Wednesday, January 11, 1950
MAROON AND GOlD
Fifteen Teams Set For Opening
Of New Intramural Cage Season
PX'jK thres
I'm Telling You
By ROCCO SILEO
high lights at ELON—1949
Winter . . . About this time last
year the Christian cagers were off
to a very medioore season . . .
Billy Rakes, the freshman sensa-
tin who averaged 10 points per
game for the first eleven games,
went out for the remainder of the
season with a sprained ankle. His
loss, coupled witii an injury to
Lacy Gane later in the season,
hurt the Christians tremendously
. . . Larry Gaither, another fresh
man, led the scorers with 226
points, while veteran Ed Drew,
turned in a steady performance
and was elected captain for the
current year ... In Intramural
circles. East copped the volley
ball title and then went on to de
feat South Dormitory 36-30 in the
finals of the basketball season . .
Dave Mondy, of South, led the In
tramural scorers with 91 points
... A March of Dimes benefit
tussle, bringing together the best
performers in Intramural ball,
realized $20 and was well receiv
ed by the specators ... A girls'
Cooper and Jack Andrews . . .
The varsity tennis team sported
an 8-7 season record and failed to
gain any honors in the North
State Conference tournament,
which was held here on the Col
lege’s new courts . . . The varsity
golf team could muster only three
wins out of ten meets played, but
Dave Mondy more than compen
sated by taking the Conference
golf tournament at Starmount
. . . Jeanne Pittman, Lacala Wil
kins and Jean Harris showed up
well in representing Elon in the
college co-ed matches held at
Greensboro College ... A pow
erful I.T.K. nine, with but one
blemish on its fine record, went
on to win the Intramural softball
tournament. During spring foot
ball drills the veterans worked
out kinks, while newcomers per
formed earnestly trying to win a
birth on the Elon College eleven,
which was soon to be molded into
one of the school’s greatest.
By GEORGE STANLEY
With all the Bowl Games out of
the way and with all football
equipment stored in mothballs,
the main interest in the sports
world has turned to basketball.
It is no different here at Elon,
where the various Intramural
teams on the campus are ready
for the opening of the season and
for a red-hot chase for the league
title. Fifteen teams are priming
their guns for the title chase, aim
ing for the honors won last year
by East Dorm in an exciting final
battle with South Dorm. Follow
ing is a short round-up of the
prospects for the teams compet
ing this season:
EAST: The champions will be
playing minus some of the play
ers who performed for them last
year. Missing from the ranks will
be Jim Huyett and Bill Perry, but
back to spark the East Dorm five
are Bill Winstead, Max Littlejohn
and Cecil Lilly. Rounding out the
team will be Luther Reece, Bobby
Reece and several newcomers.
SOUTH “A”: Last year’s run-
ner-ups will have another good
MATHIS DR/FES’ ELON QUINT
TO WIN THREE OUT OF FOUR
Christians
paper. They
Fall
Coach Mallory, who
all-star team took the ‘ Sports guided the championship desti-
Day” program at Guilford Col- nies of the varsity baseball nine,
lege ... The Day Student sextet | followed with a brilliant gridiron
captured the girls’ Intramural campaign . . . The fall saw the
tournament . . . and OlUe Bass de-1 Christians chalk up an 8-2 record
feated defending champion Pete I. . . Highlights saw Elon defeat-
Marshbum in the annual Table jing Catawba 20-14 for the first
Tennis tournament. itime since ’41 . . . Arnold Melvin,
copping a host of honors, the
foremost being his selection to
Coach Doc Mathis has piloted the Christian cagers through a successful opening to their new basketball season
ping the opener to Carolina, Coach Mathis -drove” his squad to three wins in their next four stans The
I last Saturday night and A. C. C. last night, but scores were not available for this issue of the
Ird’^Dave MoLr'%h?”eam"Cnr Greensboro tonight before returning home to play Catawba in the new gymnasium here Saturday night.
