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Christians Face Panthers This Afternoon At High Point
SLUGGER GOES UP
With yOCK MALLOY
With three Conference games behind them,
the Elon College sluggers now look forward to
next week’s games with Wake Forest, Catawba,
and Duke. These three teams add up to one of
the busiest week’s in Christian baseball history.
The Deamon Deacons of Wake Forest v/ill
open the week on Tuesday, when they bring here
a team that is capable of putting on a brilliant
exhibition. The boys from Deacontown have a
lot of potential power stored up in their bats, and
ii they ever start letting loose, the Christians had
b_tcer look out.
Those of us who were here last year well re-
L-.mber when those Deacons let loose in Greens-
boi 0 to lead the Christians by a score of 6-0 in the
fourth inning, before the Cannonade took a toe-
hcld. Well, with an exception of a few, it’s those
saixie Deacons who will be here Tuesday and they
will be out for revenge.
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CHRISTIANS OUT FOR REVENGE
On Wednesday and Thursday the Indians
from Catawba will be here, and this time it will
be our turn for revenge. We all remember that
time last year when the Cannonade-was riding
high, wide, and handsome on a 19 game winning
streak. The Indians came here determined to
end the above mentioned streak, and when the
game was over the determination of the india.is
showed on the scoreboard to the tune of 8-8.
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Elon At Full Strength For
Game With Pointers
Manager Shaw
Announces ’41
Net Schedule
i Pictured above is Emo Showfety, slugging
I first baseman on last year’s Cannonade. Emc
I has left for the training camp of the Greensboro
Red Sox of the Piedmont League, and will be giv-
! en a tryout at the club’s expense.
The entire case of the Cannonade will have ~
“That” look in their eyes during these two crucial JL X Ct
games and after many a base hit the old timers
will be saying, “that was for last year.”
But this is far from saying that they will be
jroing up against a group of spiritless boys. The
i^ang from 'Salisbury have shown in the past and
will show in the future a true fighting spirit.
And they will be just as anxious to upset the
Christians again.
RAIN, RAIN GO AWAY
As for Saturday, that will be a good day for
the weather man to predict rain. For two years
the Christians have been trying to get together
with the Blue Devils of Duke, and in these at
tempts they have been rained out every time.
The nearest the boys have come to playing any
thing that looked like a game was two years ago
in Burlington, when the Christians were leading
the Durham crew in the third inning by a 7-3
score.
This year everybody is hoping for a clear
day, so, for the sake of everyone concerned, we’ll
pray for old Sol to be beaming brightly on Comer
Field come Saturday. And with his help we should
have a swell ball game; what with Coach H^en-
drickson trying to match wits with the old mas
ter, Jack Coombs, how could we have anything
else.
That just about sums up the coming week,
so we are asking all you students to be our there
and lend a helping hand to the team. They need
it.
With Crutchfield
Baseball is practically here onue
more. The major league teams
are wind.ng up their Grapefruit
seasons and are beginning their
homeward journeys; m.nor loop
teams have gone into training,
and collegiate clubs already *..avi.
opened or will open soon theii
important conference chases.
Locally, the North Slate sea
son is in full swing, and the fas
Big Five tilt is scheduled this
afternoon with Duke playing at
Davidson.
Whether you realize it or ;:ot,
Elon is right in the midst of thc
heaviest part of its schedule. The
Christians opened their year dur
ing the past week with four
straight games, and then face four
more in a row next week, includ
ing two with Big Five clubs.
Wake Forest on Tuesday, Ca
tawba, Wednesday and Thursday
and Duke Friday offers one of the
toughest stretches Eion will iace
all year.
Perennial Problem.
That perennial problem of
picking champions before the sea
son is played which sports writ
ers take on themselves annually
without being asked is not far
off.
Most predictions are based on
records of last year, and perform
ances in the Grapefruit league.
On that basis, Cleveland and New
York have a lead in the American
league and Brooklyn, Cincinnati
and St. Liouis should rank as fa
vorites in the National league.
The Yankees lately as well as the
Dodgers have looked good in
training.
These five clubs, in our mind,
will get most of the first place
choices of the experts.
Elon Slar Gets Chance.
Emo Showfety, the slugg n^
first baseman of last year's Chris
tians, is getting a tryout with the
Red Sox farm. Some give 61mo
a good chance to stick in class* B
ball, while others are doubtful.
However, it is a known fact that
he was regarded by major league
scouts who saw him play during
the past two years as an out
standing prospect. Ihey liked
his speed, his arm and his work
at the plate. Admittedly he has
some weaknesses, but most of
them thought these faults could
be corrected.
If hitting is the weakness, Emo
has a great chance to overcome
his faults. At Greensboro he will
be playing under Heinie Manush,
one of the game’s greatest hitters.
Here he will get the advice ••’nd
benefit of an expert.
If size, speed and power -'ount,
Emo should be a great star some
day.
Tennis Goes CommerciaL
Another collegiate sport has
gone commercial. Tennis, usual-,
ly played on college campuses for
the fun of it, has become big
business at Rollins college in Win
ter Park, Fla.
Recruiting in a big way was
done last fall, and this spring the
little school has several national
ly known stars playing on its
freshman team.
No matter how much you dis
like the idea of taking the game
away from the amateurs, you
have to admit that Rollins is not
bashful in letting the public knowj
its ideas and intentions as well as
practices.
