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Trojans Take First Place With Win Over KIT H e r a l d Sports BY GARY STEWART John Gamble One Of The Best The new Mines Mountain lii^h school loot ball stadium could not be named after a better man than John Gamble. Gamble beean bi> head coaching career at KMIIS in 1 Hai, aim neiween me iivi-yr.ii »i Irom '57-’f>1. Iu» Ifd thf Mount a infers to an overall tconference) record of 20 wins, eight losses, and five ties. Almost every Kings Mountain foot ball Ian knows the story behind Coach Gamble, how he had to give up his teaching and coaching careers because 01 multiple sclerosis, but every fan that attends games regularly knows that the Coach is present at every football contest. In Coach Gamble’s first year as head mentor, the Mountaineers finish ed the season in second place with a 1 2 conference record, one game behind Shelby. 3-1. The Mountaineers lost the title-deciding game to the Lions, 14-13. Gamble's squad finished second be iind Shelby again in '58 with a 3-1-2 •ecord, and lost to the Lions again that /ear by a 3-0 count. Shelby finished the season* that year with a 6-1 conference .•ecord. In 1050 the Mountaineers went •ight down to the wire and ended the season tied for top in the Southwest ’onlerence with R-S Central and Shel jy. All three teams had identical 4-1-2 conference records. R-S Central down ed Kings Mountain in a piayon game >■ But six Mounties landed on the SWC All-Conference team. They were: rx>n Fisher, Jimmy Blanton, Paul Hen dricks. Gary Blanton, Jerry Adams, and Mike Ware. I960—Probably The Best The I960 pigskin campaign was probably Coach Gam ble’s best. The Mountaineers finished the season with a 6-1 conference record, 9-1-0 overall. They finished the year in second place, one-half game behind the Lincolnton Wolves, who posted a 9-0-1 overall record, undefeated in conference play. . J But, the Mountaineers should have been the confer ence champs that year. The October 27. 1960 files show that the Mountaineers lost a hard fought 7-0 contest to the Wolves, a game that determined the SWC champs. But, the Mountaineers were “swindled” out of throe touchdowns. 'Jim “Punch” Parker got the Mountaineer fans to their feet when he galloped 96 yards for a TD, but one of the officials said he blew his whistle and ended the play back at the line of scrimmage, the Kings Mountain four. , Then the Mountaineers drove all the way to the I.in cplnton two, from which point Wally Harris carried the U*J1. on third down, what appeared to be over the goal line. But the official placed the ball on the one. Parker carried on fourth down. He dashed through tnq middle of the enemy line and into the end zone, but trie official placed the ball just shy of the goal line. “I had the ball in the end zone on last down." was the headline of the Herald Sports page on Oct. 27, 1960. * Parker made the statement, and all Mountaineer fans knew it was true, but the officials could not be convinced. ’.'♦So with that, the Mounties ended their best record in KiMorv. with Gamble being coach. ■ i . But the Mountaineers were the high scoring team in tjfle conference. They scored more points than any other Southwest team. 217. They allowed their opponents only IT I In 1961, the Mountaineers finished in fourth place in the standings with a .‘KM conference record. Before them \vdre Shelby (7-0), R-S Central (6-1), and Lincolnton (4-3). Career Ends? So with that John Gamble's active coaching career ended. He was forced to retin* because of his illness. BUT, his coaching career really didn’t end. Present at every game, he, more or less, coaches in his own way from the sidelines. And, Kings Mountain's present coach. Bill Bates, is following in Gamble's footsteps. Like Gamble. Bates has become a winning coach and. ih his three years as Mountaineer mentor, has become well lilted by the Kings Mountain fans. He has turned out two conference winning teams, of which area folk are proud of. The John Gamble Stadium • The 1065 Mountaineer football team will play six holme games, as compared to only four this past season. If things go right, and presently it appears they will, those games will not be played at City Stadium, but at a newly built stadium, which will be located at the site of the new high school. . This stadium will be