PAGE FOUR
MAROON AND GOLD
SATURDAY, JANUARY 25, 1947
ELON TAKES ONE, LOSES TWO IN LOOP
IT SAYS HERE-
By ED MULFORD
Five victories and five defeats are a peculiar knack of getting in scor-
on the record for the basketball sea
son (not including the McCrary
game). This record is neither good
nor bad, but it seems to this writer
that better things are in store for the
Christians. Elon may not win the
conference, but we have a feeling
they will have plenty to say about
who is going to win it.
Speaking of games to come, the
one that pops into mind as the
most important, and the one
which Elon wants to win most
of all, is the High Point game
next month at High Point. Some
thing no one wants to see is a
repetition of the eve^fts that oc
curred in last year's game at the
Point. The thing to remember is
that, after the game has been
played, it’s not “who won the
game that counts, but “how the
game was played.” Emphasis in
the North State conference has
been too much on the victory.
Teams should play the game with
all their might, but we’d like to
see a little more sportsmanship
on the court.
Last week we told you a little about
three of Elon's cagers. Burns. Gol-
ombek, and Cates. Here's a little
publicity for some of the other lads
giving their all for the Christians.
One boy who's always in there scrap
ping and who can really handle the
ball is John Clayton of Hillsboro; an
other is Ed Drew, hailing from Ports
mouth. Va. Besides having a tricky
and hard-to-guard hook shot, Ed
gets a good percentage of rebounds.
Chuck Lentz, Pittsburgh, Pa., is a
good shot and can fake just about
anyone out of !iis gym suit. Leon
Pope, from Winchester, "Va., one of
cur favorites, has scored 54 points
already for the Christians and is a
polished performer. Jim Huyett,
also from Winchester, is in our opin
ion the least appreciated ball player
on the squad. When Jim gets in the
ball game he really hustles,, and has !
ing position. Jack Andrews from
McLeansville hasn’t yet found the
range, but is one of the best shots
on the team and capable of scoring
a great deal. Jack Russell, a Penn
sylvanian, is a hustler with a good
deal of experience, at present held
back slightly by a game Knee. Lou
Savini, another Pennsylvania boy, is
fighting for a first team birth and
is one of the smoothest looking play
ers in the North State conference.
Also on the varsity squad are Wayne
Taylor, who fought heart and soul all
during last year; and Graham Erlach-
er, who can pass and set up plays with
the best of them, and finally smooth
Deward Hooker. And there you have
the Elon team you'll be rooting for
untill March! They’re good boys,
and we feel sure they'll start click
ing soon.
THE INTRAMURAL LEAGUES:
Oak Lodge seems to be running
away with the National, but in
the other league Vets Court, Club
House, Kappa Psi and South
Dorm are waging a battle roj^al.
Bill Allen wants us to quote him
that the recent Vets Court-Kappa
Psi game was “as good to watch
as many college games.” Lads
who have been impressive in
these contests and who will bear
watching are Jimmy Boone, of
Vets Court, Fred Register of
Kappa Psi, Don Kemodle of
Sigma Phi, and Howard Wright
of Oak Lodge. Number one hero
to date, however, has been Arn
old Melvin of South Dorm, who
popped a long set shot in the last
moment to win over Club House.
The South-North team hasn’t won
a game yet, but Jock Stone has
scored almost all of their points
and is a standout in every game.
Others playing geod ball are
Steve Castura, Ed Ellis, Dick
York, Coles Spivey, Jim Mc-
Swain, “Satch” Paige, Cal Milam,
“Birdy” Widenhouse, and Bill
Winstead.
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NORTH STATE FOES, LOOK OUT! Here comes Elon's 1946-'47 basketball
(front row) Huyett, Hooker, Russell,Captain Burns, Savini, Clayton; (back
Andrews Taylor and Pope. Joe Golombek was not present for the picture,
team! Pictured left to right are
row) Lentz, Erlacher, Drew, Cates;
Elon Surprises Eagles;
McCrary Upset By 47-37
Girls Sports
By BETTY BENTON
We’re in the middle of the basket
ball season, and, according to the
number of spectators at the girls’
games, almost everyone'seems to be
enjoying it. As this column is being
written only three games have been
played in the ladder tournament,
two between the Dormitory girls, and
one by the Sorority girls.
Ladies’ Hall and Second Floor
West opened the season with their
game Monday, January 13. Ladies’
Hall, paced by graceful Grace Ward,
defeated the West team. 21-10. Grace
scored a total of twelve points, lead
ing Charity Wheless of West by two
goals.
The, Tau Zeta Phi sorority edged
out the Delta Upsilon Kappa’s by a
SLIGHT margin, 41-8. However, the
spectators seemed to feel that they
got their money’s worth when the
game was over. Millie Johnson piled
up a total that is going to be hard
to beat, 19 in all. Jeanne Meredith
made four for the Delta Ewes.
