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Mounties Beaten
By Shelby, 3-1
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McKinney Is Speaker
^For Bulldog Banquet
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BOILING SPRINGS — Iloraco
“Bones” McKinney, head coadi of
tlie American Basketball entry
Carolina Cougars will be the
principal speaker at the annual
All Sports Banquet of Gardner-
Webb College.
The banquet is set for Saturday
the person who has done the most
to perpetuate the athletic pro
gram at Gardner-Webb.
Outstanding aliiletes in each
sport at the college will be hon
ured and there will be other a-
v. ards given.
Since this i.< GardnerWebbV
I first year as a genior college there
nij-ht, May 9tli, at 7 o’clock lii the?; „„ seniors to receive a-
Charles I. Dover Campus Center. i^-spite this tact the
McKinney has led the young school’.^ aliiletic year has been
Ctiugars to great heights in tlie. highly successful. Outstanding
American Basketball Association. ‘ .seasons have resulted in the play
They not only played some out
standing basketball, but are con
sidered one of the most colorful
teams in professional basketball.
This has been due to the unique
coaching ability of McKinney.
One of the highllglits of the
ot tiu* badscfball, baseball, and
golf. Tliest' liiret' teams have
more than held their own among
other .senior colleges in the area.
Tiio basketball team under
Coach Eddie Holbrook, fini.shed
with a 19-0 record and the base
night will he announcement of; ball team is o.rrently Id-*! and
the Bulldog of the Year Award. ■ tlie gcj^f team is undefeated i4i
This honor is given annually to match play.
After Long Layoff,
Cooper Racing Again
CONCORD — A 'long period of victim to a crash after a fender-
inactivity is never good for any . to-fender confrontation at a
•athlete, whether it be a race Gastonia speedway two years a-
driver, a football -player or a ; go. He suffered serious injur-
ibasketibaM player. A long layoff ies which hosp.taJized him for a
^because of Injuries usually com- lengthy stay and threatened to
Two-Rnn Fiftli
Gives Visiton
Eleventh Win
Kings Mountain's Mountaineers
gave undefeated Shelby one of its
closest calls of titc .season here
FYiday afternoon but the Golden
•Jons came up with two runs in
the fifth inning for a 3-1 South
western Cojiference victory.
The win left Shelby at 11-0 in|
conference play and dropped the
defending champion Mountain
eers to 3-8.
i
King-j Mountain spotted the
Lions an unearned run in tlie first,
inning but came back to tie it |
at l-all in the third on David;
Bolin’s long double and a single.'
by Tim Eciiols. |
Shel.by won if in tl^o fifth with
two outs on back-to-back doubles;
by Robbie Reynolds and Tim Peel-*
er. i
Sophomore David Cooke went
the distance for Shelby, scattei
Ing .seven hit.s. Bolin, Kchol.s ana
Gerald Herndon had two hit«
each for tlic Mountaineers and ‘
Philip Francis had one hit. :
off Bobby.
MOUNTAINEER TROPHY WINKERS — Here are the KMHS cogers who won trophies at the annual
Kiwanis Club basketball banquet Thursday night. Left to right are Otis Cole, most valuable play
er; Steva Gladden, best free throw shooter; Coach Bob Hussey. UNC Coach Dean Smith. Andteo
Huffstetler, girls MVP and best free throw shooter, and Philip Francis, winner of the leadership
oward.
Gladden
Cole, Francis,
3:;:iHuffstetler Win Trophies
SOPH STANDOUT — Tim Ech-
ols, above, hos performed well
in a sophomore role for KM's
baseball team this spring. Ech-
ols is one of the team's top hit
ters.
plicates matters.
Something went wrong with
that theory, though, where Doug
Cooper is concerned. That much
was obvious at Speedworld at
Charlotte’s Metrolina F a i r-
gmunds on Friday and again on
Satuixlay at Con'cord.
