t'retday, April 23, 1848
MAROON AND GOLt>
t>AGE THREtJ
Elon Trounces
Appalach'n^ 6-2
Netters Drop I’m telling you.
Three, Win One
Three earned runs in the first inni'ig
jM'Oved to be enough to defeat the |
,ou a'i'i'cr ; f o’-i Appalacl';! 0-. I
in a Nortli State Conference tilt Tues- |
day aftornoon at t.ie Elon College 1
1 iic victory was the third ini
rn- fcrenc'" competition for the Fight- |
ing Christiatns against two defeats
and the i.inth in thirteen games to
date.
Dick York wa'ked after Billy Matze
f icd out to start the bottom half of
the firs‘. Ed Ellis drove a single
throuTfh the ho'e between first and
second and York scored as second
'•’s''m'\n Kirkp'>*rick dropped Gene
Caviness’ pop fly. Kirkpatrick then
tiirew’ wild to first and Ellis dassed
home with the second run and Cavi-
L- s : toppe I at econd. The big right-
f'elder went to third on Steve Walker's
lo g fly ‘o ri^ht and scored as caicher
T'oii'' allowed a pitched ball to roll
to the screen.
Co ch >'r^l'or'’'s cre'v ad''ed t'-o
more in the fourth on singles by Billy
"ta'.ze and Ed Ellis, a walk to Gene
Cavi'ie s and at’other error liy Kirk
patrick on Walker's grounder. Elon
scoed its final tal'v in the sixth on
'■ ork’s single and t-^len base, a long
r'Tht Elli ', prd a " a k t'
Walker after Caviness reached safcl.
The Mountaineers reached Andre” ?
for a run in the se\enth when the
prn f T p-|itbn v l-i'
went to second on an infield out and
scored as W'ithrow drove a sharp
single to left. They scored their sec
ond and final ru” r.o-t
on a walk, two infield errors and a
Last week was quite a discouraging
one to the Christ an racqueteers, who
dropped their first three matches.
Losses were suffered at the liand
of Guillord to tiie tune of t>-3, and
to Oak Ridge Military Institute 5-4
t'laying on the home courts for the
first time, the locals were swamped
9-0 by tne powerful aggregation i.om
Lynciiburg Co.legj. n was a roug.
ueek—^.o rav the leist.
On Tuesday of this week, however,
the team bounced n to tne \.m coli.i.i
with a 6-3 vicuory over Oak R dge ii
their return match.
'i o 1: te, tlie consistent winners for
the home s|uad have been Bdl Win-
st'-’d in I I’edro Co'win who h
colLclively garnered 8>/2 of the team’s
Ij poii.t iota!. In addilion ot par-
ticip.-t.i'.g in some doubiCs victoiics
bo.h of tliese players have won t in
(f t'.’:ir four siig.es ma,clics. thu
far.
fiel'hr’s choice.
Jack Andrew's looked very impres
sive, racking up his second victorv o
t'-n cTmpiign ag in:-t a lone defeat
The big righthander gave up five I'it
and a lone tallv i-i Iv'f seven 'f-'in'
mous’d chore. Bi'l Anderson fin'shed
up relinquishing a single run while
ho'ding the Mountaineers hitless in
’is two -ta-za trick
Our Fighting Chr’sti^ns vere jo-'b
able ot muster seven h'ts from thr
itierings of t ''o Api'’l”c'’i >n rh”rko-^
E'hs and pitcher Andrews pitched i
vith tvo apiece,
Xp'ialachian ooo^'^ollo
El"^n ,^oo2o1oox 67
'rd'ews Ar'd'”'‘:on 'o) aid Frown
^ye'■s. Ceyxr (.S) ard Hope.
Jmpire's: Riber and P,.iderdiour.
STUDY REFRESH
HAVE A COCA-
BY ROCKY SILEO
Hustle is playing an important role
in the successful j,.ui,t of our Fight
ing Christians. New Co.ich Malio.y
has taken this more or less sluggi: h
term of last year and has prodrced
a reckless l*mch of daring l a erunne c
and hustling ball players ... a la
Gashouse Cardinal . , . iN'i '. lO mci -
tion Chnb Clayton, who has done a
great job assi t ng Coach Ma'lory.
Heretofore in ( ur wiiteups of the
bal games we al vays ,‘^t cssed t’le
hittii g stirs of the bill games
ie»'er me t’O' if'^ the grrat p ay ct
our ^plendid i^fiel 1 of El’s Wak'r,
Matze and McSwain. Billy Matze, the
T .ly ncwcomer to t ,ij veteran i.i-
liel 1, has done a g.cat job filing tie
' second brse gap.
A certain young lady wants it
knov\n that her ido , tlK- phoi.oiiien
lidc' t sl'o-'r'op. r'!,:) I,'
all Yankee batters in the Grapefruit
eague witli a lusty .-tOO ,..u, .
