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Four ’63-’64 Kings Mountain Cagers Named To Southwest All-Conference Rutherfordton Eliminates Mounties From Bi-Conference Tourney, 49-40 Sports Quiz 1. W»*re these American League stars l<-ft or right-handed bai lors? tat Ty Cobb (bl B.ilw Ruth lot Tod Williams • d t lam < Jchrig • ot George Sislor ift Charlie Gohrinvor igt Ttis Speaker 2. Who was the first negro to play major league baseball? 3. \\ hat is the score of a forfeited baseball game? 4. Man o’ War rated 21 times. How many victories did the horse chalk up? 5. What pitcher in baseball's Hall of Fame has the best won.lost |H reentage? fi. How many times was Ben Hogan selected the Professional Golfers' Association “player of the year"? 7. Only tine man has won the National League's Most Valuable Player award two years in sue eessien Wilt i- he? X. What NKI. player holds the recent for best punting average in a season? S. Can you name the twin brot hers who starred on the college basket ha II court lone an all amerieam and later played on the same major league baseball team? 1C. In all but three American League ballparks, the right and left field lines are the same dts tanee. Name the three exceptions Answers At Bottom Of Page Baseball, Track Teams Loosen-Up For Openings Candidates for this year’s trick Sind baseball teams ro|x.rted for full-scali1 practice sessions tin week, and baseball coach, I'ilI Bates, along with track ccach. Bill fashion report that a record number of candidates repotted. Fifty-three boys received phy , sicnl examinations this week in preparation for the track reason, and baseball mentor Bates report ed that 51 players underwen* physical examinations. Tuesday’s practice sessions con sisted mainly of limbering up exercises, and both coaches are expeiting to get into full swing the latter part of this week, and the finer points of the names will tv stressed as the weather con tinues to allow outdoor drills. Candidates for the catcher and pitching positions have b*-en working out in the high school gymnasium for the past 10 davs, and Ball's rejwrts that if the pitching problem can be solved, this year’s team will he a strong contender in the Southwest Con- j ference. This year's mound staff will1 be anchored by returning letter man Warren Goforth, and new comers Tommy Black and Seel ley Lowery, both left-handers, and right handers Bill MulUnax. Steve Goforth. Tommy Goforth and Bill Stone, ate expected to carr> the pitching load for the Moun taineers. Track coach Cushion has re-1 leased ihe upcoming season's schedule, which consists of five conference meets, and the play ofts. which will be held at Shelby May 1. Ccach Cushion Is optimistic a-j bout the success of this year's team, and was well pleased with the large turnout for opening day practice Slow-Pitch Meet Set Fof Thursday Recreation Director. Elmer Ross, announced Wednesday that al'. interested participants in this year’s Slow-Pitch Softball Lea gw. are urged to attend the lea Hue's first mi-eting of the season scheduled for Thursday night at the National Guard Armory. The meeting starts at 7:30 P. M.. and the league schedule will he plan ned. Ross reports that interest in this year's league has not been as keen as it has in the past Tennis Courts Open As Of Wednesday TVnnis facilities at the City Swimming Pool are open as of Wednesday, and Recreation I>i rector Elmer Ross reports that new nets have been installed, and the court* will bo open dally. m ' i Belmont Takes Fourth Spot From Locals Conference li adfcig Rutherford t'»n hnndifl Kings Mountain its third straight Southwest Confei cnee defeat Krulaj night, 19-40 in thi* nightcap id a season ending I dc.title header, and eliminat'd ! the Mountaine- rs from the lit Confrnvnt* Tournament which tic j gan Monday night at Citase High School gymnas'um. I’ho Rulherf< niton "ills won the opening eontest. 