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Newspaper
Kings Mountain Herald
Location
Kings Mountain, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1946
Page
12
Kings Mountain junior team loses 6 to 0 at Cherryville in a game noted for strong defense by Charles Whisnant. Contis Allen started for Cherryville, Haus took the loss, and key plays included a two run error by Dan Britt and a late rally capped by Paul Bell’s double.
Carlton 8 Vets exploded for 17 runs on six hits and five errors by Kings Mountain in a wild game Saturday. The Vets erased a slow start with a five inning surge, aided by four Beal mistakes and Ned Dodgin miscues. Carlton pitchers Parker and Beal faced back and forth hits as Carltons Stone Mitchem and Parker led the rally while Ned and Jim Dodgin struggled at the plate.
The Bantams clinched the league by defeating Threads 3 to 8 last Friday, then lost 6 to 4 to Firestone in an earlier seven inning game. Lewis Motors hosts Friday at 4 30 in City Stadium. Kings Mountain’s Biddies won twice against Firestone laddies 12 to 7 in Gastonia and 14 to 9 in Kings Mountain.
Kings Mountain and Textiles share second place after a 16 4 victory by the Vets over Textiles. Don Parker pitched well for the Vets with eight hits allowed and one walk, while Floyd Smith led at the plate with five trips, four hits including at least two doubles driving in six. Corey Guyton added three for four with two doubles as he and Smith sparked a third inning rally, then Parker delivered a late triple to cap the scoring as Kings Mountain tallied in eight.
Kings Mountain Juniors beat Charlotte 4 to 3 on Saturday as Bud Ross pitched five hits and five strikeouts. Bill Dettmar led off with a single and Bob Read and Redd produced key hits for Kings Mountain while Charlotte rallied in the third and fifth. Bailes relieved to close the game, forcing in two runs with bases loaded before end of rally. Line score noted 5 to 3 final.
Rain soaked a Wednesday game as Shelby Juniors defeated the Juniors 21 to 3. Red Webter led Shelby with three hits in four at bats while Kings Mountain pitchers struggled. Brooks finished the mound work for the Kings Mountain squad amid a rough defensive showing and late innings runs by Shelby.
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