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HERALD
SPORTS
By GARY STEWART
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Mounties Will Field One Of Smallest Teams
1959 Bethware Girls Team
One Of Area's All-Time Best
The subject of an all-fime Kings Mountain sports'
loam has Mrs. Ruth Gamble remembering her all-time
greatest team in the Kings Mountain area. i
The only difference in her team and the one we ll be
naming in a couple of weeks is that h^rs is not an all-star
team. It’s the 1959 Bethware High School girls basket
ball team, which ran roughshod over all of its opponents
en route to the Cleveland Countv Conference champion
ship.
The leader of the pack was Mrs. Gamble’s daughter,
Barbara, now Barbara Hawkins. She led the club in scoi’-
ing, made all-conference and all-tournament and was se
lected as the outstanding player in the,conference tour
ney, which Bethware won in a waltz.
The club was well-balanced, to say the least, and
coached by one of the county’s all-time best girls coaches,
Mrs. Ellen Pow’ell, wife of current Burns High basketball
coach Bill Powell. In four years of coaching at Bethware
and Piedmont, Mrs. Powell posted a coaching record ot
102 wins and only 12 losses.
Other outstanding players on the Bethw^are ’59 outfit
included PTances Smith, Pat Bolin, Rae Falls, Dot Pan
ther, Maxine Hamrick, Linda Herndon, Janet Hamrick,:
• l^^oris Cranford, Alice MeSw ain, Norma Jane Hamrick,;
Faye Bolin, and Sarah P'alls. Cranford, Faye Bolin and ■
Sarah Falls joined Gamble on the all-conference team. ;
For the year, the Bethware lassies compiled a 27-2^
record, their only losses coming to Trvon of Gaston Coun-
*y.
—'57 Grover Team Tough Also
Kings .Mountain’.'^ Mountaim'crs ter aro nine boys who oarnod a
will field their smallest squad in loiter last year. Jones will rtMuni
several yoais when they oi>en at least one starter a! every line
i their 1972 football season here position but he lost his enlite
iSei)temt>er 1 again.sl lk*ss(‘m<‘r i sariing l.jaekfic'kl.
I CMly. I
' Only 33 players showeil up for. The Mountaino<*rs wall b(‘gin
oiM*ning day praciiei* Monday practicing twie<? a day either
Du(* to the lack of depth, mo.st o-, have both already lK‘<*n eon
MountaiiuH'r starttri's will ix
ing 'oth way.s. And. ihtue’.s a
strong po.^sibiiity llial many
'iiai'ling spots will be manned i.y
inexperienced .sophomore.'^.
icU'lc'.l by several collc'ges.
Olhc)- redurning slai ter.s i:n the
lino i^elude tackles Tommy Sliir-
< i.i.O. John Hridges,
flern<>on and Coach Hobby Jones
has thi'CK* others wailing on the
sidi/ines <!ue to sickness and n<it
ha\ing ha<l a phy.sical.
Listed on the Mountaineer i-os-
Tiiur.sday or Friday, ('oach Jones
.sai 1 lhf‘ drilbs will l>o from 9-1.1
a.in. and ."j-T p.m. Jones w'ill send
liis charges through a scrimmage*
with Olympic High School ol
Charlotte (jii August 2d here.
n*»r<ling th(* ii.<^
a pail’ o. senior
IS
of prospc
linem(*n
be siiong candiduto.s toi
seast* 1 honors. ('(*nt<*r-linebncke:’
M.’ik George, a 190-pounder, and
laOvli' Jake Bridges, a 2l0-i>oi.’rri-
{•r aiift the team’s biggest pl-iy-
0(‘nni.s ilogin* and Alfred Ash
acil 4 hd.*- Harice I>a\ is and Jer> y
Valentine. DavLs ha^ b(‘en run-
v.ho’li ning .somi* at halli ai'k and may
post b(* ino\(*d to the backfi<-!d.
