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Mounties Blast Bessemer Twice In Practice Games Coaching Trio Atends Clinic sj j i Athletic road «>s Mill Mates, Mill ' Cashic'i. and lio.i Hus »•> attend ‘ ied the North Carolina Football Coach’s Clinic it Durham last • wwkrnil. The trio left Friday for tin* • weekenil affair, which hosts high school coai he- throughout the state. Coach Mates i-cportcd that most of the area coaches were on hand for the meeting. and that Coach Shu Carlton. 01 Caslonia, was a moog many r*f the suirounding mea coaches v ith whom he talk ed foot liall • The annual clinic was terminal . od i*y tile Duki Univei sily I Hue White football came on Saturday, and the Kin^s Mountain coaches wer every much ini|><e.sod by the I>ukc team. ’ “Duke has a devastatin'* ground . attaek along •• ith .1 good [Kissing quarterback in the [icrson of vet • era nSeotty Clackin'*, ays Coach t Mates, and all three couches agree ; that Duke ail: Is- the 1 >p • teams in the ACC next season. • Many of the ACC teams held inter squ id games sa'urdav. and • speculations indicate that Duke, | Slate, and North Caloli 1.1 will be » the teams to l-eat fm the title in | 1961 ! T&R Gains Men's Bowling Lead With 4-0 Win S TIkhoi A- P.i\ sell re Mirn-d t Do I .Men’s Mowlin > l eague lead Mon I day night with a I to o shutout I of Plonk Oik which was tied with | Tignor At Mi's: ell for the league J lead last wee':, and Diling Meat • ing broke a li • with McHinnis t Fumitur«* for third place with a I -I to o blnnkin of the Dob Hern i don team !Dve Const mi lion rolled to a 2-2 tie with MeCinnis Furniture in the night's other match. ■ Manny Rlanlon paced the Tig (nor & Ru.ssidl scoii.i; in tin match wth Plonk Oil with a sin p’e game high for the night of J 126 and a line set so. o of 3X* ! also high for tin- match, as the • league leaders moved out into a * commanding lour game lead in J the standings with only three ! weeks of competition remaining. {Clarence Plonk l«-»t the losers scoring with a single ••r.mo s. ire f of Us 1 .uid a line set s ■ ov of 292. S far below liis season - average # storing. • Dilling Heating’s 1 to •' hlank ! ing of the Boo Herndon team i gave the winners a two-game ! third place lead over MKJinnis • Furniture as Poh Putnam and NEW MENTOR. Baseball Coach Bill Bctes, i.s hooding the Mount aineers (or the first time this sea son. and is expecting a good year (or the locals as the SWC schedule gets underway at City Stadium Tuesday afternoon against Lincolnton. John Diilm-; t< at ed to lead in** winner's scoring with scorn oi 123 add 353 re..|H\ lively. Charles Culbertson roller! three scores of over 100 as hr paced the loser’s soiling with a 115 single garr Score and a line set s<- . e <’t 320 Dye Construction moved out ot the eellar in liu* standings with a 2 2 split with McGinns Purn. lure with Br.yce Wells leading the Dye Con*tnicti<>:i scoring with a single garro hi 'll if 1 Ih and a line set seore of 31s. Albei t Brackett rolled a 12s s.-igle gam<-. and a 325 line set score to lead the \lc< limits I-limitin'■ team STANDINGS Tignor A- Pussell Plonk Oil Dilling 1 ferine ■ McGinnis Pure Dye Cons' Boh Herndon Wo i l„osl l*cl 3<* 21 .65< i 35 25 ,5S I 33 27 55<i 31 2d .517 21 30 .3511 2> 10 .333 tine Banning Out On Challengers In Women's Bowling League Race With only thrtv w«*ek> remain ing in the *V| Women's Bowl inn League race. Oates-(lender, son Shell is atop the standings, three games ahead <>f the second place .McCurdy Cleaners team, and ten games ahead ot third plate Kings Mountain Moose. McCurdy Cleaners is the onl\ team in the six-team league which has a chance to overcome Oates-Henderson Shell, which have led the league tor the maj ority ot the season. The league-leaders further in creased the first place lead Tues day night wih a 3 1 vtictorj. over Griffin Drug, and pushed the los ers into the celler of the stand ings. Team captain. Jenny Oates paced the winners scoring with a single game score of 127. cou pled with a three game line set score of 312. both scores being high for the n.ateh. Brenda Bid dix and Dessle Loft in rolled sin gle game sit ires of 100 for the losers, and Biddix posted a high line set score of 298. Fulton's Department Store mov ed Hilo fifth piece with a I to 0 shutout of Kings Mountain Drug as Doris Ware rolled high scores of 120 and 310 to