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MAROON AND GOLD
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1947
CHRISTIA NS BAG PANTHERS, 36 TO 33
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By
ED MULFORD
ELON CAPTAIN
It's tournament time! Tuesday it
Starts, and for the following few days
all eyes and ears will be directed
toward High Point, where eight North
State teams will be battling for the
conference championship. Elon will
be in there fighting along with the
other clubs, and must be considered
a potent force with a good chance to
bring home the bacon.
Picking a winner in this tourney
is not an easy job. High Point will
have to be made a slight favorite,
not only because of its fine season's
record, but because no North Stale
team has been able to beat the
Panthers on their own court.
Ranked right behind theih, how-
■cver, are three strong clubs; Ap
palachian, Catawba, and Elon. who
have beef beating one another all
season. The Catawba five hit the
skids for a while, but last week
traveled into South Carolina and
defeated Erskine, Newberry, Wof
ford, and Presbyterian on four
straight nights; all by substantial
scores. The Indians rested one night
and then proceeded to wallop the
daylights out of Lenoir-Ryhne by
about 30 points. Consequently,
count Catawba as a contender in
this tourney. As for Appalachian,
everyone knows the terrific
strength of that outfit.
There are four "dark horses " in the
tournament. Atlantic Christian has a
club which was good enough to
upset High Point in a 53-52 thriller;
then Lenoir-Rhyne turned right
around and upset Atlantic Christian
the following night by nine points;
so the Bears or the Wilsonites might
get hot. Probably the strongest of
these “maybe'’ teams is Western
Carolina, which boasts a high-scoring
center in Jim Gudger. W.C.T.C. lost
a heart-breaking 5JI-58 ball game to
Appalachian the other night, on the
Apps’ own court, too.
Real underdog of the tournament
will be Guilford, which at the time
of this column’s writing had lost
something like 1“ straight games—
but what tough luck they have had,
losing to Appalachian by 44-43 and
High Point, 53-4", in tight contest!
The Quakers are real scrappers and
even they must be considered. (Ed.
Guilford beat Elon on Thursday.)
So there you are, basketball fiends:
eight clubs, and all well matched. If
our Elon boys get in there and fight,
and we know they will, they may
bring home the championship. Wish
them luck;
Speaking of tournaments, we may
have our own little “just-for-fun”
tourney, as soon as the intramural
playoffs are over in March. An
empty week faces us before baseball
and softball start: therefore this
corner suggests an intramural tour
ney. Coach Pierce has been pi'etty
swell about these things, really doing
a fine job, so we can probably count
on him. In the first bracket of the
tourney, the last-place team in the
National loop will mee the corres
ponding American League team, and
so forth. Sound like fun? O. K.;
tell Coach Pierce you'd like it, and
he’ll come through. *
'Christian Five
Baffle Bears
By 51-37 Score
The Bears from Hickory bowed
for the second time this season to
our Christians by a 51-37 count Feb
ruary 8 at the Elon gym. Leading at
half-time by 23-10, E,lon was never
in trouble and held the lead through
out. Roney Cates, tall center, con-
I
tinued to pulverize the basket, this j
time racking up 24 points, McDuffie j
led the Bears with ten points. The |
easy victory showed the great im-1
Pf ovement of the Christians, who;
barely eked out an overtime win the j
last time the two clubs met.
Cates, Clayton Lead Way
To Vital Conference Win
WARREN BURNS, all-conference for
ward last year, has kept team going
at top speed this season.
ELON
G.
F.
PTS
Huyett, f
0
0
0
Burns, f
3
3
a
Savini, f
2
0
4
Pope, f
.... 0
1
1
Cates, c
.. 11
2
24
Russell, c
,0
0
0
Taylor, g
.... 0
0
0
Drew, g
0
1
1 ,
Andrews, g
0
i
1
Hooker, g
.... 0
0
0
Erlacher, g
0
U
* 0
Clayton, g
3
i
7
Lentz, g
.... 2
0
4
Totals
21
9
51
LENOIR-RHYNE
G.
