969 NTAOI WED- Thursday, 'July 3, 1969 THE KINGS MOUNTAIN HERALD, KINGS MOUNTAIN, N. C. Page Juniors Host Belmont Friday, Play Again Monday Juniors Dump Forest City 4-2, Ashe Gets Three Hits Kings Mountain's Juniors ralliod h»fthandoi. Larry Dalton. Goforth nor in sfx)ring iK)sllion in four dit- for tcur runs in 'the fifth inning gave up six hijls, walked three and, toront innings. Forest City, aN), to eras<* a 2 0 deficit and whip , struck out 11 while Dalton gave Area Four leader Forest City, 4-2, up eight hits, walked two, and here Saturday night. Rocky Goforth went the distanre for Post 155 and outdueled another KM • Forest City Boxscores 7 York 13 Lin- # • ADAMS HELPS WITH CAMP — Former Kuigs Mountain High basketball great George Adams handles tip-off as youngsters ottending Gardner-Webb basketball camp take part in scrimmage. Adams, along with KMHS Coach Bob Hussey, UNC All-American Charlie Scott, and others, assisted G-W Coach Eddie Holbrook with the camp. (Photo by L G. Alexander). Area Bahe Tournament The area Babe Ruth baseball tournament, a double-elimination af fair', will be held in KingsMoun- tain beginning next Tuesday. All games will be played at City Stadium, unless they conflict, the American Legion team. In that case, the Babe Ruth games will be moved to tlie Deal Street Park. The Kings Mountain all-stars are currently practicirt/ and the, tcann will be named Friday byi head coach, Marcus Dobbins, andi his assistant, Jesse Rhyne. Dob j bins coached Gastonia to a first | pla(« finish during the regular season and Rhyne piloted second gtaip playoffs in place Dallas. week of July 14. Several top prospects are out; ^itv recreation director Elraeri for the BR all-star team, includ- ! I ing catcher David Botin of South- game will drow a bye until next Thursday, July 10, at S:30. The area champion will be named on July 12. / The Junior Babe Ruth touina- ment, for boys 13 yeais J»f age, will be held in Kings M<runtain the week of July 21. Bill Grissom, who coached South',veil Ff‘rd to a third place finish during the rcig- ul:ir sea.son, o-ill servo as head coach and his assistants will be Ken Ford of Tryon and Billi Brewer of Dallas. Tlie winner of the 1.5-year-old ‘3R event will advance to the; Asheville the Forest City Winn, 2b James, cf Cebb, 3b Lattimore, lb Lail. If G. Dalton, .ss McDonald, c Nanney. c Melton, rf Hamrick, rf L. Dalton, p Kings- Mountain Boll, 2b Putnam, 3b, If Hawkin.s, .ss Ash, c Perkins, cf Carpenter, lb Finger, rf Smith, 3b McNair, If, rf Gotorth. p AB blew a couple of scoring op]K>rlu- nities and the visitors loaded the ba.ses off Goforth in the ninth but couldn’t .score. Slow-Pitch Softball Classic Here July 17-19 .After hi.s hit, Goforth walked arid ,, . , Jack Beir.s double tied the s<-orc ^ •• ‘ yj 2.all Slow-Pitch Softball Tourna bJiI went to third on a wild; hM pitch and scored on Gene Pm-1 Street playground July l.-ls-19. nam's sacrifice fly, then back-to-i bac‘k doubles by -Clarenee Ash aiid j compe ' Glen Perkins brought in the final -i^th j fanned nine. Forest City .struck for both its runs off Goforth in the lourth inn ing. David James singled and .scored on a triple by Gary Conb and Cobb scored on a sacrifice fly by Billy Lattimore. Those two runs broke Goforth's consecutive scoreless inning strhig at 47. Gary McNair's single ignii'.?d KM’s four-run rally in the fift.h. 32 2 6 Ash led K.M's eight-hit batting attack with 3-for-4 while McNair added 2 for-2. Six players had a hit apiece for Forest City. fjoforth opened the game by striking out the side, then Dalton fannecl the side in the sevond and eighth frames, though the Post ‘ 155 boy.s pul a runner on in c*ach inning. Po.