/ 22, 1973 fThursday, February 22, 1973 THE KINGS MOUNTAIN HERALD. KINGS MOUNTAIN, N. C. PAGE THREE N. C. lool at Gard- ivo been an 5t five week une 4. Tile July 7. w, vice pie- affairs, said 11 hoi i une 4 at 9 I bej'in the the Iasi ol gradua »r Saturxlav. fereti in an, ion, i)ioloL:v. X'ssin*', (Kill- Jth, hislorv, )1 Snrene(» ba.skelhall tournament this after- no.in at Burns High S.dKol but as of Ihi.s vvriiing the Mountain- eois worm’ sun Tosld Talks Golf When Bob Toski talks, people listen, especially if the subject is golf. The former PGA great, now known world-wide for his ability to teach the greatest golfers in the world, was hero iiig round opp-rirnl would bt*. T'he KM girU finished fifi.h in the final SWC standings with a 10-8 n?;rord wh'ile Kast finished ; one nort h ahead with an II-T mark. They'll battle at 5 j).m. in what .should he a barnburner a>‘ . , , , . th(» tu > win ‘They’re better in some aspects of the game,” he tletcrmine their secxlings for tlio noted, "but their overall consistency as players isn’t bet- f r-?"- ter. I would say their finesse or the number of shots they ; can play aren’t as great as the players of 20 or 30 years ago.” The main differences in golf, he says, are equipment and the-strength ol the performers. "Today, the ckrbs are built for them to perform with,” he said. “We used to he able to perfoi*m with fewer types of cliibs. Take the .sand wedge. In Hobby Joneses’ .day.s, they used to play sand shots with a pitching niblet Vr a nine iron. "The only thing today’s players have that the players of 20 or 30 years ago didn’t have is strength. They hit the y . ball farther now. And, I would say the majority of the ' ’ younger player.s are better putters. But they aren’t the shotmakers that thc.se players were 20 or 30 years ago. They simply boom the ball off the tee, grab some club and knock it on the green and hole it. The artistry of the game is not nearly what it \^as \\hi*n I started playing. ‘T’ve been in two generations of golfers.” he continu ed. "I started young with the great players like Ben Ho gan. Byron Nelson and Sam Snead. And, I’ve seen the modern players like Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmei, (!iary Player and Lee Trevino. And I would say that outside of |< the real good player.s like those four, the rest are just good strong hitters. Thoy ro not the great shotmakers like Nicklaus and Palmer and the others." — Could Still Play On Tour Toski, who played on 1h(' tour from 1919 until In.'S?, has very little tinu' for the playing phn.se of golf now. He spends most of his time teacliing. writing, commentat ing for Hughes Sports Network and .speaking. And, he’s entered a new business venture which brought him to Kings Mountain. He’s part of the Tale, To.ski and Gibson architectural firm which plans golt coui’ses. "We have only started in this field in the last three or four months,” he said, ‘and wo have very fortu nately started out quite fast." only about 18 holes a toumaTneot. If th(* Mountaineers tak(* fiftli pIa:-(‘, 1h(‘y’]l pl;»y fourth plare Souili Prdnt .Sa'lurday at 6:30. Th(* Mountaineer.'-: and Raiders split iheir re^^ular .^cns in games u})o their opoji-i Soulh Point had a 10-8 record in lea^^uo jy] ly. II the M.:ulU^ine{'^^? take sixth place, they'll mr^et ihiid ph; e Ea.sl Rurhcifcr.',! SiUorday at 8 p. ni. The Mounta'ineors also split r(gular M confo.sis with t.jir» ; ivaliers, who fini.sh(»d with a 13-5 (.•onforence mark. Three game.-^ ar(‘ card(*d for lh(‘ first fc-ur nights of the tour nament. The :ham})i'.n'>hio games are .