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■S /> r a I fl o r t s I By DICK WOODWARD Cardinal Hopeful Impresses Everyone It is strange how some individuals tend lo -t tU to in a crow d. , . . , . Such was the case last Thursday it rht -s I '«•< « nied West, ni Carolinas I.* ague President. .iohn - Rock Mill. S. ( . The Cardinals, currently leading the \\< I. hv nine games, were playing host lo tied-toi--second Sil.-hury. I pon arrival at the hall park around I it wc smell that the hosting Cardinals were wo k • ■ out si new players, who were decked oui in gr SI. Louis ( irdt nals uniforms. The regulai play 1 »< e d traditional, “home white.’ Alter ronferring with several ardent I ins. who h "i come out to watch the local elub take halt mg ; tc' it was learned that there were ten or more rookies who had stopped hy Roek Mill on theii way to the Florida League. And. as the mass of youngsters went through men pre-game drills o! bat tin praetlce, fielding diill-. and run ning. one particular votingst* caught my eve lie wa die - d in th ' home unitorm ot ti e (’. rdinah and the shoulders 1 printed in r« ! ♦ »• * ii’tt»*rs, D. Smith, u* r**n \ ? ' 6 just below. At first, it v. as opinionated that he was a eet her . s he was \ o I it el <»;’.■ «ii the pitcheis, i la writh i h i , i ■ i ■: ■ ii eut hers mitt. I*hi wa* ch too ’• r .. but in - mi dtomi pula fed leather with ama ing agi'ity. lie seemed t-» shaiv the limelight or ihe other players attention as they chatted hack and torth with typical baseball lingo. Oh. hy the way. the D. on the back of his uniform stood fo? Dennis, it was learned. Dennis has the same last name as the manager of the team, Mai Smith, who was in KM a couple of weeks ago to speak to the high school baseball team at the sec ond annual Rotary Club luncheon. He's Learned A Lot During 6->*,ear Tenure Becoming more and more interested in tin* player, I learned that he has been affiliated wit it the Cardinal or ganization for a little over six years, and is expected to he one ol the future Cardinal greats. During the course of the pre-game drills Dennis was accidentally hit in the mouth l»y a tiuow from one of the other players. Jle was rushed into the dressing room, and in less than fifteen minutes, was back on th*> field ns de termined as ever. But this time, he had discarded the catchers mitt and was using an infielder's glove. I was anxious to see what he could do w ith a hat . . . But. since all of the rookies were on h;ind. Dennis didn’t gel to hit. I was also anxious to see him perform, and I got my chance as the game began. He was not in the starting lineup, hut was seen at home plate as tin* two managers met the umpires to go over the ground rules which sanctioned the contest. To say the least. I was disappointed that Dennis didn’t get a chance to play in the game. But, as I talked with several followers of tin* Cardi nals in the box seats behind heme plate, it was learned that manager Hal Smith was expecting great things from the youngster, and they assum'd me that Dennis would see action for the Cardinal organization before the too distant future. The Cardinal dugout was located down the third base line, and at least five or six times during the inning. D. Smith would emerge and casually stroll to the batter's box. make a few remarks to the umpire, hand hi n -e\ ral objects, and swiftly return io his designated post. This procedure continued for the entire game, which lasted until Kkl'i, with Roek Mill winning. (>-t. But. constant observation revealed that the youngster had a tendency to slow down as the game progressed, and by the ninth inning, he s-*emed exhausted, but . . . After the game, the players dressed