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MonSe FoSis ^eie PA Third
. . Vicisiy Ce!ebration
. Cocch T«n.v Le’cjh Gives Advice
iiaineers Begin Football
ft and
ight in
Kings
2 noon
Filial Phvskals Set For Friday
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. 1[mI^ (‘fliii iji till Kin,
M iiiitain lli.Th St h(. 1 hiaiaali
teaii'i will bou'in prc-si'a-v.n pr:.-•
1 t .M lulay at ‘ p.in.
Hoad Caach Bi bby Jon(*s, in
tIit‘t*n.'*bor. this wook for the an
nua! Taataall <*jach(‘,- ;linl.. sail
tlu loam will j !at’tioo in linin'
•'oai f.i a lofori ;:to!.inii
d(.ua 1 ai!(.u>- ba.anow.
Ji MOK also' iHjlo I that twit
s'!i i.l i- ,uTrm.4 out two .••■day
pra( lio< sovsian In the the
MauntaHKMMS have j.’racti.'i'.i
twice a day until tlu* '.p< run;» of
s.hGol.
Its net uefiiiile yet hoA hi;,* a
squad, nun\‘)or-\vi.s<*. the Moun
taineer; will DC. TliirU i)rospoH.s
ha\e thus far harl jihysierd*; .au
a third and fhial pliysi -al is set
for Friday at "/ p.ni. at the KMH '
field hnu.so. Jonr-- said tlial all
persons \vh - plan la play foot
ball, iiu'liidln.:* Ireshinen. uh'
has'# nut yoi had physicals’.-should
atltfid Friday.
'IV- Muuntainoeis will b<» sdiy
lai^ poison in tlie eoacdiin;; d(‘-
p.dni'-Mi. Tcnimy Pruett, who
ha been an a.ssi.'^tant with the
hrk.s the past threi' years, ha.s
:o:;n»‘,t la a^'coj>i a eoa''liin...!
k at Burn.- Hi‘.di S-I)».d. June-
f sd a ri'pfa I’meni will n »l j(
p«*r| at til.-' ti'ine.
.\l(.un'ain will have s<‘.-
<ii starter, retuniin.i but will
.\e to fill --eMTal :-,aps le.d b\
aduation.
riie key los.siv-: were on tlu*
le. where the M.untaineers
k.st eenti-r - liiu'ba.ker Mark
.eciyje, tjickle.-- Jaki* Brid^U’s, Al-
S',I .^sll. John Toniniv
iiirles. Lannv Tlun’iuus. ('o !
irv Valentine ami others. In
liditiun. <‘nd Chri-: hau'dite.
ved away.
”a kfiel I 1 iiicliidi d full
: . ' .Maicu-: Floy I, hal' '.e a .la-
F.nilh and \i\r(ii) ^ ‘
; 1 quarterbar 1 Inis ,h hi’ n-j.
-Vii 1’inlereiTct* 'I'eny Fall’-' re i
fturnv at quartoraack but ilK*ie|
: bt'en some rum u.- that lie'
JO m ived l • running ha k;
It make* i(.om for a coiqtle of '
Ipicmi.sinji signal tailors, (.dunk!
lAnrlin and Stc'vo Si atliwidl. :
I avi year'.- leadljv ;;round !
.pa,n<*r, Jehany Byeis. returns al ■
haUhack aloM,4: wi h letterman :
I)ain*ll Van Dyke. Tin M .uiitain- ■
(ei- will b(* Ic'jkin;: f’r s. nru? !
lUHvconiors !(» help out in the
swe Gnd
Schedule
front U
H );^ue,
ru.’inin,.; fieijartnient.
The kt-y K'turnoi* iqi
^Uiiid'lim ua. ke; l->enni.*'
.\h. , ba:?*iu._- injury. .sh( uld pro.e
t .’iC ju-ion,.’, lin* I ip lirumien in
iln .'fate, day Putnam, Larry
Hainri y and Hoy Putnam, whj
were part-time .staru*rs, al.so ro-
ai:n up Jr nl.