Tourney Begins
On Friday Night
The men's influstria! league I
tournament will begin Friday,
night at Deal .Street Park with'
nine teams participating. It will
::e a double-elimination event. |
Exact pairings for the tourney
will not b<* known until Thiir.s-'
day or F'riday as three teams are
eicTently tied for first place in
the regular season standings.
Just two years before the successful Bethw'are dub.
Grover High School had a girls team that would also have
to rank among the county’s all-time best.
The Grover lassies romped to 2S straight regular sea
son victories but were upset by Waco High School in the
finals of the Cleveland County tournament. Like the ‘59
Bcthw'are club, the Grover lassies took a pair of victories
from Kings Mountain High School.
Francis Carroll w'as the leader of the Grover gang.
A tall center, she averaged almo.st 45 points per contest
for Coach Preston Holt’s outfit.
Waco, the club which handed Grover its lone defeat,
was paced by Joan Cline, now Joan Cline Lattimore, coach
of the Crest High School girls cagers.
—^^Gas+onia Juniors Hot
Going from past to pre.sent:
Everyone admires a success story and J. V. McGinnis
certainly has written another one in Gastonia.
A long-time veteran of the teener and American Le
gion coaching ranks, McGinnis has his Gastonia Post 23
Juniors battling for the city’s first state championship in
18 year.s.
The Gastonia Juniors compiled a losing record (7-8)
nff but caught fire Those toarr.s a.t* Carolina Throw
oin 1° eliminate Belmont. Newell, Charlotte log, craftspun and Chompionts
380, Burke County and High Point en route to its champ- Lmid.^caping Xumhor Two.
ion.ship serie.s with Hamlet of RichYnond County.
The Gastonia club has a 17-7 playoff record and will
open the state finals best-of-seven series in Gastonia to
night.
McGinnis, who coached a pair of Gaston County
teener all-star teams to national championships, has han
dled legion clubs in Gastonia, Belmont and Cherryville
but this is the first time one of his teams has played for
the state bunting.
McGinnis says he’s been somewhat surprised with his a sudden death playoff game
club. It has very little pitching depth and is not a good be played on Friday after-
hitting team but a good defense and the players’ desire
to win has made it a winner.
The desire to win was shown in Gastonia’s playoff
scries with Newell and Burke County. Against Nowell in
a best-ot-five series, the Post 23 lads wore down two
games to none but came back to cop throe .straight and
win the set. Against Burke County, Post 23 was two down
in a best-of-seven set but came back to win the .series in
seven games.
Gastonia turned the tables on High Point, winning;
the first three and finally taking the series in six games.j
McGinnis krtows winning the state title will be tough, I - r >
especially against a tough Richmond County team which ^
defeated Durham in four straight for the Eastern crown.
But J. has confidence in his comeback kids and more
importantly, they have confidence in him.
LITTLE LEAGUE STARS — The Kings Mountain little league all-star t;am, pictured above, copped
the Area Two Tournament title here last week but lost to Concord in regional play Monday night
5-0. First row, left to right. Robert Robinson. Andy Lofin, Johnny Gamble and Tim Chapman. Sec
ond row, coach Rick Moore. Jerry Jackson, David Ray Robinson. Richard Van I>yke, Tim Riddle,
Bryan White, and Tim Whitaker, Back row. Bruce Valentine, David Coob. Steve Lancaster, Dennis
Putnam, Ronnie Wilson and Tim Spicer. Scott Ellis was absent when photo was taken.
Goforth And Connor
Make All - Tournament
CraCtspun was scheduled to
pl:}y Duplex ’a.st night. Pnrolina
Throwing is scheduled to niay
Oxford tonight at 7 and Crnft-
suun at S. Champion’s Nurn^'^er
'Pwo has alr{*ady completed its
regular season play.
■Recreation Director Roy Penr-
.*!on said tlie.t if two teams are
still tied after tonight's action.
noon.
