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PHILBERT SMITH, who is returning lor his third year oi varsity ploy ior the KM Mountaineers, takes handoff from quarterback Chudc Eosley, also a three-year performer. The Mountcdneers, try ing to improve on last yedr's $-5 record, open theli '69 campaign at home on Sept. S agolnst Besse- aier City. Bulldog Club members, boost ers of the Gardner-Webb College athletic program, have in the last three years grown from a jess than $5,000-a year organization to la $40,090 a-year one and growth I is still evident. ' This group of men and women I have thrust the Bulidogs into the ; national junior college limelight ' in athletics and built a solid base I of scholarship monies for the sen- j ior college proijram. “It is on the ; work of these people that Ccture ■ supporters will build this area’s finest athletic program,” states Coach Eddie Holbrook, dynamic director of the club. „ . , , , . I BOILIXG SPRINGS — The ad-! Always thinking of ways to im- Football is ]US^ around the corner and Kings Mountain I dition of East Rutherford High prove the club, athletics and the feh School fans are-ready to go. ! .School’s football team to the Sec- area’s athletic program, mem- I ond Annual Pigskin Preview at hers have initiated a Pigskin Pre- Though the opener for the Mountaineers is still over ,? ^‘-’cessful Holiday Bas^ Week 3WBV sovei-fll- rliibs nneh Fridnv niaht amt one ialready strong group of ketball Tournament and last week away, several ciuDs open rnuay nignt ana pnei spring’s successful Bulldog Open uthwestern 3-A Conference game—Burns at R-S Central i Golf Tournament. Is on tap. 1 The Thursday night preview Herald Sports East Rutherioid To Participate In G-W Preview ... •4 >4 % /'Hi. ■.il' HIGH'FLYING TACKLE — Gerald Hi^rndon* who is expected to open at one tackle post for the KM Mountaineers this fall* pounces on loose football. Herndon* a lettermon last year when the Moun* toineers finished S-5 ond fourth in the SWC's Division A* is o senior at KMHS. vear members asked for and re- group jthwestern 3-A Conference game—Burns at R-S Central Is on tap. i gets underway at 7 p.m. in the One other Southwestern Conference cl^ub opens Friday 1 “m'li G^^dne'r'webb » .a non*confei ence scrap. Cherry vine is host to Dallas irii vvith a public address description! ceived organizations for the Dog- at one. I from coaches about their respect-jettes, a female branch of the club I ive teams. All play will be intra- and the ’Dog Club, a branch for Kings Mountain opens at home next Friday against! snuad due to N. C. High school 'young people of the area who sup- •ssemer City of the Little Si.x Conference. Be.ssemer plays athletic Association rules. ; port the Bulldogs, est Lincoln, another 2-A school, itr its season opener thisi The Bulldog club of Gardner-] Both these organizations are Mday in Bessemer City. i Webb is sponsoring this pre-sea- growing by leaps and bounds and i son look at Gardner-Webb Col-, are expected to carry out unique The Mountaineers have been hard at work preparing i J*?''- C^^t High, Shelby High,'^nctlons for the program. The => tTi„u n...u Dogettes primary function will be to solicit memberships for the Bulldog Club. However, this group will enjoy sarvjng as host esses for many events, including Points Double | At Hickory Oval MEET THE 1969 MOUNTAINEERS No. 10 12 i 14 HICKORY, N. C. — Double 20 ory Speedway. The winner of each 26 ir the Sept. 6 opener and the general feeling among mosl orfol^ M fans is that Coach Bill Bates' club is in for a good sea- m. erford High and Chase High. Coach Geral dAlIen of Shelby High will add a "little extra” to The Mounties finished 5-5 overall last year and have' ^ good shot to better that n^rk this ; of rhe various offenses and de- Ihase and Shelby have better material than the Moun-1 fenses being used m the game, llneers. I All profit from the preview will I , go to the athletic scholarship Pre-season ratings say that Shelby will repeat as the Bulldog ciub and Onference champions, with Chase the top club in Division ^ menibers will han- I, Most SWe coaches agree that Chase