>69 Thursday, March 6, 1969 THE KINGS MOUNTAIN HERALD. KINGS MOUNTAIN, N. C. Page* 3 was s no their 'ifUnl seek 11 be irrec* nday U 11 L uni*:y niess *d by arles rman *ctor. lifeo Mrs. arles Mrs. ?jven tyled e los- t-ball. were when ly to ( situ- >pear ig a con- ) bet- m to KS in natetl ating / feel 0 got the walk d for CO ni l’s do do, it want I give e the' peara- ■ busi- i' iretty /. DO ef- ‘ solves ^ cm- 1 that ' y the >rated ' But K rcme-^ |P Dorcfy niniftl Mountaineers Blast Chaigers, "’♦i' KM Possibly Will Play For Utle Tonight Kings Mountain’s Mountainoors wero playing Shelby in the semi finals of the Southwest 3-A Con- feienco basketball tournament last night and no score was avail able at press time. If the Mountaineers defeated the Golden Lions, they'll play the winner of Tuesday nt^jht’s Burns- Cherry ville game for the tourna ment championship tonight at 8:30 in the Crest High Gym. A victory tonight would send the Mountaineers to Newland Tuesday night for the bi-con f<*r- 1 ence playoffs. The Mounties . would then have to win two games there ton Tuesday and Wednesday! to get another crack I at the Western North Carolina High Schools Activities Associa- j tion championship. ; Should the Mountaineers go up I against Burns tonight, they’d ^ have to win in order to gain a berth in the bi-conference play offs, scheduled for the Avery County gym. However, should the Mounties ?o up against Cherryville. they would go to the bi-conference event regardless of how they •ome out. i The Mountaineers advanced Monday night by defeated host Crest 6S-12 behind the hot-shoot- »rtr Otis Cole, who hit on 12 of 16 shots from the floor and scor ed a tournament-high 28 points, Shelby advanced by bouncing Lincolnton’s Wolves 63-31 Mon day afternoon. The Mountaineers are m L./' ^ I RETURNING STARTER — Infielder Mike Smith returns for his fourth year os c starter for the XMHS baseball team. Smith his .240 as a freshman, .317 as a sophomore ond .300 last year in helping lead the Mountaineers to winning records. HeTl be a prime candidate for All-Conference honors this season. Baseballers Open At Dallas “Maybe Kings Mountain's baseball team is scheduled to open 1969 play Tuesday afternoon in Dallas but, as of right now, opening date is a question mark. If all depends on how far the current Mountaineer bas-| Two Southwestern Conference ketball team advances in the post-season playotts. | football coaches have resigned to; Should the Mountaineers reach the bi-conference play-! lake higher positions, otfs, slated for Tuesday and Wednesday at Avery County, | then Tuesdays opener will be cancelled. ; back-to-back conference champ- Should the Mountaineers gain a berth in the association' ions at East Rutherfoid in (inab, slated for „e,t_Friday night at Lenoi, Rhyne Colloge,' ALL-CONFERENCE — The four Rings Mountain High cagers pic tured above have been voted to the All-Southwestern Conference basketball teams for the 1968-69 season. Left to right are Linda Childers, high scorer for the Mountainettes, Otis Cole, Ken Mit- chem and Charles '*Bad News'' Barnes, who rank 1-2-3 in scoring for the Mountaini^ers. Cole and Barnes will return next season. Four KM Cagers On All-Conference Kings Mountain High School Conference champion Cherry-fa sophomore but failed to rep(*at wiiii 306 points and a 1.3.3 figure placed four players on the 196S* ville placed three players on thei last season. CoU‘ was AlK'onference last eager! 69 All • Conference basketball boys All-Conference "team, sen-' Cole topped the Mountaineers ser.soii wlum he h«dped l(‘ad th<* for another crack at Cherryville’s 1 teams. jors Roger Berk, Al Graves and in scoring during regular season '.Mountaineers to a g.3-1 ief5S. Those two teams completely dominated the All-Conference se lections, each team being repre- scntetl by three players. eliminated l)\ Ka!ina{)olis. Curtis. Shelton Resign As Coaches be the return bout with Dallas here on Friday March 13 wm oe an assistant at the University of cancelled. ^ North Carolina. ■■Right now. the weather itn’t decent enough to pley'n.SU';;'“."nd'’:;h,e';T?