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Third Annual Kings Moun tain Sports tfiancfuet will be held this Saturday night at the Kihgs Mountain American Legion Build ing beginning at 7 p.m. A guest sports personality is to be secured'Idr the event, but as of. press time, confirmation could not he reached on the speaker. Planners for' the banquet say that the speaker Will be one whom aU in attendance will en joy. 'The events will begin at 7 p.m. with dinner being served to all in; attendance. After the meal, tjie guest speaker will make a spgeeh to the gathering. After his speech, the teams which par ticipated in , the summer sports program Will be introduced and trophies will be' presented to the chanxpions in each league. Mayor John Henry Moss, who will be in attendance at the Ba!n qupt, feels that this will be one or. tiie best the city has had. is a good thing for the yotihig people wh6 have taken part in the program this year. - '• J . - ■ ~ Wo are glad to recognize them,” said Moss. The Mayor was speaking of such people as Roy Pearson who ■gave much of his time so that .boys would have a program such as the one afforded them to en jqV their summer hours. He was also speaking of the numerous coaches who helped in the sports program in all le agues—from the little league to the softball league. And last but not least, he was speaking of the participants in the leagues. The boys who rep tented the fine city of Kings untain in each league they participated in. i This is a banquet which should he made big. It should reward those who have represented Kings Mountain well this year, i A large crowd is expected for the event. All players and coach es who participated in the sum mer recreation program are in vited to attend. Any parents who wish to attend the event will be charged $1.75. A Herald 'Sports By Bale gibson Herdld Sports Editor Dark Cfoud Over K. C. , A few weeks ago, I stuck ny neck out in this column and defended the owner of the Kansas City Athletics, Charles O. Finley, in his proposed move out of Kansas , Well, I’m only human. : : But, that’s not what bothers me. It is hard to remem ber when such in incident as the one involving the Kansas City A’s and their owner, Mr. Finley, has occurred before. It is bad for baseball and it’s bad for the Athletics. First of all, Mr. Finley stepbed out of line when he per sonally fined one of his pitchers, Lew Krausse, for “shen nanigans” on an airplane flight. This should be the man ager’s job. Alvin Dark was on the plane and defended Krausse, '' After the incident, Dark made the following state ment about Krausse’s firing: ‘t disagreed with Mr. Finley about the Krausse fine. This wis a case of singling out one ball player and making him lobk bad. It was also a reflec tion of the entire team. I realize that Krausse later said Mr. Finley was justified in taking the action he did, but I Jjielieve circumstances forced Krausse to do this.” ■| “Circumstances” could not keep the A’s cleanup hit her quiet, however. Ken HarreHon spoke up when he heard that the A’s likable manager Alvin Dark had been fired, lie called Dark “the finest mdh I ever played for.” About Finley, Harfelson was quoted Us saying, "He made a big mistake. He’s a menace to baleball.” This statement put Mr. Harrelson on the chopping block and he is now looking for a job. Alvin Dark’s firing did ndi shock the 'baseball world pearly as much as Harrelsori*5 “unconditional release.” But, why was Dark fired? It is very seldom that a baseball owner or general manager chooses between giving his manager a two year contract br firing him. This was Fin fey’s position. a 3* As attested by the fact that Finley was considering giving Dark a new contract, be respected him as a man knowledgeable in the game of baseball—even Charles Fin Sy, one 6f the most tactless rfien in the game recognized is fact. So, the only answer possible to Dark’s firing is that he wasn’t a “yes man” when Mr. Finley wanted a yes from him. Dark stuck up for his tekm after they had issued a statement which Dark termed “the most courageous thing | have ever seen.” When the players would not retract the statement and When Dark would not defend Mr. Finley, the axe fell. ■ The repercussions of this incident will be far reaching and %on’t be fully known for some time now. As for Mr. Dark, he shouldn’t have any trouble finding ■k new job. The Atlanta Braves badly need a manager who knows more about the game than Billy Hitchcock. Alvin jpfcirk is one of the most respected managers in the game And certainly deserves this recognition. Ken Harrelson shouldn’t have ahy trouble finding another American League team to play for. The White g|ox, Red Sox, Angels, Twins and Tigers are fighting it out V>r the pennant in the Junior Circuit now. Any of these teams would like to have Ken Harrelson for the stretch. But, the big problem lies in Kansas City. This team ■young and impressionable, wiH have trouble recovering from the blow their illustrious owner struck them. They have always been an underdog, but under Dark’s leader ship were beginning to improve and look for the day when -they would be in the pennant fight. It seems that the best answer to the whole problem would be if somehow, Mr. Charles O. Finley could get his “unconditional release” from baseball. A Plea To Citizens ; When some people leav^ their position in the sport; florid, it is praised and many people are glad to see then ;go. But, when some others leave, it is a sad happening. 