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PaC« t-MIRBOR-HERAIJD-Tue«d»y, July M, 1»» ? I > ,1^ . STARTS HOMER PABADE-Tommy the Dbde Youth Major bMebuU title' Bstchler of the KM American* round* Friday at Tryon. Batchler wa* al*o the flrat after Uttlng homer In bottom of the winning pitcher In the 11-4 win. first that started hte team on the way to OUT AT HOME-Marty Bridge* of the American* In Friday’* title game In the Kings Mountain Nationals I* tagged out Dixie Youth Major League tourney at at home hy John Yarbro of the KM Tryon. The American* won 11-4. To Appear In KM Camp '"This year’* Basketball Camp of the Stars promise* to be packed with all the excitement of any camp around,” says George Adams, Athletic Director of the Camp and of the Kings Mountain Parks and Recreation Dept. We want to bring In the people who can help these kids develop theli' talents. Carl Clayton 1* one of the people that has developed his own skills. Carl does a number of bsdl handling drills that Improve hand- eye coordination, which Is Important In basketball. Carl says he love* to d<' drills because without them you will never got better. The best way to get kids to do drills Is add a little fun to them: make It fun while still Improving the player’s coordination. Carl's last appearance was In front of three hundred campers at Gardner Webb College. Carl's next appearance will be to perform for the registered campers of the Kings Mountain Basket ball Camp of the Stars on Tuesday, July Slat. Registration began the 23rd and will run through the 27th In the Athletic Director’s Office at Dead ’ Center. CARLOiATTOR To Play In State Tourney KM American All-Stars Win Dixie Youth Title Kings Mountain’s American League all-stars defeated Kings Mountain’s National Leaguer* 11-4 Friday night at Tryon’* Warllck Field to win the district Dixie Youth Major League title and a berth in the state tournament beginning Saturday In - Bessemer City. The Americans, who went unbeaten in the double-elimination district event, spotted the Nationals a 1-0 lead In the top of the first, but came right back to score four runs In the bottom of the Inning on long home runs by Tommy Batchler, Steve Plonk and Jerry McDaniel. After that. It was all American League. Batchler went the route on the hill for the chsunps while Edwin Sherer took the loss. McDaniel led the Americana at bat with S- for-3. Batchler, Tony Yarbro, Plonk and Walter Cooper all had two hits. Cooper and Eric Marable also hit homers. Marty Bridges led the National League with a-forS. The Americans out classed a pair of Gaston Cbunty teams In winners’ bracket game Wednesday and Thursday while the two-hltter and struck out 10 bi the victory over East Gaston. KM rapped out 14 hits. 9POCT? Gold had two hlU, In cluding a homer, and Sherer, Bridges, Young and Todd Gossett also had two. Ramsey, Tim Barrett, Thurndon Brown and Robert Appling added one (4>lece. Golf Tourney Set The annual Piedmont Shrine Benefit golf tour nament will be played this weekend at Rlverbend Golf Club near Shelby. Anyone Interested In (daylng may contact Phil Wallace at the pro shop or caU 482-4286. All proceeds will go to the Sluiner’s Hospital For Crippled Children In Greenville, S.C. National Leaguers battled back through the losers bracket. 'The AL trounced East Gaston 14-1 Wednesda./ as Plonk, Brad Jones and Batchler shared pitching duty. Msu-able led the hitting with 4-for-4, Cooper was S- forS, Yarbro slammed two homers, Batchler had two hits and Lavar CUrry also hit a homer. Curry hurled a two-hltter Thursday as te AL shutout Dallas 11-0 to reach the championship game. Curry struck out nine and also helped out In the hitting department with 2- for-4. Rodney Ballew was also 2-for-4, Including a homer, and Plonk also homered. The National League ousted West Lincoln 6-S Wednesday and East Gaston 16-2 Thursday to earn a finals berth against their hometown friends. KM scored five runs In the bottom of the fifth to edge West. Richard Gold hurled the win, a three- hitter, smd Sherer led the hitting with two hits. Gold, Bridges and Phillip Ramsey added one each. Jarvis Young pitched a T » ..ROUGH NIGHT—Kings Mountain’s Senior Babe Ruth tourney at Lancaster Jim Hall U out at first In game with Field. KM managed only two hits In the Charlotte In Thursday’s round of the S-1 defeat. Tournament stories and photos by Gary Stewart KM Babe Ruthers EUminated A pair of Charlotte teams were to battle last night