16-50. Tlii‘ Friday night KM loss, rou pled with Belmont's t*l t;2 win over East Rutherford, broke a two wav ti" for the coveted fourth spot in theSWC standings, and pushed l.elmont one full tame ahead of the Mountain. ers The two team were tied going into Friday tn 'til’s action Thi' Mountaineer* finished the season with a 7 7 conference mark, and 19-S overall. (,iniiilnl< n. Helmont. and Ru Iherfo.'ilton handed 'he |c a!s eo!isectti!vi' losse< to hop them from a tournament :iorth Kings Mountain look the early load Friday ni-ht. .TO. md main tamed a slim lead midway through the fi'st quarter a> Ru therfordton’s Ronnie Conner hi for the visitors to put them ahead. d-1 with 2:35 remaining, and the lfilltopi*ei s were never headed. Mickey Bell knotted the score at 7 all with 17 seconds remain iiig i:i the first quarter, but Jerry Shoenfelt liil u layup with si) seconds show in on the clock to live I! S the lend. !> 7 after pigh minute' ot play. High seorin; senior renter James llutchin- ami Conner pac ed the R S attack in thi' sceoiit quarter with si; and four point t respectively to • the visitors a 22 is halftime load. Mike Ballard lit a layup will four seconds remaining fit th sc nml quarter to pull the Moun laincers within four points at in ter mission. Ken Ilunkowski and Richart Gold accounted for <*i ght of th twelve KM )K*ints in the thin quarter as the lo<als outseoret th«‘ visitors 12-9 and moved int« one, 31 10 as tin final period be gall. Bunkowski. who netted II points. 10 .if vvhieh came in the second half, kept the Mountain <»ers in the game during the orten ing minutes of the fourth quar ter with thnv iiuck fi<*l<l goals. Bunkowski's third fielil goal o the quarter n<-vod KM t > wit hit one point, 37 3d with 5.13 remain tug, hut Gold fouliil Hutchins ami he deposited two charity toss •■s to i-icivase tin* R S lead. 39-36 ami with -_’:30 temainin : Bunkovv ski fouled out of thi* game will KM trailing. I* 36 The ks-als .vent almost tliret minutes without scoring and the visitors enjoyc-l a nine point lead with 1:42 ron.cliiing. Hutchins sfoutl two last min-! ute baskets for R S, .anil Richard Gold completed the night's se ll ing with avi til-alone layup with ? seconds remaining. The Riithcrfcidton girls finish-' c<i the regular season with a it* 30 opening ;?me victory, and landovl a tournament berth, fin ishing fourth it' the girls race with an S O conference record. A 117 R-S first quarter lcail was widened to 24-17 at the <vid of the first halt, and the visitor out scored the locals 22 17 in the second half to kis-p the garni1 out of KM's reach. Wilma Whitesides nettl'd 21 fot the visiting winners, and Sandra Tomblin added 1I Joyce Bolin paced the losers scoring with 14 points. Becky Webstet and Coral Ram si-ur played their final games for the Mountainettes, and Warren (Bo* Goforth finished his basket ball career in the boys game. l.ouis Coo!;, the only other KM senior, missed the final game <lui to an injured r.nklc Sports Quiz Answers 1. All were loft handl'd hitters. 2- Contrary to popular belief, it was not Jackie Robinson Moses Fleet” Walker played for Toledo of the American Association, then a major-league, in 1SS4. He also was the first Negro in the minors, playing for Toledo of the North western League, 1883. 3. It s 9-0. Softball, a seven inning game, is 7-0. 4 Man o' War won 20 times, fin ishing second the other time 5. Lefty Grove, whose 300 wins. 141 Iota's give him a .680 percent age. among regular pitchers How ever. Babe Ruth >93-44' is better 6. Four time& 7. Ernie Banks of the Chicago Cubs. He won the title in 1958 and 1959. 