be built around such stellar per
formers as Ernie Kluttz, Len Fes-
mire. Hank DeSimone, Joe Dea
ton and Rocco Sileo. Several of
these men have had Jay-Vee ex
perience. There is also some good
After drop-
met Hanes
will meet
EatmonFiue
Is Defeated
Elkin T’ Is
Second Victim
Displaying a well rounded per-
The Fighting Christians made
material in such newcomers as their first and only home appear-1 formance and a balanced attack,
Lou Rochelli, Joe Durso, Bob j ance of the pre-Christmas basket- the Elon cagers closed their De-
Rogers and others, but South is ball season when they defeated cember play by rolling over the
planning to enter two teams this, the Eatmon’s Sport Shop quintet Elkin “Y” Cagers 47 to 32 in
Eagles Take
Elon Measure
And Elkin Y
Falls Again
Making their final appearance
I in the old gymnasium in North
The powerful McCrary Eagles
proved just too sharp for the Elon
Christians in a well played game'Dorm, the Elon Christians defeat-
at Asheboro on Tuesday night, ed a stubborn Elkin “Y” outfit 48
year, and not too much is known 57 to 36 in the old gymnasium Elkin on Tiiursday night, Dec'em” vfen^dow^f67 Christians to 36 on Thursday night, January
here on Saturday night, Decem- ber 15th '
Spring and summer ... A bril
liant varsity baseball nine gave' Manzi,
about her second outfit.
SIGMA PHI: Back to be a
threat in the league is a strong
Sigma Phi quintet. Leading one
team will be Bill Hopkins, Clem
Moser, Joe Bateman, Bob Smith-
wick, Claude Manzi and Jack
Hanel. The team has been
strengthened by the addition of
Bateman and Moser, but it will
the Little All-America team .... , ,
i c ™ such players as Steve Wal-
Gentry, DeSimone and [, _ .. .. . _ .
Elon her first Conference title' Marshburn also came up with
since ’41 with a 13-2 league rec-| various individual honors
ord, plus an overall season record
of 20 wins and 5 losses . . . Veter-
ker, Don Kernodle and Bob Har
ris off last year’s squad. Playing
for the Sigma Phi’s second team
will be Charlie Bishop, Bob Whit
mire, Carl White, Tommy Howell,
Freshman Fred “Bulldozer” Bi-
angardi garnered 36 points to
an Ed Ellis led a powerful hit-' lead the 17 scorers whose com-
ting array with a .3o3 mark and bmed eifort.s jie.dod Elon a total _ ,
then signed up to play profession-! (continued On Page Four)
baseball;
al
along with Nelvin
George Stanley.
I KAPPA PSI: This team is out
'COACH OF YEAR' iN NORTH STATE
ber 10th. j Following the same pattern set
The Gate City outfit, which I the battle with Eatmon's, thfe
boasted several former Guilford Christians jumped into an early
College stars in its line-up, failed ^^d never let up throughout
to offer any problem for Coach the fray. They were ahead by a
Doe Mathis’ boys, and the Elon ^2 to 17 margin at the intermis-
squad moved out to a long lead came back in the second
early in the game on the strength half to add 25 points while the
of some sharp shooting and a' ^^®*^*^®teers tallied only 15 mark-
close-knit defense that stopped
the visitors cold.
The score at the half-time was
29 to 11 in favor of Elon, but
Once more Coach Mathis pa
raded three full teams into action,
and all except two of the boys
jhad a share in the balanced scor-
the Greensboro squad rallied I.
sharply after intermission and attack, with nine of the Chris-
played the Christians on virtually hitting action buckets from
even terms through the final per- floor.
Coach Jim Mallory, popular
Elon football mentor, who was
not afraid to admit in pre-season
sessions that his team would be
much improved, was the “Coach
of the Year” in the North State
Conference. Every follower of the
football fortunes in the North
State knew that as the season
made official in a poll conducted
just before Christmas holidays by
the Charlotte Observer, which
conferred the title and gave it
publicity. Coach Mallory’s boys,
running with power from the sin
gle wing, copped eight games and
lost two, and in so doing led the
entire state in both offense and
moved to a close, but the title was j defense.
to give the other teams plenty of
trouble before the season is over.
Speck "Harper, Bill Johnston, Ed
Watkins and “Hook” Jones join
with C. K. Siler, Larry McCauley
and Bill Matze to form one of the
strongest teams in the league.
At the beginning they will miss
Tubby Johnson, who was injured
in an All-Star contest during the
Christmas holidays.