into their street clothes and assembled outside the park around the con cession stand. I met several of the players and was anxious to meet Dennis as tin players filet! by. And, after most of the players had made their exit (this was around 11:001, out came Dennis. He was dressed in a tan pair of Bermuda shorts, a knit sports shirt, and white canvas snookers. His face was beaming. and his blonde crew cut was neatly brush ed. The injured lip was sweeled considerably, but he didn't seem to he bothered . . . I introduced myself and he responded with a cour teous. "(’.lad to meet you sir. did you enjoy the gc He left me and entered the general manager’s office, where he sat attentively listening to manager Mil Smith converse by telephone with I arm directoi, Eddie Stanky. As President Moss and I left the ball grounds (around ll:l.-il. the last thing I lsaw was little Dennis perched in a folding aluminum chair with his youthful head occas ionally bobbing up and down as to indicate that a good night’s sleep was in order. He is the :\ year old son ot manager Hal Smith, and serves as the but and hall boy for the Cardinals when they play In Rock Mill. Southpaw Hurler Impressive In Rock Hill Sieve Carlton, B-3' . 19t> pound left handed pitcher for Ihe Rock Mill Cardinals, has everything working in his favor as the 19-year-old North Miami. Florida native begins his career in professional baseball. Carlton was the starting pitcher against the Salis bury Dodgers last Thursda> night in Rock Hill, and was credited with the win, although he was relieved in the late innings as the Dodgers threatened to tie the game. Steve exhibited a definite finess as he baffled oppos ing batters through the first five innings, but he was hav ing his troubles with control. The first yeat has been good to him at Rock Hill as he sports a 9-1 record with the Cardinals and has gained the admiration of the area fans, and has opened a few Cardinal officials’ eyes, too. The big left hander is fresh from high school a n d American Legion competition. He had a tf-2 record his last season of Legion ball and an s-2 mark his senior year in high school. He j-tveraged ten strikeouts p^r game his last season as a Legion hurler. Remember the name, Steve Carlton. ft f Line-Cherries And Shelby Halt Locals Locals Lr*se. 5 6 1st Seesa-v MaJcit M l-ircolntcn nt.atr <1 Kill - thiid i "'is .<-■ M. ..I vi III. h saw In raw bailie i in _•(> h inds Ihn i ".es i . i • L, C .unreel iwo iii s in i*. . n’li inning ai I In* ah i 1 • tn to L:>.n the v. ia. rn H t i" v ■all, i*"l > i inning. :«’ rt ' i.t th • i- ••• n enjoyed a in- pietr b> in ,'mtr tups. . at otf L't . in ia* tiiir.1 MU’ list 1t: ii:n . groiexivt to iaii i.il h i a- kaiv hail ail', .tr (I ; e,*ond on .ir ran i > a o'. .* ,-i ,m. « movi i . a > . as .’a. Mo: pfty na.'h 1 r.s -. a-;, o,i sh. l>.iiiii. .U:■ ii.-. .’an on • >f t * "i pit .1 -d it1, fii ■ site _• ini. .. . >. a -iT .i ..ept u ia.'ii ■ i 1' . i - in iiu '. ii.iou iitn ... -1 into tr, ur - .ii 1' • onlvant n.i. tiUl iave w.i l i i 111 iv jva, :mi«•« run inning in Hit' Iw'.ium ai the fifth. A KM error, single.* i v A!>. r n.'iliy, Bobby i.a,< i, and Keith Set /or, plus two stolen i ..ses net toil ihe wini.i . three mas id « tie in the fif.ii. Ai*'. natay s.nglcd .vith one out, moved to second ui a throwin;; erroi b> pitcher (io- ■ forth on in a! tempted pink-off play, and scored on Hager’s sin- ■ Me. .ferry H; nd.M! foil wed with, a base on balls, and Se:ar drove) in two run . with a single to left r-enter field, to deadlock the imo ai 13. The Llne-^herrles were right hack at it in the sixth inning as! Larry il-h-.