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SATUBDAY, APRIL 12.1947
START CONFER ENCE PLAY AT WILSON
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ED MULFORD
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coaching line when not pitching
they have the old chatter
Christians Face A. C. C,
In Two Week-end Games
Baseball Tealm
Whitewashes
Marines Twice
Who said Elon had no pitchers?
Maybe appearances are deceiving, but
Elon won a couple of beautiful shut
out jobs last weekend at Cherry Point
against a pretty good club. A long
and heavy schedule faces the Chris
tians, and we can t expect to go
through the season without some re
verses; but with a bunch of good
stickers like Elon has and with good
fielding, chances are we may come
out a lot higher in the North State
standings than a lot t)f people dared
hope for. Time alone will tell, but
meanwhile get out to that ball park
and root your head off.
School spirit at Elon is about the
poorest in th^ North State conference.
We aren’t sure what the cause is,
but the point remains that GuiHord
and Appalachian students raise a lot
more ruckus in their desires for vic
tory than we 36. Let’s change that—
let’s get out there and raise H .
Baseball, basketball, football: all of
them are wonderful games, yet Elon
stjidents don’t seem to give half a
darn if the Christians win or lose.
■We’ve been a student at a few dif
ferent colleges and we KNOW that
things are nirt the rsme here. What
do you think is the reason behind
this? Let us know .and we ll priirt
your ideas too.
And speaking of opinions, personal
and otherwise, a lot of people ask us
why we don’t raise an editorial fuss
about a lot of things they don’t ap
prove of in Elon’s athletic life. Well
maybe we just haven’t got the guts,
but our own policy usually is: “If
you can’t say something nice, don’t
say anything at all!” For the time
being we don’t feel like sticking our
editorial neck out and also don’t
want to hurt anyone (and we mean
anyone) in anyway. If you’re from
Elon, the MAROON AND GOLD staff
is for you one hundred per cent.
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Coach Pierce is readying a fine
intramural softball schedule for all
the intramural teams. Here’s hop
ing all the teams show up and as
much interest and success is effected
as was apparent during the intra
mural basketball season. South
Dorm looks like the potential power
house on the softball fielH with such
crackerjacks as Fred Claytor and
Mike Kozakewich for their infield
and Lefty Hollander on the mound.
Speaking of Hollander, he and the
Elon Vets Softball team have their
schedule in the making. The Vets
will meet the High Point 'Weaving
outfit (one of the best in the state),
Saturday afternoon, April 19, at the
Elon High School field, and will be
a decided underdog.
Our baseballers have a night game
warded with the Burlington Bees on
April 21 that really ought to pack
the fans. Please, faculty, t«ke it easy
on the homework—these Elon varsity
and Burlington Bee games just have
to be seen.
Atlantic Christian, pre-season fa
vorite for the North State Crown,
meets the Christians four times again
this year. They will be tough.
Last year’s leading hitter for Elon
was Steve W3alker. So far, his in
jured hand doesn’t seem- to have
hampered him too much this year. He
may be in there for another good
season.
Ed Ellis is our idea of an accom
plished third baseman; he’s really
smooth.
Hey, Hap! why not keep Frank
Roberts and Bill Andeffon on the
Saw Graham Erlacher and Lou Sa-
vini pole a couple the other day .
looks like power to ms, and Johnny
Clayton seems to be returning to his
pre-war ^form. John might turn pro
after this season.
Mac McSwain, first baseman, has
his own theatre in Robbins, N. C.
. . . Between you and me, the reason
Mac is hitting the ball this year is
those midnight tips from his room
mate . . . “Stand just one-half inch
closer to the plate, Mac.” . . . “Hold
the bat one-fourth closer to the
handle, Mac.”
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Congratulations are due to Oak
Lodge for their winning the Intra
mural basketball championship. El
lis, Wright and Wilkins played fine
ball, while Dick York was just short
of terrific. Even “Lard” Watkins got
in there and moved around like a pro.
South Dorm also should be lauded
for winning the intramural tourna
ment, but their victory may have
escaped your eye that evening, for
I hear there was some kind of bomb
ing raid. Just to expose someone
. . . Fred Register and Jack Freeman
were the ringleaders! Fine them, you
Senate members ... 60 waterbags
. , , 60 bucks!
Beef Section (poison pen): Those
new softball fields are in pretty bad
condition; let’s have them fixed up
before .1 bad bounce tears somebody’s
head off.
Joe Golombek heaved the discus
160 feet according to “Big Operator”
Mobley’s figures, and will enter the
Southern Invitational meet. Olin
Leonard and W. D. Little put on an
interesting 100-yard race the other
day. Close and pretty fast. Who’s
the fastest man on the baseball team?
We don't know, but you have to
hustle to beat Warren “Duke” Elling
ton.
