SATURDAY, MARCH 8, 1S41
MAROON AND GOLD
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BasketiKill Team ileets Gardner And Koissen Co-Capfalns
Baseball Team Has StirteJ Practice Out Doors'
ing
Will, yOCK MAL'.Oy
Team Reported CONGRATULATIONS
To Be In Excell
ent Condition
' Jack and Hobby
For next Season
Coach Hendrickson gave the
call for all baseball players to
be on the field last Monday. A
very large number reported, but
there still seems to be a shortage
The beat of the basketball on the gym floor has ceased; the
maroon unif6rms have been tucked away; the first robin has been
sighted. What does this mean? Only one thing: BASEBALL is here.
The sound of bat cracking against the white pellet splits the of good reserves.
a:r and. America s favorite past time is once more in the spotlight. year's edition of Elon’s
The basketeers gripe of blistered feet changes to the pitchers’ moans ^ Wgh
of sore arms. • mark to shoot, at if they hope
The fans talk changes from baskets and high scorers to bat-l^° make a record any where near
t’ng averages and chatter on the new playing field in Comer stadium. year’s North
-■ nd Coach Hendrickson no longer prays for Hank Lusettis and George Conference Champions
■macks: he will settle now for two left handed batters one with ® ^0 out of 21
ability of a ballet dancer to cover the initial sack, and’the other ^ames last season, which was the
A no .sense of smell, to room r.i'ght-field (near the pie stv) ’ best record of any college team
‘in the nation.
panthers in opener
Lose Five Players
Five of last year’s players are
. not back in school. Hardison and
; Fuller Co-captains of the team
JACK GARDNER
W L. HOBSON
LIKE THE morning AFTER
High Point will provide the opposition for the Christians as the
.• ri j Bpener. The Panthers will come here on March 28, weather
p ; ilt-ng; to take first crack at the Conference Champs.
:>ow to take the Cannonade apart and see what will make ,
the:", tick this season. We hop on our trusty old tricycle and travel t pp ^
to Co:r,cr Field w.aere the team is holding daily sessions. Starting
with the batterymen we have on the receiving end Ed Potter, Joe;‘.flunked Al Pr „ ■
Toi. an:li9k and Bernie Askins. We expect Potter to take over the Hjd
re;?! ar iuties with Askins as the chief substitute. Tomanchek, ;f
his ;nju. i-d wrist responds to treatments, will be seriously considered semester ‘ second
as a candidate for the first base job. I '
Holdovers from last year’s team in the pitching department] Compelilion
are Captain Roland Longest, Tal Abernethy, Molly Craft, R. D. Ap- With most of last year’s regu-
ple and Bev Rogers. We believe Longest, Abernethy and Craft will lars returning there doesn’t .seem
.be assigned to the starting roles with Apple and Rogers taking over to be much competition for third
the relief duties. Coach Hendrickson will probably use the fresh- base, short stop, second base, left
men rookies in the easy games to give them much needed experienc. field and center, but there is
plenty of competition for first
base, catching and right field. :
We now come to the big headache position, the place that will Regulars Hold Their Own
make or break the Christians. Yep, you guessed it, first base in the Bernie Daher seems to have:
spot. Big Emo Showfety held down this sack last year, but Emo third base well taken care of and |
has thrown over his school duties for a tryout with the Boston Red Clayton will have little compe-'
Sox. Coach is thinking of Hub Laws, a converted hot corner man tition for his short stop position.
