Wednesday, February 28, 1951
MAROON AND GOLD
PAGE THREE
Spying On Sports
by
JOE SPIVEY
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Baseball Schedule Lists 25 Games
Christian Nine To Open
With Springfield Squad
VA!15^TY TEAM BOASTS FSNS RECOJiD
> The Christians closed out' the
regular ba^Kelbail season witli a
big burst of- booming basketball-
ory. First, Lenoir-Rhyne went i
down before a Conference record'
,:rowd of nearly 3,000, and Guil-1
lord took it in the neck on their
Home court. It might be appro
priate to mat the iiears
were No. 1 in the Conference,
id coi '.d have clinchi'ci uiat en-
ed pp ilion if they could have
nocked off Doc Matliis’ "de-
Elon Downs
Lenoir-Rhyne
Squad 62-57
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The Fighting Christians showed j
' aiviululeiy no respect lor rank j
■ .ien they smacked the higii-fiy-1
ing Lenoir-Rhyne Bears off their j
lUgli perch in a basketball battie |
unkers.” out they nad to knoek climaxed the annual -High!
:;chool Day ’ program on the Elon
campus on Thursday, F^ebruary
15th.
Tlie Bears rode into town at the
jif High Point later in the final
week to sew things up.
* * ♦
Coach Doc Malliis had this to
say about the Lenoir-Rhyne game.
The boys fei right when tiiey
went into the game. We knew
plenty about tneir fast break
down the middle, so I put a man
I a each side, and when they look
ed for someone to pass off to,
-londy or Kendall was there,
i hat’s why they lost the ball on
travelling so much.”
+ ♦ ♦
Although thie Figliting Chris
tians were held to sixth place in
the Conference standings, three of
the starting five posted records of
over 200 points. Haithcox had
312, Mondy had 218, and Kendall
dropped in 225 during 21 regular
season games.
♦ * *
Ben Kendall is Elon’s man of
the hour once more. Ben has won
a berth on the All-North States
Conference team. In doing so,
Ben has emerged as one of the
flashiest players ever to hit tiiese
parts.
He did not get a starting post
until after' Christmas, but after
that he really has rolled. The
freshman from Kokomo, Indiana,
was instrumental in pulling sev
eral games out of the fire, and
his hustling floor-play has been
an inspiration to his running-
mates. A lusty “Congratula
tions” to Ben, the only freshman
to make All-North State.
♦ ♦ *
While in the back - slapping
mood, let’s also congratulate the
other players who made the All-
Conference team, especially Ron
ald Rogers of West Carolina. Al
though playing with a losing ball
club all season, Rogers moved into
the select “500” group by liitting
the nets for 504 points during sea
son play.
♦ ♦ ♦
Next on the list of Inter-Colle-
crest of the North State Confer
ence standings, where Coach
“Pappy” Hamilton’s boys, had
roosted through most of the sea
son. That meant nothing to the
Elon cagers, who proceeded to
shellack the visitors 62 to 57, to
the great delight of over l,50u
high school visitors.
Hank Hamrick and Don Haith
cox paced Elon to an 18 to 9 mar
gin in the first ten minutes, and
Elon staved off a Lenoir-Rhyne
rally to hold a 33 to 26 margin at
half-time. The Christians length
ened this lead in the third quar
ter and led 48 to 37 with ten min
utes to go. They continued to
kad ten points until three mip-
utes before the end, when qui^k
baskets by Pawlak, Wells and
Neighbors pulled the Bears within
five points at the end of the game.
Coach Doe Mathis’ boys played
their best defensive game of the
year in throttling such high scor
ing bears as Kantorski and Sel
lari, with control of rebounds at
both ends featuring the Elon play.
Alondy and Kendall featured the
rebound work.
Ben Kendall continued his high
scoring antics to pace the Christi
ans with 18 points, while Haith
cox chipped in 16 and Hamrick j
12 markers. 'Billy Wells, little Le- |
noir-Rhyne guard, was high scorer j
for the game with 20 markers. |
The line-ups: ‘ j
Pos.—Elon (62) Lenoir-Rhyne (57) |
F—Gaither Kantorski (5)
F—Hamrick (12) Sellari (6) ,
C—Haithcox (16) Newsome (14) j
G—Kendall (18) Wells (20) I
G—Mondy (4) Neighbors (6)
Score at half; Elon 33, Lenoir-
Rhyne 26.
Elon subs—Mitchell (2), Hall (4),
Dasher, Pawlak (2), Cooper (1).
Lenoir-Rhyne subs— Acerra (4),
Dasher, Pawlak (2), Lyerly.
