PAGE THREE
MAROON AND GOLD
FRIDAY, JANUARY X4, 194?
Fighting Christians Seek Initial Conference Win Tonight
Face Strong E.C.T.C. Quintet
In Second Quest Of Victory
I'm Telling You
The Varsity’s performance
against Hanes Hosiery last
“Thursday night was in every way
indicative of their ability to play
the branS of ball necessary to
make them conference contend-
>rs.
Don Haithcox, far more aggres
sive than in any previous encoun
ters, gave the celebrated stars,
■“Hook” Dillon and Bob Paxton, a
rough time all night under the
hoops. It is now very evident
that Elon’s sucess in the confer
ence this season rests heavily on
the shoulders of this young
giant, who had broken all sorts
of scoring records in high school
last year. If the big one can
control the backboards as he did
in the Hanes game, we can safely
say that Rakes and' Company will
be giving the opposition some ex
citing moments from here on in.
However, judging from the sched
ule and the veteran line-ups of
conference foes, breathers will be
few and far between.
By ROCCO SILEO
Speaking of fighters, Hank De
Simone expressed a desire to get
back into action. Yes, believe it
or not, the colorful clown was
pugilist among a score of other
things. Back in 1945, as Pvt.
DeSimone and minus all the ex
tra blubber he’s toting around
these days. Hank von the middle-
weigiij; bo'xing championship of
Camp Wolfers, Texas. Hank says
he’s getting too old and heavy to
dodge leather these days.
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10
I
In the first 12 games, the var
sity cagers missed no less than
J24 free throws. The foul shots
missed might not have had a di
rect bearing on those particular
games, but the loss of many a ball
game can be attributed to a
team’s inaccuracy from the foul
marker. Patience and practice is
all ft takes, gentlemen!
Bill Johnson of Burlington was
Elon’s only representative to the
Golden Gloves tournament spon
sored by the Exhange Club of
Burlington last week. The rug
ged football end, who became in
terested in the manly art of self
defense purely as a novelty some
three years ago, added the open
division light heavyweight cham-
■pic/nship to the middleweight
crown which he copped a year
ago in the same tournament. The
175 pound punching pugilist re
ceived a trophy for his successful
efforts.
A1 Cates, who boxed up and
down the Pacific and on the
W;est coast while in the Navy,
wanted to. enter the Burlington
tournament but later shunned
the idea when he realized that he
didn’t have sufflciei^t time to get
into shape. The red headed light
weight will fight in the 135 pound
open division of the Durham
Golden Gloves tournament to be
held next Friday.
Dave McClenny, one of the five
varsity football players expected
to graduate in the near future, is
well received by both faculty and
students at Burlington High
School, where he is practice teach
ing physical education. The pop
ular athlete may have found his
life’s work . . . McClenny and
John Zurlis are doing a fine job
of keeping the Jayvee games un
der control.
The varsity lost Bill Rakes for
six weeks when x-rays revealed
a broken bone in his left foot suf
fered early in the second half of
the McCrary tilt last Saturday
night. For all purposes, Rakes
appeared to be the answer to
many of Coach Pope’s problems.
From the outset he proved to be
consistent and accurate. In the
11 games in which' he has partic
ipated, the 5-11 freshman, who
starred for the Hargrave Military
Academy last year, has averaged
better than 10 points per game.
The high scoring Rakes will not
see action in any of the remain-
ing games on the regular sched
ule, but he is expected to be ready
for tournament play in Feb.
GANE . . A sophomore from Bryn GAITHER ... A freshman, Larry, HAITHCOX . . . Towermg Don
Mawr, Pa., Lacy Gane is playins* ^ tt -4.u -h 4.
his second year of varsity Lsket | Quar- Haithcox will cause many a team
ball. Gane was one of the main- What he lacks in experience, i before the season is over
stays of last year’s ball club. The ^ the 6-3 first year man endeavors ^ '^•’e 6-7 freshman from Guilford
5-8 Physical Education major
missed the McCrary and Atlantic
Christian tilts because of a knee
injury sustained in the Hanes
Hosiery game.
to make up in willingness and ag-
who broke'many high school scor-
gressiveness. Gaither is one of ing records last season, has tallied
the best rebound men and shots 93 points in 11 games for an 8.5
on the club. > average
Coach Johnny Clayton’s Jayvee
cagers have won eight of nine ball
games including Monday night’s
44-35 win over the Hargrave Mil
itary Academy. A strong U.N.C.
Jayvee team handed the little
Christians their only defeat.
The varsity has averaged 50.5
points per game in winning five
of their first twelve games while
the Jayvee squad hsa averaged
46.7 in nine contests.