j.nd previously mentioned Joe Tomanchek, an ex-catcher to fill in W. L. Hobson has second base Americans are a sports lovinp, haps they have read of an out-'
this vacancy. well in hand, and Jack Gardner people—^sports* loving to a degree siaiid.ny ridiv.duai or race iiorse'
The other three infield spots are well taken care of by e?: and Stanley Yankosky will take which no people have reached or hound, and a desire has uotn'
perienced men. W. L. Hobson at second, Johnny C.aytcn at sho. care of two of the old field spots, since the days of anc.ent Greece kindied to see the person or BASEBALL: Well it'.s about
and Bernie Daher at third should be out there on opening day. Fo Potter, Castura and Askins are when an Olympic champion was a animal in action. Others are time for another season of the
reserve inf.elders we have Steve Castura, Frank Roberts and a few having it out for the regular national hero. curious about the game or team old National past time to start
untried freshmen. catching assignment, while Hud We have baseball, football, bas- or a hundred other thin&s. All of the Major league teams
Leaving well enough alone, we will now hop on our tricycle Laws and Joe Tomanchek arc ketball, swimming, boxing, wrest- There are some who enjoy get- are rounding into shape fast down
rnd journey out for a brief visit with the men who patrol the dis- fighting it out for the first sack ling, hockey, track, tennis, horss ting out doors or who enjoy Le- in the warmer climatcs
tant fences. In left field we have veteran Stanley Yonkoski. Stan job. racing, hunting, steeplechases, ing among a crowd and who at- Babe Dahlgren being sold to Cic
tied with Showfety last year in the home run department and hit Pitchers Look Good trials and many other forms tend for that reason. Boston Bees should be a lesson
well over the 300 mark. If his throwing arm should improve we t f i v athletics which claim their Loyalty claims its share among to young hold outs The front
sliould have no worry in left. situation looks devotees. At one time or an- any gate, especially in the colle- office of the New York Yands
Moving over to center we meet up with the teams lead ng ^ r i a? • forms of giate sports and baseball. The said that he was sold becausp h**
hitter. Jack Gardner. The only worry we have here is whether ^oernatny and Mol- athletic competition can attract home team spirit gets them. wanted more money. They sold
-. ..... . Annin ^ spectators spec a I ComDelilive Rprro* him to the Boston Bees for $7,500,
R U I S I N G
With Crutchfield
Jack Gardner, forward from
Portsmouth, Ohio, and W. L.
Hobson, forward from Hamseu”.
were elected co-captains for next
year’s basketball team at a meet-
ng held last Tuesday.
The two will succ«-l John
Henry Peaix-c, of Suffolk, Va.,
center, who led tlie Christian.s
during the past season.
In addition to electing oo-cap-
‘.a ns. Coach Horace Hendrickson
announced award of varsity let
ters for basketball to 12 men.
these including Pearce, Gairiner.
Hobson, iMax Zyvith, Ed iPotter,
Preston Towns, Ray Cessna, Tal
Bean, Warren Butjis, Douglas
Moss, Yock Malloy and Johany
Clayton.
In giving the letters CoacJi
j Hendrickson briefly reviewed tiio
past season of Uie Cihristians. Ht*
pointed out that the team finish
ed first in the regular North Stale
conference season with a record
of 12 games won and two lost,
and that the entire schedule wa.';
completed with a record of 20
victories and four defeats.
In the 24 contests the Christians
scored 1,295 points and inciudin j
two contests in the North State
conference tournament had a
total of 1,376 points, one of the
highest team totals ever compil'cd
in the loop. The Christians aver
aged approximately 54 points per
game.
Quickies
t-d first base job. Gardner had played some at the initial sack in
his freshman year here.
OPEN FOR FRESHMEN
We no\v find ourselves at the other sore spot in the line up
C.aude Comer, Dan Barker, Max able to turn all their talent greatest contribution to the Amer- conVractr
toward the goal of their sport. This was true
themselves so they
right field. This space was covered last year by Co-Captain Joe 7-
Hardison, who last June. The likely candidate would be Charlie
Massey, the oniy left handed batter on the squad. Charlie is fast Bohensky and Carlyle Bowden,
ynd a good fielder, but unless his hitting improves over last year
we expect to find a freshman in the starting role here. The two like
ly candidates aie Warren Burns and Chink Spivey. Both are of un
known quality, so a prediction here is entirely uncalled for.
.u:d.n, with Rifton Apple and to7s“wh7p;; foTThrprivilTg;'' of| Spirit Secret ^
f ° ^ I But the urge which draws a old run down Wbllf payers'
K ,-nmorc fr. f ^ Grecce, modem day majority of tans to games is the We wonder if he will get as
pi c n athletes spend many hours co^d^ of competition, and it is much from the Bees as he was
will ^ere that athletics makes its getting from the Yanks on his old
MANAGERS BILL AND PUD
BULLETIN
I.T.K. WINS
_ “Andy” Fuller Co-captain and
Expenses, time and trouble ar’ Greece when the games in the pitcher for Elon last year, got a
disregarded. A standard whir , shadow of Mt. Oiympus drew the pice write up in the Sporting
many will never attain has been whole nation together for a per- News last week. The topic of the
set up, but, nevertheless, all strive lod of play. article was about his going into
to reach the ultimate. Nothing is certain in athlot cf the army because of the “Draft”.