pace the win ners. Ora Mae Bennett cop|tcd high scoring honors for the los ers with a single game score of 100. and a line set score of 27-1. Kings Mountain Moose moved to within seven games of second plait* with a 3 to 1 victory over the faltering McCurdy Cleaners team. Betty Kite ruled three games of over 100. the best being 115. and posted a three game line art score of 318 to lead the win ners. Team captain. Lib Gault, registered high scores for the night witli a single game high score of 138. and a line set score of 357. Gaul! rolled tv.o other single game scores of over inn: 119. and 100. STANDINGS Won Lost Pet. Oates-Henderson 73 47 608 McCurdv Cleaned* 70 50 584 KM Moose 63 57 525 KM Drug 55 65 458 Fulton's Dept. Store 51 69 .425 Griffin Drug 48 72 .400 Letter to Editor Letter To Sports Editor. KM Herald. By CARL BURRIS UCLA !>S. Duke S3, on I ho score dock in Kansas City’s Municipal Auditorium, still flashi**. through my mind. This was the final Kamo ol the NCAA Tournament, a championship jamc. I see Kenny Washington, a fi’3” sophomore benchrider from Beau fort. S casually block Duke's Jay Buckley’s hook shot. Ruck ley’s tv 10. or Utah a rebound over Buckley and Duke's other 6-10 giant. Hack Tison, and drop in a ’i-pointer on an easy layup. Washington scorer! 2*' points. Out of all tin* I’elan’s heroc . Washington imprr*ssed me the most. Why ? Because he’s from "Down South”. Beaufort. S. C How did th< i> 3 jumping jack get by "Tobacco Hoad” and the South’s top reecruiters anil esp< ciallj big-time basketball schools in South Carolina such as Clem son and South Carolina? Was it \\ asliington’s pleading to AIL America Walt llazxard to rccom mend him to UCLA or the preju due on Tabaeco Hoad anil in the South to let this talented Negro escape them. Washington subdued Duke, so tc speak, siii’le h.indely. With out his 26 |Hiints and leaping ab Hits- th,. final score could have been. H3-S1. Duke’s favor tsuh trading Washington’s 26 pomts from UCLA’s total of 9S and ad ding starlet Fred Slaughter's 8.9 scoring average to the remain der.» 1 find the Bruins 2 points behind Duke in the final score if UCLA hadn't stolen Washing ton out from under the noses of the South's top recruiters Duke and the "Tobacco Hoad " teams are my favorite teams. I have bi*cn loyal to them since 1959 when I became a basketball fan. I have survived the hard ships and failures and the tri umph and tribulation of Duke, North Carolina. Wake Forest, and North Carolina State, and such Continue* On Paijt J Locals Post 31 Xin In Opener; Take Second. 4-0 The Kings Mountain high soh ol baseball team posted two : iractiec game wins ow r Bes.se |-ner C'it>* during the pas! w«>ek. M. and The first game was >.laved at City Stadium last Thar ’ day. and the return ••ame was layisl In Ikv-si im-i Oi*\ Tuesday ifn rnnon Tin tirs! meeting. which went , ,‘t th Mountaineers, 3-1. was the i tponin;’ contest for each team. ■ ind the i n'in* K\1 team saw ae 1 ion in tiie seven inn. ig •ontest. Tommy Black, who pitched the -ixth inning for ihc Mountain eers. w i' credited with the win j or the Iih a is as the Mountain. | *ers broke a 1-1 tie with two runs I in the home half «>f the inning. Third baseman. Pat Murphy, lead i ff tin1 sixth inning for the Mountaineers with a walk, and . Wo pitches Inter stole second I 'ent - fielder Mike I fuffstickler valked and the Mountaineers had two base runners with no ! outs. Murphy and Huffsliekler ex iiH-uted the double steal, anil with miner- on second and third. 1't nine Rhea singled to drive in j Mirphy with the winning run. Tuffstickler scored two outs la. or to increase the lead. "It was a good showing for this •arly in the season", commented 'oach Bill Bales folowing the game. "Our hitting was a little .off. but that is to be expected in early season", he added. The Mountaineers collected j three hits in the opening contest, and Bessemer City was held to Ionly one hit by lour Kings Moun tain hurlers. Warren Goforth tarteil for KM and was relieved by Steve Lowery in th** fourth. Lowery pitched the fourth and fifth innings, and Black worked 'on« inning. Wayne Mullinax gave up the only Besemer City hit in th* seventh. Second baseman Mickey Bell (collected two hits fur the winners, and Hubert McGinnis and Ronnie ! Rhea collected one each. In thi re-matrh Tuesday after- ! noon Warm Goforth pitched