
here).
Substantiating the balance theme are these facts:
! East beat KM, Line, beat East, KM beat Line., and Cherry
ville beat Shelby after losing to Chase who had been beat
en by Shelby.
One-pitcher substantiation: Shelby won two with Don
Patrick on the hill, lost with other pitchers in Cherryville
clash; Lincolnton won two with Steve Herman throwing,
lost with second-line hurlers.
This season should be an up and down one for at least
four teams from present indications.
Cherryville doesn't figure to repeat as champ. This
should be the year they take their lumps.
Mountaineers Ahead Of '62 Pace
Along this line it must be said that the Mountain
eers are much better off than at this stage of the race in
’62.
Last season the local boys did not win until they met
Chase in the sixth game of the season. Including that win
they went on to win seven in a row before losing to Cher
iyVl Presently they own a 3-1 won-lost record after four
contests This gives them a much greater start than last
going out on a limb too far, it would be safe to
say that the Mountaineers have better than an outside
chance to go all the way this year.
The only thing that shadows this possibility is the
bat attack. Here they are below par for a championship
'team but this could change as the season progresses. A
single here and there could be all that is needed to pick
up all the marbles.
In other departments they are on par or above the
rest of the loop.
Defensively the team is adequate. In fact, if they per
form the remainder of the campaign as they did in the
Lineolnton game, they will have to be rated more than
adequate. . , ...
On the mound the Mountaineers must be rated with
the other top teams even in the absence °f a Curler corn
parable with Simon Jones. Jackie Hughes, Goforth and
Barry Gibson are able to get the job done, if they do lack
the zip of the aforementioned Jones.
Maybe the win at Lineolnton provided some momen
tum for the Mountaineers to keep ahead of the ’62 pace.
"Oldtimers" League?
Looks like the Moose team will again be participating
in the fastpitch softball loop in Shelby. Machinery will
soon get into action for the local circuit’s formation.
But listen recreation commission and director! Have
you given consideration to another possible entry in this
year’s recreation program?
Talk is circulating throughout the Historical City
about the possible addition of an “Oldtimers” team and/or
league.
1 Audley Tignor is just finishing up the bowling season
and is ready to embark on a summer of softball. He is talk
ling around about organizing a team of former players,
‘“oldtimers."
“Doggone” is one of those fellows who would rather
nlav or watch a game than eat when hungry. Surely there
are several more ex-players in town who equal his en
thusiasm for another season of competition.
Remembering back a few years brings one to the
conclusion that the “oldtimers” would give the present
teams a close race, if time hasn t taken too great a toll.
Only two questions are forthcoming here:
11 How old do you have to be to qualify as an Old
timer?
2) Who will supply the much-needed liniment?
Director “Mag" Ross should give the team considera
tion in his plans for the upcoming summer recreation pro
gram.
Big Race Is Underway
Well, the most famous race in the world got under
way Monday...
No, it wasn’t the Kentucky Derby, Preakness, Grand
Prix or the Irish Sweepstakes.
It was the annual race for the pennant by 20 major
league teams.
This race, also probably the longest, annually receives
more coverage by the press, radio and TV folk than any
other. , ,, ..
It is the subject of probably more arguments and bets,
favorites and underdogs than any other sporting event.
It is the National Pastime no matter what the pro
football publicists say. _ . .
Be you Yankee, Senator, Dodger or Cub fan, this race
has something for every lover of the grand old game of
Vvo cpHji 11
Favorites this season are the Yankees (who else) in
the American and Dodgers, Giants and Reds in the Na
tional. , ^ . ,
You pay your money and take your chances.
KMHS Golfers Score Wins
Over Lincolnton, Shelby
Local Keglers Win
Loot In Burlington
Official results are in, the local
duckpin keglers are $183 richer
from the state championship
tournament held in Burlington
during the month of March.
Janet Bums tops the list of
Historical City money-winners in
i the tournament. She took first
place in the George Manning sin
gles, second in the women’s all
' events, second in the women’s
team, third in singles and team
ed with Jenny Oates to win first
in the doubles.
For her standout performance
Janet is $85.50 richer.
In addition to her doubles vic
tory with Bums, Jenny Oates
and Lib Bolin shared a third
place in women’s team events.
Oates had a take of $38, while
Bolin won $8.