It is to see these finely trained ^aily reports from the sports col- The season that W. iL. Hofeson
athletes or anunals attain the.i newspapers prove that and John Clayton spent playin^j
Now a word for the managers, the boys who do the hard| 8°al that the American public team with a perfect record can for Sandford sure did improv“
work. Bill Claytor, head manager, has dropped his basketball duties; In the finxl gaTC of into stadia, gym- ® ° ten is upset by a group their fielding plenty. Last year
and has taken over the job of getting the field marked off. Richard iitramural basket!-)^.!! o*er athletic emporia been beate:i with Elon they were a little bit
R naido (Pud) D’Antonio, baseball manager, will take over the job ' a public that numbers million:^ ^ again. The greatest in slow on double plays, but watch
of retrieving balls. We only hope that he will do half as good a job season, IT K Fraterility every year. dividual performer is capable of them go this seaion.
cf chasing balls as the Greeks have done in chasing his countrymen took the m’asure of tht There are several compelling overshadowed by some un- Remember Ed Sauer the former
in Europe. -u ‘ a . » forces back of the urge that "'°wn. baseball and football Play-
We will now put the time cherished-tricycle back in storage r n team to capture sends these millions to watch . ® sports experts seldom take er? He has a younger brother
iintil opening day when we will be out with the rest of you to hear the league championship, these sports. in o consideration the mental at- back home that plays plenty of
,he man in blue yell, -Pl.y B.ll,” The final score was 48-26. i “ on?, p..° but The'ZS- S "S
Spring Practice
Comes To An End
I fundamentals of the game. There ^^ , _
^was a great deal of work in UirlS Complete Play
I learning plays and running them In Basketball ToUmeV
' on the field. |
earlier There were some new faces
Psychologists say that deep in can sports fan is drawn and is school here but no luck
the heart of practically every in- intrigued by the idea that the
dividual lies the desire to excel favorite will be beaten by
in some field, and that in many underdog. Any coach will
Spring football ended earlier There were some new faces in; The Girls’ Athletic Association I^S^vef i^^i^'^'an I basketball championship,
this year than ever before, but the spring drills and these boys completed its basket ball toumj- for everyone to he f member two years ago when
more work seems to .have been showed up good for being only
done, as stated by Coach Hen- freshmen. Joe Hughes, a back
drickson. This was because of ^ho is a triple threat man, show-
the good weather and the hard ed up good in practices and from
v,ork of all the boys. all indication Joe will play plenty
Elon had planned to play the gf football for Elon next year.
Ujiiversity of Richmond this Cecil Yoke, another guard from
Spring but because of difficulties West Virginia, showed up good
the game was cancelled between spring practice and will see
th^; two schools. plenty of action next year.
There was very little tough Herb Sprivey from Portsmouth,
-v\ork in spring practice this year Va. stood out at guard position.
bccau.se Coach Hendrickson spent He is a little man but he can give
TT.ost of h's time in teaching the and take it.
BASKETBALL. Tho.se unpre-
om ? dictable Duke Blue Devils did
this desire IS directed toward t.ic you thar a team with the prop-ir they'^won tre^^uth^^ inference
Ro-
the
a Dull Moment” boys
Records from Duke did the same trick.
“uBOXING: Gates Kimball, Un'.-
ine If there were no upsets,
TK, ^ ewryone to be outstanding jn the most powerful group of ath “Never
Thursday. Green, athletics. There are physical letes ever assembled
ment last
Fowlkes, and Morgan took the Handicaps which cannot be over
championship title of the two, come. Some do not have the n there were no un.et.= if '
three, and four o’clock gym muscular co-ordination and sense every contest ran true to fo'-m ° Carolina heavy
classes by defeating Crov/ei of timin« required of everv ath f f^ weight has been offered S10.001
Hamrick, and Daniels. Each team lete who°is to rank above the av- every tiL AScan'’Srtf wJuW Professional. If Kimb.il
played eight games and the title erage. Certain mental qualifi- lose much ortheTr aS W
was decided in the last fav cations, especially split second ^ sZrtLan knowr?S’ th1^°f,. r f '
^Xw they are play.g voile ^ ^n^e^^o ^oX ^
ball and they have also starf^' make good athletes have not -e U and f Clenison College msde >^rn
n work on the May Day pro- ceived the training and encour llrt ’ f ^ f through this un- change his mind a little bit. Wii-