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SCORING
(Not Including Tournament)
The Elon Junior Varsity basketball squad, which won ten of thirteen games during the 1951 sea
son under the direction of Coach “Shag” Myers, is shown above. The players, reading left to right,
are: FRONT ROW—Joe Harvey, Scott Quackenbush and Dave Mooney. SECOND ROW — Buddy
Ussery, Carl Jones, Bob Summers and Darwin Bailey. BACK ROW: Manager Preston Holt, Bill
Blackstone, Jack Mitchell, A1 Zil ; n and Coach “Shag” Myers.
GIRLS' CAGE TEAMS
BATTLE FOR TsTLE
... Five teams began last week
the battle for the girls* intra
mural basketball championship,
according to an announcement
from Jeanne Pitman, president
of the WAA, who is also man
ager of the 1951 hardwood pro
gram. Final results of the team
battle were unavailable for this
issue.
The contesting teams and
their captains included Delta
Upsilon Kappa, Aleane Gentry;
Tau Zeta Phi, Flo Gilbert: West
Dorm, Laverne Brady; Ladies’
Hall, Patsy Milam; and Day Stu
dents, Faye Caddell.
Scores of games for the two
opening days of the season
showed West Dorm defeating
Ladies’ Hall 24 to 13, Delta Up
silon Kappa winning from Tau
Zeta Phi 28 to 26, Ladies’ Hall
taking a thriller from Delta Up
silon Kappa 14 to 13, and Tau
Zeta Phi defeating Day Stu
dents 21 to 14.
Jay-Vee Cagers Won
Ten And Lost Three
The Elon baseball squad, seeking a third consecutive North
State Conference championship, will play 25 tough games during
the coming 1951 baseball season, according to the schedule made
public this week by Coach Jim Mallory.
The Christian diamond crew will play a complete Conference
Fchedule of sixfeen games, meeting each of their other North State
rivals twice. They will also meet Ohio University twice and
I Springfield College once in other collegiate games, with a possi
bility that college tilts may be added with Wake Forest and
Upsala.
The remainder of the schedule pits the Christians against
strong professional and semi-pro competition. There are four
picfessional outfits on the card, Vvhich includes games with Bur
lington, Reidsville and Greensboro, of the Carolina League, and
Lexington, of the North State
League. Otlier tilts are with Mc
Crary Eagles twice and with Nor
folk Naval Air Station.
The season gets underway with
Springfield College here on Fri
day, March 23rd, and it includes
thirteen games at home and twelve
away. Nine of the sixteen North
State Conference tilts are in the
local park, since W.C.T.C. plays
here twice this year.
The complete schedule follows:
March 23—Springfield, home.
March 28—Ohio University,
home.
March 29—Ohio University,
home.
March 31—E.C.T.C., home.
April 4—Lexington (pro), away.
April 5—High Point, home.
April 6 — Greensboro (i^ro),
away.
April 10—Guilford, away.
April 12—Reidsville (pro), away.
April 13—A.C.C., home.
16 — Burlington (pro),
FG
FT
TP
Haithcox
131
50
312
Kendall
88
49
335
Mondy
95
38
318
Hamrick
69
53
190
Gaither
62
30
144
Lewis
43
31
115
Hall
36
30
73
Cooper
28
10
o6
Gauldin
15
6
36
Rakes
11^
7
39
Ussery
6
5
17
Mitchell
5
3
13
Dlackstone
4
1
9
Quackenbush ...
, 1
0
3
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NORTH STATE TOU RNAMENT BRACKET J
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Lenoir-Rhyne
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E.C.T.C., 76-71
E.C.T.C.
E.C.T.C., 69-63
Guilford
Catawba, '94-71
Catawba
High Point 66-63
The Champions
High Point
High Point, 86-80
W.C.T.C.
High Point 67-60
Elon
Elon, 60-54
Appalachian
The Baby Christians, Elon’s ju
nior varsity basketball squad,
closed another highly sucdssful
season when they rolled over the
Guilford Jay-Vees at Guilford 73
to 51 on Saturday night, February
17th.
The Guilford victory gave the
Jay-Vees a record of ten victories
and three defeats for the year, in
cluding victories over several
strong high schoo^ and prep school
aggregations and junior outfits of
the other colleges on the Elon
schedule.
The Jay-Vees were coached this'
year by Charles “Shag” . Myers,
senior Physical Education major,
v.ho played last season with both
the varsity and junior varsity
clubs and who starred at second
base for the Elon baseball squad
last spring. Myers, who hails from
Mayodan, played basketball and
baseball at Oak Ridge prior to en
rolling at Elon in the fall of 1949.
Sixteen players performed with
the Jay-Vees at one time or an-1
other during the season, some of j
playing only one or two j
s. Jack Mitchell, who has
• season with the varsity hit for
12 points for runner-up honors.
Other players and their scores
77, Scott Quackenbush 69, Buddy
Dave
VARSITY CAGE SCHEDULE
E!on 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. 6.3.
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 53, Appalachian 64.
Elon 80. High Point 86.