- and D n Cagle) < -emd l'v- in hng with bach no- v. (lack double', and Bobiiy Queen ' followed w ■ h a single. Qtr m moved on to third on a fielder's by Aliemathv. and scored as Oa-i iv Warren rolled out to s1* •ond 1 base. Trailing o' a 6-1 s ore, KM . came to h.T in the top >f the sev I tmth, and Pat Murphy w as issued I a base on nails to start the in n.ng. .litn I- ■ : i follow, il with h s so .eid hit >f the nigh', and I.-C pitcher. Ce >'.i was in trouhle with no outs. Kii hard >i«ld f 1 i• • 1 out for the first out. but Mick, v Bell steppe'* to ihe plate and slammed a tnree-run inside the park hom * run in:.* deco left - en ter field which tied the -ore. But the t’e was short lived as tiie L-C’s e.e not to ’. ' denied and scored the decisive run , in • he bottom of the seventh. Sin gles by Helms, end Set/er, coupl ed with a bar on Ivalls. a stolen base, and an iulield oul sent the winning rues across the pi’ e. Cioforth suffered 111* first de feat of the season atunst two wins, and Cooke gained the vir torv for I C. Rhea led ill hilling with a I for (-output, followed hv I.ouis C»ok. who rapped thro- safeties in five at bats Set/er. Helms, and Cagle led the L-C hittl i • w ith t\v > hit> «■;>, !> ; KM-Linc-Cherry Bex Score Kings Mtn (6) Murphy. •'<!> l.«*igh. lh Gold 2b Pittman, cf Cook, *• Moss. rf M.-dlln. rf Rhea. If Goforth, p a-Hughes Totals Line-Cherries (8) Randall, 2h S*'t/er. 3b Cookr. p If | Holms. 1h ('agio, of Quoon. o \hernathy. ss Warren, rf linger, If i Soism. p Totals a-struck out for Kings Mtn. Linc-Cborries AB R H 3 1 1 ! 4 10 4 0 0 5 12 5 0 1 i 5 0 .3 .3 0 0 10 0 4 2 4 4 12 1 0 0i 39 6 13 AB R H 2 2 0 4 12 4 0 0 4 1 2 4 12 3 1 1 4 11 4 0 0 3 l 1 10 0 33 8 10 Mo«s in 7th. 001 030 030—6 000 039 20k—0 L: ' ON HURLEHS. Pictured above ore the six KM Po.t i: ' ^uthc-iK whe will carry the lord's hope*- in'o the < mmotion round ot piay which gets and ••ov next week in the southern di vii.-'un ■* At'u IV. They are (1. to r.) Jackie H i h ; (01). Score'y Lowery (1-0). Bill MuUi nax (0-1). Warren Goforth (2-1). Steve Go torih (l-l). and newcomer Mickey Adkins (0 0). Adkins, who hails rem York. S. C„ Joined ‘he team last week and ha? not seen action thus iai this season Jrs. Enter Second Round Next Week Pairings Unset With Two Gaines To Be Plaved The second round of play in the Southi rn Division of the Anti -•.! in L ^ion Area IV play offs will bc:;in n»\\t week. A le.e;ue meeting is scheduled for it k< n Sunday afternoon at win. ’’ t' tie i schedule will be formulated for tin- eliminations. Till Soul hern Division, which has s:\ man.' mi year, will play thr-e ounds with each team in thi dh i- ion play: ' ; until elimi p iled it s his u tentatively i nut rod. la . it-t round of me playoffs w M oil the No. 3 and No. 6 pla teams in a host of five sc ries and the No. 4 and No. 5 pine* team* will me.’ for the same number of games. The fast anti ivond place fim hers in ih* first round will dra. byes i»»to, the semi-final round of southern division plav with th tup secdwi team plat in;; the winner of the third and sixth place finishers, and the num ber two team squaring oft ac.tin s’ the third and fourtli place winner. The tinals would match the two winners in a best out of sev en series and the right to rep resent the southern division in th*1 Area IV playoffs. The final rounds for the area championship would involve four teams, with the two final ist- from e.ch division playing a best of five series and a four out of seven series for the area hampionship Tiie No. 1 place team in the southern division would be |tair o l at linst the loser of the Sou hern division championship so rt s and the southern division ' h imp would meet the No. L’ to:im in the northern division, fin four teams would play a best • hree-out-of-flvp series in the firs! round and a best four out of-seven for the Area crown. If the present southern di vision standings remain as they arc now, there would have to be 'heme means devised to deter mine the top-seeded tam and the third pi.no team. Gastonia and Shelby are cur rent!