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1969 ri Thursday, September 25, 1969 KINGS MOUNTAIN HERALD. KINGS MOUNTAIN. N. C. ^ Pag* ? Jr. Ins ns. Jr, tor ^erage fron y this iai we 1 ! win- Bsitate in and ^iidge- ison, I lolds itions he air !xperi- ;s, but from Herald Sports Mountaineer Fumbles Lead To 7-6 Defeat New Cars Clash At Charlotte, Old Dominion Set For Sunday Daytona and Talledega are coming to Charlotte Motor Speedway. It’s not a merger of the super .speedways In the Florida and Alabama cities with Charlotte Motor Speed way. It's a pair of sleek stock racing cars named after the wo giant speedways. The new Dodge Daytonas and Ford’s fast-back Tallod- ?gas will match laps in the tenth annual National 500 at !!^harlotte Motor Speedway, Sunday, Oct. 12. It will be the ’irst full-fledged meeting of the two on a super speedway lince the introduction of the new Dodge Daytona was ;ainted by a driver withdrawal at the inaugural Talledega )00 at Alabama International Motor Speedway. Defending National 500 champion Charlie Glotzbach leads the Dodge Daytona entry list in the $115,820 evenll ' )ver the nation's most scenic 1' :;-mile track. Glotzbach ?stablished a National 500 last year with a winning average ;peed of 135.324 m.p.h. Glotzbacp’s Victory was the third 'onsegutive Dodge win in the National 500. It was Glotzbach’s- first major race victory. Buddy Baker, the 1967 winner, will also drive a Daytona, as will: popular Bobby Allison and the NASCAR circuit’s leading ^ tvinner, Bobby Isaac, who is looking for his first super ^ipeedway victory in a major race. Isaac has grabbed 13 j 'Grand National victories this season. ! The season’s leading money winner, Lee Roy Yar-^ brough heads the Ford Talledega entries. Yarbrough has won six super speedway events and a record total ofi $165,525. David Pearson, who has also won more than $100,000, will also drive a Talledega as will Donnie Allison,! the qualifying record holder (159'.296), and perennial favo rite Richard Petty, winner of 100 Grand National events during his career. Last year’s leading money winner Cale Yarborough will be at the wheel of the Wood Brothers Mercury. Yar borough, winner of the Atlanta 500 and Motor State .500 this season, will join Petty in seeking their first Charlotte Motor Speedway victory. Time trials get underway '^Vednesday, Oct. 8, with ten positions up for grabs including the coveted pole. Ten ad-! ditional positions will be open Thursday and Friday with eight positions set by time trials Saturday. A SO-mile i qualifying race vvill determine the final six starting posi tions Saturday at 3:30. j The foot is still a biij |>art of football. East Rutherford kicking spe cialist, Tommy Perry, showed it here Friday night when his point after touchdown gave the Cava liers a 7-6 vietory over Kings {fountain in a Southwestern con test. The contest was plagued by a wet fiel,1 and seven Kings Moun tain fumbles and East capitalized on one of the Mountaineer fum bles for its score. The Cavaliers di'ove only 26 yards for its winning touchdown late in the third period, with 170- pound halfback .\iiko Nanney go-i Ing over from the three. | East Rutherford's score erased ■a 60 KM lead. The .Mountaineers forged ahead with 52 secon.ls left in the first half when quar terback Geepcr Howard eomplel- ed a 65 yard scoring pass to end 2ubby Ethridge. However, K.M tried to pass for a two-point conversion and it fail, ed. It marked the sixth straight time that the Mountaineers had missed on their point-after touch down attempt. The .Mountaineers played a bang-up defensive game, but their offense sputtered, esp(‘cially in the secon<i half wlien they were held without a first down. Kings Mountain lost two fum hies the -same as East in the first half, but fumble<i the hall awa> five limes in tlie second half, four times inside their own 20 yard line. “You can't cough up the foot ball foui times inside the 20 and expect to win,’’ comme;.i<‘d K.M Coach Hill Hat<‘s after the game Senior halfback F^hilberl Smith was the game's leading rusher ivvith H3 yards-in 12 carries, but, as a team, the Mountaineers man aged only H4 yanis on the grouml. ■Sophomore fullback David Bo lin picked up 14 yards in five eairies, wingliack Charles Barnes added 11 in seven tries and How ard was minus 24 yards in 11 carries. Kings Mountain drove 