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M ' i ( Page 2 KINGS MOUNTAIN HERALD, KINGS MOUNTAIN. N. C. Thursday, September 2, 1965 Mountaineer Gridders Week Away From ‘65 Opener* Herald 'Sports By GARY STEWART Major League Baseball In Home Stretch Ladies' Bowling League To Open Monday Night The major league basefaail seasons are now in their home stretch, so it’s about time to go down the list or teams, since there remains only about 30 games to be played. In the American League, it looks as though the Min nesota Twins might bring home their first pennant since the team was organized back in 1961. The New York Yankees have won for the past five years but (through Tuesday’s standings) are 17',^ games out of first place, si.xth in the league standings. The Twins right now have both the hitting and pitch ing power and since Harmon Killebrew and Camilo Pas- cual are back in action, Minnesota adds to its strength. Chicago, however, could offer a threat as the White Sox are in second place right now, 6'/L' games behind the Twins. The Sox won the pennant in 1959. The Cleveland Indians are in third place, games out, and will probably finish around that spot. Drtroit comes ne.xt, 10 games behind. Both those teams Will be heard from for the next few years, as their power gets stronger every sea.son. Baltimore has dropped into fifth place, lOV^ games out, then comes New York, followed by Los Angeles, Washington, Boston and Kansas City. The Red Sox are 34 games behind, the Athletics 35, so those two teams will probably have a real good race for the ninth place finish. National League Race Much Closer The race in the National League Is always close and this vear will be no exception. Think back: Last season about this time the Philadelphia Phils led the league by about seven games but lost the pennant on the last day of the season, only to see the St. Louis Cardinals come from behind and then become the World Champions by defeating the Yankees in the Series. Los Angeles now holds a slim, IVo game lead over the second place San Francisco Giants, and only one percent age point behind, in third place, are the Cincinnati Reds. The Milwaukee Braves, who have been tough until recent ly, have dropped into fourth place, 2Y^ games out. Pittsburgh still has a chance as the Pirates are only games out and Philadelphia is only 6M; out. But those teams have four other clubs to pull over, and although they’re not behind many games, those top clubs are going to have to play under .oOO ball before either of those two teams can advance. In sixth place, almost out of the running, is St. Louis, followed by Chicago, Houston, and New York. The Mets just lost a manager, Casey Stengel, who spent 25 years as a professional manager. Many of those years were with the 'Yankees, where he won more pennants and World Series than any other Head in the business. But you never can tell about this game of baseball, especially when the September month rolls around. Most every year, in one league or the other, many times both, a team will put on that last burst of speed and come-from- behind to win the pennant. September, too, is a month in which players get tense and sometimes blow up, or do strange things. 'That has been shown here lately, in August, when Giant pitcher Juan Marichal hit Dodger catcher John Roseboro in the head with a bat when Roseboro seemed to have thrown a ball close to his ear when returning a throw to the pitch er while Marichal was batting. That started a two-team rhubarb and cost Marichal a ?1,750 fine and an eight-day suspension from the club. Of course, many records can be set or broken during the latter part of the season. A few of those have been broken recently, too, for example: Cincinnati pitcher Jim Maloney hurled his second extra-inning no hitter last week by beating the Chicago Cubs 1-0. His first one, how ever, was spoiled in the bottom of the 11th inning when a New York Met rookie hit a home run to defeat the Reds 2-1. Usually someone will come up with a perfect game but that has not been done since last year, June 21 to be exact, when Philadelphia pitcher Jim Bunning blank^ the Mets 6-0. WCL Season Finishes With A "Bang" While on the topic of baseball, the Western Carolinas League finished its ’65 season last week with the Rock Hill Cardinals defeating the Salisbury Astros two straight games to win the WCL championship. The Astros won the