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MAROON AND GOLD
I
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1947
ELON SCORES TWO UPSET VICTORIES
Maroon and Cold
Wjud^hd
Everybody is proud of our basket
ball team these days; after a poor
start the club is really playing ball.!
Three straight conference victories j
over Atlantic Christian, Appalachian, |
and Catawba brought the season's rec
ord to eight wins and seven losses
and the subsequent loss to High Point
was nothing to fret about. The High
Point game convinced us that Elon
can beat the Panthers when they play
here, and there isn't much difference
in the quality of the two teams. That
says plenty for Elon, for the Panth
ers dropped a heart-breaker to North
Carolina's Tar Heels by a 44-41 count.
Thus, it appears to us that North
State conference teams are only a
shade below the teams of the South
ern Conference. We'd bet money
our boys could take Wake Forest any
day in the week.
The three exciting victories each
had a different set of heroes. In
the Atlantic Christian game, the
amazing Roney Cates tossed in 36
points to break his own collegiate
record; and in the Appalachian game
Leon Pope and Lou Savini saved the
day with brilliant performances. Ed
Drew swung the tide in the Catawba
game, as Cates and Burns also hit
well. Thi-oughout, Joe Golombek was
in there getting those rebounds. In
the words of Virgil Yew, ace Hanes
coach; "Joe is a mighty good man to
have on your side." Six more games
remain, in which we hope to see Cates
go well over the 300 mark; and vve
see no reason for any more confer
ence losses. By defeating High Point,
Lenoir Bhyne. and Atlantic Christian
once., and Guilford twice, the Chris
tians can finish with a conference rec
ord of nine wins and three defeats—
not bad!
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The intramurals continue to be well
contested. At one time last week
eight teams tied for first place.
Some of the real thrillers; South
Dorm 21, Club House 20; Vets Cpurt
26, South Dorm 25; Club House 22,
Kappa Psi 20; Kappa Psi 40. .Vets
Court 37; Mooney 36, Oak Lodge 32;
Club House 28, Vets Court 26. That
just shows how close and exciting
the games have been, everyone of
them decided in the last few seconds.
However, unless the referees get a
little tougher, the league could de
teriorate into a farce, for a couple of
games this week were “'football
games.”
Yank Dickson of Sigma Phi, is one
lad we definitely have on our all-
star team. He is always all over the
court—and how! Jack "Belly " Burch
is another lad who's a cinch for the
I all-stars. Speaking of Burch, his
1 team, the Day Students, will tangle
j with -‘Peanut's All-Stars,” a girls’
I team soon. 'VVe bet on the girls, for
.that "Li'l Bit'' is really superb. Con-
I grats to South-North for winning
: their first game the other night. Joe
j Dunn was the big cog in the win.
i Bad news; Joe Golombek, who
I became seriously ill last year as a
I result of basketball's effect on an old
army ailment, has been ordered by
his doctor to stop playing basketball
and will be lost to the Christians for
the remainder of the season. Golom
bek has earned his letter in 16 games
for the Christians this year and last
year was awarded the McGee Fix
trophy sweater as most valuable man
on the team. Joe will be missed.
HIGH-PO'VVERED ACTION is shown during Elon-Catawba game won recently by the Indians at Salisbury, 57-
42. However, when Catawba invaded the Elon gym for a return battle last week( Christians came out on top,
35-32. for their third straight conference victory. Earlier in the W'eek they had whipped Atlantic Christian and
the league-leading Appalachian Mountineers. Players identifiable in the picture are (for light-shirted Elon)
Andrews (jumping) and Burns (7), and (for Catawba)Van Hoy (13), Speacht (3), and Feimster (17).
(Photo by Bill Duncan)
High Point Halts Rally, | Lenoir Rhyne
Tops Christians, 60-52
Girls Sports
By BETTY BENTON
Tie cold wave that has been chill
ing Elon lately seems to have chilled
our female basketball enthusiasts
also. Of the five games scheduled
since the last issue of the MAROON
AND GOLD, only two have been play
ed.
In the only Dormitory League
game, Third Floor West defeated
Second Floor 'West, 20 to 8, as "Little
Bit’’ Isley paced the Third Floor girls
•with twelve points, and Charity Whe-
lass led the losers with 8 points.
The Tau Zetas nosed out Pi Kappa
Tau sorority by a margin of three
points, 16-13, in a close-fought game
January 29. This game was a thriller
up to the last whistle! Lois Casey
led the scorers with seven points,
leading Millie Johnson by one.
Millie still seems to be high scorer
when all the scores are added, how
ever.
