Wednesday, February 14, 1951
MAROON AND GOLD
PAGE THREE
Spying On Sports
by
JOE SPIVEY
Cage Tourney To Open February 22
Eight Powerful Tearns
LONG RANGE
BOMBERS
f How much can the human body
Stand? I mean that fracas with
■'the Indians from Catawba. This
one even went into two overtimes,
:a«d made the High Point and East
Carolina games seem comparative
ly calm. A couple of thumps on
the tom-tom for the Indians anu
a hearty “HallEl^lah" for our
Fighting Christians.
Christians
Take Two
From WCTC
•«*
By the way, they love
Haithcox up at Catawba. When
the Christians played up there,
Don got the biggest ovation of the
night. Seems Don shot and shot,
but just couldn’t hit the elusive
hoop. When he finally connected,
the spectators rose en masse and
gave Don a lusty cheer.
* * *
Shag Myers, the Jay-Vee coach,
promises not to wear that dark
suit to another ball game. The
varsitV players took one look at
it on the night of the Catawba
defeat, and decided that Shag had
come to bury them.
1
* * *
The Elon-Guilford game devel
oped into a ball game after the
first half. Both teams looked
pretty ragged for awhile, but the
Mathis-men came back strong in
the second half to rack up fifty
points and a third straight North
State Conference victory.
♦ • •
Any clubs or organizations look
ing for a worthwhile contribution
to the school? Well, we have quite
a few trophies collecting dust over
in the library and various other
places. I think they would look
very nice in a trophy case, which
could be placed in the lobby of
the gym or in the rotunda of Ala
mance.
♦ ♦ *
Well, the El'on five dropped a
close contest with the Mountain
eer aggregation, but the student
body dropped even lower in regard
to sportsmanship.
Things got off to a bad start
when the visitors got ready to go
in the dining hall. It seems that
a few students resented the idea
of the team going in first, and
made it known vocally by cat-calls
and other noises. I have been on
trips with our team, and we have
always been sent to the front of
the line without the hosts com
plaining.
To top all this, when Hunt
started to shoot a foul shot in the
■waning moments of the game,
there was a considerable amount
of booing and shouting that was
entirely unwarranted.
When the players were being
introduced, the Elon people gave
each member of the Appalachian
a nice hand. I wanted to stand up
and say, “I’m from Elon. See how
we treat the visitors?” But after
the above incidents, I felt like
crawling out of the gym.
I guess most of us realize that
the chances are very slim of our
receiving the Conference sports
manship trophy after such exhibi
tions.
• • *
Crew-cuts seem to be the latest
in hair-dos for the basketball
team. ‘Husky” Hall seems to be
the barber in case anyone else
cares to be mangled.
♦ * ♦
Offensive seems to be the by
word In today’s method of playing
basketball, but not so in the intra
mural game between 'Vet’s Court
and Sigma Phi’s “B” team. Final
score—15-12 in favor of the Court.
The crowning touch is that the
game (????) went into over-time
after a 11-11 tie et the end of the
regulation period.
Play was fast but not the shoot
ing.
Whether we win or lose, let’s
be good sports.
The Christian basketeers hit
one of the high peaks of the entire
season when they rolled over the
Don i Western Carolina Catamounts
for two consecutive victories dur
ing a three-day invasion of the
Carolina mountain country.
The Maroon and Gold tossers
hit eighi|y points or better in
or better
each of the two contests, taking
the first of the two battles on
Monday night, January 29th, by
an 80 to 64 margin and rolling at
a still faster pace on Tuesday,
•lanuary 30th, to cop the final
game of the trip by an 85 to 70
score.
The second game of the series
saw big Don Haithcox hotter than
a July day as he paced the Fight
ing Christians to their 85 to 70
victory. Haithcox pumped in 27
points and controlled both back
boards as he showed the Elon out
fit to its second win in as many
nights.
This 27-point effort by Haithcox
in the second game gave him a
total of 43 points and the top scQt-
ing honors for the two games.
This was barely one point more
than was accumulated by Ronald
Rogers, Catamount ace, who ac
counted for 21 points in each
game for the W.C.T.C. quintet.
Dave Mondy rolled in 28 points
and Hank Hamrick 25 in the two
games to rank next in line among
ohe Elon scorers.
FIRST GAME
Pos.—Elon (80) W.C.T.C. (64)
F—Gaither (5) Rogers (21)
F—Hamrick (12) Martin (13)
C—Haithcox (16) Pardue (4)
Gr—Mondy (10) Straehla (4)
G—Kendall (8) Carter (6)
Score at half: Elon 42, Western
Carolina 30.
