Her Is P ° aid r t s BY CARY STEWART i . This is the unhappy time of the year for major league managers when they are concerned with either stayinR in the pennant races or holdinR their jobs. This year some of , them have both the problems hanging over their heads. In Wf«3 onlv one manager was fired, Billy Hitchcock of the Baltimore Orioles. This year at least five managers face the noose. Alvin Dark of San Francisco reportedly will be drop ped .lohnnv Peskv of the Red Sox. Sam Mele of the Twins. Danny Murtaugh of the Pirates, and Harry ('raft of the Colts all face the soup lines. It’s rumored to be retirement year lor Casey Stengel of the Mets. Johnny Keane of the Cardinals and Yogi Berra of the Yankees have l>een rumored casualties, but not this week as the Yanks lead the pack and Cards emulate the ‘34 Red Birds. Illness May Force Hutch To Quit Because of Cincinnati Manager Fred Hutchinson’s fight with cancer, a change will occur for the Reds. It tin* Reds should let him go. it would be because of his health, not the way his club has played this year. He has been rather a manager emeritus much of the season, Dirk Sis ler Iteing in the slot. Hank Bauer of the Orioles and A1 Lopez of the White Sox, who until recently have been battling it out for the American League flag,* have no worries of being fired. The same holds true for Gene Mauch of the Phils, whether or not the Phillies blow the National League pen nant. Birdie Tebbetts of Cleveland seems to be in no dan ger, unless his ti< ker trouble reflares, and the same holds true with Bobby Bragan in Milwaukee, soon to be Atlanta. Gil Hodges of Washington is in no danger, although his team is deep in the second division. National League GENE MAUCH, PHILS — Had rlub far into first place in pennant race, will return. JOHNNY KEANE, CARDINALS — Victim of front office shakeup? Names of Leo Durocher, Charley Metro. ■ and Dick Groat were mentioned as successors. But not : Wednesday morning with Cards tied lor lead. FRED HUTCHINSON — Health condition may force • Hutch to lose post. Alston would most likely get call. Sis ! ler could be successor in title as well as fact. ALVIN DARK. GIANTS — May turn in resignation f papers to keep from getting fired. Rumors say that even r a pennant wouldn't help him. BOBBY BRAGAN, BRAVES — Has replaced many! veterans with younger players. DANNY MURTAUGH, PIRATES — Front-office men said to believe that a new manager mijghl inspire the play ers to do better. WALT ALSTON, DODGERS—Signed a one-year con , tract Tuesday afternoon. BOB KENNEDY. CUBS — Wriglev says that changes j will not be made because of club’s standings. HARRY CRAFT. COLTS — Disagreements between] •Craft and General Manager Paul Richards could cause a • change. CASEY STENGEL. METS — Stengel signed a one year contract with the Mets Tuesday, quelling rumors he would be ‘‘retired" again. American League YOGI BERRA. YANKEES — Yogi said he would de cide whether he is doing an adequate job with the Yanks. Since last week it looks like he’s doing A-OK. HANK BAl’ER. ORIOLES — Has done a great job with the younger ballplayers. AL LOPEZ, WHITE SOX — In solid with Chicago front-office boys. Not likely to have change, whether Chi cago wins or loses. CHARLIE DRESSEN. TIGERS — Second half ad vance won him 1%3 contract, already signed. SAM MELE. TWINS — Although the Twins have one of the best hitting teams in baseball, Mele will probably be dropped at the end of the season. Owner Cal Griffith has not been pleased with Mele’s progress. BIRDIE TEBBETTS, INDIANS — Tebbetts didn’t manage club first half of season because of a heart attack. After his return to the club, much progress has been shown. JOHNNY PESKY, RED SOX — Will probably be drop ped. Club could not get out of second division in ’64. BILL RIGNEY. ANGELS — The way the club finishes may determine whether or not Rigney stays. The down fall of the Angels in the second half has not helped any. GIL HODGES, SENATORS — Former Dodger star is believed to be in a good position, despite the low rating of his club. MEL McGAHA, KANSAS CITY — Hasn’t been with club a full season, may get chance to prove himself. Own er Charles Finley is impulsive, has no compunctions about sudden firings. Mantle: May Say Goodbye To Center This may be Mickey Mantle's last year as a Yankee centerfielder. Since his legs have failed him considerably in the past season, he mav be switched to either right or left field. For the past three weeks. Mantle has been playing right field at home and left field on the opponents fields, the reason being that he does not have as much ground to cover. Mantle's move to right sent Roger Maris to cen ter, Tom Tresh staying in left. Tresh has plaved some at center. BfW OCWflNHIiQ Dig IMphRornGomti Friday night Mountaineer full back Fa: llord ran 55 yards for the first touchdown in the Moun ty 32-13 win over Chase. The Kami* was only 15 seconds old when the wxrre was made. The touchdown was also the first score put on the new score hoard by a high school-olaym Tne srtfceboard was first used Thundav wonooa by the Kings t Mountain ninth (traders, who lout 18-13 to East Rutherford. Friday night’s (tame with Chase , '*'** the first high school game piaved. using the scoreboard , which was donated by the Jay } -*ees of Kings Mountain. The new scoreboard cost ap proximately $1800. It will he op crated at each home game by Delbert Dixon. I- Toby Williams announces all ' Mountaineer home games and Pooler them *» »■ w w ^ r%n itiwwi i * nil 1>■*• Mounties Down Chase For Third Victory, 32-13 CARY STEWART I The Mountaineers won their third contest Friday night with j a 32-!3 win over the Chase High i Trojans. Seniors Steve R.tker ami I’at I lord shared the scoring honors for the Mountaineers. Baker running for three touch downs and Herd two. . Fullback Hord ran for his first ' touchdown in the first 13 seconds ; of play, a 55-yard jaunt through | ’he middle of the Chase line. Hu bert McGinnis kicked rhe con version. giving the Mountaineers an earl\ T-o lead Tonnie Ware kicked oil to the Trojans who. gaining only seven yards in three carries, punted to the Mountaineer 25. liord carried to the 14, picking up a first down. Two runs, a completed pass, and thn*e more runs put the Mountaineers on the Chase one. Halfback Baker plunged through the line with his first score, putting the Moun taineers ahead 13 0. McGinnis i conversion attempt was wide. With only minutes played in t h e second <|Uartcr, Richard Gold went nine yards for a Mountaim^cr score, but a clip ping penalty nullified, putting Kings Mountain to the 24. with a third down, goal situation. Gold's fumble and a delay of game penalty put the Moun taineers on the 34 with a fourth down situation. Murphy passed to Jimmy Wright on the five, where Chase look possession. f>n the first play. Chase half back Emery fumbled and Rich ard Gold recovered for the Mountaineers on the eight, from which point Steve Baker hit the middle for the third Mounty touchdown. McGinnis’ conver sion attempt failed, leaving the s<-ore 19-0. Jerry Ruppe took Eddie Left wieh's kick off on the Chase 36. running to the 45. Ruppe ran the first play to the 47 and on the next play halfback Larry Barnes ran through the middle of the Mountaineer line to Kings Moun tain's 26. On two more runs.1 Barnes had the ball on the 21 Ken Hamrick passed to Max Mo scr on the nine. With a second down, goal situation Hamrick passed complete to Bostic In the end zone for the first Trojan score Moser's conversion attempt failed, and the score was 19-6. In the third jieriod Emery took Ware's