Intramural Basketball Now In Progress;
East Outfit Takes Volleyball Laurels
By GEORGE STANLEY '
Billy Rakes Is Tops In Scoring;
Haithcox In Runner-Up Spot
Freshman Forward
The intramural basketball sea
son started off with a bang Mon
day afternoon and from all indica
tions a banner year is in store.
The league as a whole is by far
the strongest in many a year here
at Elon.
Basketball A Gambler's Game,
So Says Noted 'Post' Writer
Basketball has become a bet
ting propositioin next only to horse
racing and baseball, Stanley
Frank charges in an article in this
week’s Saturday Evening Post.
And the point system set up by
the gamblers, he adds, is “better
than a license to sell counterfeit
money.”
Betting on basketball has been
enormously stimulated by the in
tersectional publicity build-up
aroused by college doubleheaders,
Mr. Frank points out in ‘Basket
ball’s Big Wheel,” a profile of
Ned Irish, originator and sole
owner of the basketball concession
at Madison Square Garden. Mr.
Irish has allied interests in Phila
delphia and Buffalo, N. Y. His
total income from basketball since
1934 is estimated at more than
a million dollars.
Although Mr. Irish makes vig-
t)rous efforts to keep bookmakers
away from his basketball games,
gambling flourishes, Mr. Frank
says.
“The tricky point system is a
vicious gimmick if for no other
reason than that a college boy
can play ball with the gamblers
and wink at a not-too-quesay con
science,” Mr. Frank writei “If
a kid misses a few shots that do
not cost his side the game, he has
not actually sold out alma mater,
and nd one can pin anything on
him.
“Whispers of such deals have
been heard . .. and, although
nothing ever has been proved,
there have been some strange go-
ings-on. The most damaging im
plication that skulldudggery may
be abroad in the Garden came
last season ^hen the Minneapol
is synidcate that puts out the
line’ for basketball throughout
the country refused to quote fig
ures for New York games. The
inference was plain: the boys sus
pected the games were not strict
ly on the up-and-up.
By GEORGE STANLEY
Another intramural basketball
season is underway with the same
spirit and excitement ot the past
years. Sixteen teams from dor
mitories and fraternities comprise
the American and National
leagues.
Heretofore, intramural basket
ball has drawn much attention
from student spectators as well as
participants. This year, with the
teams expected to be much
stronger and the competition
much keener, we should expect
the same enthusiasm from both
fans and players.
From this corner, it looks as
though most of the teams will be
loaded” for action. Defending
champions ITK and South Dor
mitory and North North have
each entered two teams into com
petition. Action shooild be fast
and keen, for all teams will be
out to cop the crown curerntly
held by the ITK fraternity. The
champs return with another
strong line-up including Arnold
“Brute” Melvin, Fred Claytor, J.
P. Thompson and Mike Kozake-
wich.
Sigma Phi may well be termed
the pre-season favorites. This
fraternity will be led by Don Ker-
nodle, last year’s varsity center
whose height will be a valuable
asset to a team composed of fast,
diminutive stars including: Bobby
Harris, Jack Hanel, Steve Walker
and Dick York. |
Varsity lettermen Jim Huyett,
Bill Winstead, Dan Presson, an
all-stater from Virginia, and Bill
Perry will go all out for East,
while Vtet’s Court boasts Jack
Spivey, Ed Barnes, George Shack
leford and Lee Rogers for the
court combination.
Representing Vet’s Apartments
will be Jack Andrews, another
varsity letterman. Bill Anderson,
and the Gentry brothers, Claude
and Garland. The Day Students
aggregation will show such famil
iar names as Jimmy Burns, Joe
Bateman and C. Horner.
South Dormitory, winners of
the intramural football laurels
have already served notice that
they do not want to be counted
out of the loop race. The Engin
eers will be greatly strengthened
by the acquisition of Johnny
Clayton, varsity cage captain last
year, most valuable player on
Elon’s 1947 championship club
and present Jayvee coach. Dave
Mondy, another all-stater from
Virginia, should be a great help
to the squad which also lists Rocky
Sileo, Heinz Fruh and Bob De
Marco.
Kappa Psi has four ex-Jayvee
eluding Junior Carr, Sonny Shea-
rin, C. K. Siler and Billy Matze.
Cedar Lodge, combining its tal
ents with Oak Lodge boasts such
stalwart performers as Ed Ellis,
Ray Parker and Ed Collins who
will bear watching.
Club House has joined forces
with the Carlton House to form a
strong cage outfit which will be
led by a coupel of elongated per
Has 111 Points
Freshman Billy Rakes of Fiel-
dale, Va., set the pace in the indi
vidual scoring race before bowing
out with a broken leg. The sharp-
shooting forward had 111 points
in 11 games for a 10 point aver
age. His 111 points were second
Axj. pijunta wfitr oeuouu
formers in the persons of George ^ high in the conference earlier
Etheridge and Henry Hoppe. [this week
The teams in North have so
many new faces on their rosters i Varsity scoring picture, in-
that not too much can be said the Atlantic Christian
about their ability, but you may!
rest assured that Worth Womble
and Lacy Pressnell will have a
couple of fine squads on the floor.
