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Herald Sports f By DICK WOODWARD Speedway Dresses Up For 5th Birthday The Charlotte Motor Speedway will celebrate it' fifth birthday Sunday, and a crowd in excess of 60,000 is ex pected to join in the celebration as the “World 600’’ get underway at 12:30 p.m. The Charlotte classic features the longest late mode! stock cat race in the world, and forty-six entries have filed to particpate. The track, which has been floundering in a sea of debts since its birth in I960, has been dressed ltp con siderably tor this year’s running, and Ians will tie abb to view the entire track for the first time. For those who have visited the impressive looking milo-and-and-a-hnl! oval will remember the huge mound ol flit I piled at the east end of the infield which blocked the view of the tirst two turns lor spectators in the north grandstand. Well, it is a pleasure to report that this obstruction has bn: leveled and fans will be able to wabh the action at the first two turns as well as the baekslreteh and the last moving third and lourth turns which lead into the spat • straight-aw ay. Glory. Additional seats have been added to accommodate the overflow crowd which is expected. More than 3,000 seats have been added, upping the track's seating capacity to more than l.*.'- 4 i a . in elude 632 scats in an all-concrete covered tower over Section 15 ol the Ford Grandstand, n row ol ehaii s< > (nearly 1,200) along the top of the Ford. Chrysler, and General Motor, stands, and 1.3o»i bleachei a at- in th< Paddock \rea adjacent to the Garage Area All tans with 25th ttopi row tickets will have chairs furnished. Th ■ heav> advance sale, w hich is aO pci cent ahead <>| a y<*a ago when a record North Carolina sports crowd ol .>N.72_ was on hand, prompted the seat-adding decision. Time trials lot si tiling posit inns will he held Wed nesday through Saturday, and a field ol 10 entries (a ol Mav lathi will be wing tot the coveted pole position. 31-YEARS IS AVERAGE AGE o straeki h> II precedent has anything to do w ith it. the winnei of Ihis year’-4 race will be .".l years old. That's the average age of IS drivers who have won races ol atm miles distance or longer on NASt VR'- four super speedways in the Southeast since I960 The age spread has ranged from a low of 21 (l ab Burdick. Atlanta 500. 111611 to II (Buck Raker, Darlington 500 in lltbO), and Nelson Stacy, tWorld 6o0 in * 1H>1?I. Hu four previous W orld 60" winners hav lieen an veruge u 31'« years old. w ith David Pearson, U«»l w i n ii e i the youngest at 2X and Stac> the oldest, rhe overall avera,. age ol the 2X most active NASCXR drivers is A dozen of them are .".o and under. lu are between - l and tiv« are 36 to l< years oid and two are past 11. Puck Baker is C and Wendell Scott is 42. Favorites Numerous; Winner Hern ! o Pick As the linn* trials get underway on Wednesday, thei so-called favorites will be jockeying fot the pole positions and all will be out to de-throne Fred Lorenzen as top money winner on the NASCAR circuit. Loren/.en is high ly ranked among the front runners, and his 1‘Kll Ford will be challenged by such outstanding drivers as Ruck Baker, who will be wheeling a 1 ‘HiI bodge- David Pear son; a l‘M>4 Dodge; Bobby Johns, in a ltkil Pontiac; Fire ball Roberts, behind the wheel ol' .» 't»l Ford- I*;iul Cold smith, a li»t>l I’l\mouth: Junioi Johnson, in a Ford; and Richard Pett\ in a til Plymouth. Petty is fresh from a 100-imle victory at South Bos ton. Va. Saturday night and reports that his Plymouth ts in top shape lot the upcoming race. I’pon filing his entry. Goldsmith supported a state ment made recently by Fireball Roberts of Daytona Beach. Fla., to the effect that th ■ Plymouths and Fords will be more evenly matched in the Charlotte race than in others so tat this season. Of the Iti entries to date the Fords head the list with eleven entries, tallowed hy Dodge with eight, Pontiac with six. Chevrolet with five and Plymouth with five. A field ol II cars w ill be off and running at the drop of the green flag on Sunday, and it will be anybody's race