} tied for the No. I spot with b i records anti Hint's Mountain is deadlocked with Belmont, both with 1 4 re<t>rds. For an example, let’s say that Shelby and Kings Mountain fin i-h in the No. 1 and No. 3 --pots resp lively. This would mean thai Shelbx and Gastonia would havt bye.- in the initial aeries of ti e - nd round. Kings Moun t. n would play Bessemer City No. C learn i a best 3 ol 3 series and B< Imont <No. 4 team* would i”! et l.i noolii t on - Cherry v i lie iNo. o place team i. Shelby would pl.c, the KM-BC winner, and Gastonia would meet the Bel mont • Lin coin ton - Cherryville winner, etc. until the final rou i-i. which would pit the tw-o remaining teams in the southern division championship, and these two teams would play for the Area IV crown against two teams in th< northern division. STANDINGS Shelby Kush tenia KINGS MTN. Belmont Lane-Cherry Bessemer City W L Pet. GB 6 2 .750 — 6 2 .750 — 4 4 .500 2 4 I .500 2 3 5 .375 3 1 7 .125 5 Rain Halts Race At York-Clover Just as tV‘ women were get tin" their nstructions tor the ;> • a I Lad:es’ llai-e, a shower of rain came ant ranted postpone ment .if Frlev night's seven e vent program to be rescheduled for this Fri«l»> night. Everyon • who attends Friday m,-.ht's race v.ill teeeive a ticket to- eh inee-- for a free automobile to Ih- given av ay Friday night. Julv 3. courtesy of Davis Brothers 1' -il Cars in Koch Hill, S. C.; al so a iieauti'ol one year old pony. 1 cel n ; divers throughout both C nl ■ -..■> exjHvto t to parti cipate once .»gain. First of the sevi i event program will get underway ntomptly at STOCK CAR RACES EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT 6 RIG EVENTS MODIFIED AND AMATEUR YORK - CLOVER SPEEDWAY “See The Very Beit In Racing" Race Time : 8:15 P. M. — Admission: S2:00 Children Under 1: Free SEE WOMEN DRIVING IN SPECIAL RACE -s—f 4 I j KM-Shelby Box hinqs Mountain Murphy 3b Leigh lb <•(>1(1. ss Boll 2b Pittman of Cook c Medlin rf Moss rf Rhea If Mullinax p Totals Shelby (4) Fraser 2b Peeler of Phillips 1: Wilson ss Street rf McKinney lf-cf Wilkie lb Pruett 3b Champion p Bankston c Totals Score by K. Mtn. 100 Shelby 001 (1) AIRK 4 <1 I 3 0 I 4 o : 4 0 1 3 0 < 3 0 < 3 0 < <> 0 I 2 0 < 3 0 < 29 1 ! ABR1 4 0 2 2 0 ( 2 0 I 4 1 3 0 .• 3 1 1 2 1 : I 1 < 4 o : 4 0 < 32 4 11 Inninqs: 000 000—1 2 i 010 02x—4 11 2 » Rival Shelbians Outlast Juniors J oi 4-1 Victory 'A ilh four 101 i s ar.d two de feats end * ■ t* eir bells. the KM : .-"ion iM\.i "xrossed the i'ns*k” Saturday night to do itdtlc with .irch-riv.il Shrl. > and liir “Pop" S ;”Tons coached iai-.. trippixl III" locals. I ” !o move i:i ■< tut diapilt -I J> is*”ssioa of tic N •. 1 sjiot :n th-> Southern -li.’.sion d the Ant IV race. The locals opened toe game iv ih a single ■ ur. i the ion 1 the first a Si'loy a.c. i'ull Champion served Ri •‘•m1 Hold n two-base pitch after vv< wiic out. Mickey Biil follow 'd with i rollei to . shortstop, a ui puHed a;> safely i' Ronnie Wilson h i'itwl the bull and Ciold r:ass’ home with th • go ahead nil. Bill th" (low. \v clos-.sl i.:i the KM nine fo the ne\l el-lit ill nings a> the |i managed on !y one addition d ltd. a sing!.