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KINGS MOUNTAIN HERALD, KINGS MOUNTAIN. N.C.
Thursday, June 10, 1965
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Herald
Sports
BY GARY ST2WART
Never Argue With An Umpire, Summers
Eight members of the 1965 Kings Mountain high
school baseball team were present at the annual Kings
Mountain Rotary Club baseball luncheon Thursday at the
Country Club and heard from A1 Summers, former umpire
who is now over the minor league umpire system.
Summers based his talk on “being a good loser” and
told the boys to never disagree with an umpire’s decision.
Summers said that good baseball players “like Ted Wil
liams, Stan Musial, etc.” never argued with an umpire s
decision. “It’s the guys who are striving to hold their jobs
that argue with the umps,” said Summers.
This year’s player turnout was probably the smallest
in the history of the annual event, but KMHS Coach Bill
Bates made it quite clear that most of the boys are tied
up” with summer employment and were not able to get
away from their jobs.
Players present were Richard Gold, Seerley Lowery,
Mickey Boll, Nelson Connor, Bill Mullinax, Steve Wilson,
and Steve and Tommy Goforth.
Wrong-Hander Wins Moss MVP Award
Those wrong-handers have been the stars at Kings
Mountain high school for the past three seaso^. Mayor
John Henry Moss has given a Most Valuable Player A-
ward since 196.3 and every .season it has gone to a left
hander.
In two of the three seasons it went to a southpaw
pitcher and the other year to a left-handed hitter.
The first recipient of the award was Barry Gibson, a
pitcher, who led Coach Fred Withers’ 1963 team to the
Southwe.st Conference championship. The second winner
was Mickey Bell, a left-hand hitting second baseman, who
led the ’64 team to a third-place tie and who was also es
sential to the success of the Mountaineers this season.
Bessemer City,
Yankees Atop
Negro Pony Loop
After a wetx of action in the
Negro Little 'League and Pony |
Leagues, the stanjjtings show the
Yankees and Bessemer City atop
the P-iny League loop and Ebe-
nezer leading the LL. all three
teams sporting unbeaten 20
records. l
Bell had a .3?3 batting average last season and hit at
a .405 clip this year. Bell also won the Legion Most Valu
able Player Award in ’63.
AND this year’s winner was the team’s number one
pitcher Seerley Lowery, who posted a 5-3 won-loss record
and was a member of the Southwest Conference all-con
ference team.
Lowery was more than impressive on the mound as
he hurled a total of .541A innings, allowed only 14 runs,
ail • ■ '
gave up only 29 hits, walked only 18, and struck out 49.
All the games he lost were only one run and two of the
games were in extra innings. His losses were: Shelby, 3-2
in eight innings, Belmont, 5-4 in 10 innings, and Shelby, 1-
0 in seven innings.
In the 1-0 game that Lowery lost to Shelby, he, along
with Shelby’s Billy Champion, hurled one.hitters.
COACH BILL BATES introduced the players to the
Rotarians and guests and recognized the four KMHS all
conference players for the year. The boys tapped for all
conference were Lowery, second-baseman Mickey Bell,
.shortstop Richard Gold, and third-baseman Pat Murphy,
who was not present.
Bates recognized Gold as being Kings Mountain’s best
all-around athlete and made it known to the group that
the super-star was all-conference in all three sports this
season. Gold was listed as a back on the football all-con
ference squad, a guard on the basketball team, and short
stop on the baseball squad.
This was the second year that Gold, Murphy, and Bell
were named to the team.
Bates reviewed the entire 1964-65 KMHS athletic sea
son and remarked that it was the best in the history of the
school. The football and boys’ basketball teams won con
ference championships, and the girls’ softball team won
the association championship. Richard Gold’s sister, Shar
on, pitched all three games in the girls’ softball champion
ships, AND WON 'THEM.
