SATURDAY, MAY 3, 194,
MAROON AND GOLD
PAGE THREE
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Christians Meet Catawba Indians At~Salisbury This ML
Cannonade Noses Out Guiliord In Final Home Game
Rami
With yOCK MALLOy
ACTION SHOTS PROM CATAWBA WAR NO. I
When the baseball team hang up their uni
forms next Saturday following the Atlantic
■Christian game, another sport year here at Elon
■will be over, and a highly successful one at that.
The spotlight has made its regular rounds from
football to basketball and finally to baseball,
and, all things considered, it has been a bright
light that has shone on our Christian warriors.
It might be added that the light did dim at times,
1 lit it always came back to shine bright and
i. any times even more so.
REVIEWS
Our football record of five wins, two losses
ar.d one tie is an accomplishment that anyone
should be proud of. No, we didn’t win the con
ference crown, but we were in there fighting all
the time. Our losses to Miami and Catawba
v/ere hard to take, but we took them and came
back for more. Sure there were reasons why we
lost these games, but excuses now sound too
much like alibis, so we will just forget about
them.
As for basketball, we had a great season on
the hardwood; the Cannonade came out on top
in the loop race, but they dropped a close deci
sion to Appalachian in the Conference Tourna
ment. A season spotted with only four losses is
nothing to be ashamed of, especially when you
consider that the Christians defeated everyone
on the schedule at least once.
The baseball championship is still undecided
at the time this piece is being written, but we
Elonites feel confident that the Christians art
going to grab themselves their second baseball
crown in two years. The ash-wielders have had
their ups and downs this year, but most of the
lime they have been up. The one big letdown
was the Duke game which the Blue Devils cap
tured by a 6-1 score. The Cannonade’s chance
for revenge fell through when rain forced the
cancellation of the second game.
PREVIEWS
Now old man summer’s hand is going to
force the spotlight to go out for three months
but come next fall the old light will be beaming
bright as ever on Comer Stadium. What have
we to look forward to? Well, that is a question
that no one can rightfully answer. In othei
years it was comparatively easy to forecast; all
one had to do was to look over the men and say
"“'Joe Halfback, Bill Forward and John Pitcher
are coming back next year, so it looks like wc
will have good teams.”
That was in past years, this year it is differ-
tnt. The question now is, “We will have a good
team if Uncle Sam doesn’t take Joe Halfback,
Ei’l Forward and John Pitcher.” One might asi’
of this, “We lose good seniors every year, so wii:
can’t we afford to lose a few more men.
Yes, we must admit, we lose, good senio
every year. Who doesn’t? But these men ar
expected losses, the coaches have been groom.in
men to take their places. When you take [
sophomore or a junior out of school, you are tak
ing’ away men that the coaches have been count
ing on for one or two more years of play.
_ With the selective service playing hobnol
with the predictors, we deem it wise to refrair
from forecasting, except in one instance. That
iis, whether Elon has a winning or losing team,
you can bet your bottom dollar that it will be r
fighting crew.
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Above are two action shots
snapped during the Catawba
game here at Elon. The game
ended in a 5-5 tie when rain
interrupted the contest in the
eighth inning.
The picture at the left shows
Manager Hendrickson of Elon.
Umpire Joby Hawn and Man
ager Kirkland of Catawba en
gaging in a friendly (?) argu
ment. The disagreement result
ed when Stan Yankoski of Elon
look two bases on an overthrow
at home plate in the sixth inn
ing. Manager Kirkland final
ly won the dispute when Joby
Hawn sent Yonkoski back to
second base.
The picture at the right shows
Catcher Ed Potter of Elon tag
ging Blair of Catawba out at
the plate in the third inning.
Interested onlookers are Wil
kins of Catawba returning from
first base where he was put
out by Tomanchek of Elon
shown at the right.
Craft^s Pitching Helps Elon Sluggers Are Gunning
Keep League Record Intact] For Conference Crown
Elon, riding high for the Norti.
State Conference baseball cham
pionship, added one more to the
win column, when they defeated
the Guilford Quakers 3 to 2. The
game was a pitching duel between
Molly Cra(ft of Elon and Jesse
Parker of Guilford.
The game wasn’t decided until
the 9 th inning, when big Hub
Laws, pinch hitting for Ed Pot
ter, smashed a single into left
field to score Bernie Daher from
,hird. Other than the game win
ning single by Laws, Molly Craft’s
superb pitching was the high
ght of the game; iie struck out
.j batters and gave up four
nf:ties, two of them infield hits.
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R U I S I N G
With Crutchfield
By some queer quirk of fate,
xuL-JcUy, pornaps, lue selective
service act so far has affected
in field other than baseball. The
patriotism of the players also is
assumed.
Major league club owners have
who were not considered in the
pennant chases anyway, but soon
a team which has been given u
chance will lose its most valu-
ao^e star, and then will come the
Jes'se Paiiier and”Tlkie7Vtood“oS'
for Guilford, the former allowing
only major league baseball teams not come right out and said they
thought baseball was of such im
portance, although a few have
intimated as much in asking for
deferments, while others have is
sued statements that no distinc
tion as to whether this act should
nly sirrcrttered‘hVt7and'Hlnes indiscriminately to the
country's pastlmie.
;urned in a real defensive game
at third base by robbing the
-hristians of several hits.