has the league’s;'"^ duties surrounding the event, ap player in quarterback Gary Cobb, an all-conference! ele ■ ' KM Club Second election last trip. l Chase won the Division B title last year, and whipped j Vatauga in the opening round of the Western North Caro- i ||l ina playoffs before running into the Shelby club, which *■' WHClIjVlllC I'ent on to cop the association title. Shelby went undefeated, but was tied, 20-20, by Chase n a regular season game. Shelby Coach Gerald Allen, who is beginning his 21st leason as head coach of the Lions, declares his ’69 club is lot nearly as good as last year’s team. The Lions lost luper-star Mike Haggard, but have a good crop of return- hg starters, including quarterback Robbie Reynolds and lalfback Marcus Mauney, both all-conference selections a 'ear ago. Kings Mountain, with quarterback Geeper Howard and ialfiback Philbert Smith returning to the offensive back- leld, has been given a good shot at third, but Belmont and i-S Central are also expected to field tough clubs. Belmont has consolidated with Cramerton, a club I'hich advanced to the semi-finals of the state 2-A tourna- wnt last year while playing mostly sophomores and itllors. The Red Raiders also have several starters back from wt year’s Belmont club, which finished second in the Dl- Ision B standings. Rick Cherry, a 6-2, 220-pounder, returns jr his third year at quai’terback and is rated one of the 3P passers in the conference. R-S Central, always a toughle in the SWC, has 15 let- •rmen back from last year’s club which finished third (be- ind Shelby and Llncolnton) in the Division A race. Lincolntoti, with only four starters back from last ear’s club which finished 9-1 (it's only loss being to Shel- y, 14-0), is said to be In the rebuilding stage but those who av# seen Von Ray HaiTis operate in the past know that e’ll be tough before it's over. Crest, which finished 3*7 last year in only its second ear of football, is said to be improved and could be the arkhorse in Division B. Max Beam, who built powerhouses t Mt. Holly and R-S Central, returns as head coach of the hargers and he’s being assisted by Kings Mountain’s Hu- ert McGinnis. Cherryville and Burns are said to be lacking in talent nd might bring up the rear in Division B. The Ironmen are laying under a new coach for the second straight year, red King has taken over for Don Soott|Who resigned after He season to take a coaching post at Dunn, N. C. King is elng assisted by Kings Mountain's Lyn Cheshire. Nothing much has been said'of East Rutherford’s Cav- Jiers, once a conference powerhouse. The Cavs, who won he title in ’65 and ’66, were down for the past two years. Kings Mountain's hopes ride on its offensive line and efetise. The backfield is well balanced with Howard at uailterback. Smith and Charles Barnes at the halfback lots and David Bolin at fullback. Only one starter return# up front, tackl# Jerry Love- ace, and he missed seyerai gamds last year because of an hjury. Several untested sdphbmores and Juniors are being louhted on to fill the vacancies. Kings Mountain will be in action this Friday at Gard- ’ler-Webb College, where they'll participate in the second innual “Pigskin. Preview.'' Teams from Shelby, Chase, ;;reBt and Gardner-Webb will klsa partlcipat*. Kings Mountain’s slowpitch soltball team finished second in the annual Cherryville Invitation al Tournament, held last week at two parks in Cherryville. The Kings Mountain club ad vanced to the finals undefeated, but dropped a pair to the Cherry ville All-Stars in the champion ship round, losing 9-.5 and 14-5, In the championship contest, KM jumped out front 5-0 in the first inning but the Cherryville club scored seven runs in the fifth and sixth racks to put the game out of reach. Four players from Kings Mountain were named to the All- Tournament team. They were pitcher Pete Peterson, infielder Bud Bumgardner and outfielders George Pittman and Ronnie Payne. the athletic contests. The 'Dog Club will promote in terest among youth and at the same time provide a club for yoting people who want to identi fy with the 'Bulklog Club and Gardnep-Webb