the' loials tti a 4-0 shutout victory.' and Goforth received help on the mound from Black, Lowery, and Mullinax. Kings Mountain s<*ored one run •n th** first ining and added ’hree more in the fourth. Mickey B**ll. who collected two hits in the opening came, added two more in Tuesday’s game, to 'ead the Mountaineer hitting. Richard Gold had one hit. dong with Pat Murphy and War en Goforth. The Mountaineers o|H*n the Southwest Conference schedule chedule Tucsdav afternoon at 1:00, hooting Lincolnton. Spring Sports Underway Soon it Gardner-Webb Th* Gardner-Wcbb baseball and track teams tvga pra -live ses sions ia-t week in prepa’ation i n he confei«*iv.v openiigs in April .'in* has**:>all team ope is with Brevard \pril t. and the track t* am against the same opponent April 9 Baseball Coach. Not man Har ris. announced • tis w.vk lhat tin* 1901 Bulldogs wdl lx* striving to improve on last s. ason’t *-7 Ju:i-1 ior College baseball record. Th«* Bulldog*' have six return ing lettermen. tin most piiinli ne-, it on** being Hi k Bindley of Gastonia. Bradlcv hit .434 la-1 season. and will lx* depended up on heavily by Coach II irris this reason. Otlier returning lettermen ‘ticlude* infieldets Don Horton, and Bill Hayes, along with out 'elders Ronald Rogers, and Da vid Webster. With only s.> returning letter- j men. Coach II.*iris will bo de pending hea ilv upon his first vear nu**i. which include: catch ers Davis Hill, an dW.ilie Bur keite; hrst baseman Bob Fisher: m* I other intielders Clarence Mahe. Alton McGrav.. Ronald Yount; and ortfielders Johnny Jenkins and Larry Inman. Pitching candidates irt* lude Ray Cl nr, il*i r> M lumjr. and < ‘ov Doty, three at**-* players. Crow s from Crest High School, Jen kins from Cherrvville, and Maun cy is from P dkvtllp. The Bulldog confereme soh'* dule opens \nril I against Rre yard Tin* Gardner-Webb track team will o[n*n its s. a son at Brevard on April s •pht* Bulldog cinder men am hopiv.g t,» improve on last year’s dismal, 0-7 record with returning letiernvn Ronnie Frieze. Gene **v tik. Gary Simp kins, and Donald Rogers. !^»st voar both Swink and Friev set now records in their re i sp*vtive events Swink is a Ivgh ; iumoer. and Fric/e runs the mile and two mile i Several m;ta who should bols (ter the G-W men are Jim Bal Continued On Pn<je J raid o r t s By DICK WOODWARD Duke Dives In NCAA Finals There’s nothing to say ... .except .... I can't believe it. The UCLA Bruins lore down in forty minutes what Duke Coach Vic Bubas had been building for four years, and tore it down the west-coasters did. The. 08-S3 UCLA victory proved, to me anyway, that the No. 1 team in the nation is definitely UCLA. Duke was never in the game after the first eight minutes o! play. W ith Duke leading. TO-27 and approximately eleven minutes remaining in the first half, UCLLA went on a 14 ; oint scoring spree which left the Blue Devils wondering w hat it was all about and trying to gather forces and over come an eleven point deficite 141-30), but the hot-handed Bruins were not to be denied as they built up a 30-38 half time lead and coasted to the NCAA title with a devastating defensive and accurate shooting offensive game. Duke finished No.3 in the nation last year. No. 2 this ye;,i, and if the numerical progression is to proceed at the - ime pace nexl year the Blue Devils had better come up with a high scoring sophomore, and two small giants. Gone from this year’s star-studdeed squad are All American Jeff Mullins, and outstanding preformers Jay Buckley and Buzzy Harrison. Tison and Ferguson will be back again next year, and rising junior. Jack Marin and reserve" Brent Kitchin (6’ 7”), Ron Herbster. and All-East *rn Regional player Steve Vacendak really have their work cut out for them "come next winter", Spring Sports Gain Limelight Sports interest will make the quick transition from basketball to baseball, and on the local scene the Mount ain*' rs will have something to feud about as the locals prepare for the 14-game Southwest Conference Sched ule. Coach Bill Bates still isn’t making any commitments a-, to the future succeess of the Mountaineers, but is con fident that the candidates will provide the area fans with some exciting baseball as the regular season gets under way March 31 at home against Lineolnton. The Thursday afternoon practice game with Bessemer Hitv went to the Mountaineers, 