Thursday, June I. 1972 r2 (lem^on Coach Bill Wilhelm Speaks At Rotary Club Fete THE KINGS KjpyNTAIN HERALD, KINGS MOUNTAIN. N. C. ^ Post 155 ‘Roxscc ei FM-Henricrcj SECTION C », Bill Wilhi-lm, head baseball winning percentage and 48th on ba during the off-season. * iach at I'kimson Universiity, will the all-time list. 20 of his Henrietta Dyers, li Hines, 3n lArrowood, lb Hudson, p Ocode, c Lovelace, ef MoBee, 2b H RM Juniors Try To Go Over .59) nir Here Tonight Against Shelby be t!ie .eatured speaker at the Ibt'h annual Rotary Club baseball Uiiuiii ;,n Thursday at noon at the Kings Mountain Country Club. Tilt luruheon is held each year in In ner of the Kings Mountain ili,-:li heel team. Higlhlighting the l(>te is the presentation of Jolin ii. Moss .\ward, whiJh is .given eii'-h year to the Mountain- ee,K’ most valuable player. Wilhelm has been head of the Clem.s ;n ijii.sc oall proTram for 15 yetirs and the China Grove, N. C., native has never had ^ losing .“oaeon. Hi.s first year as coach, he led Die Tigers to the ACC champ ionship, the District Three champ- itnship and a fifth place in the Xw\A national tournament. VVilliclim has won over 300 games as a college coach, plac ing liiim 26th in the nation for wins jy an ac'.iive coalch. He’s 66lli on the all-time winningest list. He’s 23rd in the nation in Wilhelm has seen athletes sign professional con tracts. Prooa'bly the most widely- known Wilhelm product was Ty Cline, who spent several seasons in the major leagues. Wilhelm lettered five years In ba.seball and four years in foot ball and basketball at Windsor (1.1. C.) High School. He graduated frem Windsor in 1948 and signed a 'baseball echolarshlp with N. C. State. Wilhelm has been a key figure in the success of the District , Three basebaJl tournament, which lotais is held each year in Gastonia., Mountain Wilhelm has served as the tour- nament chairman on several oc- ^ . casions and ihe .has coached his *‘’•j’.®®''’ team to several tournament crowns. As noted earlier, the highlight „ ^ ,, of today’s luncheon will be the DyKe, it presentation of the Mos.s Award, which originated in 1963 after the Mountaineers won their first ■ Souibhwestern Coniferen'se baseball He played for the WolEpack for title. Ironically, the .MVP winner two years, then transferred to Catawba College, where he grad uated in 1957 with an AB degree in physical education. He was an assistant baseball coach at the University of North Carolina in 1937 wihlle working on a master’s degree. After his two years at State, Wilhelm signed a professional contract with the St. Louis Card inals a'nd played through the 1956 season. He'attended Cataw- '1 .A.., HERALD SFORTS By GARY B’rEWAliT in 1963 was Barry Gibson, the cur rent KMiHS coach. Juniors have won the trophy the past two years. Chuck Car penter, a pitcher-outfieldcr, won the award in 1970 and David Bo lin, a catcher^ copped the award last year. Lefthanders have won six of the nine Moss Awards. The only righthandeis to be reccjgnizod were pitcher Steve Goforth in 1966, Carpenter and B->2 L'—Bolin, Bridges, Hord, Heavner, Allen. LOB—/.M 13, Che:'ryv';lle 6. 