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Thursday, April 8, 1971 THE KINGS MOUNTAIN HERALD, KINGS MOUNTAIN. N. Page 3 n liiv on.sisi- 'aUuii* ousln'j rosoni, and IK A'l i«‘ 11‘ail- •n ii<‘w ■!. Hut iK M'o- OW- ti) by sj'. JnoTTih.- undiM- a^fain. ew of Lets on lity in 'ate in- *d in d Cui- ousiiv' kni.'vv in ih(‘ ■< aiLury fin-.in- billiun 30-yr-^ pa.V nteresi could S^O.bO^.l t‘r to have lestlons clespiti* O\v-C0sl ? Why la driv-1 ies out • the av- nent is $270 in after y, 1 a ain Break- exp<ni- put A sembly- } aban- irtmcnt ■on out ew fow ls kept norance le hous e enor whole and la lability, lea, a:' xl5, arA em. sound s inves oufrhesi ie stiai- Moyiifnr FIRST' SVHAT on Go\ *Ji autli- rmation publics public's federal »t itself loliikld aki lu ll meet t whicli subconv e deter business to tell nd Con- i Timr lllountaineers Host Wolves Today, Chase Tuesday GW Looking Toward To Tourney Holbrook To Move Adams To Wing Next Cage Season aOILING SPRENOS — George Ada/ms, Gardner • Webb's All- American from Kings Mountain, has ambitions of playing profes sional basketball. At 6-5, Adams might not be big enough to play Inside so next season, his last, “Big George^’ will be able to show what he can do outside. Coadh Eddie Holbiw^, after signing a 6-9 “super” prospe(!t from Florida, Kirby Thurston, ha.s decided to move Adam.? from the pivot to a wing position. “George has already begun working outside," said Holbrook, "and he'a pilaying a lot better It / I than we thought he would this early. George is working real hard, e.sp<?cially on his shf>oting and ballhandling. “I thought it would take him ' time," added Holbrook, “because ' he has never playwl outside be fore. But he's doing real well on two and three on three games." Adams’ outside shooting eye is ; just as deadly as It was In close. : If he has a problem playing the ’ wing, it will be with hie ball- ; handling. 1 “-He has never really had to control the ball or handle it much offensively," says Holbrook. “He’s going to have to get used to taking a couple of dribbles and penetrating the ba.sket from fur ther out. He will be a pretty de cent balhandler. Ills biggest pro blem is not being used to doing it.’* ■■ ' ' vA;' EYES TOURNEY — Oordner- Webb basketball coach Eddlo Holbrook says he looks forward to ploying in next December's bosketball tournament ert Rings Mountain. Eloa Barber Scotio and St. Augustine will {oln the Bulldogs in the two night event at the KM Community Center. I % mii Moving outside was partly Ad ams’ idea. “I’m sure he can't help but feel like It will give him a better opportunity to play pro ball,”, says Holbrook. “If he turns pro, he’ll definitely have to play out on the floor." If Holbrook’s n<'west recruit, Thurs-ton, and rising sophomore Henry Boyd come tlirough inside, then mov'lng Adams to a wing will make the ;Bulldog.s oven stronger than this oasl year, when they finished 20-4 and ranked seventh nationally in the NAIA. “Wo feel like Thur.ston can give us Immediate help,” sa>'s Hol brook. “He’s 6-9 and 215 pounds but has tremendous timing, is aj great leaper, very, very quick and' has good speed." ! Holbrook says ho’.s “one of the top prospects we’ve signed since IVe been at Gardner-Webb.” After leading his team to a 28-2 'record and to the finals of the ' Florida state tournament, Thurs- \ ton was named Florida’s player • ' of the year by three newspapers. * * * 1 Holbrook has signed only one i other player, 6-6 .\lvin Jones, from the same higli school. “Jones was sort of a late de-' DeVenzio And Adams To Play Here Saturday Holbrook Calls KM Invitational Top-Notch Event BOrUNG SPRINGS — ^We feel that lit will be an outstanding tournament," Oairdncr-Webb bas ketball coach Edtile Holbivxrfc said when announcing that the Bull dogs would play in the Kings Mountain Invitational Tourna ment next December 3 and 4. “One thing for sure, it will let Us know right away ihow we stack up in District 26. There will 'be three teams which played in 'the district playoffs this year and all of these will have the same per sonnel returning,’' Holbrook aald. 