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In a recent column on John Henry Moss, the KM
Mayor and President of the Western Carolinas League
endorsed pitching machines as a means of speeding up
practices and as a means permitting more swings by
the batter in the same period of time.
Hie machine, you see, throws more accurate than a
batting practice pitcher as well as throwing (in most
cases) a lugger variety of pitches, including the fast
ball, curve, slider and knuckler.
^ Hiere is, according to many people, another reason
for endorsement of the pitching machine, especially on
the tee league and little league level. It avoids young
arms being thrown away before they’ve matur^.
My brottier-in-law, Ed Spencer, is a former Youth
Director of the Durham YMCA, and is a big supporter
of pitching machines in little league baseball.
Hieir league last summer began using the machines
in actual games on an experimental basis. The pitcher
was used for defensive purposes only and Ed reports
that there were no complaints, but a lot of praise, from
the coaches involved in the program.
For one thing, the madiine hdped speed up the game
because of the same reason John Henry pointed out. It
eliminated the pitcher’s wildness. And, another thing,
and probably more important, it eliminated injuries to
pitcher’s arms.
Mayor Moss last week was in New York to see
demonstrations on pitching machines for both baseball
and slowpitch softball, as well as a passing machine for
football. The passing machine, he feels, is a great asset
to receivers because an injured player can man the
machine and bv a simnie Adiiistment can make it throw
a perfect spiral, a Billy Kilmer dying duck, high and
low, and passes of any kind.
Another good thing about the machines are that they
are not expensive.
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NCAA Coach of the Year has to be Lou Holtz, the
farmer N. C. State mentor who turned Arkansas into the
third best team in the land. His only loss was a narrow
four-point defeat to Texas when that team was number
one. With all the sophomoxes and juniors on the
Razaback team Hcdtz could go all the way to the top
next fall ... .
As a golfer (although
not much of one) one
thing that tears me up is
to play on a crummy
course, especially one
with g[own-up fairways
and dead greens. But
something that irks me
even more is to see
someone out for kicks
damage a good course.
'Diis happened recently
at Kings Mountain
Country Club, where
someone turned the
number one fairway
into a racetrack by
^ taking an automobile
and spinning up and
down^ the fairway.
Whoever you are, I hope
you have to replace
every blade of grass...
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LOU HOLTZ
Damaged fairway at KMCC.^,
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KMHS Drops Pair, Hosts Raiders Friday
Kings Mountain High’s
cagers will be trying to get
back on tbe winning track
FHday when Uiey host South
Point in a Southwestern 3-A
(^qaference twinbill.
Ihe KM chibs dropped a
pair Tuesday night at R-S
Cffitral, the girls losing 60-51
and the boys 76-50.
The Mountainettes are now
4^ and the Mountaineers 3-4 in
tbe SWC and 4-5 overall.
The girls trailed all the way
against the much-improved R-
S ladies, trimming the final
margin to nine points after
trailing by 15 (47-32) going into
It*! foe a ^leiiimeoLeague Hay-«'
Kings Mountain Junior
High’s cagers resume
Western Conference play
today, the jayvees hosting
College Park and the varsity
teams traveling to College
Park.
The two varsity squads will
be trying to maintain their
hold on the conference lead,
both clubs sporting perfect 5-0
records.
Coach Ken Napier’s boys
are trying to win their third
straight league title and the
girls are seeking their first
championship under Candy
Albergine.
After today’s games, the
varsity cagers will retirn
home next Monday to host
Grandview, a team which is
expected to be KM's biggest
threat.
Wrestlerg At North Gaston Tonight
Kings Mountain High’s
wrestlers, 2-1 in non
conference action, begin
Southwestern 3-A Conference
competition tonight at North
Gaston.
tbe fourth period.
KM’s Priscilla Ricken-
backer was the game’s top
scorer with 19 points but the
only other Mountainettes hit
ting in doulde figure was
Angie Hickman with M.
' ^The Mountaineera wem in
tbe game all the way until the
fourth quarter, when the Hill-
toppers took advantage of
three technical fouls and
broke the game open.
R-S led by just 27-26 at half
time and 45-44 going into the
fourth quarter.
The Hilltoppers shutout
KM’s leading scorer Everette
Burris. Timmy Adams led the
Mountaineers with 18 points
and Vernon Bell added 14.
GIRLS GAME
KM (51) — Rickenbacker 19,
Henderson 6, Ramey 4, Hick
man 10, Bristol 6, Bridges 3,
Leech 5.
RS (60) — Hamilton 8,
Sumley 4, Duffy^ lf^ Miller 7,
Lynch 20, Rogers 2, BurweD 1.
BOYSGAME
KM (60) — Bell 14, Prescott
8, Ducon 8, Adams 18, McClain
4, Lockhart 8.
RS (76) — Aiken 21, Morris
12, Smith 5, Hamilton 14, A.
Landrum 12, Latban 8, T.
Landrum 2.
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