first half championship by com ing on strong during the last week of the season to cop the title and drop Gastonia, the team which led the league all season long, into second place. And the Cards defeated Gastonia (Pirates) in a 12- inning thriller in the last game of the second half to win that half and earn a playoff with Salisbury for the champ ionship. Gastonia finished in second place both halves, but had an 18-ycar-old third-baseman by the name of Bob Robertson who smashed two records and set one. Robby broke the old homer record of 23 by blasting a total of 32 and broke the old runs batted in record of 91 by knocking in 92. Robby set a season record by being the only league player to bo unanimously selected on the all-star team. Ed Moxey of the Salisbury club was the league’s leading hitter and Clyde Sukeforth of Gastonia was nam ed the “Manager of the Year.” Other awards, too numer ous to mention, were also given this season Gridders Leaving For College Fields One last note: Former Kings Mountain high school football players who are playing for college teams leave this week, some already left, for summer practice at their respective schools. Local boys who are playing college football this year are: Jimmy Medlin (Western (Carolina), Pat Murphy and Jimmy Cloninger (Appalachian), Lyn Cheshire (T^e Cita del), and Hubert McGinnis and Ronnie Rhea (Lenoir- Rhyne). Good lUck to those hoi's! The 1965-61) Kings Moiin'ain Lndief’ Bowling League season will got undei-way Monday night at the .Mountain Lanfe Bowllnf Center at 7:30. The teams wil" bowl for 3.> weeks on a split- .season basis. The first half of action wil’ consist of 18 weeks of bowling and the second half, 17. The winners of the two halves wil' meet in a post-season playoff best-of-fivc, to determine the league champion. Trophies will be awarded in the following categories: Mem bers of Winning Team, both halves, and league champions; High Line (both halves). High Set (both halves), and High Average (both halves). Teams entered in this year’s league are as follows: TEAM NO. 1 Louise Dover, captain Evelyn Early Mary Lou Adkins Pat Herndon Pat Smith TEAM NO. 2 Betty Cash, captain Dot Tignor Helen Biddix Margaret Harmon Doris Ware TEAM NO. 3 Pat Panther, captain Joanne Rushing Margaret Wilson Ailene Metcalf Peggy Ross TEAM NO. 4 Betty Fite, captain Barbara Miller Brenda Biddix Mary Ruth Barrett Mary Henderson TEAM NO. 5 Jennie Oates, captain Gerry Werner Dessie Loftin Ann Bowen Bonnie Myers TEAM NO. 6 Elizabeth Gault, captain Charity Goforth Sylvia Holmes Helen Russell Betty Ramsey t* mi '.Jr. 111 57 Boys Seeking Starting Berths On Varsity Team POSSIBLE STARTING BACKFIELO ^ Pictured ubove ore the the 1965 KMHS football team which opens it season September Goforth, junior quarterback, Steve Goforth, senior wingbock. Both Steve Goforth and Powell are lettermen. four boys who will most likely form the starting backfield lor 10 against Salem, N. C. Pictured above, left to right, are Tommy Philip Wright, junior tailback, and Joy Powell, senior fullback. Football Meeting Thursday At Pool All boys i'.:etween the ages of 10 and 13 years who are interest ed in piaying Pee Wee Footbaii this year are asked to meet at the City Swimming Pool Thurs day (today) at 4:30. Boys must weigh no less than 65 pounds, no more than 90, to be eligible to play. Compact Opens Season With York; Hosts Shelby In First Home Game The Compact high school foot ball team gets it’s 1965 season underway Friday, September 10, White, both senior iettermen, will se at the two halfback slots and Denoris Wilson and Jerry at York, S. C., and plays host to ! Garner will be at the ends. Wil- •Shel.'y in the Cobras first home | son has switched from his '61 game, Friday, September 17 at halfback position. 18 p.m. at City Stadium. : Cc-.rpact will play it’s home- I Coaches John Blalock and Wil-I November 4 a- 21 Ninth Graders Seek Starting Roles The teem will be sponsored by ; ua-T^JJagerhavT bem wokYng i the local Optimist Cl.ib a-nd the | coaches will be Perry Champion, Dale Putnam, and Jimmy Little john. Eddie Collins had a .333 life time batting average. DIFFERENCES IN FOOTBALL RULES FOR 1965 Field Dlagtom: An X (2 feet in width and 2 feet in height) shall be placed at the midpoint of each 40 yardline. Areas in the vicinity of the two benches are referred to as "Team Boxes." 