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f’age 2 KINGS MOUNTAIN ~HERAL6. KINGS MOUNTAIN. N. C. Thursday, August 12, 1965 Tl Herald Sports Mountaineers Open Football Drills Friday By GARY STEWART Lookouf Gridders, Friday's The 13+h! What does one think about when he hears the date, Friday, the 13th? Well, it just might be that way this Friday, because Friday, August 13, 1965, means opening day of football drills for 82 Kings Mountain high school boys who have Baseball Banquet Saturday Night Physicals IKW; Squad Meeting, Mile Rim Follow The 1965 Kings Mountain high school footbail team begins sum mer practice Friday afternoon. Head Coach Bili Bates reported A baseball banquet honoring j gia, Tlorida, Tennessee, and Ala- the Kings Mountain Tee Lcagu- I bama, and John.son is the Dis- cr.s, Little Lcaguer.s, Teener trict Two North Carolina com-;t^e Leaguers, and their coaches, will missioner. Mayor John Moss will p^iday before be held Saturday night at the also deliver a sijeech. practice goes into full swing Otis D. Green Post 1.55 American ; morning at nine o’clock. Legion building. Trophies will be gis'en to tlie; signed un to pltlV this year. Most Valuable Player on each I'leills will begin at ‘)’00 Friday morning and KMHSi Parents are invited to attend Little League and Teener League eoaebne Pitt Rnfes Don Parker Bob Hussey, and Bill 1 but they must leave their names team and a Sportsmanship Tro- coaches Bl Bates Don Pc Kei. boo Tucs-I»nti one dollar with Elmer Ross ppy, giv.-u by Ellis King, will go Cashion will piact.ee their b in theFriday at 2:00, Mr. Ro.ss will to the boy who was believed to day, August 24, when practice .se.ssion. V I be at the City Swimming Pool all ■ have best conduct. Trophies will afternoon. .. day Thursday and Friday except | also be awarded the Lions Little The coaches will have only one montn to cnoose toe i noon luneh hour. League elub and the Margraee boys who will be starters as the 1965 grid season begins | ^^,ho tiy to wait and payiTgenpr League team upon win- Friday, September 10, when Kings Mountain plays host i at the door will not be admitted j nlng the league championship to Sale’ni N C at City Stadium at 7:30. j to the banquet. „„!>« their leagues. There will be an entirely new offensive and defensive Time for the affair will be 6:00 team this season as all members of the starting graduated last year. Twenty-five boys left the sqi^d and six boys who were chosen all-conference will not be bacl^ Plus, there is the fact that Kings Mountain has posted a 19-1-1 record over the past two seasons and won the con ference for the past two years. Actually, Kings Moun^tn and Shelby were co-champions in 1963 as both teams had 6-0-1 conference records. But Shelby won a “sudden death playoff from KMIIS to earn the right to participate m the VVNCHSAA playoffs. • u j And too, there is the fact that Kings Mountain had went 21 games undefeated until the semi-finals of as sociation playoffs against Hickory last season when Hick- orv won 6-0. So from the records from the last two seasons, you can tell that the coaches are going to have there work cut out if they come up with a team that can compare with the last two. , , , ,. - . Just to show that Kings Mountain has had fine foot ball teams for the past two years, look at the number of boys chosen all-conference. Eleven boys were chosen in the past two seasons, five in ’63, and six last year. Two boys were named all-state last year and many boys, from lioth the ’63 and '64 teams, were chosen to play in different all-star games. Boys chosen all-conference in ’63 were quarterback Pat Murphy, halfbacks Mike Huffstickler and Warren Go forth, and guards Fred Dixon and Jimmy Medlin. In 1964 quarterbacks Richard Gold and Pat Murphy were named along with end Jimmy Cloninger, guard Geot^e Plonk, tackle Lyn Cheshire, and center Hubert McGinnis. McGinnis and Cloninger were named all-state and were also named to all-star team.s, McGinnis to play with the West in the East-W’est clash, and Cloninger to play with the South in the North-South Boys’ Home Bowl Game. The East-West all-star game was played last Thur^ day in Greensboro and the Boys’ Home Bowl Game will be held Friday night in Greenville, N. C. Murphy, Cheshire, and Gold gained all-state honor able mention last year, however, none accepted a bid to play in any all-star games. Murphy and Cheshire, however, have both received football scholarships and Gold has had many offers, but turned them down as he plans to play baseball in college. Four Lettermen To Head Group