The girls’ basketball team and the two ninth grade
cage teams were the only ones not to post at least a .500
season. Coach Bob Hussey’s varsity girls’ team won seven
of nineteen games and finished seventh in the SWC stand,
ings, and the two ninth grade teams combined won only
two of twenty-four games.
The tennis team went to the association quarter-finals
before losing out, the golf team placed eighth in the asso
ciation meet and won 10 of 13 season matches.
GEORGE PLONK placed third in the individual divi
sion of the association golf match and posted the low aver
age of the season for KMHS golfers.
On Jane 2 the Yankees down
ed Grover 100 as B.irnard Cole
picked the first no hitter of the
season. Aiso on that date, Besse
mer City beat Compact 7-2 ar^
Kings Mountain defeated Galiiee
9-2. On June 4. the Yankees down- ;
ed Compact 9-6, Kings Mountain ;
defeated Grover 6?3. and Besse
mer City slugged Galilee 12-2.
Bessemer whipped Kings!
M'untain 7-1 in LL action on :
June 1. Compact downed Grover :
17-1, and Eltenezer beat Grov-'r -
5-2. On June 3. Ebene-zer edged i
Bessemer 1-0. Kings Mountain j
teat Compact 5-1, and Galilee i
whipped Grover 9-0. '
STANDINGS
PO.NY LEAGUE
Team
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Pet.
Bessemer City
2
0
1.000
Yankees
2
0
1.000
Grover
1
1
.500
Kings Mountain
1
1
..500
Compact
0
2
.000
Galilee
0
2
.000
LITTLE
LEAGUE
Team
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Pet.
Ebenezer
2
0
1.000
Besse.-ner City
1
1
.500
Compact
1
1
..500
Kings Mountain
1
1
.500
Galilee
1
1
.500
Grover
0
2
.000
Dilling Heating
1 Takes Third Place
MOST VALUABLE FLAYER — Pictured above is <MHS pitcher Seerley Lowery (left) receiving the
1965 lohn Henry Moss Most Valuable Player Avard from Mayor Moss. The annual award was
presented at the Rotary Club baseboll luncheon it the Country Club Thursday.
Lowery Wins John Moss MVP Award
Pitchei Given
Awaid At Annual
Rotary Fete
Kings
team’s
Daryl Bridges, Mike Sisk Pitch
No-ffitters In LL Action Monday
The track team placed second in the conference meet
and were high finishers in both the bi-conference and as
sociation meetf| The KMHS relay team placed first in both
the conference and bi-conference meets and placed second
in the association match. Members of the champion relay
team were Jimmy Wright, Buz Shuford, Butch Blackburn,
and Mike Goforth.
KMHS Players On Legion Field
The KMHS baseball team had a good season in ’65 and
you fans can see the same boys who made that team a
good one on the field in Post 155 American Legion games
this season.
•fhe Junior season is still young and the team, al
though it is off to a poor start, shows signs of giving some
stiff competition in Area IV before the end of the year-
The team has four boys hitting over the .300 marie
with one hitting close to .600. Mickey Bell leads the team
with a .591 mark and he is followed by Richard (Sold at
429, Hubert McGinnis at .346, and Pat Murphy is hitting
.333.
Seerley Lowery, the
Mountain high baselball
pitcher for the 1965 season, be
came the third recipient of the
John Henry Moss Most Valuable
Player A)ward at the annual Ro
tary Club baseball luncheon at
the Country Club Thursday.
Lowery, a southpaw, compiled
a season’s record of five wins
and three losses, was named to
the Southwestern 3-A all-confer
ence team, and was the key to
the Mountaineer success for the
past two seasons. The Mounties
finished the '65 season tied for
second place in the SWC.
Lowery joins pitcher Barry
Gibson and Infielder Mickey Bell
as recipients of the award.
Only eight players were pres
ent at the fete but Coach Bill
Bates made it clear that several
of the boys have summer em
ployment and could not be there.