3-1, and Bates reports that if the pitching weakness is strengthened as the sea son progresses the Mountaineers will be in the running for the SWC flag. The track team is coming along, but Coach Bill Cash ion still ha* a lot of holes to plug before the conference slate begins at Shelby today (Thursday). The locals drop ped an 80-48 practice met to Gastonia last week, but as the weather continues to warm and regular practice can be held, the trackmen will hold their own in the SWC. National Picture Bright For Hopefuls The major league teams will be heading North soon *s they prepare for the upcoming 160-game schedule, which should prove to be quite a race in both the National and American league. The odds-on favorite American League NEW \ORh YANKEES seem to be as strong, if not stronger, than last yehr as Mlekey Mantle is having a good spring and seems in good shape for the mid-April opener against Washington. The Yankees did less trading in the off sea son than any other team, but the old reliables: Elston Howard, .Joe Pepitone, Bobby Richardson, Tony Kubek, Clete Boyer, Mantle, and Roger Maris should prove too much for challengers. MINNESOTA seems to be the likely choice for the second spot in the American league with outstanding hit ter-- and a well healed pitching staff. If Harmon Killebrew and Bob Allison have real good years at the plate, and ’63 rookie Jimmy Hall, who hit 31 homers last year, comes around, the Twins should sport one of the best outfields in the majors. Catcher Earl Battey will be behind the plate, and first baseman Vic Power is expecting to have a much better year than in ’63. The CHICAGO WHITE SOX wil have t« come up with some good pitching from the veterans and the many newly acquired players must adjust quickly if the Sox are to be contendere. Thirteen players, eight of them pitchers, were not on the Sox roster at this time last year. The pitchers are Fritz Ackley. Camilo Estevis, Bob Guzek. Jim Golden, Thomas Hoagland. Rudy May, Ed Nottle and Fred Talbot. The Sox are heavy on pitchers at the moment as the roster lists 21 hurlers. There arc four catchers, eight in fielders and nine outfielders. The CLEVELAND INDIANS seem to be having their troubles as manager Birdie Teebbetts is trying desperately to mend the broken pieces from last year. Injuries pushed the Indians into the second division last year, but manager rebbetts is reported to have given his stamp of approval to last year's rookie sensation Max Alvis, the young third baseman, and is looking for great things from rookie Tom Agee a center fielder. Tebbetts is still haunted by the nightmare of the 1963 injuries which sidelined six of his key players. Thus, Teb betts is accentuating health over hits in spring training drills. rI he BOSTON RED SOX have a new pitching coach, ex-Yankee Bob Turley, and this seems to be the Red Sox’s strong point as manager Johnny Pesky looks to the new season. Veteran hurler Gene Conley has given up basket had the played pro basketball with the New York Knicker bockers for two seasons), and is concentrating fully »n baseball. _ 3 he DETROIT TIGERS are depending heavily upon ill-star performer Al Kaline to bolster the offensive threat, and of the pitching problem can be solved the Charlie Dressen-led Tigers may finish in the No. 3 spot. Don Demeter, who was traded to the Tigers by the Phil adelphia Phillies, will add some home run punch to the I iger bats, and Norm Cash is due for a good vear after slumping last season. Jerry Lumpe, Dick McAuliffe and young catcher. Bill Freeman, wil have to come along ex ceptionally well for the Tigers to make any kind of chal lenge tor the flag. The BALTIMORE ORIOLES may be better than last year, but will have their problems. Only time will tell " heather this year’s Oriole pitching staff is the best the Orioles have ever had. but it is certain that it never has been so difficult for a young pitcher to break in with the club. The Orioles have an abundance of pitchers, but lack ihe offensive power to offer any strong threat. The LOS ANGELES ANGELS will have leadoff specialist Albie Pearson, the pint-sized All-Star center fielder, back hitting in the No. 1 position, but a No. 1 finish would be more than the imagination could com prehend. even with the much publicized Bo Belinsky back in the big time (for a while at least). TheKANSAS CITY ATHLETICS