8. Sammy Baugh, who boomed them 51.4 yards a try for Waab- i SWC FINAL STANDINGS GIRLS Won Lost Prt. Easi Rutherford Chase LiiH'uInton Kiithirfonlton Cherry v! lie Shelby KINGS MOUNTAIN Hi'lmon It II II 8 BOYS Ruthorfordton Lincolnton Belmont Cherry \ tll<* KINGS MOUNTAIN Chase Shelby Kast Rutherford 0 1 3 i «» 10 12 1.3 1.000 .785 .785 .571 ..'157 .285 .142 .071 Won 13 10 8 8 7 5 •j 2 Lost 1 4 6 ti 7 9 12 12 Prt. .928 .711 .571 .571 .500 357 .142! McCurdy Cleaner Gains In Women's Bowling League McCurdy Cleaners {rained one game on tin- front-running Oates llentlerson Shell team Tuesday night with a 3 to I victory over Griffin Drug Store in Women's Bowling D;i)>ue action. Oates Henderson, which leads the league standings five games, rolled to a 2-2 split with last place Fulton's I* partmont Store, and Kings Mountain Moose shutout Kings Mountain Drug. 4 to 0, in other league action. Bonnie Wallace, who rolled a single game high score of 113. and Lib Gault. whose 290 line sel score led tile match scoring, paced the McCurdy Cleaners team to a 3 to l victory o\er Gr’f. tin Drug. Brenda Hu Mix and uos sie Lott in copper! singte gamp scoring honors for the losers with high lines of 99. and Louise Du ver posted a line set score of 282 League - leading Oates-Hender son Shell found the going a little rough against the last, nla c Ful ton’s Department Store team, and had to settle with a 2-2 tie. Charity Goforth led Fulton’s scoring with a single game high of 98 and a line se; score of 268. Jenny Oates led all scoring for the nignt with a whopping 121 single game high, coupled with a three game line set score ol lot for the Oates-Henderson team. Bet tv Fite rolled high scores of 119 and 318 to pace the KM Mo ose team to a 4 to 0 shutout over KM Drug to move into sole |m>s session of third place in the stan dings. The two teams were tied last week for the No. 3 spot with identical 19-35 records. Janet Burns rolled scores of 108 and 2*tH for the losers. Standings t tales. Henderson McCurdy Cleaners KM Moose KM Drug Griffin Drug Won 69 61 33 49 17 Lost 39 44 35 50 61 Pet .63? .592 .491 .433 .433 Fulton's Dept. Store 42 68 389 I Box Scores Girls Kings Mountain (30) F — Bolin 14 F — Huff.slot lor .1 F — Webster 3 <i — Ramseur 1 G — Howard 1 G — lloavner 1 •Subs: Lynn 4. Ruff l. Putnam 1. Lowery. Ruthertordton (46) F — Whitesides 21 F Shelan 8 F — Smith 2 G — Tiinblin H G Trammell G Greene Subs: Carpenter 1. Weaver, Her- j ron, Crowe, Scoggins, Spillars Halftime Score: Ruth. 21 KM 17 Boys Kings Mountain (40) G — Gold 13 G — Bel! 4 C — Ballard 5 F — Bunkowski 11 F — Cioninger 4 Subs: Goforth Rutherford too (49) G — Shoenfelt 6 G — McGrath C — Hutchins 20 F — Craft 11 F Conner 8 Subs: Huss 1, Anderson. ington in 194<T when he had 35 punts He also has ;he second best on record, a 48 7 in the fo! lowing year Sammy averaged 14.93 (another league best) for his punts during his career. £>• Johnny and Eddie O'Brien. They played at Seattle in bas ketball with little Johnny aver, aging 25.6 points a game during his career. Later, they were both infielders lor the Pittsburgh Pi rates. 10. Yankee stadium. Tiger 8tad. ium, and Boston's Fenway Park. Bolin, Webster, Bunkowski, Gold, Named To Squad Four Kings Mountain basket haii players have been named to the 19tiA-ti l Southwest All-Confer. etice team Joyce Bolin and Berk) Web ter were named to the girls All Conferener team, and Richard Goat and K. Bunkowski landed positions on the boys All-Con terenee team. Bolin and Webster, who led the Mountainette scoring during the year with I9D ami 172 points re spectively. went outstanding per formers throughout the season, and J')v< (* will he. bark again next ye >r rterkj is a senior Gold and Bunkowski. both ju niors. were named to the 10-man team, and will lead the Moult tainerrs into aetion again next season. Gold scored 259 points in 18 games lor th« Mountaineers this season for a li t average and Bunkowski netted 211 joints in 18 games for an 11.7 average. Kings Mountain placed the third highest numbei of players on th> two squads, with Lincoln ton eontribulin ■ the greatest nu mber. six Four Lincolnton girls; Cheryl Br.