.'f the 1 t e o e cordd oi Iv contira-e
t'n's tori id pace in regular ;ea;,or.
play!
• Gene Cavincfs conti;’.u;s 'o po.vJci
ha bal! " rhamoions' mi sty' ■. 1'
Sas c.opjpi'e-l a ’usty .420 average i'
t'-e first twelvf gani’s Affr ? slo'
dismal start. Dick York h’s fou- c'
ri i ev'’, b t 'ng Pt a .'''9 c'ip for tlie
last six games. Over.-'H a\'er~ge
'he flct c’i.‘erfielder thus far t!iis
season is .390.
lC'o-1 lo,'^ a great spo t , comp"tit ii
n El IM'ilford, t'le fo nrer fpo-^'
"t 1 t' 0 '^'r n- 'M,,' r-, 1! H
was chiefly responsible for the or
zi ;■ tie t s >f bail teanr
t'lei ■ succe 'sfu' North?rn tour twc
'''''■,'S ''go a”''
in t ,e same direction come summer.
Quoting spT't' r'l'im-’- t Hu'''h
"rrlle 'or Jr., ^ u G''mbino, f.Iaryland's
notably br 1,1 footbad st ir, wants to
I 'oi' lie FBI after he Laves college,
I ''^•’y! ' he's hopii'g for some hair
'rrising experiences.
Up New York way, tliey arc crle-
br-ti g the Silver Anniie:sa y of th(
liui di r of t’le la'ikee Stadium—th
’’i-'g- ificf”it home of the Bronx Bom
bers, which was bui't 25 years ago
tosi $J,5oo,oo^ and required e'ever
•’lo’itl s of 'abor. But ince, undei
tire export guidance of fir't Col, T-k^
Runoeit, and tjien Larry McPhail
modern conveniences and equi- ment
; the beautiful, new' lighting
sy t*m which l a\e been installed m:’ki
•he Y'nkee .' tadiuni one of the to]
if not best ball park in the cour. ry.
Ewell B-kf'r, Jolinry Zurl's and ;
few more go’f ert'msia ts are tiyin!
their darnest to get a golf team or-
^ani/'e ' here at i.lor, liere’s hoping
yon fel'ows meet w'tli success.
George f tai Ly, Greensl oro's g'f
o F'on ' ^outh Dormi'.,''ry’s gift
to Sigma Phi, has joined the M and C
as As.-'i tart .Sports Editor, and an
other Dan Pa’‘ker ic hoT,
SAY IT WITH
FLOWERS
GuilFord Rallies in
9th to Win, 9^6
Guilford -tallied . five times in the
pi .t I inning to upset the F'ighti.ig
Cirri tians 9-6 in a conference tilt at
the Co'lege Park, Saturdav afternoon.
Our boys started out like a flash,
j > irtng tirree times in the very first
iiiiiing as Dick York singled, Ed Ellis
doubled, Steve Walker singled and
scored as Lou Savini reached first
on an error.
The Quakers came back with two
in the second on a walk and two hits.
I'itcher \,'olfe paced the attack with
a long tripL. They took a 4-3 lead
in the next inning as Ralls walked
awd Leonaid slapped a itng homer to
the center field corner.
. F'lon canre back in its half witii two
. ui s on successive sir.gles to Caviness,
alker, and Savirri and a fielder's
-'-P Greggs.
I'or the next five innings Frank
Roberts did a nrasterful job of pitch-
■ r,. p lo hnt one lone bingle; in
fact, for tlie first eight innings Gnil-
. VI s Quakers mustered only five
hits and four runs off the Elon ace.
But the roof seemed to cave i'l
when the Quakers came to bat in the
h. al ruu id, Fou,- hi s, tw'o errors,
a ' mo trer'f’rv m-’ital laiis"
suited in five runs, which spelled vic
tory for Coach Newton’s visiting c'ub,
11 y Matje, first batter in the last
of the ninth, stirred the sparse crowd
V ith a 'ong honrer ijo right field, but
''''ork, E'lis and Caviness all swinging
tor t'le fences went out in order, f.y-
ing out deep to the outfielders,
, C'' ■ a'l '* ''Hi." * 1'l;n'r
■''in of the Fighting Christians, had
t'lr''" singled a,-.1 uu . c .
to ' is homer irr a f^ne d-iy the p’at '.
I oi k also ronnert^d f ■- two singles
'I- t'nue his torrid hitting pace.
It was the first loss for Roberts,-
w 1 : s t 'ing for Iris hftli conse-
cuti' e win. The loss gave the F'ighting
Christians a 2-2 record in c\)nteren(_j
tir'is f '!■ this season,
Guilford o22ooooo5 9 9 3
Elon 3o2oooool 6 1.1 4
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