F.
PTS.
Bost, f
....- 1
1
3
Jones, f
4
0
8
Coren, f
... 2
0
0 4
DeMarciis, f
0
i
1
McCall, c -
2
•3
7
McDuffie, c
D
0
10
Gibson, g
0
0
0
Mando, g
0
i
1
Miller, g
1
1
3
Totals
... 15
7
37
i
GIRLS’ 1
SPORTS
By BETTY BENTON
Elon Cagers Top Marines
44-40, After 63-57 Loss
ED DREW, guard, has aided Elon
greatly by brilliant rebound work.
Traveling to New Bern, the Elon
Christians split a brace of games
with the strong Cherry Point Ma
rines, February 11 and 12. The Ma
rines. one of the few te^ms to beat
State College this year, won the first
contest by a 63-57 count, but in the
second contest Elon came roaring
back for a 44-40 victory. Roney Cates
led the scoring in the first game with
24 points; Warren Burns took hon
ors in the second with 15.
Each team had a good excuse for its
defeat during the split. In the first
game, two rather inexperienced refer
ees had a lot to do with the Elon
setback: and in the second contest,
Cheri-y Point was without the services
oE Fenn and Ritter, two of their best
players.
Cherry Point took a 33-28 lead at
half time in the first game, and man
aged to hold on until the end. In the
second tilt, it was a different story.
Although Elon trailed by 29-18 at half
) time, a determined second half rally
brought them up to 40-40 and then
on to an exciting 44-40 triumph. Jack
Gardner, one of the greatest Elon
basketball stars of the past, was the
official in the second fray and turned
in a good job.
The Elon players were alloted some
real entertainment at Cherry Point,
and came back raving about the good
food, a special movie show given just
for them, and the all-around fine
treatment . A lot of Cherry Point-
Elon games are probably in store for
the future. Captain Bob Rose, form
erly of Carolina fame, once again was
the outstanding player on the court
for the Marines, with Miller also play
ing go(yl ball.
My rank as a prognosticator has
certainly fallen since the last issue of
the paper. In fact, I seem to be
about the rankest one of all. I pre
dicted the Tau Zeta's and 3rd Floor
West would come off with their
league cham’pionships. Seems like
I was mistaken. But at least I left
myself a loop-hole in one respect.
The B.O.B.'s and the Tau Zeta’s
played a whole-hearted game the
12th, with the B.O.B.’s coming off
the winners, 21-16. Betty Benton
and Agnes Harris led the scorers
with nine points each. Jo Watts
and Jane Warren led the Tau Zeta’s
with six points each.
In the big game that decided the
dormitory league Ladies' Hall defeat
ed 3rd Floor West 17-16. February 17.
' Grace Ward was high scorer with 12
’ points, leading "Little Bit" Isley by
I two. This was one of the hardest
fought games of the season.
The Pi Kappa’s defeated the
Delta U’s the same night that I'm
writing this, and’ due to injuries I
sustained, please don’t hold me
responsible for writing this column.
The score was 18-8, with Janice
Frazier and Jane Lewis leading
the scorers with seven points each.
Jeanne Meredith led the losers with
six points.
The B.O.B.’s and the Delta U's must
play off the game which they have
postponed, and that will end the
girls intramural basketball. The play
off between the winners of each
league will be announced at a later
date.
i
It’s a little late in the season to
be mentioning this, but an intra
mural game is not as important as
friendships. Let’s not let rivalry
get the best of us. Rivalry makes
for better games in moderation,
but winning isn’t that important.
The game should be replayed just
the same.
LOU SAVINI, smooth-working for
ward, has come through for Chris
tians when going was tougb.
JOHNNY CLAYTON, scrappy Elon
guard, was instrumental in victory
over High Point.
Elon Repulses
Guilford Rally
For 55-48 Win
You can't keep a good team downf
Elon has a good team, and proved it
Tuesday nigjjt on the college court
when our Fighting Christians really
playfed tfleir hearts out to whip High
Point in the most important game of
the season. The final score, as ev
eryone knows by now, was 36-33, and
the student body went home in a
joyous mood.