Elon 62, Lenoir-Rhyne 57.
Elon 63, Guilford 59.
(Tournament Play)
Elon 60, Appalachian 54.
Elon 60, High Point 67.
Bify F ullhack
Breaks Ankle
Fred Biangardi, husky Elon
fullback, became the first casualty
of winter football when he sus
tained a broken ankle in a scrim
mage held last Tuesday afternoon,
February 20.
The injury to the big fullback
was a severe blow to Coach Jim
Mallory’s winter and spring plans,
for the 215-pound bulldozer from
Bayshore, Long Island, looms large
in the Fighting Christian football
hopes for the coming 1951 cam
paign, The ankle will probably
keep him from practice until tall.
The scrimmage waff the first
rough action of the off-season
program, and a number of young
sters were showing plenty of stuff.
Work or other difficulties held
several of the veterans out, and
Coach Mallory had only about
twenty-five men on the first for
that initial scrimmage.
April
home.
April
April
April
April
Api-il
18—W.C.T.C., home.
19—W.C.T.WC., home.
20—E.C.T.C., away.
21—A.C.C., away.
24 — Norfolk Naval Air
Station, home.
April 25—Appalachian, home.
April 28—Catawba, away.
May 1—High Point, away.
May 4—McCrary Eagles, away.
May 5—Lenoir-Rhyne, away.
May 7—Appalachian, away.
May 10—Lenoir-Rhyne, home.
May 11—Catawba, home.
May 14—Guilford, home.
ROiV/E CATES HAS TOP
ELON SCORim RECORD
7, Wally Gaither 6.
The Jay-Vee scores for the sea
son included the following;
Jay-Vees 46, Burlington High
4.
Jay-Vees 32, Carolina Frosh 64.
Jay-Vees 53, Graham High 18.
Jay-Vees 73, High Point JV 33.
Jay-Vees 58, Burlington High-
56.
Jay-Vees 63, Goldsboro High 38.
Jay-Vees 56, Catawba JV 66.
Jay-Vees 58, Hargrave 55.
Jay-Vees 80, Catawba JV 60.
Jay-Vees 69, Appalachian JV
89.
Jay-Vees 85, Guilford JV 50.
Jay-Vees 55, High Point JV 52.
Jay-Vees 73, Guilford JV 51.
Jay-Vees 801—Opponents 676.
With all the furore of record-
rmashing in the realm of basket
ball scoring this season, it is fit
ting and proper that a bH of time
be taken to recall the scoring feats
that produced the old records.
Granting such to be the truth, it
is well worthwhile to think back
to Ronie Cates’ brilliant shooting
that produced the old North State
Conference season mark—and, at
the same time, Elon’s own finest
season record.
Ronald Rogers, speedy W.C.T.C.
forward, has been hitting high-
wide-and-handsome all season lo
produce a new North State Con
ference record and to smash the
old mark that was set by Elon’s
lanky Cates back in 1947. In set
ting the new mark, Rogers ac
counted for 504 points in 25 games
of his regular season schedule,
becoming the first North State
Conference ball player to pass the
500-mark for the season.
This surpassed the old record
held by Ronie Cates, who rolled
in 412 points in 23 regular-season
battles and then added 45 points
in three North State Tournament
games for a complete season total
RONIE CATES
of 457 points. The Western Car
olina star also had at least one;
Conference tourney game in which
to add to his season total.
The record of
the 1947 season may -have gone
overboard as far as a North State
Conference mark is concerned.
Elon Wins
Final Game
At Guilford
The Elon basketeers chalked a
victorious ending on their regular
1951 campaign when they rolled
over the Guilford Quakers at
Guilford'on Saturday night, Feb
ruary 17th,'by a 63 to 59 margin.
The game was the final one for
I both teams before entering the
I annual Conference tourney at
Statesville.
It was the third consecutive vic
tory for Elon over the Quakers,
for the Christians won the first
game here this year 75 to 51 and
has also won the final game of
last season on the local court.
The victory assured Elon a better
than .500 winning average for
both Conference battles and the
over-all schedule this season.
' Hank Hamrick was little short
of sensational in his driving
shots under the basket in this
game, chalking no less than three
lay-ups while driving under at the
'aproximate speed of light. He
was fouled on one of these shots
and driven several feet toward the
.v/all, but he made the basket any-
jway and then sank the free throw.
Pos.—Elon (63) Guilford (59)
i F—Gaither (6) Woodall (10)
F—Hamrick (11) Covington
C—Haithcox (16) Venable (19)
G—Kendall (8) Ingram
457 pomts for G_Mojidy (10) Johns (8)
Elon subs— Mitchell (5), Gaul-
din. Hall (1), Lewis (6), Cooper,
i Guilford subs— Topping (2), Mc-
but it will continue to stand as an Leod (10), Ringler, Dillon (2).
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