«t 15.5 blew sevcM’al scoring chancc?s. putting at least one run- Deadlinc for t(*ams to enter the tition is Saturday. July 12th. An entry fee of S3o will lie charged. Teams interested in playing should contact Klmer Rc'ss, Roy Pear.son or Lefty Moss, Trophies will be presented to both the winner team an 1 the runner-up and a ir<;phy will be presented to the most vaiual)le player in the* tournament. Said Mr. Moss, “We hope to make this tournamcmt an annual event and invite all slo\v i)iich teams to enter.” 28 8 ; E—FC 1, KM 0. LOB—FC 8, KM 6 ! 2B—Bell, Ash, Perkins, Smith. |3B—Cobb. SAC.—Goforth, McNair. , SF—Putnam, Lattimore. I Pitcher: . IP H R ER BB SO Dalton 8 8 4 4 2 9 • (Joforlh 9 6 2 2 3 11 47 ZEROES — Rocky Goforth (above) hurled 47 consecutive scoreless innings before Forest City scored twice off him Satur day night in a 4-2 KM victory. The sizzling southpow picked up three victories over the past week to run his record to 7-1. He's scheduled to pitch again in the first round finale Friday agoinst Belmont. Lake r Hart- :itv 01 Bet- well. who was the league’s top hitter during the regular season with a .444 average, and right hander Darrell BniAor of Dallas who hurled two no-hitters during regular season play. Tuesday’s schedule has St. Stephens playing Hildebrand at 7 p.m. and Kings Mountain battling Newton at 8:30. East Catawba draws a bye and will play the St. Stephens - Hildebrand winner on July 9 at 8:30. following a 7 Hess is ^heading tournaments. up both area: THREE HITS -- Post 155 catcher Clarence Ash (above) loshed out three hits to lead KM to o 4-2 victory over Forest City Sotur- day night. The dependable backstopper also plated the ty ing run in o 5-2 victory over Gastonio Monday night. Gaidner-Webb Signs Prep Ace ^ ^ V agoinst seimont. 155 LoinCS deck Goforth. McNair For Win Over Gastonia Win Over BC BOILING SPRINGS Eddie Post 155 spotted host Gastonia Maekie was tagged oui ai the a 2-0 lead, then came back for plate when Rus.s<'ll Reep failed five runs in the eighth inning to connect on a squeeze play. Go Rocky Goforth and Gary Mr Monday night for a 3-2 Area F'our forth prdceedtni to strike out Reep Nair combined fora lliree-hit ter victory. to end the inning. Wednesday night as Post 1.5.5 Rocky Goforth, who came on to Post 155 was outhit, eight to hlank('-i iiessem<*r City, S-0. Meeting Sunday Here To Plan Second Round Kings .M<iuntain’s Juniors, siil : in ih<* runnirVj for the first rtmne i cliampionship in Area T'nur, host I Belinoni Fridaj’ night at City in ilie fir.st r‘»un<l linale. 'Idle playofis begin »ui .Monday night, with only tin* lop eight clubs ativancing. A m<‘eiing slat ed for the K.M legion building Sunday afternoon will ix* held in or<ler to plan f<»r iht* playoffs and • l<N i<b‘ any lies which might de- \»‘loi> in the standings. Post 1.5.5, following a .5-2, cume- Ii'om lxdiind victory over Gas* Ionia .Mon<lav night, carried a 12- T> record into last night's game at .4lielb\. 'Pile K.M Junior.s are only one gatn<‘ behind league-leading Kon'st City. ladthan-ier Rocky Goforth, w^ho picked u|; three mote victories '>\er ihe past w<*ek. will probably iiuil for post 1.5.5 against B<*]mon1 lierc Krida\. and then <»jx‘n the |)layo!fs on .M(uulay night. The second louml will pit llt(‘ rc-ular season champ against the number eight team, tii(» see<md piare team again.si nuintwr .sev- j en. three against number six and 1 aunilH'i four against numlx*r five, i Setond jound series will be Ix'St* I if Ihrei* affairs. 