Elen subs—Cooper, Rakes (2),
Hall (12), Gauldin, Lewis (11),
Quackenbush (2). Western Caro
lina subs—Bennett (8), Wheeler
(1), White (3), Taylor (4).
(SECOND GAME)
Pos.—Elon (85) W.C.T.C. (70)
F—Gaither (8) Rogers (21)
F—Hamrick (11) Martin (16)
—Haithcox (27) Pardue
[—Mondy (18) Straehla (2)
G—Kendall (9) Taylor (22)
Score at half: Elon 41, Western
Carolina 36.
Elon subs—Cooper (6), Hall (4),
auldin, Lewis (2), Quackenbush.
Western Carolina subs—Bennett
(3), White (3), Carter (3).
iSSS?
HANK HAMRICK
DAVE MONDe
BEN KENDALL
Not so tall but plenty fast, the trio of Elon cage stars above have furnished the long range
bombardment cf the basket for the Fighting Christians all season. Left to right, they are Hank
Hamrick, a scrapping demon at forward, and Dave Mondy and B 3n Kendall, two of the finest
guards in the Conference. All have proven themselves dangerous shots from any point on the
floor. They use the one-hand pu;h or the two-hand set with equal efficiency, and rival coaches
must feel their hearts sink when either of the three set their sights on the target, even for a
fleet second.
Elon Doivns
Quaker Five
The Elon cagers averaged bet
ter than three points per minute
in the final ten minutes of the
Guilford game here on Saturday
night, February 3rd, as they rolled
triumphantly to an impressive 75
to 51 victory over the red-clad
Quakers. It was Elon’s seventh
win in North State Conference
play.
The first half of the battle
proved lifeless throughout, and
neither Elon nor Guilford could
get any sustained drive underway.
The Christians were out in front
25 to 17 at intermission, but nei-
;her had shown the fans anything
;o rave about during that first
wenty minutes.
The rival coaches must have in
jected a heavy dcse of vim and
vigor at half-time, however, for
both teams came back strong.
Each was scoring freely in the op
ening minutes, and, they were tied
at 41-all exactly at the midway
point in the final half.
Dave Mondy and Ben Kendall
lit the torch for the Maroon and
Gold at that time, and that final
ten minutes saw Elon pour 34
points through the netting before
I
SCORIISG
(19 Games To Date)
FG
FT
TP
Haithcox
...117
46
280
Mondy
... 89
26
204
Kendall
. .. 78
41
199
Hamrick
.... 61
45
167
(Gaither
- . 50
18
138
Lewis
37
30
104
Hall
.... 24
19
67
Cooper
... 28
9
65
Gauldin
.. 15
6
36
Rakes
... 11
7
29
Ussery
. .. 5
7
17
Blackstone
.... 4
1
9
Mitchell
... 2
1
5
Quackenbush ..
. 1
0
,2
the final gong. The two Elon
guards played brilliantly on the
floor along with their deadly
shooting.
Pos.—Elon (75) Guilford (51)
Gaither (4) Covington (6)
F—Hamrick (9) Woodall
C—Haithcox (17) Venable (2)
G—Mondy (18) Johns
G—Kendall (15) Crews (5)
Score at half: Elon 25, Guilford
17.
Elon subs—Rakes (3), Hall (1),
Cooper (4), Gauldin (2), Lewis (2).
Guilford subs—Topping (8), Dil
lon (10), McLeod (1), Callicutt
(9), Ingram (10), Yates.
Girls Plan
Cage Loop
Girls’ intramural basketball
will get underway late in Febru
ary, according to announcement
from Jeanne Pittman, president ol
the Women’s Athletic Association.
She stated that the start of the
match play had been delayed to
allow more time for practice
>mong the inexperienced players.
In announcing the approaching
basketball program fcr girls, the
WAA president stressed the fact
that all women students in the col
lege are eligible, and she urged
ihem to sign up for play with
their dormitory or sorority teajns.
An effort is also being made to
form a Day Student team.
It was pointed out that lack of
experience need be no bar to par
ticipation, since there are regular
basketball classes at 1:30 o’clock
on Monday and Tuesday after
noons each week. These classes
are open to anyone who wishes to
play.
An appeal was also voiced for
girls who will help with officiat
ing the games, either as referee,
scorer or timekeeper. Flayers
may act as officials when their
team is not playing.
Will Battle For Title
VARSITY CAGE SCHEDULE
Elon 48, Carolina 57.
Elon 62, Wake Forest 73.
Elon 65, McCrary 80.
Elon 75, McCrary 69.
Elon 72, A.C.C. 50.
Elon 86, Troy State 54.
Elon 54, Appalachian 73.
Elon 71, Lenoir-Rhyne 82.
Elon 64, A.C.C. 63.