And as a result, the Gastonia
native will be amorijr the favored
few this weekend as the Super-
sports stock cars of the Ameri-
tan Racing Association resfcime
battle at Speedworld in Charlotte |
on Friday n ght and at Concoi’d j
Speedl.vay here Saturday night. '
Cooper competed at both half - ;
mile clay tracks last weekend, i
getting his warmup in brother I
Bob Cooper's Chevelle in the
season - opening program at
SpeediNvorld. Then, on Saturday,
he began disproving that old
theory about layoffs finishing
fifth dn a highly-competitive
field and wining a new fireproof
drivej-'s uniform in addition to
his cash prize.
“It feJt just like it used to,”
sa d Cooper, who fought in side-
il>y-side fashion with (Billy Scott
for most of the 40 lap feature. “I
feel like 'I am ready to go again.”
i Cooper, a veteran of the area
short tracks at a young age, fell
Bulldogs Ink
Doug lolley
'BOILING SPRINGS — Doug Jol
ley. an all-state ba.sketball play
er from Kingsport, Tenn. has sign
ed a four year grant-in-aid to play
basketball for Gardner-Webb Col
lege.
Jolley led his teammates at
Dohyn.s-Bennett High School to a
season’s record of thirty wins and
only five defeats. The team plac
ed third ill Ihe .state tournament
before b(‘!ng knocked off by the
.state champions, Cameron High
of Nashville.
Jolley is .six foot seven inches
tall and weighs 220 pounds. He is
the son of Mr. and Mr.^. Rabcr*
Jolley of Kingsport.
Following the state tournament
in Nashville, Jolley was named
to the all tournament team. HLs
season average of shooting from
the floor was better than fifty
IH'rcent. i
His high school nneh. Buck Van'
Huss. colled Jolley one of the I
“fine.st basketball players in high j
school in Tennessee.” j
Young Jolley U not only a good
basketball player, but he ma(lc|
a .score t)f more tlian ICKM) on hisi
f college board tests. Ho plans toi
major in business administration j
at Gttrdner-Webb. I
, end his drivimg career forever.
I Tlie accident came at an un-
; fortunate time, for Cooiper 'had
! already established a name for
himself in Sourheastern stock
car circles. He showei a lot of
promise on NASCAR’s presli-
goous Grand National circuit and
received several awards, among
tliom the Rookies of the Year
trophy. Lie was classed as a fav
orite immediately apon his re
turn to his hometown short
tracks.
"But then, after the accident,
we didn’t ftMd Doug would ever
drive again.” explained Bob,
who diives the No. 02 Chevelle
h mself on occasions. “\Ve sim-
play didn’t know how thin^r
would turn out but at the time
we felt that Doug would 'be okay
physically again.”
Now Cooper is “okay” on the
track again also and while it
may be a bonus for the brothers,
the successful return promises
nothing tout trouble for the oth
er Supersports drivers.
They will go at it aigam Fri
day night with a six-event pro
gram at Sipeedworld, beginning
at 8 o’clock after practice and
warm- ips starting at 6. A simila
card is on tap at Concord Sat
uiday evening.
Amcmg Cooper’s most seriou
‘'hallengers w 11 be Vic Geon;«(
fligto Point, wdio won Satur
iay night’s feature here In e
19T0 Mustang; consistent veteran
Ralph Earnhardt of Kannapolb
in-a 1970 Camaro; iHaywooj Ply-
ler of Kanapolis in a 1967 Ford-
Curtis Edwards of Charlotte in c
Chevelle; and Billy Scott of
Union, S. C. in a Chevelle.
The ARA program at each
tra)nk w M include events for tV
novice Charger drivers also.
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Setzef Winnei
At Hickory.
Allison Second
Hickory — Ned Setzer fended
off Grand National star Bobby
Allison Saturday night to win the
wreck-marrod feature race at
Hickory Spt'edway.
Allison moved alongside the
Claremont driver late in the race
but was never able to wrest a-
vvay tlie lead. In four races, in
the young season, no driver has
managed to repeat as a winner.
Stale champion Harry Gant
suffered teeth damage and a brok
en toe in a splintering headon
collision with three laps to go in
the race. Jimmy Lineberger had
crashed into the wall and was
motionless on the track when he
A as hit headon by Gant.
Bob Pressley of Asheville, lead
er in the dual track Western
North Carolina ChampionsKlp be-
ween Hickory and New Asheville
Speedways, was third.
