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Central Patriots Take
First Loss From Shelby
THE KINGS MOUrTAHJ RlIRROF, V/EDNESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1971, PAGE 9
Shelby’s Jr. High Blue Devils
« set the Central Patriots
irsday 26 to 22, This was
Central’s first defeat this
year, making their record now
2-1. Wendell Jackson went
15 yards on a sweep to give
the Patriots an 8-6 lead in
the first quarter, DonMcDev-
itt swept left end for an 89
yard touchdown gallop running
the score to 16-6. Shelby
hit on a 45 yard TD pass
and made the extra point to
draw within 16-14 of the Pat
riots.
In the second half, with
Shelby ahead 26-16, Steve
Southwell passed to Jeff Jones
for a 30 yard pass play and
then Don McDevitt busted thru
the Shelby defense lor an 18
yard TD making the score,
Shelby 26, Central 22. In the
last minute. Central was again
knocking at the door on
Shelby’s 15 yard line, but
could not score as the game
ended.
Central Shelby
7 First Downs 9
138 Yds. Rushing 160
87 Yds. Passing 73
11 Passes Attemp. 5
6 Passes Comp. 3
0 Fumbles 2
55 Penalties 25
Jeff Jones Takes In A Pass.
Rusty Culbreth Enjoys
Piping Out Big Guys
BY JOHN KILGO
KQ SYNDICATE
If you’re 5-9, 163 pounds
and enjoy running into peo
ple 6-4, 235, you can hard
ly blame the average man
for wondering if you’ve be
en vaccinated.
Rusty Culbreth is too lit
tle to play college football
but he plays anyhow. Defen
sive safety for the undefeat
ed North Carolina Tar Heels.
Culbreth stands 5-9, weights
163 pounds and after a game
he has red welts all over his
body.
“People like to make a
big deal about my size,” Cul
breth says. "They want to
make me sound little. Okay,
make me a midget. I'm real
ly closer to 5-10 and I’m not
that small. I think I’ve shown
that 1 can hit people of all
sizes a pretty good lick.’’
That he has. Ask Mike
Wells, 6-5 quarterback for
Illinois, about that. Wells
was scrambling against the
Tar Heels when Culbreth
o|ni> up from the secondary
A destroyed him. Zap....
Wils left the game.
Says Carolina Coach Bill
Dooley of his safety: "I
wouldn’t be afraid to put Rus
ty Culbreth one on one again
st any receiver in the coun
try.’’
Culbreth likes to hear the
head man talk that way. But
there is something missing
from Rusty’s football this
year. He isn’t allowed to
return kickoffs and punts.
That’s a precautionary mea
sure to protect him from an
injury he received last year.
He was returning a punt
against N.C. State and was
darting in and out of red
shirts like a runaway Volks
wagen. It was some return
but the end wasn’t anything
to write home about. Rusty
was chopped down and his
knee gave way. He was op
erated on and his season was
over.
"I worked like everything
to strenghten the knee last
summer,’’ Culbreth says,
getting up off the dressing
room bench. He puts his
legs together. "Look. The
leg I hurt is now stronger
than the other one. Honest.
I don’t even realize I ever
hurt it. Returning punts is
my thing. I really liked to
do that.’’
Culbreth now finds himself
a member of a defensive back-
field that was riddled with
the long bomb last season.
When opponents couldn’t move
against the Carolina line, they
took to the air and often with
great success.
It appears the defensive
backs will now be tested again,
because the Carolina line doe
sn’t budge. Maryland went
to the air 29 times against
the Tar Heels last Saturday.
The Terps’ first touchdown
was thrown over Culbreth’s
head.
“I needed the work,’’ Rusty
said. "I think I had had two
passes thrown my way before
the Maryland game. They
must have thrown at me 15
or 18 times. Maybe I was
getting overconfident, think
ing people wouldn’t come to
wards me. Now 1 know bet
ter. Maryland showed me I
have plenty of work to do.”
Culbreth takes the cool
approach to his job. He doe
sn’t put much stock in psy
chological victories and the
age-old cliche of "being rea
dy to play,”
"When Saturday comes
you’ve got to want to play
the game,” Culbreth says,
"that’s for sure. But I think
the emotional aspects of the
game are overplayed. You
can be fired-up higher than
the moon but if your oppon
ent executes and you don’t,
you’re going to lose most of
the time.”
Culbreth figures the Tar
Heels can win big this year.
He is a proud member of a
defensive unit that takes it
as something personal if they
gave up a yard.
“We knew we couldn’t go
unscored on,” Culbreth says.
“Sooner or later somebody
was going to get a touch
down. But when they score
against us, we want to make
sure they pay the price.”
That means those 240-
pound tight ends who catch
the ball against the Tar Heels
had better be prepared. 5-9
Rusty Culbreth takes great
delight in wiping out big guys.
It’s bis job.
The Kings Mountain Mighty
Mites football team defeated
the 2’nd string Peewees of
Bessemer City 8-6 last Tue
sday in nun-conference act
ion.
Scoring for Kings Mountain
was Jeff Putnam who scored
on a 20 yard pass from Jim
my Chapman. The touchdown
was set up by Herbie Beam
with three long runs. He
ran the extra point.
Bessemer City scored with
less than one minute left in
the game when James Long
picked up a Kings Mountain
fumble and ran back 70 yard.
Jeff Putnam saved the game
with a tackle in the backfield,
stopping the extra point.
Tim Chapman played an
outstanding defensive game,
also Jeff Bullock and Gary
Melton. Bullock intercepted
one pass, also Herbie Beam.
