Wednesday, April 19, 1950
MAROON AND GOLD
PAGE THBEE
I'm Telling You
By ROCCO SILEO
FIRE DESTROYS GRANDSTAND AT ELON BALL PARK
Elon’s defending North State
baseball champions, this young
and inexperienced 1950 edition of
the Fighting Christians, are do
ing a great job of upholding the
honoi's attained by their worthy
predecessors.
Unpolished though it may be
at the present, Coach Mallory’s
club has shown sparks of brilli
ance afield and touches of power
at the plate to give every indica
tion of another successful season
on the diamond. Thus far, this
latest Christian club, which sports
no less than five new faces in its
starting lineup, has been defend
ing the coveted Conference titla
with the poise and art of an ex
perienced and veteran club.
The infield quartet, composed
of rookies Quackenbush, Rakes
and Myers and the veteran Stew
art, may never be likened to
Elon’s great infield quartet of the
past season, but as soon as the
rough spots are smoothed out,
they will certainly stand up with
any in the Conference. With con
stant practice and experimenta
tion, Rakes and Myers, principals
in the important keystone combi-
jiation, should develop into the
best double-play twosome in the
league. Quackenbush, with much
potential power at the plate,
comes up from the high school
ranks with an important fault
around the hot corner, which
Coach MaUory has been working
on and should be polished off
shortly. Stewart is a fixture at
the initial sack, and, while the
slugging left-hander has not un
leashed the power of last season,
his importance is indicated by the
fact that he led the team in runs
batted in for the first seven
games.
I The outfield shapes up as some
what stronger than that of last
year. In the veteran Phillips
and the rookies Brigman, Reid
and Cassell, Elon has a much fast-
, ei outfield, and their bats appear
far more potent than their prede
cessors. PhiUips, a steady left-
fielder, who batted around .385
last year, has failed to hit his
[stride at the plate so far, but
Brigman and Reid have carried
the offensive burden well. Brig
man, the fastest man on the club
at times, and Reid, the classiest,
are both capable of breaking up a
ball game with a well-timed
clout. The same is true of Cas
sell, Quackenbush and Stewart.
The acquisition of Hamjrick, Wal
ters and Weaver to support Siler
and Taylor on the mound has bol
stered the pitching staff consider
ably. The three rookie twirlers
have already shown Coach Mal
lory enough stufi to give evidence
that they will be front line pitch
ers throughout the long season.
So, given anticipated smooth
ness afield to blend with added
power at the plate and depth on
the pitching mound. Coach Mal
lory can mix, stir well and come
up with a collection of characters
capable of giving Elon her sec
ond consecutive North State Fiise-
baU championship.
Outfield Pair In Race
For Elon Batting Lead
Flames, started by a careless y thrown cigarette and fanned by a wind of near-gale proportions
destroyed the main portion of the grandstand at the Elon College Ball Park on Monday night,
March 27th, with a total loss estimated at $25,000. Included in the loss was a quantity of uniforms
and equipment belonging to the Wake Forest Deacons and to the Burlington Bees professional club.
Heroic efforts on the part o Elon’s firemen and students, a led by firemen from Burlington
and Gibsonville, saved the bleacher sections of the stands, leaving sufficient seating to accommo
date the fans for the Elon home games. Contractors have already started building bleacher seats
to replace the burned section in preparation for the opening of Burlington’s professional season.
The fire was discovered about 6 o’clock that evening, shortly after the conclusion of the first
basegall game of the season between the Elon Christians and the Wake Forest Deacons. The dry
timber in the stands burned rapidly, and shortage of water prevented any really effective efforts
against the main portion of the blaze.
BASEBALL SCHEDULE
Elon 0, Wake Forest 5.
Elon 12, Wake Forest 3.
Elon 12, Lenoir-Rhyne 7.
Elon 16, Ohio U. 15.
Elon 2, Greensboro 11.
Elon 0, Burlington 4.
Elon 4, Catawba 2.
Elon 2, McCrary 5.
Elon 5, ECTC 1.
Elon 12, ACC 3.
April 15—A.C.C., away.
April 17—Appalachian, away.
April 19—Sanford, away.
April 21—High Point, away.
April 22—Guilford, away.
April 26—Catawba, here.
April 27—Lynchburg, here.
April 29—E.C.T.C., here.
May 3—SUer City, away.
May 6—McCrary, away.
May 8—^Appalachian, here.
