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Wednesday, May 17, 1950 A R . O N A iNi O -OLD PAGE THREE I'm Telling You By ROCCO SILEO “The tact that Elon lost the re- an danother lanky gent, looked cent North State Conference track professional in taking the 880 championship is really insignifi- yard run, which, incidentally, was cant. The North State’s first meet his first attempt ever. Jim Elkins, since pre-war days did prove one ^ the most determined athlete in thing, however. Elo nhasa car- school, had little trouble copping load of versatile athletes. the mile and two-mile jaunts. len GreenwiX)d, one of the few ^ And, finally, Lefly Taylor, in the athletes with previous track ex- pole vault, Bob Edmiston, in the perience, initiated the idea of a shot and discus, adn Dave Mondy track squad here this year, and in the high jump, outclassed all Coach Doc Mathis led the hand- other competition. £ul of eager and enthusiastic ath- j All in all, it was a very success- letes who responded to Green- ful day. Elon’s football, baseball, wood’s beck and call to Guilford, and golf stars did well indeed in What followed was something! their first track meet, and the for the books. Elon’s track and | North State Conference moved field cohorts proceeded to walk another step forv/ard in a rounded off with first place in no less than sports program, nine of the fifteen events, but in- * ♦ * ability to place second or third c. C. N. Y. boasted a “grand proved fatal to the Christians, sam” by copping both the Nation- who nevertheless amassed 56 al basketball tournaments this Christian Nine In Conference Lead Championship Clinched By Lenoir-Rhyne Game SETTING FAST PACE IN CONFERENCE PLAY points behind winning Guilford’s 58 markers. Elon’s outstanding individual past spring. The boys down South are hopeful of doing the New Yorkers one better by tak- were, needless to say, outstanding jjjg all three of the Intramural performers of the meet as well, j sports this year. With the soft- The Christians’ top performer was ball title virtually assured at The Christian baseball squad, which has helS to the top notch on the North State Conference ladder throughout the season, is shown in the above picture. Left to right, these shown are as follows: (Front Row) Billy Rakes, shorstop; Hank DeSimone, catcher; Shag Myers, second base; Ar- cliie Brigman, center field; Joe Bryson, catcher; Art Fowler, pitcher; James Hamrick, pitcher; Co- Captain Wayne Phillips, left field; Co-Captain C. K. Siler, pitcher; and Bernard Walters, pitcher. (Back Row) Coach Jim Mallory; Joe Weaver, pitcher; Lefty Taylor, pitcher; Billy Matze, utility; Gene Stewart, first base; Charlie Cassell, utility outfield; Carl Jones, pitcher; Don Merrimon, util ity; Frank Ingram, utility; Scott Quackenbush, third base; Carroll Reid, right field; and Manager J. C. Williams. Netmen Can Clinch Crown Today The Elon College tennis team will wind up one of its most suc cessful seasons by meeting Guil ford’s netters here this afternoon (Wednesday), and a victory in that their student coach, Len Green-. press time, the Engineers over -meet will clinch the team cham- wood, for the lanky football star took second place in the meet for individual scoring with a total of 13 points, copping high hurdles and tying for the high jump and placing third in the javelin and the low hurdles. Meanwhile, he wa spacing and coaching Elon’s other entries. Larry Gaither, basketball star beyond the tracks look like a sure bet to become the only team in the school’s history to take the Intramural football, basketball and softball championships in a single year. * + ♦ And at press time the varsity (Continued On Page Four) pionship of the North State Con ference for the local squad. Captain Bill Winstead has al ready clinched the individual sin gles title for the year, having de feated High Point’s Jack Steele Elon Track Team Cops Second In Loop Meet A gallant band of Elon College track stars made a great bid for - the 1950 cinder championship of the North State Conference in the revival of the annual meet, which was held at Guilford on Friday afternoon. May 5th. but the bid fell short two points and Guilford nosed the Christians out for the crown by a 58 to 56 margin. The