FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1949
MAROON AND GOLD
PAGE THREE
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Souths Day Students Pace Intramural Cage Play
I'm Telling You
Thanks to some charitable fore
sight by Mr. Bruton and the fine
cooperation cf Coach Pierce, tlie
■entire student body will have an-
■opportunity to assist in a March
of Dimes drive to be held in the
Elon College gym Wednesday
night.
The benefit attraction will
bring together two all-star teams
composed of 10 men from each
of the intramural basketball
leagues. The manager of each
team will select the squad to rep
resent his respective league.
Players and officials as well
as the spectators will make at
least a 10-cent contribution at
the door, with all proceeds going
to the March of Dimes fund.
* + ♦
Don’t count our Fighting Chris
tians out of the''' conference cage
tournament yet. As long as the
Guilford Quakers continue their
losing ways. Coach Pope’s charges
need to muster but a couple of
'Wins from their remaining seven
conference tilts to land a tour-
x*ament berth.
* ♦
Attention, all physical educa
tion majors with coaching aspira
tions: Bob Margarita, 28-year-
old assistant coach at Yale Univer
sity, named head football coach
at Georgetown University to be
come one of the youngest coach
es of a major school in the coun
try .. .
. . . Arid we’d like to call to
the attention of Herr Hoffman,
Clayton, McClenny, Shumar, et
al., to the fact that Vie Raschj, ace
pitcher of the Yankees, graduates
from William and Mary next
week after 11 years of study on
a part-time basis.
+ * +
A recent UP report out of New
York listed only seven active col
lege stars as red hot professional
Jjasketball prospects. The select
By ROCCO SILEO
seven are: Ed Macauley of St.
Louis, Groza and Jones of Ken
tucky, Harris of Oklahoma A&M,
Kerris of Loyola, of Chicago,
Brown of Miami, Ohio, and
Boryla of Denver. Excluded
among many other college greats
of today were Yale’s Tony Lavelli
and Kentucky's Ralph Beard, a
couple of fan pleasers wherever
they have played this year. We
are very much inclined to disa
gree with the survey of the pros
who claim that Beard is much too
small for the rugged big time
while Lavelli, despite his amaz
ing scoring feats has defensive
weakness and needs too much
time to get away his great hook
shots.
* * *
That bit of horse-play we all
put on during the waning mo
ments of the Elon-Lenoir Rhyne
encounter last Friday night was
more of a mental lapse than a
poor display of sportsmanship.
If the Bears’ captain decided to
shoot the technical during all the
uproar, the officials were free to
call more and more technicals,
and, if things went that way, we
probably would have still been
watching the Elon-Lenoir Rhyne
farce.
♦ ♦ *
If you are wondering what hap
pens to the coke and peanut sales
returns at all varsity basketball
games, let’s clear up the situation
right now. The concession is run
solely for the proft of the “E”
Men’s Club, which at the present
is striving to make ends meet,
according to reports by Pres.
Manzi and Treasurer Reece. The
club presents expensive, white,
monogrammed sweaters to all
members who have completed
their Junior year.
* * ♦
Don’t forget the March of Dimes
benefit t)asketball "game next
week.
MISS HOPE PATE MAKES LIKE MR. WILLIAM TELL
t
Giving a modern touch to “Wil- ^ of her physical education classes,
liam Tell,” Miss Hope Pate is Show with Miss Pate from left
shown above demonstrating the ^ to right are Nancy McDonough,
fundamentals of archery to one Miriam Bolwell, Sophie White,
Barbara Bailey, Phyllis Tucker,
Evelyn McNeil, Florence Gilbert,
and Virginia Davis. We can’t see
the target, but trust she hit it.
Gaither Has Taken Over Scoring Lead;
Winter Football Drills Are Underway
Hoopsters Seek
Tournament Post
As Season Ends
The main concern of the Chris-
Prize Fighters Find Haven
In Hollywood When They Quit
HAITHCOX IS BACK
Don Haithcox, lanky center,
took an examination Wednesday
afternoon, passed it, and returned
to the lineup last night.
The New York Giants bought
Catcher Walker Cooper from the
St. Louis Cards three years ago
for $175,000.
Johnny Clayton as coach of the
strong Jayvees is enjoying a suc-
icessful season in his debut as
Tbasketball mentor. His smooth
■working Jayvee club has won 10
(of 12 games to date. Clayton has
•turned in four years of brilliant
'.baseball and basketball at Elon.
What does a prize fighter do
when he gets too old to swap
punches in the squared circle?
Most people believe it is his pri
mary aim to buy into the restau
rant or tavern business and be
come a bartender, but a recent
survey shows that many ex-pugi-
lists have become actors.
The survey reveals that there
are no less than 200 ex-bruisers in
Hollywood on the central casting
lists. Wheir they climb into the
■ing now, it’s with somebody like
ilobert Ryan, John Garfield, or
Ice Kirkwood, and if they lose—
which the happy ending usually
makes them do—their purse at
the end of the match is consider
ably heavier.