athletics. Bill Elliott, pIX'sident of the club, states that membeiship changes and benefits have been made for the coming season. Some of these are: $10. Bulldog booster who has priority to pur chase tickets to games, receives a car decal, athletic schedules and bulletins from the Coaches; $35. includes all the above and also one ticket to all home football games in the Bulldog Club sec tion, one ticket in the general Bulldog Club section in basket ball and children have privilege of joining the 'Dog Club; $65, in cludes all the above benefits with the exception that the member’s wife is admitted on this card to all igames. The $100 membership Includes all the above plus reserv ed p-arking, reserved-numbered seats an.1 the option to buy addi tional Century Club seats at the race will got 1(H) points with each 30 position afterwards receiving four ol points less. 32 Normally, a double point event ' .' gives drivers near the top a chance to catch up with the Icad-' ';^ ers and it could happen .Saturday. 4o This is only a mathematical pro-' 50 bability, however, as the runners. 51 up would have to win and the ,53 current loaders go out very early 59 in order for a point leader to gQ change. Harry Gant of Taylorsville; 62 picked up 18 points on Richard 0,3 Brown in Claremont in the Sports-i 04 man ranks last week despite fin-| 05 ishing 15th after wrecking. Gant: gg now has .581 points to 510 fot’if-y Brown. Tommy Houston of Con- . over is a distant third with 4.58' points, but continues to lead theijO money parade with $4,981. 1 12 " I 73 Junior Crouch of Taylorsville; got 40 points for his sixth plate' ' finish in .Saturday’s Hobby fea-, ture, padding his lead over Henry Fames of Taylorsville by 26 £8 points. Crouch has .588 points to; 79 502 for Barnes. 1 80 I SI Steve Sipe of Taylorsville over-i took Les Carpenter of Hickory in! H- the Rookie ranks by winning last 88 week. He now lias S2S9 lo $270 84 for Carpenter. No point stand- 85 ings are kept in this division. 1-86 This week promoter Ned Jan'ett| §8 has cancelled all four heat races, oJ normally on the schedule in or-| Player Pos. Hgt. Wgt. Ricky Falls QB 5-10 1.50 Chuck Easley QB 6-1 16.5 Geeper Howard QB 6-0 170 Philbert Smith HB 5-11 170 Chuck Hoyle HB .5-6 1.35 Chuck Carpenter HB 6-0 145 Marshall Logan HB 5-9 140 David Bolin EB 5-9 160 Frankie Bell F'B .5-10 170 Randy Henderson End 5-8 1,30 Mike Blanton EB .5-9 165 Butch Kerns HB 5-7 1.30 Chris Blanton End 5-7 1.30 Charles Barnes HB 5-8 145 Laurin Whisnant C .5-11 175 Kenny Bridges C .5-5 1,35 Danny Oliver C 5-11 165 Rocky Ford C 5-3 1,30 Randolph Ross G .5-11 162 Nelson Jackson G 5-9 1,59 Mike Swofford G 5-6 142 David Putnam G 5-7 140 Mike Moss G 5-9 18,3 Arthur Cari’oll G 5-10 1,55 Dale Russell G .5-7 167 Gene Harris G 5-10 1,58 John Grier G 5-11 172 Wilson Ledfoi’d T 6-1 165 Gerald Herndon T 5-11 175 Steve Ingle T 5-10 182 Gary Henderson T 5-11 175 Larry Rayfield T 5-11 202 Luther Hicks T 6-1 200 Jacob Bridges T 6-2 178 Jerry Lovelace T 6-1 185 Bobby Ethridge E 6-1 1,55 Terry Putnam E 6-0 1,50 Gerald Owensby E 5-9 1,30 John Hogue E 6-0 150 Mike Kiser E .5-9 160 Jewel Watson E 6-1 1,55 Ray Hughes E 6-0 160 Steve Plonk E .5-9 148 Gerald Putnam E 6-3 180 Coaches: Bill Bates, Bill Cashion, Bob Hussey, country and western music show: featuring Bill Hefner and the: season ticket price. The $250-500. country Stylo Roundup team forj membership has all he above plus -yy-Bq-v in Charlotte. Hefner I #■ L U 111*11 A four reserved seats for both foot-Lis group will perforin immediate,; |Jt|l#p LOACn 1 0111 tlATD Will Ul6Gl ball and basketball. The $1,000 ly rfter the three feature races.) WWWWi a aaMai* mw mmm and above membership is the!q>hpre is no extra charge for the same as the S250-S500 except fori g^ow. there are six reserved seats for] both basketball and football. Checkers Will Play 36 At Home CHARLOTTE, N. C. An at tractive and challenging 36-igame home schedule was announced to. day by A1 .Manch, President of the Charlotte Checkers. The opening; season, game is slated for Oct. 17 la Fri-' day night) against Salem. At the defensive tackles. Bates said Larry