CARLTON HOUSE - OAK
LODGE: This combination may
have the tallest team competing
for the title. It will be built
around such men as Henry Hoppe,
, Vernon Ingram, Eddie Atkinson
and Ollie Bass. Others likely to
see action are Guy Boswick, Bert
Williams and Worth Womble, a
* transfer from North-North.
CEDAR LODGE-CLUB HOUSE
s j —Newcomers will form the back-
J bone of this quintet, as Bob Sum-
' 1 mers. Bob Montgomery and Earl
% Todd join such newcomers as
Hiramo Coble, Lucian Adcock
and Emmett Nesbitt.
DAY STUDENTS: Clint Hor-
ner, one of last season’s stars, will
be back to lead his team, which
will include Jim Burns, Wallace
Burke and Elmer Thomas.
I.T.K,.: Always near the top,
I.T.K. appears to be ready to stick
there, as they have Arnold Mel
vin, Pete Marshburn and Mel Mc
Cracken to spark them. They
have many good men to call on
lor help if they are pressed, in
cluding Fred Claytor, Jeff Davis,
Jim Parker, Phil Cothran, Wayne
King, Jim Murray, Jack Wayland,
and George Shackleford.
ALPHA PI: Built around their
tall pivot man, George Etheridge,
,41pha Pis state that they are
iod. The last half scoring show
ed Elon maintaining a bare 28 to
25 margin as Coach Mathis kept
a stream of substitutes moving in
and out of the battle.
Dave Mondy, sophomore for
ward, set the scoring pace for
the Christians as he pumped in
five field goals and two foul shots
for a total of 12 points. He was
followed closely by Nelvin Coop
er, also a sophomore, who found
the basket for five floor shots and
one foul goal from bis guard po
sition. Mathis used a total of
fifteen players during the fray,
and nine of the group broke into
the scoring columns.
The Ine-ups:
Eloa (57) Eatmons (36)
F.—Mondy (12) Austin (1)
F.—Rakes Russell (13)
C.—Haithcox (9) Clendennin
G.—Deal (5) Elkins (5)
G.—Cooper (11) Dempsey (9)
Score at half — Elon 29, Eat
mons 11.
Elon subs—Gaither (9), Leigh
(1), Drew (8), Taylor (1), Gane (1),
Hall, Blackstone, White, Kamp-
man, Owens. Eatmon subs—Low-
der (5), Morrison (3).
The Elon squad showed marked
improvement ov«r their first two
games in its ball handling and
setting up plays. Control of the
rebounds by Dave Mondy and
Larry Gaither and excellent de
fensive play by Nelvin Cooper
and Walter Deal proved instru
mental in the comparatively easy
victory.
Don Haithcox was the top scor
er with three field goals and a
pair of free shots for 8 points, but
Dave Mondy and Leo Kampman
also accounted for three field
baskets during the evening and
pushed Haithcox closely for the
offensive honors. Lowder, Chat
ham forward, hit 11 points to pace
the losers.
The line-ups:
Elon (47)
F.—Mondy (6)
F.—Rakes (4)
C.—Haithcox (8)
G.—Deal (4)
G.—Cooper (5)
I ..V,..., yj, lu j.j in their first 5th. The Elkin cagers, playing
game after the Christmas vaca- under Y.M.C.A. colors this year
instead of the Chatham Blanket-
Despite the defeat, the Elon eers, put up a hard fight before
outfit put up a nice exhibition going down.
against the older and more exper- The Elkin club moved out in
ienced semi-pros, and the score front early in the game and main-
would certainly have been much tained an 8 to 2 lead after six
Closer had the Christian sccreis minutes of play, but the Christi-
not run into a “long dry spell” an shots began clicking and three
late in the first half. i baskets by Don Haithcox and a
The teams swapped point for toss by Nelvin Cooper tied the
point in the early minutes, and count at 10-all at the midway
after seven minutes the score was Point in the first half,
knotted at 10-all. At that stage! Haithcox, Cooper, Deal and
of the game Hilliard Nance and Martin joined hands in the final
Cobb Slaydon got “hot” and of the half to give Elon a
paced the Eagles to a 34 to 19 to 15 lead at intermission, but
half-time lead. | the boys from the Yadkin River
The last half was a different
story, and the Christians out-l®®‘"°"^ maintained their
scored McCrary 36 to 33 during' through most of the final se-
the final twenty minutes. Nelvin
Cooper, Lacy Ganes and Curtis
Martin paced this final half drive
for the Christians, while Bill
Sheets, ex-High Point, and Jackie
Gentry, ex-Wake Forest, led the
Eagle offensive.