Of 82 Four 1964 lettermen will head a group of 82 boys into opening day drills. Three of the boys played in the back- Cield last season and the other lettered as a sophomore but had to sit out because of a knee injury last season. Jay Powell. Steve Goforth, and Danny Kiser were the backfield lettermen and should prove to be the top back- field candidates come Friday. Powell gained a total of 110 yards last sea.son for an average of 3.7 yards per carry. He carried the ball 30 times and was the team’s fifth highest scorer. Kiser carried 16 times for 50 yards, and Goforth carried seven times for a total of 33 yards. Powell was the only one of the three to score a touch down. He scored against Belmont the night KM won 35-13. The week before, a writer for the Belmont Banner had stated in a story that Kings Mountain hadn’t played any tough clubs and predicted a Belmont win by one or more touchdowns. Remember? The fourth letterman, Chip Bridges, lettered his sop homore year but was injured during pre-season practicer last year and had to sit out the entire year. Bridges was a tackle his sophomore year and, if his knee heals in time, will probably be at that same post this year. Rising juniors Tommy Burns, Tommy Goforth, and Philip Wright showed some progress in the backfield last year and will probably see much action this year. Both Burns and Wright got their names in the rushing category last year, as Wright gained 71 yards and Burns gained 29. Wright carried 10 times for a 7.1 average and Burns car ried seven times lor a 4.1 average. Both boys scored one touchdown. Goforth saw some action at the quarterback slot but sustained a shoulder injury about mid-season and had to sit out the second half. All three boys were standouts on the tenth grade team. Other rising juniors, Chucky Gladden, Paul Gaffney Roy Medlin, and Kenny Plonk, should see much duty on the line and rising seniors John Van Dyke and Fred W’right will be back to take over the end positions. Some rising sophomores, who played on last year’s junior varsity team, which finished second in the confer ence standings, are going to push many juniors and seniors tor starting berths. Fifteen sophomores are signed up and all of those boys saw starting duty on offense or defense for Bob Hussey’s ninth grade team last year. Many of the boys were impressive as freshmen and cannot be counted out when drills begin. Chip Crisp, Den- nis Smith, and Doug Mercier were top standouts in the backfield and Pat Cheshire and Charles Green were stand out linemen. So it looks like KMHS will have a young ball club this year but you have to look at it this way. Those boys are tough and if the breaks go their way. Kings Mountain may again be a conference title contender. with dinner beinu served at 6:30. Ttie half hour before dinner will be a get-together period. Speakers for the banquet will bo Russ Bergmann and Ralph Johnson. Bergmann is the Tar Heel baseball commissioner for North and South Carolina, Geor- Kings Mountain Commi.ssioner Roy Pearson will present the Most Valuable Player Awards, Recreation Director Elmer Ross will present the team trophies, and Herald Sports Editor Gary Stewart will present the Sports manship Award. Gene Stone Was Midwest Toumey “Most Valuable Playei" Award The Kings Mountain Recrea- i choice, tion fast pitch softball team [ Shelby then tied the game in reached the finals of the Mid- the top of the fifth and scored PtocUce was oxiginoUy sche duled to begin at nine but phy sical examinations will not be given until one o'clock Friday. Coach Bates asks that all play ers be at the high school gym nasium at one o’clock. Follow ing the physicals there wiU be a squad meeting and the issu ing of equipment. Then the boys will go to City Stadium to run the mile and Coach Bates said ten minutes of extra practice will be the pen alty to boys not being able to run the mile In the prescribed time. That penalty will be in ef fect until all boys are able to run the distance within the time limit. Coaches Bates, Don Parker, Bill Cashion, and Bobby Hussey will work with the boys twice-a-day until Tuesday, August 24, at which time drills will be held only in the afternoon. Two-a-day sessions will be held at 9:00 in the morning and 4:30 in the aft ernoon. Only tour lettermen will be on west Regional Tournament be- the winning run in the thirteen- j field, tackle Chip Bridges and foro trMincr Aiit trt t-tiA .thelhv i th. Roth of Shelbv’s runs were*. t™,. uawaII fore losing out to the Shelby Comets 2-1 in 13 innings Monday night. The tournament was