as the litMl-inile course wi'l take its toll. Care to predict a w inner? Richard Pettx is this writer's pick to win with Fred Lorenzer a elosi second. Umps Running Bases Backward In Majors Tho majoi league umpires have been running ihe bases baekward for a long lime, and no one seems to pa\ any attention to tin fact. Actually, they don't run the bases, but I use the phraseology figuratively to present a point which ha> been overlooked, or else hasn’t been studied. This is how it is. As long as there have been more than two umpires working as a major league game (which has been a num ber of years), the\ have been rotating around the infield in reverst ordei to the way the players run the bases. But. before it becomes too involved, an explanation ot how th< umpires work is in order. There are five teams of four umpires in each of the two major leagues, the* American and the National. These four-man teams work together during a designated se ries ol games, with each taking turns umpiring the four bases. One umpires at home plate one game, then moves to third, second, and first, in that order, during the next three games, and hack to tin* starting |*oint. This is where the problem arises. If anyone would ask an umpire why this system of rotation is used, he would probablv say that it nas been a matter of system and no one has ever suggested a change. Anyone who tollows baseball elosely at all knows that during a major league game the third base umpire* and first base umpire work the hardest. Now. undei the present system of rotation, the* first base umpire moves from first base to home plate, and during a hot summer's day double heade*r an umpire ran really wear himself out b> railing the plays at Hist has.* and then moving behind the pinto for the* seeond game. Wouldn’t it he* bettei to change the routine? You could have !he third base umpire change places with the home plate umpire, and the second and first base umpires change. This would give the home plate umpire a ' breath er,” and also the first base ump. This series of rotation would only be advantageous during double-headers, but I bet there would he a lot of major league umpires who would go along with it. Mounties Win Finale On Lowery’s Four-Hittei* ■ i Lesion Team To Gastonia ■ '■ Friday; At Home Saturday Teams To Trade Practice Caries Be!sr« Oaenines A — The K : gs M intain A. iran I i.:i w'il nolrt :t fust pra t (v game *•: the season K: dn) iul.'I • • ; IV. 11 »\ , to Gas'oni:1 f- 'i • at :•I*.M The two to :: ■ h ., • : r« rr'a'rh sch'tlti C Sra imtn Sat urday tu; it, ’I i • t uvl.dr ■ report ed foi op.*1 >in>. <i y clIlls ■ is. Sat ,. ia> . ul t • : i V >• e-. in ltd iiif ! i » i ,o" • a! City St ...it on. I m th. : • ini ntti.-tis* tig «o tubers ot this yi-Ui'-i h a t .• 1 !.>atn. •i’t! poj .»• > n ; ..«i shape as a result • ■ i hoot set x.,--, .i ... I k; i .. ward to a s i . ', e * .sen . reports head , i- h n G<>td. who '- in lli- . 1st S, • >r hi i t . .llor. p. s', ’ r. > ’ ’ ..I Wi!-. is • !' • : >li.u • v- th A.-’. . • • ! * Pa- ,m in the Y.uk-C: • v . i uiLil.h ,. •• 't.;;- .! to pl-.y for Kings Molt 'tain. The- is no it finite wo.'1 " t . vvhehtet ot not Yn:k Clove wit! field r. i am this \ ear. hot we should k’ -.w 1110 thin;: detinite ! y th id of the week”. Wilson s.n.d I'ltero is also a good .ssfbili tv that play.-v a tile Pess.-mer City atea le a' •• . > ' r<ir Kings Mou’itaht 'his y-at I* is reported that e - < mintdy lack of interest . t the FSe> -rrier City area may for, ■*• th-m to withdraw from the le. If f'e-setret City .doesn't .ml a tea.n. Kings Mountain wUI in* elit:; .U- t-» use those players v. h » are inte . si •it play in"”. ->.n .said. I-'on-r-st I'ever. 15e;s*- > rr City pii-.-her. and t a. • s wont*! t» • ei •’ d * for the KM entrv, t«i t>ov, has ex press**! int •-e•! in pl-.y . I ' -ally If Bessemer City fails to mustet a team. A well hal.v ed Kings Motin Lain team will e anchor**! by four All Coni -tew* players Par Murphy, third Kt-e Richard Gold, shortstop and Miiv.y Pell, sc and base, ire expected ,. ■ ,:i y the load in litcir respective de partments. :.nd all were named to th*- ^outh\y.