In the men’s division Albert
Brackett came within one pin of
picking up $50 in the men’s team
event. He had to take a tie for
the top spot and a purse of $40.
John Dilling was the other
Kings Mountain kegler picking
up loot at the event. Tying in
two events John received $11.50
for his efforts.
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BOX SCORES
Shelby AB
Peeler, 3b 3
Wilson, ss 2
Street, 2b 3
Wilkie, lb 3
Bankston, c 3
McSwain, rf 3
Byrd, cf 0
Addis, If 2
a—Pruitt 1
Patrick, p 2
Champion, p 1
TOTALS 23
K. Mountain AB
Hilliard, 2b 3
Murphy, 3b 2
Gold, ss 2
Little, If 2
Goodson, cf 3
Leigh, lb 2
Goforth, p 2
Gibson, p, rf 0
Cooke, c 3
Harris, rf 2
b—Robbs 1
Hughes, rf, p 0
R
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
R
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
H
1
1
S:
0
0
1
0
3
H
0
0
2
0
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
TOTALS
22 1 5
a—Flied to left for Addis in 7th
b—Struck out for Harris in 6th
SCORE BY INNINGS
Shelby 000 000 00—0 3 1
Kings Mtn. 100 000 00—1 5 1
E—Peeler, Murphy
PO-A — Shelby 18-6; Kings
Mountain 21-9
DP—Murphy - Hilliard - Leigh
LOB—Shelby 6; K. Mtn. 8
S—Leigh, Goforth
Pitching
Patrick (L)
| Champion
; Goforth (W)
j Gibson
| Hughes
IP H R ER BB SO
4% 4 1 0 3 6
1% 1 0 0 0 2
6 3 0 0 2 4
% 0 0 0 0 1
% 0 0 0 0 0
HBP—Byrd (Gibson)
Kings Mountain
Hilliard, 2b
Murphy, 3b
Leigh, lb
Little, If
Goodson, ef
Gold, ss
Goforth, p
Hughes, p
Cooke, c
Harris, <rf
TOTALS
Uncolnton
Dodgin, 2b
Cagle, rf
Queen, If
Setzer, c
Herman, lb
Powe, ss
Warren, cf
Johnson, p
Mullinax, p
A—Keeter
Schronee, 3b
AB R H
3 0 0
4 0 0
4 0 0
4 12
4 2 2
4 11
110
110
2 0 0
2 0 1
29 6 6
AB R H
3 0 1
3 0 1
3 0 0
2 0 0
3 0 0
2 0 0
3 0 1
2 0 0
0 0 0
10 0
3 0 1
TOTALS 25 0 4
I
I A—On by fielders choice for Mul
linax in 7th.
SCORE BY INNINGS
j K. Mtn. 000 001 41—6 6 1
: Line. 000 000 00—0 4 3
E—Johnson 2, Powers, Murphy
PO-A—KM 21-11; Unc. 21-17
DP—Hilliard to Leigh
LOB—KM 7; Unc. 6
2B—Gold
SB—Hilliard, Goodson, Gold,
Goforth
S—Hilliard
Pitching
Goforth (w)
I Hughes
! Johnson (1)
i Mullinar
IP H R ER BB SO
4 2 0 0 1 2
3 2 0 0 0 1
5H 4 4 3 1 6
1% 2 2 1 3 0
HBP—Setzer (by Hughes)
WP—Mullinax
Gaffney Hands
Local Linksmen
First Loss, 10-2
Mountaineer golfers and base
ballers made Tuesday "Sink Shel
by Day.”
Prior to Kings Mountain’s
baseball victory over the Golden
Lions, the golfers of Don Parker
eked out a narrow links victory
over the Shelby linksmen.
Playing on the Cleveland Coun
try Club course, the Mountain
eers got a three point perform
ance from the number five and
six men to squeeze by the Lions
5 to 4.
With Shelby in the lead 4 to 2
after four matches were complet
ed, Terry Leonard and Jay Po
well finished the nine-hole course
with margins over their oppo
nents and three team points.
Leonard downed his man 2-up
over the nine holes and Powell
was 4-up at the end of the match.
Other winners in the Shelby
match were Robert and George
Plonk. Robert finished 4-up and
George 2-upw
Monday afternoon on the local
course the Mountaineer links
men turned back the team from
Lincolnton 8 to 1.