<d<.havv. So-*- ), McGinni Daphine Fore, and Faye Hubbard, were selected and two boys. Den r.is Byrd and Steve Herman were chosen. Ka-t Rutherford placed four giiN and one boy on the team, while Rutherfordton contributed t\\ i boys and one girl. Oherryville. Chase and Belmont plaeed two players each on the team, while Shclbv tailed to land a playet on either squad. XII-Conference selections are as follows; GIRLS Pos. Nam* School F—Joyce* Bolin Kings Mountain K—Beekv Webster Kings Mtn. F—Jane Bi^ggerstaff F Becky Summitt F—Sandra TomHIin F—Cheryl Bradshaw F—Suzanne McGinnis RC Linda Melton RG Cynthia Jones RG—Janice Davidson G—Diane Matheny G—Sandra Smith G—Daphine For** G—Faye Hubbard BOYS F—Ken Bunkowski F—Jack Cooke F—Stevt Herman K Phil Luckadoo C—Dennis Byrd c—James Hutchins G—Richard Gold U Terry McGrath G Kenneth Beam G—Larry Sipe E. Ruth K Ruth. Ruth Line. Line. K. Ruth Belmoni Chase Chase K. Ruth Line. Line Kings Mtn. Cherry ville Line. E. Ruth. Line. Ruth Kin.’.s Mtn. Ruth. Belmont Cherrvvill.* Checkers Tone Up For Playoffs CHARLOTTE - - The Checkers warm up for the Southern Divi sion play-off Thursday and Fri day night at the Coliseum, meet ing the rival Greensboro Generals The two games, both scheduled fur S o'clock, will be the final regular season meeting with the Generals before they square off with the Checkers in the playoft. a host of five set which begins in Greensboro March 11 and moves to Charlotte March 13. In fact, these two games could ■ onceivably finish regulat sea son play between Charlotte and Generals permanently, for unless $15,000 is raised by the end of the season, the present organization will not operate here next year. Some £2.000 has been realized through the sale of tickets. The Checkers meet Nashville here Saturday in the final home came on the schedule. The night has been designated as “SAVE THE CHECKERS NIGHT.” and President A1 Manch is hopeful of a large crowd. On Thursday night, employees from Eastern Air Lines will pla\ a hockey game between periods. This will be Eastern Air Lines night. On Friday, the Checkerettes, a girls ice hockey booster orgam zation. will play a game between periods. On Saturday with Nash ; ville here, members of the Press ■ will square off against the Radio and TV set in a sneaker broom hockey game. This week is also Student Ap preciation Week Grade and high school students are being admit ted to each of the games for 25 Lvnts provided they purchas. i their ticket on the night of the j game. i ALL-CvjWrfcltefJCE. Joyce bolin. upper left. Ken Bunkowski. upper right. Becky Webster, and Richard Gold have been named to the Southwe,'. AH Conference team tor 1963-64. Bolin, Gold, and Bun kokski are {unices, and V/ebstor is a senior. Joyce Bolin; Richard Gold ScoringLeadersFor Year Joyco Ilf.liti end Rihard Hold I' d the Kings Mountain scoring in basketball foi tho 1963-64 sea son. Bolin, a junior forward, scored 19n points in 1 •( games for an average of 10.5 points per game, and Gold, als » a junior, netted 259 points in lv games lor an av erage of 14.4. The Kings Mountain girls lean scored a total ot 547 poii.ts dur ing the IS gar.ii schedule for at average of 35.;* points per eon lest, and the boys team nettet 957 (Hiints in their 18 games to an average «■ 53.1 points per game. Beeky Webster registered the second highest number of points for the girls with 172 tallies in 16 games. She missed two games due to an injured finger. Ken Runk m’tki copped nuttier up scoring hon .is for the boys with an lv lame total of 211. and Mike Ikillnrd was dose behind with a 2<fc» total. Individual storing for the sea son was as follows: GIRLS Gome* Pts. Av. Bolin Webster Illlffstctlci Howard Lynn Kamseur Heavncr (Sold Bunkowskt Balia*-I Cook Oloning'-i Boll Goforth Cooper Gi imes 15 16 IS is it; is is 190 172 75 61 19 IS 11 It 1.5 lo.7 1.2 3 1 1.2 10 .6 BOYS Gama* Pts. Av. is IS IS it; 17 12 12 5 5 259 211 209 131 71 23 23 G 9 11.1 117 ll.fi s.2 1.3 1.9 1.9 1.2 A Plank Oil Gains Men s Bowling Lead; T & Russell; Billing; Close Pli*nk Oil broke a three-way deadlock for f!rst place in the Men's Bowlin;; League Monday night with a ; to 0 shutout oven Dye Construct n and moved in to first place*, two games ahead of Hilling Her.rng and one game >.