3-'—Bridges. HK—Hartscc. SB — Withers, Bolin. Pitcher: IP H R ER BE SO Hord (W) 9 4 2 1 1 5 Heavner (L) 5S 4 4 2 7 9 Ledfcrd o'a 1 1 1 5 0 Hii'-Hartsoe, by Le:i'fcrd. WP — Heavner 5, Lcd.ord. Most so-called basc’oall experts around the area regard Chc.rj- ville's Joe Heavner _as the tep young pitcher around. But, don't tell the young men who play t iscbali fer Kings .Mountain High L'.hoi) and Otis D. Green Ameri- and Eddie Rudicill's single. Chcr- ryville picked up its other run in the ninth on Roger Gantt's single and Herd’s only two walks of the Ab R H Rbi 2-2 recerd heading into tonight s Legion Post 155. me here with Shefey. Kings Mountain's Danny Hact- '"'C and Henrietta's south-raw Terry Hudson matched two-hitters cwr the firrt e'ght innings. But the vlitor.c collected three straight liits c'f Hartsoe in the ton <1 the nintli to ptisli across the winning run. The Kings Mountain beys have laced Heavner three times this year in high sohcol and legion pluy and ti. cc I; Ties KM has defeated the hard-throwing nght- hander. The th'rd time' came Monday night in Chcrryville when Pent 155 captured a 5-2 v'iclory bdiind Hud'cn, a Chpsnee, 3. C., prep Ho d's four-hitter. Heavner r'ciiols At BC TIM ECHOLS Out Of Action Post 155 won a 9-5 decision but lost the services of outfielder Tim Fl.hc'lb, who suffered a seri ous eye injury when he misjudg ed a fly ball in the fourth inning. In the fourtih, BT's Sk'.p Frank lin hit a fly ball to short left fic Id. Frhols came in for tlie ball as shortstop Rick Herd drifted ba,-k. When 'Hc.'d got between E.'hcLs and the ball, E.’h: Is lo'l it in Ihe dim light and it struck him in the eye. The All-Southwe.stprn rartfer- ence outfielder was rushed to the King,- Mountain Hospital, then transff.ared to Cleveland Memor- ia'l. He was dismissed from the hr.spi'.il Tue.sday but dortorr fear he might lose partial sight of the eye. Pest 155 is hopeful Echols will be afclo to return tc play tort ath- Ic'llc ci'l'icer Gene Tignnr said Tuestiay that if’,-, doubtful he w’'1. Keith Parker hurled a three- hFer as the game wa'' ste-ipei after seven innin.gs. Danny Hart- Pce led KM at bat wi h 3-far-4 and Parker and Grafton Withers added twaj hits each. Post 155 was never in trouble, build'nrg up a 9-2 le.ad head'ing into the ibottem of the seventh, w'''pn .Bf struck for three runs. Post 155 picked up a singleicn Continued on Page Four r'iurt, fin'’'he:i with a three- hkter and eight strikeouts. Hart- '■r- f'ni bed wkh a five-hitler in losl"g h:is first game since last summer. Two perfect throws from right- Feldc;' Steve Hivks prevented fur- tb“'- set'Ing by Henriefia in the iii.-'h. P. J. Byers led off the inning \v' h a single and stole second. Terry Hines singled to right but H'gks’ threw nabbed Byers at the plate. Hines went to second on the thro.v-in and pcored the gEme’,': cr.'.y run when Steve Arro- w'cod cf Chase doubled off the Ic : fh’d ba nk. Hirtsce walked Hudson and hit Marty Goede to load the bases w'th erriy one away. Jim Love- ia'c then filed cut to Hicks and Hicks r:h'oed A rowerd when he tried to tag up and come home. Pi:155 got runners In scoring prsiiicn only three times. In the first inning, Robbie M ore singled and made it to so"and W'hen Dav'id Bolin walked wiHi two away. In the fourth, Rick Hord tripled with two away but was left •stranded a.s Hartsoe fanned. In the niinth. Mtxrre led of! with a single and went to second on a throwing eurcr. Bolin later walked with two away but Hord bounced cut to the pitcher to end the game. Hines, a Chase product, finish ed with tw'o hits to lead Henri etta. Aricwocd had tie only extra ba-'o hit for the visitors. The vic'ory eve.ned Henrietta’s League Two record at 2-2. worked the first five and two- tiiirds innings before liitting a wild streak and giving way to Co bin Lodir. ,1. Heavn,'. gave up but four hits 'Ond struck out nine in his five innir.’ j i C,; but he also wai.ged seven bi'.-lcrc a.nd uncorked five w .' p'fclics. Hord, meanwhile, was having vc.-y li'.tlc ccntrol prcc'jlcm. He walked cnly two Clierryville ’oat- ter.s and struck out five in going the distance. The victory evened his season’s re'oe.rd at cne win and cnc loss. Danny Hartsoe was the key reason Heavner Ic't his third straight contest to KM. Hartsoe slam'.Tied a Heavner pitch ovei the Ic'ft field fence in the second inning to give Post 155 a 1-0 lead. Chciryville tied the scor<> in the third but Post 155 struck fer three runs in the sixth to knock Heav'ncr out.Tiie big blew was a two-run single by Harisoo. Hart soe stored the third run on one ol Hc.Tvncr’s five wild pitches. Post 155's final run came in the ninth off Ledford. Grafton Witliers, who fini.slied with two hits, singled and later scored cn Hord's single. Chorryvillo’s third inning tally, which tied the Score at 11, came as a 'result of three KM errors Babe Ruth Loop ’ Flay To Begin On Tuesday The Kings Mountain Babe Ruth League will begin i's season T jc- day at Deal Street Park. , C'tj Recreation Director Boy Pears',n said thei’e will be six terms in the league and games w ;1 be played cn 'Tuesdays, Wed- r.c. day, Fridays and Saturdays ai 1 week through July 8. Tiic tec.ins ent...ej in me league include VFW. Opf'mi-st, Kings la.jntain, Dircy Fabrics, Besse- r.K. fiity and T'-yon. Pearson said the latter two teem,- were added to make ithe league m .c competitive. Pear- , so 1 s.rid a; Me season's end a 'rc Tin'. tec i ii .=elc't the all- .'sta.' team, and c .c. .los and that ‘^*ach team m ■ r- represented •’jen the cli- .com. l.n- ,.,e.« a, i .rtiday games livill be gnmc.i at Deal f^treet Park. The Wei’-e dav and Saturday cor. cst, will be dou'cle headers at Cllj eic .i. ■ aiiic i.mc Icr -11 games are 5 p.m. Pea.-s' n said thaC o.nc more n.-cr is needed and that the co.it wcui:i bo approximately $450. "Tliat price would cover the entire co.st <1 the team,” said Pear.son, "out, mere imipc-riant, would allow us to take care of mere b.cys in cur prograim.” The complete league schedule f''’'ows: JUNE G V'.-VV V..'. Tiyon JUNE 7 Cptim'i.ot vs. B. City Kings Mtn. vs. Dicey JUNE 9 L -ev vs. Tryon •lUNE 10 t. City vs. VFTV Cotimist vs. King,? Mtn. JUNE 13 E. City vs. Kings Mm. JUNE 15 T.-ycn vs. Optimist VFv\ vs. Dicey JUNE IG King.s Mtn. vs. VFW JUNE 17 Cplimi ’. vs. Dicey i'rycn vs. B. City JUNE 20 Dicey vc. B. City JUNE 21 V'F'A vs. Optimist Kings Mtn. vs. Tryon JUNE 23 Trvon vs. VFW JUNE 2-' B. City vs. Optimist Dicev v.s. Kings .\ltn. JUNE 27 Trvon \s. Dicey 1 JL'NE 2: VFA vs. B. City King'- Mtn. vs. Optimist .uni: 30 Cng- .Mtn. vs. B. City iULV 1 -'ntimist \'o. Tryon r..e\ V.S. VF’W UL'i -t c'Vv vs. Kings Mtn. UL'i hccy vs. Optimist '. City vs. Tryon ULY 7 . C;tv vs. Dicey ULY‘s , m:--t vs. VFIV 'rycn vs. Kings Mtn. RICK HORD Hurls Four-Hitter Ipps Lan^ Ul-Amencan Belmont Abbey College basket- 1 ccajji L.i.ojy Hussey has ink- t thiee 'nig men foi the 19(2-13 i. M.)1I. o.^.ied to play basketball for ■le Crusaders are 6-7 Tuny Har- lin of Dallas, N. C'.. 