£e.;‘ baseball anyway, said Coach Bob Hussey, so well just ^f Belmont High School to take have to wait and see. Baseball practice hasn't even started^ a job with the Gaston County yet, except for the pitchers and catchers working out in side." The Mountaineers have four starters returning from last year's team w'hich tied Lincointon and Cherryville for the' divisional title. However, this year, the conference fe nof split. Returning are southpaw pitcher Rocky Goforth, catch er Clarence Ashe and infielder Mike Smith, all seniors, and Inflelder Jack Bell, a junior. Hussey said outfielders Wayne^ Mullinax, last year's leading hitter, and Charles Barnes, a; current member of the basketball team, have not indicated Gardner-Wefcb College Bull- as to whether or not they'll play. dogs, after winning their third , I consecutive Western Carolinas Lost from last year's club is pitching ace Darrell Whet-■ conference Tournament, are pre- stine. All-Conference catcher Paul Gaffney, inflelders Rick paring to go 'o their fifth Re- r- t /-» Hi j J.X- IJ igion 10 Tournament. The region Finger and Gene Putnam and outtielder Charles Jones. tournament is played at the rec- the team's most valuable. school system. The football coachirtx jobs at both schools is still vacant. Gilmore. Adams Lead Bulldogs To Championship Wilson Heads Legion Program Carl Wilson has bc*en re-ap pointed as athletic officer for the Oti.s D. Greene Post 15.5 American Legion baseball team. The announce ment W’as made at a 1 e g . o n meeting .Mon day night. Wilscn said h(* intends to get the program rolling the first week in .April. “Right now, we’re in the pro- I wiLSon commit- , tor,” said Wilson. “And we have two coaches in mind but notidng : is definite at this time." i Wilson served as athletiv f>Jfi- ' cer of the local post from 19()2 through ’66. but resigned in '67 t because ot personal matters. Me ' rojeinod the team last summ^T. “We should have a good team. ’ said Wilson, "ami we’re \er\ anxious for summer to got Ikmo.’ Among returnees from last year's team are pitchers R.Kky Goforth and Darrell Whetstine. in- Shelby Cole Scores 28 In 68-42 Win; Gills Lose 38-29 Kings .Mountain’s Mountain eers passed their openipjy test in 1 h e Southwpsti'rn CorFference basketball tournament Monday night al Boiling Springs, w^dip- ping host Ciost 6S-42. Junior sensation Otis Cole scored a tournament - high 28 points to lead the way for Coach Hob Hussey's charges as they moved into a semi-finals meet ing against county-rival Shelby. ('ole, in leading the .Mounties to their third win of the season over the Chargers, connected on 12 of 16 shots from the floor, four of five from the foul line, hauh'd in a game-high 15 re bounds and hanvied out five as sists. 'Ihe .Mountaineers jumped to an early lead but Crest fought back to go ahead S-7. From there the Mountaineers moved into a 13-10 lead after the first p^Tiod and by halftime the spread had r<‘ached 10 points, 28-lS. Behind Cole and senior guard Alan Hambrighl, who finished with 13 markers, the Mountain eers began to break the game open Ute in the third period. 'I'he .Mountaineer lead reached 39 points be.ore Coach Hussey went to the bench. Joining Cole and Hambright in double figures for the Mountain eers wa.N junior guard Charles “Had News” Barnes with 13 points. Ken Mitchem .scored only six j;.)inis but garnered 11 re bounds. Although Cole enjoyed a great game. Coach Hussey wasn't pUMS(‘d with his team's overall effort. “\V(* played fairl.v well in s].lilts." commented Hussey, “but at times we didn’t play well at all. We didn't shoot well and we didn’t handle the ball well. We’ie capable of playing much hettt‘r baskeil/all." said Hussey, "and we'll have to play a lot better in order to beat Shelby.” The Mountainettes were elim inated in an afternoon game as R-S C'entral used a last-second overiime shot to defeat KM, 30- 29. Kings Mountain had forced t'he contest into an overtime as N'an- ey Reynolds hit on a pair of free throws w’ith 15 seconds remain being G3.5S. Being iiilU'd as probably the second best player in KMHS his- loiy. Cole is being .seouted by several college teams. In fact, he has already visited at least one colk^ic campus. Miiiliem is a four-year starter at K.MILS. In that span, he has been on only one losing tiMm, that his freshman season when the M(»unties finishc F Childers 9 F ReVnoI.is 13 F T;rner G Wilson KMHS G—D. Plonk 3 KMHS G Atkinson P.urns Crest Chen*vville KMHS Crest East Crest East Cherryv. R.