held at Brice Harry Memorial Park in Grover. Kings Mountain defeated Up per Cleveland 2-1 in Monday’s opener to earn the right to play the Comets in the finals. KM was paced at the plate by catcher Bud Bumgardner, who collected a th. Both of Shelby’s runs were via wild pitches. Jack Patterson, who relieved Comet .starter Jake Kiser in the eleventh, was the winning pitcher and Bud Ross was the loser. Eight teams were entered in the tournament: Kings Mountain, Shelby Comets, McCoys of Spin- dale. Upper Cleveland Softball Club, Minette Mills of Grover, triple and two singles in three, Washburn of Bostic, Long Creek trips to the plate. Palmer Smith | Fish Fry of Dallas, and Field- hurled the win, allowing the op- 1 crest of Forest City. ponents only five hits, Gene Stone. Kings Mountain shortstop, won the tournament Most Valuable Player trophy. Stone led all hitters in tourna ment play and at one time had six straight hits. His batting average was well over the .500 mark. Stone scored Kings Mountain’s only run in the final game, in the fourth inning. Stone doubled to leftcenter to start off things for KM, went to third on a pass ed ball, and scored on a fielder’s Kings Mountain Recreation Di rector Elmer Ross was the man ager of the Kings Mountain team and its members included Jerry Ross, Don Ellis, Gene Stone, Bud Bumgardner, Dewitt Guyton, Jim my Guyton, Holland Smith, Dar win “Lefty” Moss, Dickie Bur- ges.s. Gene Shopes, Buddy Ross, Palmer Smith, and Gene ’Tignor. Former Kings Mountain high school and American Legion stars Richard Gold and Ronnie Rltea were members of the Mi nette Mills team. Boy s Bowl Game Friday Night The third annual Boy’s Home Bawl Game will be played Fri day night, August 13, under the tights of East Carolina College’s Picklen Stadium in Gieenville, N. C. The match will be between all-stars representing the high schools across the southern half of North Carolina against the northern stars, and will get un derway at 8 p.m. Jimmy Cloninger, all • confer ence and all - state end at Kings Mountain high school last year, will see much action at one end post and will probably re ceive the call for punting duties. Cloninger is the biggest of the tour ends on the South team, 6’4”. Other ends will be Stan Berkshire of Salisbury Boyden, Louis Newton of Rockingham, and ‘Donald Thomas of Pikeville Ay cock. Coaches for the South squad we Buddy Luper of Fayetteville, head, and Ed Emory of Wades- boro and Dave MCClenny of Aycock High in Wayne County. The game is sponsored by the North Carolina Junior Chamber of Commerce. Bowling League Opens Monday The Kings Mountain Men’s Duckpin Bowling League will open its 1965-66 schedule Mon day night at Mountain Lanes backs Steve Goforth, Jay Powell, and Danny Kiser. Powell and Goforth saw some action at the halfback slots last year while Kiser played fullback. Quarterback is the main posi tion to be filled this year as Pat Murphy, who was at the position for three seasons for KMHS, steps ( into the college ranks. Murphy will be playing wi’h the Appala chian State Teacher’s College Mountaineers instead of the KMHS Mountaineers. Six boys have signed up to play quarterback. Tommy Go forth and Tommy Finger, both who saw action for the junior varsity team last season, have hopes of directing the team, as do Doug Mercier, Johnny Thombs, Henry Manning, and Philip Wright. Mercier quarter- backed Kings Mountain’s ninth grade team last season, Wright saw starting action as a half back on the tenth grade team, and both Manning and ’Thombs were starters at Compact. Many sophomores and juniors will be pushing the seniors for starting roles and there is a pas- sibility that a few freshmen will be carried on the varsity team, but ninth graders will have to be able to make one of the first two units in order to be carried. Coach Bates reports. Paul Gaffney, who was the ninth grade team’s leading de- Racing At Hickory Saturday Night Bowling Center. Six teams are j fensive player last year will be entered in this year’s league, j one of the top line candidates, which should prove to be well- j probably at the guard position, balanced. ( Chucky Gladden, a rising junior. The split-season will consist | will also be a top guard candi- of 35 weeks and there will be a i date and Roy Medlin (junior) week’s break during the Christ- i and Chip Bridges (senior) will mas sea.son. The first half of the i be the top candidates at the tac- season will be made up of 18, kle positions, however, they will weeks, and the second. 