'The four teams participating will be Gardner-Wobb, Elon, Barber-Scotla and St. Augustine. Gardner-Webb and Elon were | both ranked nationally in the ■ NAIA this past season and eadi j team will feature an All-Ameri- I can. George Adams of Gardner-1 Webb who was named to two; All-American teams, is a native i of Kings Mountain and is con- i :^idered to be one of the top play- j era In the NAIA. He pumped in 28.2 points per game and hauled | in 15.3 rebounds per outing to ■ lead the Bulldogs to a season’s i record of 20-4 and a berth 'in the ^ • ' / J ' / V a - Vi.. f .X wi 'fyJ The wwld’s most hilarious has- kcfball team, the California Cut- ies, will be at 'Kings Mountain’s i District 26 NAIA playoffs. Tho other All-American who ' night to Pjay a" i will be playing is Tommy Cole fltf made up of local businessmen. , Cole is a 6-3 guarf from The Outies, a grpup of men' iBurlington and was named to dressed like women, will play : the second team NAIA AJI-Almer-; against a local team which will! ican squad, feature t?w'o North Carolina col-1 , i, ^ i - oge greats, Dick DeVenzio of ^ ~ . TV.1 ^ J toumament. Of course; ^ vv^/K>i * ^ ‘ ' Elon would have to be considered i ner-VVebb. SOPHOMORE STARTER — Robbie Moore« o sophomore, has played well at second base for the Mountaineers this spring. He'll be In the starting lineup todoy when Coach Barry Gibson's charges host Lincolnton. MountiesWill Try To Break Losing Stroc . King.s Mountain High’s base- ball team, on a losing streak which has dropped it to the .500 level in .Southwv.stern Oonferenice play, close.s out first round play agaiad Lincolnton and Cha^. The Mountaineers host Lincoln ton TJiuraday and Oha.9e comes to KMHS on Tuesday. Both teams have copped only one game this season. Lincolnton defeated R-S Central, a team which blanked KM 9-0 last Thurs day, while Chu.s(* w'on over Lin colnton, 9-3. King.s Mountain ha^ dropped its last tvvo games. The Moun- laimn^rg are now 3-3 in the con ference and 4-3-1 overall. Tlio Mountaineers were sched uled to play South Point in Bel mont Tuesday but the game was I)ostijont*d because* of rain. Chuek Carpenter who blanked Crest 5 0 Ja.st Tuesday for his on ly rictoiy of the year, will prob ably hurl against Lincolnton to day. Southpaw' Jeff Weaver, the Wolvc.s’ extra point and field goal man in football, will prob ably pilcii for the visitors. Rick Hord. who was bombed out by R-3 Central 9 0 in his last outing, will probably oppose Chase here Tuestlay. Hord Is 2-1 on the campaign, having defeat- , ed Burns and Cheriywille. ' Shelby continues to lead the ' Southwestern Conference, follow- , ed by East Rutherford in second place and South Point in third. The Lions are seeking their sec- ■ or^ straight SWC title. I the team to beat, however, Bar- i ber-Scotia and St. Augustine are 1 both very fine teams and are Other members of the all-star capable of stopping anyone on a Central Opens Season With Three Victories Epps To Lead Revival Series Game time Ls 8 p.m. team will include Josh Hinnant, Grady Howard, Jonas Bridges. Bill Grissom, Ma'r\dn Teer, Fred Withers. Kyle Smith, Dr. Frank Sincox and Joe Smith. Goaches of the team will be Don Jones, Carl Finger and Snooks McDaniel. Mayor John H. Moss will be PA announcer and Jimmy Dickey will serve as the official scorer. DeVenzio and Adams will gpeak given night," Holbrook said. SENIOR STANDOUT — Senior third baseman Geeper Howard slammed a pair of doribles in Kings Mountoin's los to East Ruth- •rford Friday in Forest City. Howord has been the seosonlong hitting leader for the Mountiee. veloper and probably won t helpj ^ young people on the dan- . 