Wednesday, February 8, 1950
MAROON AND GOLD
PAGE THREE
I'm Telling You
By ROCCO SILEO
Up in the big city they say “As
Dimag goes so go the Yankees,”
so here in our little village we
may do well to take up the slogan
“As Rakes goes, so go the Chris
tians,” for the brilliant young
sophomore has responded to his
first starting role of the season in
a blaze of glory. The result was
stimulating. Rakes, flashing that
spectacular form which last sea
son put him in solid with Christi
an followers, bagged 19 points
against Western Carolina to lead
the Elon cagers to their initial
conference victory. Too, the win
will go down in school annals as
Elon’s first in the Memorial gym
nasium.
Coach “Doc” Mathis’ latest
maneuver to find the best work
ing “combo” has undoubtedly
been the best to date and may
Tvell be the solution to most of our
rookie coach’s problems. Rakes,
as aggressive and spirited as a
year ago when he bowed out of ac
tion with a leg injury, continued
his fine work in th« second West
ern Carolina tilt. Dave Mondy
also came through with some
spectacular play this past week.
Teaming up with Nel Cooper in
the back court, Mondy, also a
sophomore, tallied with one-hand
ers and set shots to take over the
scoring burden.
Coach Mathis’ youthful cagers
did themselves proud against
High Point. Employing a shift
ing zone almost to perfection, the
Christians held the highly-touted
Panthers to a 32-29 half-time
count before the veteran High
Point quintet, rated by many as
second to State College in collegi
ate circles in this area, unleashed
a torrid scoriilg’spree to win go
ing away.
Remember, don’t sell Coach
Mathis’ charges short. Rakes,
Mondy, Larry Gaither, Nel Coop
er and Don Haithcox are young
sters playing together for the
first time as a imit. And while
they cant be giant killers this
season, they will certainly com
mand a respectable position in the
icanference standings within a
year or two. Remember, too,
conference opponents are loaded
■with experienced talent, Veterans
that have been paying together
VARSITY CAGE SCHEDULE
Elon 36, Carolina 57.
Elon 57, Eatmons 36.
Elon 47, Elkin “Y” 32.
Elon 55, McCrary 67.
Elon 46, Elkin “Y” 36.
Elon 29, Hanes 51.
Elon 62, A. C. C. 65.
Elon 44, E.C.T.C. 56.
Elon 57, Catawba 66.
Elon 66, Hanev83.
Elon 44, Camp Lejeune 61.
Elon 48, Appalachian 78.
Elon 52, Lenoir-Rhyne 55.
Elon 46, Catawba 62.
Elon 50, W.C.T.C. 40.
Elon 72, W.C.T.C. 50.
Elon 51, High Point 75.
(Remaining: Games)
Feb. 4.—Guilford away.
Feb. 7.—Lenoir-Rhyne here.
Feb. 8.—Appalachian here.
Feb. 10.—Lynchburg away.
Feb. 11.—E.C.T.C. here.
Feb. 14.—A.C.C. here.
Feb. 16.—High Point away.
Feb. 18.—GuUford here.
Ten Games For 1950 Grid Season
Elon Opens Campaign
At Emory And Henry
FIGHTING CHRISTIANS OF HARDWOOD COURTS
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The Fighting Christian basketball squad, which hopes to tack a good finish on an otherwise medi
ocre season, is driving hard in an effort to better itj chances for the North State Tournament. Captain
Ed Drew is shown in the center. Others, left to right, are Lester Foster, Jack White, Mickey Joyce,
Curtis Martin, Bob Taylor, Bill Blackstone, Don Haithcox, Leo Kampman, Dave Mondy, Nelvin Cooper.
Bernie Owen, Billy Rakes and Lacy Gane^ Larry Gaither, regular forward, was not present for the
picture.
for the past two or three years,
and many of whom are now sen
iors, will be gone come another
cage season' and then the opposi
tion will find themselves in Elon’s
present category.
Spirit and sentiment were run
ning sky high last week out at the
practice field as Coach Mallory ran
his rugged gridders through their
initial week of winter drills.
Beaming with joy over the per
formance of prospective linemen.
Coach Mallory stated, “We have a
very tough schedule ahead of us
this fall but the opposition, one
and all, will know that they’ve
been in a ball game.”
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One reason for the hustle and
spirited football drills is the un
animous approval of the newly
selected field generals for the
comijng (campaign— Co-Captains
Pete Marshbum and Joe Erick
son. You’d have to look long and
deep into the wild blue yonder to
come up with a better duo as far
as hustle, leadership and football
savvy go.
Twin W ins Over Catamounts Lift
Christians From Conference Cellar
A pair of victories over the Elon (52)
Lenoir-Rhyne (55)
Western Carolina Catamounts F.
here last week snapped a long F.
losing streak for the Fighting! c.
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Jump BaH -
Christains, and the twin wins
served to lift the Maroon and
Gold quintet out of, the depths of
the North State Conference cel
lar.
