SATURDAY, APRIL 25, 1942
MAROON AND GOLD
ELON’S 1942 BASEBALL EDITION
PAGE THREE
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Diamond Season Nears End
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With ED WAHS
As the school year nears its end and graduation days loom ahead,
our thoughts tend to dwell upon those of our proup who will be
sin;ini? their swan song come A[ay 1!>. They will hanj!; up theirj’oot-
ball tons, i)aek away the basketballs, and oxchanKe their spikes for
■sheejiskins (they hope).
Ordinarily we think of diplomas in terms of lonjr, laborious
liours of study and hard classroom work. But not for these boys. For
them it has been all these things coupled with three-hour scrimmages,
all-afteriioon workouts, and lengthy evening skull practices. For
the former, a sheepskin is tlieir due recoginition. For the latter,
liowever, we often fail to bestow any honor whatev'cr other than a
little backslapping and ballyhoo at the Catawba games.
To you, Seniors, w’c pay tribute. On the gridiron jt was the
€ver-dei)endable Co-Captains Jack Boone and Bernie Daher along
with such line stalwarts as “Reb” Shaw, Charlie Donato,, and
“Geechy” ]5ryan who led Elou to its first North State Conference
■Crown in four years. Then on tlie cage court W. L. Hobson showed
;the way and supplied the punch to a l)asketball team liam))ered b>-
itlie loss of players to tlie army. Molly Craft, Bernie l)aher, and
the saniji W. L. Hobson w’ill be ])erforming before an Elon aTulience
for the last time as Elon diamondmen in our final game ilay 5.
To these boys w'c bid a fond farew'ell and affectionate adieu.
It is with a mingled feeling of regret for your departure and happi-
Jiess for your success that we 'watch you leave us.
Along with these goes another who had become a part of Elon.
Coach Brunansky has a Selective Service Classification and is now
(On deferment. Ironically enough, Coach Brunansky came to Elon
lit the same time that our present crop of seniors entered. Now they
make their dei)arture as a gi’oup.
Brunansky took over as Assistant Coach to, Horace Ilendrick-
ison in 1938. He continued in this capacity until February of this
year when he was elevated to the position of Head Coach at the time
of Hendrickson’s resignation.
Since this has turned into a column of good-bys and cheerios,
we can think of no more appropriate time for we, ourselves, to put in
our bit. With this issue we bid you farewell from the Sports De
partment of the ilaroon and Gold. Through the months that we have
been in the Sports Chair we have endeavored in an unbiased manner
^o stimulate athletics, both intramural ,and intercollegiate, on the
Elon campus. This task has been the w'ork of several. It definitely
has not been an “I” organization. It was the work of “We”, and
your Sports Ed would like to say aside to this Staff that we are
deei)1y grateful for your cooperation. With this we pass along the
torch to our successor.
Intramural
Roundup
SIG.MA PJII EDGES OUT
KAPPA PSI 5-1
In the closest game in the In-
tranmral Softball J.eague, the Sig
ma Phi charges nijjped a last in
ning rally to protect a one run
lead and nose out a hard fighting
Veam of Ivap])a Psi's, 5-4, on
A])ril 15. Kapi>a J'si drew first
bhxid by scoring the first two
markers in the first stanza and
one in the second. In the third
Sigma Phi bunched three of their
four hits to score three runs and
tie up the ball game. Sigma Phi
got two more in the fifth and
Kappa Psi got one in the sixth to
end the scoring.
In the last inning Kappa Psi
put a man on second and third
with none out to set the stage for
a triple i)lay by Ernie Johns of
basketball fame. Johns, Sigma
Phi short st(»i), took a line drive
from Watts and stei)ped on third
behind Atkins and then tagged
Berry ^s he tried to make third
for an unassisted tripple play.
KAPPA PSI TOPS
SIGMA PHI 8-5
Christians Topped by
L.R. In 14-Inning Contest
The Lenoir Rhyne baseball nine
maintained its undefeated status
in the North State Conference
Tuesday, April 14, by edging out
the Fighting Christians of Elon
College 6 to 4 in a 14-inning con
test.
This game gave the Mountain
Bears their fit^h straight victory
against no defeats. However, the
triimiph proved costly for the
winners because second baseman
Lail broke his right leg sliding in
to third in the fifth. This defeat
marked the first conference loss
of the season for the Christians.
Molly Craft, dean of Elon i)it-
ching staff, yeilded eleven hits
in going the full distance. TVo
Lenoir Rhyne Pitchers saw action
-—Ballard and McCall—the lat
ter was credited with the win.
Lenoir Rhyne counted twice in
the opening round; Elon took the
lead in the second with fwr runs-
and added its final tally in the
fourtli. I’he Bears deadlocked the
score in the fifth with three runs.
After this frame it was goose eggs
until the 14th.
Starting pitcher Ballard, short-
-stop Rudisill and leftfiehler Bost
led the Bears at the plate with
Elon Netters Take
One and Drop Two
In three matches during the
last two w'eeks, the • Elon tennis
team has divided two conference
meets and dropped a decision to
N. C. State.
On April 15 the Elon Netters
trinmied the strong Catawba In
dians 4-3. Billy Johnston, Jimmy
Lightbourne and Bobby Johnston
won the third set of their doubles
match.to sew up the meet.