*st Continence \H i'ottfere' <> learn for i'tG4. Jim Udgh. freshman a* Appalachian, is expect**! to play f.rst has* this year, .id he was oametl to l he Ail Chi' even!-.- team a year ago. Other ; anils', ties yy ho wit! h; counted upon heavily by coach Gold inch'd* : ! -u;s Ceos, . itch iout field*'rs Warren Goforth. < ieorre Pitt-ta-t. Ronnie Kl'oa Chip McGta ..s. and tew ral ww comers. The nit.-hint’ staff will he ar ch .ted hv h a*h heel standouts See lev I ,v* - y Bill Mullinav *i» 'I Su’vt* H'lforth. Junior V”s tv catcher, R*v Medlio has K- n imr.-essive i’ early v- • . cl • ter the eat bin-- department. A Terr TV Fi^st RnunH Eche'5 ! J._ OATE TEAM PLACE MAY 30 Belmont Away 1 Shelby Home .3 Cheriyvilh Homo 7 Bessemer City Away 8 Gastonia Homo HI Belmont Home 13 Shelbv Away 13 Cherry ville Away 17 Bessemer City Away lit Gastonia Away *AH game- 8:00 p.m. Wonten Bowlers Receive Awards Tin' Oati's Henderson Shell team of th" Women's BowlinK League, u is presented the cham pionship trophy at a banquet which was h-lP at the Hager Res taurant in Shelby Tuesday night. The winning Oates-Hcnderson Shell tearr. which consisted of Helen Chti-rran, Pat Barrett. Gerry Werner fclthel Tignir. and Jennie Oates, won the champion ship bv six gomes. with the Mc Curdy Clean -r> team finishing in seixmd place Othe*- tronhii's which were pre sented hvludeo: High Averaee hh/abeth Gault ttOJ 1> High Set Six re Janet Burns - ,rro. High Game Brenda Biddix IV, Most Snares Betty Fite Most Stripes - Bonnie Wal lace Most Imoiwed Bowler - Pat Herndon. Threa&MPlayers Named To All-Conference Tea U ALL CONFERENCE—Pat Mui phy. (top). Richard Gold (cen ter). and Mickey Bell were uo.ned to the Southwest All Ccmeten-.e team for 1964. The three Mountaineer infielders are Juniors and play third base, shortstop, and second base respectively. Final SWC Standings Team W Shelby . 11 ’.inoointon . 10 KING? MTN . 7 Belmcnt . 7 Cht'rryville . 7 Rut her ford ton . 7 E Rutherford.6 '’hasp . 1 L 3 I 7 7 7 7 8 13 Pet. .783 .714 .500 .300 .500 .500 .428 .071 women Goiters In Tournament Five worv'r. golfers from Kings Maintain participated in the F othills L'«eie Coif Tourna ment v, hich v ns hold at Boone. X. C. \lfMvia> and Tuesday of this week Those attendms were: Lynne M itiney. H Blanton. Ann Wi thers, \l:i e \1 Daniel. and M dge Rhea. Mrs. Rhe i finished in a three way tie for first place, and Mrs. McDaniel firm nod second in their respective flight pairings. Murphy. Gold, Und Bell Named T o 21-Man Squad Throe Ki:i ;s Mountain players were unwed •(> The j iutlnvi'it ,\U Confeience uv.n lot iw.;i Tin* three > cur.taim-ers ohos jen on Hit* "1-Ti in squeal were; j Bell. s< cor.d t j..e; l*at Morphy. thi <1 i .ec; ami Richard *•••!«;. s...»it*i >;> All an* juniors. .Mdiphy Is* re. eived All Confer - I enuf honors in iuotball. Two play •* % at each • I the in field posit, ns wei • chosen with •he ex«cp;i> . oi sii utstop, where three play.*; r were selvted. (dokl “•hared the sl><>. t..i ,p honors with Rotouc Wil io’i o> Shelby an 1 Wairen Da.'on <>i Rutheriordton. Seven on’• ieldei r. wv* * named with She MW. Charles Peeler heading the li t. Peeler was also named t . ih*> All-Conference and All State foothell team. *<*' e*i o ;ne eight members of the . *afeiv e landed piryers on ■ in* stir-sunbed sqnui. with Chase faili.wt t l&ml a player. Rincolnton Waded the list with f:.- pluye ‘oilowcfl by Shelhy '•d Kuthori urn. whi h landed fo*ai '■ ii'.i, iv i ;s .Mountain and Rt!th«*i fortlton contributed thus* ana v. and ’h. ryville and Bel ir ait one each. Ptaverg chosen were; UNCCLNTON Stove Mermen, i»it**ii«*i Bobl.v Queen, eateher Don Cagle. find has.* Keith Seit »r, outfield Gary Warren outfield SHELBY Billy Champion, pitchei Richard Rani don. catcher Ronnie Wilson, shortstop (Continued on Page 3) POSTS FIFTH WIN — Seerley Lowery. Lowery. Kings Mountain southpaw pitcher, twirled his second shutout of the season Fri day night as the Mountaineers shaded Belmont. 