Inspired by their two victories
over the invaders from the moun
tains, the Christians cut loose full
force in the first half of their bat
tle against High Point, but their
new zone defense could not stop
the high scoring Panthers in the
final half and the result was an
other defeat. The score of the
fourth battle last week, against
GuiKord on Saturday night, was
unavailable at this writing.
ELON 48, APPALACHIAN 78
The Christians caught Appala
chian’s Mountaineers in a scor
ing mood when they , invaded
Boone on Tuesday, January 24th,
and Appalachian chalked up a 78
to 48 victory. The rivals rode
along on even terms through the
first five minutes, but Appalachi
an pulled away to a 37 to 15 lead
at half-time. j
The lineups-
Mondy (13) Kantorski (12)
Gaither (13) Sellari (10)
Haithcox (11) Newsome (10)
G. Cooper (8) Wells (7)
G. Foster (3) Neighbors (5)
Score at half: Lenoir-Rhyne 32,
Elon 29.
Elon subs — Kampman, Hall,
Drew (2), Myers (1), Jones 10.
Lenoir - Rhyne subs — WUlis,
Bost (9), Pawlak, Acerra, Cash-
well (2).
ELON 46, CATAWBA 62
The Catawba Indians chalked
up their second victory of the sea
son over the Christians and hand
ed Elon her sixth straight North
State Conference defeat at Salis
bury on Saturday, January 8th.
Neither team was ,‘hot” as the In
dians won by a 62 to 56 margin.
Johnson hit 17 and Wood 11 as
the Catawba guards paced the of
fensive for the victors, while
Haithcox topped Elon and also
led the scoring for the entire
game with 18 points. Dave Mon
dy chipped in 10 points to take
the runner-up honors for the Ma
roon and Gold five.
The line-ups:
Elon (46)
F. Mondy (10)
Gaither (7)
Haithcox (18)
Cocker (5)
F.
C.
G.
G.
Foster
Catawba (62)
Graham (7)
Hunsucker (6)
Tomlinson (6)
Johnson (17)
Wood (11)
Score at half: Catawba 33, Elon
26.
Elon subs—Kampman, Hall (2),
Drew (2), Myers, Jones, Gane, Ow
en (2).
Catawba subs—Hodgin (9), Tay
lor (2), Brown (4).
ELON 50, W.C.T.C. 40
The Chritians finally broke the
ice and chalked up their first
North State Conference win out
of eight starts on Monday night,
January 30th, when they drop
ped the Western Carolina Cata
mounts 50 to 40 in a ragged exhi
bition, which failed to show eith
er team shining.
Billy Rakes, back in the start
ing lineup for the first time since
early season, played a beautiful
floor game and hit his shots well
to roll in 19 points. He was ably
aided and abetted by Dave Mon-
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Winter Grid
Work Draws
Large Squad
More than four full teams of
candidates for Elon’s 1950 foot
ball squad answered Coach Jim
Mallory’s call for winter football
practice last week and have been
working out daily in preparation
for a rough and tough campaign
when the new grid season rolls
around.
Included in the group which
drew equipment for the off-season
workouts were twenty-three let-
termen and an equal number of
less experienced candidates, in
cluding a host of boys who saw
reserve service with either the
varsity or Jay-Vees during the
highly successful 1949 season,
which netted eight wins against
two defeats.
The lettermen participating in
winter practice include Len
Greenwood, end; Sal Gero, Jim
Snow and Ed Watkins, tackles;
Hank DeSimone, Raleigh Ellis,
A1 Ludwig and Fielding Dickens,
guards; Bill Renn, Fred Burmei-
ster, Mike Moffo and Jack Annas,
centers; and Joe Erickson, Pete
Mlarshburn, M a 1 McCracken,
Archie Brigman, Hal Johnson,'
Frank Tingley, Carroll Reid, Har
ry Farmer, Bill Barger, Dick Lee
and Fred Biangardi, backs.
Others who answered the call
included Lou Rochelli, Joe Durso,
Ken Rutherford, Jack Christy,
Benny PanneUi, Ernie Gero, BiU
Parker, Roy Kelly, John Hirsch,
Ted Webb, Ike Braxton, Buford
Andrews, Branch Bragg, Joe Jer-
nigan, Arnold Ward, Bob Reese
Bob Summers, . W. Sharpe, Odell
Welborne, Bob Rogers, George
Seay, Walt Deal and Ernie Kluttz.
Coach Mallory has announced
plans for continuing the winter
workouts through February until
winter quarter exams start and
folowing spring holidays, through
the later part of March. The
workouts will stress fundamentals
and lay the foundations for both
he offense and defense for he
coming fall. !
A wise guy comments that a
college education is the one thing
that many people are willing to
pay for and then not get.
Ten football games, and not
a soft touch in the list, make up
the 1950 football schedule for the
Fighting Christians of Elon Col
lege, announced this week by Co
aeh Jim Mallory, who directed the
Maroon and Gold eleven through
its best post-war season last fall.
The Christians will open their
campaign with one of the tough
est opponents on the entire sched
ule, for they are scheduled to in
vade Virginia on Saturday, Sept
ember 16th, to battle the power-
rful Emory and Henry Waaps in
the first of the ten scheduled en
gagements.