called THE JOHN GAMBLE STADIUM. The stadium committee has decided to name the sta dium after the former Coach because of the things, many things, he did for the KMHS athletic program. And, it couldn't be named after a better man. . nMILf AFFAIR — Pictured above a.e lugn scnool ixuneurail stars Richard and Sharon Gold. Richard is one of the leading scorers in the conference as well as the high scoring Mountain eer. Sharon, a freshman, has been an offensive, as well as defen sive star for the Mountainettes. Bob Herndon Bolls 161 Line And 396 Set In Men's Action Monday Bob Herndon, captain of the second-plan1 Herndon entry of the men's hoveling league, rolled a 1»>1 high line anti a 39S set Monday night, anti letl his team to a three game win over Tignor & RossHI Clarace Herndon rolletl the recorrl lint •luring thefirst game, and added lines of l')7 anti 120 to t -t ' a .'tits set. only two pins less thaw the record ioo set recorded by Albert Brackett daring th? first half of action. Brackett was high for the los ers with a llti line and a 331 -sot. The loss dropped Tignor & Has sell into finotli place in the league standings. Clyde and Bonnie Culbertson shared line and set honors for the Culbertson team, as it took four "linn's fnm fJi'iffin Drug. Clyde rolled .1 12s lino and H >n nio added a .‘152 set Steve Rath bone was high for tho losers with a 135 lino and a 317 sot. Plonk Oil Company split with Dilling Heating, hut Dilling still m»vwl into third place, four Samis out of first. Clarence Plonk rolled a 133 lino a id a 3tt."> sot for tho Oilers and Furman Wilson had a 139 lino ami a 333 sot for Oil 1 in". STANDINGS Team Clyde Cul orf son Boh Horndon Dilling Ifoating Tignor & Russoll Griffin Diug Plonk Oil Co W IS It* 11 13 12 11 L 10 12 11 15 1ft 17 Pot. .ft»2 .."71 .500 .161 12S .393 Bob Herndon Takes First Place In Turkey Trot Bob Herndon, captain of the Bob Herndon men s howl ins team, took over first-place in th» Turkey Trot tournament Monday night when he combined game* of 238, 227. and 1HU for a tiT." total. He rolled a 210 the first game but his handicap, 48 pins, upped the total to 258. He threw 13 spares and fiv« strikes in three games, added tc the nine spotted strikes, for ,i total of 27 marks, an average ol nine per game. His second game tells tlu story. He recorded four natural spar»*s and three natural strikes but he threw them at the right time. He opened the game with a spare, which was followed by a spotted strike. He spared a gain, struck twice in a row. then spared again. He was given n charity strike, which he sparec on and then struck. Ho had two opon frames of nine and Ion pins. then was given a charity strike. He took a seven in the 1 filial frame and ended with a 227 game. Clarenee Plonk, who has led the tournament for five weeks, is now in second place in singles competition with a (HO total. Lib viault is third with a 021 set. Clarenee Plonk and Richard Culbertson combined sets for a 1222 total Saturday night. to .take over first place in doubles com petition. Plonk and Randy Blan ton hold down second place with 12'*4. and Roddy Houser and Riehard Bridges are third with a 1183 score. Tiie singles kitty has now reached $7n. meaning that little time is left. Prizes of $50. $50. and S20 will go to the first, sec ond. and third place winners of each group. Richard little Scores 47 Points As Bulk's Take Over First Place Action in iiu» Cily Recreation Basketball League this past week saw Belk's take over tirst place, by taking wins from the Legion and Jenkins Metal. In Thursday night's action. Jenkins took a 100-57 win from the Legion and Belk’s downed the Hawks 111-41. Monday night. Lithium downed the Hawks 106 53 and Legion defeated Midpines 06-47. Tuesday night Belk's n««r cd past Jenkins 70-44 and Lith ium downed Legion 73-54. l*aul Hendricks ied the Jenkins' win over Legion Thursday night with 19 imints. He was followed by forward Bobby Biddix and center Charles Camp, who netted 17 and 16 respectively. Pat Mur phy and Red Bradley added 14 and 11. George Plonk and Ken Cash scored 19 eaeh for the losers. Richard Little topped the high est seore yet in the nightcap Thursday as Belk's downed the Hawks 111-41. Little bucketed 22 field goals and three foul shots for 47 points. He was followed by Charles and Bob Good son with 20 and 