PAGE FOUR ELON—ATLANTIC CHRISTIAN (Continued from page one) tire the side. But the Bulldogs tied the count in the eighth. Andrews hit Davis with a pitched ball and the slugging leftfielder went to second on Aycock’s sacrifice and scored as Bain connected for his third hit, a long triple down the rightfield line. But the Fighting Christians boun- eci right back with a tally in the bot tom of the eighth to sew up the con test. Anderson walked and was push ed on to second by Mcwain and went to third as Hank DeSimone reached safely on Barefoot’s error. Here Elon strategy worked beautifully as Coach Jim Mallory ordered the squeeze, and Andrews sent a trickier to the mound. Anderson strolled across the plate with the winning marker as the slow roller scooted over Thorne's glove. Ed Ellis was easily the batting star of the day. He collected two singles besides the long homer and drove in two of the four runs while pilfering two bases. Billy Matze also chipped in with a double and single. Center- fielder Bain led the Bulldogs at bat with a triple and two singles. A. C. 020000010 3 Elon lOlOOOllx 4 Thorne and Aycock; Andrews and DeSimone. ' It, MAROON AND GOLD Wednesday, May 19, 1948 aNAAHH aiONai—NOIJ (Continued from page one) tist for the night and turned in a creditable performance, allowing five hits and a couple of runs while re ceiving credit for the victory. The Bears reached Andrews for the tying run in the eighth on a pair of hits and an infield out. Then came the big tenth as our Fighting Christians exploded for four runs on six hits. DeSimone collected his third hit and Andrews moved him along with another bingle. Then Sileo, batting for Matze, loaded the sacks with a sacrifice hit, and Dick York scored DeSimone and Andrews with a long double. Ed Ellis flied deep to center scoring Sileo, and York came in with the final run of the in ning on Walker’s fourth hit of the game, a long double to right center- field. Walker, the brilliant shortstop and captain of the Fighting Christians, led his mates at bat with a triple, double, two singles, and two base on balls in six trips to the plate. De Simone had three hits and the same number of rbi’s also aided heavily in the 16 hit attack on two Lenoir Rhyne Chuckers. Elon 0002040004 10 L. R. 0000500101 7 Siler, Andrews (6) and DeSimone; Pless, Cruell (10) and Kantorski. Maroon and Cold Outfield y Pictured above is the varsity outfield which includes L to R (back row) Lou Savini, Gene Caviness and Grah am Erlacher. Front row, 1 to r; Rocky Sileo, Worth Womble and Dick York. York and Caviness both have hit the ball well this season, batting well over .300. Tennis Team Finishes Second For the second straight year, the Elon netters finished in second place behind the repeating North State champions. High Point. The local rac quet swingers completed their season with a record of eight wins and three losses. Only one conference loss was suf fered, and that at the hands of the Panthers. The return match with the j High Pointers was rained out twice j and finally cancelled. A victory ir" the return match would have placed ! the Christians in a tie for the con ference championship. The team, composed of Winstead, Godfrey, Wooldridge, Spirko, Godwin, an Paige, gathered a total of 48 points against 29 points for their op ponents (disregarding victims via for feiture route). On the six varsity players, all will return next year, with the exception of Paige and Wooldridge (who are hoping to grad uate). Infielders Are Fast Foursome Shown above is the smooth quartet which makes up our Fighting Chris tian infield. L to r Thurso McSwain, first base; Billy Matze, second base; Captain Steve Walker, short stop; and Ed Ellis, third base. Walker is among the team’s leading hitters with a -350 plus batting average. Burlington’s Oldest, Largest, and Most Modern Dept. Store E P A R T M E-N T FOR FINE SHOES sms THEY TALK about Burlington, N. C. I Stop For A Rest I AND INVEST IN YOUR I College Eook Store 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A Welcome Waits You At Acme Drug Jnc. AND Main St. Drug, Inc, BURLINGTON. N. C. $ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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