Th Wolfpack team was able to
halve two individual matches.
George Plonk and Terry Leonard
were all even with their oppo
sites.
•Mike Ballard, 6-up, Robert
Plonk, 6-up, Chuck Neisler, 4-up,
and Jay Powell, 6-up, were the
winners for the Mountaineers.
Last Thursday the local links
men journeyed to Gaffney and
suffered their first and only set
back of the young season. Gaf
fney toppled the Mountaineer
crew 10-2.
Robert Plonk and MSke Hil
lard shot 42s to take 1-up Wins
for the only Mountaineer points.
Shelby will visit the local
course Thursday, April 18, for a
return match with the local links
men.
Coach Parker’s golfers now
have a record of four wins a
gainst a single defeat.
Wilson's Team Wins
lap League Opener
George Wilson’s team in the
Pacific League of the Japanese
baseball leagues got off to a win
ning start in the loop’s opener
Saturday.
Wilson is one of the Amen
cans playing for the Nishitetsu
Lions in the Pacific League this
season.
The Lion hung a 11-4 defeat on
the Yanku Braves in Saturday’s
opener.
Nishitetsu is one of six clubs in
the Pacific League.
Plonk Oil Team
Neat Runner-up
In Men’s Loop
Plonk Oil took a giant step
Monday toward capturing the
number two spot in the final
standings of the Kings Mountain
Men’s Duckpin League.
Gaffney’s Barber Shop has al
ready clinched first place.
In matches Monday the Oilers
took three of four from the Bob
Herndon team to move three
games up on the other two teams
with a chance at the runner-up
spot.
Dilling Heating and Clyde Cul
bertson are the teams back of
Plonk Oil. Each of these teams
have a record of 28-28, Plonk’s
mark is 31-25.
With the second-half crown
clinched, Gaffney’s has a rough
night at the hands of the Cul
bertson team. Culbertson drop
ped the opener but came back
to take three straight for a three
to one win.
Dilling Heating, tied for sec
ond last week, suffered a white
wash at the mercy of the Dellin
ger’s Jewelry team.
Plonk Oil, winner of the first
half laurels, needs only to split
its final four games next Mon
day to take the runner-up spot.
Following play next week there
will be a rolloff between Gaff
ney’s and Plonk to determine the
league champion.
Clarence Plonk, team captain,
set the scoring pace for his and
all other teams Monday. His 153
in the first game was the night’s
high line, and the 383 final score
topped all set totals for the eve
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Cherryville To Host
Local Team Thursday
Easter Monday Races
Set For Gastonia
GASTONIA - An Easter Mon
day night stock car program at
the Fairgrounds Speedway in
Gastonia will offer a 100-lap fea
ture with some of the Piedmont’s
top boys competing.
Promoter Howard Wheeler Jr.,
is passing up Saturday night rae
ing this week in order to stage
the holiday event.
In addition to the 100-lap head
liner-which will pay $250 to the
winner-a couple of 10-lap heat
races will serve as appetizers for
racing enthusiasts.
Some of the drivers expected to
participate are Eddie Morgan of
Rock Hill, who has won the only
race at the Fairgrounds this sea
son; plus Harold Dunaway, Jim
Dlmeo, Lefty Bolton, Blair Lail
and Ben Plyler, all of Gastonia;
Don Arrant of Rock Hill and a
Charlotte contingent headed by
Bryant Wallace and Ervin Car
penter.
Race time Monday night at the
Fairgrounds Speedway is 8 o’
clock.
K. M. Drug Wins
Women's Crown;
To Have Rolloff
Kings Mountain Drug is the
winner of the second - half of i
play in the Kings Mountain Wo- j
men’s Duckpin League.
They will now take part in a
rolloff with the Oates and Hen -t
derson Shell team for the league
championship.
The O & H team was winner
of the first-half crown.
K. M. Drug picked up the sec
ond - half marbles with a three
to one decision over Griffin Drug j
Tuesday night in the final!
matches of the round.
McGinnis Furniture, leader last
' week, fell to second by losing
| three of four to the O & H team
which held third place.