Rayfield, Gerald Hern don and Jerry Lovelace have been impressive and the linebacker posts are being manned well by a pair of returning starters, soph omore Danny Oliver and junior Randolph Ross. Dale Russell, a promising soph omore, apparently has the middle juard spot nailed down. Five players have been im- ! -iressive in the defensive second* I uy: Mike Blanton, Philbert ! Smith, Frankie Bell, Charles 3aines and Bobby Ethridge. Offensively, the Mounties have ! depth in the backfield and Bates I says ”we have two sets of backs I ready to go.” j Curi-ently running first unit are I Geeper Howard at quarterback, I Smith and Barnes at halfbacks I and sophomore David Bolin at ; fullback. Running second unit are i Chuck Easley at quarterback, 1 Chuck Carpenter and Carl Fulton 1 at the halfbacks and Frankie Bell I at fullback. I Putnam, Hughes and Ethridge i are top candidates at offensive ends and Bates added that two sophomores, Chris Blanton and Steve Plonk, have also been im pressive. “They’re going to be real good football players,” said Bates, ’’hut they’re not quite ready.” lEatcs said a lot of work needs to be done with the guards. Rus sel), Ross, Arthur Carroll and John Grier arc top candidates and Bates says a tackle might be moved there. Lovelace, Herndon, Gary Hen derson and sophomore Steve In gle have been impressive at the tackle posts. Oliver’s still running first unit center and is being backed up by Laurin WItisnant and Kenny Bridges. “The spirit has been real high,” said Bates, “and that’s always a good indication of a promising DURHAM, N. C., - Seventy-six a group that is more indoctrinat-] football team. Our overall speed varsity footiiall hopefuls, tlie sec- ed to our approach. But wc can’t] jg beginning to p-ick up a little ond largest reporting stpiad in overlook the fact that key injur-) bit, too.” four years, will trot on to the ies could relegate us lo a much] The injury bug has eluded the upper field Friday morning be lesser position that has been fore.^Mountaineers thus far. fore the watchfu] eyes of coach cast for us in pre season prognos-i haven’t had to send a sin- Tom Harp as the Duke Blue D<’v ticalions.” . gle boy to the doctor yet,” said ils launch pre-season drills prep- Seventeen returning letterinen; jjates, "and that’s another thing aratory to the opening of the 1969 are included in tlie reporting that helps the team keep a good Class 2 4 3 4 4 3 2 2 3 2 4 3 2 4 4 4 2 2 3 o O 3 3 2 3 2 4 2 3 4 2 4 4 3 1 4 4 Lineups Almost Set; Still Weak At Couple Spots Kings Mountain High loach Bill Bates admits his Mo^- aineerS are still weak at a fe^ positions but he feels his cluh wll .je ready when it opens the 1969 leason here next Friday against non-conference foe Bessemer City. Since the opening of school ast Friday, the Mountaineers lave been working out once a iav and the lineups, both offens- vely and defensively, have begun lakilig shape. Both lineups are set with the “xception of a few p-ositions. riiere’s depth at most spots, something that has been missing the past few years. “Right naA-, we’re just about set,” says iBates. “Onr defense is a little ahead of our offense, but that’s nothing unusual. Boys nat urally like to play defense better than offen.se, especially in the line.” Presently, the big question marks are at ends and guards. ”We have depth at those posi tions,” says Dates, "but a lot of the boys are inexperienced.” Bates says he'll choose his starling defensive ends from throe players, Gerald Putnam, Ray Hughes and Johnny Hogue. Hughes, a junior, and Putnam, a senior, saw limited action last season when the Mountaineers finished 5-5. 