The race card was official al
though rain prevented the run
ning of the Limited Sportsman
nnd Rookie feature events. Both
will bo double-features on the
jpeedway’s next racing program
Jeannio Lail, a fashion college
graduate from. Newton, won the
‘Mi.ss Hickory Speedway” title,
'ir.^t runnorup was Slieila Beard,
a former “Miss Maiden”.
Shelby got 10 hits
Sthridge and Chuck
Ethridge, wlio startcnl,
losing pitclior.
R('ynoId.s. P(.*olor and ;::np
had two hits apicoo tor the Lion.s. j
Score by innings: R H E| otis Colo topped off a i)riniant ridge, Roger/ .T;*\v('l Whl-^ It was Cole’s second ;\1VP award
Shelby 100 020 0 3 10 1 senior season Thursday nigiil by s^n. Antly NeMcr and (’liurk Kos-. this Kea.«oii. IIo liad earlier been
001 000 0 1 7 5, laying claim to tlie most valuajde ley. * named Die vJuNtandiiiiT player in
player trophy at tlic fifth annual In addition, Odo, Barnes and the annual .Mariuti I'ivitan Cla^v
Kiwanis Club basketball banquet Francis received .\H Soiiih Ae.iern ic.
held at the KMHS ralcleria. i ConforcJice av.rodc and Col' re , During hi.-; three-year var>i.'
It was an All-Senior Night as ceived a certificate Un being; career, the G-2 Cole was Al/Con
far as presentation of trophies niined Honorahiv ^^enlio^ AH- ference throe limes, All-Count>
was concerned. Andrea HuHslel-; America by Coacli and Alhlide
ler won the girls MVP Award and: M:igazine.
Best Free Throw Shooter av\ ird,; Dean Smith, head ha.sketl'iall
Philip Francis won tlie Leader- roach at th(* Univ(*r.-.ily of NorDi
ship Award and Stevi* Gladden Carolina, was gue.-.l .'•peaki'r f.<i
was the Best Free Throw Sliooter the event and lie had liigh praise
on the boys tearri. ^ ' for Coaeli Bo!> Ilii.'-sey and his In the conference scoriiv
All seniors receive/! plaques: MounTainerrs for tiieir 23-1 roe- each of those sea.son.s,
Five girls and nine boys were in ^ ord of this past season and a 05-7 Gladden, who averaged 81.6
eluded in that group: Andrea: mark over tiie pasl tliree years. from the foul line, was a two-year
Huffstetler, GinEno- Finger. P;an| Others particip.af ing in the pro-; st:irier at forward for the .Moun-
Lce, Debbie Timm';. .Sheila Oliver. 1 gram included KAT Schooh: Sliji-j taineers and was one of the
Otis Cole, Steve Gladden. CTiarlos j erintendont Don .Tone-;, KATHS team’.s most improved players
Barnes, Phil Francis, Bobby Elh- Principal Jake Atkinson, former ihij year.
I KMII.S Catch Don Parker, wh- ore '
: senied plaque'* the .stuiiors.j
j Coaches and Blaine Fn)ne ,
I berger. wIK’ prsented Du tro-
] phics. Chuck K;*s]ey, wlu' 'Ta’.c|
: the invocation and (’atin Wilson,|
I who provided special music. i CHARLOTTE - - W.hat >a as
Colo, who sot solinol soorins: consiclorod a pas5t;mo for
' records of 30 points for a sinylo,kjds has now become a big-
; game and 1.202 point.-yor hi.-. ea-|'‘me competitive- sport with h;g
j rcor, received a standilur b\ation
ICaipenterGoes
I Distance. Whips
Central Crew
I Kiu'ts Mountain’s Mountain-
I broke out of their losing
vVays 'll home T^e-jday aflei -
I noon, wh pping U S Central 3-1
1 in a Souiimestern Confi renee
■ contest.
Junior righthander Chuck Car-
I pintcr went the distance for the
Mountaineei.s, hurling his second
straight vloloiy. Ho had defeat
ed Burns in his outing, 3-2
:n nine nnings.