1-2-2; Yardline markers on the ground within 5 yards of the side line must be of soft pliable material. 1-2-3! It is recommended that each goal line and boundary lines of teams boxes be marked in a color contrasting with other lines on the field. 1-2-6! The staff of each flag shown on the field diagram must be flexible in its entirety and present on safety hazard. 1- 5-3-e: Non-hardening, non-abrasive tape or bandages or sweat- bands worn on the wrists are legalized. 2- 13-1, 6-1-3: For a free-kick, the kicker, as well as the holder, may be beyond his free-kick line. 2- 14-2, 6-3, 9-4-2: The return-kick has been eliminated. Kicking the ball after change of possession is a foul. Reference to return-kick is deleted in various portions of the rules. 3- 2-1; Not more than two captains of each team may appear for the pre-game coin tossing ceremony. 7-1-3: Snapper may tilt the ball to an angle of not more than it degrees. lB-1; After change of possession during a down, if one team fouls during a live ball and opponents foul after the ball becomes dead, the penalty for the first foul will be automatically accepted or de clined. Exomple Rule 10-1: Team A kicks from scrimmage on its 35 and Bl catches the kick on his 30. He advances to A’s 45 where he i: downed. During the run by Bl, B2 clips on his 40. After the ball is dead, A1 commits a personal foul. Ruling ^ Not a double foul since the second foul caused the penalty for the foul by B2 to be auto matically accepted or declined by A, thereby separating the fouls. In this Instance the penalty was automatically accepted. Hence. B is penalized 15 yards from its 40 (spot of foul). B’s 25 yardline then becomes the succeeding spot and A is penalized 15 yards to B’s 40 where It is Bs ball, 1st and 10. (Actually the two penalties will not be stepped off. Referee gives proper signals and puts ball in play on the 40). Play — Team A scrimmage kicks from its 35 and Bl catches the kick on his 30. Bl advances to .A’s 4.5 where he is downed. During the run, A2 holds and after the ball is dead, B2 commits a personal; hard with their boys in prepara tion for their eight-game sched ule. Out of the 24 boy.s out for the team, nine are lettermen. Coach Blalock reports that many boys have been showing progress in early practice ses sions. Senior quarterback John ny Thombs, a good passer who saw much action behind Miles Boyd last season, is back to his old position and sophomore let- termen Bert Smith and Clifford Leary will be at the two guard posts. Johnny Manning and Melvin COMr act high FOOTBALL SCHEDULE DATE TEA.M PLACE Sept 10 York Away 17 Shelby Home 24 Charlotte Away Oct. 1 Lincointon Away 15 York Home 22 North Wilkesboro 29 Chen-yville Home Away Nov. 4 Belmont Home The Kings .Mountain high school ninth grade football team be.gan practice .Monday at 4:00 and He.'i Coach Bob Hussey re ports that 21 boys are mw seek ing starting berths. Hiissoy, who beg:ns nis third year of coaching duties at KM HS, is a.ssisted this season by Don Fisher, Mike Ware, and Clarence Chapman. Fisher help ed coach last season when the i-ittle Mounties finished second in the conference standings with a 5-1-1 record. The coaches have not had time yet to signal out any sure .dart ers but Hussey reports that the kicking duties, all but punting, will be left up f> Wayne Mulli- nax and Kenneth Mitchem. Boys seeking starting positions on this year’s Little .Mountain eer team -are: Quarterbacks: Joe Kill'"- Mountain nign school gridders are still working hard ureparing for tlreir opening foot Lll game against Salem here Friday, September 10, at i:30 at City Stadium. The boys are now sliowiiv' some progress but there are still many wrinkles that have to be ironod out b(?foro opening gftiTK*. Tlie squad now consists of 57 boys from grades ten througli twelve. A change has occurred in tiic first unit as senior Scot: Clonin- gcr is now running at tlie riglu end due to the fact that Tomnij Dover has been .sidelined tern porarily. Dover has been work ing out light because of bolls bul should be back in heavy equip ment by next week. So tlie first unit offensive team now allows Cloninger and Wright at end.s. Chip Bridges aiul Al Roy Medlin at tackles, Cliuck;, Gladden and Paul Gaffney al guards, Sandy Mauncy at centei. Tommy Goforth at quarterback, Steve Goforth at wingback, Philip Wright at tailback, and Jay Pow- ell at fullback. Powell will be running at both the fullback and tailback slots, giving .senior letterman Danny Kiser action at fullback, as well as on defense. Charles Carroll and Philip Put nam have been showing progress at end and have been working hard toward a first unit position. Botli boys are juniors and should see mucii action this year, as well as next. Running second unit tackles are 255-pound Kenny Plonk and Eddie Bridges. Both boys arc juniors and were starters on the junior varsity team last year. Danny Finger and Gary Doveney are showing progress at the guards, and working second unit center is J. C. Wright. In the backfield is Tommy- Finger at quarterback, Mike Go forth at tailback, Richard Clinton at wingback, and Danny Kiser at fullback. Goforth, a senior, is the fastest back on the squad and will see much action in giunes this season. Coach Bates is still not sure as to who will handle the kick ing duties for KMHS this season. Sophomore Chip Crisp and juniors All games 8:00. Giiilin Defeats Morrison, 3-1 Griffin Dr-jg Co. pulled into a tie for third place in the Men’s Duckpin Bowling standings Mon day night by defeating hereto fore undefeated Morrison Loan Co., three games to one. "I'd Rather Race In South." larrett The loss decreased Morrison’s league lead to two games over second place Randy Blanton and the Griffin Drug win tied that team with Plonk Oil Co. for third place. Griffin’s record now stands at ar. even 6 6. Robert Gantt rolled a 138 line and team captain Bob Herndon added a 345 set to lead the Grif fin win while .Morrison Loan captain Albert Brackett took scoring honors for the losers with a 127 line -and a 341 set. All members of the losing team roll ed SOO-pIus sets but a 19-pin per game handicap gave the win-ners a three-pin edge for total pins. After losing four games to Randy Blanton last week, the Plonk OH Co. team came back this week to take a 3-1 win from , , Dilling Heating. Paced by Rich- loul- ard Culbertson’s 128 line, Dilling Ruling _ Enforce penalty for both fouls. Measurement for first foul' ^ame but Plonk places ball on A’s 35. B is then penalized 5 yards for crawling. It is B’s ball on A’s 40, 1st and 15 “ i P'"’’- ”ThTre^l:r;V"R theitea^r;jrrerSo%lL,’'’s'etr"wuS M where he fumble. Recovery is by A2 who advances to B’s 20. Richard Bridges’ 365 heading the During the down, B2 fouls: (a) on his 40 during the run by Bl; or list. Allen Myers and Sam Ham- (b) on nis 30 during the run by A2. In either case, A3 commits a ' Nek share<l honors with identical personal foul after ball is dead. Ruling — Not a double foul. In (a), 1^3 marks and Richard Culbert- penalty for foul by B2 is automatically declined since acceptance topped the loser’s with a 128 would return the ball to B after penalties. Succeeding spot is B’s 20 and It is A’s ball, 1st and 25 on B’s 35. In (b), penalty for foul by B2 Is automatically accepted. (Measurement for foul by B2 places the ball on B’s 10 (one half distance to goal line). A is then penal ized to B’s 25). Six SWe Teams Play Friday Five of the eight Southwest Conference football teams open play Friday night with one of the teams already opened. Every team With the exception of Kings Mountain and Belmont play Fri day, one game being a conference contest. East Rutherford opened it’s season last Friday l;y defeating Polk Central and five other teams will see action this Friday. East Rutherford will play Waynesville, Chase will get a taste of Salem, Kings Mountain’s first foe-Shelby will host Gas- totila’s, Hunter Huss, and R-S CeAtitil «Htl (4iit Miiiih. The Lincointon Wolves will play host to the Cherryville Iron- men in the first conference game of the '65 season with the Cher ries going Into the game as the underdog. Cherryville tied Chase for seventh place in the confer ence standings last sason while Lincointon finished In third place, two games behind conference champion Kings Mountain. Chase will play its first con- feience game of the new season Friday. September 10, at R-S Central, while the remaining teams play non-conference con tests. Kings Mountain will host Salem, Belmont will visit Davie County, Cherryville will host Dallas, Lincointon will be at Hudson, and Shelby will play Bre^’furi it SHblby. Ea4t Riither- lord will have an open date. ’ line and a 333 set Johnny Dye scored a 138 line and a 365 set to lead second place Randy Blanton to a 3-1 win over fifth place Clyde CuU' ertson. Jack Rhea added a 334 set for the winners and Harold Barber