CHATTING ABOUT THE WEATHER? No, Jack Andrews (left) and Bill
Anderson, ace Elon pitchers, are probably talking about how to stop At
lantic Christian in North State conference baseball tilts being played at
Wilson this weekend. One game was slated for yesterday, one for today,
with Andrews and Anderson both likely to see plenty of mound duty
against the Bulldogs, who beat Elon four times last year. This time maybe
the tables will be turned. (We hope!) —Photo by Bill Duncan
Pope’s Last-Inning Hit
Gives Elon 5-4 Triumph
Elon ‘9’ Bows
To Burlin^on
Bees, 3 To 2
Playing before a crowd of 1,500
fans, the Fighting Christians gave a
splendid exhibition Monday as the
Leon Pope came through with a
sizzling double down the right fteld
line, scoring Lou Savini and Ed Ellis
with the tying and winning runs, as
Elon came through Tuesday with a
ninth-inning rally to defeat the Hanes
Knitters of Winston-Salem by a 5-4
count. Hanes had grabbed a four-run
lc:^d in the seventh inning with an
assortment of hits, hut a three run
uprising in the eighth, highlighted by
James Thurcel MsSwain’s two-run
single, put the Chritslans back in the
ball game. . »
Anderson, Price, and Vaughn saw
ALPHA PI, SOUTH
GRAB LEAD AS
SOFTBALL OPENS
Men’s intramural softball com
menced this week on the two fields
behind the Club House. In the Amer
ican League, South Dorm quickly as
sumed the lead, defeating Kappa Psi,
14-11, and whipping Vets Court, 22-6.
I. T. K. opened with a 13-5 win over
South-North, which had won a similar
13-5 victory over Vets Court the day
before. Alpha Pi won two games to
top the National League, defeating
Sigma Phi an^ ‘Rooney. Mooney had
started the season with a 13-11 tri
umph over Oak Lodge. Day Students
forfeited their opener to North-North.
The standings:
Burlington Bees lucked out a 3-2 vic
tory. Both clubs collected five hits on the mound, Vaughn getting
^ , • r- 1.3 credit for the wm. Several fielding
ill the contest, but the Elon infield I -vvere turned in and two double
and outfield looked much smoother i p]gys thrilled a good sized audience.
The work of Cross behind the plate
was of considerable merit.
The box:
Ilanes Knitters AB R. H.
Newsome, cf 5 12
Vale, 3b 5
Waggner, 2b 4
The Fighting Christians started
the regular 1947 baseball season off
with a bang last weekend with two
successive shutouts over the Cherry
Point Gyrenes by a 6-0 count. The
pitching staff took most of the laurei^
as Bill Anderson and Jack Andrews
combined in the first contest to limit
the New Bernites to five hits, and in
the second contest veteran Frank
Roberts mounted the hill to turn in
a fine two-hit job in his first per
formance as a starting pitcher.
Pounding out eleven hits in the
first contest, the Elonites sewed it
up in the fourth stanza with a four-
run uprising, and added two more in
the fifth for a 6-0 shutout. In the
second contest a run in the second,
one in the eighth, and another four-
run blasting in the ninth clinched
that one.
Steve Walker led the hitters with
five safe smashes in the two games;
and Clayton, York, Cross, and Savini
also came through with base knocks.
Leon Pope beat out two bunts for
his share in the wins.
The boxes:
FIRST GAME
Elon (6) Pos. AB. H. R.
Walker, 2b 4 2 2
Erlacher, 2b 0 0 0
York, rf 4
Ellington, rf 1
Clayton, ss 5
Sileo, cf 0
Savini, cf 4
Ellis, 3b 3
McEntee, 3b 0
McSwain, lb, 4
Pope, If 4
Thompson, c 0
Cross, c — 3
Anderson, p 2
Andrews, p 2
Elon’s Fighting Christian baseball
players, off to a good start for the
1947 season against non-conference
opposition( have their first crack at
North State competition this week
end with a two-game series against
the Atlantic Christian Bulldogs at
Wilson. The first game was slated
for yesterday afternoon, while this
paper was going to press, and the
second will be played today.
Following the league openers, the
Christians return to Elon Monday to
meet the McCrary Eagles, then go to
Winston-Salem on Tuesday for a
return clash with Hanes Knitters,
whom the Perry men nosed out, 5-4,
in their first meeting.
Next Friday and Saturday, Elon will
visit Salisbury for two conference
games with the Catawba Indians. A
night contest on Monday, April 21,
is scheduled against the Burlington
Bees as the first of four home games
for the Christians, who will play host
to the High Point Purple on the 22nd
and Atlantic Christian on Friday and
Saturday, the 26th and 26th.
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OAK LODGE WINS
TITLE BUT LOSES
TOURNEY TO SOUTH
Cherry Point (0)
than that of the professionals. Charlie
Woddail and Joe Parise both of whom
saw action with the Bees last year,
were the flies in the ointment for the
Perrymen, as Joe’s single and
Charlie’^ triple broke up a pitching
duel between Jack Andrews and Pete j Stevenson, rf^^ 3
Bryant. Andrews pitched five ex-1 Nelson, If 4
cellent innings and Claude Comer and Pegram, c 3 0
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Team W. L.