‘parities tin* front ru-'ners from tlie Tip nor A I.i. •‘<•11 team. Dilling Heating rolled a 2 2 tie with McGinnis Furniture, and Tig no r At Russell downed the Mol* Herndon team, 3 to 1, in the night's other action. Paul Ware tolled high scores of 12S and 327 to pace the Plonk Oil shutout of Dve Construction. Bill Wells copped high scoring honors' for the losers with a single garni score of 113 at.t a line set score of 308. Jack Rhea rolled a single game high scon* of 115. and John Dill ing posted a Jim- set soon* of 303 in Dillinc Heating's 2-2 split with the McGinnis Furniture team Richard Bridres rolled high scores of ’2? »-id 332 for McGin nis Fumitu-e Boyce Ware rolled a high sin gle game score of 133 io lead the •.right's tingle game scoring, ami teammate Red Morrison copped the night's high line with a 339 total as the Tignor & Russell, team defeated the Bob Herndon1 loam to 3 ti* 1 to hold down tho N'o. I spot in tl>c standings. Charles CulU rs<>n pared the 1 losing Herndon loam's single game scoring with a 123 score, and Trim tlamble’s 333 line set,: score led tho scoring in that do-1 Won Lost Pet. i 30 18 .«25, | 29 in «04 I 2S 20 JHB! 23 23 .520 j 17 31 .334 14 34 .291 ( Ladies Goll Tourney ] Set Foi March 17 , The FoothiUs League Associa tion Golf Tournament is sehedul ed to begin at the Catawba Coun try Club March 17. The Tournament, sponsored by I he Foothills League, is held an i nually for Women Oolfer* in the: Picdnunt section of North Caro- . lina. I All interested parti-ipant* arc 1 urged to contact Mrs. Harlan Sto- < erau before March 10 to insure 1 entry into the tournament. i inimnnii. Standings: Plonk Oil Tignor Ar Russell Ddling lleatin • McOinnis Furn Dye Const. Bob Herndon Herald Sports By DICK WOODWARD Hoopsters Finish Season, Look Ahead .. Basketball season is over and Coaches I)on I aikci and Hob Hussey arc already looking forward to next year* competition. . The girls team, which |»ostod a season rrrord of four wins against lourteen deteats, began the previous season with onlv one returning letterman, and the bulk ol th • Mountain, tb team will return next year. !ieek\ Webslei, forward, and guard ( oial Itamsetn ,\err the only seniors on this year's team, and returnin'. ettermen Jovce Bolin. Mat pie Huffs! etler. Joan Howard. Gail Hoavner. and Angela Ruff will be back to bolster th. ivM chances of producing a conference contender. The local lassies won two conference games. (Belmont and CherryvilleI, and defeated Dallas and Bessemer City ip non-coitl'ernice action. Mountaineers In Good Shape The Mountaineers, which posted a season record of 10 wins and X loses. 7-7 in conference play, have every hing working in theii lavoi for next year. Coach Parker began the current season with two turning lettermen. Juniors. Richard Gold and Mike Ballat^^ formed the experience tot this years squad, and jnnioi iOtwards Ken Bttnkowski and Jimmy Cloningcr teamed with Ballard. Gold and senior guard Louis Cook to form .hi* year's squad. Cook, the only starting senior playei. will be sorely missed as next season roll> around, but Mickey Bell is ex pected to ste| into Cook’s vacated spot. Bell look over lor Cook in the opening minutes of th. game with Lincoln ton on February 21. and played the final three game* at the guard position. C'toh sustained a broken ankle in the opening minute of play at Lineolnton. •it iho returning players improve as they should during the next year, we will la- able to produce a good basketball team", said Coach Parket when asked to com ment on the far-away season’s outlook. Front Runners Lose Entire Squads One very important factor which comes into pla\ when thinking of next year's chances is the fact that the first tour teams: Rutherlordton. Lincolnton. Cherryville. and Belmont lose their entire starting teams. Rutherlordton coach said after the final Kamo of th< season