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KINGS MOUNTAIN HERALD. KINGS MOUNTAIN, N. C.
Thursday, August 19, 1965
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TROPHY WINNERS — Pictured above are tittle Leaguers, Teener Leaguers, and coaches who re
ceived awards for outstanding performances lor the past baseball season at the first annual Lit
tle League banquet Saturday night at the Kings Mountain American Legion. First row, left to
right, are Larry Putnam, Darrell Bridges, Dona Sarvis, Mike McDaniel, Chuck Carpenter, and
Mark McDaniel. 2nd row. Tommy Patterson, Paul Gaffney, Terry Putnam, Mike Sisk, and Rob-
by Whisnant. 3rd row. Bob Moore, Dennis Connor, Wayne Mullinox, and Darrell Whetstine.
Tommy Goforth, Ricky Stewart, and Wade Hartsoe not pictured.
Herald
Sports
By GARY STEWART
Falls Fitiishes
Second In Race
At Cherokee
Little League Banquet A Success
The first annual Little League baseball banquet —
held Saturday night at the Kings Mountain American
Legion — attracted approximately 350 persons, Little
Leaguers, Toe Leaguers, Teener Leaguers, parents and
guests. , ,, , j
The banquet was given for the baseball players and
coaches in appreciation of the hard work they have done
this past baseball season. All but one of the coaches were
present at the affair, at which a total of 19 trophies were
presented.
Most Valuable Plaver awards were given to one mem
ber of each Little League and Teener League team, a
Sportsmanship award was given to a member of each
league, and League Championship trophies were given to
the first place finisher in each of the Tee, Little, ahd Teen
er leagues.
Other awards included “Teener All-Star Batting
Crown’’ and the Rescue Squad “Perfect Game Hurler”
award.
Former Kings Mountain high school baseball coach
Fred Withers and Mayor John H. Moss were guest speak
ers for the event.
Robbv Whisnant, coach of the Lions LL team, accept
ed the Little League Championship trophy from City Rec
reation Director Elmer Ross, Margrace Teener League
Coach Bob Moore was presented the Teener Championship
trophy, and Wade Hartsoe, coach of the Reds Tee League
team, was presented the Tee League Championship trophy.
Mike McDaniel of the Rescue Squad was presented a
“Perfect Game Hurler” trophy for his pitching feat, and
Dennis Connor was awarded the Teener League Batting
Crown trophy. Dana Sarvis of the Optimist Club was pre
sented the Ellis King Sportsmanship trophy and Darrell
Whetstine of the Margrace club won the Teener League
Sportsmanship trophy.
Boys w inning Most Valuable Player trophies for Lit
tle League teams were Mike Sisk (Lions), Tommy Patter
son (Optimist). Dairell Bridges (Rescue), Terry Putnam
(Parkgrace), Frankie Patterson (Police), Chuck Carpen
ter (Kiwanis), Larry Putnam (Jaycees), and Mark Mc
Daniel (Bur-Mil).
Teener League Most Valuable Players were Wayne
Mullinax (Margrace), Tommy Goforth (Spangler’s), Paul
Gaffney (Kings Mtn.), and Ricky Stewart (V. F. W.).
Football Practice In Full Swing
Football practice for Kings Mountain high school
gridders got into full swing Monday morning at 9:00 at
City Stadium. KMHS coaches Bill Bates, Don Parker, Bill
Cushion, and Bob Hussey are working the boys twice-a-
day in preparation for their opening game FYiday, Sep
tember 10, against Salem.
Drills will curtail Tuesday, with practice sessions only
in the afternoon. Morning drills are from 9-11 and eifter-
noon sessions begin at 4:30 and end at 6:00.
Approximately 75 boys showed up for practice
Monday morning, but only three of those lettered last sea
son. Those three, Jay Powell, Danny Kiser, and Steve Go
forth right now prove to be the top backfield ciuididates
with Powell and Kiser opposing each other at the fullback
slot. Goforth seems to be the top wingback candidate,
while his brother Tommy, a junior, is working out at the
quarterback position.
Chip Bridges, a tackle candidate, lettered as a sopho
more but was injured in practice last year and did not see
any action. Roy Mcdlin, who saw much action last season,
looms as one of the top candidates at tackle.
The coaches are still undecided about their junior var
sity (tenth grade) team. The tenth graders — and some
freshmen — are working out with the varsity team and
will continue to do so until school opens August 26.
