Wednesday, May 3, 1950
MAROON AND GOLD
PAGE THREa:
rm Telling You
By ROCCO SILEO
The North State Conference , Thus far, the future track stars
track meet will be held at Guil- have been working out here at the
ford May 5, and Elon College, mi-| intramural field and also at Guil-
nus a track and with only a hand- ford College, where the Quakers
ful of eager candidates to choose'have so graciously ’given the
from, may prove to be one of the boys access to their track and
powerhouses in the meet. j field equipment. Greenwood has
Some time ago, Len Greenwood, slso planned a trip to Chapel Hill
football and potential track star, when the squad could participate
revived the ancient and noble trial and time heats,
question when he asked Coach If eagerness a«d earnest effort
Pierce ’’Why can’t we have track a^e pte-requisites, then Elon’s
here at Elon?” The coach finally first track team in many a moon
gave Greenwood his assurance for a highly successful ven-
that the track team, if organized, ture.
would receive all the backing and ! * * *
blessing of the college . . . with-! The Maroon and Gold received
in reason, that is. a bulletin from Ohio University
So Greenwood, former New recently showing Ohio’s spring
Jersey high school and prep ®Ports record as of April 17. What
school high jumping champion, iiitcrested us most was the fact
was given charge of the recruits. Elon was the only team to de-
He immediately signed up Bob Ohio nine in its first
Jidminston, the baby tank, to ®*Sht starts. Then Western Mich-
take care of the shot and disc turned the trick to give the
events. Edminston, like Green- Buckeyes a 9-2 early season rec-
wood( was a Pennsylvania high
THEY CARRY ELON GOLF HOPES FOR 1950 SEASON
school champion in his specialty.
Also signed up were Jim Elkins,
ior the two-mile run, Paul Cut-
chins, the half-mile and Walker
Jesmire for the dash events.
Of course there are other for
mer track stars in school at pres
ent. Some we do not know, while
others like Archie Brigman, a
dash-man. Lefty Taylor, a pole
vaulter, Bill Rakes, a miler, and
Dave Mondy, a great jumper, are
engaged in football and golf re
spectively.
ord. Included in the nine wins,
was a 3-2 revenge victory over
Western Michigan and a 4-1 vic
tory over high-touted Notre Dame
and at South Bend at that.
Ohio, you will remember, is the
ball club which Elon led 14-0 for
four innings, only to have the
Buckeyes come strong in the late
innings to go down 16-15 before
the home forces. Coach Mallqry
cleared the bench, and the Ohio
ans took advantage of the situa
tion, scoring seven times in the
final frame to come within one
run of victory.
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The Elon golf team, carrying the Christian links hopes for the 1950 season, has met with tough luck thus far in the campaign,
v/inning only three of its first eight matches, but several of the defeats have been by unusually close scores. Left to right in the
above picture, the squad members include Captain Cecil Lilly, Ollie Bass, Jack Platt, Bob Coyner, Lee Rogers, Dave Mondy and Coach
Jet Pierce. Dave Mondy is the defending individual champion for the North State Conference, and he and Captain Lilly have shot
consistently in the 70’s this "season.
Elon Nine Leads Conference
Gene S tewart Leading
Elon Regulars A t Bat
Gene Stewart, lanky first base-'
man, was pacing the hitting for
the first fifteen games of the sea
son, according to statistics com
piled after the second Catawba
game last week. The big first-
sacker was hitting a sturdy .314,
but he ^as pushed closely by
Shag Myers, who had compiled a
.311 average at that time.
Stewart and Myers were the
only regulars hitting above .300,
but four others were hitting solid
averages above the .250 mark, and
the squad as a whole was clouting
at a .264 gait. This coupled with
some excellent pitching to put the
Christians in the forefront in the
North State Conference.
Leaders in the other offensive
departments included Rakes, with
15 runs batted in; Rakes, with 4
two-baggers; Brigman, with 4
three-baggers; Quackenbush, with
2 homers; and Stewart, with 4
stolen bases.
Lefty Taylor was • setting the
pace for a very fine pitching staff,
with 3 victories, trailed by Wal
ters, Weaver and Siler with 2 wins
each. Taylor was also leading in
strikeouts with 33 and in hits al- man 12, Reid 11, DeSimone 11,
lowed percentage, with 27 in 37|phiiiips 7, Myers 6, Siler 2, Cas-
innings. He had issued only 12 ggll 2, Kluttz 1, Bryson 1, Walters
BASEBALL SCHEDULE
Elon 0, Wake Forest 5.