'riM‘ team u'itli th4' best record wilj diau th(* lirsi hom<* game, i.'sliould a lie d(*velop for eighth ‘ plae<‘ in lh<' linal first round sianding.s, a (»ne-game j)layoff I will be held on .Moiiflay betwivn those teams. ! However, that wouUI not iii- i\olve post 1.5.5 as the Mounties ;(annot finish any kmeu* than s;Mh j)lace. Any of six teams- ■ i-'orest Cit\. Hickory, (.'lierryvillo, Belmont, Kings Alountain an<l Gasl«>nia - <ouId iak<* the first round title. Tlirough Tuesday'.^ games. For- <‘si Cit.\ was «m top with a 13-5 ici-ord, lollowed by Hickory and Cheriyville at 12-.5. Kings Moun tain at 12-G, Belmont at 11-6 and Gastonia at ln-7. Rounding out the top ei.ght were Morganion with a 9-s figuiv and .Shelby wiili a 9-9 mark. Shelby luniors Come From Behind To Defeat Post 155 By 4-2 Score ■ sidered a good catch for the GW ! basketball program. ! Weatherman averagecl 19.7 points per game in his senior ; season while pulling down 15 re- Shelby's Juniors score<i single- and Dickie Greer added 2-for-3.! bounds per game. He led his team tons in Uie seventh and eighth in-'Smith was the only KM player to! to a record of 20-6 with his 49 nings to erase a 1*0 deficit and I gel over one hit. i percent shooting average. On his went on to defeat Kings Moun-! high school stjuad Weatherman tain 4-2 in an Area P'our makeup KM - Shelby played a wing on o-ffense and un- Boxscores Boxscores Ab I -I 1 ;5 1 •1 1 h rbi 0 0 o’clock between the two <>P<‘ning| game Thursday night at City Sta- round losers. idium. 1.55 had taken a 1-0 lead ; i^helby first inning as Gone Put- D. Heffner, lb M CJ ^ A ' walked, stole second and Dixon, 2b J#0V dCOlllS scored on Mike Smith’s booming: Bright, ss * double o/f the left field fence. i Gretn*, ef behind the .five-hit'Wright. The winner of the KM-Newtoni I in the Ab r h rbi, Temple It Scouts To lamboiee Kenny BricHges, son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Bridges, and Billy Tal bert, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ray mond Talbert, will attend the Na tional Boy Scout Jamboree at 500-acre Farragut State Park in Idaho, They will fly via .jet on July 16th and I'Oturn home on July 22. Both Boy Scouts hold the rank of Star in First Baptist church- sponsored Troop 92. jTycee Bottle Pick-Up Inly 9-12 But Shelby, behind the .five-hit'wright. p pitching of Barry Wright, came. Lane. If b.ick and tied the score at l-all, McMun ay, 3b with an unoarnt'd run in the sev- Walker, rf onth, then Don Bright’s run-sco^-!F^ llerfner, c ing single in the eightli put the visitors on top, 2-1. 'Kings Mountain Shelby score! two more in the Hawkins, ss top of the ninth to go out front Putnam, if by 4 1 before KM scored again injBoll. 21) the boUom of the ninth on singles. Smith, 3b by Smith and Chuck Carptmter. | Perkins, cf Bobby Ethridge went the dis-'Ash, c tance for Post 1.55 and pitched good enough to win. but four er rors led to his downfall. Ethridge gave up eight hits, valked only one, and struck out eight. Wri.glU. who walked three, sent 12 Mounties back to the bench via the strikeout route. L(‘ading hitter for’Shelby was Larry McMurray who went 3-for-4 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 3 32 E Hawkins, Carpenter, LOB Shelbv 6, K'M 5. 