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PAGE THREE MAROON AND GOLD SATURDAY, JANUARY 12, 1946 CHRISTIANS BREAK EVEN ON VIRGINIA TOUR ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ★ ★ ★ ★ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ★ ★ ★ ★ Elon Plans Return To Full Sports Program In 1946 WHAT’S WHAT f By EMERSON WHATLEY WHAT A TRIP! Anyone who be lieves that school spirit is lacking among the boys on the basketball squad should make just one over night trip with the team. The night at Randolph-Macon was pretty rough. Some of the boys who had lived in the Publishing House here got a lit tle sleep but the others were kept awake by the constant passing of the trains just outside the window. Bill Thompson suffered particularly hard. Of course now Joe Golombek and Eddie Mulford did a little field work and almost talked one boy into com ing to Elon. Don Kernodle and Pep Watkins were convinced after the game that peanuts were bad for their Vv'ind. Especially salted ones. The afternoon^_at Lynchburg was a pip. Golombek learned that one of the pigs over at the farm squealed on us and Ran- dolph-Macon knew that we were going to use a zone defense. Har ris and Thompson learned some new card tricks. Thompson showed him the one he learned the night before at Randolph- Macon. Eddie told a joke and that started it all. Even Coach was on the ball. Get him to tell you the one about the parrot. Of course now when everyone learn ed that Margie Hart came to Elon that topped the entire afternoon. Cates told all of us that old story about his love life. Take a tip and don’t let him tell you about it. That Lynchburg College is a pret ty place though. Mighty cute girls, too. I I BOUQUETS ... To Warren Burns I for putting the boys in that fighting '■ mood that saw them come throilih | in great style f.t Lynchburg. To Har- j old “Buckwheat” Siler for the fine i job he does as manager of the team. To Roney Cates for playing the game he did against Lynchburg. To Joe Golombek for getting everyone in a laughing mood at the right time. AT A GLANCE ... It looks as if this year might turn out to be one of the best in the history of Elon athletics. We have a bask etball team that is going to win a good share of the games. It looks as this year is going to be a great one for the baseball team. We have several boys already who are experienced horsehide artists and more men are entering school every day. The recent an nouncement from President L. E. Smith concerning football just about completed the picture of prospects for an athletic program | that will equal—if not surpass the pre-war set-up. With a new gym we can’t miss. Football Mentor Being Sought According to a recent announcement from President L. E. Smith, Elon will resume varsity football in the North Slate Conference next fall. This will icund out a complete return of Elon to its pre-war program of three ma jor sports. Basketball was reinstated last year v.’ith Coach Adcox, director of physical education, serving as head coach. It is now planned tha he will be head coach of baseball in 1946 as well, and a new man will be secured as head mentor of football. The college has already opened negotiations for a coach, and rumors have been flying thfck and fast, but as yet nothing is definite, A full scale athletic program for the 1946-47 year was authorized by the Board of Trustees at a recent meeting here. Dr. Smith declined tr> make a statement on how much em- piiasis will be placed on sports, but he said, “We intend to hold our own on the field.” The president said no athletic scholarships had been offer ed thi/; far. All previous athletic scholarships were discontinued when the trustees voted in March of 1942 to de-empha- size sports for the duration of the war. In the previous season, the fall of 1941, Elon won the North State foot ball championship under the direction of Coach Horace Hendrickson who re signed at that time, to become back- field coach at the University of Penn sylvania, With Elon back in the fold, it seems that tile North State Conference will return to its pre-war athletic program, which saw teams that often compared favorably with Southern Conference foes. Lieutenant To Captain Girls' Sports By BETTY BENTON The women’s Intramural Basketball Tournament began this week with a game between the Wildcats of 2nd Tloor West and the Hubbas of La dies’ Hall, The games will continue through February 25, Let’s see some good playing, and some even better sportsmanship. Following is he 1946 Women’s In tramural schedule: January 9: Wildcats vs, Hubbas, January 14: Rebels vs. East. January 18: Day Students vs. Wild cats. January 21: Hubbas vs. Rebels. January 23: East vs. Day Students. January 28: Wildcats_vs. Rebels. January 30: Hubbas vs. East. February 14: Day Students vs. Re bels. February 18: Wildcats vs. East. February 25: Hubbas vs. Day Stu dents. Games will start at 6:45 p. m. The team winning the largest per centage of games will be champion. In case of a tie the championship will be decided by a single elimination tournament. Groups should elect team man agers immediately and report same to Coach Adcox’s office. Hood Sporting Goods Co. IS ELON COLLEGE’S NEAREST SPORTING GOODS STORE BASKETBALL GYM SHOES FOR BOYS AND GIRLS Sizes 3 1-2 to 12 SCHOOL SWEATEQJS and JACKETS ^ B.XYCLES and BICYCLE REPAIRING (Bikes Painted Like New) FLASHLIGHTS and BATTERIES KEYS MADE LOCKS REPAIRED TENNIS RACKETS RESTRUNG FISHING TACKLE HUNTING CLOTHING Where Your Investment Pays Most in Health—in Life 205 W. FRONT ST. — OPPOSITE FIRE STATION Jhn Tlaiioncd fiLdtuM f" Burns Tosses In 24 Points At Lynchburg After losing to Randolph-Macon 49 to 33 Friday night, January 5 the Elon Christians came back on Sat urday night and defeated Lynchburg College 66 to 51. Both of the games were playocTin Virginia, the first at .