1CT Mox-t troar oav'*: I-Tnl. _ _ i j Run East 4-3 Win Ovea Gives Ea^ Rutherford’s Cavaliers came up with a run in the bottom <rf the fifth inning Friday tn For est City to snap a 3-3 tie and de feat Kings Mountain 4-3 in a Southwestern Conference base- baiU gaime. It was the second straight de feat to a Rutherford County team by the Mourntaineers. They drop ped a 90 decision to R-S Central on Thuirsday. | Junior Danny Hartsoe made his j first start otf the year for the | • Mountaineers and pitched well but two costly errors hurt him. He gave up six hits in going the distance. i The Mountaineers outhit the Cavaliers' .fov'en to six with Geep er Hr.vari anri Tim Echols ga ting a r- ’ - each. P h af How ard’s blows Wt.c - East jumpcHl off to a 3-0 lead off Hartsoe in tho first inning. Sparked by Hr-wari and ErhOls, the Mountaineers buMlcd bark for three ;ln the second to tie the score. After that, however, the Moun taineers couldn’t get a serioiLs di!p to 3-3 in the conference and threat going and saw theiir re»cord 4-3-1 overall headin'g Into Tues- day’.s game at Belmont. KM • EAST I BOZSCORE ' Kings Mountain Ab r h Moore, 3b 3 11 Wlthera. lb 3 0 0 Hord, ph 10 0 Bolin, c 4 0 1 Howai'd, 3b 4 12 Echols, If 3 0 2 Carpenter, ss 111 Parker, of 3 0 0 Kiser, rf 3 10 Hartsoe, p 2 0 0 Totals 27 3 7 East Rutherford Bailey, p 3 Riddle, lb 3 Nanney. 3b 3 ^^Smlth, c 3 l^Klreir. Bs 3 Pru«tt, If 3 Baxtbr, 9t 3 Harmon, ef Lynn, rf Tisdale, rf Totals E—Carpenter, Howard. LOB — KM 9, East 6. ^—Howard 2, Pru ett. SB—Smith. Hpw-ard, EchoLs.; mas tourney. Hartsoe. us much next year," says Hol brook. ‘■'But we have bi^? plans for him in tlie future. We feel like he’ll develop into a fine iplayer." Holbrook says main need now is a top-no-tch point guard. “We’re working on a couple of kids that we think we’ve got real good shots at,” he said. The Bulldogs will play a beefy Schedule next year, which in cludes three tournaments. In ad dition, they play Guilford twice. Western Carolina twice and UNC- Asheville again. G*W will play tipoff tourna ments in Asheville and Kings Mountain and will again host its own Holiday Tournament. Lenoir RhjTie. Belmont, Tenn., and Mars Hill will be here for the Christ- ger of narcotics and drugs. As an added pre-game high light, there wUl be an all-star little league basketball game, be ginning at 6:45. Hobby Racing Season Begins This Weekend Central Junior High School, w’hich has locst only one athletic contest this school year, Ls off >to a fast start in baseball, win ning its first three games by wide margins. The Patriots have defeated West Cleveland 2-0, South CJeve- 1 land 18-0 and North Cleveland 11- ‘ 0. S. Cleveland 000 OOO 0—0 2 7 Central 3 11 4 000 x—18 10 2 Greene, White <2), Te.-sener (2) and Bell; Falls and McCoy. N. Cleveland 000 000 0—0 1 4 Central 260 300 x—11 7 0 Beam and Richards; Hartsoe and ‘McCoy. Softball League Meets Monday men’s industrial aoftball league Monday at 7 p.m. at the Com munity Center. Recreation Director Roy Pear son urge's all coaches and spon-! 1 sors and any interested players | I to attend the meeting. j Pitching IP H R ER BB SO Hartsoe 7 6 4 2 3 2 Bailey 7 7 3 3 3 6 WP-^iley 2. PB—Bolin, Smith. / At Kings Mountain G-(W will. join Elon, St. Augustine and Bar- ! “ 5° ber-Srotia on Derombor 3 and 4; a™""'! ^ •*<: at KM-s 3,000-soat community! Center. (Conlimted on Page Six) Pearson, “and we need to get them organized as soon as pos siblc." Big First Keys RSC Victory Over Mounties BOZSCORE R-S Central Lynch, If Greene, c Mooney, c f Hines, rf ^ Hunt, ss ; Hawkins, lb ; Geer, 2b ! Flack. 3b 1 Casliion, p I Totals I Kings Mountain Moore, 2b Withers, lb ! Bolin, c TOP HITTER—Junior outfielder Tim Echols is one of the lead ing hitters on Kings Mountain High's baseball team this iprliig, Echols wUl be tn left field todOT when the Mountiee koet UMolkton. Back-to-bak^k home runs by, Tony Mooney and Barry Hines sparked R-S Central to a 3-0 firet inning lead and a 9-0 victory over Kings Mountain in a Southwest ern Conference makeup game hero Thursday. Mooney’s blow, with a man a- board, staked the HiUtoppers to a 2-0 load, then Hinos’ blow pad ded the 'margin against KM right hander Ricky Hord, who suffered hi.s first loss of the year. Tliose three runs were more than enough to assure victory for HilRopper righthander Bucky Cashion, who limited the Moun-| Howaird, 3b taineers to only