May 10—High Point, here.
Fay 11—A.C.C., here.
May 13—Lenoir-Rhyne, away.
May 15—W.C.T.C., away (dh).
May 17—Guilford, here.
May 19—McCrary, away.
May 20—McCrary, away.
Elon Nine Off To Fine Start
Cluh House Is Leader
In Intramural Softball
By GEORGE STANLEY
After two weeks of play in the
Intramural Softball League, Club
House and Vets’ Court-Cedar
Lodge are the only undefeated
teams, with the Club House on top
with two wins and no losses, while
the other leader has won one bat
tle.
Club House chalked up its wins
over Kappa Psi and the Vets’
Apartment-Day Student combine,
the latter by a close 5 to 4 score,
he Vets’ Court-Cedar Lodge out
fit defeated North 6 to 5 in the
only game so far.
Highlighting the season so far
has been a pair of brilliant no-hit
pitching performances. On the
opening day Bernie Owens hurled
a perfect game for Sigma Phi
against South Dorm. He was in
trouble only once or twice, due to
walks, but he settled down nicely
to overcome Lou Rochelli, South’s
mound star. Clem Moser starred
at bat for the fraternity nine,
with two hits in three trips.
On the second day of the sea
son, Jim Murray equalled Owens’
performance when t he pitched
I.T.K. to a 2 to 0 win over Oak-
Carlton in a game that was called
in the sixth due to rain. These
and other good games have cre
ated much interest on the part of
most teams, and intramural au
thorities appeal to aU clubs that
there be no forfeits.
GOLFERS DEFEAT
HIGH POINT, 15-12
The Elon golfers broke the
victory ice here last Thursday
afternoon when they defeated
the High Point linksmen 15 to
12 in a meet over the Alamance
Country Club course. Dave
Monday and Cecil Lilly each
had 80’s to pace the Elon golf
ers to victory in this event,
while Kupice led High Point
with a 79 score.
This was the third meet of
the year for the Christian golf
ers, who had previously dropped
decisions to Ohio University
here on Thursday, April 6th, and
to Guilford at Greensboro on
Tuesday, April 11th. The Ohio
outfit won their meet 24 to 3,
with Dave Mondy scoring Elon’s
points. Mondy, Lilly and Coy-
ner turned in individual victor
ies in the Guilford meet.
By JOE SPIVEY
STANDINGS
Won
Lost
Ave. 1
’Club House
2
0
1.000'
Vets-Cedar
1
0
1.000
South
2
1
.667!
I.T.K
2
1
.667
Oak-Carlton
2
1
.667
Sigma Phi ...
1
1
.500
East
1
,1
.500
Kappa Psi ...
0
1
.000
North
0
2
.000
Day St-Vets
Apt... 0
3 .000
Gold Eleven Wins
Spring Grid Game
Elon’s most successful winter
football practice came to a close
on Saturday, March 25th, when
two picked squads battled it out
in the first annual “Maroon-Gold”
game in Burlington Memorial
Stadium, with Bill Barger driving
over for the lone touchdown that
gave the Maroon team a 6 to 0 vic
tory.
Four full teams of Christian
gridiron hopefuls saw action in
the game, which was witnessed by
several hundred interested spec
tators. The game was featured
largely by defensive play, al
though Hal McRae turned in one
beautiful catc hof a 31-yard pass
from Barger to set up the Gold
team’st score.
There were defensive stars ga-
(Continued On Page Four)
The 1950 baseball season for
the Elon Christians got underway
on March 27th, and thus far (as
of last Wednesday) Coach Jim
Mallory’s boys are sporting a “won
4 and lost 3” record. Wins have
been chalked up over Wake For
est, Lenoir-Rhyne, Ohio Universi
ty and Catawba.
Only one of the losses is within
collegiate circles, that being to
Wake Forest in the opening game
by a 5 to 0 score. The other two
losses were to Greensboro 12-2
and to Burlington 4-0, both
Greensboro and Burlington being
professional teams.
in North State Conference
standings, the Christians are de
fending last year’s crown in true
championship style. Lenoir-
Rhynefell on March 30th by a 12
to 7 score, and Catawba saw Elon
rally on April 11th to walk away
with a 4 to 2 victory and keep
her Conference record unblem-;
ished. I
WAKE FOREST 5, ELON O ]
In the first game of the current
season, Elon came up with the
short end of the stick, losing to,
the defending champions of the
Southern Conference from Wake
Forest by 5 to 0. Harry Nichol
son, the Deacons’ Number One
hurler was on the mound and held
the Christians to six scattered
hits.
