b(y Tluirsunt while Belmont was holding tough Davie County to |uel a 13-7 score. The Raiders are said to be much improved over last /ear tad Lincolnton is definitely much weaker but we’ll stick with the 9^1ves Southwell Ford defeated A- merican Threads of Clover, S. C., 14-10 ta reach the finals against Textiles. In the opening game Wednes day, American Threads oiuthit Southwell, 14-13. Robert Munday led the Clover team in hitting with a 3-for-5 performance while Dean Fleming had the same showing for the winners Jack Rasbemy was the winning pitcher and R. H. McCarter W'as charged with the loss. Textiles lashed out “S hits in the championship game with every team member collecting at leastone saftey. Former Gastonia American Legion baseball star Steve Culbertson and Kenny Quinn and Doug Heavner led the Gaston boys with three hits each while Bill Bates had 4-for-4 for the Southwell team, Lewis Lineberger was the win ning pitcher and Rasberry was tagged with the loss. Ployer T G L N Avg. 1 Spencer 17 101 1 100 5.9 s Mullinax 5 23 — 23 4.6 Finger 5 19 5 14 2.81' Moore 3 10 — 10 3.3 M Gaffney 5 7 5 PASSING 2 .41’ Player Att. Comp. Int. Yds. Finger 7 5 0 68 Mullinax 1 0 1 0! RECEIVING i Player Caught YordsI Mullinax 1 26 i Spencer 3 241 Brown 1 18 THOMASVILLE RUSHING 1 Player, T G L N Avg. Workman 14 108 — m 7.7 Davis 13 76 2 74 5.7 Nicholson 18 73 12 61 3.41 Peacock 5 9 2 PASSING 7 1.4 Player Att. Comp. Int. Yds. Peacock 13 3 RECEIVING 0 55 Player Caught Yards Turnage 3 55 Although the Mountaineers lost the game, they still put up a good showing. Thomasville out- gained the Mounties offensively by only 88 yards. The game’s leading rusher was Thomasville’s Butch Workman with 108 yards ih 14 carries while tailback' Stove Spencer led the Mounties^ with an even 100 yards in 17, tries. Thomasville took a 13-0 load on the Mounties but KM came back strong during tlie closing minutes of the first half to nar row the lead to 13-7 at intermis sion. 1 Fullback Eric Nicholson plung- 2.81 Pd over from the two yard line; he first score of the game: with 1:19 left in the opening I period. The Bulldogs drove 871 jards for the score after KM wasj forced to punt after taking the opening kickoff to the Thomas-! ville 40. Kings Mountain got a good' drive going from opening kick-1 off but was forced to punt when! a Thomasville blitz held KM to| minus four yards rushing on the' Mountaineers’ fourth series of j downs. i THOMASVILLE END GORDON ITURNAGE (83) and Kings Mountain safety Tom«>y Fiqger (13) in acton Friday night. The referee has caught Finger in the act of pass interference as indicated by flog and football, and eeFs (Photo by Ronnie Dotson). Cherryville Here Friday Night 8:00 Dennis Smith took the kickoff; g on the 20 and returned it to the | trOIllllvll vUQVll 29 from which point it took the Mounties only seven running plays to set up a first-and-ten on the Thomasville 36. But two carries of no gain by Spencer and a five-yard loss by Finger threw the Mounties into a punt situation. Paul Gaffney’s punt was taken Dilling Heating Leads Bowling Loop Dilling Heating took over sole possession of first place in the men’s duckpin bowling standings Monday night by winning three games off Richard Culbertson. The Ranny Blanton team mov ed into second place after win- nirrg three off Clyde Culbertson and Albert Bracket hung on to fourth place with a three-game win over Plonk Oil Co. Team/ captain Bob Herndon combined lines of 128, 128 and 119 for a 375 set to lead the Dill- inig Heating charge. Bill Mullinax chipped in a 148 line and a 353 set for the winners and John Dilling was close behind with a 346 total. Randy Culbertson top ped the losers in scoring with a 137 line and a 325 set. Randy 'Blanton’s 143 line and 370 set led his team to a 3-1 win over Clyde Culbertson.. Furman Wilson added a 320 set for the winners and Culbertson led his team’s scoring with a 119-317 AH fve members of the winning team iposted 300-plus sets. A 131 line by Albert Brackett and a 355 set by Paul Ware pac ed the Brackett team to a 3-1 win over Pkwik Oi) Oo. as the winners moved even at 8-8 after falling into the losing colunm during the first two weeks of the season. Richard Bridges was high scorer for the losers with a 121 line and a 354 set. 