- by Be'l in the fouiti' .iinin,-.. Champion fanned 1 > hatters and till >\i"d a sole walk to Ron nie Rhea m the second inning te. posting his third victory of the season. KM stall v BiP Mullinax kept the Shelbians in ehecl; through !he tiist se. *r. i n’ingse. allowing two runs and scattering nine hits. Shelby's first run eante in the third innings «i shorts) ip Wllaon tripled with one out end scored off Mike Street’s single, and the so >nd tally eume in the fifth as Street was safe on an etror af ter one war nut. but was thrown out at second base by KM catch er Louis Cook tor the second out Joel McKinvey was site on an error, dole second, and scored on Jerry Wilkie's single which pro diced the ;o-ehead rtm. Two more tuns in the eighth inning on only one hit insured the Shelby win. Mullinax Issued iwn ; bases on h'dls and Champion col lected his seconr hit of the night to produce the runs. Mullinax turned in i»y far his hest performance of the s**ason for KM. as he scattered in hits an dissued orly three bases on balls. ’It was a hard one to lose, but we were vv* ’! pleased »• it It Mulli nax's (ierfo •'ranee”, Co ich John cjold said. ’We will ho depending heavily upon H.e big ri ;ht hand er as the s.*co”d round gets u;t derway”, he added. Free Tickets To Be Given By Merchants I'ho Sh<T>\ Yankwi and tho (iastonia pi-'itcs, mem tiers ol tin* Class A W e s I «• r n ("arolinas Lraiiue. w*.' play a regularly m hrduliil i *a';ue aim* :;i Kings Mountain's t':«> St.-dium Tu sday night, June ''T, at 7:.TO. The oven., v hicl. is hi'int! called "K ings Mnurtain Baseball Party Night . w ! i. Kimvd b) nu ini', us Ki i Mount a i usin< as firms, whic* wdl distribute fnv ii< nets to (in*« fans. Tin- anno.m.ement w is mad<* this woo!; I \ VVCL Prosidont, golin Moss who said that tho *he!by llis . : II (Tub boon preparin'1 for tin- ovonl for some timo. The lc-a.no office has sanc tioned Iho on Ml. 'roe liclwss In tho saw will lie given by ill rrer» hams display ing th<* “Kr ••• Ticket" poster 1.1 their store » •’(! iw s. and an o»,-i flow crowd is , <pc u-d to he on hand for tli.- o-oa-ion. I’ao Tuo- *•«> ni^hi une will mark iho fits’ appcaran e of \',V I. teams in K.\i sinco idl'd when Shelby mot Si tesvillc Ivte. Ono of tlf 'id Stains' illo stat s is now with tho Los Angeles An gels and looal fans who attended th:* i'a mo atli remember Did* Simpson, *vh'i is an nil fielder, and was i:t rumontal in the Statesville '!•«' vji lory. Kinds M ;o.-;i'ii t'hamhor of Cot root- • »h • sidont P. ii> Mmoi extended a -o.d’al weloome fa tho tot ms ..v1 rep 'its ihr.t the Chamhoi is N-hind the project ••one hundr< i percent" 'It is a--, asset to tin community to have professional tiasol al! in Kings Mountain and wo are expecting a good turno”*". Manor said. I eaguc Pie«idont Moss express es his appreciation to both of the clubs for coming to KM. and urges all area fans t■ > attend the contest. l-'roo tickets will i-.e available at all sponsoring merchants store* through Tuesday. The admission price for all non-ticket l.oU.ers will V eighty fire cents *or adells and thirty ' five cents for children. Resident's Grandson Co-Medalist Winner Larry Ht’ison. giands >n «>f Mrs. Grady Rh'-1 nj Kings Mountain, and South Geoigia College fr«*sh man. tired a 7<> 79-715-7S. share medaJir* tionors n the Na tional Junior College ; .it champ ionship which cpded in Grand Rapids. Mi Mi an last Thursday. The South Georgia team finish ed fourth in a field of '2 teams. The tournarm nt was played in thirty-eight degree weather, and got underway last Tuerday with IS h >les being played. Thirty si-; poles were played Wednesday and the final is were played Ther^ ir.y IliiKon was also medalist for the state of Georgia. The natii r»ai mwi was won by Phoenix Ci*v College i Arizona i Od(*ssa. Tex >«. was second, and Miami I>ad ■ finished third. 1 on am had«am mi !!«»■ mill Pridt! 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