Coach Bates introduced the
players present and gave out all
conference awards to Richard
Gold, Mickey Bell, and Lowery.
Other players present were Nel
son Connor, Bill Mullinax, Steve
Wilson, and Tommy and Steve
Goforth. Pat Murphy, also an all-
oonference player, was not pres
ent.
CoaO'h Bates recognized Rich
ard as being the “best all-around
Kings Mountain high athlete”
and reviewed the entire 1964-65
athletic season.
Mayor John H. Moss, who was
in charge of the program, intro
duced Dusty Gardner, President
Of the Gastonia Pirates of the
Western Carolinas League and
the guest speaker, A1 Summers,
an ex-umpire whb is now in
charge of minor league umpires.
Clyde Sukeforth, manager of
the Gastonia clUb, was the sched
uled speaker but was not pres-
nt because of sudden illness.
Summers centered his speech
iround “being a good loser,” and
the boys to "never argue with an
ampire.”
Following Summer’s talk Mr.
Moss made the MVP presentatibn
and the Rotary Clufb President
adjourned the meeting.
Two no-hitters were hurled in
'Little League action this past
week with Daryl Bridges of the
Rescue Squad being the first boy
to accomplish the feat Monfiay
night in the opening game of the
dou'hleheader.
Bridges allowed only three
Lions
Rescue
101 OOx—2
001 000—1
POLICE - OPTIMIST
The Optimist took a 5-3 deci
sion from the Police Department
in Friday’s opener. The Police
got off to a 1-9 lead in the second
were headed 3-1 in the
Billing Heating moved into
third place in Summer Mixed
League action Monday night by
taking a four-game win over the
Clyde Culbertson team and the
Clarence Plonk team moved with
in one game of first place by
downing the Moose Lodge three
games to one.
John Billing rolled a 121 line
and a 341 set to lead the Heaters
to their win and Randy Culbert
son rolled a 119 line and Richard
Culbertson added 305 set for the
losers.
In the other contest, Richard
Bridges copped line and set hon
ors for the Plonk team with a
133 single game and a 331 line
set score. Albert Brackett had a
125 line and Johnny Bye added
a 351 sot for the losers.
STANDINGS
Police Department batters to i 'bnmg, ,
reach base and had a perfect ' '* back in the top of
game going his way until the i the fourth, but the winner s add-
fourth inning. Mike Sisk of the ; ^ two in the bottom of he fourth
Lions came along in Monday’s to cop he win,
nightcap to pitch a no-hitter over - Payne had a single and
the Jaycees :a double to lead the winners
The standings this week show I fitting and four boys collected a
the Lions sitting alone at the top ’ t‘t ^lece for the '“sots
undefeate.1 ! P°‘“te 010 200-^
Optimist
Team
Moose Lodge
Clarence Plonk
Billing Heating
Clyde Culbertson
of the loop with an
3-0 record. The Optimists and
Parkgrace are tied for second
place and there is a five way tie
for fourth between the remain
ing five teams.
Last week’s .games were:
003 20x—5
; PARKGRACE - BUR^MIL
I Parkgrace got in the win circle
! on the right foot in Friday’s
; nightcap by defeating Bur-Mil
: 15-1. Gene Harris hurled the win,
LIONS - OPTIMIST allowing the opponent’s only two
Geeper Howard pitched a two- i hits^ile ^r'kmg out
hitter and Mike Sisk had a per- ’, awJ, -Johnny Cal^o»
feet 3-for.3 night at the plate as i led thewinner’s hitting with three
the Lions downed the Optimist
6-2. Sisk had a home run and
two singles for the winners and
Steve Powell added a single ai^
a double.
Tommy Patterson had a home
run and Randy Byers a single to
account for the only two hits off
Howard.
Lions 140 lOx- 6
Optimist 000 011—2
POLICE - PARKGRACE
Scott Howell of Parkgrace hurl
ed n one-hitter, giving up only a
single in the first inning, but the
Police scor^ two unearned runs
to give Parkgrace a 2-1 opening
toss.