76 Varsity Candidates On Friday group o-f 76. There are 1:5 seniors, fiame of mind.” Tile 76 varsity candidates will 14 juniors and 47 yes 47 sop-ho-; Bates said he’s been pleased be joined for the initial session mores, or players with Ihice years w-pb the club’s overall showing . by 41 members of the 1969 fresh- of varsity eligibility. and he expressed optimism of a Pres. Manch commented, This,^^^^ squad, giving Harp more a- While “What’s Up Front” will high finish in the Southwestern year’s schedule is very ®3Lsfae-i -b’ojies" than at any he of prime concern to Harp as conference standings, tory to us, especially in view since he took over the head he carefully scrutinizes the can- He said the football picture at the demand for Coliseum poaching reigns in 1966. didales for the offensive and de- kMHS “is better than it’s been < 11 reporting roster i.s topped tensive interior line positions, the last couple of years.” only by the 85 candidates wlio nine two year letter winners (six Kings Mounain fans can see were on hand for the first work- offense, three dcfen.sei will form the Mountaineers in action tonight out of the 1967 camp<ugii. .Seven- the nucleus of the te.am that will at Gardner-Webb College when ty-one players reported for the also be sprinkled lieavily with they participate in the annual first drill in 1966. Only 6.5 answer- sophomores, especially on de- "Pigskin Preview” along with ed the oix-ning day call in 1968, fense. ,\o less than 14 sophomores Gardner-Webb, Chase, Shelby and the fowest since 1958. Only 61 re- are listed on the first two defens- Crest. from all activities.” “I speak for myself and Coach Fred Creighton in that we are happy to have eight home con tests with Greensboro. Seven on Fridays, and one on a Saturday.” Creighton, now in his sixth sea son as coach of the Charlotte or- janization, noted that the away schedule, as usual, is taxing. How. ever, he pointed out the Northern swing will be made in early No- ported that year. ive units as practice begins. i Actually, all of the varsity and Heading the reporting roster^ freshman candidates are due in are junior quarlerhaek Leo Hart! camp Thiii'Siiay. The varsity will and linebacker Dick Biddle, tl«‘ undergo physical exams, draw'Blue Devils’ two returning All- vember. Traditionally the long their equipment and then Ix'on ACC performers a year ago. Hart iourney into Johnstown, Syracuse,Lgjjjj , picture, session in was the nation’s sixth best total Long Island, Clinton and Newl^yg^p Stadium at 4 p.m. A team offensive pei-lnrmer I2..3-10 yards) n,\TK TEAM Jersey is exhausting. Action gets underway at 7 p.m. Mountaineer Football Schedule i meeting is schedulerl Old rival Greensboro will first; . be met on Oct. 26 in the Gate 1" -^^o City. The first Charlotte Coliseum | ’ CENTER CANDIDATES — Kaniir ItMgMi Utt md Loutn Whis- nant ate among cAndldatea fet the center peeltiott ea the Kings Mountain High football team. RrhlgM, a senior, NlOred sparingly last season while Whisnant, also a senior, sOt out most of the sea son with on injury. Both are expected to see plenty of action this fall m the Meuntafneen try to Improee on thotr S-S rooord oi • riuirsday and Biddle averaged better tiian Sept. 20 tackle participations per game ,5 Bessemer City* an NCAA Other reluming offensive let- 12 Chase the s()uad termen are tiglil ond Jim Dearth. 19 East Rullierford , will UMW in .IKM< tHiiiipmenl for tackle Guy Johnson, center Boh 26 Belmont clash with •bf Generals will bei^^ three days, beginning Morris, guard Ken Bombard, wing Oct, on Oct. 31 Friday. The team will work at, ends Bob Hepler and Wc.s Cites-, 3 Cherryville ere Nash\ illc 3"^'I g.5,, 3 ^., 4110 p.m. and 8:10 p.m. son, fullbacks Don Baglien and 10 R-S Central . No contact work is permitted un- Phi! ,\saek, tailbacks John Cap- 17 .Shelby “.Now that Ihe schedule is com-! til Tuesday morning. pt'Ilano amt Pete .Schaffer and 2-1 Crest pleted we’re confidently embark-] “We’re anxious to get slarleri,’’ flanker Marcel CourtiUel. 31 Burns ing into the 1969-70 season,” saidi said Harp, “For the first time; Other defensire letter winners Nw. Pfesitient Manch. “It’s my feeling] since we’ve Iteon at Duke, we feel returning are ends Bob Shinn and| i Lineolnton we have one of our most reward- we can be on a competitive basis Gene DeBolt, linebacker ■)/’*'! inf Mooons in history.” [with all our opponents. We have]Compitello and safety DaveTriee.i have met Salem, Jacksonville on home ice. • Non-conferenee game. •*A1I games 8 p.m. PLACE HOME Away HOME HOME Away Awav HOME Away HOME HOME
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