'i'he Vlounlaim r*r will have
s.-i Dian four A(*ek.s to prepare
. . th, . .-Vu^Mjsd Bl < pener at
fk'ssemor (Tly. Allliou.ijh BC is
u w a UK'ninei ui Iho S .utinso-a*
orn Coni'enMice, IIh* ^'ame will
-.-iini as n in-eanieri*nc.a*, .since
tlu lea;;ue nuA has 13 members. •
Kin:'.-' Mountain stay.s on tin* '
read for it- >•<?'..nut ;'A.ne, playine i
a \’(»rth fJastan a;»ainst anollu'r I
SWe newcomer. North (Ha.slon
w.in the Little F'iv<* (’onference :
Iasi year and advanei'd to the ’
stah piayuff.s.
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The Mountaineers will nvM't
Lincoint m in their Ur.st home
.I'ame on SoplemVr 14, then will
have an opi‘n date before '
U. Burn.s cn Septembt'r 2S. 1
!
Kings Mountain’s schedule 1
h^.v-j a big change* in that Crest |
and U-d Central have been drop
ped to make rcum foi North Gas-
ten and Fia--t fkirbat. The Moun-
taineer.'-' als< are meeting Lin ’
( dnttn tWf- months early, as
i!i..)sc clu’j in the jiast have met
i.n the final night of the .-k'ason.
'.euth P im and Shelby, who in
tlio past have b(*4*;i on the early
part of the .schedule, won't play’
tlu M-iuniaineers until the final;
thiee \v(‘ek.s.
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LEGION TROPHY WINNERS — The four playere pictured above copped trophies at the annual
Post 155 baseball banquet Thursday night at the legion building. From left, they are Robbie
Moore, best defensive player; Wayne Bridges, most improved player; Rick Hord. most valuable
player; and Jimmy Fitts, ^ortsmanship. (Photo by Gary Stewart).
Hord, Moore, Bridges A
Lfid
Fitts Cop Legion Trophies
Players: Call
Soncs For Time
lUok Hard, Robbie Moore, W^ayno ' and a 2.70 earned ran average.
Bridget ;uid Jimmy Fitts copped “We didn^ win many games
Uxiphles at the annual Post 155 j (rhe team had a 4-13 record)
Americ-in Legion ba.s*ibaU ban- this summer," noted Coach Jones
quet Thursday night at the le- | in presenting the award, "but
fen.'^e, and he led the team in
hitting with a .441 average, one
o! the top marks in Area Four.
'Moore had a brilliant rccoari in
hi.' final fling at kid basebnll.
I we feel like Rick had as much to j hilling .4Q3 in high school play
Di. John M^ill said Wednes- j
day there's a possibility the |
K ngr Mou‘itnin High School foot* ’
ball physicals oiiginally schedul
ed icr FrU'ey at 7 p.m. might he
I meved ahead until an afternoon
^ hou.
Definite plans could not be
made since KMHS Coach Bobby
Jones and his coaching staff ore
in Greensboro attending the
North Carolina High School
Coaches Clinic.
Any football candidates plan
ning tc take the physicals Fridoy
shculd contact Coach Jones at
his home cr the school to con-
f'rm the actual time.
gicn building.
j do with winning those games a.-^
Hurd won the mo-st valuable 1
player award lar the stvond; Hord won hi.^ iirst three oon-
stralght year while Muore copped | b(*forc losing four in a mw.
the be.si defensive player awaad, jpe lost several close games, in-
Fitts the sportsmaasliip a i-o oontesl at Hickory
and Bridges the most improved; burk'd a ihreo-hittor
.400
player trophy.
Coache.s Bobby Jones and Gus
HarLsoc, athletic officer Gene
Tignoi and buslnes-s manager
Carl Wilson prc.sented the a-
wards.
Hord. a college freshman who
.started for three years for the
Juniors, hit .278 for the st*ason.
led the club in runs batted in
with 11 and wa.s the toj) hurler
with a 3-4 record. 70 strikeout
and lajined 15 batters, the high
mark of the year fur a Post 155
hurk'i.