81 yards for its touchdown, covering the <lri\e in six plays, Howard com pleted two of eight passes for the game and both came in the TD march. Besides his Ga-yard TD loss to Ethridge, he also isim- pit teil a five-yard pilch to Smith. In the second half, the Moun. tainecis got possi'ssion of the pigskin eight limes and they fum bled it away five limes. The •Mountaineeis move.l into East territory only onee an<l that was following a short punt. It look East five plays with! the aid of a six-yard i»enalty a-; gainst KM for a personal four—i to drive 26 yaixts for its winning tally. The KM penalty gacc theCav aliers a first-and-goal from the six and on the second play from scrimmage Nanney went in for the score, with 2:3.5 left in the third period. For the Cavaliers, it was their third straight win, altliough they have S<i)red only 21 points. They posted 7-6 an I 7-0 vietoiies over Tuscola and Lincolnlon, respect ively. iH'fore heating the Moun- taineei-s. It was Kings Mountain’s .second straight loss after a 24.0 opening .season win over Bessemer City, and it was also KM’s -second straight loss to a Rutherford County team. Both defensive units proved ex tremely tough. For K.M, defensive halfback .Mike Blanton led the way as several times he broke through to toss the East backs for big losses. Linebacker Danny Oliver, tackle •Steve Ingle, end Gerald Putnam along with backs .Smith anc Barnes, also stood out defensive Iv for the Mounties. Still Winless In Conference Play, Mountaineers Host South Point Team Kin.gs Mountain’s Mountaineers, still seeking their first victory in Southwestern Conference play, host Soulli Point of Belmont Fri day night at ,s p.m. The Raiders carry a 2-1 record into the ,->me and are favored. South Point is currently tied for the SWC’s Division Two lead with Shelby and East Rutherford. Kings Mountain Coach Bill Bates said he plans no lineup changes, except maybe for alter nating more than he has during the first three games. Tfie Mejntaineers will be try ing to break a two game losing streak while South Point will be .attempting to snap hack from a 21-14 loss to South Rowan last week. Like the Mountaineers, South Point was plagued by fumbles last week, losing five, and both teams will be spending a lot of time in trying Vo solve that prob lem. "After looking at the film of last week’s game, I believe the fumbles were a result of not playing tight enough on a wet night," said Bales. The Mountaineer.s lost seven fumbles in their 7-6 loss to East Rutherford, after losisg four in the 35-6 defeat at Chase two weeks ago. Coach Bates, after going over films on South Point, said he was pai'ticularl.v impressed with the Raider’s quarlerhack, Rick Cher- r.v, an 1 one of their linebackers, Burt Broadway. “Cherry has come into his own this year," said Bates of the 220- pound Raider senior. "1 think he tiirows I he ball as well as any quarleiback in oar conference." In South Point's first two vic tories over Cheiryville and Ciest - Cherry liit on 17 of 21 passes and both Soutli Point Kaichdowns against .South Rowa:i last week were a result of his ri^lil arm. ■Bates said Broadway, who transferred to South Point from Ciamerton, "does a real good job in pursuit." The Raiders sj>ort an explosive l>acktiel i, led by Cherry’s pass ing and the runing of halfbacks Danny Clawson and Ronnie Boyles and fullback Jerry Camp bell. Don Davis, who score;! 96 points last 5 car as a sophomore at Cra Ninety or more cars will start moving into Martinsville Speedway today for q big weekend of racing capped by Virginia’s fall classic, the M6,685 14tji annual Old Domin ion 500 NASCAR Grand National race on Sunday. Fort.v-.six Grand National cars are entered for the 250- mile, 500-lap battle on Sunday while 44 modifieds have joined the field lor the 100-lap NASCAR national cham pionship race on Saturday. The speedway opens for action today with practice in both divisions while Grand Natiofisl qualifying gets under way Friday with the first 20 startinE'positions for the Old Dominion 500 to be decided in time triais. The drivers will be shooting for the track Grand National qualifying record of 78-260 miles per hour set here in April by Bobby ARLson of Hueytown. AJq„ in 3 1969 Dodge. Allison, pobby Isaac of Catawba, N. C., and Buddy Balter of Cherlotfe, N.C.. will lead the Dodge forces in