Reece Black collected the win
ner’s only hit and Joe King and
•Marvin Bolin scored their two
runs. Howell led the Parkgrace
hitting with a two-for-three per
formance.
Police 100 001-2
Parkgrace 000 001—1
JAYOBES ■ KIWANIS
The Jaycees broke into the
'Win column on Thursday night
with a 3-0 victory over Kiwanis.
Hjarry Putnam and Mike Hope
hits each, Terry Putnam added
two safeties and RObby Moore,
David Caldwell, and Mike Ste
wart had a hit apiece.
The winners battad around in
the fifth inning scoring eight
runs on four hits.
Bur-Mil 000 001—1
Parkgrace 023 28x—15
Strikeouts Lead
Ifunior Bowling
The Strikeouts held their si-ven
game Junior bowling lead Mon
day afternoon by blanking the
Alley Cats 3-0. The Strikeouts
now post a 16-2 record, the Rebels
are in second place with a 9-9
mark, the Alley Cats are third
with a 6-12 record, and In the
cellar are the Mountaineers with
a 5-13 record.
Terry Spencer rolled a 106 line
and a 274 set for the Strikeouts
Monday and Tommy Blanton
copped high scoring honors for
the losers with a 95 line and a
255 set.
Steve Plonk rolled a 116 line
and a 295 set to lead the Rebels
to a three game win over bottom
place Mountaineers and Roger
Stewart copped high honors for
the losers with a 97 line and a
272 set.
I RESCUE - POLfCE
I Then the no-hit day came a-
j round with Daryl Bridges hurt
ing a 30 no-hit victory over the
Police. 'Bridges allowed only
three base runners and had a
perfect game going until ihe top
of the fourth when he walked
leiUoff batter Dave Carroll.
'Larry Huffstiekler had a per
fect night at the plate for the
winners with a 2-for-2 perform
ance. Curt Ramsey and Luther
Hicks had the other hits for the
winners.
Police 000 000 -0
Rescue 300 OOx—3
UONS - JAYCEES
The Lions scored the biggest
victory of the season in Monday’s
nightcap, a 21-3 win over the
Jaycees with Mike Sisk hurling
TO LL COACHES
Catcher Roy Medlin got off to a slow Start but has
been pouring on the steam since the start of the Area IV
games. Medlin, although down the list with a .222 average,
is ,500 in regular play. Roy’s big blow of the year was a
triple against Belmont, but Belmont won 5-1.
Gome on out and see the juniors in action. They pli
host to Shelby temight (Wednesday) and tlien play four
away gattiee before eHtering the eUminatioo round.
All Ultla Ltogua basaball
ceochM who hava not tiumad
in the menof from selling
Uefcets for the Little League
Barbecue ore asked to give the
moMY cmd tickets to Recrea
tion Director Elmer Reas os
soon as posstble in order that
the money con be divided a-
mong the eight clubs.
collected the winner’s two hits the second no-hitter of the night,
and Jaycee pitcher Billy Smith The losers scored ail three of
kept the losers in check during ' their runs in the first inning as
all six frames, not allowing a • a result of four walks and one
hit. I hit batter. Then Sl-sk settletd
David Hord scored two of the I down to strike out 12 batters in
Cemmissloaer Roy Pearson
said Tuesday that it is neces
sary UMrt the money be tamed
In m tM the taeans that de
net bora spoaaen may pur.
chaae equipment.
winner’s three runs.
Jaycees 001 200—3
Kiwanis 000 000—0
LIONS - RESUE
The Rescue Squad fought first-
place lions right down to the
wire in Thursday’s nightcap be
fore going under by a 2-1 count.
Mfke Sisk hurled the win and
collected ttwio df the Lions three
hits, a single and a double. Steve
Powell added a single for the
winners and Gary Kiser collect
ed Rescue’s only hit, a double in
tht third inning.
recording the win.