Moore, also a three-year .start-
ei. led tire locals both offertsively
and delensivei>. Alternating be
tween shortstop and second base
rtuioh of tlie time, he was a oan-
.si.stent glove man and on of-
b«*fore topping the coveted
I mark again in legion play,
j ' Bridgo.s, one u: the
smallest playons, .showed much
I imprevemont during his three
years oi legion play. This year he
was one of the team's t:>p hit
ter.-: with a .235 mark and, like
Mor-re, was consistent 'vvith lii«‘
glove.
j Fitts, the only one of the four
j trophy wiinner.-; that will be back
j next .season, hit .258 despite play
' ing most oi the sea.son with in
juries. He was the team's second
leading hitter behind Moore go
ing Into the Area Four plaj'off.s.
Augus: 31
K ngr Meunta'n at Bessemer City
iCa.st Garton at CTe.st
i-c'-ith Point at Chase
N,.r,h Ga.ston at C'^o^Iy'^'ilk*
iiutherfurdt.in at McDywoll
September /
City at Gaston
.^utherferdton at Burns
Kings Mountain at North Gaston
C'.hasi* at Ka.it Rutherford
I.incilnton at South Point
riUJiter Huss at Shelby
September 14
Cherryville at Ea.si Rutherford
Burns at .Shelby
South Point al East .Gaston
Njrth Gaston at Rutheifocdtcn
^resi at Chase
Lincclnton at Kings Mountain
Chailotlc Catholic at B<‘.s.s. City
i^eptembei 21
East Rutherford at Burns
Shelby at Cr<*st
Cherryvillo al B<'ssT-mer City
Ea.st Ga.ston at Linednton
South Point at Rutherfordton
Chase at North Gaston
September 28
Shelby at East Rutherford
Chase at East Gaston
Cro.vi at South Point
. Ftu-herjcrciion al Ch(‘rrv’ville
Kings rioiintain at Burns
Ne'Aijii a: Lincclntun
Nciiii Ciast'Uj at Cria:. Catholic
October 5
Eco( Rutherford at Kings Mtn.
E.ist Gaston at Sht*lby
Bc'ssemc: City at Crest
C-hUM at Rutherfordton
i Biirm- at Chero'ciHe
; Lenoir at .St>uih Point
October 12
East Kuthtrford at Rutherfordton
Nortii Gaston at Shelby
Bessemer City at Cha.se
Kings Mounta n at East Gaston
Hy .M. K. GAdtn.M.H
N'. ('. Stale L'm\cr. ..v
The fall weLworm can caure
•xiensivc damage to many k:iiu.s
I iree.s. Ine worms icaiei-
jLu's) 1 ve In eolon.t-.s pioicci-
j; ted by a web allacnci to q.e
.a- ..ranenes. 'I'hey can be eus-
y spotted and .should .e ciadi-
-Lcj ..f-rure they dc-ioLale laiv,e
«.(* sections. Spray vv..ii M‘.in
V maldtiiion. M x the rnalcr.al.s
-la water as directed on tin*
•vntainer.
I oome prefer to burn them out
’ usin.g a wad of ^jtton on tlie end
; 0. a ^uie saiuralei with kera-
.ijne oil. U you use this meth-
I ud, employ qu ck thi'usts with
tile flame in order not to d ..n-
: age tlie ioliage mole than ne.c.s-
s-ry.
Bcaiied iris mt.y be lifted and
; i.'vMed any time between m d-
' July and early September. If you
nave not Utled and d.vid<'d the
rhizome.'; in the last three years,
, i.iC Plants arc pr • ably ...ecom.ng
f'j'ovvded and should rt-cei\e at
tention.
.i...are soil well and add about
one -measuring cup of an 0 14-’14
fertilizer to 10 .square fe‘d cf l)r-i
.. e. .fA\ well .nio the first .six
in.iu*;: c.' .soil. When planting,
' cover the rhizomes with about
' weeds and watered. Earl.er plant-
one inch of Soil. Keep frf*e of
ings become well established in
the soil and blooms belter the
following sprbig.