Two days later Lenoir Rhyne
took our boys into camp for a (i-l
setback. Jimmy Lightbourne best
ed Conrad in the number two sin
gles for Elon’s Qiily win.
Tuesday, April 21 found our
Netters furnishing the competi
tion for N. C. State. Again J im-
my Lightbourne grabbed his
singles and then paired with Billy
Johnston for a doubles win as
Elon went down in defeat, 5-2.
In these three matches the work
of Coach Westhafer’s boys is to be
commended, especially that of
■J innny Lightlxjurne, who won all
his matches.
two hits each. Craft and Hobson
collected two hits apiece for Elon;
one of the former’s blows was a
circuit clout.
In the second of the series of
softball games between Sigma Phi
and Kapi)a I’si Nn, the Kappa
Psi’s evened the count on the local
diamond Wednesday afternoon
with an 8-5 victory over Sigma
Phi behind ,the steady pitching of
Lew'is Nance.
Kap])a Psi opened up early
with three runs in the second
frame. Sigma Phi jumped into
the lead in the fifth with a four-
run splurge, but the Kappa Psi’s
hopped back into the lead in the
last of the fifth and then added
a couple more tallies in the sixth
to put the game on ice.
Boone gave up thirteen safeties,
incuding a circuit clout by Watts
in the fourth, while Nance was
touched for only nine. Edwards,
Berry, Perry, Lee, and Watts each
collected two hits for Kappa Psi.
Leading hitter of the afternoon
was Johns, Sigma Phi shortstop,
who slammed out a trijjle, double,
and single in three apiJearances
at the plate.
NANCE PITCHES TIlllEE
HITTER FOIL 0-1 WIN
Nance’s three - hit pitching
coupled with the hard hitting of
his teammates spelled defeat in no
uncertain manner for the I. T. K.
softballers on Thursday afternoon
as the spirited Kappa Psi Nu
team punched out a decisive G-1
win. Until th’e final frame wheii
I. T. K. bunched two of their trio
of safeties for the lone tally,
Nance was never in great danger.
Philli])s for the losers pitched
effectively in the pinches, but er
rors at crjicial moments nullified
his efforts.
Featuring in Kappa Psi’s slug
ging spree were Utt and Perry
with two bingles each, and Atkins
with a fourth inning homer w/li
none on. Whitaker, Marvin Phil
lips, and Kravitz accounted for
the thr(‘(‘ I. T. K. singles.
Batteries: I. T. K., Phillips
and Burns; Ka|jpa l’^_i: Nance
and Watts.
^Afolly Craft’s two-hit pitching
lifted the ('hristian Cannonade'
back into the thick of the fight in
the North State (’onferenee race
in an eleven inning affair on the
Ciuilford diamond Wednesday.
Klon topiied the Quakers 3-2 as
Craft whiffed seventeen men.
It was a jiitcher’s duel all the
way as Craft hooked u)) with
James Parker, ('raft got the bel
ter of Parker in the eleventh
frame by bringing in Robbins
from third on a fielder’s choice.
Each team scored in the initial
round. Hobson slannned out a
double to score Latta for the Elon
tally while the (Quakers counted
on a fielder’s choice. The Chris
tians went ahead in the second as
Beaudy scorc“d from second on
Latta’s single, but Guilford again
knotted the score in the third on
Robbin’s overthrow of first.
From the third on Craft and
Parker hookei^ uj) in a tight
mound duel until the eleventh
when (’raft won his own ball
game.
Craft issued only three bases on
balls with tliree safeties.
Indians Scalp Locals
By 12 To 6 Margin
On their last trip here for some
time, the Catawba base ball scpiad
Iianded lh(> local team a 12-ti de
feat last 1 hursday. The Indians
were in^ front all the way as they
scored four runs in the secoml
frame and kept the lead from then
on.
Coach Brunansky used three
I)[tchers in an effort to silence Ca
tawba batters but they blasted
them for sixteen bingles. Georg-
iaua, Lisk and Gaddy got three
bingles each while Robbins and
Hobson were best for p]lon with
three and two hits res|>ectivelv.
Johnny Zeissner start(Ml on the
mound for Elon and was doing
nicely iintil an Elon error caused
four unearned runs for Catawba.
He was relieved by Withers who
in turn gave way to Austin
IJrown'. Catrtain Clayton Gaddy
pitched most of the w'ay for Ca
tawba but Lefty Lisk finished for
the Indians.
Mountaineers Edge Out
Elon by 11-9 Score
Helua Smawley’s seventh-in
ning tri))le with the bases loadeiT
|)Ut the Appalachian Mountain
eers on the road to a 11-9 North
Slate confen'iice
Klon Christians iTrm-
Aj)ril 18. Smawley's Wow.ljjwke « .
4 to 4 deadlock. Tne ' drifters
tallied for three more runs in tho
following round and sconnl their
final run in the last frame. The
(’hristians threatened desperately
lo overtake th‘ lead in the ninth
when they rallied for four runs.
Claude Comer was the Chris
tians staiting hurler, but ho was
wild and retired in favor of Aus
tin Brown in the second, who w'aa
;'eli(‘ved by Johnny Zeissner in the
eigiith.
A))palachian jumped out in
front with two runs in the initial
round and scored its next two runa
in the fifth. Elon registered onco
in the second and thri'c times in
(lie tifth to tie the score until tho
seventh.
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