Elon stars chalked up eight first places and tied for another one in fifteen events, while Guil ford was able to account for five first places and a tie for another one. Lenoir-Rhyne scored a lone individual win in the 100-yard dash. The final score for four teams represented showed Guil ford 58. Elon 56, Lenoir-Rhyne 36 and High Point 11. Len Greenwood led the Elon scoring with 13 points, collected on a first place in the low hurdles, a tie for first in the high jump and a pair of third places in the javelin and low hurdles. Jim El kins and Bob Edmiston each chalked a pair of individual vic tories, Elkins taking firsts in the mile and two-mile, while Edmi ston topped top honors in both the shot and discus. Other individual stars for the Christians included Larry Gaith er, who won the half-mile; Lefty Taylor, who topped all the pole- vaulters; Dave Mondy, who tied with Len Greenwood for the high jump; and Bob Lewis, who tied with Wally Maultsby, Guilford speedster, in the 220 yard dash. • 'The summary by events fol- Ilows: ^ 120 yard high hurdles: Green wood (Elon), Small (Guilford), Coyne (Lenoir-Rhyne), Crutch field (Guilford). Time: 16.8 sec onds. 100 yard dash; Gene Robinson (Lenoir-Rhyne), George Robinson (Lenoir-Rhyne), K le i n (High Point), J. Robinson (Lenoir- Rhyne). Time: 10.3 seconds. Mile run: Elkins (Elon), Roeske (Guilford), MUner (Guilford) Williams (Lenoir-Rhyne). Time: MYERS LEADING BATTER AS SEASON NEARS CLOSE BULLETIN! The Christian baseball squad, needins only one win in its four final games to clinch the title, got that victory last Saturday at Hickory, defeating Lenoir-Rhyne 5-4 to bring Elon her second suc cessive North State champion ship. Shag Myers, Christian second 2, Myers 1, Phillips I. Sacrifice sacker, was showing the way to hits—Taylor 3, Myers 2, Brigman the Elon regulars in batting after 2, Cassell 1. Bases on balls—off twenty-three games of the season, Hamrick 27, off Walters 24, off according to averages compiled Weaver 19, off Siler 17, off Taylor after twenty-three games of the 16, off Jones 2, off Fowler 1. in straight sets, 16-14, and 6-2, in season, according to averages j Strikeouts - by Taylor 48, by compiled after the A.C.C. game Hamrick 43, by Walters 30, by here last week. Myers was hitting Siler 27, by Weaver 15, by Fowler a healthy .337 at that time, with'3. Hits—off Taylor 35 in 52; off Scott Quackenbush in second Siler, 47 in 54; off Hamrick, 26 in place with a .322 By JOE SPIVEY Anyon who saw Coach Jim Mal lory grinning “like a mule eating briars” in the past few days has no cause to wonder why, for with the defeat of A.C.C. here last Thursday afternoon the Fighting Christians were assured of at least a tie for the North State Conference title. With four games left at that time, they need ed only one victory to wrap up an other championship for Elon. Up to that time the Mallory men had won seventeen games and lost only six, and the only loss to a college team was to the poreful Wake Forest Deacons, now mak ing a strong bid for their second straight Southern Conference crown. It is well to note that Elon licked the tar out of the Dea cons 12 to 3 in their second meeting. Definitely it looks like another Elon championship as the 1950 season closes. ELON 6, E. C. T. C. 5 5 minutes 0.8 seconds. 440 yard dash: Topping (Guil ford), Gilbert (High Point), Kirk patrick (Lenoir-Rhyne), N. Nero (Lenoir-Rhyne). Time: 55.2 sec onds. 220 yard dash: Lewis (Elon) and Maultsby (Guilford) tied for first, J. Robinson (Lenoir-Rhyne), Rob ison (Lenoir-Rhyne). Time: 22.4 seconds. 220 yard low hurdles: Small (Guilford), Frank (Lenoir-Rhyne), Greenwood (Elon), Shelton (High Point). Time: 27.9 seconds. 