Be on guan’ for lace'ougs on
azaleas, rhodcKiendrons, pyra-
c.inthas and ^v'ashington ha'.v-
h-.vvihornes. Spray thoroughly
with inalath.on i.eing sure to
cover the unders.des of the
leaves. Thes^* aa-e sucking in-
.sects and cause the leaves to
tv.rn a dirty gray. Tne .cpiay
must strike the f.ody of the
numphs and adults to be effec
tive.
Keep your roses prote..ed
from insects and d seasc-s y
s^.ruying every two weeks
a con-.b.nalicn insecticide i.nd
rung cido. Malathion and Captan
are good if ou mi.x your own,
or, you can use one of the yre-
pared co mbinations available
tram your garden supply stcre.
If you have not accemplishod
all of the old fruiting cano.s
this cliore get with :t. Re.'no\e
from your red and black rahi>-
’oerries and burn them. This pro
cedure will luduoe ti:.scare n'e?-
t'- n. :a is a good plan to pro
tect the m'w growth with a com
bination insori'c'de and fungi
cide. Captan or Feitnate for the
disease; and malathion for the
in-;e"ts. Apply spray every two
weeks.
U. S. ARMY, GERMANY (AHTNC) — His name Isn't Gutenberg,
b'df he runs printing presses in Germany. Army Sergeant First
Cia-T Ecnaid R. Smith of Grover. N. C.. is assigned to the Repro-
durtion Center at Boadquarters. U. S. Theatre Army Suppart
Command. Europe (TASCOM). at Worms. Germany. As noncom
missicned officer in charge (NCOIC) ot the Center, the son oi
Mr. and Mrs. W lUam E. Smith of Route 1. Grover, supervises
the running of 1 to 1.5 million copies through the Center's print
ing presses each month. Sgt. Smith, whose wife, Paula, is with
him in Germany, has three enlisted men and two German civil
ians tc assist him in the shop. Normal work, he scrys. takas four
days, while special jobs take a little longer. Department of the
Army limits to 25J)00 the number of copies on any one Job.
Sometimes, when the workload is heoyy. Sgt. Smith operates a
printing press.
MORE ABOUT
CLASH
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MORE ABOUT
KM*s ASSURED
, ,, , . , ., * C*b had one hit apiece for rhe
member of the ever-formidable
Atlantic Coast ConfercjKH* m a , ' t , i. i ^ ♦u.
Siyan Randolph w-orkt'd the
first Three InniJigs for B.. and
■was ohargo<i with the Ioks. Kings
hame-and-home basis.
N
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With all-AtnerIca.s David Thomp
son and Tommy Burleson return-
iivg, the Wodpa^k is expected to
field another stroiig aggregation.
Other top returnee.*? irulude UPl
Small-Amerka Monte Tewe, for
ward Tim Stoddard and guards
.Mark Moeller and Craig Kuiz
maul. Chief lo^>.se.s from last
year’.s team were Rlok Hcldt and
Jao Cafferk>, both starters.
The 1973-74 schedule:
Dee. I—Athlete.s In Action; fV—
team.'?! chenvvillc at Linrolnton
•Barn.' at Crc.si
October l£i
Lincolnron at Ea.st Rutherford
Eiielb> at Scath Point
£o.s.semer Sitv at Burns
East Gaston al North Ga.ston
Chase at Kings Mountain
Cre.st at Oherryvilh*
October 2r
East Rulheiicrd at Bessemer City
ihelcy al Lincolnton
Chcrrvwille at East Gaston
South Point at Kings Mountain
Crest at Rutheifordton
Burn.'’ at Chase
November 2
Ea.s: Rutherford at East Gaston
Rutlierfordtcn at ShoLoy
B<''semer City at North Gaston
8outh Point at Burn.s
Lincolnton at Crest
Kings Mountain at Cherryvllle
November 9
Cres* at East Rutherford
Shelby at Kings Mountain
I Ttuiherfjrdtcn a: Bes.?t.ner City
; North Gaston at South Point
, Cherrvvillo at Chase
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LITTLE LEAGUE CHAMPIONS — Here s the Klw anis Little Leomie team which cop~.ed the reguiar
season title in the Kings Mountain National League. Front row. left to right, are Steve Craw
ford. Todd Sellers. Bobby Short, Jody Deaton. Bob by WiUiamr and Jimmy M Uor. Second row. some
order, Ervin Gregory. Sherman Jenkins. Johnny Cobb. Kale Goins and David Cobb. Boek row ore
•eoebes Wayne Wooster ond Bob Short. (Photo by Gory Stevrort).