hero Friday night. “We will be lucky to win a con ference game next year". Bight of his twelve squad mem bers were seniors this year. Lineolnton coach, Don Back, reported after the KM Lincolnton game February 1*1. "We lose everybody aftei :liis year”. Nine ol his twelve players are seniors. Cherryville’s first five players are all seniors, and without the services of conference scoring leader. Jack Cook, the Ironmen ill be faced with a definite rebuilding job. Belmont, which began the season very slowly, w innirft only two of its first eight games, came hack strong in t second half of play and finished the season with an S-*> conlerence record, good enough for a tie with Cherry ville for the No. .3 s|Kd in the SWC final standings. Cherrvville won the toss of a coin to determine sell ings for the Bi-Conference Tournament at Chase High School gymnasium that got underway Monday night, and Belmont took on tough Valdese. seeded No. 1 in the North west Conference. The Belmont team consists of five senior starters, and I he Belmont coach commented after the game with KM February 23, “We lose everybody”. Seventh place finisher, Shelby, loses six players from this year's squad, and East Rutherford loses the confer ence's second highest scorer, Phil I.uckadoo. The Cavaliers managed only two victories this season, and will not lx considered a strong threat lor the title next season. Chase will be somewhat better than this year, but the loss ol two starting players will present quite a few prob lems. Mountaineers In Best Position To Win Kings Mountain on the other hand, is hurt least of *n.v team in the conlerence with regard to graduating lettermen. Louis Cook and Warren Goforth are the onlv two lettermen that will not Ih> back in ’tid-'fin. Cook was a starting guard for this year’s team, and Goforth was considered by Coach Parker as his seventh man. Goforth was plagued with injuries throughout a good [•art of the season, and junior Mickey Bell picked up the dark for the ailing Cook and Goforth. Returning starters Gold. Ballard. Bunkowski, and Jloninger. should improve considerably bv the time reason mils around next December, and if experience*"# he deciding factor, the Mountaineers will have a big edge rnn all ol the other SWC teams. mree Sport Sweep Very Possible In '64-'65 Speaking of basketball prospects for next season, let's lot forget the possibilities of lootball domination, along vith baseball powoi. Although last year’s lootball team consisted of seven senior starters, the prosjiects for the coming year are even »etter than they were for the past season. Returning lettermon Lyn Cheshire, tackle. Jimm\ bright. end. Richard White, end. Pat Murphv, quarter jack, Hubert McGinnis, tackle. Chip Bridges, tackle, Pai lord, fullback, Richard Gold, quarterback. Pete Putnam ullhack Steve Baker, halfback, and Jay Powell, halfback ilong with punting specialist Jimmy Cloningcr, will pit) ’ide Coach Bates with adequate material to sweep th< iWC. The majority of this year’s baseball team will be re urning lot next year’s season, and from reports gathered o slate, this years baseball team will be making a strong >id for the conference title if the pitching slack can b. licked up by several outstanding candidates. Next year may prove to be KM’s vear to sweep the rriple Crown in the Southwest Conference. The only bad part about the bright prospects for next eat. is the thought that nearly 30 seniors will be on the 961 football roster, and the basketball and baseball team' >f next yeat will be heavily manned by seniors. But. KM has always found a way to cope with situa tons that arise, and the V it her SWC schools with hree sports for the past ‘oaches Bill Bates, Don lussey, KM should hold n the years to come. a luumamecrs nave Deen providing mighty stiff competition InitM several years. With outstanOV Parker, Bill Cashion. and Boh its own qpaig| the best of them
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