Coach Bates said that this year the school will prob
ably go with a complete junior varsity program, that is,
the ninth and tenth graders playing on the same team, but
there is still a strong possibility that many ninth and ten
th graders will be carried on the varsity team.
Linemen Impressive In Early Drills
Many linemen have been impressive in early drills and
Line Coach Bill Casbion seeins posiflve the Um will
GAFFNEY. S. C. -- The super-
i modifieds highlighted the action
j at the Cherokee Speedway last
I Saturday night but the semi-
I modified boys liave warned pro
moter Lloyd Self that they're to
be reconetl with come this wc'ek-
end.
Tommy Eskew of Shelby and
county rival Carl Falls of Kings
Mountain finished in first and
second place respectively in last
week's 25-lap main event wliile
Otis Spencer of Gaffney, who
won a heat race, was third.
“These boys' cars have been im
proved a lot the last few weeks
and they're getting more and
more attention frmm the fans,”
promoter Self said.
The fast ones, mainly the 1932
Ford speed machines will hit the
track with lightening fast speeds
again this week as they chal
lenge the l/d-mile dirt oval In
quest of a first place finish. Buck
Simmons of Athens, Ga., who
won last week’s 40 lap feature,
will be back as will his stable-
mate Wilton Watkins who finish
ed second and Homer Owens of
Duncan, S. C. Owens won the
first heat and finished third in
the main.
“Each week the talent gets bet
ter and the crowds seem more
pleasd and this week we’re ex
pecting over forty cars to parti
cipate in the semi-modified and
super-modified heats and main
evertts,” Self reported.
Warm-ups get underway a-
round 7 o’clock with the two 10-
lap heats an da 25-lap main in
the semi-modified division kick
ing things off at 8 o’clock. From
there, the super-modified drivers
take over for 10-lap heats plus
the featured -lO-lap main attrac
tion.
Season Football
rickets On Sale
Football season tickets for
1965 home games went on sale
Friday at the new high school.
Principal Harry E. Jaynes re
minded Wednesday.
Mr. Jaynes said tickets for
six home games are $7, a sav
ing of 50 cents. The pressbox
section at city stadium will be
the only reserved section this
year, Mr, Jaynes said.
Tickets will be sold on a
“first come, first served” ba
sis, Mr. Jaynes said.
Men’s Bowling League
Opened Monday Night
Lee Norvillc anil Randy Cul-
beitson got the 19(’>5 Kings Moun
tain Men's Duckpin League sea-
-son off on tlio right foot Mon
day night by bowling a couple of
higli scores wliich will bo liaid
to lop this year.
.N'oiv ille led the Clyde Culbert
son team to a four-game vvin
over the Richard Culbertson five
by co.-n ining games of 132, 135,
and 124 for a 391 sot which top
ped all 1 owlets for the night and
Randy Culbertson rolled a 111
line in helping the Plonk Oil
tea.T. defeal Griffin Drug three
games to one.
Seventeen of tlio twenty-four
league members pre-sent for
opening night action rolled 300-
plus sets with ail members of the
Clyde Culbertson and Plonk Oil
teams acc-omplisliing the feat.
Boyce Wells helped Noiwille to
defeat the Richard Culberloon
team by rolling a 140 line while
Bill Ware’s 140 line and John
Dilling’s 378 sot were high for
the losers.
In the Plonk Oil-Griffin Drug
match Randy Culbertson copped
line honors with a 144 line while
team captain Clarence Plonk
added lines of 11.3, 125, and 129
for a 367 .set. Bob Herndon, eap-
I tain of the opposing team, roll-
! eti a 138 line and a 348 set to top
the Griffiii Drug boys.
In the other -ratch, the Albert
Brackett team won four .games
off Randy Blajiton as T.mi and
Tommy Gamble, fatlier and son.
I learned up to lake line and set
honors. Tom rolled a 133 line and
Tommy added a ;i60 set while
I Johnny Dye's 125 line and Blan-
• ton’s 338 set were high for the
losers.
I The teams will "rect each Mon
day night and will bowl three
lines with total pins counting an
extra .game. The first half of the
' split season will tsfnsist of IS
' weeks of bowling and the second
half will . e 17 weeks. There will
b«* a week’s break durin-j the
Christmas season.
Winners of the different halves
will m.^et in a nost season, best-
of-five sprie.s to determine the
league champion.
