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hursday, Page 3 1968 April 8, 1968 KINGS MOUNTAIN HERALD, KINGS MOUNTAIN, N, C. —@) ‘David Adams Plays Host To ountaineers Defeat CountyRivals,4-3 Tri-State Karate Tourney By JOE CORNWELL GASTONIA—David Adams plays host to the Tri-State | Karate Tournament, April 27, in this city. Adams, from | Kings Mountain, N. C., says that he has many top names | oforth Collects in store for the local and state Karate fans. Victory The tournament will take place at 1:00 p.m. in the Salvation By JOE CORNWELL (scored. Shelby scored those two ‘Record Purse Set Army Boys Club Gym. (ELBY The Kings Moun-| runs on two hits in that inning) Cherri s Rally ToDefeat K Mountaineer baseball team|of play. Kings Mountain went| For World 600 Kin Soo Kin, one of the 12 Red d three runs jn the sixth and scoreless until the sixth when] Belts in the world, will be on ath innings to defeat Shelby they staged their rally. Coach Bob Hussey's Kings CHARLOTTE—A record amount hand for the tournament. Gin is t come from behind victory In ‘the sixth, Paul Gaffney { Mountain Mountaineers lost a hag heen posted for the 9th an- a Karate instructor at the local * Tuesday afternoon. The!singled and latter scored on a| conference clash to Cherryville nual World 600 race at Charlotte YMCA in Augusta, Georgia. He antaineers, down by two in the sacrifice by Rick Finger. Ken| this past week 76. Cherryville Motor Speedway. Richard Howard, resides at his home in North th inning, rallied to take ‘a Mitchem scored on a single by| A Potent Field Entered rallied in the fifth inning scor yjce.president and general man. Augusta, « decision from the Golden Darrell Whetstine, after reaching) fiye runs on five big hits ager of the mile and a half supe: Adams first met Mr. Kim, the buns. | base py walking. as they came from behind to take speedway, has announced that Rocky Goforth went the dis: Mullinax scored the winning, the seemingly easy win from the’ grivers will be competing for a name that most of his fellow @ice for the Mountain Boys al-| run ip the seventh as he singled hands C of the Mountaineers. ( whopping $150,085 in the 600 mile competitors call him, in Parris seven hits and walking | and reached second base on al | Kings Mountain led by five gpeed and endurance motorsports Island, S. C. while he was in tvo. { Shelby error. Jack Bell then sac-| | runs going into the top of the classic on May 26. competition there. In The Virginia 500 Race Gin taught self defense in the Kings Mountain and Shelby rificed Mullinax home for the | fifth inning and that's when the The $150,085 represents an in- Korean Army during the war. He ‘i were tied after the end of the winning run. | | going got rough for them. Cher- hits off of crease of $20,000 over the 1967 is formerly from Seoul Korea. He first inning at one all. Back to| Mullinax led the Mountaineers. —.One- of the fastest and most by and Donnie, of Hueytown, head-to-head battle between Pet |ryville lashed out five rack singles by Wayne Mullinax at the plate with a 2-3 perform-| competitive fields in Martinsville Ala. | ty and Yarhorough, and will be' Kings Mountain pitcher Darrell race and brings the total amount is scheduled to arrive in Gastonia collect:| Speedway history will take the In Dodges will be Bud Moore | the only time they will meet this! Whetstine to tie the score at the; available in the race and the Na- on April 26, the day preceeding lind Mike Smith put the “ducks ance. The Mountaineers swept both Grand end of the inning. | tional 500 event in October to the Tournament. That night he | for the Mountain. ed seven hits during the game. | green flag at 1 p.m. Sunday, | and Buddy Baker of Charlotte, N.| month. Petty on the pond” Vir- dol- 28. in the 13th annual | C., and Bobby Isaac of Catawba, National events at Martinsville! led after the over a quarter of a million will attend a meeting of all the ETT | April Kings Mountain Kings! - Sers in that inning of play. | ginia 500 race. N. C., while Mercury's big threats | last season while Yarborough set| second inning, 10. Ken Mitchem lars. tournament judges. b ial” First place will be worth $26,- Kyung Son Shin, a fifth degree then flew tocatcher, center Paul to score Gaffney* Mul- ‘Ty Co b Spec 1 Jr four are Cale Yarborough of Timmons | the qualifying record for the, scored the only Kings Mountain Mountain oo drivers lap linax. = { No less than 13 drivers In