the race that ranks as the richest 250-mile Grand National in NAgCAB hiatory. Ford will counter with its potent lineup of Richard Petty of Randleman, North Carolina, David Pearson of Spartanburg, S.C., Donnie Allison of Hueytown, Ala., and LeeRoy Yarbrough of Columbia, S. C., while charging Cale Yarborough of Timmonsville, S. C., carries the Mercury banner. Petty has seven Grand Na.tional wins in all on this half- mile track and has taken four of the last five races here. ; He is seeking his third in a row after capturing last fall’s ■Old Dominion 500 and the spring Virginia 500. Cale Yar borough, who won the 1968 Virginia 500, is the only other ; active Grand National driver who can claim a win here. The remainder of the 40-c,ar starting field will be de cided in a 20-lap qualif.ving race on Saturday that shares the spotlight with the 100-Jap NASCAR national champion ship modified race. Seven of the top ten drivers in the NASCAR national modified standings are entered including point leader Jerry Cook of Rome, N. Y., and the current runner-up and two- tirne national champion Carl “Bugs” Stevens of Rehoboth. Mass. Cook won the spring Dogwood 500 and will be among the favorites while another hot battle looms be tw*en Stevens and flying Ray Hendrick of Richmond, Va. The modified race will serve as a hot preliminary^tc the speedway’s final event of the season—the Cardinal 50C national championship duel on November 2. Only the 40 fastest Grand National cars will start ir Sunday’s Old Dominion 500 and $10,000 plus lap and qual ifying awards and 25,000 King Korn stamps await the win ner, The race gets the green flag at 1 p.m. layvees Blank i I Burns By 26-0. I Host Trojans I The Kings Mountain Higii lay vees, sporting a perfect 24) o\cr- ;tll rccoid and a 1-0 Sc jthwestern i Conference maH;, jjl-ay host to I always-lough Cliase today (Thurs- !day) at John Gamble Stadium. ^ ' The Little Mountaineers are' frtili from a 26-0 conference vic- . lory over Burns and are seeking their third sliaight shutout. The Little Mounties also own a 7-0 non-league win over Crest. j 'Wingback Frankie Stokes scor- ! ed ... loucliflowns and was the game’s top rusher as Coach Blame Froneberger's forces ran i ougli- ; shod over Burns last week. Stokes is expected to he llie of- ; tensive ringleader again today ' while Coach Fronel)erger also ; looks for another stellar defens ive effort. Today’s game will be tlie Litlle, Mountaineers’ last home contest: until Oct. 16 when R-S Central, comes to town. Next Tliurs.lay, > the Little Mounties travel to East | Rutherford and the following; week they take on Crest on thei road. 4. merton, will probably play Friday , niglit. He silt out the first two games after undergoing surgery' during the summer, and played sparingly last week against South [ Rowan. | "If Davis is back," .said Bates, "tlial'll give them more depth in! tlte barklield which will make it' that much tougher for us." Cherry’s favorite tai-get -so far has biH'n split end, Rodney Knowles, liul he also uses his backs as pass receivers. In fact, his touchdown passes last week went to Clawson, a sopliomore, and Campbell. “They've got a good ball club," said Bates. "They hit real well and also do a real good job on de fense." Before the season started, Bates predicted that the Raiders wnul be in the running for the .“sWC titie In ronferenie play, llio- hatl little tiouble in defeating Cher, ryville 21-0 and CiesI .312. Kings Mountain will be fying for Its second straight victory a- gainst the Raider.s. KM «on last year's meeting, 20-14. South Point’s only win in history over KM came in 191)7 at John Gamble qt-iriiom when the Raiders took a 12-7 decision. Meunlaineex Gridgrnoh tK ■h ^ / V)’V '''I .