KINGS MOUNTAIN MIRROR, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1972 PAGE 7
Basketball’ Mountaineer Style This Week
by Tony Tompkins
with only three more weeks
to go in college football, two
of the Atlantic Coast Confer
ence's top teams, the North
Carolina "Tar Heels’’ and
the North Carolina State
"Wolfpack,’’ have received
bowl bids and accepted them.
N.C. State will play in the
Peach Bowl in Atlanta, Geor
gia against West Virginia on
December 29th and North
Carolina will play In the Sun
Bowl December 30th in El
Paso, Texas, against Texas
Tech. It Is an extreme plea
sure to be able to announce
that both teams are excell
ent and I predict victories
for both of them.
I have really been sur
prised with the way that the
Carolina defense has come
of age in the past four games
and the growing up of quar
terback Nick Vidnovic has
been something else to see.
The ‘‘Heels’’ may be able to
have their best won-lost re
cord ever If they can beat
East Carolina, Florida and
Texas Tech in the Sun Bowl.
With these three games,
their possible won-lost re
cord would read eleven and
one, something that no other
Carolina team has ever done.
They are both outstanding on
defense as well as offense
and that is some credit to
their fine coach. Bill Dool
ey. I do believe that coach
Dooley is the finest coach
the ‘‘Tar Heels’’ have ever
had, but if he heard me say
this, he would certainly de
ny it. Anyway, lots of luck
to Dooley and his ‘‘Heels.’’
And for all of the "WoU-
pack’’ foUowers, here’s
hoping that they beat West
Virginia and bring home
some more glory for the
Tar Heel State.
Speaking of bowl games.
North Carolina Central of
Durham will play In the Pel
ican Bowl In Louisiana. It
also looks as if East Caro
lina may get to play in the
Tangerine Bowl. That would
give North Carolina at least
four teams In the bowls for
1972. Not bad, huh?
' The Shelby High "Golden
f Lions’’ turned back Lenoir
to the tune of 27 to 12 Fri
day night and wUl play host
to Mooresville, an upset
winner over Statesville by
28 to 19, this Friday night in
Shelby starting at 6 o’clock.
If Shelby wins, and I pre
dict that they will, it will
give the ‘‘Lions’’ a chance
to win the WNCHSAA crown
and possibly make them the
number one 3-A team in the
state. Coach Allen’s teams
really deserve the ranking
and our best wishes go with
him.
In college basketball in this
area, the Gardner-Webb
‘‘Bulldogs’’ opened their
G-W Gets
Sears Grant
Gardner-Webb College is
one of 41 private colleges
and universities in North
Carolina selected to receive
part of $48,900 grant from
the Sears-Roebuck Founda
tion.
Gardner-Webb’s share is
$1,500. The library grant to
Gardner-Webb is designed to
supplement the normal book
acquisition budget.
The North Carolina colle
ges and ;tmiversities are a-
mong more than 950 private,
accredited two and four-
year institutions across the
country which are sharing in
$1,500,000 in Sears Founda
tion funds.
Nationally, private colleges
and universities will receive
$1,000,000 in unrestricted
grants and an additional
$500,000 through a Sears
Foundation program to
assist college and university
libraries.
In presenting the check to
Dr. E. Eugene Poston, pre
sident of the college, Ted
Wilkins, manager of Sears-
Roebuck in Shelby stated,
“We are most happy to be
able to present this check to
Gardner-Webb.’’
Dr. Poston replied, *‘We
are grateful for the Interest
Sears-Roebuck shows for
private colleges and espec
ially for the Interest they
are showing toward Gardner-
Webb in presenting us this
check.’’
HEATH ORDERS FREEZE
London -• Prime Minister
Edward Heath has ordered a
wage and price freeze to
curb Britain’s inflation and
to keep the w eakened pound
from creating a new inter
national monetary crisis.
season with a 99 to 79 de
cision over PikevUle, Ken
tucky, at Boiling Springs on
Saturday night. Jim Blanks
with 32 points and John
Drew with 23 points led the
‘‘Bulldogs.’’
This Saturday night, the
North Carolina "Tar Heels”
will play host to Biscayne
College of Florida, On
Monday, Applachian State
visits N.C. State; on Tues
day, Georela Tech plays
Clemson; Wednesday, its
Brown at Maryland; Friday,
its Atlantic Christian at N.
C. State and on Saturday,
the 2nd of December, we
have Clemson at Davidson;
William ti Mary at Duke;
Washington ii Lee at Vir
ginia; Maryland at Rich
mond and Pittsburgh at
North Carolina,
Well, I did a litUe bit bet
ter in the prediction busi
ness this week by hitting 17
right and having only 3
wrong. This brings my pre
dictions for the season to
157 right, 36 wrong and 4
ties for an .813 percentage.