13 respectively. Little scored 14 points in the first quarter, four the second, added 16 in the third, and 13 in the final stanza. James Robbs scored 32 points, to lead Lithium to a 106-53 win over Hawks in Monday's opener He was followed by Mearl Valen-1 tine* and Sid Franklin with 20 and Hi respectively. Doug Rathhone wa< high for losers with 18 points. Ken Cash scored 23 points as Legion took a *>♦>• 17 decision over Midpines in Monday's nightcap. Eddie Herndon, George Plonk, and Reggie White added 15 each. Jimmy Wright was high for the losers with 17 points. Belk's and Jenkins met tn Tuesday night s opener to decide which team was to be the league leader after the second week. And it was Belk's. Richard Little again starred for Belk's. as he scored 25 points to give Belk's a 70-4-1 win. Charles Good son added 17. Pat Murphy was high for the losers with 12 points. Lithium ended the second week’s action Tuesday with a decisive 73-54 win over Legion, putting Lithium into second place. Sid Franklin led the way with 18 points He was followed by Mearl Valentine with 14. Ken Cash was high for the losers with 23 points STANDINGS BeHCs Lithium Jenkins Legion Hawks W L Pet. 3 0 1 000 3 l 750 2 1 .667 2 2 .500 0 3 .000 0 3 .000 Midpines Wiliis Scores 21 In Win Number Four For Chase The* Chase high school Trojans took over lone possession of first place in the Southwest Confer ence basketball standings Friday flight by downing the Kings Mountain Mountaineers 71-50. Mountaineer guard Richard fluid fouli d out ol the game With 2:3t. remaining, at which time the Troians were leading by only .our |Miints. 61-57. Center Mike Ballard left via fouls iii the third |ierind. “I've never aeon anything so hot." saitl Mountaineer Coach Don Parker. •‘Those box? could shoot troni 30 feet out. and hit every time." Billy Willis scored 21 points, seven field goals and seven fold shots, to lead the Trojans. Four boys hit well in the double fig ures. Guard Johnny Bostic xvas second in scoring xvith 15 points. He was followed by the center. Holmes, and forward Charlie Willis, who had 14 and 13 re spectively. Richard Gobi scored 21 points for the losing Mountaineers. He hit on ten field goals and one charily toss. Ken Bunkowski and Mickey Bell followed with 13 and 10 points respectively. Sophomore D e a n Henderson, who substituted for Mike Bullard luring the third stanza, added six points. The game xvas tied 15-15 after one |M*riod. Chase led 35-28 at halftime, and 54 47 at the end of :hre« periods. Chase's conference record now stands at 1-0, compared to the Mounties' 3-1. Chase is 8-2 over all and the Mountaineers are 8-1. The Trojanettes won the open er 51-40. Sheila Cobb and Ix>la Hum phries led in the scoring with 16 and 13 points respectively. Cobb hit on six field goals and four foul shots and Humphries added six field goals and one charity IC4*. Joyce Bolin led in tin* s-orinp f<n .lu- Mnuntaineties with K (Hiint Shi was followed h\ Mar gi< Huffs.eller and Sharon Colo win netted nini each. Joan How aid h'"d eiL'Iii. ami si jihomort Hilda Lowery eompleted i hi scoring with oni |>>iint. Ruth thi Mounfuino’te.- am the 1 ro'anettes records are no\ 2*2 In eonteremi plav. BOX SCORES GIRLS Xing: Mountain (40* I"—Bolin i; F—lluttstetler < F—Hold C C—Howard t G—Rufl (*.—S. Lowe.-)’ Suhs: H. Lowers 1. Lynn. Rut sell. Beam. j. Dunn. Dobbins. Chase (SI F—Kendriek F—Cobb H F—Cole ( G—Humphries U (I—MeCurrv 4 (I—Lane 2 Subs: Green be* 1. SCORE BT PERIODS: Kings Mm. 12 9 7 12—in Chase 15 12 It 10—51 Halftime Seore: 21 21 (CHASE) ROTS Kings Mountain (S9) F—Bunkowski 13 F—Cloninger 4 (—Ballard 5 Cr—Bell 10 G—Hold 21 Subs: Henderson C. Grimes Chasio (74) F—Morrow 9 F—C. uillis 13 C—Holmes 14 G—Host ir 15 G—B. Willis 21 SCORE BY PERIODS: Kings Mtn. 15 13 19 12—59 Chase 15 20 19 20—74 Halftime Score: 35 28 (CHASE) Moss Re-Elected WCL President John Moss, President of the Western Carolinas Baseball League, announced Tuesday a 126-game eard for the up coming season. Eight t» ims are entered in the league this .eason. They include: Gastonia tPitisbuigh Pirates» Greenville i Now York Mots*, Lexington iSan Ft incisco Gi ants*, Rook Hill 'St. Louis Card inals*. Salisbury 'Houston As tros*. Shelby Rebels, which will ,e under a player development plan with the Kansas City Ath lctios and the L >s