McGinnis finished one - gamej
back of the Druggist, and O & H
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Chase Trojans
Here Tuesday
For Arclighter
With a satisfying 1-0 victory
over Shelby under their belts and
a share of the top spot in the cir
cuit, the Mountaineers will take
to the road Thursday for an arc
light tilt with the Cherryville
Ironmen, defending conference
champs. Game time is 7:30 p.m.
Returning to the Historical Ci
ty Tuesday, the local nine will
host the Trojans of Chase in an
other tilt under the incandescents.
Time of the City Stadium scrap
is also 7:30.
Thursday (the game was ad
vanced one day due to Easter ho
lidays) the Mountaineers will be !
going for a firmer grip on their
share of the loop top spot.
In the process Withers and his
crew will be seeking revenge for
the rough handling by the Iron
men in ’62. Cherryville was the
only team to take two decisions
from the 'Mountaineers last sea
son. The Ironmen won 3-1 and 5
1 in ’62.
Withers will likely give the
starting nod to Jackie Hughes,
his lanky righthander. Hughes
went the distance in downing R-S
Central and came on in relief in
wins over Lincolnton and Shelby.
Cherryvite is expected to coun
ter with Jack Cooke on the firing
line. Cooke, the Ironmen’s stand
out cuger, is rated the top flinger
on the Cherryville squad.
Kings Mountain will carry a
string of three consecutive wins
into the Cherryville fray.
Coming to town next week will
be the team that prior to Tues
day held the only win over the
Ironmen (their only loss). Chase
took the measure of Cherfyville
in the opener, March 29.
The Trojans dropped games to
Shelby and Belmont in succeed
ing games.
The Mountaineers will have as
strongpoints in both games a
new-found defense and stick out
pitching.
Sixth And Hughes
Apply The Skids
To Lincolnton
A big sixth inning and some
“big” clutch pitching by Jackie
Hughes temporarily put the skids
to the pennant dreams of the
Lincolnton Wolfpack Friday aft
ernoon in Lincolnton.
Carrying a slim one-run lead
into the sixth, the Mountaineers
tallied four in the top of the
frame and went on to blank the
Wolves 6-0 in a SWC meeting.
The loss was the first of loop
play for the Wolfpack who show
wins over E-S Central and East
Rutherford.
Hughes relieved starter Bo Go
forth in the bottom of the fifth
with a man on second and no
outs and finished the contest un
scathed, allowing only two hits
of the scratch variety over the
final trio of innings.
Lincolnton tHreathened in the
fourth, fifth and sixth, but the
scoring punch was lacking as
Hughes kept them hitting on the
ground, and the Mountaineers
provided strong defensive back
ing.
Kings Mountain started its
scoring in the fifth with an un
earned marker. Goforth, who re
ceived credit for the win, opened
the frame by drawing the only
free pass off Line starter and
loser, Tommy Johnson. He pilfer
ed second and scored from there
when the shortstop errored Hen
ry Hilliard’s ground ball.
The winners came back in the
sixth with four tallies on two
hits, an error and three walks.
With one down Richard Little
rapped his second hit of the day,
moved around to third on Charles
Goodson’s first safety, and scor
ed when the pitcher errored Rich
ard Gold’s attempted sacrifice.
Wildness got to Johnson on the
next man and Sophomore Tom
my Mullinax was called to the
rescue. (Mullinax failed in his
rescue attempt and walked the
first three men he faced, forcing
across two and wild-pitching in
a third.
'Final marker for the Moun
taineers was registered in the
seventh on two hits.
After two were gone, Goodson
“legged” out his second hit, stole
second and dented the plate on
Gold’s double down the leftfield
stripe.
That was all the scoring, but
the first run proved enough as
Hughes and the Mountaineer in
field set the Wolves down in the
bottom of the frame.
Goodson and Little topped the
Mountaineer hit parade with two
safeties for four plate appearan
ces.
Credit for the victory went to
Goforth who started and went
four frames before being lifted
in favor of Hughes in the fifth.
He allowed two singles and one
free pass while fanning a couple,
box scores to come.
WBT To Air Sixteen
Special GGO Casts
CHARLOTTE - A total of 16
special broadcasts frim the Great
er Greensboro Open Golf Tourna
ment will be carried direct from
the scene of action on WBT Ra
dio this week.
Three 15-minute broadcasts on
Thursday, starting at 3:30, will
kick off the four-day tourney.