17. Winners of each half will meet in a best-of-five series to deter- be pushed by junior Kenny Plonk and sophomore Charles Green. Medlin saw action last season as mine the league champion. A- j a .sophomore and Bridges letter- wards will be given to outstand- I ed as a sophomore, but had to ing bowlers in the following! sit out last year because of a categories: First and Second Half i knee injury. High Line, First and Second Half Fred Wright, John Van Dyke, High Set, First and Second Half' Tommy Dover, and Scott Clonin- Hlgh .Average, and Most Improv- | ger all have had experience at ed Bowler. Trophies will also be | the end slots and are again sign- awarded each member of the i ed up for those positions. Top winning teams and 1 e a g u e • candidates in the backfield will champions. - probably be Steve Goforth, Jay Captains for this year’s teams Powell, Tommy Burns, Danny Ki- are Albert Brackett, Randy Blan-I ser, and William Kennedy but ton. Clyde Culbertson, Richard j they will be heavily pushed by Culbertson, Bob Herndon, and i Chip Crisp, Philip Bunch, Dennis Clarence Plonk. The Clyde Cul- i Smith, and many others, berison team won the league 1 The sea.son gets underway Fri- championship last year. Continued On Page 3 Buf'Mil Luoding Softball Looguo After another week of action Jaycees. in the Kings Mountain Slow- Pitch Softball League the stand ings show Bur-Mil atop the standings with a 3-1 mark, the KM All-Stars and Bessemer City both have 1-2 records, and the Jaycees are in fifth place with an 0-2 mark. In games this past week, through ’Tuesday night. Lithium won two games, over the Jayceos and KM All-Stars, and Bessemer City won one caiMest ti>m the Games this week will include the Jaycees against Bur- Mil on Friday, Bes-semer City against KM on Monday, and Lithium against Bur-Mil on Tues day. STANDINGS ’Team Bur-Mil Lithium Bessemer City KM AU-SUrs Jaycees L Pet. 0 1.000 1 .750 3 .333 2 .383 a .000 HICKORY — Allen Rankin of Troutman and Don 'Tilley of Statesville will resume their bat tie for the Hickory Speedway championship Saturday night in a NASCAR late model sportsman and hobby .stock car racing pro gram that includes two 40-lap features and a “Demolition Der by” wrecking contest. The hobby (amateur) division will compete in a 40-lap feature, twice as long as usual, with dou ble championship points at stake. A 40-lap main event is on tap for late model sportsman cars, along with two 10-lap heats. The first event is scheduled for 8:30 p.m. Saturday. Qualifying trials for the hobby drivers will be held Friday night, from 7 to 9 p.m., with the public admitted free. Rankin, with five victories here this season, has a 56-point lead over 'Tilley in the late model sportsman point standings. ’Tilley has won three races. Both drive 1962 Fords. Bobby Waddell of North Wllkesboro, with one vic tory In his 1961 Pontiac, Is third in the standings. Harry Gant of Taylorsville leads the amateur standings, by a 68-point margin over Gary Miller of Claremont. Ralph Earnhardt of Kannapo lis won a 290-lap national e«atimmt4 On Pag* S .-5 7 I Program Honors Star Playmaker From Davidson August 18, at 7:30 p.m. The program will be in honor of Davidson College's star “Play- ; maker” and films will be shown I of last year’s Davidson games. A short scrimmage will also be 1 held, with several Kings Moun First Union National Bank will players taking part sponsor ’’Barry Teague Night” at the Kings Mountain high schcxil gymnasium Wednesday Also on the Teague will be program with teammate Don ngers Ploy Season Finale Saturday The Kings Mountain Tigers [ ! Davidson and Don Parker, head ' basketball coach at KMHS. i Door prizes will Include tickets ; to this season’s Davidson basket- j ball games at the Charlotte Coli- - ^ ^ seum and free tickets to “Barry will play host to Caroleen N C Teague Night” are avaUable Saturday nigM in the first ganie | through the Kings Mountain of- of a doubleheadM £ets , National Bank. No phone or mall orders can be fiUed. underway at 5 p.m. The second game, which will begin around 8:(X), will feature the South Caro lina All-Stars against the Cleve land County All-Stars. It will be the final game of the season for the lec«l TUeit. Houston in its first year ef majpr league baseball attracted 924,436 customers. KMHS COACHES — Pictured above are the Kings Mountain high school lootboll coaches who will open summer drills Friday afternoon at City Stadium. Left to right are Bill Bates, head. Bill Cash- ion, Bobby Hussey, and Don Parker. e» i¥i $30 ! FRIGIDAIRE atabwjGW price! 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