Angeles Dodg ers. Spartanburg i Philadelphia Phillies*, and Th imasville 'Min nesota Twins l. Moss discussed actions taken at a league meeting last Sunday. Moss was elected to an addi tional three-year term as the League President and G. W. Hamilton was eleeted to a one year term as Vice-President. Team Presidents and General Managers were also named. At the head of the clubs will be: Clyde Sukeforth. an ex Dodger. Gastonia; Ken Deal. Greenville: M.,x , anier, Lexing ton: Fred Koenig. Rook Hill: Chuck Churn Salisbury;. Wes Ferrell, a N >rth Carolina Hall of Famer, Sholbv; and fiolph Rowe Thomasville. The Spartanburg team manager has not been nam ed .vet. Team General Managers in i lude; Carl Myers, Greenville Jim Bratz, Lexington; Rick Tay lor. Rook Hill: “Bono” Hamii ton, Salisbury; Stan Hnrowid/ Shelby; Pat Williams. Spartan burg: and A1 Alexander, Thomas ville. The Gastonia General Man ager will lx- named shortly. The League will operate on a split-season basis The season wili > pen on Apri* 21 w ith the first half of play end ing June 21. The »e.-ond half of action will end on August 2o. A two- ost - of • three playof* series will determine 'he seasor champ, with the winner of the first half meeting the winner of the second half. Two All-Star games will he held. The first All-Star tilt wil' be held on Friday, July 9. and the second. Friday. August 13. Ip both instances, the first-place team wili play the All-Star team made up ol outstanding players from the other seven clubs. The first-half winner will hos* •he All-Stars In the first contest and the team that is in first place on August -t will host the second contest. Awards given at Sunday's 1 meeting included Co - General JOHN MOSS _I Muamn of the Year. Sports writer's Award, and Sportscast rs Award. Jim Bayno ol Rock Hill and G. 1 ,V. "Bom" Hamilton of Salisbury , vere the Co - Managets. Ncalr 'atrick of the Gastonia Gazette, formerly of the Kings Mountain j Ierald, received the Sportswrit •r’s award, and Jim Turner of | Spartanburg received the Sports •aster award. Club Presidents echoed enthu- j ;iasm toward a successful up ■oming season. Many pointed out , hat this will be the best year in he five-year history of the eague because of the outstand ng managers of each club. Jack Bass of Shelby predicts ] hat the Recels will hart a win* I ting season and will be one of 1 he top three teams in the league, nainly because of its addition of .Ves Ferrell, who has never man- j iged a second-division club. Fleete McCurdy predicts good •hings for the newly organized rhomasville club, among them ' he fact that it will have five ra tios. two televisions, and two newspapers behind it. Warren “Dusty” Gardner. Jr., j ays that he is “extremely hap oy to have a baseball personality such as Sukeforth as heading up he 65 season”, and furthermore predicted that the Gastonia Pi rates would have a winning year. League President Moss remark ed. "The local ownership of Gas tonia and the Hi-Toms will add greatly to the league's potential and better clubs at Spartanburg and Shelby will certainly In crease their attendance." He al so added that “with good attend ance we can reach the half-mil lion mark in MR." STANDOUTS — Pictured above are Margie Huffstetler and Mickey Sell, both senior*, who have been standouts tor the ICMHS basketball teams during early conference play. Bell is a guard on Coach Parker's Moun taineer squcid and Margie is one of the top Mountainette scorers. Plonk's Hold Bowling Lead It was a night for winning tor losing) all lour in Ladies’ Duck pin action Tuesday night at Mountain Lanes Bowling Center. McGinnis Furniture took four games from Phillip's 66. drop ping Phillip's from a tie for first place into third place. Belk's De partment Store held its second place position by winning four games from Medical Pharmacy, and Plonk’s Department Store is still on top after taking four games from Oates - Henderson Shell. Evelyn Early copped lino and set honors lor McGinnis Furni ture by rolling a 118 line and a 289 set. Margaret Wilson was high for the losers with a 100 line and a 271 set. Lih Gault rolled a 117 line and a 332 set as first-place Plonk's Department Store took four games from Oates • Henderson Shell. Jenny Oates was high for the losers with a 120 line and a 346 set. Dot Tignor and Pat Panther