at Lancaster Field for the Area B Senior Babe Ruth chsunplonship and a berth In the state tour nament beginning this weekend In Goldsboro. The Clark Griffith American Leaguers, unbeaten In the double- elimination event, were to play the dark Griffith National Leaguers at 7 o’clock last night. Should the National Leaguers win, another game would be 'played tonight. Kings Mountain bowed out of the event Sunday afternoon, losing to Bums 2-1. Bums then lost to dark Griffith NL In a game to see who would battle Charlotte AL for the crown. The local nine lost to Charlotte AL 3-1 In their opening round game last Thursday night. KM’s David Ray Robinson pitched a superb ballgame but his teammates managed only two hits, singles by Bryon White and Jody Deaton. lost to Bums 5-2 In their opening round game Thursday. Jim Chapman hurled the victory, a one-hitter, and sent 13 Gastonia batters back to the dugout by the strikeout route. His teammates backed him with a lO-hlt attack. David Ray Robinson led the way with three hits and Jim Hall and Mark Schuman added two apiece. Louie Grigg, who hurled a no-hltter against KM In high school play last spring, limited the MounOes to just five hits in hurling Bums to victory Sunday. Rick Chapman led KM with a double and single In three trips. Schuman, Bryon White and Eric Dixon added one hit each. KM'S lone run came In the second on a sacrifice fly by White. Jody Deaton was charged with the pitching loss. Kings Mountain’s only mn came In the sixth when Deaton singled, moved to third on a two-base error and scored on a suicide squeeze by Ricky Chap man. August 1 il « Grid Physicals Set The Mountaineers bounced back Friday to defeat Gastonia 8-1, and send that team home with Its second straight defeat. The combined Gastonla- lincolnton all-stars had Kings Mountain High School football prospects are reminded that physical examinations will be given at the John Gamble Stadium fieldhouse August 1 at 7 p.m. All persons planning to play football this fall must have a physical. Head Coach Dan Brooks said pre-season practice will begin on August 2 at 7:30 a.m.' Players will spend a week of con ditioning drills before beginning heavy practice. The Mountaineers, hoping to Improve on last year's 5-5 record, open their Southwestern 8-A Conference season on Frl., Sept. 7 against Bums. Wolfes Rack Up In Member-Guest >1 • The Wolfe family of Kings Mountain racked up In the ninth annuid Kings Mountain Country Club Member-Guest golf tournament which ended Sunday. Photo by Garland Atkins GOLF WINNERS—John Howse and Buck Dover, left, w('r<‘ runners-up and Bob Holstein and Houston Wolfe, right, took championship honors In the annual Member- Guest GoU tournament Saturday and Sunday at Kings Mountain Country Club. Houston Wolfe and Bob Holstein fired a 68-68-136 to win the championship In a sudden death playoff with John Howze and Buck Dover, and Houston’s son, Sammy, teamed with Frankie Howell of Shelby to win the championship B flight with a 73-70-143. Holstein blrdled the first hole of the playoff to give his team the cham pionship. Howze and Dover fired a slx-under-par 66 Sunday to force the tie. They' were two shots back heading Into the final 18 holes. Stoney Jackson of Kings Mountain and Goober Lovelace of Henrietta finished one shot bMk at 137. Sammy Wolfe and Howell finished four strokes ahead of their closest competition In the B flight. Hubert McGinnis and Lenoir Rhyne^CoUege football coach Jack Huss were second at 147 and Delk Halgler and Darrell Forbes, a pair of Kings Mountain High golfers, were third at 148. Charles Wilson and Ken Mauney won a playoff for the second flight title over Jim Bradley and Tommy Bradley. Both shot 166. Darrell Austin and and Garland Atkins won third place with a 160, defeating Lee Nelsler and Alan Bates In a playoff. Pat Cheshire and Gene Connor took third flight honors with a 168, one stroke better than Paul Hendricks and Bucky Oozart. Dan Honeycutt and BUI Taylor finished third at 170. Chsu-les Hampton and Dink Bsu-rett fired a 77-72- 140 to win the first flight by one stroke over the teams of Walt Harmon-John Gold and Hayne Nelsler-Gordon Quarles. Harmon and Gold won a playoff for second place. Jeff Shockley of Gastonia won the longeat drive contest on hole number two, Eddie Akers won the closest to the hole prize on the par three 17th and Ragan Harper was closest to the hole on the par three 14th.
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