'ITie loss drop ped Plonk Oil from a (first place tie to third place in the lo<^ standings. STANDINGS Team W L Pet DUling Heating 11 5 .688 Ranny Blanton 10 6 .625 Plonk OH Co. 9 7 562 Albert Brackett 8 8 500 Clyde Culbertson 5 11 512 Richard Culbertson 5 11 512 KM Drag Undefeated In Ladies' League Kings Mountain Drug Co. won four games off Griffin Drug Co. Tuesday night to remain unde feated after two weeks of bowl ing in the ladies’ duckpin leu'^ue. In other action, Plonk Bro thers moved into second place after sweeping to four-game win over Victory Chevrolet and Oates-Henderson Shell won three games off Minute Grill to move into a tie for third place. Jenny Oates claimed high scoring honors for the night with a 149 line and a 372 set which led the Oates-Henderson Shell team to its three-game win over Minute Grill. Ethel Tignor added a 301 set for the winnei's and Barbara Miller was high for the losers with a 109 line and a 306 set. . Pat Panther’s 121 line and 324 set led the Kings Mountain Drug team’s four-game win over Grif fin Drug. High scorer for the losers was Pat Herndon with a 101 line and a 275 set. Team captain Lib Gault rolled a 115 line and a 326 set to lead the Plonk Brothers team to a 4-0 win over Victory Chevrolet, Dessie Loftin added a 295 set for for the winners while Janet Parker topped the losers with a 114 line and a 319 set. Expects QB Beam To Test Mounties CherryvUle high sihool’s new head coach Dennis Bradley has put together the best offensive on the 15 yard line by Eddie'■ football team Cherryville’s had Williamson but a good coverage! a long time and looks to this by the Mountaineer defense set week’s battle with Kings Moun- up Thomasville’s first series fail’s Moluntaineers with much from the 13 as the Mountie line optimism posts and Finger, Mullinax, Den nis Smith and 'Tommy Goforth in the defensive secondary. The Mauntaineers are expect ed to use Spencer strongly and there’s a big chance that KMHS will go to the air against the Ironmen. Friday’s game is scheduled to get underway promptly at 8:00 Team Kinigs Mtn. Drug Plonk Bros. Ol-H Shell Victory Chevrolet Minute Grill Griffin Drug standings Pet 1.000 .875 500 .500 .125 .000 PROBABLE STARTERS CharrYviU* Pos. Nam*. Class LE—Richard Hovis, Sri-'i-rr: 2 LT-^Hank Stroup. Jr 1 LG-^Terry Black,'Soph 1 C—Charles Schmidt, Sr 1 RG—Andy West, Sr 1 RT—Darrell Pope, Sr 1 RE—A1 Knight, Sr. 160 QB—Wade Beam, Sr 140 LH—Charles Jackson, Sr 140 RH—Alex Blackwelder, Sr. ., 165 FB—Moby Homesley, Sr. ... 185 Kings Mountedn 180 LE—Charles Carroll, Sr. LT—Kenny Plonk, Sr 230 LG—Chucky Gladden, Sr. ... 175 or Bert Smith, Jr. .... 178 C—Sandy Mauney, Sr. .... 180 RG—Larry Patrick, Sr 180 RT—Stanley Brown, Soph. .. 225 RE—Richard Shank, Sr. .... 172 PB—^Tommy Finger, Sr 145 LH—Steve Spencer, Jr 150 RH—Wayne Mullinax, Soph. 155 FBKiPaul (Saftney, 5r 180 or Sonny Moore, Sr. ... 197, for. Last week I picked Kings Mountain to lose and it brought some stir of dislike from the players but I turned out to be right. Tbig weak I'n saying Kii^ ]imuitoililMM|i(nUinax, And now we get to the one you’ve all beoh, waithigl win. Let’s hope I’m right again. j. came down field quickly and threw the 160-pound halfback for a two-yard loss. It took Thomasville 13 plays to reach paydirt with a 22-yard; nlore pass from quarterback Pat Pea cock to right end Gordon Turn- age and a five-yard penalty against the Mounties setting up the 'TD. The penalty gave the Bulldogs a first-and-goal from the five from which point it took Nichol son only two attempts to push the pigskin across. Workman at tempted to run the extra point but was stopped a yard short of the goal line. Thomasville’s second touch down drive began