•scheduled for n(*xt Tuesday n^iiit. The tou.'ney winners wiil join regular .sea.son cham:>ions Burns girls and Shelby boys in the as.sociation tournament ncx» week at Catawoa Coll^^ge :ii Salisbury, i; tlu? regular .s<*a.s{m (liarrips win the tourney title al so, the tourney runnor.-^-up will a!.-a g.) to (lie a.>.sociation tourna- iTKmL KiO"! rc'eilar .'^ca.sr.m .sta'nriing-: showed two t'io'j, one in each di- \ Lsion. In the girls division, Cha.se a.ii'l hincolitten lied fre seventh and eighth jdaees 'with 6-12 mark.s, so thoyTo in the same boat as th(‘ Mounlain(M?rs and Burns, no-i knowing wii > their opening foe will be. The Cherryville and R-S Cen tral gills o:td the Ch<*rry'\1lle and Cha.se boys failed lo (jualify for the louniaoKMit, as only the top eight clubs in each division ad- today wi-th Ka-sf but the Mcun- vance. tainettes .should ra'fe a slim fa\ Games tonight, jn addition to crite a.s they've C(yme on str.-nc the KM-Ead girls b.Utle, will lo win their la.st four cMilisi'. .«o(‘ ih(* first }>la<-e Burns gi-rJ.s Last >-ear, theMounlainctte-ista,; taking on eitiior I has<' or Lincoln- erj a similar late-.sea.-ion T.-ivc a: i ton at 6:.3i) and the first place they advanced all the \.ay Shelby boys taking on LiiK’olnton the a-ssor-iation .sr‘mi-fi:::;i in- at 8:.30. f(r(‘ lasing a narrow oik'-; >ir.: Friday night, the .ShTdby and decision to M'cBc.well r>unty. Crest girl.- c- -en play at .5 p.m. De^oorah 'Crorkett has .x on the Sheihy finished third with a 12-6 se:iS(.n-]ong .scoring hsuTr fo.- rccrvrd and Cre.>! took si.xlh with liie M >untainettes but C a 7-11 mark. S(‘cond p]ac(* .'^>uth Point gills will meet either Chase nr LLncol.nton at 6:.30 and the .sc-jcnd plart* Crest b":ys will lake on seventh place H-S Central at 8:3P. The KM girls will take a I2-S ouMall re:xyrd iino thidr gam * Blaine Froneberger ba.s gotten dcuble-digit st-.-ring fr.-m Kath;> Li'dfoid, Karen UMiford and .San d-n Byer.s and Myra .MeiJinnis ard Joan P.^cx-tor ha\-o j)layed well <.n d(‘fen.><\ Tile -Mountaineers fini-Iied fad also, .vinning five of their la.^t Ji Although he average.s playing week, he hasn’t lost, his touch. "I think I’m as good a player than I ever was,’’ he says. ‘Tm a if not a heltei* playec much sounder player. And I’m a much more of an inlelli- TALKING GOLF — Former PGA greet Bob Teski, left, d sciisEes Kings Mountain's newest golf course, Woodbridge Country Club, with Jim Hamrick of Hamrick Development, owner of the new layout near the Kings Mountain Buffalo Creek water project. Toski has very definite ideas about the future of professionol goL (see Herald Sports). her infoi Dol at Ga, itact: Diro( fol, Gaixlnei- ng Springs. OIL )s or trees landscape ijarden soils. Dccial ty|X‘. » University that plants Irons, nza- 4 and their hrive in or- 1. They like 'ell supplieTd on one of the toughest golf (•oui'S(*s in llu' woi'ld. And I finished up shooting a 2S9, which is a prt'tly good score. To.ski feels he could rejoin the lour with no troublo- “Compotitivoly and fundamonlalh' anti psychologicall:, Tm still a good striker of the ball,” Ik* said. ”1 could go on the tour right now and still play and possibly win if i I wanted to go out and .sacrifice the time and effort. Bui, i of cour.se, desire is the mosl important thing. Although Toski wouldn’t choose a best player of all- time he did say Sam Snead is the mo.st consistent golfer 1/) ever play the game. , “I don’t think there ever wil'r lie a player who will play a.s long and as well as he has,” Toski declared, "Sam is over 60 years old and he shot a recorri 26S .score in the Seniors Touimament about tw'o weeks ago. That's better than the score Nicklaus shot when he won the PGA on the same course. The cour.se was a little shorter but still the hole doesn’t get any wider.’ — Helped Hinson Win NO Open Toski told of a Scot—"a follow Oelaloni”—who built the hickory shaft clubs, recognized as some of the best in the world. "He came over to this country on tour, recalled Cagers Sweep Central In Home Cage Finales King.-' Mountain High'.s varsity lor the Mounlainc'ttc.s who con- eagor-; cnciort tlioir hemo season timio to make their w'ay toward in impressive la.r* the only double I digit .scorers in the game but ■ Katliy and Karen Ledford con tinued to score well for the Mountainetle.s, adding eight and dx points, respectively. The Mountainoltcs led all the way but didn't start to pour on; the ■cck'il until the second half. It was a low-scoring 16-8 game, at intcrmi.s-sion. The victory' was the third draight and fourth in five game.S' d .Vsli caoped off a bril liant '.vrt::;!r.ng .season last wec'k in bury, winning the VVoit- '■> 1 i'. • .1 Car.'.lina' High Schools A 'i.i.ie. A:-; ; iatiim cinmipi >n. .s. ip n file U’7-p on ! i.v.si n. T/ie vi gavi* the p »pular :<■ - M, ■ .:;=;n High S:h)>l .sen- 1 . ; erfe.r 21-6 re : 1. 19 cf .ii, ’ vlvrjri(.s coming cn ping A-^,1 s\v(_.t j>ast five pin* ning lour (f tlnm, t.) toke thi.‘ lop pi’ize. in addiii. n ic wanning h;-; a:\i i n Title. Ash wa.s al.s > name 1 : ■ tae All-Ccnf. renc(‘ .earn f.r N'.; :ln\o.deir!->r-Uih- .ve-u.rn L; .ence and wa.-' also v.vc' ler cf tlie yc.ar i.i tiu? IC-tcam Uaguc'. A-h'.s car-Gi. Warren 'Bji .Go- iCrtii. w.a-: dated ever .Alfred h.m- ing away witli tin* champ'i.m h.p tr.-,h\. ‘-Tiii.^ is ju-;: wAiit v..* no( d 1 ' .vate ire :o ir,h're.-t r. Wri.st! ng here*,” he .'^aicl, ‘“an I. of cou.'.:e, Alfred is very dewr. - ing '•! t!io re:;gniticn he revOiv- ed.” Kings Mountain i.s i:i only i’s i fourth year of wrestling and Ash is the only athiele in the schooT'' history to participate in the sport throughout his high school career. Kings Mountain is only one of two SWe schools with a wTestl- ' ing program, tiie other being Cha.se. ! Although the M.:>untaineers fin- 1 ished last in the NWC-SWC with a 0-9 conference recoiid and 1-15 overall chart, Ash raised many ' an eyebrow with his strength and ability to take out his oppon ents early in the match. In 80 percent of his matches, be pin ned his foe within 30 .seconds of the fir.st round. College coaches ha\'e sliown a tremendous amount of intere.st in him, and the talk is he Is leaning toward Appalachian State to further his educ-ation and par ticipation in wro.stling. Catawba coac h Dutch Myers tossing in a game high 23 pdnts has follmved .A.sh’s progress as the Mountaineers avenged an throughout the .season, having earlier overtime lass at R-S Cen- Urst talked to him when the Ca- tral. ' tawba wrestling team c-ame here The Mountainec'rs led most of • early in the .?ea.son to give the the \\.iy but were never able to Mountainetrs some tips. coming on pins. .Asli had a .siring of 2s -traignt pins broken in his 'nvular .sea- .v-n finale against Wilkes On- trai. “He could have pimied his man in the fir.st round tiiat night.’ ncted Goforth, “but we uanled liim lo go three rou:Kl< to get in sha;x.‘ for the a.s.sociation tocc- nament. Then, in the third r.'^jrd, I guess he was tired and couldn’t pin his man and had to sc'ttle fc;- a clealsiaH.” A .h is the third aihk-te i'l K.M.LS h;st:>.'y to win an a-’.:: ia- li'’;n ' ehiunpionship. John V in Dyke wen the a.s.-;ociati!>n g dJ' Ti.a:n:i.mon: hut haw* lo-: a t-ui:iament in 1966. .r the Mountaineers, led by leading soccer Butch Bla lock with 22 points. Randy Wingo added 18 and sophemore Tcny Fall- 12. It wa.s the fourth win in five ouling.s for the Mountaineers. wlKT improved their overall mark to 12-9 heading into Tuesday night'.