Elon 12, Wake Forest 3.
Elon 13, 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 11, A.C.C. 3.
Elon 13, Appalachian 5.
Elon 10, Sanford 4.
Elon 5, High Point 1.
Elon 13, Guilford 3.
Elon 8, Catawba 7.
Elon 8, Lynchburg 3.
Elon 6. E.C.T.C. 5.
(Remaining Games)
May 3—Siler 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, av.'ay.
bases on balls.
Player
AB
R
H
Ave.
Cassell
....13
2
6
.462:
Kluttz
.... 5
1
2
.400'
Walters
.... 9
1
3
.333'
Matze
.... 6
0
2
.333
Merrimon
3
1
1
.333 1
.•^54?wart
....60
15
19
.316
Myers
....61
13
19
CO
Quackenbush
...58
18
16
.276
.Bri^nwn .... ...
....61
16
16
.262
Rakes
„.R9'
12
18
.261
DeSimone
....54
7
14
-.259
Siier
....14
1
3
.214
Reid'
49
13
10
.204
Phillips
.....50
11
10
.200
Bryson
5
0
1
.200
Bryson
5
0
1
.200
Taylor
12
2.
2
.167
Weaver
..... 6
1
1
.167
Haiflrick
7
1
0
.000
Runs batted in — Rakes 15,
Stewart 13, Quackenbush 12, Brig-
1. Two base hits—Rakes 4, Reid
3, Quackenbush 3, DeSimone 2,
Phillips 2, Myers 2, Stewart 2,
Brigman 1. Three base hits—
Brigman 4, Rakes 2, Reid 1, Myers
1. Home runs—Quackenbush 2,
Brigman 1, Reid 1. Stolen bases
—Stewart 4, Quackenbush 2,
Rakes 2, Brigman 1, Myers 1,
Phillips 1. Sacrifice hits—Taylor
3. Myers 1. Base on balls — off
Hamrick 18, off Weaver 17, off
V/alters* 17, off Taylor 12, off Siler
10, off Jones 2„ off Fowler 1.
Strikeouts—by Taylor 33, by Wal
ters 24, by Siler 20, by Hamrick
17, by Weaver 13, by Fowler 3.
Hits—off Siler 32 in 31; off Tay
lor 27 in 37; off Walters, 20 in 23;
off Hamrick, 10 in 17; off Fowler
5 in 3; off Jones, 4 in 1. Wins—
Taylor 3, by Walters 2, by Weaver
2, by Siler 2, by Hamrick 1.
Riding high-wideand-handsome
on top of an eight-game winning
streak, the Elon baseball squad
gained a decisive margin in the
North State Conference race
when it trounced the Catawba In
dians here on Wednesday after
noon of last week. This victory
left Elon in a position where it
would take more than two defeats
to oust them from the top posi
tion.
After starting the season with
a red-hot batting streak, the Chris
tians have dropped down in their
hitting averages in recent games.
However, the hits they have got
ten have come at timely moments
and coupled with steady pitcihng
to roll up the eight-game win
streak, figured as of last Thurs
day after the Lynchburg game.
ELON 5, ECTC 1
Elon’s Fighting Christians add
ed another feather to their head
dress in defense of their North
State Conference championship
on April 14th as they downed the
E.C.T.C. nine 5 to 1 at Green
ville.
Lefty Taylor became the first
Elon hurler of the season to go
nine full innings and claimed the
victory. / Taylor had a shut-out
until he let up ni the ninth in
ning. The Teachers took this op
portunity to score their lone run
on singles by Wallace, Russell,
and Collie. Until this last-minute
rally, Taylor had fanned five bat
ters and issued no free passes on
balls. i
The Christian batters were not
idle during the pitching exhibi
tion, however. Billy Rakes had
three hits in five trips to the plate
to lead the asault, while Gene
Stewart and Hank DeSimone ac
counted for two hits _apiece and
Scotty Quackenbush blasted a tri
ple.
R. H. E.
Elon 100 100 030—5 10 2
E.C.T.C 000 000 001—5 8 4
Taylor and DeSimone; Jones
and Woods.
ELON 11, A.C.C. 3
Siler garnered two base knocks
apiece to help the cause.
R. H. E.
Elon 131 321 010—11 12 2
A.C.C Oil 000 001— 3 9 6
Siler and DeSimone; Ingraham,
Glazer and C. Tart.
