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^Kicks Off State BR Tourney
Feller To Speak At Fete
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COMING HOME - Kings
Mountain’s David Cobb is greeted at
home plate following his three-run
I i < homer in first inning of 14-1.5 year old
Rabe Ruth tournament title game
Monday night at I.ancaster Field.
Hie homer helped get KM off to a 5-0
lead and the locals eventually won
the game, 1.5-5, and the tournament
in three straight contests. They open
ar(‘a tourney action tonight at
tbarlotte and If they win there, will
compete in the stete tournament
next week in Washington, N. C.
KM 15 Year Olds Whip
Belmont For District Title
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Kings Mountain’s 14-
16 year old Babe Ruth
all-stars completely
■‘a^outclassed the field,,In
winning the District
Seven Tournament
championship Monday
night at Lancaster
Field.
The locals completed
their three-game sweep
with a 18-6 champion
ship game victory over
Belmont’s all-stars
after winning earlier
contests over Dallas (26-
^il) Thursday and
*7 Belmont (14-2) Friday.
The Kings Mountain
all-stars now advance to
the Area B tournament
beginning tonight at
Myers Park High School
In Clharlotte.
’Die locals will meet
the District Six cham
pions, probably Hickory
or Burke County, In a 6
; p. m. contest.
If KM wins tonight. It
; will play again at 6 p. m.
Friday. If KM loses
tonight. It will play
. again at 8 p. m. Friday,
f V Four teams are en
tered In the double
elimination event,
which ends Saturdt^.
'4 The area winner
- advances to the state
: tournament next w'eek
; In Washington, N. C.
; Kings Mountain
' lashed out 48 hits In the
ar three victories, In
cluding 16 In their
(^lenlng game win over
Dallas and 16 In their
title victory over
Belmont.
The locals had six
^ extra base hits Included
In their 16 base knocks
In Monday’s win. In
cluding home runs by
Ray Robinson, David
Cobb and Ronnie
WUson, and doubles by
Danny Bolin, Bryan
White and Jody Deaton.
Robinson and Cobb
slammed home runs —
Robinson a solo blast
and Cobb a three-run
shot In a five-run first
Inning uprising which
gave KM a 6-0 lead. But
Belmont battled back
with three hits and the
aid of two bases on balls
to tie the game In the
I ^second.
KM took the lead for
g^ood In the bottom of the
second when Wilson
alngledi-j-hotne} Vincent
Haynes, and Wilson
later scored on an error
to make It 7-6.
Kings Mountain broke
the game open with four
runs In the third, hl^-
llghted by Robinson’s
long sacrifice fly to
center and Wilson’s
booming blast over the
rlghtfleld fence.
Mike Nicholson of
Tryon, the second of
three KM pitchers, was
credited with the win.
Cobb started and
worked the first four
and one third innings
but did not qualify for
the win because he did
not work the five Innings
required of a starter.
Wilson and Tim
Whitaker finished as
the KM hitting leaders
with three hits each and
BoUn and Bryan White
added two apiece.
Belmont, which
eliminated Dallas 6-4 In
a Saturday game to
advance to the finals,
managed just four hits
off Cobb, Nicholson and
Bessemer City’s Roger
Taylor.
Kings Mountain had
beaten the same
Belmont team 14-2
Friday night to advance
to the finals unbeaten.
Tryon’s Vincent Haynes
went the route on the
mound, hurling a flve-
hltter and striking out
15.
Haynes had a no
hitter going until the
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Bob Feller, former
Cleveland Indian pit
cher who was voted the
greatest living right-
hand pitcher In the
Professional Baseball’s
Centennial Celebration,
will be the guest
speaker at the Senior
Babe Ruth League state
tournament pre
tournament banquet
next Thursday night at
the community center.
The banquet will
officially begin the
d o u b 1 e-ellmlnatlon
tournament which will
be held at Lancaster
Field at Kings Mountain
High School. The winner
here will advance to the
Southeast Reglonals.
Now manager of
special events for
Sheraton Hotels and
Motor inns. Feller was
only 16 years old when
he signed with the In
dians’ Fargo farm club
and made his major
league debut at the age
of 17 by striking out 15
Belmont
Tops KM
In Finals
Kings Mountain’s 13-
year-old Babe Ruth aJl-
stars reached the end of
the line In District Seven
tournament play
Monday, losing to
Belmont 4-2 in the
championship game
played at Lancaster
Field.
The Belmont team, in
Its first year of Babe
Ruth League play,
swept the double
elimination tournament
In three straight games.
Belmont jumped to a
3-0 lead in the first in
ning off righthander
Jeff Lall of Bessemer
City and Kings Moun
tain. which was held to
just three hits by Todd
Home, couldn’t recover.
The local all-stars
picked up single runs In
the second and third
Innings, but Belmont
iced the decision with a
run In the fifth.
Todd Blalock, Mike
Hayes and Joey Barrett
had the lone hits for
Kings Mountain.
The same Belmont
club had thrown Kings
Mountain Into the
loser’s bracket Friday
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Photo Bv Gary Stewart
IIITSTI.ING RACK - Kings
MiNintain’s Craig Champion hustles
hiirk to first base during pickoff
attempt by catcher in Friday’s 18
yi>nr old Rabe Ruth tournament
game with Belmont. First baseman
for Relmont is Todd Home. Belmont
won. 8-8 and went on to win the
championship with a 4-2 win over
KM Monday.
St. Louis Browns In 1936.
Later in the^same year
he established a major
league record with 17
strikeouts against the
Philadelphia Athletics.
During his career.
Feller won 266 games.
lost 162, pitched three no-hltters and struck out
TO SPE AK HERE - Hall of Earner Bob Feller,
shown here during his heyday with the Cleveland
Indians, will he guest speaker at the Senior Babe
Ruth pre state tournament banquet a week from
tonight at the community center.
2,581 batters. He still
owns the major league
record for most
strikeouts in one season,
348 In 1946.
Feller’s first contract,
a one dollar bonus, was
written on the back of a
sheet of hotel sta
tionery. It read:
“This agreement
entered Into this day
(July 22nd 1935) by and
between the Fargo Base
Ball Club and Robt.
Feller and his legal
guardian W. A. Feller
agreed to as follows:
“The Fargo club
agrees to pay Robt.
Feller or his legal
guardlaui $500 If he is
retained on the roster of
the Fargo Base Ball
Club on Sept. 15th 1936,
"The Fargo club
agrees to allow Robt.
Feller to visit his Folks
at any time during the
1936 season, also to
Invite Robt. Fellers
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