STANDLNGS
Four Lettermen
Head list; No
Posts Filled
Approximately 75 bo.vs sliovved
up tor physical examinations
Friday afternoon at the Kings
Mountain liigh school gymnasi
um and since running tlie mile
on tliat day, htive been in full
swing practico, twiee-a-day, get
ting in shape for tlie Mountain
eer’s opening football game
against Salem here on Scplem- 1
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Head Coach Bill Bales said that
it was the largest turnout of boys
since lie began coaciiing here.
The boys will workout twicc-a-
da.v, 9 'til 11 in the mornings and
4:30 'til 6:00 in the afternoons,
until Tuesday when drills will
taper off to one a day.
Coaches Bates, Don Parker
(End). Bill Casbion (Line), and
Bob Hussey (Assistant backfield)
are undecided as to any .starters
but all believe that they can
come up with a fairly good team
by the opening of the ’65 .season.
Team
■ Albert Brackett
I Clyde Culljertson
j Plonk Oil Co.
i Griffin Drug
Randy Blanton
Richard Culbertson
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1 .7,50
3 .250
4 .000
4 .000
Bur-Mil Undefeated
In Slew-Pitch Play
Bur-Mil defeated Lithium two
out of tliree games Tuesday
night in Kings Mountain Slow-
Pitcli softball action to run its
season record to four wins and
no defeats. Bur-Mil had defeated
the bottom-place Jaycees twice
Friday for its third season win.
In Friday's action, the Jaycees
won the first game 11-10, but
Bur-Mil, with its back to the wall,
came back to win the second and
third contests by scores of 12-7
and 4-3. Lithium won Monday’s
opener by a 6-5 score and Bur-
Mil came back to take 12-5 and
4-3 decisions to take the victory.
Each three game series counts
as one game.
Monday’s game between Bes
semer City and the Kings Moun-
Uiin All-Stars was rained out,
and it will be replayed tonight.
This week’s action pits Bessemer
City against the Jaycees on Fri
day, Kings Mountain against
Bur-Mil on Monday, and ^sse-
mer City against Bur-Mil on
Tuesday.
STANDINGS
Rookies Racing
At Foiest City
Friday Night
Team
Bur-Mil
Lithium
Bessemer City
Kings Mountain
Jaycees
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Three Area Legion
Players All-State
Three Area IV American Legion
baseball players were listed on
the Greensboro Daily News All-
State team this year, with two
of the boys being from the Gas
tonia team, which reached the
semi-finals of the state playoffs
before losing out to Charlotte
Post 9.
Pitcher Dickie Giles, who post
ed a 10-2 season record, was
named along with teammate,
third ■ baseman Digit Laugh-
ridge, and shortstop Ronnie Wil
son of Shelby. Wilson was nam
ed as an utility Infieldcr.
Wilson was Shelby’s leading
hitter and Most Valuable Play
er. He topped the .400 hitting
mark for the season and was
very essential to the success of
the club.
Laughridge also hit around the
.400 mark and, although joining
the Gastonia team mid • way
through the season, w'as the
team’s leader in the runs batted
in department.
BUILDING PERMIT
Lone building permit issued
by the city during the week
was to Howard Champion, 501
Woodland, for addition of a
screen porch to his residence,
estimated cost $300.
be strong again this season. Chip Bridges, a senior, is back
in top form after being sidelined the entire season last
year with a knee injury and Roy Medlin, who saw much
action at one tackle post last year, is also shaping up in
early drills.
Sophomore Paul Gaffney shows promise and now
proves to be a top guard candidate. Gaffney was the ninth
grade team’s top lineman last year, on both offense and
defense.
Gaffney tips the scales at 175 pounds and should see
much action for the Mountaineers in ’65.
End candidates Fred Wright and Tommy Dover have
been impressive in early drills, equally has center candi
date Sandy Mauney.
But the practice season is still early and no positions
are filled as of yet.
Kings Mountain will play six home games this year,
as compared to only four last season. Home games this
year will feature the Mountaineers against Salem, East
Rutherford, Bessemer City, Shelby, Belmont, and Lincoln-
ton. The Bessemer City game, October 8, will be Home-
copiag.
FOREST CITY, N. C.—“Bring
anything that will run and any
one who can drive”, is the cry of
Rutherford Speedway promoter
Lloyd Self is he prepares for an
other action packed race card
Friday night.