6-7 Curtis ar’.er of Winnsbord. S. C., and -11 Ralph Harrill CT Reidsville, Huskey feels the Three players vill give the Abbey irr)mcdiate lelp. The Crusaders finished 13- 3 last year in Hussey’s first yeai 3 coach. Hickory Nips Post 155 In 12, 9-8 Herring Named Tourney Umpire Rurty Herring of Durham, grandson of Mrs. J. W. Revels of Kings Mountain, has been chosen as one of the four umpires for the District Three NCAA baseball tournament in Gasronia June 1-3. Revels is a former three-sports star at Northern High School in Durham and has been umparing in the Atlantic Coast Conference for lour years. Other umpire.s working the Gastonia tournament are John Holler of Boone, Larry Travis, a North Carolina graduate, and for mer Lenoir Rhyne College sports standout Bull Newsome. Revels is the son of Mrs. J. Rus- .sell Herring of Durham. She is tile foimgr Margaret Revels bf Kings Mountain. Post 155 blew a 5-0 lead in los ing a 9-8, 12 inning decision to IL.kory in the Area Four legicii (Tcencr fer the local diamoiidmen here Thursday night. The Junior,; recked along with a 5-0 lead until the top of the nin.h, wlicn the visitors from Catawba C:)unty rallied lor five I an;: to lie the score. Hickory collected three hits, Post 155 hurler Danny Hartsoe issued three walks and Hart.soe and second basom in Robbie .Moore ccmmitlod a costly error apiece. Pick Hold came'in from center- field to put out the fire but wound u.' lo.sit’.g the game In the 12th Hickory touched Hord lor foe." funs for a 9-5 lead, then held off a KM rally in the bottom of the 12th. The game was a marathon ol fcrts as the four pitchers combin ed to walK 25 hatters and a total ci 34 men worn lefl on liasc'—21 Hickory men and 13 Mountain eers. David Reid, a southpaw, was the winning pitrtier. He worked the final four innings for Hiick- ory, giving up only two hits while walking four and fanning eight. He relieved starter VVilmer Walk- e.. who was tone lied for 13 hits ovv the first eight innings. Hartsce had a four - hitter throu.gh fhc fir.st eight innings but was knocked out in the ninth. He struck out 10 batters but e.v peiicnccd cor. rcl problems, which is a rarity for him. He walked nine batters. Po.st 1.55 outhit the visitors, 15 to 11, with Tim Echols and Graf- t in Withers loading the way witii three hi's a' ioce. Every KM start er had at least one hit. Post 155 scored singletons in the second and fourth Innings for a 2-0 load. David Bolin scori'd the second inning tally on an error. Hartsx: singled and .s'cc.ed on a double by EvhoLs fer llie fourth Inning run. The hosts added three more runs in the sixth for a 5-0 lead. Shortstop Keith Parker tripled h mc two cf the runs and the other sccrcsi on a fielder's choke. 'Har.sje walked tire first two batter,; to get in the ninth inning jim. Back-to-back hits by Rusty Huffman and Mike Lutz, and then ba.'.s-to-bsi'.'k throwing errors by Hartsce and Mojre put the Hica- ory rally i-n high gear. Back-to-back hits by Lutz and Mike Hc'.ner started the 12th in- nin.g Hickory rally. .A fielder's choice, a bases-l-iadod walk and a two-irun single by Chris Cooke acccuiited for the runs. lla,.-ts.x». Herd and Echols drew consecutive walks to start KM's be item of the 12th rally. .After Wayne Bridges fanned, Reid hit Ji'mmy iF.ts to force homo the first run. Robbie Moore singled in two more, leaving runners on second and thii-d with only one out. But Withe.-s fanned and Par ke; ojunced out to end the game.