Carpent(‘r got nine-hit support
‘rom his icammaK'S. who came
^ack to win after si>ottiiig the
.liMlopiX’js a 1-0 lead in the
ux'ond inning. The Alonnties lied
t at 1-all 'n the third on David
iDim's run-scoring single Dien
wo unearned tallies later in the
•.env' f.nme provide ' the margin
.'f victory.
Bolin, i^hilip Fr ’
fi.’.rr bed two h ' '
'ciul the KM halt: 0"'n
’f Francis’ hits . ’la
vh: h starit'd the rel-
■y. Grafton Withf*;-- fiad a
louble an 1 GcrakI Herndon and
Danny Ila.tsoe got the other
vvo hits both singlc.s.
Il-S Central got only three hits
Mf Carpenter. Tiie Ilillloppers’
only run was unearned.
The victory was the second for
Die Mountaineers over their
Rutheiforl Cornty foe. The
Mounties won earl er in Spindale,
i-2. in a contest in which Bobby
Ethridge hurUni a one-hitter.
Coach B(^b Hussey takes his
Mountaineers to Crest Friday
for a rcmatcli. The Mounties will
b.' seeking revenge as Crest won
I tn oaDier battle 5-4, when the
I Chargers’ Bill Cameron cracked
pa r of home runs and drove
:C Mtn.
Cook and Heffner; Ethridge,
Carpenter (5) and Bolin.
Hit-O-Rama
Set Saturday
The American LK'gion -has an
other Hil-O-Rama scheduled for
Saturday afternoon at 2 o’clock
it City Stadium.
Charlie Carpenter, athletic of-1
fileer for Post 155, said that any
oungs-ter 13 or over is welcome
o attend. Former iiigh school
tnd legion ^tars wiU be on hand
o throfw batting practice and
jive tips.
twice and All-Slatt* once*. !!<•
. playe I every prxsiDon on tin* c.)Uii
and siood out on defense* as well
as oflense.
He led his team in scoring the
pa.st two years, finishing second
race in
\
■n four laliie.5.
Franci.-:. liie J.enV'ship Award
winner, avc'rngeri ID point.s per
.game thi'* yen and W’a.s .second
I only to Cole in fiel! goal aeeura-
I ey. hitting almost 50 poreent of
his shots.
In reference ta the team, Huss
ey commented, “The seniors on
this team were llie mo.st dedicat
ed bunvh of boys that Tvo ever
ix>aehed. And I was rloser to tliem
1 than any other .group ^ I’ve had
because we’ve been togetlter .sinje
liiey wore sopliomores.
“if you’d s<'e Diis group walk
ing down llio street, you’d swear
there’s not an athlete in the _
hunah.” added Hussey. “They
dcn’l have the phy^iieal qualitie.s
it lakes, but what they lack in
talent they make up for it in
heart. They’re winners."
Kings
Team
Mountain Track
In Two Victories
WBTV To Televise Finals In
Putt-Putt Golf Tourney May 3
J
\ money. The ^port is the
Georgia Star
!!ipis With C-W
BOILING SPRINGS, N. C. — A
Dx foot, three hich. 220 pound
tackle, Ronnie Friedell, of College
Georgia, has indicated that
le will accept an Invitation to
Olay football for Gardner-Webb
College next Fall.
Bulldog Coaeh George Litton
•aid Friedell .sl/ould be a fine ad-
lit ion to the Bulldog grid team,
■^riedell wa.s a defensive star on
he Lakeshore High School team
hi College Park for the past two
/ears when the team won 19
and tied one.
PriedeH was highly praLsed by
Litton. The Bulhiog coach said
’he grid prospect has both the
ipeed and the size to make a top i Laiv
lotch c*ollrge football player.
HOLY LAND SUMS
Hugh Fails of Kings Moun
tain will bo the speaker and
will show slides of hU trip to
the Holy land .Sunday evening,
May 3, at 7:30 at Allen Mem
orial Baptist Church in Grover.
Thepastor, Rev. George Thorn
burg. invites the public to at
tend.