* to pre- ers. " series. Herndon's 124 line and feel that their leaders of yestei- pare themselves for their task. Ronnie Culbertson gained seor- Aud Tignor’s 347 set led ‘he los- day sfarU'd Karate, but tf) siww To guide themsehes and ing honors for the week, rolling ers. ^actual pioof, this would Iv hard purpose to their knighthood, they a T41 line and 394 set to lead Richard Culbertson won three to cielermino. incorporated a five point code of Clyde Culbertson’s team to a 4-0 (»ff Ronnie CuIbi*r(son as Mull The sisle is called Tang Soo conduct set forth by their couii- victory over Plonk Oil Co. Ramsey scored a 143-371. Charles Do. Translatinl lit<*rally, Tang.lr> s greatest Buddhist monk, Buck Vincent added a 365 for F'ite led the losers with a 133-332. Soo Do moans, "Art ol tiie knife Won Kang, the winners while Ranny Blan- Ranny Blanton’s 145 line and, hand." It -s more than just that. 1. Beloyal to your king, ton scored a 127 line end Rober* 375 set led his team to a 4-0 win however. It is the scientific use 2. Ho obt'diont to your patents. Ramsey added a 350 set for the over Clyde Cuiber'son. Lib of the bmly in methods of Self losers. Gault's 12.5-327 le.. Richard Culbertson * Ranny Blanton Oates Shell stretched its lead Bob Herndon in tlu* ladies leai^ue to six games Clyde Culbertson Tue.'day night by winning four Ron Culbertson off Plonk Bros. Jenny Oates led (Ladies Lea, ‘he way with a 122 line and 3.55 Oates Shell set. Dessie Loftin had a 100-283 American Legion .'or the losers. Patier.son Auto Karen Moss and Lib Gault Plonk Brns. s.cored 103 lines and Lib added Phillips 66 >a 293 se* to lead (he American Drews Tax Legion team to a 3-1 win over (Mens League) n Patterson Auto Parts. Becky Albert Bracked 4 Barnette had a 125-326 for the Richard Culbertson 5 losers. Bob H(*rndon m Herman's Phillips 66 won four Dilling Heating 10 off Drews Tax Service as Betty Plonk Oil 13 Mauncy .^allied a 110 line and 312, C. Culbertson 1. 2.5 « 20 14 19 13 16 16 9 23 7 ) 25 25 7 19 13 16 16 14 IS 12 20 9 23 21 16 20 20 20 2^) 20 20 IS 22 17 23 3. Re honorable to your friends, tefen.se. A body that gainwl the 4. Make a sensible kill. I’ltimaK* use *of its faculties 5. Never retreat in bigile. !hrou_>h intensive physical and The Hwa Rang Dan btvame ' mental training. It is an art of known for their courage and ; self-defen.se that has no cfiual in skill in battle, gaining respt'Ct I power or technique. 'Fhe mastery from even their bitterest foes. ■ of its secrets cannot be bought The strength they derived from (.at Tny price other than serious their respect to their code enabl- land rigorous training. It is an cxI them to attain feats of valor 'art tested and tempered on the that l>eeamo legendary. Many lawns of Buddhist monasteries died on fields of battle in the against the steel of wandering threshold of their yout’h, most as bandits or on the fields of com- young as 14 or 15 years of age. bat, and its history is a long and Through their feats, however, honorable one. ' they inspired the ptniple of Shil Approximately 20(X) years ago La to rise and unite and event- in the Southern part of the Ko-iually conquer tlie two kingdoms, rean peninsula there was a smalt Fi‘om the victory of Shil La, he kingdom constantly under inva- Korean p«'ninsiila became united sion and harrassment from its for the first time in its history, two moi'e ])owerful northern During the time of the Hwa neighbors. To preserve them- Kang Dan, the original primitive selves, the young aristocrats of art of self-defense ealled Soo the country formed a young ofVi-; (Continued On Page Five)