Gene Alexantto" and Warren
Herndon collected home runs for
the winners and Sisk was the
leading run scorer with four. Al
exander hgd a single and a dou
ble to add to his hitting record
and Steve Powell had two hits.
The Lions scored 11 runs in the
fifth inning.
Jaycees 300 000—3
Lions 314 211x—21
PARK'GRAOE - KlWiANlS
Parkgrace became the first
team at ttm SMM* to p«U elf *
Team
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L
Pet.
Uons
3
0 1.000
Parkgrace
2
1
.667
Optimist
2
1
.667
Police
1
2
.333
Kiwanis
1
2
.333
Rescue Squad
1
2
.333
BurMlI
1
2
J33d
1
a
.398
Play Foui Away
Games; Host
Shelby Tonight
The Post 155 Amerifan 'Legion
Juniors are still strix'ing to
break into the win eolumn as
they play the final six games of
the first round this week.
Kings Mountain plays host to
Shelby tonight (Wednesday' with
Coach Jolin Gold expected to go
with ace leflliander Seerley Low
ery, who is 01 in Area IV games
thus far.
Then the boys will hit the road
for four away games befoie com
ing back h >me to play host to
Bessemer City next Wednesday
night in a makeup game of Ihe
previously scheduled game for
this past Tuesday.
Gastonia Post 23 will play host
to the locals Thur^ay night at
Sims Legion Park and 'Belmont
will be at home against Post 155
on Friday. Kings Mountain fell
to the hands of both teams in
earlier games, being defeated at
home by Gastonia 9-6 and by Bel
mont 5-1.
Kings Mountain will journey
“across the creek’’ on Monday
light to play Shelby, will play
It Bessemer City Tuesday night,
tnd will play the final first
-oug(d game against Bessemer
City Wednesday at 8:00.
Juniors Lose
To Belmont. 5-1
STANDINGS — Pictured above
are three Post 155 Legion
Juniors who have been out-
stondlng in the Area IV gomes
this season. Roy Medlin (top)
is four-ier-eight in regular
ploy, Pat Murphy (center) has
been a standout at the hot cor
ner position, and Bill Mullinax
is a mainstay on the pitcher's
mound.
Belmont
Thompson, ef
Hartsoll, c
Mauldin, 2b
Armstrong, 3h
Barkley, If
Norkett, ss
Suggs, lb
Holcomb, rf
Garrett, p
Rayfield, p
AB
3
R
0
1
1
2
0
0
0
1
0
0
double play in Tuesday’s opener
by doubling up Kiwanis players
Jaimes Self and "Dm Stoll in the
second inning and doubling up
Botoby Byars and Buddy Oliver
in the third.
Parkgrace scored two runs in
the fifth inning to edge Khvaris
2-1 behind the one-hit pitching of
RoWby Moore. Moore gave up a
single to Byars in the fifth in
ning.
Junior Sellers led the winners
at the plate with a two-run dou
ble and Terry Putnam, Robby
Moore, and Chris Blanton col
lected singles.
Kiwanis 010 000—1
Parkgrace 000 02x—2
BURJMIL - OPTIMIST
The Optimist handed Bur-Mil
its second stradght loss Tuesday,
11-1. Danny Sarvis pitched a one-
hitter, giving up a single to Tim
my Oliver in the first inning.
Sarvis led the winners at the
plate also with three hits and
four runs scored, David Bolin
had two hits and Tommy Patter
son and Ronnie Payne collecteid
a hit apleve.
Bur Mil 000 Olx—1
Optimist 202 43x—11
STANDINGS
"Dixie 400" Grand
National Race
Set For Sunday
ATL.-INTA, Ga. — World record
holder Leo Roy Yarbrough will
aim a 1965 Dodge at the Atlanta
Raceway speed mark in exhibi
tion runs Friday and Saturday,
during qualifying trials for Sun
day’s "Dixie 400” NASCAR Grand
National late model stock car
race.