The game was a team victory with
John Clayton and Roney Cates stand
ing out. Clayton was all over the
court, taking rebounds away from
such big men as Ted Moran and Vin
Cale, and shooting around at a
“mile a minute” pace. As for Cates
after flipping in 12 points in the first
half, he refused to shoot in the sec
ond half, passing off again and again
as Elon controlled the ball. His
15-point total was tops for the night,
however.
High Point had a 10-6 margin in
the early minutes, but the Christians
pulled into a 17-13 lead midway the
first half. The halftime score was
23-23. The second half was furiously
fought, and, with four minutes to go
j Elon led, 34-29. At the two-minute
I-mark it was 36-31 and Elon went
i into a "freeze" holding the ball long
{ enough for the coveted victory. Jack
I Andrews, Ed Drew, W’a'rren Burns,
and Lee Pope all saw plenty of action,
and each of the lads can be com
mended for a fine job.
The win put Elon right into the
conference race.
In the preliminary .^game Tuesday,
Elon's Jayvees dropped a tough 31-28
overtime decision to the Paather
CSjbs, after a last-minute foul shot
by "Junior" Thompson had sent the
contest into ^h.e extra period at 28-28.
Playing before a packed house l4st
Saturday night, Elon rolled up its
eleventh victory of the season against
nine defeats by trampling a scrappy
Guilford club, 55-48. The victory, to
gether wfilj_ a pair of baseball and
basketball triumphs of last year and
this year’s tie football game, made it i
six contests in a row that Guilford has |
not been able to stop the Christians, j
who apparenly have the Indian sign i
on them. A split in tennis is the only ,
satisfaction the Quakers have had
since the war.
Holding a .33-25 lead at half time,
as Roney Cates tossed in one sensa
tional jump shot after another, the
Perrymen increased the lead to six
teen points midway in the second
half, 45-29. The Quakers, coached by
Paul Lentz, wouldn't say die, how
ever, and put on a drive to pull up to
-l-td and really make things interest
ing. At this point Roney Cates tossed
in another honey. Burns a crip, and
Clayton a set shot, and the Quaker
rally was stopped. The amazing
Cates led all, individuals with 25
points, to bring his scoring for the
year up to 358. Ed Drew's rebound
work was a big factor in the Chris
tians' winning cause.
ELON (36) G.
Pope, f 0
Burns, f 2
Savini, f 1
Cates, c 5
Drew, g 2
Andrews, g 0
Clayton, g 1
Totals 11 14
HIGH POINT (33) G
Sheets, f 2
Hammond, f 1
Cale, 3
Moran, e 3
Henry, g 3
Sullivan, g 0
Lombardy, g 1
.PTS.
0
10
3
15
5
0
3
36
F. PTS.
1 5
F
0
6
1
5
1
0
1
Demmy, g
0
1
0
3
0
2
0 0
Totals 13
2
7
6
9
0
4
0
33
SOUTH AND MOONEY
GAIN UPPER HAND
[N CAGE LEAGUES
Mooney and South Dorm were in
front of all teams in the men’s intra
mural leagues as of Tuesday. Oak
Lodge trailed Mooney by half a
game in the National League, while
South holds a full game lead over
Club House in the American.
Standings;
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Team
W.
L.
Pet.
South Dorm
-6
1
.858
Club House
5
2
,715
■Vets CoCurt
4
3
.572
Kappa Psi
4
3
.572
South-North
2
6
.250
I. T, K
1
7
.125
NATIONAL
LEAGUE
Team
W.
L.
Pet.
Mooney
7
1
.875
Oak Lodge 6
1
.858
North-North
.. 4
4
.500 j
Alpha Pi
.. 3
4
.429
Sigma Phi
.. 3
4
.4291
Day Students
. 0
7
.000
POPE, forward, has been
all year.