Kings Mountain High’s track i second,
team won two more events dur-1 Hu^es
ing the past week. Last Wednes
day, the Mounties whipped Lin-
colnton on the Wolves' track, 85
lo 56, and the fcdlow.ng day, the
Mountaineers won a triangular
meet at Crest.
In the Crest meet the Moun
ties scored 73 points to 58 for
Crest and nine for R-S Central.
Kings Mountain and Lincoln-
ton both had five first places in
their meet, but the Mountaineers
piled up the second and third
place points to win the match
easily.
Finishing first for the Moun
ties were Gerald Putnam in the
high hurdles, Randolph Ross in
the lOO-yaid dash, and Philbert
Smith in tlie 220-yarci dash, and
the Mountaineers’ 440 and 880
relay teams were also first.
Ros.^ and Smith tied in the 100
yard dash with a time of 10.3
seconds and Carl Fulton wasn’t
far behind with a 10.6 reading.
Kings Mountain also fin .shed
first in five of 10 events in the
Crest meet. Putnam was again
first in the high huidles Ross
tAon the 100 with a time of 10.05
seconds, Putnam was also first
n the low hurdles, and Smith
won the 220. The KM 440 relay
team wa salso first.
ICcmplete results of the Lin-
colnton meet:
High Hurdles; First, Putnam.
KM; .second. Ward, Line.; third,
Blanton, KM. Ti-me 15.6.
Low Hui'dles; First. Ramseur,
Line.; second, Putnam, KM;
thi:d, Blanton KM. Time 209.
440-relay; First, RM; second,
Line. Time, 45.3.
100-yd. dash; First, Ross and
Smith KM; third. Fulton. K'M.
Time 10.3.
8S0-yd. run: First, Cochran.
second, Dunlap, KM:
Cansler, Line, thiid,
KAI 52.9.
Results of the Crest meet;
tHigh Hurdles: First, Putnam,
KAI; second, Blanton KAI; third
Hunt, Crest. Time 16.1.
Low Hurdles: First, Putnam.
KM; second, Blanton, KM, th id,
Lewis, Crest. Time 22.3.
440-relay: First, KAI, seconJ
Crest; third, RSC. Time 45.7.
ilOO-yd. dash: First. Boss, KM.
Smith KM; Fulton. KAI; Time
10.05. ■
880-run: First, Ra.sh C est:
second, Dunlap, KM; third. Hum.
Crest. Time 2:14.0.
880 relay: First, Crest; socor.r’
RSC. Time 1:39.0.
'Mile Rim: F rst, Adams. Crest;
second, Putnam, KM: third, Pen
ner, RSC. Tinie 3:0S.4.
2;Mdash: Fii-st, Smith. KM:
second, Fulton; third, Archie.
Crest. Time 23.5.
Mile Relay: First Crest: sec
ond R5%C; third, KM. Time
3:53.0.
440-run; First, Bell. Crest;
second, Hughes, KM; third. Well-
nan, Crest. Tme. 54.4.
Cage Stan joi’t
Signs With 6-W
Boiling Springs — A Florida
(unior college ba.sketball star ha.s
been .signed to ^ grant-in-aid t *.
nlay for Gardnor-VVebb College.
The player, David Burke, is a na
tive of Freeport. Florida and play
ed fills past season for Gulf
"'oast Junior College, Panamr
City.
Burke Ls six *oot four inches tall
*nd weighs 190 pound?. Ho pbys
both forward and guard. Last
season he ave^ag^*d 16 jxiints perl
ganne. Ho alsv set a school record ’
fast
when he sten:)( d ra th ir leeeive Pacr.i game of Putt-Putt G^olf
his AIVF impiij ai:-.! AH America Ike mon-v to putt for is Lie
r-prtifjp'iv : H^teen thousand dollar first prize
always been hesitant a-i the SllO.OOO World Putting
bout giving most valuaiile player Lhampjonship.
trophies bi'i-nuse that’s g('tting a- E^-jrning Sunday. May 3 at
way from .Miessing t'*:im j WBlv' wUl cany the
said Cc.acli Hussey. “But lliere seven final games in the Paradv
not a player 011 our tea-m Champions series of last
doo'n’t erro him (Coh*) anti,year's WoDd Putting Cha.mpion-
wouldn’t like to have lii.*^ ability.” | ship held in Fayetteville, NoHh
#c jcarolina. The eight men
slnf I? pi Sesen matrix; are
;the remainder of 12S players
I promoted -as “The World's Great-
' est Putters. ’
The hosts for Parade of
third, BenfieM. Line. Time 2:13.9.