However, we would like to see
The 1941 edition of the Elon
College tcnn's team swung into
action last Monday when they
faced William and Mary, Norfolk
Division in their first official
match and carried away a 5-2 de
cision. Jimmy Lightbourne, Cap
tain-Coach, won his match in
straight sets, and was joined in
victory by Bobby Johnston, John
Barney, and Bily Johnston;
while the doubles team of Billy
Johnston and Jimmy Lightbourne
were victorious.
As yet, the completed sqiiad
has not been announced. The
playoff, which will determine the
final make-up of the squad hasn’^
been held, and Coach Liglitbourn
is expecting great things of sev
eral new candidates for the squad
Numbered among these candidate;
are Kenny Herbert, Bob Lee anc’
Cecil Henderson. In addition the
squad has been strengthened con
siderably by the return of Ray
Cessna, who is expected to play
No. 2 position.
The victory over W. & M. v. as
doubly gratifying, not only as it
was the first victory of the sea
son, but also because di spite
lack of practice the Christiar
netters defeated a team which had
already won three of five matche;
played. Unexpected strength wa;
shown by Bobby Johnston, a
freshm.an pla.ving his f rst match
and Louis Adair who put up r
hard fight before loosing 7-5, 7-5
This year’s club hopes to sur
pass last year’s record when the
Cannonade f nished second tc
Guilford in a North State Confer
ence race. The squad is burnin
to avenge last year’s defeats b>
Guilford, and has high hopes of
duplicating the victory they scor
ed over the Quakers this fall in
a practice ;Tiatch.
Tennis has always been a
popular sport at Elon, as evidenc-'
ed by the crowds always waitngj
to use the courts. The attendance
at the William and Mary match,
while fairly large, was not as
preat as had been hoped for. In
the past Elon net squads have
travelled far and wide and made
quite an enviable name for them
selves.
This year, the southern trip has
been postponed and the team
travels up north. They play,
amon?st others, Richmond, V. P.
I., N. C. State, American U., and
Westchester State Teachers Col
lege. However, five matches still
remain here at home, and the
squad sincerely hopes that the
students will continue .support
ing the team by attending the
matches. Below we list the re
maining games on the schedule is
sued by Manager “Reb” Shaw:
April 5—^Trinity, home
April 7—N. C. State, away. \
April 9—Catawba, )iere I-
April .11—Guilford, away
April 16—Loyola, here
April 19—E. C. T. C., away I
April 21—Atlantic Chris., away
April 25—Guilford, away
April 29—Randolph Macon,
away i
April 28—W. and M.-V. P. I.,
away.
April 30—U. of Richmond, a-
way (pending)
May 1—^Loyola, away
May 2—West Chester Teachers
away.
May 3—American U., away
May 5—-V. P. I., away (pending)
May 6—Lynchburg, away
May 13—N. C. State, here
Hoss Hendrickson
Undecided As To
Pitching Choice
The Christians of Elon College
meet the Panthers of High Point
today at High Point, to open the
away season for 1941. The Can
nonade is not expecting much
trouble from the Pointers, but a
tilt with the Panthers can mean
trouble in any sport.
Coach Hendrickson has not yet
announced his pitching choice for
today’s game, but the rest of the
lineup is expected to be; Potter
catching, Tomanchek at first,
Hobson at second, Clayton at
short, Daher at third, Yonkoski
in left field, Gardner in center
and either Roberts or Massey cov
ering right.
Nance, Moran and Stasulli are
the main threats of the High
Point club, and these boys can
really clout the appje when ti.cy
get started.
C 'KibTfANS DROP
WAPPIUP GAME TO
HANES KNITTERS
In a practice game last Satur
day, the Elon basebail team suf
fered an 8-7 setback at the hands
of the Hanes Knitters. 'Ihe ."ar. e
was played under weather condi
tions that would have been tes
ter suited for football.
Coach Hendrickson divided the
pitching cihores between Craft,
Rogers and Captain Longest. All
gave a good account of them
selves under the circumstances.
The Elon Sluggers were held
well in check, with no member of
the line-up getting more than one
safety. The two headache posi
tions were taken care of by -Toe
Tomanchek at first and Jrrnk
Ro-berts in right f»eld. But Coach
Hendrickson has said nothing d.f-
inite as to these postions as yet.
Baseball Schedule
April 2—Lenoir Rhyne*
April 3—High Poinl*
April 4—Lenoir Rhyne*
April 5—High Point
April 8—Wake Foresl*
April 9—Catawba*
April 10—Catawba*
April 12—Duke*
April 14—Guilford—Greensboro
April 17—Appalachian*
April 18—Appalachian*
April 22—Guilford
April 23—Duke
April 25—Lenoir Rhyne
April 26—Lenoir Rhyne
April 28—Guilford*
April 30—Wake Forest (lent.)
May 2—Catawba
May 3—Catawba
May 8—E. C. T. C.
May 9—A. C. C.
May 10—A. C. C.
‘Denotes Home game.
All Home games begin at 3:15
p. m.
Quickies
one sport kept open for free com
petition from college student
bodies.
Which causes us to wonder if
Elon’s lack of tennis courts might
not be tied in with the lack of
financial returns from that sport.
BASEBALL: Well the old Nat
ional past time is just about un
der way for another season. The
Major league teams are ending
up their spring training and are
ready for the opening day on the
16th of April.
The Washington Post carried a
write up about “Buck” Newsome,
in which it said that he wo:e
twenty dollar silk shirts, smokod
dollar cigars and drove a cus‘om
built car. Buck is ridine on t)
top now so he may be taking ad
vantage of it in a big way. e
still says that he is as good . 3
any pitcher in baseball tod
Del Baker, manager of the Tigers,
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