kickoff on the 34 and was downed in his tracks. In three plays. Chase losing four yards. Bostic was forced to punt. The Mountaineers gained only three yards in three plays, and Jimmy Cloninger punted the ball 59 yards into the Chase end zone. Tlie Trojans took possession on the 20. where Barnes fumbled. Glenn Bolin recovering for the Mountaineers on the Chase 15. On three runs. Baker carried the hall 14 yards to the one. from which |K>int Hord scwih! his see <*n.l t. uchdown. M^linni* ki ke: ihf conversion. making the kdt 26 6. Hubert McGinnis' kickoff vva; taken on the Chase 22 by Emery who ran 47 yards to the Mmin laineer 25. Chase lost the hall ot tlie eight. Sophomores Philip Wright ard Tommy Borns car ried the ball to th< 17. where ar offside penalty put Kings Moun tain back on their own 12 Witi a thiril down - seven situation Wright carried to the 21, fron which point Clonln/er punted ot the fourth down to Chase 47. Womack earned the punt re turn to the Mountaineer 42. and Bud Moser earti<*d 13 yards t< I the 2ft. In two plays. Larry Barnes carried to the 23. An in complete pass caused a fourth ! down for Chase, but instead of punting. Larry Barnes ran a I round right end on a 25-yard touchdown dash. .Moser kicked the conversion, making tin- score 26 13. The Mountaineers’ final touch down drive started on their own 2ft On two runs. Baker picked up a first down to the 3ft. Ronnie Rhea carried to the 42. and an offside penalty against Chase put the Mounties on the 47. Bak er carried six yards to the Chase 47. pi< king up another firs* down. Rhea picked up ten more yards to the 37. Another run by Baker and a completed pass trom Murphy to Hord put the .Moun ties on the 1ft with a first down. Baker and Hord ran to the sev en. and on two more plays Bilk er was over with flic final Moun ty score. McGinnis' conversion attempt failed, and the final score was 32-13. The Mountaineer pass defense looked much better. Chase at tempting 12 passes and <-ompict ing only three for a total of 28 yards. Kings Mountain attempt ed 10 and completed five for a total of ftl yards. Steve Grigg. Lyn Cheshire. Hu -! bert McGinnis, and Glenn Bolin vv ere Mountaineer defensive, standouts. Bolin's fumble recov ery was partly responsible for one of the Mountaineers' touch-1 downs. STANDINGS Conference Games Team W Lincoln ton 3 KINGS MOUNTAIN 2 Rutherfordton 1 Shelby 1 East Rutherford 1 Belmont 0 Chase 0 Cherry vi lie 0 All Games Team W Lincotnton 4 KINGS MOUNTAIN 3 Shelby 2 Rutherfordton 2 East Rutherford Belmont 2 Chase 0 Cherrvville 0 L 0 0 It 1 1 1 2 3 L 0 0 1 1 1 1 3 4 T 1 T] 1 2 1 Last Minute Pass Defeats Little Mounties In Second Game. 18-13 Hast Rutherford completed a pass with a minute and a half remaining In the game Thursday afternoon to hand the Little Mounties their first loss of the season, 18-13. East scored on the opening kickoff hut missed the extra J point run. taking an early lead of 6 0. In their second series of downs j the little Mounties tied the game1 with a 40-yard touchdown run by Dennis Goforth. Chip Crisp's conversion attempt was wide. In the second quarter Kings Mountain kicked off to East and on their first play, the fullback ran over left tackle for the sec- ; ond score, leading Kings Moun tain 12-6. In the third quarter East kick-1 ed off to the Mounties. who drove to the East 27 and fumbled. East was forced to punt. Dennis Smith ran 30 yards to the East two. from which point quarterback Doug Mercier plunged throughi the line with the second Little; Mounty score. Chip Crisp kicked i the conversion, putting Kings Mountain ahead 13-12. With only a minute and a half left to play. East’s quarterback completed an end pass for a 40 yard touchdown, winning the game for East. 18-13. Ninth grade coach Bob Hussey stated that his defense