Other Thursday reports will be
aired at 4:30 and at 6:10. On Fri
day, WBT will be on the air at
3:30, 4:30 and 6:10.
Saturday, four broadcasts will
be aired - at 11:30 in the morn
ing; at 12:30, 1:30 and 6:10. Sun
day’s finals will be aired at 12:30,
1:30, 2:30, 3:30, 4:15 and 5.
STARTER • SAVER — Bo Goforth,
top, was the starter In Kings
Mountain's shutout wins over
Lincoln ton and Shelby, and Jack*
ie Hughes was the saver in each.
Bo received credit for both wins,
and Jackie received the Belle's
award for his work.
lackie Hughes Wins
Second Belle's Award
Jackie Hughes, filling the role
of “fireman” to perfection, is the
second recipient of the Belk’s
most valuable player award.
Hughes received the nod of the
selection committee for his late
inning relief work in the Moun
taineer’s shutout wins over Lin
colnton and Shelby.
In the 6-0 triumph over the
Wolfpaek of Lincolnton Friday,
Jackie came to the rescue of Bo
Goforth in the fifth inning and
set the Wolves down scoreless
the remainder of the way. He al
lowed only two harmless singles.
Coming on in relief in the sev
enth Tuesday in the 1-0 blanking
of Shelby, he needed only three
pitches to retire the side, leaving
two runners stranded.
■Hughes now joins Louis Cooke,
the initial winner, on the list for
the MVP trophy at the end of the
season.
Unearned Run ■
In First Frame
Defeats Shelby
An unearned run in the bottom
of the welcome frame Tuesday
night kept Kings Mountain tied
for the top spot in the Southwest
AAA Conference.
The tally was the only marker
registered as the Mountaineers
handed the Golden Lions of Shel
by its second loss of the season,
1-0.
Capitalizing on the Lions’ lone
miscue of the contest, the Moun
taineers followed an infield error
With two singles and a fielder’s
choice to rack up their third win
against only one setback.
Pat Murphy reached the gate
way sack via an error by the
third baseman. Richard Gold
chased him to second with a sin
gle to left, and he moved up on
a fielder’s choice.
With two down Charles Good
son singled to center to score
Murphy with the only run of the
game.
Three times over the remaining
innings the Mountaineers threat
ened but could not push the nun
across.
In the fourth they advanced a
man to second, but the Shelby
hurler fanned the next two hit
ters.
Three were stranded in the
fifth, and one was left on third
in the sixth.
Shelby threatened as the game
opened. Charles Peeler greeted
Bo Goforth with a lead-off single
and advinced to third on a sacri
fice, but the Mountaineer righty
forced the next man to hit to
third and Peeler was forced at
home.
In the fifth Goforth struck out
Peeler with a man on first and
third, and in the seventh Jackie
Hughes used three pitches to
leave men stranded on first and
third.
Goforth started for the Moun
taineers and went six complete
frames before giving way to Bar
ry Gibson, who fanned one and
hit one before retiring to right
field in favor of Hughes.
Goforth gave up three hits,
two walks and fanned four in re
ceiving credit for his second
straight win.
Gold with two for two and
Goodson with two for three top
ed the Kings Mountain hit pa
rade.
Eton Patrick started for Shelby,
pitching four and two-third in
nings and absorbing the loss.
The Shelby hits, all singles,
were spread among three players.
Cindennen Take
Triangular Meet
At Rock Hill
Kings Mountain high school’s
harriers and hurdlers journeyed
into the Palmetto state last week
to participate in its first track
meet of the 1963 season.
Upon their return from Rock
Hill, they were decisive victor of
a triangular meet between the
cindermen of Rock Hill, Clover
and KM.
The victory margin showed a
bulge of 22 points over the num
ber two team, Rock Hill. Scores
were Kings Mounatin 811-2, Rock
Hill 59 1-2, Clover 15.
The Mountaineer cindermen
captured nine first place finishes
in the afternoon meet.
Von Holcomb, speedster and
weight man, led the way for the
Mountaineers with three firsts.
He topped the field in the 100
yard dash, 220 and discus throw.
Jim Wright, Calvin Lockridge,
Butch Blackburn, Pat Hord, Steve
Grigg and Mike Goforth were
the other front-runners.
Holcomb’s 15 points topped the
scorers with Wright in second
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