880 yard run: Gaither (Elon), Breedon (Guilforl), N. Nero (Le noir - Rhyne), Ertl (Guilford). Time: 2 minutes 9.6 seconds. Two-mile run: Elkins (Elon), Roeske (Guilford), Danley (Le noir-Rhyne), Milner (Guilford). Time: 12 minutes 21.5 seconds. Pole Vault: Taylor (Elon), Small (Guilford), Schellenger (Guil ford), three-way tie for fourth be tween Goodson, T. Nero and Thompson (all of Lenoir-Rhyne). Height: 9 feet 6 inches. Shot put: Edmiston (Elon), Red dish (High Point), Davidson (Elon), Cooke (Elon). Distance: 44 feet 7 inches. Discus: Edmiston (Elon), Skin ner (Guilford), T. Nero (Lenoir- Rhyne), Coyne (Lenoir-Rhyne). Distance: 107 feet 9 1-2 inches. Javelin: Skinner (Guilford), ■iarborough (High Point), Green wood (Elon), Coyne (Lenoir- Rhyne). Distance: 160 feet. . .ieuiE: HMa HM R RF RRFF High jump: Greenwood (Elon) and Mondy (Elon) tied for first, Yarborough (High Point), Mc Leod (Guilford). Height; 5 feet 10 inches. Broad jump: Small (Guilford), Topping (Guilford), Hunley (Elon), Thompson (Lenoir- Distance: 18 feet 5 inch- the finals of the Conference tour nament at High Point on Friday, May 5th. Frank Tingley and Walter Temple went to the finals in the doubles but, dropped a 6-0, 9-7 decision to the Maddux broth ers, of High Point. The team title race shows Elon in first place by virtue of a thrill ing 6 to 3 victory over the High Point squad at High Point on Monday, May 8th. The High Pointers had previously defeated Elon 7 to 1 in their first meeting, but Guilford upset High Point in the meantime and enabled the Elon outfit to move to the front. In other matches played within the past two weeks, the Elon net ters chalked up a 6 to 3 victory over Lynchburg College here and dropped a hard-fought 5 to 4 de cision to a powerful Carolina Freshman team. The second Ca tawba match, like the first one there, was rained out. As of last 24, Rakes 17, Brigman 17, Stew- Thursday, the Christians had won art 14, DeSimoe 13, Myers 11, 7 matches and lost three for the Phillips 8, Cassell 6, Siler 2, season, but only one loss was inl^luttz 1, Bryson 1, Walters 1. Two I base hits — Rakes 6, Myers 5, [Quackenbush 4, Reid 3, DeSimone Stewart 2, Brigman Player Ab R H Ave. Kluttz 5 1 2 .400 Walters 11 1 4 .364 Cassell 37 6 13 .351 Myers 92 20 31 .337 Merrimon 3 1 1 .333 Quackenbush ...50 27 29 .322 Stewart 87 18 26 .299 Matze 11 0 3 .273 Rakes 104 15 27 .260 Brfemd^ri 92 19 23 .240 DeSimone }. 80 10 20 .250 Reid 69 20 15 .217 Phillips 64 13 13 .203 Taylor 18 2 3 ' .167 Weaver 7 1 1 .143 Siler ?,3 1 3 .130 j Bryson 8 0 1 .125 Hamrick 18 1 2 .111 ! Runs batted in— Quackenbush percentage. 38; off Walters, 26 in 32; off Wea ver, 19 in 19; off Fowler, 5 in 3; off Jones, 4 in 1. Wins—Taylor 5, Siler 4, Weaver 3, Hamrick 3, Walters 2. Losses— Hamrick 2, Siler 1, Taylor 1, Weaver 1, Wal ters 1. The Fighting Christians added another victory to an eight-game winning streak as they downed i ^ t ^ E.C.T.C. by a 6 to 5 count here day, for he connected for two on April 29th. The game ended SOFTBALL CAMPAIGN STILL INCOMPLETE The weather man has inter fered with the softball schedule during the past two weeks, and the schedule remains unfinished at the time of this writing. South Dorm, which continues to ride the top rung of the ladder, defeated Vet’s Court in the only gamie played in the past two weeks, while Sigma Phi copped one game by forfeit from the Club House. Unless some team can over come South in the remaining games, that dormitory will cop the crown and will have taken top honors in the three major sports this year. The South softball outfit lost its first game and has gone undefeated since that time, with Lou Rochelli do ing a masterful job of pitching and receiving excellent backing from a team that includes Hen ry Bomeman, Jesse Riddle, Roc- co Sileo, Mickey Joyce, Bob Rogers, Len Fesmire, George Seay, Larry Gaither, Joe Dea ton and Fred Burmeister. eers roughshod by the wide mar gin of 18 to 7. The one-sided victory was the tenth Conference win in a row for the Christians. Scotty Quacken bush was really “loaded for bear” the Conference. 13, Phillips 2, -, — Lefty Taylor continued to pace ^ phillips 1. Home the pitching staff with five victor-j 5^ Brigman 2, ies against one defeat. He also Reid 1. Stolen bases—Stewart 4, led in strikeouts vwth 48 j Rakes 4, Quackenbush 3, Brigman Golf Team Still Having Bad Luck Bad luck continued ot dog the footsteps of the Elon College golf squad during the past two weeks, for the golfers dropped the two dual meets played so far this month and also fell behind in the annual North State Conference tournament played in Greensboro. The golfers have won three and lost seven matches, with Guilford yet to play. Bill Stalls, of East Carolina Teachers College, cilnched the individual Conference crown, which had been