East won the intramural volley
ball championship last week by
defeating Alpha Pi, which went
feating Alpha Pi, which went
thru its respective league’s .sched
ule undefeated. East, however.
their league. The new cham
pions suffered their only defeat
of the regular season to South
North on the final day of play.
the right to face Alphi Pi. Run-
ner-ups were Sigma Phi and Vet’s
Apartments.
ball
players on their roster in-, best.
Shortly before the Christmas
holidays Elon sent two all-star
volley ball teams to Guilfc.rd to
compete with the best the Quak
ers had to offer. Guilford was
triumphant in both issues as
Elon's girls’ team lost 37-27 in a
thirty minute game. The girls
making the trip were Evelyn Mc
Neil, Jean Harris, Sophie White,
Shirley Boney, Rosamond Brow-
ley, Lacala Wilkins and Jeanne
Pittman.
The Elon boys’ team fared a lit
tle better, but came out on the
short end of a best 3 out of five
set. Wayne Phillips, Jim Parker,
Ray Parker, Joe Erickson, Jack
Andrews, ’ Lefty Taylor and Lin
coln Sheuperdton made up the
men’s all-star team representing
Elon.
The good will journey appeared
highly successful and met with
the approval of all participants.
The same venture may be under
taken in basketball with our cam
pus champs or an all-star squad
meeting Guilford or any other
conference team’s intramural
FG
FT
FTM
TP
Rakes
.... 51
•9
21
111
Haithcox .
.... 37
19
27
93
Gaither ...
.... 25
13
27
93
Gane
.... 23
14
11
60
Cooper
.... 24
11
6
59
Drew
.... 20
18
9
58
Kampman
.... 16
11
4
43
Savini
.... 16
6
4
38
Chabalko ..
.... 10
5
2
25
Kluttz
.... 10
1
4
21
White
3
2
13
Graham ....
... 4
1
5
9
Hopkins ....
... 3
1
2
7
Foster
... 1
2
3
4
Fesmire
1
1
2
3
Totals ....
...246
115
124
607
The Fighting Christian varsity cagers will be after their initial
North State conference victory tonight against E. C. T. C. in the
first of a two game home and home series with the Pirates.
Edged out by Atlantic Christian 43-41 here Monday night in
their only conference start to date. Coach Pope’s club faces a
strong, veteran crew of Pirates, who although sporting a rather
poor won and loss record to date, have one of the better teams in
the conference; one that should be up around the top when the
tournament rolls around.
-Elon stocks took a tremendous
drop when Billy Rakes, star fresh
man forward, suffered a broken
bone in his left leg. The aggres
sive sharpshooter was the main
stay and scoring punch which
Coach Pope came to rely so much
upon. Larry Gaither could allevi
ate some of the problems if he
would take more shots. The 6’-3”
freshman forward has a fine
shooting eye but thus far this sea
son has taken too few shots per
game to become any serious scor
ing threat.
Missing the Atlantic Christian
game along with Rakes was Lacy
Gane, who injured a knee in the
Lynchburg contest and sat out
the Hanes game as well. The di
minutive letterman, a great play-
making guard when he feels like
playing ball, should be in top
shape for this important tussle to
night.
Looking better with every con
test are the old stand-bys Capt.
Lou Savini, Leo Kampmaii and
Ed Drew, Savini, a footballer, was
late in reporting to the cage
team, therefore found it difficult
rounding into shape, bul^ Drew
and Kampman looked slow and
sluggish from the outset and ap
peared to be on their way out of
the picture. However, Kampman,
who is playing his second year of
varsity ball and was selected by
teammates as the most valuable
player on the squad, and Drew,
who is playing his third year of
varsity ball, apparently have come
out of the “fog” and should be
counted on heavily to help put
the Christians with the confer
ence picture.
From here on in, the competi
tion will be against conference
foes. Fifteen games of rough and
tough competition Coach Pope
and his charges have confronting
them. But the Fighting Chris
tians have the stuff it takes to
make them winners. As under
dogs they defeated a favored Mc-
Cooper Signs Name
To Play Pro Ball
With Boston Braves
Nelvin Cooper, a 19-year-old
freshman from High Point, cur
rently starring for the varsity bas
ketball team, has signed a profes
sional baseball contract with the
Boston Braves, it was announced
recently.
Cooper, who played four years
of varsity baseball and basketball
at High Point high school, will
report to Milwaukee club of the
American Association after com
pleting his freshman year at Elon.