'|■i•e tournament is scheduled to
o;*fn at G o'clock Friday with the
number two team playing Ox
ford, which finished ninth. The
first place team will draw an
opening round bye and will not
play until Saturday at G. when
it meets the winner of the Frida\-
9 o’clock game between Gastonia
Knit and Dicey Fabrics.
Pairings for the fir.st two
nights of action:
Outfielder Rocky Goforth and ^
shortstop tlene Connor of the
Champion's Landscaping Xum-
cer Two team were the only
players from Kings Mountain to
land a .spot on the All-District 23
softball tournament team.
Champion’s finished second to
Dover Textiles of Cherryville in
the double • elimination event,
which ended Saturday night at
j City Stadiun.
By finishing .second, ('hemp-
ion’s earned a berth in The Area
Tourney, which is underway now
at City Stadium. Tiie winner of
the area event will go to Eden.
X. C.. /for the state champion
ships. Champion’s Number One
and Lily Mills are favored in
the double-elemination event.
pitcher for Kings Mountain High,
and Connor were the leading hii-
; ters for Champion’s Number Two,
which came within an eyelash of
' winning the district crown.
The only leturning .starlei* in
tlie bac’kli(‘ld is senior quarter-
.'uck Chris JoKnson, who stai1<*d
SVVC Football
Schedule
AU.'H'ST 25
Chas'* at i:as1 Rutherfonl
Fr; d T. Fo.ird at Burns
■ SLFTK.MBBR 1
South p(;]ni at C,icrr\vii!e
Cr< .d at Chase
LiiKomton at iUilhi'rford- n
ai Ilunici’ Hu.-.-
Bessemer City at Kings Mtn.
SEPTEMBER s
South Point at Crest
Shelby at Burn.-'
Chose at Kings Mounta n
Ka.-i Rutherlonl at Linr(jln.on
•Cherryville at North Gas* »:i
Oa!e Hill ai Ruthorfoi-dlor.
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■ Burns at Cherryville
, Ruthri furdlun at (’ha.^^e
Kings Mountain at East Ruth.
Liniolnlon at .Shelby
! Ea.-l Gaston at .South Poim
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Kings Mountain at South Point
Cheiryville at Shelby
i Ri'.therfordton at East Ruth.
I Lincolntnn at Newton
iSEIM'E.MBER 2fl
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' South Point at Lincointon
Burns at Chase
Cherryville a Kings Mountain
Ea.si P^utherford at Crest
Sh(‘l :y at Rutherfordton
OCTOBER G
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Chase at .South Point
Lincointon at Burns
East Rutherford at (^herryville
Shelby at Crest
Rutherfordton at Kings Mtn.
OCTOBER 13
on defense last year. He’il be
pushed for the signal calling jxjsi
by sophomore Tony Fall.-;.
h.‘d last year’s fre.diman le.'un
a 0-1 lecord and .second pla«e in
the '■J'ri-County Conference.
Jax'ori Sinith, who sldtcd at
times on defense* last tall, is tl-.c
l *p halfback prospect. Jo]inn>
Byers, a .sophomore. i.> anoth<‘r
lilu'ly .starter and Martu.s l-’Jovd,
who .saw .some spot iuiion ol
t.lanki'r last year, will lx* the iuj»
candidate for thi* starling Uill-
l>ack pf>sition. Myron George, a
letterman, is a likely starter at
one of the defensive back posi-
‘I lions and will probably set* a lot
of action of offense as well.
'I'he Mountaineers will run from
the I-formation, an attack which
was highly successful for Jones
at Lowell'Holbrook. Falls ran
the attack with ease as a fresh
man hut Johnson's varsity e\-
pc'rience may prove to be the dif-
ierenco when Jones makes his
final quarieiuack selection.
KMHS Grid Roster
MEET THE MOUNTAINEERS
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Jei'i'v \ktIc:riIiF‘
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H>ti inc
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Hoy Piilnnm
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Kevin Queen
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I.ari'y Ilamriv'k
(i- 2
185
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Mcnt\- Wilson
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200
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L):i!o I laid .<(.»(*
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185
F.