Elon 60, Catawba 73.
Elon 68, High Point 66.
Elon 75, E.C.T.C. 74.
Elon 62, E.C.T.C. 74.
Elon 79, Catawba 84.
Elon 80, W.C.T.C. 64.
Elon 85, W.C.T.C. 70.
Elon 75, Guilford 51.
Elon 59, Appalachian 64.
Elon 80, High Point 86.
(Remaining Games)
Feb. 15—Lenoir-Rhyne, home.
Feb. 17—Guilford, away.
ELON CAGERS OF 1938 BOASTED
TOP RECORD FOR SINGLE SEASON
South And I, T, K.
Top Inlramurals
South and I.T.K. continued to
lead their respective intramural
leagues after one week of the sec
ond half. South has hurdled its
roughest opposition in licking Kap
pa Psi and Sigma Phi twice each,
but I. T. K. has two tough bat
tles remaining in the other league
in a strong North club and the
boys from Vets’ Apartments. Ei
ther could lick the I.T.K. team on
a good day.
The South outfit displayed the
never-say-die spirit that has given
it the lead in defeating Sigma Phi
30 to 29 in overtime. Joe Deaton
and Jack Annas sparked Sigma
Phi to a nine point lead in the
fir't three quarters, but South
teamwork whittled that lead, and
Lou Rochelli sank a snowbird to
,ie the score. Joe Durso put Sig
ma Phi ahead in the overtime
vith a free throw, but Charlie
Schrader stole the ball and laid
it up to win for South.
Many fine basketball teams
have worn the Maroon and Gold
colors of Elon into the hardwood
conflicts of the past, and picking
any one team from the more than
three decades of Elon’s cage his
tory and calling it “the best ‘
v.'ould be fare to call forth pro
longed argument.
However, figures do not lie, and
it was simply a matter of statistics
and research to determine which
cf all the Elon teams since 1912
boasted the best record of wins
and losses for a single season.
That honor goes to the very fine
Fighting Christian aggregation
that played through the 1938 sea
son with 19 victories and only two
defeats.
This 1938 club, which also won
the North State Conference
championship that year, started
off a five-year period of excep
tional brilliance, and it is im
possible to say that it was a strong
er club than some of those that
followed. The fact remains, how
ever, that the 1938 team topped
all the others in percentage of
wins and losses.
Won
Lost
Ave.
19
2
• .905
19
6
.760
19
3
.864
20
4
.833
17
5
.773
Christian fans will be interested
in the following tabulation of sea
son records for those five teams
that carried Elon hopes just prior
to World War II
Season
1938
1939
1940
1941
1942
Simple addition reveals that
thosp five teams i-olled to 94 vic
tories and only 20 defeats in the
final pre-war years. The 1941
club won the greatest number of
victories ever recorded by Elon in
a single season, but its percent
age fell short of the 1938 mark.
The 1938 Christians gained
eleven North State Conference
wins in twelve starts to clinch the
Conference crown, the only defeat
coming at the hands of Lenoir-
Rhyne at Hickory. Lenoir-Rhyne
was defeated in the other of two
games. High Point was the real
contender for the. title, as shown
by the fact that Elon had to go
all out to win 35 fio 33 and 32 to
two games with the
31 in the
Panthers.
A special feature of this 1938
season was a highly successful
northern trip, during which Elon
won five games and lost one. On
that nothern jaunt, the Christians
defeated Washington and Lee in
Lexington 29 to 25, defeated
V.H.I. there 34 to 20. moved over
c Newport News to lick the Naval
,A.pprentice 35 to 29, then downed
St. Johns at Annapolis, Md., by
a 21 to 18 margin, dropped a tough
one to George Washington 46 to
29 and then swung southward to
defeat Randolph-Macon at Ash
land 32 to 28.
This Elon team of 1038 placed
three men on the All-Conference
first team. They were Lloyd Whit
ley, a fine forward, who later lost
his life in World War II; Captain
Hal Bradley, a great center, who
has since made his mark in high
school coaching; and Richard
■Red” Cromlish, a stout guard,
now a banker in Belmont, N. C.
The team was coached by Hor
ace “Horse” Hendriclcson, now
(Continued on Page Four)
Appalachian
Is Winner
Over Elon
Three little words — hot and
;old—offer a perfect description
if the Elon basketball squad that
lost a tough battle to Appalachian
':y a 64 to 59 count here last Wed-
-lesday night, February 7th, for
he Christians were blazing during
:he first half, only to have their
jffensive freeze late in the game
lefore a rallying Mountaineer
five.