one hit, a sixth' Echols, If 3 0 0 inning single by catcher David i Caipertter, ss 2 0 0 Boilin. I Hayes, ph 10 0 The HilMoppers added two runs 1 Hartsoe, cf 2 0 0 in 'the sixth inning and four in, Watson, ph 10 0 the seventh as they racked Hard ■ Kiser, rf 10 0 for 14 hits. Five Mountaineer j Parker, rf 2 0 0 errors also aided tho R-S Central Herd, p 2 0 0 cause. I Totals 23 0 1 Hines had a perfect 4-for-4 plate E—-Moore, 2, Withers, Bolin, performance for the winners' Carpen'ter, Hunt. LOB—Central while catcher Charles Gtrcen add-: 6. KM 5.20—Greene. HR—^Mooney, ed three hits in four tilmes at bat. Hines. SB—Hines. The victory was the third tn Pltchor IP H R ER BB BO five ouUnifs for the HlUitopper.'^. I Cashion 7 1 0 0 3 5 XM-4t.6 CENTRAL > Hord 7 14 9 7 I 6 SHELBY. N. C.—The 1971 stock racing sea^n on the Hobby Rac ing Association's two dirt tracks, the Shelby Faii*grounds Speedway I and the Rutherford County Speed way, lift the lid what should be the hottest year ever, according to Clyde Dedmon, president of HR.\. Dedmon .s*ays a host oif new oars and drivers are expected to: be on hand Friday night at the | Rutherford County Speedway, i Then, Saturday night they’ll swing to the Shelby Speedway. Ac’tion b^ins at 7:30 o’clock at both trocks. Dedmon also said. plans are to complete the rac ing programs no later than 11 p.m. Charlie Blanton, who became a big threat late last season, may be going for .the 1971 point title in the 1969 Camero, which he drove at Daytona Beach in mid-February. Red Davis, own er of Blanton’s car, said they’ll be running at both of the dirt tracks. ^Dedmon said he also had word from numerous new drivers and car owners in the Charloftrte, Mor- ganton and Lenoir areas, who ex pect to be ready for action this week. Tomlmy Robbs, another Gaffney product, expects to have a. '6r7 Chevelle ready to take the green flag. Robbs has been running up front in the asphalt races at tlie Harris Speedway. Last season’s co-ohampions, Preston Humphries, Shelby, and Chuck Piazza, Spartanburg, S. C., will again be driving for the Eta-vis ix3thers out of Mayo, S. C. Both. Humphries and PiazzA are expected to drive new Cametros. Cenffal’s pitchers have limited the opposition to only four hits in the three contests. Chuck Aus tin hurled a one-hitter in the win' over West Cleveland, Tony Falls hurled a two-hitter in the win. over South Cleveland and Dale Hartsoe tossed a one-hitler an Monda>'’s victory ov'er North Cleveland. The Patriots had a Tuesday game with North Cleveland rain ed out and they were scheduled to meet West Cleveland in Boil ing Springs Wednesday. Walks to Austin and Jackie Wray, a wild pitch and Kenny McCo>'’s single gave KM its 2-0 Win over West Cleveland. The runs came in the third inning. Austin struck out 10 batters and walked only two in going the distance for Coach Tommy Pru ett's charges. In the second victory. Central scored three runs in the first in ning on a home run by Falls, ; then added 11 in the second to i put the game on ice. Falls struck ■affney, S. C., I out seven and led the Patriots at the plate with 2 for 2. In the third game, Hartsoe gave up a Icadoff single, then pitched no-hit ball the rest of the way. He walked three and fanned six. Central collected six hits, the big blows being doubles by M'‘ray and McCoy in the six-run second inning. UNESCORES R H E W. Cleveland 000 000 0—0 1 1 Central 002 000 x—2 3 2 Pearson and Littlejohn; Austin and McCoy. Setzer Among Race Favorites At Hickory Oval Hickoiy, N. C. — NeJ Tetzer. winner of back-to-back races thi.s post weekend, looms as one of the favorites for Sunday’s “E^ust- er 250" — separate 125 lap events for Sportsman and Modified rac ers. Setzer won the 40-lap feature at Hickory Speed'.vay Sunday at The expense of Bosco Lowe, who led much of the way. A night earlier the redhead from nearby Claremont won the 50-lap fea ture at Greenville, South Caro lina. The defending Hickory Speed way champion is one of many entered for tlie Sportsman-Modi fied double-header and includes Morgan