In a close-fought batUe, Third
Floor West defeated East Dormitory
last Monday night, 25-23. ‘ Little Bit
Isley and Betty Jo Chilton staged a
scoring duel, with Betty Jo win
ning by one goal.
Not being a basketball expert, as
most anyone will be willing to agree.
I'm not so accurate in predicting re
sults. However, as things look now,
Third Floor West will come through
with the Dormitory league champion
ship. and Tau Zeta with the Sorority
league winnings, unless they are
stopped by th BOB’s February 12.
Here is the schedule for the re
mainder of the games:
DORMITORY LEAGUE
Monday, January 27: Second Floor
West vs. Third Floor West.
Monday, February 3: Ladies' Hall
vs. East.
Monday, February 10: Second
Floor West vs. East.
Monday, February 17: Third Floor
West vs. Ladies’ Hall.
SORORITY LEAGUE
Wednesday, January 29: Tau Zeta
vs. Pi Kappa.
Wednesday, February 5: Delta U
vs. BOB.
Wednesday, February 12: BOB
vs. Tau Zeta.
Wednesday, February 19: Pi Kappa
vs. Delta U.
The playoffs will be held Monday,
February 24.
Credit has been given to the high
scorers for each team. Guards and
officals deserve a little praise, too.
It’s true that the forwards appear in
the spotlight because of the points,
but those points wouldn’t be possi
ble without the guards. As to ref
erees and umpires we have had good
ones. It’s a hard job to get out
there and' call the game as you see
it, and to disregard comment from
the sidelines. Everybody has really
done a swell job.
Led by Joe Golombek and John
Clayton, the Elon basketball team
turned in their finest performance
of the season, tripping the famous
McCrary Eagles by 47-37. Golombek
took away a large percentage of the
rebounds, held the Christians to
gether and passed beautifully, while
Clayton cut with precision to bag
13 points.
Off to a brilliant start with an
8-0 lead, the Perrymen led by 30-19
over the surprised men from Ashe-
boro at the half. Roney Cates^ sink
ing ten of his sixteen points in the
first canto. The Christians held their
own in the second half as Golombek
completely bottled up any attempts
by big Abe Williams, former Wake
Forest star, to get into the basket.
The McCrary team finding it impos
sible to score from close in, resort
ed to a variety of long set shots with
Wilder Hobson > and Hilliard Nance
leading the pack. Hobson, who used
to throw them in for Elon, tossed in
ten while Nance, better known as the
short-stop for the Martinsville Ath
letics, hit for fourteen.
The game was ample proof of just
how valuable Clayton and Golombek
are to the Christians and later defeats
while Joe was ill on the bench proved
jthat it won't be easy to win with Joe
not in there. The Elon second team
led by Pope, Huyett, Lentz and Rus
sell also impressed in the second
quarter as they completely stymied
the Eagles.
ELON (4)
Cates, c
Huyett, g
Totals 20
McCRARV (37)
Morgan, g
Totals 15
G.
F.
PTS.
2
1
5
1
1
3
4
0
8
0
0
0
7
2
16
0
1
1
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1
13
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
20
7
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2
10
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0
4
2
1
5
2
0
4
4
4
12
1
0
2
0
0
0
15
7
37
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On Thursday
starting tonight, Elon's basketball
team will play six games in the next
fourteen days. Tonight’s return bat
tle with Hanes Hosiery at Winston-
Salem is the only non-conference
contest of the six. Hanes won pre
viously, 51-39.
After traveling to Wilson on Tues
day, January 28, for a game with At
lantic Christian, the Maroon and Gold
cagers will have their first home con
ference battle on the 30th, an import
ant return meeting with the Moun
taineers from''Appalachian. The Apps
took a 65-37 decision In the first en
counter.
On Saturday, February 1, Catawba
comes here; Tuesday, the 4th, Elon
travels to High Point for a tough one
against the Panthers; and on Friday,
February 7th, Lenoir Rhyne's Bears
invade the Elon gym.
CAGE LEAGUES FIND
OAK LODGE QUINTET,
KAPPA PSt fN LEAD
As of Wednesday only two teams
were undefeated in the intramural
basketball league. Oak Lodge paced
the National with three straight vic
tories, and Kappa Psi led the Ameri
can with a similar record. Several
of the best league teams hope to have
a series of games with the Elon J.V.
team shortly.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Team W.
Oak Lodge 3
Alpha Pi 2
Mooney 2
Sigma Phi 2
Day Students 0
North-North 0
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Team W.
Kappa Psi 3
Vets Court 3
Sourth Dorm 2
Club House 2
I. T. K 0
South-North 0
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EAGLES RALLY TO
TOP ELON, 75-64
Elon's Fighting Christians held
a 43-36 lead at halftime, but the
McCrary Eagles came back
score a wild, 75-64 victory
Asheboro Wednesday night, when
the rivals clashed In a return
basketball game on the winners’
court.