Ben Kendall, Elon’s Hoosier
oomber, literally knocked the bot
tom out of the basket in pacing
the Fighting Christians to a nice
36 to 29 margin during the first
half, but the stocky guard was
never able to hit the pace again
after intermission, and valiant ef
forts by Hank Hamrick failed to
take up the slack in the Elon at
tack.
Elon moved to a 10-2 lead in
the first five minutes, but Perk
Collins paced the Mountaineers
irb a quick comeback. The second
half saw Elon maintain its lead
through the early minutes, but
Hunt and Hooks started hitting
to tie at 51-all and then take the
lead.
Hamrick, Kendall and Mondy
v/ere the three top scorers for
Elon, but big Joe Hunt proved
the big scorer of the night as he
paced Appalachian with 19 points.
The line-ups:
Pos.—Elon (59) Appalachian (64)
F—Hamrick (14) Collins (12)
F—Gaither (4) Hodgin
C—Haithcox (10) Hunt (19)
G—Mondy (12) Hooks (18)
[G—Kendall (13) Lancaster (11)
Score at half: Elon 36, Appa
lachian 29.
Elon subs — Rakes, Hall (2),
Lewis (4), Cooper. Appalachian
subs—Mast, Pyecha (4), Garris.
Eight powerful North State Con
ference basketball squads will con
verge on Statesville on Thursday,
February 22nd, for three days of
battling that will end with the
choice of the J^951 champion of
the fastest small-college basket
ball league in the South.
The occasion is the annual North
State Conference Tournament,
v/hich will be held in the beauti
ful Statesville High School gym
nasium for the second straight
season. The big meet will drav/
entries from the eight top teams
in the nine-team Conference.
Seven of the eight Tournament
berths are already clinched for
sure, and indications are that the
Western Carolina Catamounts will
edge Atlantic Christian’s Bulldogs
for the other position. Final
games of the regular season this
weekend may change the picture
on that last position.
The present standings and the
remainder of the schedule indi
cate that Lenoir-Rhyne, Catawba,
High Point and Appalachian will
get the four seeded berths, but
seeded positions may be changed
before the pairings committee
meets at Boone this weekend. The
other four teams will then be
drawn to these seeded teams for
the fiirst round games.
The plans for the tournament
schedule call for two games to be
played on Thursday afternoon of
next week, with two others that
night. The two semi-final battles
will be played on Friday night,
and the final game is slated for
Saturday night, February 24th.
The Elon squad is already as
sured of a post in the tournament,
and Coach Doc Mathis and his
boys will be driving to duplicate
their performance of a year ago.
Last year the Christians upset Ca
tawba and High Point in the first
two rounds and advanced to the
finals, wheije they lost a tough
game to Appalachian.
STANDINGS
(Through Feb. 7)
“A” LEAGUE
Won
Lost
Ave.
South
7
0
1.000
Kappa Psi ..
4
3
.571
Sigma Phi, ..
4
3
.571
Day Students
3
3
.500
Club Hovjse
1
4
.200
East
1
7
.143
“B’
’LEAGUE
Won
Lost
Ave.
I.T.K
5
0
1.000
Oak Lodge .
3
2
.600
North
3
3
.500
Vets Apts. .
2
2
.500
Vets Court .
1
5
.200
Sigma Phi “B” .... 0
2
.000
High Point
Wins Game
In Overtime
Thirty-two foul shots in thirty-
eight attempts proved the decid
ing factor as the High Point Pan
thers gained a thrilling 86 to 80
victory over the Christians at
High Point last Thursday night,
for the Elon cagers hit thirty-two
field baskets while the Pointers
were able to net only twenty-
seven.
It was the second time this sea
son that the Elon and High Point
squads had battled into overtime,
for Elon won the first game on
the local court by 68 to 66 in an
extra period. Elon came back
strong in the second half last
week after trailing at half-time by
five points. Jack Mitchell laid up
one to tie the game 71-all just
fifteen seconds before the whis
tle.
Ben Kendall and Hank Hamrick
played truly sensational ball for
Elon, with their drivmg tactics on
the floor demoralizing the High
Pointers at times. Other members
of the Christian squad also played
one of the best games of the sea
son, with Haithcox and Cooper
scoring well in critical moments.
The line-ups;
Pos.—Elon (80) High Point (85)
F—Gaither (1) Waiz (27)
F—Hamrick' (14) Lisk (2)
C—Haithcox (11) Sueta (16)
G—Kendall (20) Joyce (19)
G—Mondy (6) Davidson (12)
Score at half: High Point 35,
Elon 30. End of regular game;
Elon 71, High Point 71.
Elon subs—Cooper (10), Mitch
ell (5), Hall (1), Lewis (8), Gauldin
(4), Rakes. High Point subs—Red
dish (4), Pryor (6).