copped line and set honors for Belk’s with Tignor rolling a 123 line and Panther adding a .120 set. Betty Cash was high tor Medical Pharmacy with a 97 line and a 273 set. STANDINGS Team W L Pet Plonk's Dept. Store* 12 4 .750 Belk's Den* «« 5 ^37 Phillip's 66 8 8 .500 Medical Pharmacy 6 10 375 Oates Henderson «: 10 375 MeGinnis Furniture 5 U .313 F. C. A. Meeting Monday Night; 709 An organizational meeting of the future Kings Mountain chap ter of the Fellowship of Chris tian Athletes tF. C. A., wil I he held at the Optimist Club abid ing Monday February l at 7:30. Fred Withers, provisional ehairxan. will he in charge of the meeting. •‘It's a good thing for the com munity". said Western Carolinas League President John Moss, who is interested in seeing the F. C. A. chapter in Kings Moun tain organized. "Every citizen i* urged to attend", he added. High school boys, as wHl as parents and area citizens, are In vited mountainenes Lose Third Straight, 17-35 The Kins- Mountain .Moun •ain< :tc< lost their third straight conference game Tur-daj night, .ailing to the* undelcated Lin 'olnton Wohwrtti^ t*> i* count. Mary Lou Sct/er litl the veic i charge with 15 points. Li:ir<dnt(,n Coach Roy Turby ; i 11 substituted freely through out tin one-sided same. (• reft da Robinson played an utstanding same lor ihe Wol .•creties, mainly with her play naking and ball handling. She iddtvt seven points Joyi e Bolin led the Mountain *tl. scoring with 11 points. five ield goals and one charily point, 'lie scored only two points in the ir.-t half, then came roaring •ack in the final minutes to tally) iin« more. / Freshman Sharon < add was etotul in scoring for the Kings fountain lassies with nine stints. Guard Angela Ruff hit five of - ix foul shot attempts for five points. The Mountainettes trailed 27 S at halftime. Tile Mountaineers took a 79 77 win in the nightcap, with all conference guard Richard Cold carting the way with 23 points. CJr.Id scored 12 points during the first quarter, but bucketed only jnc during the remainder of the first halt. Ken Bunkowski was second in scoring with 18 (mints. He netted half the total tninei during the first stantii. Mike Ballard added 12 points. Don Proctor scored 20 points for the losers. Terry Hager and Bo King followed with II and 1U respectively. Coach Don Pack’s boys were without their leading scorer T»i. rv Talbert, whoso appendix have been causing him trouble. Mountaineer Coach Don Park er substituted freely during the second half. He stilted that he was pleased with the boys’ field goal shoot ing but they will have to work on foul-shooting thLs week. Kings .Mountain will bo at^fe home Friday, playing host tr^V East Rutherford. | The Mountainettes and the Lady Cavaliers will play in the opener, which will begin prompt j !>' al 7:00- Tile two teams hold identical 2-3 conference records, ! so that game should be a thriller. The Cavaliers are currently I tied for fourth plate and should offer a big threat to the Moun ; ties. Mountaineer guard Richard Gold, the team's high scorer, will go into tlie game holding an 1&3 average. He has tallied 91 points in five conference games. BOX SCORES GIRLS Kings Mountain F—Bolin F—Gold F—Huftstetler G—Howard G—Ruff G—S. Lowery Subs: Beam. Russell H. Lowery. Dobbins. (*> 11 9 7 3 5 J. Dunn. (47) 15 7 4 10 1 7. Ward 2. Brad Liacolnton F—Selzer F—Robinson F—McGinnis G—Fore G—Kiser G—Dcllingci Subs: Miller shaw l. Halftime Seore: 27-8 (LINC.) ■T -ttiodi: Kings Mtn. 2 fi Lineoluton 15 (2 BOYS ‘ King* Mountain F—Bunkowski F—Clorilnger (—Ballard G—Bell (J—Gold Subs: Henderson 3 Cocper v. Russ 1. S. Wilson I. Burton 1. 6 12 21—35! 8—47 (T») 18 3 12 2 22 Grimes 6. Goforth 4. M. Goforth Bridges. Powell. Fjn. (57) 4. Connor. Re. Lincoln ton F—Selzer F—Hager (■—D Turbyfill G—King G—Proctor . Gtiodaon « byfill 2. Kudislll. ■ llH,lft.'lm 42-27 iKMi ■y Mods: Kings .Mtn. 26 16 21 13-79 Lineolnton 14 13 9 21—!V7 11 „ 8 10 20 B. Tur Paint Holds One Game Bowling 11 w** "one for me and one Inn ln^*,y p*in* Store's ; a"fl Jonn>’ Oates' battle for fimt pUiv in the Mixed Bowline ! League Thursday. * City Paint, going into the night ,h* ,Md- ,ook ,h* *2 *.nd lhtrd ***>-• and Oates took the fecond and fourth, leav ing City Paint on top. still by CoNfmtMd On Pag, a V
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