Warren Bums, Christian cap
tain, hit his best stride of the sea
son in netting 22 points for Elon.
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Christian Five
B^atein, 57-42,
By Catawba
Elon sank to a low spot in North
State conference standings for the
present when they bowed to Catawba
by a 57-42 score January 18. The
loss gave the "Christians a record of
one win and two losses in conference
play, but by no means eliminates
them from title consideration. Bob
Van Hoy was the big thorn in the
Elon side as he pitched in 15 p(vnts
for the winners. This is the third
straight year that Van Hoy has given
Elon trouble and the fifth straight
basketball victory for Catawba over
Elon.
Roney Cates, although he did not
play up to standard, garnered what
glory was there for the Perrymen
by dropping 22 points through the
hoop. The twenty-two added to his
earlier points of the season gave
Cates a total of 170 and put him far
ahead among North State conference
scorers. Elon fell behind at the
start 8-1, then pulled up to 11-8 but
dropped further behind from that
point on.
The second team impressed in the
final quarter when they harried the
Catawba men considerably and with
Pope, Huyett and Russell leading the
way. had the Indians on the run for
a moment. Drew also impressed on
the rebound play.
ELON (42 G,
Drew, f ..1 1
Andrews, f 1
Huyett, f 1
Burns, f 2
Russell, f 0
Cates, c 8
Lentz, c 0
Savini, g Q
Golombek, g 1
Clayton, g 0
Pope, g 2
Taylor, g Q
Defeat Bears,
43-42, After
Loss To Apps
The Fighting Christians returned
from their first overnight trip, last
week with a victory and a loss. The
loss was to Appalachian by a 65-37
count and the win was from Lenoir
Rhyne by a score of 43-42. A subse
quent loss to Catawba left Elon with
a conference record of one win and
two setbacks.
Mountaineer madness was the
cause of the first defeat. The men
from Boone went practically crazy
in the last half, throwing in set
shots from mid court and hook shots
irom the corner. Almost every shot
taken by Appalachian went swishing
through the hoop. Elon was in the
game throughout the first half and
trailed by only 23-20 at the close of
the first twenty minute canto. But
the second half was sadness for the
Christians and the game became a
route. Cates led the scoring with
ten points.
The second game was more to the
Elonite followers liking as Elon
squeezed out an overtime victory.
Just what the correct score was will
remain something of a mystery as
the official score which appeared in
the Greensboro newspapers and the
Elon score did not agree. Tied a
39-39 at the end of the game, Elon
scored five points to Lenoir Rhyne's
one in the overtime yet emerged the
victor by only one point. Ed Drew
was the hero of the fray, sinking the
two baskets in tJe overtime that
brought about the win. Lou Savini
also impressed with his passing.
Elon now has a record of three
straight victories over the Bears hav
ing defeated them twice during last
F.
2
0
0
1
0
6
0
1
0
0
0
0
,PTS.
4
2
2
5
0
22
0
1
2
0
4
0
Totals 16
10
CATAWBA (57) G.
Van Hoy 5
Marklin i
Joseph 0
Walser 5
Thompson 0
Speacht 3
Feimster 3
Richardson 0
Totals 17
42
F. PTS.
5 15
7
0
6
3
1
1
0
9
0
16
3
7
7
0
year's basketball
ELON (37)
season.
G.
F.
PTS.
Drew, f
1
1
3
Savini, f
0
0
0
Andrews, f
0
1
1
Burns, f
3
3
9
Russell, f
0
0
0
Cates, c
4
2
10
Lentz, c
2
1
5
Golombek, g
1
1
3
Huyett, g
0
1
1
Clayton, g
1
0
2
Pcjpe, g
0
0
0
Taylor, g
1
1
3
—
_
_
Totals
13
11
37
APPALACHIAN
(65) G.
F.
PTS.
Hawkins, f
4
1
9
Wey, f
3
0
6
Beach, f
2
0
4
Brooks, c
2
2
6
Hope, c
1
0
2
Collins, c
2
4
8
Moir, g
7
0
14
Hiatt, g
2
0
4
Miller, g
5
0
10
Fiddlier, g
1
0
2
Totals
29
7
65
ELON (43)
G,
F,
PTS.
Drew, f
3
3
9
Savini, f
2
0
4
Russell, f
0
0
0
Burns, f
2
2
6
Pope, f
0
0
0
Cates, c
4
2
10
Lentz, c
1
1
3
Golombek, g
0
0
0
Taylor, g
0
1
1
Huyett, g
0
1
1
Clayton, g
2
5
9
> —
—
—
Totals
14
15
43
LENOIR RHYNE (42) ’ G.
F.
PTS.
McDuffy, f
0
1
1
Ritche, f
0
0
0
Gibson, f
1
0
2
McCall, c
4
7
15
Coren, c
1
2
4
Bost, g
3
1
7
Miller, g
5
0
10
Mando, g
0
3
3
Totals
14
14
42
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