I UCEA at St. Louis; IS Georgia;
2b-29—Sugar Bowl Toiunameiil
at New C:leaas (ViUanova, Mem
phis State, LSU-Ne^v GrleansL
Jan. 4-5—i3ig Four Tournament
al Greensbor. (North Carolimi,
Cuke, W'ake Firest); 9—at Duke;
H—?lt nson; 13—Mar . land: 1?—
at Virginia; 19—UNC-Charlotte;
22—at North' Carolina; 28—at
Purdue; 3d-at Maryland.
i Feb. 2—Virginia: 8—Georgia
j Tech at Charlotte; P—Furman al
: Charlotte; 13—Davidson; 16—
Wake Forest; 20—Duke; 23—at
Clemson; 26--North Carolina.
Mar. i—at W’ake Forwit; 7-9—
Mountain sea-od all four ot lt>'
run.: in the third and BC gat its
Lmo tally in the si.xth.
Bo.ssemoi Ciiy’^ S:evo McNeil
hurltxl a one-hitter Monday to
nip Tryon 5-3 and earn the right , Burns at Lin< ulnlcn
ot meet the KM National Leag- |
ucr.s. He regi.stered seven strike-
cutz. • KM .Amer. 013 201 7 9 0
Vincent Haye.e took the l ^s-: for' Charlotte CMX; 000 0 2 2
T.^on and gave up three hits a!id i Winning pitcher: Ray Roberion.
.anned seven. A thret‘-ran se. 'nd , L*"sing pitcher: William McGar-
Liining erasetl a 2-.1 Trycn load ity.
and handed BC the victory. i
Charlctte had 10 hits in .sti ;j- j TUESDAY'S GAMES
:irvcn lU 001 4 4 5
Charlctte 282 02x 14 10 3
VVi:inmg pitcher: icri' -ny Little. I
T Ing pitcher: Andrew Bumgard- :
net.
I « <
eliminating the Gaston County
team. Tomjny Little was the \v:n-
. uing 'pitcher and Andre'.\ Pum-
I gardnei the lose .. Micha'l '■ .■
rante pickcs.1 up a save fer O' : •
lotto In rellel . I H le and al'.'
lod the'Winner' at tlu- plate vvilh
a hf'mc run and dr.u'.dt‘ in
trips.
*i*e w’innei cf the KM t.^unia-
ment will advanro to the :?tate
' tourney tc be held in \Vhi:ev;iU*
beginning next Monday ,
j Linescores:
MONDAY'S GAMES
Score by bin ings: R H
Tryon 201 000 3 1
I B. C. 131 OOx 5 3
KM Nat'I. 004 000 4 4 4
.B. City 00«) (X)l 1 3 7
Winning pltclu.-: R .nnic
Li.?ing pit.'her: Bryan Randolph.
I ACC Taurnament at Greensboro, i Winning piteher: Steve McNeil.
I ■ ——-■■■ 1 Lwiog pitchor; Vinoont
FOREIGN TRADE
North Carulir:a ..n t,'iacco
mal es a larve cjntr.auiion to
the U. S. balance in fereign [
i trade. The most rectmt figuix>s I
E ^available Ind cate that annual |
4 tobacco cxpciis contribute $302 ^
3 I million P>ward the balance of ^
payment in woidd trade ■
KtN(r7b MCjv.!!-
New* 4 Weafher every heur on the
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