In the other three games the Pi
Kappas forfeited to the B.O.B.'s, and
the girls from Ladies’ Hall received
a forfeit from Ea.st. The Delta U.’s
and the B.O.B.'s have postponed their
game until a later date.
I haven't much space this issue, but
with the little I have left I’d like to
say something about our sportsman-
shdp. It’s up to us, as well as to the
boys, to see that we not only win
games but win praise for our sports
manship. Remember the old saying
about the iron hand in the velvet
glove.
ELON DEFEATED
AGAIN BY HANES
! Hugh Hampton's hot hoopsters
from Hanes Hosiery ran roughshod
j over Elon by a 73-47 score on Janu-
] ary 25, at Winston-Salem. The
I Virgil Yow-coached and Hampton-
i captained Hosierymen were so far
out of Elon’s class as to make the
game one of the most one-sided of
I the season. Roney Cates salvaged
I what glory there was for Elon by
j turning, in a nice performance and
1 hitting for 21 points, tops for both
I teams. Haneg led at halft.ime, 28-19,
I after taking a 24-2 lead.
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LOST TO TEAM. Joe Golombek,
whose doctor has ordered him to quit
basketball. Joe has been-Elon's de
fensive star for tw-o seasons, and team
will feel his loss.
SOUTH, CLUB HOUSE,
OAK LODGE, MOONEY
PACE fNTRAMURALS
SoutJi Dorm bulled its way into a
tie with Club House for first place
in the American League, and Mooney
topped three opponents in a row to
pull even with Oak Lodge in the Na
tional League, during this week’s in
tramural games.
Standings as of Wednesday:
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Team W. L. Pet.
Club House 4 1 .800
South Dorm 4 1 .800
Kappa Psi 3 2 ,600
Vets Court 3 2 600
South-North 1 4 .200
I. T. K 0 5 000
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Team W. Li. Pet.
Oak Lodge 4 1 800
Mooney 4 1 .800
Sigmi Phi 3 2 600
Alpha Pi 2 3 .400
North-North 2 3 400
Day Students 0 5 .000
JAYVESS WIN, 36-35,
OVER LEES-McRAE
After trailing, 28-15, at halftime,
Elon’s Jayvees beat Lees-McRae Jun
ior College, 36-35, in the college gym
Wednesday night. J. P. Thompson
and Bob Harris paced the win wdth 11
points each.
Defeated but not disgraced, was
the Elon story in a cleanly played
game at High Point last Tuesday. The
Pointers w’on, 60-52, bif: received a
scare as Elon rallied in the second
half. Off to a poor start, the Chris
tians trailed by 30-19 at half time.
However, in the second half they got
hot and pulled up to 43-40 as Roney
Cates got hotter than a fire cracker,
tossing in five baskets in a row. Un
fortunately, Cates was withdrawn and
the Panthers added just enough to
their lead to hold on. In the fading
minutes of the game, W’arren Burns
also found the range and threw in
some pretty one-handers. Cates hit
20 points to boost his point total to
280 for the season. Bums dropped
in 15.
Elon's J. V. team emerged the vic-
I tor over High Point Jayvees, 35-25, in
preliminary game, Eriacher,
(the
Thomps^on and Harris showing
I way with eight points apiece.
the
ELON
G.
PI'S.
1 Savini, f
t 1
0
2
Burns, f
7
1
15
Hussell, f
0
0
0
Lentz, f
0
0
U
Huyett, f
1
0
2
Cates, c
8
4
20
Anarews, c ....
1
1
3
Clayton, g
2
0
4
Pope, g
2
0
4
Golombek, g ...
1
0
2
Drew, g
1
0
2
Totals
23
6
52
HIGH POINT
G.
F.
PTS.
Sheets., f
8
6
22
Hammond, f ....
3
0
6
Moran, c
7
1
15
Cale, c
2
0
4
Henry, g
3
0
6
Lomoardy, g ...
1
5
7
Denny, g
0
0
0
Totals
24
32
60
Lenoh’ Rhyne's Bears play in the
college gym tonight, as the 1946-47
basketball season enters its final
stages. Elon eked out a 43-42 over
time victory over the Bears at Hick
ory, and the game tonight should .be
another conference win for the Chris
tians.
The Elon boys journey to Cherry
Point for two tilts with the Marines
next Tuesday and Wednesday, Feb
ruary 11 and 12, then meet the Guil
ford Quakers on the local court on
Saturday, the 15th. A return game
w'ith Guilford, away, is slated for
Thursday, February 20, after Elon
tackles High Point’s Panthers again
in an all-important engagement here
on Tuesday, the 18th. The final
game before the North State tourna
ment, February" 24-26. will be at home
on the 21st against A. C. C.