5"' Therefore, it is with sadmfes that I ponder a statemen' imade to me earlier in the summer by Mr. Roy Pearson, whc Subordinates the baseball and softball programs at the Cit\ :FOrk. “I doubt that I’ll do this job next year,” said Mr •F$arson. “It’s just too much work for one man. I neec ‘more help.” , « * Mr. Pearson worked many hard and long hours thl; ; simmer for little personal gain. His main objective was ^trying to find a place for boys to spend their energies ant I have a good time doing it m a pleasant environment. He has had little help in doing this job and deserve; more help in the future if he if to be expected to carry on So, here is a plea so the good Citizens of Kings Moun tain to rally around Mr. Pearson and give him the hell he deserves. His loss to the Atheistic Program in the citj ; would almost certainly mean the loss of a good sound pro If Mr. Pearson could get some help, he could make the Kings Mountain recreation program into one of the bes m the state. He has already Brought it up to a positioi which qualified it for various district and one state tourna KMHS Assistant Coach Bill Cashioa (with cap and glasses) Is shown above getting quite involved in pre-season drills held last Week. Ronnie Burton is shown plowing into Steve Lovelace as Coach Cash ion is showing them the correct way to execute the shoulder first football maneuer. Behind Cashion is Larry Rayfield (left) and Wendell Bunch (right). KM Plonk Oil Softball Team ~~ Eliminated In State Tenney BURLINGTON — The Plonk Oil Softball team of Kings Moult tain were eliminated from the N. C. State Softball tournament in Burlington last week. But, the local squad certainly has noth ing to be ashamed of. Kings Mountain won theii first encounter in Burlington bj a score of 8-3 over Spring Mills But, when they went back to dc battle, the roof caved in. The Mounties lost two contests by the score of 6-5. The firs' loss came at the hands of Ediif wood Baptist Church. Dean .Smith hurled for the locals, but, accord ing to Kings Mountain players, the umpiring is what beat them It happened that Kings MOuh tain had two runs to score in this game which were called back by the umpire. These 6wc DAVID ADAMS Adams Asked To 1 E. Tourney David Adams, a resident of Kings Mountain, has been asked to referee and give demonstra tions in the 1967 Southeastern Karate Team Championships to be held in Greenville, S. C., on Sept. 9. Adams, who operates the Ad ams School of Karate on High way 74 bn Kings Mountain, is a First Degree Black Belt and one of the most respected karatekas in this area. The invitation for Adams to take part in the tournament came from Billy Hong, a Korean who is staging the tournament. Hong is a Fourth Degree Black Belt and Honorary Fifth Degree. He is considered one of the mas ters. Adams explained that the team tournament would consist of teams made up of one Black Belt and two Brown Belts. But, due to the youth of Adams’ school, there are none Which have yet' reached the Brown Belt category. Therefore, he will be an honorary guest and referree. He will also'give special demonstra tions in board breaking. This tournament is the first Korean military combat style championship to be held in the United States. Only the best throe man tearp from eadh ka rate school in the U. S. will par ticipate. The tournament will be held on Saturday, Sept. 3 at 8 p.m. in tiie Greenville Memorial Auditorium. Tickets or application forms may be secured from David Adams in Cings Mountain or by writing Tilly Hong, 135 East Ave., Green , S. C. runs would have won the game. Dean Smith pitched for Kings Mountain in both games. The local softballers picked up 18 hits in the first game which was good for only five runs.. Likewise, in the second game, the Plonk Oil team connected for 17 safeties. This produced only five rOns however and a loss to Hardin Oil Company. j ■ - ■ ■ STEVE SPENCER . . . looking good Slowly But Surely Of Work To Be Done—Bates Above is a picture which may become familiar to Kings Moun tain football fans in the months to come. Wayne Mullinax, who is one of the candidates for quarterback on the KMHS football squad is shown handing off the ball'to Clark Mauhey in pre season drills last week. Mountaineers Open 1987 Football Season At Thomasville, Sept 8 “My biggest worry for the coming footbhTl sea'sbn is a lack of depth,” said KMIIS head coach, Bill Bates Tuesday. The opening of the 1^67 grid iron season is a little over two weeks away and Coach Bates