Concluding his high school career
the flashy athlete was named
Daily News All-State high school
shorstop.
Upon graduation. Cooper joined
the semi-pro Highland Cotton
Mill team of High Point, and later
signed with "Plymouth of the fast
Albemarle league to team up with
our own Steve Walker, Ed Ellis
and Jack Andrews. He closed out
a brilliant season with the Gibson-
yille club of the Piedmont Semi-
Pro league with whom he batted a
hefty .450 in tournament play.
The 6-1, 170-pounder, who bats
and throws righthanded, was also
active in American Legion ball at
High Point.
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Football Players
Receive Awards
At Monday Chapel
Fourteen first year football
players, who received sweaters
and letters before the holidays,
were given certificates of entitle
ment with 21 veteran lettermen
in a brief ceremony at chapel
Monday morning.
The newcomers, all eligible for
a iavuxcu i.iu- entrance to the “E” Men’s Club
Crary team 53-47 just two days i*’‘^lude Len Greenwood and Bill
^ j ■ ^ a I .n A __ ^
Chips Chabalko And
Ernie Kluttz Leading
Jayvees Scoring Race
Chips Chabalko and Ernie
Kluttz, with 96 and 61 points re
spectively, are the big guns for
Coach Clayton’s Jayvee team
which has captured eight of nine
starts to date. Individual points
totals, which include the Har
grave Military tilt, are:
Chabalko
after extending a highly favored
Hanes team to the hilt before
bowing out 48-40. Elon assumed
and retained the lead, to the sur
prise of all, for a large portion of
the second half before the exper
ienced and classy semi-pro aggre
gation pulled ahead in the strug
gle.
Both varsity and Jayvees travel
to Salisbury tomorrow night to
engage the strong Catawba Indi
ans in another conference feature.
Speaking of the Jayvees, Coach
Johnny Clayton has molded to
gether a pretty snappy ball club.
With Len Fesmire, Lester Foster,
Jack White and Chips Chabalko,
who are also on the varsity roster,
performing^with his club. Coach
Clayton will have one of the
strongest Jayvee quintets in the
league.
Along with the above mention
ed stars Coach Clayton has a fine
Johnson, ends; Sal Gero and Ed
Wfetkins, tackles; A1 Pate and
Raleigh Ellis, guards; Dick Buch
anan, Bob DiMarco, and Jack
Annas, centers; and Jack Spivey,
Frank Tingley, Dick Lee, Bill Bar
ger, and Hal JohnSon, backs.
Coach Mallory, who persided at
the brief ceremony, also awarded
certificates to veteran lettermen
Claude Manzi, John Zurlis, Bill
Cook, Paul Causey, Huyett Brax
ton, Pete Marshburn, Jim Murray,
Dave McClenny, Vance Reece,
Mike Kozakewich, Lou Savini,
Fred Claytor, Bobby Harris,
Claude Gentry, Arnold Melvin,
Bill Perry, Jerry Dominick, C. K.
Siler, Mai McCrackin, Henry De
Simone, and Jim Elkins.
13 Conference Games
Remain On Schedule
Jan. 14—East Carolina Teach-
Foster ....
White 12
Wall
Marshburn
Koontz 6
De Simone
Hopkins
Totals 178
FG
FT
FTM
TP
42
12
3
96
26
9
6
61
12
0
1
34
14
5
3
33
12
6
3
30
14
2
2
30
14
1
1
29
9
5
5
23
8
4
1
20
8
3
7
19
7
2
1
-16
6
2
2
14
4
1
0
9
2
3
1
7
178
55
36
421
bunch of freshmen performers in- grs College-home
eluding Jack Graham, Ernie
Kluttz, Clarence Crosby, Bill
Beard, Lee Wall and Dick Koontz.
Chabalko, Fesmire, Hank De
Simone and Pete Marshburn are
the only upper classmen on the
squad.
Jan. 15—Catawba—away.
Jan. 25.—Guilford—home.
J.an. 28.—Lenoir Rhyne—home.
Jan. 29.—Catawba—home.
Jan. 31. — West Carolina
Teachers College—away.
Feb. 1 — West Carolina
Navy basketball teams have won
26 games and lost eight since Ben College-away.
Carnevale took over the coach
ing reins before the 1946-47 cam
paign.
This is Bert LaBrucherie’s 20th
consecutive year as a football
coach. He mentored for 16 years
at Los Angeles High School and
is starting his fourth campaign
at UCLA.
Feb. 3.—High Point—away.
Feb. 8. — Appalachian State
Teachers College—away.
Feb. 15.—East Carolina Teach
ers College—away.
Feb. 16.—^Atlantic Christian—
away.
Feb. 17.—High Point—home.
Feb. 19.—Guilford—away.