Fourteen once-active pugilists,
of whom Jack Roper is the most
widely known because of his en
counter with Joe Louis, share tlie
brutally realistic prize fight scenes
In RKO Radio's “The Set-Up.”
Some have strolled into the ci
nema capitol seeking extra roles
and have prospered as punching
beauties, while others have signed
contracts to coach actors who play
boxers.
Intra-Squad Game
May Be Opened
To General Public
Elon’s potentially powerful
Fighting Christian gridders open
ed a three-week stand of winter
practice sessions Monday after
noon under the direction of Coach
Jim Mallory.
Coach Mallory, in announcing
the opening of practice, stated
that he expected a turnout cf
from 35 to 40 players, and added
that several leading candidates
would miss the three weeks of
practice because of basketball ac
tivities.
These drills. Coach Mallory
stated, will be confined to condi
tioning exercises, fundamentals,
and a few scrimmages. He added
that the sessions are planned to
give the coaches a line on what
needs to be done in preparation
for a sucessful season come fall.
Drills will be held on the prac
tice field for the remaining two
weeks. Coach Mallory also indi
cated that spring practice will be
held in May, and stated that plans
for an inter-squad game for the
public are being devised.
The football mentor asserted
that the Fighting Christians will
play a 10-game schedule this fall
and indicated that the schedule
will be released shortly.
Tryouts Begin
For V. Golfers
Next Week
Qualifying rounds begin next
week at the Alamance Country
Club course for all students inter
ested in performing for the Elon
College golf team this year.
Prospective candidates include
John Zurlis, Chips Chabalko, Ce
cil Lily, Dave Mondy, Herb Bla
lock, John Broger, Bobby Harris,
Ed Brannick and Jack Platt.
The golf team, organized late
last season under the direction of
Coach Pierce, competed in ap
proximately six matches. Return-)
ing performers include Zurlis,
Chabalko, Harris, Brannick and
Blalock.
Tentative plans call for match
es with High Point, Guilford,
E.C.T.C., and other conference
foes. All students interested
should see Coach Pierce or Chips
Chabalko immediately for details.
Coach Pierce disclosed that the
golf team may make the spring
tour of eastern Carolina and Vir
ginia with the baseball and ten
nis squads.
Battle For Top Honors
As Playoffs Approach
By GEORGE STANLEY
Intramural basketball is now in full swing, and if you want to
see some exciting, and at times razzle-dazzle, basketball, drop by
the gym any afternoon or evening that the varsity is not perform
ing.
After two weeks of play, sever
al of the pre-season favorites have
dropped tilts that may have vir
tually put them out of the run
ning for the coveted title. The
defending champions, ITK’s ‘A’
team of the American League,
have already lost two ball games.
Their first defeat, by a 35-32
count, was at the hands of a pow
erful East aggregation led by Bill
Eley, who swished the nets for
19 points. The Day Students
handed the ’48 champs their sec
ond loss with a surprising 36-17
victory.
By virtue of this victory, the
Day Students remained atop the
American League with a 4-0 rec
ord. East Dormitory also sport
ed a clean slate at press time but
had palyed only three tilts. The
Cedar-Oak Lodge combination
with a 2-1 record is still in the
running for a play-off berth in
the American loop.
In the National circuit, Soutli
Dormitory, with four straight vic
tories under its belt, has virtually
cinched a play-off spot, while
Sigma Phi, top heavy pre-season
favorites, have already dropped
two contests. Their second de
feat was a 32-28 overtime clash
with the undefeated South En-
tian cagers is no longer that of | gineers in what was easily the
STANDINGS
INTRAMURALS STANDINGS
“'Dodgers’ Alley’s” is the
name of the street in Ci
Rtujillo, Dominican Repi
where the Brooklyn Doi
trained last spring.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Team W.
L.
Pet.
Day Students
4
0
1.000
East
3
0
1.000'
Cedar-Oak Lodge ..
2
1
.667
I.T.K. (A)
2
2
.500
South North
1
2
.333
North North
1
2
.333
Alpha Pi
0
3
.000
South (B)
0
3
.000
NATIONAL LEAGUE
South (A) 4
0
1.000
Kappa Psi
T
1
.667
North North
?.
1
.667
Sigma Phi
?,
2
.500
I.T.K. (B)
1
2
.333
Vets’ Court
1
2
.333
Vets’ Apt
1
2
.333
Club-Carlton House
0
3
.000
achieving a formidable season
record, but of moving into a con
ference tournament position. De
spite a very poor record to date,
Coach Pope’s charges still have
an excellent opportunity, with
seven conference games yet re
maining on the schedule.