That helps quite alot, so
here I go again.
November 23rd;
Nebraska over Oklahoma 28
to 21 (Cornhuskers have too
much depth)
Texas over Texas A.&M 42
to 14 (No contest)
November 25tb;
Virginia Tech over Wake
Forest 28 to 7 (Strock wlU
throw and throw)
Rice over T.C.U. 21 to 12
Penn State over Pittsburgh
35 to 7
South Carolina over Clemson
24 to 21 (Tigers on way down)
North Carolina over East
Carolina 35 to 7 (Heels are
too strong)
Arizona State over Arizona
21 to 7
Texas Tech over Arkansas
21 to 12 (Tech headed for Sun
Bowl)
S.M.U. over Baylor 14 to 12
Columbia over Brown 24 to
6
Cornell over Princeton 14 to
7
Dartmouth over Pennsylvan
ia 21 to 14
L.S.U. over Florida 21 to
14 (Bayou Tigers will sdiow'
claws)
Purdue over Indiana 24 to
12
Illinois over Iowa 28 to 6
Missouri over Kansas 28 to
0
Tennessee over Kentucky 17
too
Michigan State over North
western 28 to 7
Michigan over Ohio State 21
to 14 (Michigan wants the
Rose Bowl)
Well, let’s wait and see
how the final tally will come
out for this year. Maybe, I
can stay lucky one more
week. I’ll try to pick all of
the Bowl winners in the next
couple of weeks.
* * * *
You can't judge a country
by what its opposing politi
cians say about each other.
By Tony Tompkins
The 1972-73 edition oi ihe
Kings Mountain High School
basketball season opened at
North Gaston this past Mon
day night. The Mountaineers
won’t play again until De
cember 1st when they travel
to Crest High School for the
Tlpoff Tourney.
Coach Allen Dixon’s Moun
taineers should be In the
thick of the conference race
this time arodnd, along with
Shelby, East Rutherford and
Crest. The lack of depth and
size may hurt the Mounties
but they also have quickness
and experience on their side.
Mike Thombs, Butch Blalock,
Wendall Dawkins and Randy
Wlngo are the returnees for
the Mounties while coming up
from the Jayvees will be Mike
Adams. If Adams comes a-
round real soon, then the
Mounties can go all the way.
Coach BiaineFroneberger’s
girls will have to do a re
building job around All-
conference player Debra
Crockett. Other returnees
for the Mountainette’s will
be Karen and Kathy Ledford
and Ann Hambright, all of
whom were on the reserves
last year. Froneberger says
that everything depends on
what Crockett Is able to do
for them.
MOUNTIE SCHEDULE
NOVEMBER
17- At West Lincoln (scrim
mage).
20- At North Gaston!
DECEMBER
I- 2- Tlpoff Tourney at Crest
K.M. , Burns, Shelby, Crest
4- Bessemer City!
8- At South Point.
II- Crest
15- East Rutherford
19- At Llncolnton
JANUARY
5- At Burns
9- Cherryvllle
12- At Shelby
16- At R-S Central
19- Chase
23- South Point
26- At Crest
30- At East
FEBRUARY
2- Llncolnton
6- Burns
9- At Cherryvllle
13- Shelby
16- R-S Central
20- At Chase
’'Non-conference games.
Baby Mountaineers Slide By Charlotte 7-6
The Kings Mountain Migh
ty Mites, led by linebacker
Eugene Odoms, eased past
Long Creek Optimist of
Charlotte, 7-6, in a hard
fought defensive football
game played In Charlotte
Saturday.
The Baby Mountaineers
scored the first time they
had their hands on the ball,
as Quarterback Barry Lin-
gberger crashed over from
the one. Jody Deaton added
the vital extra point as he
raced around left end for
the conversion.
Long Creek scored the se
cond time they had their
hands on the ball as their
left halfback raced 40 yards
Chess Tournament Yields Trophy Winners
Seventy-six players par
ticipated in the 1972 JENK
INS’ EAR SPECIAL, a
three-round, nationally ra
ted chess tournament spon
sored by tlie Shelby Chess
Club. This event, the four
th and final open tournament
to be sponsored by the Shel
by Chess Club this year, was
held on November 18 at Shel
by High School. The JENK
INS’ EAR SPECUL was na
med in commeratlon of
English Master Mariner
Robert Jenkins, who, by
having his ear cut off, help
ed precipitate the War of
Jenkins’ Ear between Eng
land and Spain (1739-41).
The field of seventy-ste
players was divided into
nineteen sections of four.
and each section played a
round-robin. Every player
played one game against
each of the other three in
his section. The winner of
each section received a
trophy.