This game with Guilford Col
iege closed the home season foi
the Christians. Comer Stadium
ivill now be used by the mili
earns of Burlington.
Quickies
'the Detroit Tigers are regard
ed as a threat in the American
league fiag race with liank Green
berg batting in fourth piace, out
with Greenberg out of the l.neup
the Bengals are just another i/ali
club, and not such a iiot one ai
that. Of course, this at_once
classi/ies Detroit as practically a
one man ball club, but at the
same time it is a tribute to abili
ty of Greenberg.
Admittedly, baseball is the :ia-
' lion’s greatest sport. Tiiousands
Mills 01' fans watch tne games, and
tion should be made.
It is certainly a headache for
government officials if the ques
tion of morale is considered, but
apparently they intend to abide
oy ilie letter of the law.
The Phillies along with Detroit
■.as been the only club to lose a
The slugging Christians of Elon
will meet ttie Indians of Cataw
ba today on the tribe’s reserva
tion. The Hendricksonmen are
the present leaders in the North
State Conference, but they must
w.n today if they are to stay on
top. Today’s game will go far
towards saying who will wear
the loop’s crown.
The rvail coaches, Kirkland
and Hendrickson, are expected to
neid tne same teams that have
been running tlirough league op
position so far this season. As
iOr iftarting pitchers, no one can
ns'ike a good prediction; both
mentors are likely to pull last
minute switches in order to be
one jump ahead from the start.
i-oi.owing today’s game the
Cannonade will enjoy a five day
lay-off in order to get ready for
their linal games of the year; an
eastern trip tliat includes two
tilts with Atlantic Christian Col-
major star. The drafting of Hugh,
Mulcahy robbed them of their with E. C. T. C.
best pitcher. Hov/ever, Wash- ■
iiigion stands to lose heavily in I CRUISING
the near future. Buddy Lewis s fresiiman keystone combina-
and Cecil Travis are both headed has looked like a find but
itor camps, and when one stops pair still remains to be prov-
to reflect that these two boys are '-n.
accut the only batting power thel With the year just a little over
Senators have, the loss cannot be'^i week old, Jiinniy Wuson, ot me
BASEBALL: Burlington Mills watch tne games, and' overestimated. Even with them, ■announced that he would
md May will offically open night millions follow the trails of tneir i Washington is ser.ously regarded risk his reputation as a pitc.'.er-
baseball on the Elon College i«*Vuiue stais through the daily! as a threat for the cellar pcsilicn | niaker. The Chicago piiot who
lewly built baseball field when newspapers. It has always been, but without them, the Ciub louiid ’ Buc4iy Walters is giving
hey meet here on Saturday night, boast of the Un.ted Slates almost certain to wind up on the
Jay 10. that Americans love tiieir spons, bottom.
while at the same time the need 1 Few Flashes
lound '
l-.'i.l Cavaictta, 24 year old veter
an, a try on the mound. Cavtr-
e.i,a has never lived up to cx-
Old Wes Ferrell is \vell on his of sQ^e diversions for ti'ie promo-1 One thing e.isily noticeable I poLia'ions as a first baaernan and
vay to a come back. Wo oi. , , . , 1 _ ■’ 1^. .
j u- r- . active business iiauon' about the early season contests m'hi
eady won his fust two games been reijognized.' With
-his season. After being kicked
loss will be felt iittJe in tl.e
uo jnlie.d.
Season Neeu: End
The coliegiaie baseball season
war . both the American and National!
,, ,,r . defense claiming the nead- leagues has been the absence of!
ill over the majors Wes is reait- jines, the need of this divers.on rookie flashes. Old rchabit's such 1
•howmg some of his c-d tim. ^^3 been emphasized time and as Travis, Hack and Di.'Jaegio -s near its end. iNiorih S.aie
^ again, and this is wiiere tiie mat- are leading in balt.ng averages, conference teams wind either to-
-oun y is pu mg 01 him baseballs iii.portance co.-.es and Lou Novikoff is still a long or .iL-xt Saturday, aithou^,h
:>lenty of other people too. Gooa-l, o . .1, I, i- ,11 , v .
, way from threatening Bab','Kutn a iig live Clubs continue tneir bat-
‘ Is It ImporJani? !L_.rrie run ■■ecord. ; ul.s tor i.vo ii.ore v.eel..5.
Well after much talk and pub
licity Hank Greenberg is finally
in the army. He will report 101
duty on May 7. Greenberg was delcrmenl of n.a.ior league j3;ay- veteran V«'es Feireil v/ho u;n iwc forest cannot be counted out un
to receive around $50,000 i'or crs caught in drail. vues- games in the first v/cek of p ay til all series among the three clubs
playing outfield for Detroit, but ticn of their lunilLd earning to get a good start on a come- are completed.
,ie will take 21 buclcs a month power over a period of years is back. Duke, wc believe, makes up for
(continued on pa&e 4) a.siegarded, because this is .rue, Rizzuto and Priddy, the Yan- vContinued on psfge 4)
Is It ImporJani? !L_nie run -ecord.
The queiflioii simply slated is Several first year men
whether baseball is important ioi.'’-itd good on li'.e mound,
i-i.ui.ii,n to i.ie nat.on to permit suiprise to date has be^n
nave 1 B’-'ri T'v 1.= of D'j''!-n-
but parently rate first nod in the Big
cne I'lve, although Carolina and Wake