2B 3H Ash. SB Pitcher: Wright Ethridge halt a Gastonia rally in the sev- six. Perkins led the KM balling Holbrook, baskerball coach atlenth inning, was credited with attack with 2-for-4 and two runs Gardner-Webb College, today an- rhe victory, his seventh against batted in. nounced the signing of 6-4 Wayne i only one loss. KM - GaStOllia Weathernian to a basketball Goforth came on in relief of grant-in-aid. Weatheiman, whojgQjjijy Ethridge with runners on' j started for four years for Coach j third, nobody out and . Kings Mountain j Alan Jones at Western Guilford | 2-0 in the bottom of the Bell. 2b I High School in Greensboro is con-' worked out of the Putnam. If jam, hurling one-hit ball over the Hawkins, ss final three innings. Ash, c 5 0 Then, in the eighth, Goforth Smith, 3h 3 D started the winning rally with a Perkins, cf 1 1 single to left field. McNair, rf 4 d Post 155 sent 10 runners to the Carpenter, lb 3 0 plate in the eighth, getting three Whetstine, p 2 0 hits, a walk and taking advan Ethridge, p 0 0 tageof four Gastonia errors. Goforth, p 2 1 After Goforth’s hit. Jack Bell 5 walked and Gone Putnam reached Gastonia on an error to load the bases. Go- T. Seagle, If 4 0 forth scores! on a sacrifice fly by Wofford, 2b 4 0 Clarence Ash and aftei* a fly ball Hill, cf 4 0 to the outfield by Mike Smith J. Seagle, rf 3 3 sent Bell to third, the tying run Cross, lb 4 1 scoi'od on an error and a double Mackle, ss 4 0 by Glen Perkins drove in the win- Lawson, c 3 0 ning runs. Schwartz, p 3 0 Post 155 picked up its fifth run Cashatt, p 0 0 on a single by Chuck Carpenter. Rhyne, p 1 0 Gastonia had gone ahead 1-0 Reep-, 3b 3 0 in the fourth inning off starter Heavner, 3h 0 0 Darrell Whetstine. With two outs, 33 2 Johnny Seagle walked, stole sec- E - Gastonia 5, KM 2. LOB ond and scored on a single by 8, Gastonia 6. 2B—'Maekie. Graniii* I'vills was 6-11, H(\ss<MT>er Goforth, the winning pitcher, ('iiy l-lil ami .Mill .Springs 0-17. worked the first five innings, giv ing up one hit, striking ->ui nine and not walkin'^ any. .McNair fin- isIUHl. walking two anrl fanning two. Thiid aseman Mike Smith FhI Post 1.5.5*s 12-hit batting aiiaik with 3-l<»r-.5, including a doubh*. Tommy Hawkins and e’iiuck Cai - peni(‘r added a i:air of hits each. C'anol Davis collccteri alj ihHM* of Bessemer Citv’s hits. I der the bucket on defense, ac- : cording to Coach Jones. Carpenter, lb Finger, rf Ethridge, p I 0 0 1 1 0 I 1 1 1 0 0 > 1 0 ! 5 2 Ash 2. Smith. Bell, Putnam. IP H R ER BB SO 9 5 2 2 3 12 9 8 4 1 1 q: Coach Jones said of Weather- Q man: "He is a real good shooter, 1 with great quickness and strength Q around the boards. Wayne is a p first class offensive player who J needs work on his defense for Q college ball. 0; ‘T think Wayne can play a wing for Coach Holbrook. He has shown vast improvement and ad justment during his four years of 0 play here. He (Weatherman) is ^ an excellent jumper for his size ^ and will make a fine college bas- ^ikethall player.” s Mountain Executive Club Inc. A STATE-LICENSED SOCIAL CLUB OPEN NIGHTLY FROM 5 p.m. Dancing Friday and Saturday Evenings — Featiiring The Versetones — S TIL FORMER MOOSE LODGE COMPLETELY REDECORATED & AIR-CONDITIONED Membership Dues $15 Per Year, Minimum Age 21 7:3-24 d d Post 155 struck foj- two runs in 9 0 tho second on a hit batsman, Gai 1 d pcntei's infiel.i hit, a HC emu 6 5 and Rick Finger's saciilic(‘ fly. post 155 added anothm* run in 1 d Ihe third when .Sniilli singled, d 0 took s<'con(| on a wil<l pilch and 2 0 score(! oji a single 1)\ Glenn l*er- d d kins. Two runs in the fifthj on 2 1 singles by Putnam am! .''