ELON 13, APPALACHIAN 5
The Fighting Christians jumped
on two Mountaineer pitchers on
ble. Phillips, DeSimone, and man, Billy Rakes and Shag Myers,
with two hits apiece.
R. H. E.
Elon 020 010 200— 5 7 0
H. Point. 000 001 000— 1 5 5
ELON 13, GUILFORD 3
Brotherly love ceased for nine
innings of baseball in Quakerville
on April 22nd as the Christians
pummeled the Guilford College
Quakers 13 to 3. This made seven
April 17th at Elon College for 16Conference play for
hits and an impressive 13 to 3 vic-j^^°ri as the Christians took advan-
tory in the North State Confer-1 ^^Se of four Guilford errors and
ence. Batting stars were Shag j c'Sht bases on balls to win in a
Meyers, Bernard Walters andi"'®^^'
'Scotty Quackenbush, with three Siler held the Quakers to
hits apiece. 1® while his mates were tap-
Walters was on the mound for Dewey Wolfe for eight safe
blows.
Quackenbush, Stewart and Reid
got three hits apiece to pace the
winners’ batting attack. Quacken-
Elon Golfers
And Netmen
Showing Well
The Elon golf and tennis teams
joined with the basebaUers last
Thursday, Api^il 27th, to set the
maroon and gold colors high on
the peak of victory hill, for that
day netted three victories for the
Chrisians in . the same afternoon.
While the baseball squad licked
Lynchburg the golfers and net
men each chalked wins over Le
noir-Rhyne.
The tennis squad in defeating
Lenoir-Rhyne 5 to 4 in their
match that day made it five wins
in seven starts this year, having
lost only to N. C. State and High
Point. Meanwhile, they have
chalked up victories over E.C.T.C.
twice, over Lenoir-Rhyne twice
and over Guilford once.
The racketeers dropped their
first match to State 8 to 1 and
then downed E.C.T.C. by the same
score before dropping a 7 to 1
decision to High Point on Satur
day, April 15th. Since that time
they have defeated E.C.T.C. here
on April 18th by a 6 to 4 margin,
downed Lenoir-Rhyne at Hickory
on April 20th by a 4 to 3 margin,
rolled over Guilford there on Ap
ril 22nd 5 to 4, and then trounced
Lenoir-Rhyne again ' here last
Thursday 5 to 4. They were
rained out in matches with Al
bright and Catawba.
The golfers have not fared quite
so well in the matter of matches
drove out a single, double and won and lost, but they have drop-
triple in four trips to pace the ped some of their matches by ex-
Elon offensive. ceedingly close scores. Their rec-
R. H. E. 1 ord for the season shows a total
L’burg .... 010 001 100— 3 10 2
Elon 000 320 30x— 8 14 2
Brockman, Mitchell and Cumis-
key; Siler and DeSimone, Bryson.
TALL ON HILLOCK
Elon and kept the visitors in
check for the full nine innings.
He fanned eight and was in trou
ble only a couple of times as a re
sult of walks and hits. The visit- , plastered a 375-foot line
ors got nine hits, but they were drive homer in the first inning
scattered.
R H £
Ap 102 001 001—5 9 6
Elon 700 101 40x—13 16 0
Walters and DeSimone; Red-
wine and Brame, Whitlock.
ELON 10, SANFORD 4
The Elon nine stepped out of
circuit play on April 19th and
took on Sanford at Sanford in a
game played under the lights. The
Tobacco State League team was
no match for the Christians, who
took advantage of twelve hits and
four Sanford errors to extend
their winning streak by a 10 to 4
score. Setting the pace in the ^
v/ith Myers on base to take indi
vidual honors.
R. H. E.
Elon 200 330 005—13 8
Guilford .. 200 010 000— 3 6 4
Siler and DeSimone, Bryson;
Wolfe and Venuto.
ELON 8, CATAWBA 7
The Mallory-men gained a
stronger hold on first place in the
Conference when they came from
behind to defeat Catawba 8 to 7
here on Wednesday, April ?6th.
The game was a wild affair, with
errors and bases on balls playing
a big part in the outcome.
Elon gained an early lead and
pace in tne errors, but the Christi-
batting department for Elon were I advantage of wildness by
the Catawba hurlers to tie the
Archie Brigman, Shag Myers and
Gene Stewart with two hits
apiece. Caroll Reid hit a timely
triple in the fifth with the bases
loaded.