The rookie drivers will have
first crack at the 'a-mile dirt
oval as they bring their home
made machines to the track a-
round 7 o'clock for warmups for
the 20-lap feature race which in
the past two weeks has provided
the increasing Friday night
ci'owds with ebiU-s galore,
“These rookie drivers may not
have much dirt track driving ex
perience but they really give it
all they’ve got and sometimes
the results are not too good for
them”, Self said.
Dan Estep of Caroleen drove
off with first place last week
with W. C. Wyatt of Chesnec, S.
C. and Tho.Tas Sigmon of Shel
by close on his bumper for sec
ond and third place prize mon-
c>
Forest City’s Bill Green w.m
the 40-lap semi-modifieo main
event with Carl Falls of Kings
Mountain finishing second.
Top drivers who will be vying
for wins this week include Tom
my Eskew of Shelby. Otis Spen
cer of Gaffney, Trvin Wix of
Shelby, Bobby Brooks of Forest
City and Johnny Halford of
Spartanburg.
Warmup action gets started a-
round 7 o’clock and heat and
main evetit races to follow in
both the rookie and .semi-modi
fied divisions at 8 o’clock.
The coaclies are now experi
menting with all boys and have
the boys broke into many offen
sive units. Tommy Goforth, a
junior, is currently working as
the first unit quarterback and
his backfield includes his broth
er Steve and junior Philip Wright
at halfbacks and senior Jay
Powell at the fullback slot.
On the line are Fred Wright
and Tommy Dover at the ends,
Roy Medlin and Chip Bridges at
tackles, Paul Gaffney and Chiic-
ky Gladden at guard.s, and San
dy Mauney at center.
Only four of those boys —
Steve Goforth, Bridges, Wright,
I and Powell — are seniors, Gaff
ney is a sophomore, and the re
maining six are juniors.
Line Coach Bill Cashion thinks
that the linemen are doing fine
as of now but Bates reports that
much work is to be done in the
backfield. Ho said that none of
the first unit backfield candi
dates arc sure starters but does
feel that they have contributed
the most thus far.
STANDOUT — Pictured above is Chip Bridges, a senior tackle,
who has been outstanding in summer practice drills for KMHS
this year. Bridges lettered as a sophomore but a knee injury
caused him to miss the entire season last year.
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Charlotte "ZSO"
Octobei 16
CHARJLOTTE, N. C. — The
first annual Charlotte 250 late
imodel modified and late model
sportsman event on Saturday,
October 16, is rapidly shaping to
be a winners’ race.
Through an agreement be
tween Charlotte Motor Speedway
and NASCAR officials of the
250-mile speed and endurance
denby will be preceeded by a
series of qualifying races at
tratScs around the country. Win
ners of the Charlitte 250 quali
fying races will be assur^ a
starting berth in the event’s 50
car field providing their cars
can pass the mandatory safety
and technical inspections and
can obtain a minimum qualify
ing speed.
Several NASCAR and non-
NASCAR sanctioned tracks have
already contacted Charlotte
Speedway president A. C. Goines
requesting one of the prelimi
nary races.
Two North Carolina tracks,
Shelby Fairgrounds and Hickory
Speedway, have already been
granted permission to schedule
the events with dates to be an
nounced shortly.
In addition John Marcum,
president of the Automobile Rac
ing Club of Aimerica, has al.so
received authorization for a qua
lifying race in conjrunction with
the midwestem racing organiza
tions scheduled race program at
the Toledo, Ohio, fairgrounds
track on August 19.
The ARCA drivers, as well as
those from’ other organizations,
wlH be able to compete In the
Charlotte 350 on temporal^ pep
Omtimimi On 9
John Van Dyke and Richard
I Shank are also top end candi
dates and Tommy Finger looms
as the number two quarterback,
but is being pushed by rising
sophomore Doug Merrier, who
was the junior varsity's first unit
quarterback last year. A pair of
ex • tackles, sophomores J. C.
Wright and David Leftwich. have
b(?en moved to center and are
now showing some progress.
Mike Goforth (halfback) and
Danny Kiser, a fullback letter-
man, al.so are fighting hard for
a first-unit position, as are tac
kles Eddie Bridges and Kenny
Plonk and guards Gary Devon-
ney and Larry Patrick.
Goforth and Kiser are seniors
while the other boys are juniors
and wore essential to the success
of the tenth grade team last year.
Fullback candidate Jay Powell
placed fifth in individual rush
ing last year as he gained a total
of 110 yards in 30 carries for an
average of 3.7 yards per carry.