The Mighty Mites travel
to Gastonia on October 12th
to play Evening Optimists of
Gastonia.
K. Kdtvard Hebert, Chai^
man. House Armed Serv
ice Committee:
“There can be no doubt
that the armed forces in gen
eral face monumental chal
lenges to their existence as
fighting forces.”
John B. Connally, Treasury
Secretary:
“The United States hopes
to diminish the role of gold
as a currency standard.”
Johnny McDevitt Carries Ball As A Host Of Central Blockers Lead The Way.
Steve Southwell Getting Ball Away Under Pass Pressure.
Racing Action Saturday At Fairground
More than 35 of the out-
stnadlng names in Sportsman
racing circles from the Car-
olinas and Georgia will line up
in Saturday afternoon’sannuai
40-lap featureat the Cleveland
County Fair at the Shelby
Speedway at the Fairgrounds.
Action begins at 2:30.
Shelby’s SHck Elliott and
Preston Humphries; Daniel
Warlick, Belwood; Don Beam,
Mighty Mites
Defeat
Bessemer
Another Bulldog
Lost For Season
Another Gardner-Webb foot
ball player, the second in a
week, was lost to the squad
for the balance of the season
due to an Injury which will
require surgery,
Coleman Hunt, 210 pound
defensive lineman from She
lby, will undergo knee sur
gery Thursday at Cleveland
Memorial Hospital to repair
damage suffered in a Saturday
scrimmage session. The
Bulldogs had an open date
this past week-end.
Hunt’s injury follows close
ly the loss of Ken Reid, Charl
otte split end, who underwent
surgery Tuesday morning.
Reid’s injury was also to the
knee. He played only two
minutes in the Bulldog’s op
ening game against Lenoir
Rhyne, before being removed
due to his inability to run
on the leg, injured in presea
son practice.
Hunt suffered a broken foot
during the summer in an ac
cident at his home and was
just rounding into shape when
he was injured this past Sat
urday.
"We certainly hate to lose
Coleman for the season,’’said
defensive coordinator, Rich
ard May. “He was just re
gaining his form of the past
two seasons. It was a big
blow to us, but we just hope
that he is able to regain com
plete use of his knee follow
ing the surgery. He Is a
fine young man and a real
competitor.”
The Bulldogs will continue
this week preparing for their
Saturday night game with Elon
In Burlington. Coach George
Litton and his staff used much
of the time available during
the week lay-off to work out
some offensive problems.
The Bulldogs have not been
able to score a touchdown on
the ground in two games.
Meanwhile, Elon scored an
impressive 49-9 win over
Guilford this past Saturday
night. The Bulldogs stand
1-1 for the season while Elon
is now 2-1.
GOLDEN GLEAMS
Thales was asked what was
most difficult to man; he
answered: “To know one’s
self.”
-Diogenes Laertius.
Retire unto thyself, and thou
wilt blush to find how
little is there.
-Persius.
Eveiy man is best known to
himself.
-John Clarke.
All our knowledge is our
selves to know.
-Alexander Pope.
No man is the worse for
knowing the worse of him
self.
-H.G. Bohn.
Cherryville; Charlie Blanton,
Gaffney; Harold Painter and
Billy Bishop, both of Spartan
burg; RA
BURG: Raymoixi Payne, Bu
ford, Ga. and Bill Koone, For
est City; will be going alter
ONE MINUTE SPORTS OUlZ
1. When is the Army-Navy
game?
2. When is the Air Force-
Army game?
3. When is the Alabama-
LSU game?
4. Who was the winningest
American League pitcher
this year?
5. What was the score of the
Mississippi-Georgiagame
last year?
Aiswtrs to Sports Qiiz
1. Nov. 27th.
2. Oct. 16th.
3. Nov. 6th.
4. Mickey Lolich of Detroit.
5. 31-21, Mississippi.
Bennett Clontz, Morganton
veteran and last year’s Fair
race champion.
Jimmy Martin, Gaffney;
J.E. Evana, Rutherfordton;
and Leslie McKinney, Mayo,
a trio of hot-running Limited
Sportsman drivers, are ex
pected to join the field of
Open Competition Cars.
Two 10-lap qualifying heats
are slated prior to the main
event. Clyde Dedmon, HRA
President, says a consolation
race may be added if the
time schedule permits.
Punt^ass
&Kick
Winners
The Kings Mountain Jaycees
and Wade Ford sponsored a
Punt, Pass, and Kick Contest
at John Gamble Stadium on
October 2. The winners were
as follows:
8 year Division - Chris
Hinson, Son of Mr. & Mrs.
Frank Hinson, 903 Woodslde
Dr.
9 year Division - Mark
Hullender, Son of Mr. & Mrs.
David Ray, 910 Sharon Dr.
10 year Division- Barry
Ledford, Son of Mr. & Mrs.
Carol Ledford, 1507 N.
Cansler Street.
11 year Division- Bradley
S. Yarbro, Son of James R.
Yarbro, 102 S. Sims Street.
12 year Dlvlsion-Sf ?•/.->
Lancaster, Son of Mrs. Hugo
Lancaster, 311 Maner Road.
13 year Division-John
Floyd Yarbro, Son of Mr. &
Mrs. John L. Yarbro, 902
Sharon Drive.
Trophies were presented
to the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd, place
finishers in each division by
Wade Ford. Jaycee Project
Co. Chairman were Barry
Bumgardner and Warren
“Bo” Goforth.
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