880-relay: First, KM; second.
Line. Time 1:34.4.
!Mae Run: First, Eurey L'ne.:
serorud Seagle, Llm’; third, Ter-
Pv Putnam, KM; Time 4:46.5.
: ’220-dasli: First. Smith. KM;
second, Ross, KAI; thind Ram-
1 seutr, Lana Time 23.2.
Mile relay; First, L'ne; second,
:KM; Time 3:47.1. _ _ .
1 440-fUnt Flfst, Oexftran, Line; \ school this tiast year
Top Lecturer
It Wesleyan
ROCKY MOMNT — The (■ampa‘!|
■if N uth Ca..4ina Wc lc'yan C^ol-I
lege will again lie the svi'ue ofl
Die annual .Ml-Star Sports Camps'
.viiidi will feituie pixtit siona) j
iivtru. t rs in football, Juiu* 21-26,i
and oul.siauding colh-ge c.jaehesi
in bai^kelball. Julv 26-31.
'iwnal aliihues fro:u the'
National Foot’iall League willj
supplement tlie eoUegi.itJ* anU|
liiglt '-'houi roaches staff. Sam
.Vyi he, Quarterback. Cincinnati
't ii;4als. Carroll Dale, I'iankei,
Green Hay Packers; Willis t reir
;h:r.v, Running Back, St. L(>ui.s
Cardinals; Hill Andrews, Line
backer. Cleveland Browns and
Toni Barrington. Running Back.
New Orleans Saints vviJl be a-
:nong Du* 14 pro stars featured at
the .Ml .star Football se.s-ion.
The “Dean of Baskotball”, Dean
smith. University of North Caro-
tiivi. will be the featured instruc
tor at Die .Ml-'Utr Ba^iu'Liail so;
Sion which will feature outstand
ing colleglale coaches fr^am Wa.sh
'ngton ^ Lee. William & Mary,
Bast Carolina, an.I Goa.ge Wash
ington Univer it\.
Tiu* Sports Camps will be open
Champions is Don Clayton, an
ex-insuranco salesman from Fay
etteville who built one of the
; countries first Putt-Putt courses
i in 195-4.
R cky Smith, a 20-ycar-old
Purvlue Univopity sophomoi’e, is
among the eiglit .semifinaiists
iiidding for the mp money in the
Championsiiip tournament. Ricky
iias bwn referred to as The Ace
Machine- by h's compatriots, and
rightlv so. for he made 13 con
secutive holes in one to set a
record in liis first-round match
of the competition.
The 1970 World Putting
Champion‘:hip will be held in the
Bahama.s th s coming September
with the lovely town of Freeport
'on Grand Bahama Island as
host.
“i
when he sank 199 free throws out i to all hays between the ages of
of 232 attempt.^. 8-18 bcLnv tlu ir senior year in
Gardner-Webb Coach Eddie Hoi-! Iiigit scliool. All participants will
brook said Burke 1* an excellent' ho housed in new modern college
prespeet. ' residence hulls on Die eamims of
“David is a fierce com'V'tifor, j N-rtli (’nrolina Wc'doyan, Addi-
especinlly on defpn.sc.*’ .s.ald Hoi-' tional information miybeobfnin-
brook. “He has a years experience; od hy wriDrg North Carolina
in one of the best junior college| We^>leyan College, ILNty Mount,!
, leagues in the country. ITo played North Carolina or All-Star Sports!
'some outstanding ball for hiSj Camp. Box 582, South Hill, Va. i
! 23970.
TITLHSR TURNED CATCHER — Former KMHS pitching star
Rocky Goforth, now oce of the Gaston College mound staff, is
pictured here with two large boss he caught out of the city
water loke. One weighed in ot six pounds, four ounces, ond the
other weighed four pounds* six ounces.