The Deacs themselves started
things off with a bang. Art
Hoch and Bob Rogers singled, and
Charlie Teague walked to set up
a big first inning. After Hooks
fanned, Joe Fulghum cleared the
bases with a double, giving the
Baptists three markers in the
first, hey added single scores in
the fifth and ninth to total their
five counters.
Co-Captain C. K. Siler started
mound chores for Elon and was
charged with the defeat, witli
Lefty Taylor and Bucky Walters
also seeing service and allowing
one run each. Billy Rakes had:
two of Elon’s six hits.
R. H. E.
W. Forest 300 010 001—5 9 0
Elon 000 000 000—0 6 3,
Nicholas, Kinlaw and Wrenn;
Siler, aylor, Walters and DeSi
mone.
ELON 12, WAKE FOREST 3
The second meeting between
Elon and Wake Forest was a dif
ferent story, for Archie Brigman
and Scotty Quackenbush each
smacked out homers to pace Elon
to a 12 to 3 victory.
It looked like a pitchers’ duel
between Freshman Hank Hamrick
and Wake Forest’s Dick McClenny
until the fourth frame, when Elon j
moved ahead 3-2 on the two
hmers. Quackenbush hit his cir-!
cuit blow with Wayne Phillips on
base.
I Wake Forest tied the count at
3-all in the top of the seventh be
fore Elon’s Joe Weaver, then do- ^
ing mound duty, could settle'
I down. And then came the eighth, ’
when the bottom fell out! Every-
! thing went wrong for the Deacs, I
1 I
' and Elon took advantage of good
I i
hittign, walks and miscues to grab '
a 9-run lead and go on to win 12
to 3. Brigman had three hits and
Quackenbush and DeSimone two
each.
R. H. E.
W. Forest 000 200 100— 3 6 3
Elon 000 300 09x—12 10 1
McClenny, Eller, Price and
Wrenn; Hamrick, Weaver and
DeSimone.
ELON 12, LENOIR-RHYNE 7
On top of the victory over
Wake Forest, the Christians went
on to gain a North State Confer
ence win over Lenoir-Rhyne here
on hursday, March 30th. The
Bears took an early 6-run lead, but
Elon rallied and finally over
came the deficit and won 12 to 7.
C. K. Siler was chased from
ELON'S 1950 BASEBALL LEADERS
L
Wayne Phillips (left) and C. K. Siler (right) are the co-cap
tains of the Elon baseball squad, which is off to a fine start on its
1950 season. The squad handed Wake Forest the Deacons’ only de
feat in eleven start and bids fair to repeat the Christians’ cham
pionship play of last season in the North State Conference.
the mound in the third as Lenair-
Rhyne found him for five hits
and five runs. Lefty Taylor went
to his relief and put out the fire,
but only after yielding another
run.
By the bottom of the eighth
Elon was out in front to stay,
scoring six runs before any man
was out to clinch the game. Car
roll Reid homered three runs
home, and Gene Stewart sent two
more in with a single. Stewart
and Brigman each hit three times,
as Lefty Taylor got credit.for the
win.
R. H. E.
Len.-Rne 006 000 010— 7 11 4
Elon 003 301 26x—12 16 1
Barkley, Beeman and Kantor-
ski; Siler, Taylor, Hamrick and
DeSimone.
ELON 16, OHIO U. 15
What started out as route in
favor of Elon turned into a slug-,
fest for both teams as the Christi
ans downed Ohio University 16-15
here on hursday, April 6th. Elon
sent sixteen batters to the plate |
in the third and ended with twelve
runs, and home forces added salt
to the wounds by adding two runs
in both the fourth and fifth in
nings.
Ohio picked up slowly, scoring
three in the fifth, two in the sev
enth and three in the eighth, but
many fans left the chilly stadium
before things got hot in the ninth.
Ohio added seven runs in that fi
nal rack before Steve Trytek pop
ped up with the tying and win
ning runs on the sacks. Walters
drew credit for the slippery vic
tory, wih Rakes, Myers, Stewart,
Brigman and Quackenbush all hit
ting hard.
R. H. E.
Ohio U. ..00 0 050 237—15 13 1
Elon 0012 220 OOx—16 15 6
Kovach, Hursey, Swank, Per*
man and Biskup, Trytek; Walters,
Fowler, Jones, Siler and DeSi
mone, Frazier, Bryson.