Trophy winners were Cha
rles Walter, R. Grady Brown,
J. Mike Collins, William
Archer, Ralph Martin,
Bruce Payne, H,I, Huffman,
Sommers Douglass, Tad
Adams, John T. Davis, Mac
Lindsay, John Egan, Daryl
Landis, Fred Turner, Ed
ward Dromgoole, Ray King,
Bobby Goodyear, W.L. Par
rish, and Joseph Hullender,
Jr.
Now in its fourth year
(founded in October 1969)
the Shelby Chess Club is
completing its second year
of sponsoring open, rated
tournaments. The Shelby
Chess Club is an affiliate
of the U.S. Chess Federa
tion, and as such, offers na
tional recognition to players
participating in Shelby tour
naments. Tournament play
ers receive a numerical
rating from the USCF which
indicates their playing
strength. The Shelby Chess
Club meets each Thursday
evening in the Sunday Sch
ool Building of the Ascen
sion Lutheran Church, 302
North Lafayette St., and wel
comes visitors. Chess in
struction is provided.
* » » *
Before saying “never.”
remember “never” is along,
long time.
for their lone score. The a-
ttempted conversion tailed
as the local forces tried the
middle of the tough Baby
Mountaineer line for the ex
tra point.
Eugene Odoms was the de
fensive Standout of the con
test, making several un
assisted tackles in leading
the Baby Mountaineers to
their fourth victory of the
year.
Miron White and Jody Dea
ton received trophies for
being the Outstanding offen
sive back and offensive line
man of the game respect
ively.
Kings Mountain, coached by
Joe Cornwell, finished the
season with a 4-6-1 record.
Coach Cornwell praised the
defensive efforts of Odoms.
He also praised Herbie
Beam, Tim Patterson, and
Tony Smith for their Out
standing defensive efforts.
Offensively he sighted
Llngberger, White, and Dea
ton. “Barry’s a real lead
er,’’ Cornwell said. Re-
fering to Llngberger. “He’s
a real ‘cool’ operator on the
field.
Mountaineers
Sweep North Gaston
In Doubleheader
Floyd Thornburg, Kings Mountain Fire Chief poses with his
prizes pulled from bis turnip patch Monday morning. Floyd
pulled the giant turnips and for curiosity sake put'em on the
scales. The one on the left weighed in at five pounds, includ
ing the greens naturally, and the second weighed a shade less.
Floyd’s "secret” or so he claims is sowing the seeds farther
apart than one would normally. We don’t know the quality of
the gargantuans but there certainly is a lot of quantity there!
Industry First
Aid G)urse Available
The KingsMountaln“Moun-
talneers’’ traveled to North
Gaston to open their 1972-73
basketball season last night
and came away with a clean
sweep of the action.
The “Mountainettes” sur
prised everyone by coming
away with a 54 to 26 victory
in the opener. The K-M
girls were led by all-con
ference Debra Crockett who
scored 23 points for the
night’s work. Karen Led
ford added 11 points in the
game for Kings Mountain.
Despite leading 26 to 25 at
the half in the boys game,
plus liaving the high scorer
in the game (Mike Lineber-
ger tallied 21 points), the
North Gaston boys fell to the
Mountaineers by the score
of 47 to 44. Mike Thombs
and Butch Blalock led the
winners with 16 points a-
plece.
GIRLS GAME
KINGS MTN. (54) POS.
Crockett (23) F
K. Ledford (11) F
C. Ledford (6) C
Proctor (6) G
McGinnis (2) G
Byers (4) g
Hambright (2)
NORTH GASTON (26) POS.
Summey (6) F
V. Ratchford (6) F
D. Ratchford (6) C
Parker (4) G
Wyatt (2) G
HUl (2)
BOYS GAME
KINGS MTN. (47) POS.
Dawkins (2) F
Wingo (6) F
Thombs (16) C
Blalock (16) G
Adams (2) G
McGill (3)
Leach (2)
NORTH GASTON (44) POS.
Clark (7) F
Summey (3) F
Russello (3) C
Robinson (10) G
Lineberger (21) G
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COMING NEXT WEEK "SLAUGHTER’
Mr. Kyle Smith, Person
nel Director at B.V.D, Tex
tiles has joined the staff of
Gaston College and Cleve
land Tech as part time in
structor In the American
Red Cross Multi-Media
First Aid Course designed
to fulfill OSHA require
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any Industry in the area de
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taught in their plant please
contact Mr. Smith At B.V.
D. Textiles, Gaston Coll
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of Education, takes his son
to work with him twice a
week. He says he has to
work at night and he’s not
going to see his son only
while he’s sleeping in a day
crib.
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