four yijje § C, and Tiny Lund of! Grand Nationals at 77.386 miles! run in that inning of play as he 375 plus qqualifying and Black Belt, will be another top prth allowed two singles in Delayed To April 23 | different makes of cars Ba | Cross, S. C. ! per hour. rounded the bases after reaech- money. Second place carries $12,- judge and official. He holds both St inn a Fa | > capturing the $27,-| Yarborough has been the big] Practice starts on Thursday, ing them on a walk. Rick Fin-| 455 and third will be worth $8,- the fifth degree in Karate and changes be. | Bo ASC ARS TE event while Yarborough’s rec-| ger drove a liné shot into the! 545. On down the line, fifth place Judo. Shin is head of the East threeol to retire inning the and side then for fanied; Shel- yond “Due our to control, network the “Ty Cobb | Fp Sa : star thus far this season with April 25 victories in the Daytona 500 and|ord and the first ten starting corner of center field, in the! carries $5,400, tenth place is worth West Markets Exchange Com- d+ by. Special” will be presented at 10:30 | of the month. scoring $2,000 and 40th place in the lim- pany. That company dealing with Shelby jumped out in front by on April 23, 1968 instead of April | banner! the Atlanta 500 in the Wood Bro-! spots in the limited 4Q-car field! Mountaineer stadium, Carrying the Plymouth ¥ | thers’ 1968 Mercury. The Woods| go on the line on Friday, April Mitchem. Finger trotted to third ited 44 car field will be worth a Karate equipment. two in the second inning as Jim |16,” WSPA-TV Spartanburg has | will be four-time Virginia 590 {also set up the winning car for 26. HS base on the play. 3 thousand dollars. Robert Croyer, from New York Heffner and Lou Bright Petty of Randle both announced. | winner Richard | 500. | Included in the total figure is holding the second degree black Grant of Escon-| Dan Gurney in the Riverside A 20-lap qualifying race on Sat In the third, Kings Mountain man, N. C., Jerry Pearson, Petty and Bobby Al-| urday will complete the starting picked up three runs when cat- some $13,500 which will go into belttitle, will be another judge Calif., Darel Dieringer of! dido, lison have been the other win! field and will share the spot ' cher Paul Gaffney blasted a the national championship point for the tournament. Croyer was a C., and Paul Gold- Charlotte, N. ners this season with the first light with a 109lap modified three J run homer. The homer fund for division at the end of former teacher for Adams. smith of Munster, Ind. | two showing two victories each.! race. | scored Wayne Mullinax and the 1968 season. The point fund Continuing the list of judges Demon Dots Ford will bank on David Pear-| Pearson won the other major | The Virginia 500 starts at 1 p.! Mike Smith. That gave the contribution from each track is 28, Mountaineers a four to zero lead. based on the amount of track vel the | son of Spartanburg, S. C., Lee event, a 250-miler at Bristol,l m. (EDT) on Sunday, April money posted for each race. In 0 mar- Roy Yarborough of Columbia, S.| Tenn. | at Martinsville Speedway and; Darrell Whetstine scored the Notes on The Demon Deacons: the World 600's case the speed narket native hounced back against John C., and the Allison brothers, Bob- The race could shape up as a will not be broadcast. {lone run for the Mountaineers llectu- Wake Forest baseball coach Giles of Davidson on Tuesday in the fourth after he tripled. way is posting $121,185, with ac- 1ancial ack Stallings is still waiting for with a 3-0 victory. In 12 dual] He scored on a wild pitch by cessory firms putting up the ad- rtisans is Deacons to begin ripping out matches over the past two sea | the Ironman pitcher. ditional $28,900. The $13,500 is Aud Tignor Bolls High Line Of Season, 159 the largest amount ever paid into eeking few more base hits. Digit Lau- sons Thompson has lost only twa | Kings Mountain was down by! hridge, who's currently nursing points out of a possible 36. two runs in the seventh. After! the point fund by any track in i - Gault led the winners with a 307, Dilling Heating, -0. Harold Bar pulled hamstring, is the only {the fifth inning surge by Cherry- the history of NASCAR. total. She rolled lines of 104, 99, ber was high man for the win wpular hitting above the .300 Maynard (Chuck) White has| Ladies League jvillee. The Mountaineers tried In addition to the race day pay and 104. Dessie Woftin led Plonk’s | ners with a 339 total.