looked much better in the second half. Paul Gaffney was a defensive standout, and Bill Herndon. Chip Crisp. Dennis Goforth, and Den nis Smith were offensive stand outs. He noted that the tackling was poor. In other ninth grade action this past week. Chase defeated Cherryville 14-2. and R-S Central beat Belmont 45-0. The Little Mountics play Belmont Thurs day (todayl in hope's of winning their second game. Their record is now 1-1. West Defeats East 2S-S; Takes Over Hist Place; Graver Wins West took over first place in the Midget football standings Saturday night, defeating East 26-6. East took an early first quar ter lead when quarterback Joe Cornwell completed a 30-yard pass to Steve Phillips. The extra point run failed, the score stood 6-0. Later in the first quarter West quarterback W a y n e Mullinax went around end for a 60-yard touchdown run. tying the score 6-6. Mullinax ran the extra point, making the score 7-6. In the third quarter, Mullinax ran 85 yards and 15 yards for two more West touchdowns. Both wnversion attempts failed, and West led 19 6. Mike Sisk ran a 40-vard tourh I down for West's final score in tks fourth quarter. Caspar How ! ard ran the extra point, winning 1 the game for West 26-6. In the game West picked up seven first downs, completed one pass, and were penalized 40 yards. Wayne Mullinax and Gee per Howard intercepted two of East's passes East picked up five first downs, were penalized five yards, and completed one pass. Mark Goforth, Tommy Bridges, and Don Bridges were defensive standouts for West, and Pete Ware and Joe Comwell for East. Grover is tied for second place in the standings, having defeat ed North in the first game by a score of 13-0. McDaniel and Blackburn scor ed the two touchdowns, Mc Daniel’s a two-yard plunge, and Blackburn's a 25-yard run around end. Boss Springer ran one ex tra point, giving Grover the IS** | win. I Grover completed three paaaea, "2. *7 FULLBACKS — Front Row (1 to r) — T< Paul Gaffney. Pat Herd, and Jay PowelL y Burns. Pete Danny Kiser. How — r Mountaineer Gridgraph KINGS MOUNTAIN RUSHING: T G L Net Aeg. S. Goforth 1 1 — 1 1 j PASSING: Player Att. Comp. Int. A eg. Murphy 1 3 0 21-31 Gold 8 2 0 13.51 RECEIVING: Player Caught Yards J. Wright 2 47 Rhea 1 26 I White 1 9 KM Chase SCORE First Downs Yards Hushing Yards Passing Passes Attempted Passes Corr.p. Passes Had Int. Fumbles Lost Punts Overage 32 13 21 11 258 152 91 28 12 12 6 3 0 0 1 3 4 4 42.8 25.2 Hurd Baker Gold Kiser Wright Rhea Burns Powell 10 99 — 99 9.9 14 67 — 67 4.8 4 32 7 25 6.2 5 16 — 16 3.1 3 15 — 15 5 2 13 — 13 6.5 4 12 — 12 3 I 3 — 3 3 1 llord RUSHING: CHASE Player Barnes Bostir Moser Abrums Ruppn Emery T G 12 77 5 20 2 14 1 3 L Net Aeg I — 77 6.4: 6 14 2.8 — 14 7 — 2 2 i 9 9 -9 Country Club Golf Tourney To End Sunday The 1964 Kings Mountain Country Club golf tournament will end Sunday, the winner be ing either defending champion T. W. Grayson, Coman Falls, or Charles Noisier. Grayson defeated George Plonk. Jr- and Turk Falls, who defeated Snooks McDaniel. Gray son will now play Coman Falls, who defeated Mike Ballard, and the winner of the Grayson-Falls match will play Charles Noisier i to determine the championship. Neisler has defeated Robert Allen and Daraell Austin. Austin was the winner of his first match with Buz Shuford and Allen de feated Soar Morrison. The winner of the tournament will be announced next week. Lewis Young Tops Grass VoUoy Bid Lewis Young, manager of Young Insurance Agency of Gas tonia, topped the $68,000 bid on Grass Valley Golf Course made by Roosevelt Parts of Gastonia. Young topped the bid September 28 by five per cent, the bid now being $71,400. Other bidders will have ten days in which to top Young's bid. If the bid is not topped within the ten days, another public auc tion will