1-0. to move into a four-way tie for third place in the final Southwest Con ference standings. Lowery led the Mountaineer ^roundsmen dur ing the 1964 season with a record of five wins against two losses. Mountaineers Win Three Straight; finish In Four-Way Tie For 3rd DON'T FORGET—The Legion Team plays Gastonia an exhibi tion game here Saturday night at 8:00. k.ivs AioiMiain and Cherry ilU- forced ;h< final Southwest onforon. >.- tendings int > a four ay tie for the number three po tion by ■:»:.*» victories Friday ight. I ho Mountaineers anti Cherry •llo had itlontit al, ti-7 records go into th • final round of pla>. mi each pi i; vi loams which had -6 record.;. Kings Mountain le eat d Belmont aiui CherryvHIo i« nod Butnerfoi titan. Cherryvill.- won the final four antes of the season and KM >sttd Hire-' straight wins to fin h with an evtn .500 percentage. Shelby copocti the crown with victor.\ o’-*r I.aat Rutherford, rhioh finishetl seventh with a 6-8 coord, ami Lineolnton poshed 'has.- tleov -r ij.to the cellar to inish one "an t- behind the lead r with a 10-4 season record. Chase's onl/ victory of the sea on was a b-.i win over Lincoln ton on Ap»'l 2!. Shelby dropped three games losing to Re'rnont. Rutherfordton. tnd Cherryvtlle. Lineolnton lost to Shelby twice, and to Kings Mountain ar.tl l hast* once each. The Mounta'neers split series with Belmont. Lineolnton. Fast Rutherford, ard Rutherfordton and dropped two games to Shel by. Te loci Is only sweep during the season vas over Chase. c*vmouv Eeks-Out Win At York-Clover YORK. S. C. — Max Goodwin o( Rock Hill led the 50-lap fea ture for 47 laps and with only 3 to go Seymour took over and won liis first victory at York Clover during the 1964 season, and Johnny Gardner of Rock Hill was third Goodwin took the first Johnny Black of York was second heat with Jimmy Clark taking the -eei.nd heat Parks Stein of Gas tonia was declared the winner of the 25-lap amateur feature after Gary Mclver was disquali fied. Another big 6-event pro gram has been lined up for this Friday night gefing underway at 8:1*’ p.m. When Goodwin was asked about his near win of the 50 lap feature he only shook his luad and said. "There will cer tainly be another time and 1 certainly want to win one of the features at York-Clover Speed way and I will be trying again this Friday night.” Over 800 fans sat out in the chilly air to watch Jc'aOi.. thrills including, several turn overs; however, no one was 1 : 1964 MOUNTAINEER BATTING AVERAGES Player AB Micke\ Boll. 17 Richard Gold . 49 Louis Cook.54 Seerley Lowery.21 Warren Goforth.24 Chip McGinnis . 21 Claude Pearson.17 Pat Murphy . 54 Ronnie Rhea . 41 Hubert McGinnis.41 Gerald Carrigan. 15 Mike Huffstickler_28 Chip Bridges. 2 Tommy Black . 1 R H Avg 12 18 .583 12 17 .547 3 10 .294 1 5 .277 3 5 .230 ll 5 .238 2 4 .235 3 9 .211) 11 12 .222 4 6.1 16 2 1 .066 3 2 .062 0 0 J8K» 0 0 .<>00 Western Carolines League Enjoys Advances In Many Areas In '64 iTio Western Carolina* League is enjoying its liest season of its five year history. All eight iluos are affiliated with a ma|< r league team and President Jean Ii. Moss reported this week th.it attendance figures show that a 7 |hm‘ cent increase is being currently enjoyed in spite of the (»ad weather eondi tions whi -h curtailed play in the opening Wi’.'k «.f the season. To date, there have been 101 games scheduled, and 2) of these have been postponed due to wet grounds. President Moss further added that the hit ceased attendance is due primarily to the fact that this year's caliber of player is far superior to the players of the past in the league. “The Western Carolinas League is a pitcher's league”, said Moca, and this bar been the deductions of several major league s< outs and baseball executive* who have visited in the league durng the early part of the season. _The high -".liber of pitching is badly injured. .