Han(l>' Win-.i
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175
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Chri.-', Laughief
5- 9
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Ttnntny Sliirhy
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199
John Ih'idRi's
(;- 1
195
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Jake Bridejes
G- 2
210
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Lan’y Biddi\
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Heggie Wirilin ire
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Laiuiy 'ITiornburg
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Dennis
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(Hctin Moss
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Jo.hn Pn‘ssli‘\'
5-10
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ILn F-'ulnam
5- 7
149
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Alfred Ash
6- 0
190
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NIark fk^cji'tge
5-11
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Josn Morrison
5-11
160
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Wayne Dixon
5-n
1.70
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C'bris Johnson
G- 0
182
QH
Tony Falls
G- 0
173
QH
Darryl Van D\'ke
5- 8
140
QF
C'hiK’k Ausi in
5- 8
145
HH
Javon Smith
5-11
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Nlyron Cu'orge
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145
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Johnny Byers
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170
HB
Edw ard Goode
G- O
139
HB
Walter Snead
5- 9
145
HB
Mike Whitaker
G- 0
152
HH
Harlee Davis
.7- 9
155
FB
Dennis Trout
5-11
145
FB
Marcus PToyd
5-11
155
Rutherfordton at Soutli Point
Burns at East Rutherford
, Chase at Lincointon
' On Saturday, Champion’s stop- cherryv ille at Crest
'.pod Cherryville Pythians 14-S
to
advance to the finals. Eric Yates
led the winners at bat with 2-
for-3 and Bill Ware hurled the
victory. Nine Pythian errors
helped Champion’s cause.
('hampion’s stoj.'ped Dover 23-
1.3 to hand the Ch<miyville f ’lh
its first loss. Ware again hur].*d
the win and Connor led a 20-hii
plate attack with 4 foiHl.
In t'u* final game. howev(*r.
Champion’s got tji<‘ cad ’ore-.k:;
and Dover eeketi out a 7-.5 win
for th<* championship.
Mullinax and Jack Bell
Kings Mountain at
OCTOBER 20
Shelby
Softball Marathon
On Labor Day Weekend
South Point at Shelby
Burns at Rut.'u ;'.:;r:ll.;n
Last Rulherli'.'d : t C.-nse
LinC'dnton at v’ -- i;.- i<.e
Ciest at Kin^- ain
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CJoforth, former All • State winners (^t bat with 2-lor-3 each.
S'-uth Point .'.t Er : Rutherford
Kings Mountain ai Burns
Sholby at Chase
Wayne Cherryville at Ruiherforaton
led Iheic'rr-st at Lincointon
Darlington
Will Have
Raceway
New Look
Ca.st your vote for the all-time King.s Mountain football,
basketball and baseball teams. Ballots mu.st be returned to
the King.s Mountin Herald. P. O. Box 752, on or before Augirst
28. The teams will be announced in fho Augu.st 31 edition of
the Herald. _ ^
ALL TIME FOOTBALL TEAM
Ends (2)
Tackles
Guards
(2)
(2)
Renter (1) —
Quarterback (1)
Halfback.s (2) —
p'ullback (It _
ALL-TIME BASKET? TEAM
Forwards (2t
C’enter (1) . -
Guard.s (2) _
First Base (It
Second Base
Shortstop (1)--
Third Base (1) _
Utility Inf. (1) -
Outfield (3) -----
Catcher (1)
ALL-TIME BASEBALL TEAM
(1)
7Iica Mine vs
Lefthand Pitcher <1)
1 2 team.
Friday. 7 p.m.
No. 3 team.
Friday. S p.m.—Gastonia Knit
vs. Dicey.
Friday. 9 p.m. Duplex vs.
Spi'ctrum.
.Saturday. G p.m. — Gastonia-
DUey vs. No. 1 team.