on the Bull dogs’ own 18 yard line after a clipping penalty set them back 15 yards after taking Gaffney’s punt on the 33. A 30 yard run by halfback Johnny Davis and another Pea cock • to - Turnage pass enabled the Bulldogs to push the ball across in only eight tries with Peacock carrying over on a quarterback sneak from two yards out with 7:35 left In the half. Workman ran the extra point to give the visitors a 13-0 lieaA Kings Mountain’s touchdown drive began on the ’Thomasville 44 after a personal foul was com mitted by 'niomasville on Jim my Hall’s kickoff. It took the Mounties 11 plays to score with Spencer plunging ever from the one-yard line. A nine-yard run by Spencer, a sev en-yard jaunt by Wayne Mulli nax and an eight-yard screen pass from Finger to Spencer was the leading gains in the Moun taineer drive. Jerry Mitchem kicked the ex tra point for the Mounties to nor^ row the score to 13-7 with 2:48 left In the first half. Thomasville’s third score came with 4:50 left in the third quar ter with Nicholson going over from the two to cap a 2i-yard drive. The drive began after KM was forced to punt from Its own end zone. Freddie Johnson took Ciaffney’s punt on the 42 and carried it back to the 24 from which point it took the Bulldogs five plays to get across the goal line. Work man set up the TD with a 15- yard run to the nine. Davis ran the point after this time to make the score 20*7. 'Thomasville pushed 46 yaria for its final score with Peaooek going over from the one with 8:38 left in the game. Davis again ran the point alter. Mountaineer Coach Bill Bates stated following the game that he was well pleased with his team’s showing and praised Spencer for an outstanding per- Iwmance on offense. WhUe Spen cer was the Mounties’ offensive star, defensive backs Wayne Dessie 8mMi tmd mMgm at Bradley has nine seniors, a junior and a sophomore in his starting lineup and every boy with the exception of the sopho- saw varsity action last year. Although Cherryville has only 23 players on its varsity squad the Ironmen will offer some tough competition for the much larger SWC teams this season. The Ironmen, who to date sport a 11 overall record and an 0-1 conference mark, will de pend largely on quarterback Wade Beam who scored thr^ touchdowns in Cherryville’s 39 13 win. over Dallas Friday night. ‘‘He (Beam) is the kind of boy that can hurt you in a lot of different ways,” says Bradley. ‘‘He’s real quick, mixes his plays real well, runs well and passes well,” 'Bradley added. Beam likes to throw the foot ball and targets for mgst 01' his passes will be senior ends Rich ard Hovis (6-4, 210 pounds! and A1 Knight (6-0, 160 pounds). Cherryville will also be de pending of fullback Moby Hom esley, a 185 pound senior and 165-pound senior, to add much strength to the Cherrie running attack. Blackwelder plays at end on defense along with Hovis. The Ironmen lost their first game of the season September 9, falling to the hands of con ference foe Lincolnton by a 15- 12 count. Bates says that his offensive lineup will look just about the same with senior To.Tmy Finger still running the show ifrom the quarterback slot The Mountaineers will be without the assistance of senior end Phillip Putnam as he suffer ed a foot injury in last week’s game with Thomasville. Put nam Is sdieduled to return to practice next week. Senior Richard Shank will •tart in Putnam’s place as of fensive right end. Coach Bates says he might start Bert Smith at guard in piace of Chucky Gladden and Sonny Moore may be called on to start at fullback. Gladden has been bothered this week with a minor foot injury And (may see only limited action this week. However, Bates re ports, if Gladden’s injury is cleared up by Friday, he will definitely play. AU other offensive positions WUI look the some with Kenny Plank and Stanley Brown at tWckles, Larry Patrick at the CfDier guard, Sandy Mauney at center, Charles Carroll at letft- end, Steve Spencer at tailback and Wayne M]^|lin4x