feels his squad will be ready for the opening kickoff against Thom asville on Sept. 8. “We are progressing slowly,’’ said Bates. “But, that’s what we want to do. We have an extra week due to the new conditioning rule and that igives us plenty of time to get ready.” Coach Bates feels his squad will be ready to defend them selves against any foe when the time comes. But, his big worry is the consequences a couple of injuries might bring to bear on his team, “With our starting team, I j Pictured above is the KMHS front line which is practicing as the first unit team now. From left to right, they are: Rick Finger, Stanley Brown, J. C. Wright. Joe Dover, Paul Gaffney, Charles Greene, and Ross Springer. _ Above to the (ifst unit Kings Mountain High School backfield as Coach Bill Bates sees them go ing into tfa* 19S7 season. From left to right, they ares Wayne MuHlkax (halfback). Chuck Easley (quarterback), Bert Smith (fullback) and Steve Spencer (halfback). KM Invitational Softball Tourney Hampered By Inclement Weather The Kings Mountain Invitation al Softball Tournament has been hampered by increment weather for, the second time this season. The tournarnent was scheduled earlier in the summer but had to be postponed due to rain. It was rescheduled for this wek and it looks as jf thg rain may Wash away most of the games. Thus far seven games have been played and the remainder will he played later this week if weather permits. Two teams are undefeated in the tournament so far. The Kings Mountain All-Star squad and the Teamsters Local No. 71 from Charlotte haven’t dropped a ran kings Mountain has won two games. They defeated Clover 7-4 behind the pitching of Dean Smith and hitting of Gerald Hipps and Gene Stone. Both Hlpps and Stone picked up three , hits in three tithes at bat. | The Mounting slaughtered Shamrock 22-8 with Dean Smith inert l in baseball. This came about through his own efforts. With help, ie could continue and build it even more. Withoqt any telp, the program may lie dormant for years umH sbmf >ne with Roy Pearson’s integrity and desire come* irfema again to revive it. again pitching the locals to vic tory. Lefty Moss, Doug Rathbone and Gene Stone led the hitting attack. Every player in the Kings Mountain lineup picked up at least one safety. KINGS MOUNTAIN INVITATIONAL SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT RESULTS Sunbeams 13, Pittsburgh 2 Kings Mtn. 7, Clover 4 Sunbeam 15, Bucs 5 Bessemer City 7, Cherryville 4 Danoca 8, Craftspun 7 Kings Mtn. 22, Shamrock 8 Biltmore 14, Aggie Dist. 11 i About That Name Blue Devil The name for the Duke athletic teams was derived from the French Blue Devils, a crack Al pine corps which wore a strik [ing blue uniform with a blue beret.' The adoption of the name for Duke athletic teams goes back ! to the early 1920’s when there were a lot of war veterans at Trinity, particularly among up per classmen. Many, therefore, either through actual contacts in France or from reading and hear ing and about it, knew that a BW6 DisvM was a French soldier or a highly specialized outfit. KM Golf Tourney Ha difiHi Cmat 9 DCJinS acpL L The Kings Mountain Country Club Golf Championships will begin Sept. 2 at the Country Club Course. All persons who are interested in playing in the tournament must play 36 holes in order to qualify before Aug. 31. The first round of the tournament, to be held Sept. 2-9, will determine which flight each player will be placed in. After the qualifying rounds, the low J6 golfers will form the Championship and first flight. The next 16 will form the second and third flight and so on. Otte week will be allotted for 4ach match. No player will be Eliminated in the first match, but Eliminations will begin in the second week of play. The" final; Will be held on Oct. 7 with trophies being awarded to the winners artd runners up ih each flight. The tourney cham pion will be awarded the Presi dents Cup. All matches except the finals WiH be 18 hole affairs over the 0 hoJe-18 tee course. The cham p kinship match will be deckled on at ftolte. m; r Plenty Of Big Races Remain CHARLOTTE, NV C.-PoAt, td 1960 the running of the famed Jouthern 500 at Darlington, S. C.'s historic speedway marked the final major race of the NAS CAR grand national season. Now the rpce, known as the grand <jaddy of stock car rating, marks the beginning of a series of big money, long distance races dur ing the final, two months of the NASCAR year. Starting with the historic 500 miler on Labor Day there are now a series of major events, in cluding three 500-milera, before the 19S7 season takes Its final Checkered flair at the end of Oc tober. Included in the races are the Darlington 500 miler worth $100, 443 in posted awards, the $100, 800 National 500 mile race at Charlotte , Motor Speedway on October 13 and the third annual American 900 miler at North Carolina Motor Speedway near Rockingham t>vo week6 after the Charlotte evejit. Both the Na tional ' 500 at Charlotte and the America n 500 