ELON CAGERS BLAST
ATLANTIC CHRISTIAN
Finally clicking on all cylinders,
the Christian basketeers turned in
their highest scoring performance of
the year at Wilson, January 28, when
they topped Atlantic Christian 72-61.
Roney Cates broke his own coUegiate
record and set a North State confer
ence mark by throwing in 36 points,
half of the team totaL
Atlantic Christian, which has the
same team as last year, with the ad
dition of Vic Colombo, professional
baseball player, put up a whale of a
fight and led at halftime by 36-34.
Beats Apps By
34-32, India.ns
By 35-32 Edge
Elon's Fighting Christians thrust
themselves into the middle of the
hot North State basketball race with
two brilliant upset victories last
weekend. On Thursday, January 30,
they handefl A^>palachian a 34-32 set
back, the Mountaineers’ first league
loss; and on Saturday they rose
temporarily to third place in the con
ference by tripping Catawba. 35-32.
A subsequent 60-52 loss to High
Point stopped the Christians’ winning
streak, but they are still very much
in the fight for the title.
Elon 34, Apps 32
Off to a slow start, as both teams
appeared ragged, Elon forged a 15-12
lead by halftime. Lou Savini paced
the attack for the first half and con
tinued his fine play in the second,
running up 11 points. Appalachian,
led by Leslie Wey, all-conference
prospect, came from behind to take
the lead at 24-21 midway in the sec
ond half. W^ey, who threw in 18
points, made most of them from be
hind the circle, on one-handed shots
that swished through without touch
ing the |im. Coach Perry then in
serted Lee Pope, whose entrance
proved the turning point of the game.
With Joe Golombek playing beauti
fully in the back court. Pope and
Savini went to town, each scoring
seven points, to put Elon ahead, 32-
27. But Appalachian rallied to tie
the score at 32-32 with a minute to
play. At tjiis point Roney Cates,
completely bottled up with two men
on him all night, was fouled, and he
converted to put Elon ahead, 33-32.
The Christians then put on a brilliant
freeze. W^arren Burns was fouled
also as the final whistle sounded, and
converted after the game was over to
give Elon the final 34-32 margin.
Elon 35, Catawba 32
In the Cataw'ba tilt, a terrific
second-half rally, after they had
trailed, 27-20, gave the Christians
the nod. Although a team victory,
outstanding during the contest was
Ed Drew, who entered when the
Christians were behind, and who pro
ceeded to throw some beautiful passes
to Warren Burns and Roney Cates,
as well as to hit the hoop for a
couple of baskets himself. Cates and
Burns led the scoring with 12 and 10
points respectively, and John Clay
ton, Leon Pope, and Lou Savini turn
ed in some scrappy floor work.
Needless to say, Joe Golombek was
on the boards throughout the even
ing s play.
Catawba led at half time by 15-14,
and, after Clayton scored on a beau-
tilul tip-off play for Elon, the Indians
ran the lead up to 27-20. Then the
Christians really got hot, scoring
tv.elve straight points to lead by 32-
27. With the score at 35-32, Elon put
on a freeze and held the ball for
the remaining two minutes, while the
stands were in an uproar.
ELON G. F. FTS.
Burns, f 2 2 6
Savini, f 4 3 11
Russell, f 0 0 0
Cates, c 2 2 6
Drew, c Oil
Golombek, g 0 0 0
Clayton, g 113
Pope, g 3 17
Totals 12 10 34
APPALACHIAN G. F. PTS.
Hawkins, f 113
Hope, f 10 2
Wey, f 8 2 18
Filder, f 0 0 0
Brooks, c 10 2
Craven, c 10 2
Moir, g 1 0 2 ,
Miller, g 0 0 0
Beach, g 1 13
Totals 14 4 32
' •
x' t'' A'"''' - ,
RONEY CATES, Elon center, whose
280 points rank him first among scor
ers in state, seventh in nation.
ELON G,
Burns, f 5
Savini, f 0
Cates, c 4
Drew, c 2
Clayton, g 2
Pope, g 0
Huyett, g 0
Golombek, g 1
Totals 14
CATAWBA G.
Van Hoy 6
Richardson 1
Gudger 2
Marklin 0
Speacht 1
Feimster 2
Totals
F. PTS.
0 10
1
4
0
0
2
0
0
7
F.
3
1
0
2
1
1
8
1
12
4
4
2 i
0 ,
2
35
PTS.
15,
3 ,
4 .
2
3
5 .
32