\-hland and the lasPat Lynchburg, The Christian cagers, tired by the long ride, appeared listless in the opening minutes and Randolph-Macou ';uilt up a lead that Elon never over came, It appeared that the Elon team lacked srap in the first part of the game. Only nine personal fouls were called on the Christians in comparison to a season’s average of 19, Captain Warren Burns led the team with 11 points and Roney Cates was next high with 7, Steve Castura showed up well at defense for Elon. “Moe” Marandino and Dave Bodtke led the Hornets on offense, Barandino, playing only half the game, tossed in a total of 13 points and Bodtke had a total of 14, Brewster Cornwell, lanky pivot man, led the Virginia defense. The Christians showed a complete reversal of form the next night and I'an up a season’s record with 66 points. Burns tossed in a total of 24 points and Cates had 20 for the even ing’s work, Joe Golombek had a total of eight piSnts and Bobby Harris and Fred Register each made four. For Lynchburg, Milan made 17 points, Paxton tossed in 15 and Meadows rang the bell for 12, A FEW OF THE CHAMPS By ED MULFORD With the football season having drawn to a close with the various bowl games, basketball becomes the num ber one sport in the nation for the next few months. Hundreds of teams throughout the country are playing extensive coyegiate schedules in an effort to find which teams are entitled to inv'itations to the championship tournaments. None of the teams on the West Coast appear to be very strong this year but the Mid-west apparently has a number of strong quintettes, Iowa is again favored in the Big Ten but Illinois must be considered if only by its upset of DePaul, Once again De- Paul has big, George Mikan on hand, who last year broke all individual scoring records in the Garden when he pushed 53 big points through the hoop against a good Rhode Island 5tate team. The other big threat in the West is Oklahoma A, and M, which is paced by 7 foot Bob Kurland. The Aggies won the National championship last year and could very well do it igain. The East had two unbeaten teams in the Northern states that were draw- ' ing rave notices, namely St, Josephs of Philadelphia and the Gotham fav orites of N, Y. C, But North Carolina University of Chapel Hill took a Christmas trip north and defeated both teams and thus must be consid ered one of the leading teams of the country and along with Kentucky, the shining light of the South, The White Phantoms just did edgeN, Y, U, in a . 43-41 thriller, and topping New York i teams with those Madison Square Gar- ' den referees is quite a trick. The writer saw Tennessee drop a close one to Long Island in the Garden in which, the officials called 41 per sonals on the southerners , . , ’nuff sed. Results of the Bowl Games; in the best game of the New Year’s Day afternoon Miami defeated Holy Cross in the last seconds 13-6 on an 85- yard run of an intercepted pass, Ala bama beat Southern California 34-14 in the Rose Bowl, Oklahoma Aggies stopped St, Mary’s 33-13 in the Sugar Bowl, Texas stopped Missouri 40-27 in the Cotton Bowl, Georgia 20-6 over Tulso in the Oil Bowl and Wake For est stogped South Carolina 26-13 in the ’Gator Bowl at Jacksonville, Pictured above is Warren Burns wh ) was recently elected captain of the 1946 basketball team. Burns, from I iglewood, N. J,, is a junior in school. He played basketball here in 1941 and 1942. Pre-Christmas Games In three pre-Christmas games the Elon cagers won over Flying Safety of Winson-Salem, the McCrary Eagles of Asheboro and lost to Davidson Col lege. The Cliristians won easily over Fly ing Safety, taking the contest by the score of 50 to 20, Roney Cates and Wayne Taylor, with 15 and 8 points respectively, led the Elon offense, Joe Golombek and Fred Register led the Christian defense. The Christians dropped their only game with a Southern Conference foe when they traveled to Davidson, Cates and Kernodle accounted for 15 of the team’s 35 points with 9 and 6 respectively. White, Wildcat guard, hit the rim for 18 of Davidson’s 48 points. In the best game seen to date in I the local gym, the Christians ■ won from the high flying McCrary Eagles i 42 to .37, In a rough affair that saw four men removed for excessive per sonal fouls, the Christians came back on the court at half-time with a two point r'eficit to ov'ercome and went ahead to win the game, Golombek broke the hearts of the McCrary root- ters with his set shots and Cates and Burns were in on lay-up shots, Coch- erham, Eagle center, played the best floor game of the night. Below we give you a few of the champions for the old year 1945: Baseball World champions: Detroit Tigers, American League: Detroit Tigers, National League: Chicago Cubs, Leading A, L, Batsman: George Stirnweiss, Yankees. Leading N. L. Batsman: Phil Cav- aretta. Cubs. Leading A. L. Pitcher: Harold New- houser. Tigers. Leading N. L. Pitcher: Henry Boro- wy. Cubs. Junior World Series: Louisville, Basketball National Collegiate: Oklahoma A. and M, National Invitation: De Paul, Southeastern Conference: Ken tucky: Southern Conference: University of North Carolina. Football National: Army. Eastern; Army. Eastern Ivy eague: Penn. Big Ten Conference: Indiana. Southern Conference: Duke. Southeastern Conference: Alabama. Southwest Conference: Texas. Pacific Coast Conference: Southern California, Friendly pause BOmED UNDER AUTHORITY OF THE COCA-COU COMPANY BY Burlington Coca-Cola Bottling Co., Burlington, N, DRINK m
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