Coming into the home stretch,
the schedule calls for trips to
Appalachian State, Lenoir Rhyne,
E.C.T.C., Atlantic Christian and
Guilford, while Elon plays host to
Appalachian and High Point. A
couple of wins will possibly as
sure the Fighting Christian? a
chance to show their wares come
play-off time.
In the individual scoring pa
rade, Larry Gaither, 6-3 freshman
who assumed the scoring burden
in the absence of top point getters
Billy Rakes and Don Haithcox, has
soared to the top with 128 points
in 18 games, including the Cataw
ba tilt. Haithcox retained sec
ond place with 119 points despite
a four-game lay-off, and Rakes,
out of action since the McCrary
tilt, clung to third place with
111 points. Individual scorers
most thrilling game to date.
With seconds to go, Bobby Har
ris san"k a one-hander to tie up
the game at 28-28, but Dave
Mondy and Bob Smithwick con
nected in the overtime to give
South the victory. North North
and Kappa Psi, sporting identi
cal 2-1 records, are battling for
the No. 2 spot in the National
loop.
At the last meeting of the In
tramural council, respective man
agers voted to have the two top
teams in each league stage a best
two of three game series with the
winners meeting the leaders of
the opposing league for the intra
mural championship.
♦ * *
If it’s spillsj thrills and hilari
ous comedy you’re looking for,
don’t miss any of South’s “B”
team tilts. Led by Buford An
drews, one of the scoring leaders
in intramural circles, and the col
orful Fielding Dickerson, South’s
junior squad has. the spectators in
stitches and opposing players hes
itant about driving under the bas
ket for inside play.
Walker, Mondy
Leading Scoring
In Intramurals
Leading in the intramural scor
ing race are Steve Walker of Sig
ma Phi and Dave Mondy of South
with 49 points each.
Steve, a senior, was also top
scorer in the intramural football
league this past season, while
Dave, a freshman from Norfolk,
Va., was that city’s outstanding
scholastic cage star last year.
However, C. K. Siler's 47-point
total represents a three-game ef
fort, while Mondy and Walker
played in four games. John Wel
don of Vets’ Court holds the in
dividual scoring record for one
game with 20 points.
LEADING SCORERS
Player Team TP
Walker—Sigma Phi 49
Mondy—South (A) 49
Siler—Kappa Psi 47
J. Andrews—Vets’ Apt 44
Thomposn—I.T.K. (A) 39
Claytor—South (A) 39
Burns—DSy Students 31
Swinney—Day Students 30
McCracken—I.T.K. (A) 30
Widenhouse—Alpha-Pi 30
Melvin—I.T.K. (A) 29
Annas—North North 29
Tedder—I.T.K. (B) 28
Ely—East 25
Ellis—Cedar-Oak Lodge 24
Harris—Sigma Phi 24
Moser—Day Students 24
B. Andrews—South (B) 24
Weldon—Vets’ Court 22
Rogers—Vets’ Court 20
Matze—Kappa Psi 20
Shepperton—North North 20
BULLETIN
March of Dimes benefit bas
ketball games at the gymnasium
Wednesday night.
Girls’
p. m.
All-Star game — 6:30
Boys’ Intramural
game—7:30 p. m.
All - Star
DREW . . . One of the old guards
who come along spendidly after a
ragged early season performance
is Ed Drew. Ed, who hails from
Portsmouth, Va., has been one of
.333: the better rebound men on the
.0001 squad for the past three years. Fesmire 2
and their
totals
follow:
1
1
Player
fg
ft
ftm
Pf
i
tp
Gaither ....
47
34
36
27
128
Haithcox
46
27
33
28
119
Rakes
57
9
21
22
111
Cooper
42
21 •
14
45
105
Kampman
....38
16
11
35
92
Drew
30
30
18
39
- 90
Gane
30
18
18
33
78
Savini
21
11
8
57
53
Chabalko
14
6
7
8
34
Kluttz
10
1
4
3
21
White
6
3
2
6
15
Graham
4
1
5
1
9
Foster
2
3
6
11
7
Hopkins .
3
1
2
5
7
Fesmire . .
2
1
2
5
5
Some of the teams lost key
players via the examination route
or to supposedly greener pastures.
None of the teams were hurt seri
ously, with the exception of East,
who lost their top scorer, Bill
Eley, and Kappa Psi, now with
out the service of Sonny Shearin
and Junior Carr. Shearin and
Carr shuffled off to Wake Forest.
RAKES SHEDDING CAST
Billy Rakes has been shedding
parts of the cast on his foot for
several days and will have the
whole cast removed within about
three weeks.
Only 2 per cent of all the play
ers in the National Professional
hockey league are American-bora
while an overwhelming majority
of the remaining 98 per cent are
natives of Canada.
KAMPMAN . . As a freshman last
year, Leo Kampman was selected
by teammates as the most valu
able player on the team. Like
Drew, Kapman is also from
fPortsmouth, Va., and was also
slow in shaping up this season.
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