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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1946 :K^KSteiiMSKiaKi;!SKSKlSKlSKIEKEHEKlEI>5SE4EKISKlSK!5SKiaK!EKSMSI!!EKKMSt3SEH MAROON AND GOLD PAGE FOUR ft THE ARMCHAIR ATHLETE ELON RALLY NIPS GUILFORD Coach Adcox And The Burns By AL BURLINGAME Si :[,l-:;;'':"^":iK3KS!:-5E[-:SKiS[SlSHSKHK]SKlKDi)ECiJEE«EKSD5SMSE UP IN Emerson Whatley’s room in tion'-s greatest pigskin totei’s, just be- Nortli Dorm is an old armchair from cause they scored only one touch- which have spewed forth innumerable , down between them and because their wise land otherwise) 'obse.Vations,' team had been held to a 7-7 tie by prophecies, and assex tions concern-' their gopponents. Kimbrough and ing the I'ealm of sports. We don't Harmon, (who since, in the service mean, of course, that the chair itself ' of their country, have proved them- lias done the talking—we’re referring j selves to be real men as well as great to the parade of actual and would- football players), had just stepped be a.!»letes who have v^/jed their particular opinion on every sports topic from the big leagues to back yard baseball, while lounging com fortably in the chair’s luxurious depths. "What’s What” Whatley is leaving Elon soon, but, even if the cliair goes with him, there will al ways be those "armchair athletes” around to give you "expert ’ views and predictions. We’re one of them. That's why this column is titled the way it is—“THE ARMCHAIR ATH- LEliE.” We hope it proves a worthy successor to “WHAT’S WHAT,” and we hope you like it as much. * * * * We hate to start off on a sour note, but that battle (both of them) at High Point was anything but sweet. When spectators start pouring onto a bask etball court to beat up players who are their guests, then sports cease to be sports. High Point College has a blot on its name that, so far as Elon is concerned, will take a long time to lub off. Were sorry such things have to happen. It reminds us of an other particular time we were asham ed we had to belong- to the human i-ace—in 1941, at the Yankee Stadium, when 25,000 football fans stood up and booed Jarrin’ John Kimbrough and Tommy Harmon, two of the na- from a plane, after a thousand-mile flight, bare^ly in time to play for their ungrateful audience. The parallel between that occasion and the High Point disgrace is that Warren Burns, who received the worst treatment from the unsportsmanlike Panther fans, is also a veteran of the recent war, a man who fought the deadly Nazis to protect the very free dom of the hoodlums who assaulted him, ingrates who were probably too cowardly to come out from behind their mothers’ apron strings at the sight of democracy in danger. We hope they’re satisfied. * ♦ * * As luck would liave it, the 32-30 less at High Point wrecked Elon's chances for undisputed fii'st place in the North State conference basket ball race. Victories over Guilford, Appalachian, and Atlantic Christian, in the final three conference games, would give our Maroon and Gold boys a tie with Catawba for the cham pionship; but even that couldn't allay the feeling here that the best team in the conference didn't come home on top by itself. In the heart of every true Elon rotter, we do have the real champs right here, no matter what the record book may show. Girls' Sports By BETTY BENTON ALL-STARS NAMED The sports staff of the Maroon and Gold has chosen an Al'l-Star basket ball team, as we did after the com pletion of the vollyball season. These girls were chosen not only for then exceptional playing, but also for their dependability anfi sporismanshjp. Margaret Rawls. Grace Ward. Jane Warren. Frances St. Clair. Mary Yarborough. This year’s basketball ladder is al most at an end. Only one game be tween the Day Students and Ladies Hall, remains to be played. dies’ Hall lost to East by a score of 18-7. This was due to the fast break ing and well placed shots