Saturday, 7 p.m. Duplex •
Spectrum winner vs. Oxford No. >
2 winner.
Saturday, 8 p.m. Mica - No.
3 winner vs. 6 p.m. winner.
Duke Faces
Toughest First
Three In Land
DURHAM. N. C. With the
opening of football practice loss
than two weeks away and th<‘
first game only three weeks a-
way. Mike McGee tmd his Blue
Devil assistants arc hard at work
preparing for the temgh season
ahead.
On Septemljer 9. Duke will be-
;in what has been toi-meii as the
“toughest first three games any
team in America will play”. Tlic
Blue Devils open with Alabama
and in the following weeks meet
Washington and Stanford. Then,
without a breather. Duke \\ill
face a much improved Virginia
team in their first Atlantic
Coast Conference action of the
year.
Alabama, Washington and Stan
ford all have ‘ ecn picked hy pre
season polls in the top twenty.
Both Alabama and Washington
have been selectf'd as their pre
season conference favorites.
DARLINGTON. S. C. — Darling
ton Ractnvay, basking in thcj
S-'Utii Carolina sun .since April, j
will .spurt a new “cjat“ for the'
Labc.r U.iy. S.iutliern .700. |
The "coat" is black nd weigh.s|
850 tons. It stretch(*s from her!
shoulders hallway around h<‘r j
mile and throe eights fnm<*. A!
mort*c ommon name for the,
“coat" is a.sphalt or what Rate-!
way Pre.sident Barney Wallaci*:
call.s “black gold.”
The 8.70 tons is being .s’)read j
from the track’s start finish linc|
, through the first and .sei-ond I
turns. '
“We've had :i major water pro- ■
hlem the past two years in the
first and second lurna. It’s some
thing that couldn’t bi* helped. We
had more than our slian* of rain
l.xst year and water got under
the trek eusing the a.-;ph;dt to
vShift a- soon as the heavy stwk
car.--, started running," t'.xp'lained
Wallace, “we had o wail until
tlie water level dropped before:
anything (Muld bi* done to the'
track.” I
Florenee and DarLngton, apj)rox-
imately four miles from 1-95. The
fjur-latn* road in fn^nt of the
Raceway will extend .s.nne 11
miles W(*sl of the track.
Fans sitting in theg rnneUtands
for the Southern 700 will beni*-
lit fnnn a nev\ fenci* in-'talled a-
cros-s the Raceway infield. The
fences we:*e installed from both
tunnel entrances and will block
out all vehicles over seven feet,
ten inehoo, from i)arking in the
turn.«. All tlie large vehicles com
ing into the infield will have to
{>ark in a designated area in the
(*enter of the infieUl.
NOVEMBER .3
I2urns at .South Pohil
.'base at Cherryville
Rut-herforcUon at Cie.<t
Kings Mountain at Lincointon
Rutherford at .Siielln
I Local Fishermen
Make Large Haul
Local fisliermen caught ovt*r
G7.7 Spanish mackerel in an out
ing at Garden City. .-4. C, Marina
over the weekend.
They took two ijoats out tnjl!-
in near .Merrili’s Inlet.
Making the big catch Wf*re .Mr.
and Mrs. R. C. Chapman, .sons
Tim and Tommy: Mr. and Mr...
Lloyd Chapman an i sim.-i Ricky
and Terry; Mr. and Mrs. J. V.
Bolin and sons Dennis an.i Dan
ny; and Mr. and Mr.s. Joe Chap
man and son.s, Jimmy. Alli*n and
Jeff.
W.VNTED: Twenty softball play-
■ cry n.'jcl .sevi'ftl umpi.e.s'to par
■ :\yi-Ao in a 3'1-plus Ivntr mar^-
Cl .s--!iball g.'unt cF L'cul
•r':' c! P.tik -c; Lr'b:.c.’ j>r>y ueck-
('■ d-
V: .y Pe.ar-on, re r<' i!.- n di:ec-
tf;r aid lofiay t'lai plans are
•• na J to :it:e:r:p: • bn 'k
t.if- ’•!:( rc-.-»i.t L: a m:irah n
CO tball 'orte-s!. Fears.'’n said
two '•‘tm-- from E.'.en, N. C.. .<.*1
the re rrd of 30 liours.