South Dorm 2 0
I.T.K 1 0
South-North 1 1
Ka ppa Psi 0 1
Vets Court 0 2
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Team W. L.
Alpha Pi 2 0
North-North 1 0
Mooney 1 1
Day Students 0 1
Oak Lodge 0 1
Sigma Phi 0 1
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Owens, lb 4
Nunn, ss 4
Walker, p 2
Christman, p 1
Totals 33 4 10
Elon AB R, H.
Pep Watkins also pitched with some
degree of success. Bryant, one of the
leading pitchers in the Carolina
league last year, stopped Elon, but
Ken Deal, also an ace with last year’s
Bees, let the Christians tee off on
him for two runs in the eighth in
ning as John Clayton came through
with a timely double. The Christians
put on an additional rally in the
ninth when Graham Erlacher smash
ed the hardest blow of the game down
the first base line. Erlacher reached
third and Coach Perry elected to
squeeze him home. The play might
have worked; but Deal threw a high
pitch, the batter failed to offer at it,
and Erlacher was nipped at the plate.
Nevertheless, the'Burlington Bees’
ball fans went home singing the
praises of Elon’s good looking ^ball
club as the Christians looked a lot | Hanes 000 000 400—1
better in losing than the Bees did in j Elon ...4. 0(10 00 032—5
winning. The two clubs will meet
S. Walker, 2b 5
York, rf 5
Clayton, ss 4
Savini, cf 4
Ellis, 3b 5
Pope, If 5
McSwain, lb 4
Cross „ c 3
Anderson, p 1
Price, p 0
Vaughan 1
Totals 37
core by Innings:
again later in the season.
VARSITY TENNIS
SCHEDULE
ELON BOWS
TO PROS
Delese, rf 3
Strau, ss 4
Ring, 2b 3
Davis, c 3
Langston, cf 3
Hoolowoy, 3b 4
Barnard, If 4
Wigmore, lb 4
Marasco, p
Fenn, p
Fauvelle, p
Stone, p .'
Capturing the playoff game from
South Dorm, 36-25, Oak Lodge, cham
pions of the National League, won
the men’s intramural basketball
crown. The score was tied, 14-14, at
halftime, but Oak Lodgers “Squir
rels,” led by Dick York on offence
and “Pep” Watkins on defense, pulled
away in the last twenty minutes.
South Dorm, American League
titleholder, gained a measure of re
venge on their intramural conquer
ors on March 28, when they downed
Oak Lodge, 28-25, in the finals of the
“fun” tournament which closed the
0, basketball season. South was
2 strengthened during the tourney by
the presence of Pete Marshburn and
Mike Kozakewich, two men ineligi
ble during the regular season.
The “Boys From Across The
AB R H Tracks” earned their final berth by
0 0 drubbing Club House, 39-22, in the
0 0 opening round of the tournament,
0 1 and by overpowering Vets Court in
0 *1 the semi-finals, 49-32. Oak Lodge
0 1 beat Day Students in the first round,
0 1 36-25, and took a thrilling 35-34 de-
0 0 cision from Kappa Psi in the semi-
0 0 finals. Vets Court reached the semis
0 0 by topping North-North in the open-
0 0 ing round, 39-33, and Kappa Psi was
0 1 a 55-42 first-round winner over
0 0 South-North.
Elon 000 420 000—6 11 0
Marines 000 000 000—0 5 0
SECOND GAME
Elon (6)
Walker, 2b 5
York, rf
Pope, K
Cross, c
VETS WIN OPENER
Cherry Point (0)
Blossfield, rf
Ring, 2b
Strau, ss
Davis, c
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The Elon Vets won their opening
game of the season Thursday, topping
Haw River by a 12-3 count as Tony
Cockrell twirled an eight hitter.
Langston, cf 4
Barnard, If 3
Green, lb 3
Hurst, p ...
Davis, p
Gooch, p ..
Welpert, p
Elon 010 000 014—6
Marines 000 000 000—0
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Coach Pierce has announced the
following schedule for the Elon var
sity tennis team:
April 22: Open.
ApiMl 26: Greensboro at Elon.
April 29: High Point at High Point.
May 2: Open.
May 5: Guilford at Elon.
May 7: Lenoir-Rhyne at Elon.
May 10: Greensboro at Greensboro.
May 13: Guilford at Guilford.
May 15: High Point at Elon.
Miay 17: Lenoir-Rhyne at Hickory.
Also in May, North State Tourna
ment.
Elon College’s baseball team open-
I ed their season at Reidsville March
29ih when they bovved to Reidsville’s
Tri-State team fty a 12-2 score. The
defeat was no disgrace, however, as
the “Luckies” are a class B team and
include such fine ball players as
“Tige” Harris, Jesse Plummer, Don
Calaman, Bernie Loman. and Hen
drix of last year’s Carolina League
pennant winners at Greensboro, as
well as several class A ball players
and Lee Gamble, formerly of the
Cincinnati Reds. Jim McSwain, Elon
first baseman oame through with
three solid blows to lead the Elon
cause.
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