of Grace Ward,'who was high scoreVwlth 10 points. j p » ’ » «« > *•' After we return from our Ten-day holiday a new spring program will be inaugurated. This will include soft ball, bowling, shuffle board, and per haps tennis and badminton. The schedule for this tournament will be announced in the first issue of the Maroon and Gold after the holidays. Although there is one game remain ing in the ladder, 3rd Floor West will undoubtedly be the winner of the lT 7*^ la The North State Conference’s best point-maker this basketball season was Elon’s captain, Warren Burns, right until I>-onaril of Guilford tossed in 28 points last Monday night at Appalachian. Burns is pictured with his wife. Judy, who graduated here in ’43 and was assistant society editor of the Greensboro Daily News while her husband was overseas, and Coach Lacp Adcox. This photo was taken before Warren was injured at the HighPoint college gym last Saturday night when spectators started a free-for-all during a conference game. Castura, Taylor Spark Triumph Jt looked impossible, but Elon did ii! Trailing by 17 points midway through the last half. Coach Lacy Ad- co-r’s fighting Elon Christians whirl ed back to capture a breathtaking 49- 48 victory over Guilford College on V’c-dnesday night, to remain in the running for a tie with Catawba for the North State conference basketball crown. Before a packed house, the Chris tians rallied to run the Quakers right of'' their own floor, despite the fact I'-iat two of Elon’s key men—high scoring Warren Burns and defensivc i star Joe Golombe’K were missing fiom tlie lineup. Burns recuperating from injuries sustained in the recent bra. l at High Poirit, and Golombek fighting a serious illness in a hos- pit;,i in Greensboro. For a time, it looked as if Guilford would ;|/enge its earlier loss to the a\iaioon and Gold, as the Quakers ran up a 25-18 lead in the fii'st half of the return match, and then proceeded to forge a 37-20 margin during the thud period. But Elon came back just when things looked worst. Paced by “Slick Steve” Castura. Wayne Taylor, and Fred Register, the Christians cliopped down their op ponents’ lead wiiii amazing speed and soon uailed by only one point, 44-43. Vviien Steve, who had just flipped in tln-ee brilliant long shots, dropped in a layup, Elon was in front—and tliere for good! Register and Taylor addecL crips, and that was just enough to withstand a lasi-minute Guilford, counterattack. Taylor led the Elon scoring with Hi oints, wiiile Castura and Register each netted ten. Leonard sank 14. for Guilford. An outstanding fea ture of the sensational victory was little Dick York's great defensive work. The box: CHRISTIANS TOP I.ENOIR-RHYNE 55-35 Hall, j ° ^ basketball trophy. This team has won game will be p ay game i all of its games and defeated all the Syed ;fnce the las? iSue of the Ma-1 other teams participating in the tour- roon and Gold the Hubbas’ of La- nament. elon OVERCOMES QUAKERS IN 36-28 VICTORY Transormed from a ragged and helpless bunch of individuals into a smooth-clicking team in the briet space between halves, the Fighting Christians of Elon came from behmd to conquer a stubbon Guilford Col lege quintet, 36-28, on Tuesday, Feb ruary 12, in a conference game at the Elon gym. The sec^-et of the transformation was a guy named Joe —Joe Golombek—who hadn'| even been in uniform the first half, and who disregarded a case of food pois oning to get out on the floor and calm down his jittery teammates un til they were playing basketball the way it should be played. After scoring on the opening tip- off of the game, Elon fell behind the visiting Quakers, remaining there for the Aitire first half. Twice, Guilford held six-point leads; and the Chris tians trailed at‘intermission,, 16-12. However, in the second half, with Gol ombek in there to steady his mates and get the rebounds, and with War ren Burns beginning to hit the target. Elon