■idem in several respects, i trs. of all. there are currently five pitchers wi'h a 3 0 mom, ami >iher hurlers own 211 rec ords. Secondly, the fact that Statesville is loading tile league ■ Hi nr witn a .251 teuii average, is some indication as in the strength of this year’s pilch | inK And still an- ther very import ant factor with regard to the in crease in attendance is the fact that most ot Me games ate he ing pi >ved >n shorter periods of time. To date, the average time 'hat it has taken the terms ti play a nine ir'iing game is a low, wo hours and 11 minutes Spectator Interest is on the rise throughout the league, and pro motional ventures such as Tues day night’s double header at Shelby will fin ther aid to the growth of th« Class A league. A great amount of interest in minor league ravobrill has been shown throughout the Western Carolinas l.eague area with em phasis being placed on developing the young piryerr into major league caliber Belmont Blanked U As Locals Tie Foi Third TV lWd Mountaineer base bailers moved min an end-of-the season foil 1 v*i\ lie for ihiril plan* in th.- Southwest Confer . mv standing.. Friday night by debating th" Belmont Red Raid ers. I d at C'H Stadium. Swrlcy Lowery, junior south paw. limit***! lh«* visitors to only (our hits amt itiurk out six in posting his tilth win of th<* sea son again u tw« defeats. Tlu* Mountat* eers loaded the bases ill fo<i. oi the first five in nings anil tallied thi* game's only run in thi* I fth as Wnncn (Jo forth sing I” I honu* Ronnie Khr.i itier two wet rout. Mickey ltell jHip(Nsl ou> to th** shortstop to open the fifth ami Louis Cook stiu. k out I’.li a rcaciied firs) base safely .is a result of third baseman Craw end's error, ant1 Stole second to set up thi- go head run. («.vft»'th singled Rb^^P home and the 'ally continued ns Hubert \! -Citmis and ' Jerald Carr: tan walked to load thi bases. I ow v missed a i ham .* *o ushion his one run lead iiv strik n ; out to ni the inning. Belmont threatened in t h •* fourth inning ;■ Slugs o|M*iud with a sing!.* anti moved to third ■n La.ring's sacrifice bunt, which x.M first lnovnan. McCinnis or tired on th-* throw f.vm third barman M.np* y. But 1. >wery bore down i.nd struck out Biddix. jot Barkley on a grounder to shortstop, and struck out Beam to end the inni ’g. The i n K \l victory marked the second such win in as many years. The lacr-ls defea.eil Bel mont l.y th • seine score to end .he smsoii last year, which gave the Mount r >'*ei: the l'sl't i onfer •neo cham,*:oishii>. Three KM base run -rs were pick'd .iff o.iso during the tight <y contested gnne. Pat Murphy was nabbed in the first <nning after openin' the game with a .foul de; Carrigan was caught ; tapping in ihc second inning and was out alter ranging a three ! rase hit vvbh one out; and Cook \ .v:is caugh» i r>" ren down Ik* , we»*n first and sis >nd with the mses loaded in the ihiul. Cook was not ta.'gn out. but Murphy ’ was caught ;.i the plate trying score as a result of Cook’s rut^^r ■ down. Kings Mo attain collected seven | hits and stranded twelve runners with Richard Cold collecting two singles to pace the hitting. BOX SCORE King? Mtn. (1) AB R Murpln. 3h 2 0 Cold, ss 4 0 Bell. 2b 3 0 Cook. c 2 0 Khea. If 3 I Goforth. ef 2 0 .Metliiinis. lb 2 0 Carrigan. rf 2 0 Lowery, |* 3 0 TOTALS 23 1 ! Belmont (0) AB R j Crawford. 3l> 3 o Armstrong, ss 2 0 1 Suggs. 2b 3 0 . La wing, lb 20 i Biddix. rl 3 0 I Barkley, c 3 0 Beam, p el 3 0 ' Abernathy. II 2 0 Walford. It I 0 Barnhill, p 3 0 | Garrett, ef 0 I) TOTALS 25 0 SCORE BY INNINGS 1 2 3 4 5 I Kings Mtn. 0 0 O n 1 Belmont 0 0 0 0 0 H E 1 1 1 2 0 o 1 0 0 0 I 1 1 0 0 o 7 4 H E 0 1 II II 1 II II II 0 II II II 1 II 1 II I II O II II II 4 I E — Belmont-Crawford; KM Murphy 2. Gold. McGinnis; DP KM 1; LOB: KM—12; Belmont — 7; 2B: KM Murphy; Belmont —Beam; 3R: KM—Corrigan; SB: KM—Rhea. Murphy; WP Lowery (5-2); LP — Barnhill r Mountaineer Pitching Records ! Play** W. L. I Lowery 5 2 W. (lolortli I 3 Mullinux 1 1 Black 0 | S. Goforth 0 0 Golf Tournament Set For Tuesday The Kin Mountain Ladies Golf Association will sponsor a tournament it the Country Club Tuesday. May 2t». with entrants teeing off a S 30 A.M. Approximately U entrants are expected to participate in the 18 liole tournament, which will followed bv ? dinner meetil^R Tuesday night The golfers hus bands will be in attendance and awardsjsili j. presented follow ing the meeting' * .