at Rockingham carry the full.F.I.A. internation al sanction which permits the In dianapolis drivers to compete •gainst the NASCAR stars. In the nine races on the sched ule from Darlington through Rockingham there will be 2,550 miles of racing with over a third of a million dollars in posted awards at stake. The largest amount of prize money has been posted for the National 500. Beside the three 500 mile races, there are also a pair of 250 mile events—the Old Dominion 50b at Martinsville, Va., on Sept. 24 and the Wilkes 400 set Oct. 1 at North Wilkesboro’s Speedway In North Carolina. The 500 and 400 in the race names refer to the number Of laps in each event. The final two months of the NASCAR sea soft glso list a trio of 150 thile contests for the tour ing grand national professionals. The Capital City 300 is slated at Richmodn, Va., on Sept.. 10 fol lowed on Sept. 15 at Btitsvttle, Md., with another 300 tapper at that half mile oval. The final 150 mile race of the 1967 season is set for Orange Speedway at Hills borough, N. C. on Sept. 17. Of tlie thrajp events the Richmond race is the richest with $13,775 at stake of the competitors. Rich mond and Hillsborough will be the fin®l events of the season on dirt tracks. Even though the season is mov ing into its final 60 days there Is still a lot of rating left for fans of the high speed spArt. There is also over $358,000 in posted awards yet to be won. The combination of these tw©„ In gredients spells a routing finish to the grand national season of 19$7, think we will be o.k. Rut, if we lone a couple of first string men, we could be in serious trouble,” said Bates. The Mountaineer squad is still a relatively young one. But, most of the players have had exper ience as attested by the 14 re turning lettermen. Thus far in pre-season prac tice, Bates is impressed with Stanley Brown and Clarence Green, both lettermen from last year’s squad. “In fact, tackle Is our strong point. The entire in terior line is looking good thus far,” 6aid Bates. Bates is expecting to have A good defensive unit if he can come up with two good defen sive ends. Ross Springer, Clar ence Ashe, Rink Finger and Stan Laughter are all. trying out for that position no^v. “Rut, if iwe find someone else who can do the job, we won’t hesitate to use him at defensive end,” 'Bates ad ded. Bates has a strong backfield going at this time, but is quick to reiterate that an injury could do damage to the local, squad. Steve Spencer has been look ing good at ,the halfback position in practice thus far, according to Bates. Also in the backfield, Bates has iBert Smith, Wayne Mulltnax, Dennis Smith, Chuck Easley and Joe Cornwell who have looked good in practice thus far. ihe quarterback position is a toss-up between Chuck Easley and Waj ie' Mullinax at this time. THE REST OF THE SWC “I’m looking for a real inter esting year in the SWC," said Coach Bates thoughtfully. “I feel the whole conference should be fairly well balanced. It should be one Of the best rices in quite a while." Bates is looking for strong opposition from Chase, Shelby and Lincolnton. Cherryville is supposed to have a much improv ed squad this season. East Rutherford add R-S Cen tral kick the season off early. They will play each other Friday night, Aug. 25 at R-S Central. “The outcome of this game should tell us quite a bit about these two clubs,” said Bates. The entire 1967 Southwest Con ference schedule isasfcllows: 1967 FOOTBALL SCHEDULE SOUTHWESTERN CONFRENCE •Denotes Non-Conference Ganges All aames start at 8:00 P. M. AUGUST 25 East Rutherford at Rutherford toft* SEPTEMBER 1 Chase at Salem* Crest at Cherryvllle* Morgaftton At East Rutherford* Rutherfordton at Marten* SEPTEMBER 8 Chase at Rutherfordton Dallas at Cherryvllle'1 Kings Mountain at Thomasville* Lincolnton at Independence* Hunter Huss at Shelby* Burns at Belmont* East Rutherford at Pickens, S.C.* SEPTEMBER 15 Lincolnton at Belmont Kings Mountain at Cherryvllle East Rutherford at Rutherfordton Chase at Dallas* West Mecklenburg at Shelby* SEPTEMBER 22 Belmont at Rutherfordton Kings Mountain at Chase CherryviJle at East Rutherford Shelby at Lincolnton SEPTEMBER 29 Cherryvirie at Belmont East Rutherford at Kings Mtn. Rutherfordton at Shelby Newton at Lincolnton* OCTOBER 6 Belmont at Chase Lincolnton At East Rutherford Bessemer City at Kings Mtn.* Lenoir at Shelby* OCTOBER 13 Shelby at Cherryvllle Rutherfordton at Lincolnton Belmont at Crest* Lowell at Chase* Concord at Kings Mountain* OCTOBER 20 East Rutherford at 'Belmont Lincolnton at Chase Rutherfordton at Cherryvllle Shelby at Kings Mountain OCTOBER 27 Shelby at Belmont Chase At East Ruthetfoird Cherryvllle at Lincolnton Kings Mountain at Rutherfordton NOVEMBER 3 Belmont at Kings Mountain Chase at Shelby Cherryville at Mt. Holly* Rutherfordton at Dallas* Boyden at Lincolnton* NOVEMBER 10 Cherryvllle at Chase Shelby at East Rutherford Lincolnton at Kings Mountain Dallas at Belmont*
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