Shephe-rd, state Sports man champion, and Don Milhr, the state Modified champ. Miller, adept at both divisions, has entered cars for each of the races. Twin $3500 purses have been posted, including $200 bon uses each if the national Sports man and Modified champs start in the 24-car fields. Jack Ingram. Bob Rressley, Roy Trantham, and Boso Lrwe, all of Asheville, have filed entries. Bobby Waddell was in sc*cond place and fighting for the lead in Sunday’s race until he was spun from the track in an en- Evangelist Jen'y Epps, for merly of Tampa, Fla., will be rovivalisi for special services be ginning Easter Sunday at First Chuch of th? Living God, 413 . Poplar street, Gastonia. Services will be held nightly through April 28th at 7:30 p.m. .4 church spokesman said the community is invite^ to attend “this Holy Ghost Miracle Reviv al Crusade for ixK>pJe of all churches. Mr. Epps is one of , America’s most outstanding ! ministers.'' counter with Ingram. Waddell was unable to continue, but In gram restarted in the reair and worked his w’ay back to fourth place, in back of Roy Trantham. at the finish. Young Butch Lind! ^ ■'en- ville w<is fifth. SiXe rough tenth were Melvin Jonas, Bob Pre.*isley, Charles Crouse. Budd^' Howard a.nd Benny Kerley. Ted Wells of Asheville piloted his Chevy H to the Lifmited Sports man win. Ronald Fox of Taylors ville was a close second. A four- car pileup midway in the con- te.st eliminated Ray Medford, Roy Chatham, Lariy Starnes and ^n- ny Davis. Ken Church edged out Charlas Huffman in the rookie race. The gates open at noon for the E)aster Sunday 250. The first otf the 125-lap races goes undeir tht green flag at 3:00 p.m. KM Is Second In Golf Meet. Sarvis Has 73 Kings .Mountain High’s golf team finished .second to Crest in a four-team Southwestern Confer- eriice meet at the Country Club here last Thursday. Crest had a team total of 311, four shots better than the Moun taineers at 315. Lincolnton fin ished third with a 321 score and Burns was fourth at 349. Kings Mountain’s Dana Sar\'is was medalist for the mntcli with a one-over par 73. Carl Clayton led Cn*st with a 75, Lincolnton’s low man was Bob Anderson with a 78 and Danny Gold was low scorer for Burns wdth an 82. Kings Mountain travels to Mt. Holly this afternoon for a four- team match involving the Moun taineers, Lincolnton, Burns and host South Point The Mbuntadneers w4U host a three-toam meet here Tuesday with R-'S Caoatiral and Eaet Ruth erford iupldylns Bie ofiMitiion. Wells, Blanton Roll High Games On Monday Bob Wells and Ranny Blanton and 311 set. won high scoring honors in men’s bowling league action Monday night. Wells rolled a 139 line and 374 set in leading Vincent’s Union 76 to three wins over Quality Sand wich. Randy Culbertson’s 16-1 line and Furman Wilson’s 357 .set topped the losers. Blanton rolled a 151 line and 373 set as his team split with Plonk Oil. Richard Bridges led tho winners with a 126 line and 345 set. Albert Brackett’s 120 line and Bill Gault’s 325 set led Brackett’s team to three w'ins over Dilling Heating. John Dilling scored a 130 line and Ronnie Culbertson i^dd- ed a 342 set for tho losers. Becky Barnette was high scor er in ladies league play Tuesday, rolling a 130 line and 339 set in Drews Tax Service’s four-game sweep of Griffin Drug. Pat Hern don Ud th# loom with • UO line Jenny Oates scored a 123 line and 334 set in Oates Shell’.s match with American Legion. VVilhelmina Sprouse had a 113 line and 321 set for the Ameri can Legion, which won three ol the four games. The other game ended in a tie and will be rollid off next week. Louise Dover’s 114 line and 298 set led Plonk Brothers to three wins o\’C(r Dellinger’s. Ethel Tig nor sparked the losers with a 196-290. Coaches And Sponsors Needed Anyone intert'sted in coaching or sponsoring a little league, tec league. Babe Ruth league or la dies softball team are a^ed to contact either Roy Pearson or El mer Ross at the Cormnuinitv- Cen ter M soon at postlblc.
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