GREENSBSORO 11, ELON 2
Playing under the lights in
Greensboro on Friday night,
April 7th, the Christians dropped
an 11 to 2 decision to the Greens
boro profess^nals. The Patriot
pushed over three runs in the
first, two in the fourth and fiftr
and four in the eighth, while Elon
coudl manage only a pair in the
second.
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Archie Brigman and Carroll
Reid, a pair of slugging freshman
outfielders, set a torrid pace
among the regulars on the Chris
tian diamond squad for the first
seven games of the 1950 season,
according to the averages, which
were compiled after the Catawba
game on April 11th.
That same pair of gardeners
were also in a four-way tie with
Gene Stewart and Hank DeSimone
for runs-batted-in honors. Each
of the quartet has hammered
home seven runs in the first seven
games.
Brigman and Reid also ac
counted for one homer each and
tied with Scott Quackenbush for
the leadership in that depart
ment, Brigman had accounted for
the only three-bagger, and Reid
led the way in two-baggers with
three. To make the record a vir
tual “grand-slam” in their favor,
each had stolen one base and were
tied with Shag Myers and Billy
Rakes for that crown.
While the two fleet-footed out
fielders were staging their battle
for statistical honors on the of
fense, five pitchers were sharing
for statistical honors from the
mound, with Co-Captain C. K.
Siler, Lefty Taylor, Hank Ham
rick, Bernard Walt*ers and Joe
Weaver splitting more or less
equally in the pitching roles. Tay
lor, Hamrick, Walters and Weaver
each accounted for one victory
in early games, and Captain Siler
went to the rescue once *
The complete statistical record
through the Catawba game fol
lows:
(Through Catawba Game)
Player AB R H Ave.
Matze 3
Kluttz 2
Weaver 2
Taylor 5
Brigman 24
Cassell 8
Reid 20
Merrrimon 3
Stewarti 27
Rakes 33
DeSimone 25
Quackenbush 26
Myers 28
Phillips 24
0
1
1
1
8
1
5
0
5
6
5
6
4
4
0
1
0
0
.667
.500
,500
.400
.375
.375
.350
.333
.296
.242
.240
.231
.214
.167
.OUO
.000
.000
.000
Hamrick 5
Yalters 4
Siler 2
Bryson 1
Runs batted in — Stewart 7,
Brigman 7, DeSimone 7, Reid 7,
Quackenbush 5, Rakes 4, Myers,
Kluttz, Phillips. Doubles—Reid
3, Rakes 2, Brigman, Quacken
bush, DeSimone. Triples—Brig
man. Homers — Brigman, Reid,
Quackenbush. Stolen bases —
Reid, “Myers, Brigman, Rakes.
Bases on balls — Hamrick 14,
Weaver 10, Walters 8, Siler 5,
Jones 2, Fowler 1. Strikeouts—
Hamrick 14, Yalters 14, Taylor 12,
Yeaver 10, Siler 6, Fowler 3. Hits
—off Siler, 15 in 10 2-3; off Tay
lor, 10 in 13 1-3; off Waites, 10 in
12 1-3; off Hamrick, 8 in 14 2-3;
off Weaver, 6 in 7; off Fowler, 5
in 3; off Jones, 4 in 1.
NETMEN DEFEATED
BY STATE COLLEGE
The 1950 tennis squad opened
its season here last Wednesday,
April 12th, when it dropped an
8 to 1 decision to the State Col
lege netmen. An earlier en
gagement with Albright Col
lege, scheduled for Tuesday,
April 4th, was rained out after
only four individual matches
were played.
The summary for the N. C.
State meet follows: Ragan (S)
defeated Winstead, 6-1, 6-1;
Skeen (S) defeated Spirko, 6-2,
6-2; Temple (E) defeated Mor
ris, 6-3, 6-3; Osgorne (S) defeat
ed Tingley, 7-5, 11-9; Bums (S)
defeated Parker, 6-2, 6-1; Hall
(S) defeated Stanley, 6-0, 6-1;
Ragan and Keen (S) defeated
Winstead and Temple, 7-5, 6-3;
Osborne and Hall (S) defeated
Tingley and Spirko, 6-1, 6-2;
and Bums and Morris (S) de
feated Parker and Stanley,
6-2, 6-0.