^miili 2 1 and a double by Carpe!iu*r. liiked 1 d KM’s lea l to .5 (1. d 0 Over the first tiv(* fiames, d d (P)forlh gave uj) only .i first in- d d ning single to Davis, then siu the d d 30 lads down in <irder over tlie d d ne.xt four frames. He fanned the 8 2 side in tiie s(‘con<l inning, got one KM strikeout in the first and fourth 3H frames and two in Uu* third anti W'eatherman is a “B” student who mnked 23 in a class of 130 at Western Guilford. He brings to six the number of players signed by Coach Holbrook for his entry into four year competition next season as Gardner-Webb goes in to the senior ctilloge program. Other signees arc: 6-4 A! Graves, forward from Cherryville; Den nis Carter, 6-4 forward from New York City; Pete Jannace, 5-11 guard from New York; Ken O’- Grodnick, 6-4 forw'ard from Mil ford, Pa. and Jimmy Pheasant 5- ; 10 guard from M'ashington, D. C. WeiL Sabettie To Conference Samuel S. Weir, and Louis G. Sabettie of Kings Mountain, rep resentatives of Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, are in French Lick. Indiana today, for a i business conference with officials , of the company at the French Lick Sheraton Hotel. i Mr, Weir of 922 Grover Road, and Mr. Sabettie of 913 Crescent I Cr. had an exceptional sales and ! service record last year and are among the top-ranking members )f Metropolitan’s staff of 30,000 field representatives in the United ! States and Canada. METER RECEIPTS Parking meter receipts for the week ending Wednesday at n(K>n totaled $207.10. ineludlng $113.80 frum on-street meters, $13.15 from off-street meters and .$46.6.5 from overparking fines. City Clerk Jo(» McDaniel report ed. Mickey Cross. . Cross. SF Off Ethridge in the s(*venth, Hawkins. Cross led off with a triple and Pitcher: scored on a double by .Spurgeon, Whetstine 6 4 11 1 Maekie. Jim Law^son walked, and Ethridge 0 2 111 Coach Bo Goforth called ace Goforth (W) 3 10 0 0 Rocky from the bullpen. Schwartz 7 4 2 1 3 Rocky got oppf»sing John Cashatt iL) 2 4 10 Schwartz on a gmundoul, then Rhyne IFi 1 0 0 0 Hickory luniors Come Back For 3-2 Win Over Post 155 Friday Ash. SB - Seaglo. fifth. Smith's (lou]<‘ igniteii a IP 11 R ER BB SO run rally in the se\enth thiee- w hich 2 closed out Hie si-oring. .A iriph 0 Ash. two walks and a single by 4 Hawkins also ai led the cau.’^e. 4 Bessemer City ihi'tvuened only 0 once. In tht* eighth. .McNair walk- 1 ed Steve I.aikey and Dennis Me- “ Neil and Alvin Lutz reached on an error to load the bases with one out. Howe\<'r. .McNair got Jim Barber on a pop-up to first base and Barry FowU'r bounced out to end the inning. Hickory’s Juniors came up with' Tliat was the only other inning single runs in the sixth, seventh! in which KM put a runni and ninth innings FTiday night to, scoring position, edge Kings Mountain, 3-2, in anj KM-Hickory Boxscores KM - Bessemer City Boxscores .Area F'our contest at Hickory. Post 155 had taken a 2-0 lead in the fifth inning on a walk, Rick Kings Mountain Finger’s triple and a sacrifice fly; Hawkins, ss by Gary McNair. ; Putnam, 3b Darrell Whetstine went the dis- Boll, 2b tance for KM, dropping his sec-1 Ash, c ond decision against three wins.l Perkins, cf Whetstine gave up seven hits. Carpenter, lb Jeff Abernathy went the route Finger, rf for Hickory, scattering only five McNair, If hits. He struck out 10. Whetstine, p Hickory tallied in the sixth on singles by Abernathy, Harry Lan- Hickory ey and Glenn Jarrett. The hosts Spencer, If tied it in the seventh, when with Abernathy, p two outs, Whetstine hit Rick R. Williams, lb SfK*ncer, who later scored on a Laney, 3b single by Robbie Williams. D. Williams, c Hickory won it in the ninth. Jarrett, rf With one out, Whetstine walked Cook, ss Spencer, then threw wild at fit's! Moose, cf on an attempted pick-off and Stoker. 