Pearson s.aid one team. Har
den Manufacturing Co. of Ga -t-m
C<'unty. has already agreed to
parlieijinic in the maratlnm. Nov., •
Prarson said, he needs an all-
star team from Kin.e,.^ Mountain ,
campetc again.<‘ Harden. \
Pear.s in .said Hit* game would'
probably be completed late .'-aJ-
^'opfem'er 1. The game would
probably be completed late Sat
urday night. Sept. 2, or early Sun
day mornitig, St'pf- 3 Pear.-on
-suid liiat mcsl busine.s:^es
will he cIos(*d for Labor Day
M.:]ida\. 4, plnycns will
ha.'i* nknty of lime t rest be-
1 .n • >:ng baek to wwk.
have unlimited .subsihu
tion.” Pearson .said. “When, a
player gets tired, .someone e!.se
..*an ipki- his place, and then he
can take )iis i)laa*. and then he
t
Any plnyer.s or umpires inter
ested in participating in The too-
ord-breakin gatiempt are urged to
eontact Pear.son at tlie commun
ity center.
Mcana-hile. Pear.son say.s he’ll
be C3nia:ting softball people in
E<len to learn the exact time of
the state record.
Hickory Officials
Hunt Bottle Thrower
HICKORY, N. C. — Nt*d Scizer
led f.':- G2 laps and Harry Gant
t.jok ' :.mmand Fn* II laps, but
tin f n.d ouu-.'ine ol the inO-lan
Spori.sman Icaiuie at Hickny
.-Speedway Satuniay night wa.s
.settli'd by a fan wli ) thre;\ a bot
tle on the tra.k.
Gant pitted with ;i flat tire
Recreation Department News
When tlu' N.-VSt'AR touring pro- j
fe.ssionals arrive at the Rac'e'AXjy.
August 30 for the oklest sui)er I
.speedway raci* on the .sclKHlule, ;
they will .se<' a numbt'r of chang- i
es both inside find outside the,
Raceway. !
I Tin. highway in front of the
. track is now four lanes wide and
.should aid the South Carrilina
Highway Patrol greatly in mov
ing the traffic in and out of the
! Raceway. The S. C. Highway Com-
, mi.s.si.m hopes to have the Dar-
I lington by pass complett*d and
I open to traffic l)eforo the race.
Registration form.s for all boys, lourn-amenls at City stadium.
intere»ti*d in playing pte woe or j Craflspun was the hottest thing
mighty mile football aie 'avail- going last week, winning three
able at the Kings Mountain Coin- league games a”d spLiiing an
munity Center. ' exhibition nvin!)ill witli Hardi'n’s
‘ .Manuiaoturng.
All players must ix*gister in or-1
dor to play and forms must be i Craft^pun stopped Oxford 13-1
signed by parents o-r guardians. ' as Jerry Ramsey. Dm Shields and
Boys ibelween the ages <>f It) i Dickie Burgess I'olle.ted three
and 13 who weigh less than 110 . hits apiece. Craftsj.un whippixl
pounds may play for the jxm* wee Mica .Mine lS-3 oehind t!ie tliree
team. Mighty Mile players mu.st base hit pen »?manees of ^GU'nn
be between the ages of nine and , Rcrkln.s, Dickie Burgess. Shields
and Pete Burge.ss. Craft.spun
bjjnktvl Oxford 20-0 as Bill
Broome, Dick Burgess. Pete Bur-
g(s.s and Gerald Hlpps collected
three hit'- j
In the twinbill vvitli Hanlon’s ^
Craft.spun e(*ked out an 8-7 vie-'
tory before l.Ksing 20-10. Ilardim’s:
in the 20-10’
12 and weigh les.s than 80 paund.s.