Coach Jim Mallory used three
pitchers in the persons of Hank
Hamerick, who started and got
credit for the victory, C. . Siler,
and Joe Weaver. ^
R. H. E.
Elon 120 050 101—10 12 1
Sanford .. 000 010 003— 4 7 3
Hamerick, Siler, Weaver and
The Christians continued their DeSimone; Storch and Pettet.
ELON 5, HIGH POINT 1
winning ways at Wilson on April
15th as they nipped the A.C.C.
Bulldogs 11 to 3. Co-captain and
Lefty Taylor caught fire again
ace hurler of the Elon team, C. K.'on April 21st as Elon stopped the
Siler, took Lefty Taylor’s cue of slugging Panthers at High Point
the previous game and went the j in a Conference game. During pitching by Co-Captain C. K. Siler
full route. Although he gave up thei mportant conflict Taylor held gave the Christians an 8 to 3 vic-
count in the eighth inning. The
winning run came on four walks
in the ninth.
Myers, Stewart, Quackenbush
and DeSimone each hit twice to
account for Elon’s eight hits, while
three Elon pitchers joined efforts
to hold Catawba to five bingles.
None of the Catawba runs were
earned.
R. H. E.
Catawba .. 000 410 200— 7 5 2
Elon 300 000 311— 8 8 4
Winbauer, Brendle, Ridenhour,
Newsom and Poole; Taylor, Walt
ers, Weaver and DeSimone.
ELON 8, LYNCHBURG 3
Timely hitting and some steady
-
of three victories out of eight
starts, the victories being over
High Point once and over Lenoir-
Rhyne twice. The defeats have
been at th ehands of Ohio Univer
sity once, Guilford once, Catawba
once and E.C.T.C. twice.
The Christians fell before the
Ohio linksmen 24 to 3, lost to
Guilford 15 to 12, dropped their
I match to E.C.T.C. 23 1-2 to 3 1-2,
lost to E.C.T.C. again by 18 1-2 to
8 1-2, and then dropped another
close match to Catawba 14 1-2 to
12 1-2. I They downed High Point
here 15 to 12 and then took Le
noir-Rhyne in Hickory on April
20th by the same 15 to 12 score.
Their top exhibition was against
Lenoir-Rhyne here last Thursday
I when they downed the Bears 25
to 2, winning five of six individu
al matches and halving the other
and taking the best ball decision
in each of three foursomes.
South Takes
Softball Lead
By GEORGE STANLEY
South Dorm took over the lead
in the Intramural Softball League
last week with five wins and one
defeat, ousting Club House from
the top post. The loop-leading
South club has not lost a game
since the season opener, when it
fell before Sigma Phi 4 to 0 on
Bernie Owens’ no-hitter.
Later games have shown the
South outfit running rough-shod
over all opposition, one score
showing a 21 to 0 win over North.
The Southerners defeated Club
House 14 to 3 in one game last
week and took over the top spot.
Club House got its other defeat
from Oak-Carlton 9 to 8.
The South outfit is shooting for
a high mark in softball, since a
championship in this spring sport
would give the boys beyond the
tracks all major sports titles for
the year. They have previously
this year clinched the crowns in
tag football and basketball.
nine hits and two free trips to
first to the hosts, they were scat
tered enough to keep Elon out of
hot water.”
Meanwhile Elon took an early
the Panthers to five hits after he tory over Lynchburg College here
settled down. He had a little dif- 'on Thursday, April 27th. Lynch-
ficulty with control, but emerged burg got away in front with a
the victor and struck out ten men. run in the second, but Elon moved
The Christians could manage ahead with three runs in the
lead and kept adding runs | only seven hits-off Green, but they | fourth and added to the magin in
throughout the game. Scotty were timely ones when combined later innings.
Quackenbush led the batting at-, with 'five High Point errors. In Carroll Reid clubbed out four
tack with two singles and a dou-, there slugging were Archie Brig- htis in five trips, and Shag Myers
Lefty Taylor, Elon’s southpaw
sophomore, loomed tall on the
pitching hillock, as the Christians
passed the mid-season mark. The
lanky Georgia boy was the lea(ier
in games won, strikeouts and in
percestage of hits allowed after
fifteen games were played. He
also ranked near the top in the
base-on-balls department, despite
the traditional wUdness of the
port-sided chunkers.
STANDINGS
Won Lost Ave.
South 5 1 .800
Club House 5 2 .714
Sigma Phi 4 2 .667
Oak-Carlton 5 3 .625
Vets’ Court 3 2 .600
I. T. K 3 4 .429
East 2 3 .400
Day St-Vets’ Ap. ..1 3 .25a
i North 1 6 .042