The record attempt, in a car
set up by mechanic Kay Fox of
Daytona Beach, Fla., and power
ed by a supercharged “hemi”
racing engine, will give Yar
brough double duty for the week
end. He is entered in the race,
with a 1965 Chevrolet which also
is owned by Fox.
Yarbrough drove fhe Dodge at
more than 181 miles per hour
three months ago on the 2111-mile
Daytona International Speedway
— the fastest speed ever clocked
on a competitive clo.scd course.
That speed won’t be attainable
on the 1',4-mile banked asphalt
track of Atlanta International
Raceway, but Fox and Yarbrough
said they are confident of going
well above the Atlanta stock car
record of 146.898 miles per hour—
set last year by Ford driver Fred
Lorenzen of Elmhurst, Ill.
Inspection of cars by NASCAR
officials started Monday, with
practice slated Tuesday. Qualify
ing trials for the "400” will open
Wednesday, continuing through
Saturday. The pole position and
nine others will be determined
■by the average speeds of four-
Kings Mountain
Rhea, if
Murphy, 3b
Gold, ss
Boll, 2b
Pearson, rf
McGinnis, lb
Faulkner, ef
Medlin, c
Mullinax, e
a—C. Gladden
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The Otis D. Greene Post 155
-American 'Legion Juniors lost
their second straight Area IV
game Wednesday night, losing
5-1 to Belmont.
Southpaw Warren Garrett hurl-
ed a four-hitter over the locals,
giving up three singles and a
triple. The triple was a seventh
inning blow from the bat of
catcher Roy Medlin.
Belmont took the lead in the
fourth inning on two runs and
four hits. Tony Mauldin, Richard
Armstrong, and Steve Barkley
nit 'back-to-back doubles and
first-baseman Danny Suggs add-
od a single. Armstrong and Bark-
'ey batted in the runs in that in-
ling.
(Belmont added a singleton in
the eighth as a result of a double
md a single and scored two in
the ninth as a result of a base
rn halls, two sacrifices, a triple
tnd a single.
Pat Murphy was hit by a pitch-
•Hi ball to begin the bottom of
the sixth inning. He went to see-
md on a single by Richard Gold,
to third on a fielder's choice, and
raced home on a single by Claude
Pearson.
Tony .Mauldin led Belmont’s
hitting with three hits in four
times at bat, and catcher Larry
Hartsoll and third-baseman Rich
ard Armstrong added two hits
each. Four boys collected a hit
apiece for the locals.
BOX SCORE
BI
0
a—stuck out for Mullinax in 9th
E—Armstrong 2, Garrett. DP
Bell, Gold, & McGinnis. HPB
-Murphy (By Garrett). 2B- Arm-
strong 2, Mauldin, Barkley. 3B
Merllin, Hartsoll. SB - Norkett,
Suggs, Gold. SAC Thompson.
Bell.
WP Garrett
LP -Mullinax
DRAFTED
Billy Champion. 17year oId
pitching star for Shelby High
School Lions for the past two
seasons, was drafted yesterday
•by the Philadelphia Phillies
for Arkansas in the Pacific
Coast Leag((e in the first day
of the major league drafting
period.
Champion said Wednesday
morning that he was definitely
interested in playing profes
sional basehall but as of yet
has not been contacted by any
officials. Champion was the
ISth draft choice and was one
of two bo vs drafted from
North Carolina from a AAA
school.
lap trials Wednesday, from 12:30
to 4:30 p.m.
Similar qualifving sessions on
Thursday and Friday will decide
10 mPre positions each dav. On
Saturday, five position.s will be
decided by four-lap trials, and
the remaining nine snots in the
44-car field will be filled by the
oMer of finish In a 20-lap quali
fying lace slated for 4:30 p.m.
SfiMnMay.