The pee wee ' team will be
coachtHi by Charles Burn.s and
Jimmy Littlejohn. The mighty
mites will be coaehf'd by Jch*
Cornwell.
Both teams will particU>ate in
the Gaston League and will be
eo-sponsored by the Optimig Club rapiK*d eait 30 hits
Righthand Pitcher (1)
The Crimson Tide finished the‘The hy-pa?,-^ will eonnoet High-
season last year ranked thii'd in i way 52 North around Darlington
menf. | Ch-ampion'.-; Number Two, which
♦ • ♦ I had to forfeit its last league
No less than five forfeits were game* due to partici;)at ion in the
recorded in indtustrial league ac-larca tournament Tuesday night,
tion during the past week, most sqiKHved out an 8-7 win oy<^ Du-
' winners and Mullinax .slammed a
lK)mi‘ run. Ji*wel Watson and
Danny Rhodes led the losers with
3-i.u-’ eacii.
Carolina Throwing topped Dic
ey Fabrics 9-G in its only game
I ■ d’c Tim Oliver was the
!''Aiun;ii , .;t'. !u'r and B.ib South-
well lu-ok tin* lo.ss. .\obodN' liad
over one IFi.
Skidnvvx* Construction toc»k a
piir of 'ri.Uorie.s, besting Dice;.
il-2 and .^ipirntruin 27-1. Skidmore
.scored p: :u:i in die last foui
innings to t;reak open a 1-0 game
against Dice>. ."^kidmoie siwed
10 in the fir.st two racks in its
easy victory over .Spectrum.
Spocrum oeked out an 11-10
victory over Dicey as Proctor col
lected tliree .hits, including a
homi'r. Terry Punam led Dicey'
with throe hit.s.
_ Fpectrum dropped a 5-3 divi
sion to Gastonia Knit. Donaldson, blew
•will 27 laps to go and Junior
Croucli went on to win his third
feature of the season. Eo.seo L()-a-(»
was four seconds back in the
runnerup .slot.
Officers (.‘ontinuo to probe the
ulentity of the person who threw
the bottle on tin* ract track. He
will be cliargod with a-s^ault with
. a deadh' weapon with intent to
kill, accordin.g to track manager
Ned Jarretr.
In an action-filled night, Roger
>tarne.s of Hickory emerged the
-vvinner of the Hobby fe.Jt'jre after
John Si*tllemyre was tue victim
ol a .spinout on the ' c.ind lap
and had to restart in Fie r/ar.
Even s>. Setlhmiyre n. Ic a run
hack fer the Iront ani clashixi
fenders with Ronald Fo.x for a
number of lap.s.
Run off the track when he div
ed lov\ and almost piishcxl into
the wall when he tried the high
side. Setilemyre and Fox e.x-
changed fender blows after the
event. Fox finislu'd set'ond and
Setilemyre was tbirl.
.\ctio:i against one or both driv
ers Ls being eon.sidered by offic
ials.
The victoiy wa.s a career first
for Starnes, who led all but the
fir.st lap. Two drivers were shak
en up in warmup.s when five cars
were involved in a pilc-up. Lar
ry Starnes of Taylorsville and
.Allan Powell of Lenoir \s-ere shak
en up but apparontlv not hurt in
the chain ('ollision after Starnes
a lire.
resulting from teams particlpat-' plex. \Va>Tie Mullinax and David, plex. 8-4 as Donaldson went 4
had three hits for the winners- Ray Nicholson, Jr., of Fayette-
and Cutchins had three for Spec- ville. driving a Volk.suxigen, made
trum. a runawav of the 25-la.p mini-
'Gastonia Knit also topped Du- stock feature, and Lariy Little
Continued on Page Tour I back into Highway 52 between j ing in the District 23 and area Bolin had tliree hits each for tlie‘far-4
won the
fourth of
Rookie feature, his
the season.
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