■iH' s 4» ffA w % SOPHOMORE STANDOUT — David Bolin, above, who quarter- backed last year's Jayvee team to a 6-2 season, has been moved to fullback on the varsity and has done a good job tor the Moun taineers. He'll open on offense Friday night when South Point pays a visit to John Gamble Stadium. virst Downs 9 7 Yards Rushing 117 84 Passes 2-8 2-8 Passing Yardage 41 70 Passes Intercepted 1 1 Fumbles Lost 2 7 Punts 5-28.2 5-27.2 Yards Pepaliied 5 30 SCORE BY QUARTERS East Rutherford 0 0 0 7—7 Kings Mountain 0 B 0 0—6 KM PUSHING Plover Carries Net Yds. Smith 12 83 Bolin 5 14 7 11 Howard H -24 KM PASSING Player Att. Comp. Yds. TD Howard 8 2 70 1 I RECEIVING Player Caught Yds. TD Ethridge I 65 1 Smith 1 SO MOUNTAINEER END—Junior Ray Hughes has been a standout at both offensive and deteiisive end for Kings Mountaineers. He's expected to start at offensive end Friday night when the Moun taineers play host to South Point's Red Raiders. Rocky Goforth Signs With Gaiton College ASC Elections Set Thursday The county convention where farmer-chosen delegates will elect farmers to fill vacancies on the Cleveland County Agricultural stabilization a n d Conservation Committee will be held Thursday, September 25. at 10 a.m. in the Cleveland County ASCS Office, tccording to Charles J. Hamrick, 'hairman. County ASC Commit- ee. The convention wilj be open to he public. Any person interested n observing the voting procedure nay attend. However, only farm-' “I'-delegates to the convention Tiay participate in the election irocess. The election will be by '.ecret ballot. j 'County committeemen are elect-1 d for 3-,year staggered terms, ■nd the service of each county ommitteeman is limited to three I onsecutive terms. Chairman. ilamrjck said. First and second I Iternale committaemen are also I 'lected, each for a l year term. : I Eligibility to vote or hold of- ipe as a committeeman is not re- trietPd by reason of sex, race, >lor, religion, or national origin, '\e Chairman emphasized, and he dded that other details as to ■jalifications of candidates are ■vailable at the County ASCS Jfficc. Chairman Hamrick urged all \SC farmer-delegates to be sure 0 attend the coqnty convention, rhe delegates were automatically ■hosen as convention delegates .vhen they were exacted recently by their farmef-neighbors to serve as community A.SC committee men for the coming year. Cnlbertson Hot With 368 Set Thuisday and 407 Monday Night - Richard Culbertson must have had his lucky rabbit’s foot in his' pocket in bowling trips to Moun tain Lanes this past week. | Thursday night, the classy Cul-! bertson tallied a 368 set only to see his team drop four games to Ranny Blanton’s team, then on Monday night, Culbertson scored a 497 set in his team’s 3-1 loss to Ronnie Culbertson. In a nutshell, the rabbit’s foot worked for Ricliard but not for his team. In action, Monday, Culbertson led off with a 144 game, then scored a 127 and finishtKi with a 136. Mack Ellis was high scorer for the winning Ronnie Culbert son team with a 156 line and 371 set. Last Thursday, Richard led off with a 113 line, then finished with 122 and 133 games in his team’s; loss to Blanton. Betty Hullender’s 132 line and 361 set topped the winners. | In the only other match played Thursday, John Dilling’s team won three games over Clyde Cul bertson. Dilling led the way with a 129 line anj 334 set while Cul bertson topped his team wi)h a 125-348. In other action Monday night. Clyde Culbertson rolled a 143 line and John Dilling added a 350 set as Dilling Heating took four games from Plonk Oil Co. Clar- •'ncp Plonk led the losers w-ith a 13R364. M il Ramsey’s 1.36 line and ,375 set led Rov’s Mustang to a 4-0 win over Vincent’s .Service Sta tion. Hi'rli scorer for the losers wa.s Boh Ramsey with a 124 .342. Jenny Oates grabbed scoring | honors in la'dies league play Thiee- j day night, bowling a 145 line and 339 set as Oates Shell won four' t games over American Legion.' Becky Barnett led the losers with' a 101-308. Betty Fite's 108 line and 297 se led Mountaineer Pharmacy to a 4-0 win over Griffin Drug. Ed na Bowen scored a 111-294 lor the losers. j Plonk Brothers won four games off McGinnis Furniture. Barbara Miller had a 118 line and f21 to lead the way for the winn/rs; while Charily Tignor’s 110 line and Ethel Tignor’s 297 set topped the losers. I In the Firestone League last Friday, C.V.S. won four games over the Tubes as Mack Ellis! scored a 148 line and 365 set. The Tires blanked the Radios, 4-0, as Bob Ramsey had a 110-3111 and the Spares and Strikes split a four-game set. Cloninger Member Of Battalion 74 (12HL933401) VIETiNAM IFH- TNCl Sept. 15 - Construction Mechanic Construction Apprentice Mervin L. Cloninger, USN, son of Mr. and Mrs. G. B. Cloninger of Route 1, Bessefner City, N. C., js serving with Naval Mobile Con struction Battalion 74 in Vietnam.; Just prior to departing for Viet nam the Battalion helped with rescue and clean-up operations in )ulf coasf