take place, then if it is not topped the course will be long to Mr. Young. Course Manager John S. Rogers states that the course is worth approximately $85,000. all to Springer for a total of 47 yards. They picked up 12 first towns and were penalized 15 yards. North picked up six first downs and was penalized 20 yards East standout Steve Phillips was injured in the second name. but reports show that he was just physically exhausted. He is an eighth grader at Beth ware. STANDINGS Turn W L West 2 0 1 Grover 1 i ls.iT • V*i* a a Mil? LEADING GROUND GAINER— Pictured above U fullback Pat Hord. who led the Mountaineer rushing Friday night against Chase, gaining 99 yards in 10 carries. He also scored two of the Mounties five td‘s. a 55 yard run and a one-yard plunge. Hord has scored four touchdowns this season for a total of 24 points. He is a senior and a letterman. City Paint Store Takes Lead In Thursday League C!tv Paint Stow* won four Kamos from Janet Burns Thurs day night to take tho lead in the Kings Mountain Mixed Bowling League. John Dilling copped high line and high set honors by rolling a 114 line and a 333 set. Bob Herndon had a 129 line and a 333 set for the losers. Dot Tignor won three games from Betty Fite, putting the two teams tied for second place. Clyde Culbertson copped both line and set honors by rolling a 123 high line and a 318 set. Randy Blanton had a 113 line and a 3ni set for the losers. Jenny Oates copped high line and high set honors as her team won three* games from Aileen Metcalf. She rolled a 131 line and a 335 set. Albert Brackett rolled a 126 high line and a 343 set for the losers. Team City Paint Store Dot Tignor Betty Fite Jenny Oates Janet Burns Aileen Metcalf L Pet 8 0 1.000 5 3 .625 5 3 .625 3 5 375 2 6 .250 1 7 • .125 STANDINGS W |V*s Begin Season Thursday; Vs. East The Kings Mountain Junior Varsity will begin its season Thursday night when they travel to East Rutherford. The game will begin at 7:00. The team, which will be coach ed by the varsity coaches, in cludes 23 boys who have been playing with the varsity. None of these boys will see any furth er varsity action unless some should have to be brought up because of injuries. Tommy Goforth will be calling the signals for the JV's. with Tommy Finger playing second unit. Philip Weight and Philip Russ will be the first unit half backs. with aid coming from Roger Ross and Jerry Ledford Tommy Burns and Philip Bunch will be the fullbacks. At left end. Tommy Dover and Daryl Putnam will see most of the duty, with Dover playing first unit. Bobby Bolin and Scott Oloninger will be the two right ends. Kenny Plonk and Roy Medlin will be the first unit tackles, with help coming from big Carl Weisener and Eddie Bridges Chucky Gladden and Gary De cency will be the first unit guards. Much aid will come from Larry Patrick. Terry Anderson, and Bob Moss. Sandy Mauney will be the starting center. Rick Moore will Steve Baker Leads Mountaineer Rushing After throe games, senior half bin k Steve Bakrndon 13 15 .464 Griffin Drug li n 393 Tignor k Russell 11 17 .393 bara Miller had a 107 high line and Jenny Oates had a 278 high sol for the losers. Belk's won three games from Phillip's 66. leaving them in sec ond place, one game behind the league leading Medical Pharma cy. Dot Tignor copped line and set honors, having rolled a 107 line and a 290 set. Ethel Tignor had a 106 high line and a 283 high set for the losers. Plonk Brothers won four games from McGinnis Furniture, with Ub Gault taking line and aet honors. She rolled high line and high set of the night with a 119 and a 326. Evelyn Early rolled a 113 high line and a 289 aet for the losers. STANDINGS Medical Pharmacy Belk's Oates- Henderson Plonk’s Phillip's 66 W L PM. 21 3 87jg 20 4 A3BI 13 11 .542 9- 4S..JRP 6 18 250 a » jx