copped scoring honors for the losers with a 146 lino and a 361 set. STANDINGS Team W Morrison Loan Co. 9 Handy Blanton 7 Griffin Drug Co. 6 Plonk Oil Co. 6 Clyde Culbertson 5 Dilling Heating 3 Pet. .750 .5a3 ..500 .500 .417 .2.50 METER RECEIPTS Parking meter receipts for the week ending Wednesday totaled S221, Including $146.20 from on-street meters, $20,55 from off-.street meters, and $54.25 in over-parking fines. The new cross-Florida barge Greta Garbo’s real name is Gustafson. ROCKINGHAM, N. C. — News- able notes from North Carolina Motor Speedway: Ned Jarrett and Dick Hutcher son, who’ll decide their torrid Grand National point duel on Oct. 31 in the inaugural American 500 at North Carolina Motor Speedway, have differing opin ions on whether they’d do it all over again. Hutcherson recently was quot ed as saying, "the grind is too tough making all the races. Too tough on drivers and equipment.” Jarrett, who currently leads by several hundred points, retorted, “I don’t think I would run any other way. When the day comes that I can't run all the races. I’ll quit. “Ye.s, it’s a tough grind, and it gets old. But it’s the approach I take to the business. I like to travel to the different tracks, and I particularly like to run the short tracks where I've had more success.” Jarrett complained only about the annual two - week swing North in July. "It’s a long way up there," he said. “I’d rather race in the South. I just like it better down here.” Cornwell and Morgan Hollifield; Philip Wright have been the only Half ,acks; W a y n e .Mullinax. i boys working on extra points and ConlinuctI On Pngc J Continued On Pofie i 1965 Kings Mountain High School Football Roster ENDS Richard Petty, the first entry at NCMS where on Oct. 31 he will make his only superspeedway start this year, has raced before practically full houses at every one of his NASCAR starts. While less than 3,000 watched a 100- miler minus Petty at Columbia, S. C., early in the season, the joint was packed in excess of 7,000 when Petty was among the field there on August 20. Questioned about the tremen dous reception he has received on his return to NASCAR, Petty humbly replied, “I don't think these fans necessarily came to see me. They Just came to finally see some competition, and David (Dodge driver Pearson) and I are trying to provide that. These are your anti-Ford fans who are coming back. They aren't neces sarily for me as much as they are against Ford. I expect there are as many Chevrolet and Pon tiac fans pulling for me as there are Plymouth fans.” Since their return on July 25 at Bristol, Petty and Pearson have given Chrysler three vic tories In eight starts going into the Moyock race on Aug. 24. Chrysler Corp. has announced that it will compete on the 1966 circuit with 116-inch wheel base models pulled by 405 cubic inch hemi^nglnes. Ford’* still silent, but most observers believe it will Oontinm^d On Pag* 3 Player Height 6’1” Weight Charles CaiToll 166 Robert Phifer 6’1” 150 Tommy Dover 6’0” 185 Scott (!;ioningor 6’2” 167 Richard Shank 5’10” 160 Stan Laughter 5’11” 148 Bobby Bolin 6’0” 170 Charles Boss 6’1” 160 Larry Adams 6’4” 163 Philip Putnam Fred Wright 6’0” 5’10” 150 185 Pat Cheshire 5’10” TACKLES 145 Mike Sanders 5’9” 185 Carl Wei.sener 6’5” 260 Ronnie Burton 5’11” 180 Roy Medlin 5’11” 205 Kenny Plonk 6’0” 255 Eddie Bridges 6’2” 205 Charles Ramsey 6’0” 160 Charles Green 6’2” 220 •Chip Bridges 6*2** GUARDS 210 Bob Moss 5’9” 1!55 John Moore 5’6” 148 Chris Roseboro 5’10” 148 Paul Gaffnev 5’8” 178 Larry Patrick 5’9” 175 Gary Deveney 5’10” 150 Danny Finger 5’8” 170 Chucky Gladden 5’11” CENTERS 175 Bill Herndon 5’5” 147 Sandy Mauney 5’10” 172 J. C. Wright 5’8” 176 David Leftwich ,V11” 180 Clark Mauney 5’8” 145 Bobby Peterson 5’8” QUARTERBACKS 5’8” 130 Tommy Goforth 140 Doug Mcrcier .5’11” 135 Tommy Finger 5’10” 140 Jerry Ledford 5’11” 160 Ray Hender.son Wayne Wright Dennis Smith Mike Goforth William Manning Philip Wright Richard Clinton Dennis Goforth •Steve Goforth Ricky Grahl Henry Manning Jerry Mitchem William MeSwain Philip Bunch *Jay Powell Mike Hoyle •Danny Kis Chip Crisp •Lettermen iser HALFBACKS 5’5” 5’6” i5’9” 5’11” 5’3” 5’S” .5’7” 5’9” 5’10” 5’7” 5’8” 5’7” 5’.5” FULLBACKS 5’8” .YIO” 5’a” 5’10” 6’0 110 130 145 140 115 165 140 135 160 135 130 145 136 150 160 140 178 160 1 denotes Sertior; 2, Junior; 3, Sophomore.
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