promptly took the o^fensiv'e. Two baskets by Burns and one by Roney Cates put the home team ahead, 18- 16. Guilford climbed into the lead again a few minutes later, 23-22; but that was all, for Burns, Wayne Tay lor, and Bobby Harris combined to roll up ten points in a row, and Elon had the game. Burns was high scorer for the ex citing scrap, netting 16 points—14 in the last half—but Leonard of Guilford gave him a close fight with a total of 15. Cates was second high for tiie winners with nine points. Hira- bayashi—promptly dubbed ’'Hair- brush''^—played a good defensive game for Guilford. MEN’S INTRAMURALS KNOTTED UP The men’s intramural basketball league is all knotted up in a three way tie for first place, as a result of games played during the past two weeks. In the two games played, the Gremlins topped the Jokers, 20-15, and the Bombardiers laced the Wolves, 26-14. Chasing the Lenoir-Rhyne Bears back to Hickory with a 55-35 thorn in Iheir paws, the Elon College var sity chalked up its fifth North State conference basketbaii win in seven starts on Saturday, February 9, when iiie iViaroon and Golu cagers entertain ed Ineir red-shirted rivals from the in the local college gym. The ^ame was virtually a repetition of the oi-dO tlon victory at mcKoiy eaiuei All teal'. inai ooach Adcox used his suusu- Lutes generously in tne repeat vici.oi> is eviuenceu uy me lact uiai, o-iool-o noDoy Hams, wno staneu me feaiii*. I on me bencn, went in aiu scoicu ' points for tne unnsuaus—top inui viuual leat tor me evenings, aou uosea out Ulb O-lOOl-t i»oney Cates, who netted an even doz en points. v.iui iiarris., Cates, and Steve Cas- •.aiu speariieaaing tne attack, the .iviiie leam loat liLlle time in rolling a sizeauie leau on tae napless tiears aiiu uy nalltime me uuiiaiiaiis nelu d comfortable 30-16 ml-gin. They nad little trouble thereafter, even with the five starting men parked on (.he sidelines most of the last twenty minutes. Captain Warren Burns, fav oring an injured ankle, played only long enough to add seven points to his impressive conference total. Outstanding for the Christians on defense were Joe Golombek and Wayne Taylor, while Bost stood out for the losers. Entzi and Miller led the scoring with eight oints each. The box: ELON (55) Pos.—Player Fg Ft F—Burns 3 1 F—Register 1 3 F—Harris 5 F—Kernodle 2 F—Anderson 0 C—Cates 6 C—Watkins 1 G—Golombek 1 G—Castura 3 G—York 0 G—Taylor 1 G—Boyenton .... 0 0 1 0 0 G—Wilson 0 0 2 0 0 — — — — — Totals 23 9 25 LENOIR-RHYNE (35) 55 10 Pos.—Player Fg Ft F Tp Ftm F—Miller 3 2 1 8 2 F—Walker 0 1 2 1 1 F—Elliott 0 0 0 0 0 F—Bost 2 1 4 5 2 F—Michael 0 1 0 1 1 F—Thompson 0 0 0 0 0 C—Stafford 1 3 2 5 3 G—Entzi 1 6 3 8 4 G—Gibson 3 1 2 7 4 — — — — — Totals 10 15 14 35 17 ALAMANCE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT The annual Alamance County High School Championship bas ketball tournament will be held in the Elon College gymnasium next week, starting on Monday, Febru ary 25, and running to Friday, March 1. The tournament will be interrupted only on Wednes day night, when the College var sity finishes its 1945-46 season with a home game against Atlan tic Christian College. ELON (49) Pos.—Player Fg Ft F Tp Ftm F—Register f) 0 4 10 4 F—Kernodle 0 1 1 1 1 F—Harris 1 0 5 2 1 F—Boyenton 2 1 0 5 0 F—York 0 0 0 0 0 C—Cates .. 2 4 5 8 1 G—Castura 4 2 3 10 0 G—Taylor fi 1 3 13 3 G—Anderson 0 0 1 0 0 — — — — —»~ Totals 20 GUILFORD 9 (48 22 59 10 Pos.—Player Fg Ft F Tp Ftm. F—Leonard 6 2 4 14 3 F—Chatham 1 2 2 4 2 F—Christensen .. 2 1 3 5 0 F—Arzonica 0 0 0 0 1 C—Hansard 3 3 2 9 1 G—Lawhorne 2 9 3 12 3 G—Hirabayashi .. 2 0 3 4 2 — — — — Totals 16 16 17 48 12 Tp Ftm 7 1 5 13 4 0 12 2 3 6 0 3 3 ,0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 Refreshment coming up BOTTUD UNDER AUTHORITY OF THE COCA-COIA COMPANY BY Burlington Coca-Cola Bottling Co., Burlington, N. C,
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