won the year be fore by Elon’s Dave Mondy. Stall shot a 147 for the eighteen-hole contest. Cecil Lilly was the first finisher for Elon with 160 for fifth place. in typical Hollywood thrill fash ion as Elon came back strong in the bottom half of the ninth to clinch the game. This ninth straight win kept the Christians on top in the North State Confer ence and tightened their grip on the titular honors. R. H. E. E.C.T.C 000 000 113—5 6 3 Elon 020 010 102—6 12 0 McCotter and Wood; Hamrick, Weaver and DeSimone. ELON 4, SILER CITY 3 TENNIS SQUAD IN FRONT IN NORTH STATE RACE Rhyne), es. Mile relciy* Guilford. (Topping, Maultsby, Feeney, Breedon), Elon, Lenoir-Rhyne. Time: 3 minutes 44.5 seconds. (Only first place counted in scoring in relay. W 'iTT'i Lefty Taylor and C .K. Siler, held the strong Siler City semi- pro nine to three hits as the Chris tians won a non-Conference game there on Wednesday night, May 3rd. Taylor started the game for Elon and got credit for the victory, although he allowed all three of the Siler City hits and the three runs in the five innings that he worked on the mound. Siler then went in to take over pitching du ties and held his home-town team hitless for the four innings that he worked. Batting star for the night was Scotty Quackenbush, who homer- ed for two runs in the opening in four-sackers, a triple and a sin gle and drove in eight runs. Elon 023 221 044—18 15 1 App 200 000 005—7 7 3 Hamrick and DeSimone; Hodge, Whittington and Oldfield. HENDERSON 4, ELON 2 The Elon nine stepped out of the North State circuit play again on Tuesday night. May 9th, when it tasted defeat from the Henderson semi-pros, who made the most of four seemingly insignificant blows and came up on top of a 4 to 2 score. R. H. E. Elon 100 100 000—2 6 3 H’son 200 200 OOx—4 4 1 Dalters, Weaver and DeSimone; Vanderclute, Ellington and Thomas. ELON 3, HIGH POINT 0 Co-Captain C. K. SUer, who started slow in early season this year, came into his own on the mound against High Point last Wednesday afternoon and pitch ed a five-hit shutout as Elon blanked the High Point Panthers 3 to 0 out at the local park. It was a mound duel between Siler and Jim Swiggett, tall Pan ther pitcher, until the Christians ning and later came up with a sin- pushed over one run in the sev- Archie Brigman drove home enth and added two more in the The Elon tennis squad, with one of the best racket records c ompiled by the Christians in years moved to the front in the North State team race when it defeated the strong High Pomt out fit at High Point last week. Captain Bill Winstead has also copped the Conference singles crown, and Tingley and Temple went to the finals in the doubles. The squad shown above (left to right) includes Jack Spirko, Pete Marshbum, Captain BiU Winstead, Jim Parker, Frank Tingley and Wal ter Temple, J ■ ...I t S gle. the other two tallies with a dou ble in the second frame. R. H. E. Elon 220 000 000—4 9 2 S. City 000 210 000—3 3 0 Taylor, Siler nad DeSimone; Smith and Dixon. McCRARY 6, ELON 0 The powerful semi-pro McCrary Eagles sampled the offerings of three Elon pitchers and came up with a 6 to 0 shutout at Asheboro on Friday night, May 5th. The Eagles connected for nine timely hits against seven for Elon, with the Elonites unable to bunch their hits top roduce runs. R. H. E. Elon 000 000 000—0 7 0 McCrary .... 000 204 OOx—6 9 2 Hamrick, Walters, Taylor and DeSimone; Faircloth and Clodfel- ter. ELON 18, APPALACHIAN 7 The Mountaineers of Appalach ian probably wish that the Fight ing Christians “had of stood in bed” on Monday, May 8th, and it certainly did not pay the Apps to get out of bed that fateful day when Elon ran over the Mountain- eighth. High Point threatened (Continued On Page Foot) 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 11, A.C.C. 3. Elon 13, Appalachian 5. Elon 10, Sanford 4. Elon 5, High Point 1. Elon 13, Guilford 3. Eton 8, Catawba 7. Elon 8, Lynchburg 3. Elon 6. E.C.T.C. 5. Elon 4, Siler City 3. Elon 0, McCrary 6. Elon 18, Appalachian 7. Elon Z, Henderson 4. Elon 3, High Point 0. Elon 3, A.C.C. 2. Elon 5, Lenoir-Rhyne 4. (Remaining Games) May 15—W.C.T.C., away (dh). May 17—Guilford, here. May 19—Siler City, here.
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