cities hit by hurricane Camille. The battalion is now on its third deployment to Vietnam. Itsi duties wil] include the building of nperitional an^ living facilities! for IT. S. troops in the Quang Tri area, I The battalion also carries onj numerous civic action programs | with the South Vietnamose poo-. pie. I Blanton Named Player oi Week Mike Blanton has been name<l Fulton’s player of the week for his outstanding defensive per formance in last week’s 7-6 loss to East Rut hei ford. i Blanton, a 165 pound senior de fensive halfback, made numerous Individual t.ackles and assisted on several others in what wa.s prob ably KM’s best defensive effort of the season. ■Several times Blanton broke through the fast offensive line to throw Cavalier hacks for big losses. As a yesult of being named the week’s top pla.ver, Blanton will receive a free gift from the men’s department of Fulton’s. Central Team Plays Monday In Shelby The Central Junior High Patri ots travel to Slielby Monday niglit for an 8 o’clock game against the tough Blue Devils. ifie Patriots, seeking anotlier banner season under coaclu-s Por ter Griggs, Barry Gilison and John Blalock, were scheduled to host Belmont yesterday afternoon b.ut gray skies threatened |>osl- ponejpent of the conti'sl. Kim Bumgarner, a 135-poimd eighth grader, is sche iuled to open at quarterh.nek for the Pa triots, with Tal) Bridges, Jimmy Fitts and David Carroll set to go at the running backs. Up front, the Patriots will ls> led by the likes of Butch Blalock David Lee and David Wayne Bell,, John Schenck, John Springer, A1-: an Hastings, Roy Putnam, and. others. i The Patriots play at Grier in G«stonia on Oct. 8, then return home for their final three games of the season, playing Marion, Cramerton and Shelby. Rocky Goforth, the sizzling southpaw wlio U I Kings Moun tain’s -Mountaineer baseball li'am, to the state 3 A championsliip last sprin;. will hurl for Gaslon Col-l lege next year. | Gofoith, along with .severa | other high sehool stars from the! Southwestern Conference, have ^ been signed by Gaston Coach Dcai j Burroughs and have already en : rolled at GC. | Along with Goforth from lb. i SWe who ha\e se;ne<) with | ton are southpaw pitcher Alan Lindsay of Cheri yville, right hand pitcher John Colvard of Lincoln ! ton, and catcher-out fielder Sam Rumfeit of Belmont. e'..,,! v' -. ROCKY GOFORTH, who posted a 13-1 record for KMHS in base ball lost spring, has enrolled ot Gaston College, along with sev. eral other Southwestern Confer ence stars. Goforth hurled KM to the state 3-A championship lent spring. Others landed by Burroughs in clude outfielJers Johnny and Tommy Seagle of Lowell and righthand pitcher John Schwartz of Gastonia Ashley. All three play ed legion l)al| for Gaston Post 2.3. which ousted Kings Mountain, three games to two, en route to the Area Four championship. Goforth w.as All-Southwestern .’onference and All-Slate in post ing a 13-1 record for KMHS last spring. His only loss was a 1-0 decision to Lindsay and Cherry- villo late in the regular season. Goforth won 11 straight games before llial loss to Cherryville, then bounced back to buq -the Mountaineeis to a 6-0 victor.v over Ncwton-Conovei' and a 2-0 nod over Statesville in the state pla.Miffs. Ajainst Statesville, in the championship game, he gave up only one bit and was named the game’s most valuable player. He was also the recipient of the John Moss Award, which annually goes to the team's most valuable play er. In three years at KMHS. Go forth posted a brilliant 22-2 rec ord, the best mat k of any pitcher in the history of the school. In hi.gh school and legion ball com bined this past season, he was 2.5-4, with a 13-1 mark in high school and a 12 3 record in legior hall. Goforth, who was scouted by some major league clubs, weigh ed several college offers Ijefore deciding on Gaston College. He reportedly narrowed his decision to four schools - Gaston, Gard- i ner-Webb, Belmont Abbey and ' Newhe-rv before reaching hit final decision. i At Gaston. Goforth will join a former teammate in the high school and legion ranks — out- ; fielder Gene Putnam who is in I his sophomore ,vear at GC. Put- ; nam and Goforth starrt'd on the isame teener league team which i won the state title and finished ' third in tlte nation in 1966.
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