^ regular seasen finale at Cha.sc. GIRLS GAME K. Mtn. (55t — Crockett 19, By ers 18, Karon Ledford 6, Kathy ‘Elon also talked to him at the a.ssociation tournament,” Go- f: rtli noted, “but the thing is. mc.st cf these schcxils give little or no aid to wrestlers.” Catawba, which hasted the as- Sv'.'laticn tourney, Is talking to Ash about the possibility of a ■c^mihination football - wre.s^ling scholarship. .Ash .started at tackle fcT three years for the Mountain- ter gridders and wa.s one of the team leaders in each campaign. This year's trip to the associa tion tcurney was the first for the KMHiS wrestlers and many per sons feel that had ihe Mountain eers gone to the event la.st year. .Ash wculd luue won the title as a junior. He fnlshed with a 14-1 record Ledford'S, Proctor 2. McGinnis 2. last winter, winning his last 13 R-S Central (25» —Lyles 2. jmitches, all on pin.s. Thus, he Omill 3, LIttlejchn 41 Miller 8, currently has a string of 31 Co7itiniif'd On PttRe Four i sliraight victories, 32 of them BO. IE v 10134imaoi Central Junicr lligh'.s Pal riot* elcsed out another succes.sfui .sea son Tuesday doxcai.ng Gasion Day 43-27 for a final record cf 12 wins and only two lo.5sos. The K.MHS freshmen split a pair of games la.st week to finislt with a break-ever 7-7 record. Central, coached by Porter Griggs, had the .-ijest record in the Iri-Ccunty Junior High Con- ferenre, thanks largely to Grier’s upset victory c'ver Ashley cn Tuesday. Ctntr;il had last to Asfi- ley Thursday, 39-38. William Thempsen tepped tiuj Patriots in scoring in both of their games, hitting 14 in the loss to Ashley and 17 in the vic tory over Ga-'don Day. Mark Mcn’ cier chipped in with 10 in the Tuesday win. In the narrow loss to Asltley. the two clubs were even at the end of the first two periods, the .score tud at 8-8 aftt'r one thrr)- ter and 18-18 halftime. A-hley cutscored tlie Patriots 15-14 in the third period and that was the difference in tlie game. The fre.shmen wliipped Ashley 54-47 Thursday before losing to Cre.-it 47-39 in their finale Mon day. Jimmy Thompson led the win over Ashley, scoring 21 pr-I.its. Tommy Manning addev'l 14 and Clev'eland Mackey 10. KMH8 It:! Qll the way. The sccre was 27-26 at halftime and 42-34 heading into the Hnal eight minute's. fix's! led all the way in whip ping the frosh Monday. KAnS failed to place a player in dou ble figures. CENTRAL BOXES Central (38t — TJiompson 14. Mcrcler 8, Re bert.s 6, Ingram o, Eddins 5. Ashley (391 — Fays.-Joux 10. Ccoke 6, Parks 8. Pratt 11. V7GT NAME SCHOOL 98 'Marc I airdl Watauga 105 .Mickey Hrrdlh Valdese Eilly keo.*'e Watauga 112 B.lly A.aeite Wilauga '3y.; n .-Mexander Alex- (’ontral 119 Mike Eritiain Valile.-;e Rodney Butler Newt 120 Randy Dula Jiadson R .bert S.Ti th Newton 132 \ auglin Fresh.>ur Mv Dowell Lddle Taylor Hud.'un 138 Garv Vate.; Watauga Mila* Elddix Avery Co. 14.5 D- u;Ias Stanberrv VVaiau’a Fran.sie Smith U 155 Larrv John.smi A. ( . V Co. Greg WiUan Huds'.n JiK'K L.mon NI:-DawclJ Quincy Robcit.s Wilke.s Cen Michael Cook Watauga 167 Roland Young Xcvvuxi Staniev Atw.. d Waiauga 185 Alfred A-h King.s Mtn. R^be.r E'elm.st(*r .4iex- Central Gill Ec:k Iu?no;r 195 D-irroll Pritchard Hu-dson Hwt. Greg Lail Hudson Bustei G(>r(*e M. Dow ell F\cd Walters Alex. Central FINAL STANDINGS Team Watauga Huclcn Alexander .Avt*.