Philip Wright placed sixth, right
behind Powell, with 71 yards in
10 carries for a 7-1 average, and
Danny Kiser was eighth on the
list with 50 yards gained in 16
tries for a 3.1 average.
Steve Goforth averaged 4.7
yards per try with 33 yards in
seven carries and another back-
field candidate. Tommy Burns,
picked up 29 yards in seven tries
for a 4,1 percentage. Wright, Pow
ell, and Burns all scored a touch
down apiece.
Other backfield candidates are
quarterback Wayne Mullinax,
Ross Springer, and Jerry Ledford,
halfbacks Dennis Smith and Den
nis Goforth, and fullbacks Philip
Bunch, William Kennedy, and
Chip Crisp. Crisp, Smith, and Go
forth were all ninth grade stand
outs last year.
Other line candidates include
tackles Charles Green and 260-
pound Carl Weisener, and ends
Pat Cheshire and Stan Laughter.
Both Cheshire and Laughter
played on the payvee squad last
season.
Kings Mountain will play six
home games this year as com
pared to four in ’64 with some
of the most Important games be
ing played right here in the His
torical City. KMHS will open
here on ^ptember 10 against
Salem, will host East Rutherford,
Bessemer City, Shelby, Belmont
and Lincolnton. Away games
will Include Cherryville, Chase,
Mooresville, and R-S Central.
As of now, all home games
will be played at 7:30 while the
Mooresville and R-S Central
games will be at 8:00. Coach
Bates said that there is a possi
bility that some of Kings Moun
tain’s games will be played at
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BACKFIELD CANDIDATE — Pictured above is letterman Danny
Kiser who looms as one of the top bockfield candidotes this
year. Kiser has been working out at the fullback position and
should prove to be one of Kings Mountain's top players this *
year, both offensively and defensively.
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Little League Raseball Banquet
Held Saturday At American Legion
The fii-st annual Kings Moun
tain Little Lea.7uo b.asriiall ban
quet was held Saturday night at
the Otis D. Green P :st 155 Amci'-
ican Legion with approximately
3.50 people on lta)ul honoring
members of the Tee, LiKIe, and
Teener Leagtue team.'!.
Loapi'c, a Teener League Sports-
m<inshi|) Awaid Termer League
Balt;n,g Crown, and a "Perfeet
Game lluiter” troph.v.
League Commi.ssioner Roy
Pearson was in charge of the
program and introduecd spealo
ers FrtHi Withers, former KMH.8
baseball roach, and Mayor John
H, Moss. President of the West
ern Carolinas League.
I Milre McDaniel of tlie Resciue
Stjuad received titc "Porfert
Game” iroptiy, Dana Sarvis of
; the Optimists w.ns awarded the
Ellis King Sportsmanship tro-
1 phy. Dariell Wlietstine ot tlie
; Mai'graeo won the Teener Sports-
^ manship award, and Dennis
I Connor was the Teener League
'ail-star (eain’s leading hitter.
Mayor Moss recognized all
players end their eoaehes and
recognized both the Little League
and Teener Leagao all ■ star
coaches. Little I.eague coaches
present were Robby Whisnant.
Max Bolin, Donald Smith. Bud
Stewart, Dean Smith, and Free
land Ramsey, and Teener League
coaches present were Bud Bum-
gardner and Charles Bridges,
Bob Moore. Mike Ware, and So
ion Norris.
METER RECEIPTS
Parking meter receipts for
the week ending Wedneisday
totaled $171.95, including $153.-
35 ftom on-street meters and
118.60 from otf-street metens.
Most Valuable Player trophies
were given to outstanding mem
bers of each Little and Teener
teaime, and to the winning team
of eadh league. Other awards
presented were the Ellis King
Sportsirtanahip Award for Little
The Little League -Most Valu
able Plaver ti'opliics went to
Mike Sisk (Lions), Mark Mc
Daniel (Bu)'-Mil), Tommy Pat
terson (Optimists). Darrell
Bridges (Rescue Squad), Terry
Pulnai-n (Parkgr-aee), Frankie
Patterson (Police). Chuck Cai'-
penter (Kiwanis). and Laiuy
Putnam 'Jaycees i.
Winners of Teener I.a'agiu"
Most Valual)ie Player Award.s
were Wayne Mullinax (Mar
grace), Tommy Goforth (Spang
ler’s). Paul Gaffney (King:^m
■Mountain), and Rickv Stewai-i®
(V.F.W.) ^
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