have acquired “tra \ebng Rocky Colavito, but prospects are dim for the mulit-eolored uniformed Missourian's, and if owner Fred Haney doesn t pull hi* team out of the league before the Os Page J Tracksters Drop Opening Meet To Gastonia, 83*35 Beattie Leonard Injured; UNC Mound Staff Suffers Southpaw Tossei Expected Back In Four Weeks The University of North Caro lina's baseball fortunes weredealt a severe jolt this week when it was learned Beattie Leonard, sophomore lefthander .'r»m Kings Mountain, will he lost to the mound staff for at least five weeks Leonard, who had shown ex ceptional promise in early diills. suffered a oroken hone in his pitching hand in an exhibition game on Tuesday. The fracture occurred «h«t the mirier at tempted to field a sharp hopper to the mound. “Beattie would have been a mong my top lour starters.” la mented Coach W alter Ka;>b. •'Tnere is a sl.in chants* he might heal in time foi some duty in May, but that is uncertain, l^eo tiard's loss a hloxv to our hopes.” Leonard was one of two lefties Coach Rahb had hoped to utilize against teams with southpaw flat ting strength. Last year the in jured player was unbeaten as a freshman. Buddy t a boon. another soph, who was 3-0 last spring, is Rabb's next portside choice. Rabb. who tlnnks his Tar Heels will bo a capable liascbali squad and able to hold their oxvn a gainst most competition, hasn't tieen pleased with the hitting his men have displayed to date. ”\Ve have played a couple of practice games and have won INJURED. Beattie Leonard, soph omore pitcher for the University of North Carolina, and former KM Legion baseball pitcher, suf fered an injury to his left hand last week during a practice game. He is expected to return to action in approximately four weeks. them." points out U.ibb. "hut we’ve left enough runivrs strand ed to fill the Stands. 1 ini count -1 ins on our pitching stalf carrying ! a good part of the load at least 1 until our hats come to life. That’s why Leonard's broken hand is so disturbing." The Carolina roach appears to, be set with his infield, but is look- * mg for more slugging strength in j the garden. The four m< ^ who! have seen moct outfield duty are Ken Willard. Gary Kl.-.h, Ken Boykin and Kill Taylor The lat ter, who can also play the infield, was the star o' a recent exhibit ion victory over Lion College. Wright Paces KM With Two Pint Place Finishes Ashley High o( Gastonia hand ed King!* Mountain an 83-35 do feat Thursday afternoon at Gas Ionia in Kings Mountain’s initial traek meet of the season. Gaston ia had on moot previously, fin ishing second to Kast in a u angular meet last week, with Harding finishing third. The non-seheduled practice meci was UmI by Ashley's Green Wave star Todd lli<*ks. oo-oaptain and halfback of the Green Wave football team last tall, who led the meet scoring with II points. Hicks won the 100 vard and 22>> yard dash events and placvd third in the broad iump for his IMiints. Jimmy Wright pared the Moun taincer trackmen with 10 points | Ho finished first in the high hur dies with a time of 10.3 and the low hurdles with a time of 22.5 Bon Grimes copped first place for Kings Mountain in the 880 with a time of 2:31.5. Steve Grigg and Wendell Phifer finished second and third resp ectively in the mile and regis tered four points for the Moun lainoers. Blackburn won the other Kings Mountain first place in the broad jump with a distance of 18' K" RESULTS 12«' high hurdles • Wright »KM> Time 16.3 100 yard dash-Hicks lAl 10.3 see. Mile Williams <Ai Time 4:57 low hurdles Wright »KMl Time 22.5 Broad jump Blackburn 'KMt Dis tance 18’ 6". 880 run Grimes i KM I time 2:31.5 Shot put Ghorley <At distance 441’ Discuss Ghorley (A) distance* 120* High Jump Curry t Ai height 5'6" Pole Vault Gurrv PA) height 8'9" Mile relay A see ley. 3:5<i 220 yard dash Hicks (At 23.7 sis •Mu dash Williams <At 58.4 sec. for the Boys SPRING and EASTER FINERY Il’s spring in Boyland! And wo’re all ready with the choicest selection ever. of suits and coats, slacks and jackets, sports and dress shirts. What s more, the prices are pleasing! 1 «ox\ OOOSf \ • The Suit look in coat A pants from $15.99 • Slacks in many colors and fables. from $2.99 • Boys' dross and sports shirts, from $1.99 • Sports jacket, vest and slacks, all $!_’ **•* • Sports jackets. 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