“v Cauntv McDowell Valdcse Wilkes Cenlr.il Newt cn-C jnov i-r Lc'nclr Kings .M mntain Won Lost six games f.ar a 9-9 'conferc'nee le ';rd and 13-9 overall mark, liie .M ;untaineers’ only loss i.n :iu' fijial .vix was to league . .;ainp4(ai Snrlby. Buuh Blalock continiK's to lead lac Mcunlainecrs in .scoring but I . iicli Allen Di.xon has alsj gc-t- d.uble digit .s. oring from s(v- ( -. I playei.s, including Mike 'i 1 anhs, T(jny Fii.s, Randy Wingo a" ' VV( ndi iFDawkins. This is the .Mou.ntaineer.s’ f;*! V. lar.infe s(*a.son in three years un der Dixen. i'hey \v nipped ev<;v team in the c'onference at least ( n'*e with the ex:'eption of Crest, , h ran the Mountie.s off the 'rt twi-e In regular .-w'a-son a) »v. Ash Wins Association 'Championship, RunsUnbeaten SeasonRecordTo2l-0 W. Sarvis ^'he.n'd the :i.ss K-iati* n 1:' tltl(* uvi> years a/o. in tei:n .-j) rts. tin- .Mauntl'*.- h.'ue captuia 1 only o”T • 1: n title. In 196‘t, the KMII.-'; ba-'- -all t( am vvi-nl all tlu* w ;y. wiiipping .S::itc.-;ville 2-h in Pk' fhom])! m.shij) game on a \M)- !iitl(‘. !^y laj.MV G l. itli. wlio »v.?n t’ne a >r> •! I ion'.-; (.utstai; li):.; pkiver a A aril. Ti'e lO,'*;-; hasketball team, lei Adams, advancel lo •itati ai .aam; iai'shia e 1 >-Ing to K'U'.na; r.'il -.he:- K.MII ^ team- to tlu* a v- i; V UDii^ tion.'i in the lS5-p>unerfect 9-0 reoord in emferen'e action, won coacli ol the v'ear lionons. K.n Byeily ol Hud.=(m fiidslu’d second and Jerry Murray Valdese third. Tlu* ccmplete all • .*anTronie team and final NWC-SW^' .'•'tniici- in,:.-- 1( llf.w; ALFRED ASH . .. Association Champ f4?!s Capture Fourth In Row, Boys Win 85«81 King.-; .Mountain'^ var.'ily cag- 'or'* vlo.scd our regular .sea%.n play 'liuv.lay night at Cha.se with a dejhleluuler sweep, the girls winning .54-32 and the boys win ning 8.5-81. The v'ictory gave the Moun- lainette.' a final 10-P Southvve.st- ern Conference record. It wa.s tlu* fourth .'straight victory for Blaine Fiv mebergcr’.s 1 a.s.si(.*.s. Tlu* Mountaineers, '>vho sot a school fcoring record with 166 p;.:nt' in an earlier victory over Tiie 'iVojan.s, finished with a 9-9 roi'crd in conference action and tied Burns for fifth place. Tltrre players .scored in double figures as tlie Mcuntainett(*.s . nnpU'ti'lv cu'icla.'v'Cd the Lady Trojan-', who finished with a 6-12 mark. Kathy IvOdford led tlte way with 15 joints, Sandra adde.i 14 and Karen Ledf jrd 10." Deborah (faockett barely misstti djurde figures 'A'ilh nine points. Cliase wa.s close, 21-16, at in torrais Ln but the .Vlcimtainette.* cenGnued to be a second hab balLlub, outscoring their host.s 30-16 over he f.nal two periods. Eutdi Blalo-jk had his highe.st .scorhig game of the year in the nigiiitai:, ic.ssing in a game-high 32 jvoin:.s i.; lead the Meuntam- (-ers to their narrow win. Randy Wingo added 17 ix>ints, Mike Thembs 12 and Wendell Jenkins 11. giving the Mcuniaint'er.s four double-digit ^^'ortrs. Tlio Mountaincers led most of t’ne w.ty out were never able to put the game or; ice. They we-e up by 12, 45-33. at halftime but the livjan.^ re 6, Smith 4. Merrow 2. FROSH BOXES KM (5D — Thomps.m 21, Man ning 11. Ja.kscn 6. Mackey 10, Yarbrn 2. M.'Kinnr\ 1. A'ihley (47) — Andcr.?on 13, Adaras 4. lihynt* 12. Sadler 6. Matthews 4. Young 4, Muatz 2. Floyd 2. i KM (39) — Tliomps.m 7, Man ning 8, Jackson 7, Mackey 2, Y’ar- ! bro 2, MeKinney 4, Jones 2. Crest (47) — Parks 15. Curlier i 4, Maddox 15, Littlejohn 5, Wtl- ! eon 4, (Temp 4. King.-' .Mountain High’s jayvee o.tgcr. wen games from Cha.se anJ R-S Central la‘ t week to end thoi: season with a 13-7 record. The Little Mountaineers r .'np- ed ovei Chase. 8re 4. 4 CENTRAL GAME K. Mtn. (60) — Smith 4, WUl- ianis 8. Hardin 5, Paystw 13, D. Pyo;.'. 15, Perkins 4, W. 9, .^ic^cicr 2. R-S (57» — Keeter 10. Little john 6, Logan 4. omey 11, Ford 6, Burnetla 24. .