The Wasps buzzed through their
1949 season without a defeat and
went on to two bowl games before
they hung up their moleskins, and
reports issuing from Southwest
Virginia are that the Wasps will
have lost none of their sting when
another autumn rolls around, all
of which indicates a very busy eve
ning for the Christians when they
invade the Wasps’ home nest.
The Mallory men are then
scheduled to meet each of the
other eight teams in the North
State Conference, for Western
Carolina has been added to the
list met last year. This second
new opponent also packed a pow
erful punch last fall, when the
Catamounts won the North State
Conference title. The tenth bat
tle will find the Christians meet
ing ever-potent Newberry.
With Emory and Henry and
Western Carolina added to the list
the Christians will not meet the
Edenton Marines and the New
port News Naval Apprentice, two
teams that fell with comparative
ease last fall.
The schedule will be evenly
blaanced in the matter of home
and foreign games, for five of the
tilts will be played at home and
five away. Plans now call for all
games to be played on Saturday,
since the Friday engagements
failed to prove good drawing
cards last season.
The schedule, as announced by
Coach Mallory, includes the fol
lowing games:
Sept. 16.— Emory and Henry,
away.
Sept. 23.—A.C.C., home.
Sept. 20.—Appalatchian, away.
Oct. 7.—E.C.T.C., home.
Oct. 14.—Newberry, away.
Oct. 21.—Catawba, home, (home
coming).
Oct. 28.—W.C.T.C., away.
Nov. 4.—High Point, away.
Nov. 11.—Lenoir-Rhyne, home.
Nov. 23.—GuUford, home.
Elon (48)
F. Mondy (5)
F. Gaither (8)
C. Haithcox (5)
Cooper (1)
G. Foster (2)
Appalachian (78)
Causey (3)
Hunt (11)
Hope (17)
Martin (10)
Stevens (11)
MARSHBVRN AND ERICKSON
TO LEAD FOOTBALL SQVAD
Score at half: Appalachian 37,
Elon 15.
Elon subs—Kampman (6), Hall
(4), Rakes, Taylor, Drew (3),
Blackstone (1), Leigh (2), Myers
(2), White, Jones (4).
Appalachian subs — Norman
(6), Lancaster (4), Mast (3), Hen
drix, Moir (5), Hauser (6), Wey
(2), Garris, Cook.
ELON 52, LENOIR-RHYNE 55
Another of the extremely close
battles dropped by the Elon cag
ers this season was to Lenoir-
Rhyne in Hickory on Wednesday,
January 25th, when the Bears
chalked up a 55 to 52 victory over
the Christians in a North State
Conference engagement.
Dave Mondy and Larry Gai
ther paced a brilliant comeback
drive down the stretch for Elon
after the Christians had trailed
32 to 29 at the intermission. The
drive brought Elon a tie count
with a minute to go, but the Bears
rallied to pull the game out of
the fire in that final minute.
The line-ups:
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Pete Marshbum and Joe Erickson, two of the outstanding: backfield performers on the Elon
football squad during' the 1949 season, have just been chosen as co-captains of the Fighting Chris
tian eleven for the coming 1950 campaign.
The results of the election by the squad was announced last week and the choice has met with
universal approval on the part of both student body and the members of the football squad.
They succeed Arnold Melvin and Claude Gentry, two husky line stars, whe Jpere game leaders
for the Ciiristians last autumn.
Pote '\Iarshburn, who hails
from Greensboro, paclis 185
pounds of concentrated power
on his stocky frame, and he
played an outstanding role in
many of the Elon games last fall.
He is a Junior and has improved
each year, being winner of the
trophy last season as the “most
improved back” on the squad.
Joe Erickson, who transfer
red to Elon from Wake Forest,
hails from Bay Shore, Long Is
land, N. Y., the same town
wJiich gave “Bulldozer” Bian
gardi to the Chritian squad.
Ineligible during the first year
hie was on the campus because
of the transfer rule, Erickson
stepped into a reg:ular role last
season and proved himself one
of the finest blocking backs and
field generals in the North State
Conference.
Jay-Vees Keep ‘
Their Fast Pace
The Jay-Vee basketeers con
tinued their successful play dur
ing the past two weeks, chalking
up three wins in five starts, in
cluding two more victories over
North State Conference opposi
tion.
Their victories were over the
Lenoir-Rhyne Cubs by a 49 to 43
margin; a revenge decision over
Burlington High by a 50 to 31
count; and over the Little Pan
thers of High Point by a 65 to 47
score. The loses were to Appa
lachian Jay-Vees 70 to 59 and to
the Catawba Papooses by a 57 to
47 margin.
! Coach Lou Savini’s youngsters
continued their hustling type of
play and accurate shooting
through these battles, rolling up
an average score of 54 points per
game while holding their oppon-
lents to an average of 51.3 points
in each game.
Joe and Jim Mills, twin broth
ers from Raleigh, were the refe
rees for the Elon-Catawba game,
probably the only twin referee
act in college basketball.