2b .Spencer went to third. After Ab- Edwards, 2b emathy bounced out. Williams Bessemer City Fowler, cf Yarbroi'.:h, ss rbi Davis, If-p 6 Carson, lb 0 Lackey, c 6 Paiker, 3b 0 McNeil, 2b d Riddle, i f d Lutz, rf 1 Barnes, p 1 Jacoiis, p d ‘Bailx'i’, 2b 2 Kings Mountain d Hawkins, ss d Putnam. If 2 Bell. 2b d Sniiih, 3b d Perkins, cf 1 Ash, c d Carptuiier. lb 0 Finger, rf d Goforth, p' 0 McNair, p 3 Ab r h rl)i S 12 E KM 4. Hickory 1. LOB KM 5. E H. Citv 2. KM. 0. LOB—HC singled, scoring Spencer with the winning run. Hickory S. 2B Ash. 3B—Finger. KM 9. 2B Hawkins. Carpenter, Post 1.5.5, after taking a 2-0 HP siiencer. D. Williams. SF Smith. McNair. 3H Ash. SF lead in the fifth, threatened again McNair. SAC Jarrett. SB Finger. HHP Ash. SB in the sixth when Gene Putnam Laney. nam. Hawkins, Finger. Mill Spiiugs and Bessemer City are already mathematically elim inated fn»ni a .sec-ond round l)ei’th. Granite Falls can gain a tie for efjiih place only if it wins its final thrc‘<‘ games and either Slielhy oi' Murgani<jn loses its re maining contests. Brown Named To A-A Squad BOIIdNG SPRINGS Joe Brown, fii si ba.seman for the 1%9 Gai <lner-W<*hb Co]I<‘ge ba.seball team, has h(‘en named to the first tc.un Junior College All American squa<l. Brown, a native of Salisbury and now living with his wife, I,aura in Shelby, is the colleges fii'sf b;jseball jilayei- to make the tirsi team All Am<*rican and only the thiid athlete in th<‘ college's liisiuiy to imike first team All American. The other two were in tool bail and inclufied Wayne Rock, a tackl<‘ in 1967 and now a! Camejon State in Oklahoma and Ken Sanfor<l. a liack. rK^vv assist ant football coach at Gardner- Webb. Coach .lerry Bryson was elated by the .selection and prai.sed his <juiet St ir infielder who was a major factor in the sipiad’s drive to the Wi'slern Carolinas Confer ence i-rowii, F:aslern Regional Hill* and to sixth in the nation in national tournament action at (band Junction, ('fdo. Batting a hefty .390 for Ihe regular s(‘asf)n, 15rown blasted a homerun in tin* national tourna ment and was a defensivi* stand out. Till* Bulldogs went 24-2 in ri'gular season action, ilefeating Louisluu'j College of N. C., Co lumbia C'ollegi* of Tennessee and •Nll.-isissippi Giilf Coast College to reach liie nationals. Blown was a standout at Bor- {) den High Seliool and in Ameri- un Legion jilay at .Saliliury. He I) will I'.egin liis junior year at GW this fall. |> Greenes Win ;i Talent Awards d The twin daughters of Mr. an<I d Mrs. Bud Gn'cnc coiiihhI blue rib bons in the recent di.'<tricl 4-It d contests li(*l,l ai North Stanley d liiV’h s<'hool in AUxunarle. d Siieila Gre(‘*ie won a first place 1 award in tlu* talent division for 1 her reading. “Sci-alch. Hie News- 2 hoy’s Dog” which also won for 0 her top honors in Hu* Western 2 Norih (^arolina Foi'i'u.sic conlt'sls d recently in I-'orcsi c'ily. Slu* also 0 won a fii'Sl plai’e awar.t for a 7 ilemonstration on “.American Bus- .5. iness.” .Shi 1 lev (Iri-eiu* won a first i)la(*<* award for her demonstr<iiion on Pul- "Auu'i ic'Ul Bu'-iees.s.” Both gil ls are rising juniors at j singlet! and Clarenee Ash doubled, Pitcher: , but A!>ernatliy fanned Glen Per- Whetstine ■ kins to gel out of the jam. Alwrnathy IP H R ER HB SG Piteher: 9 7 3 2 3 5 Goforth 9 5 2 2 3 Id McNair IP H R ER BB •'4(1 Kiii'cs Mount.iin hit'll sclmol and 5 1 0 d d ?) are ai H\c in Dixon Coninumity I 4 2 0 .0 2 2 II club.

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