Nelvin Coo.per had five field
goals and two foul baskets to tal
ly 12 points and lead the Elon
scoring, but Curtis Martin was
mester.
Mickey Joyce pushed one from
the corner with ten minutes to go
and knotted the count at 32-all,
after which Gaither, Monday,
Kampman and Haithcox found
the basket for seven baskets to
run the count out at 46 to 36.
Don Haithcox was top scorer
for the Elon quintet for the third
time in the first five games, chip-
right behind him with 10 mark- seven field baskets for a
Elkin “Y” (32)
Melvin (5)
Lowder (11)
G. Pardue (7)
Smith (4)
D. Pardue (2)
Score at half—Elon 22, Chat
ham 17.
Elon subs—Gaither (4), Martin
(2), Hall (1), Taylor (1), Black-
stone (1), Gane (1), Kampman (6),
White (4), Drew, Owen. Elkin
subs — Brown (2), Cooke (1),
Boles, Collins, Harris.
ers on a brace of action shots
and six good free shots out of
eight attempts.
The line-ups:
Elon (15)
F.—Rakes (2)
F—Mondy (3)
C.—Haithcox (7)
G.—Deal (2)
G.—Cooper (12)
McCrary (67)
Sheets (11)
total of 14 points. Nelvin Cooper
copped second place in the Chris
tian scoring with 9 points. Low
der rung four field goals and two
fouls to roll up 10 points for the
losers.
H. Nance (8)
Henry (6)
Score at half — McCrary 34,
Elon 19.
Elon subs— Martin (10), Drew
(3), Blackstone (4), Gane (8),
Kampman (4), Gaither, Hall, Tay
lor, Foster, Owens. McCrary
subs—Allen (9), Medlin (2), Haw
kins (3), Moran (4), D. Nance (3),
Slaydon (6).
The line-ups:
Gentry (li) |Elon (46)
Williams (4) F.—Cooper (9)
F.—^Martin (1)
C.—Drew
G.—Deal (2)
G.—Owen (2)
Elkin “Y” (36)
Lowder (10)
Smith (8)
G. Pardue (2)
D. Pardue (5)
Melvin (7)
ready for the season to open., vET’S APARTMENTS: Jack
Richard Painter, Bob Williams, Andrews^ who was one of the'
J. W. Blanchard, and Ireland U,p- leading scorers last year, is back I
for another season of competi
tion. He will be playing with
Graham Erlocher, Bill Davis,
Glenn King and others.
Score at half: Elon 19, Elkin ‘Y’
15.
Elon subs—Joyce (2), Gaither
(4), Mondy (4), Haithcox (14),
Blackstone (2), Kampman (6),
Rakes, Gane, Foster. Elkin subs
—Stockton (4), Brown, Harris,
church complete the combination.
NORTH - NORTH: Lincoln
Shepperton and Costello will be
the mainstays of this team, but to
join them there are Leon Taylor
and Doug Roane.
SOUTH-NOR'TH: At this timei
there is not too much known i
VET’S COURT: Walter Tem
ple, Archie Morgan, Jack Blalock
and Jack Golden make up the
about this team, but with Jack backbone of the team to repre-
Platt and Bob Lewis leading them' sent the court in the league this
they will be rough to stop. |year.
Ping Pong Meet
Will Start Soon
With plans for the annual ping-
pong tourney underway, two ta
bles have been placed in the Stu
dent Union for practice use and
checked out from the book store,
but students must furnish ball3
for play.
The tournament plans call for
five divisions of play, with tour
naments for girls singles, girls
doubles, boys singles, boys dou
bles and mixed doubles. Those
recreation. Miss Ruby Adams, wishing to enter the meet should
who will direct the event, stated sign on the Intramural bulletin
that paddles and nets may be board by Friday of this week.