fednesday, January 30, 1952
MAROON AND GOLD
PAGE TimEE
|Appalachian To Be Elon Foe In High School Day Battle
Cage Squad Plays Five
THEY TOP ELON CAGERS IN SCOKI^G COLUMN
Spying On Sports
by
JOE SPIVEY
refuses to relinquish
its j grip on the Elon sports scene,
and All-Conference, All-State,
- Lltle All-America Sal Gero con-
tlriura to focus ill the Spying re
porter's glass.
^al. Coach Jim Malloiy, and
Prof. Luther N. Byrd went over
to jGreensboro on Monday night
of last week to the All-State ban
quet. The big feed and gab-fest
was topped-off by Herman Hick-
nui star of gridiron, TV, radio,
and field-house pep talks to the
i'ale gridders.
'Of course the main feature of
the night was the awarding of the
gold miniature footballs and cer-
tilfcates to All-State players se
lected to the team of the same
name.
^ud as it may seem, line coach
Doc Mathis was unable to attend
lor (the second straigiit year, but
with Sal making his second ap
pearance, we know Doc has a well-
deserved sense of pride in seeing
the |iruit of his labor rewarded.
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Gero, by the way, was picked
upjby the pro-football Washington
Redskins on the 25th draft of col
lege talent, eligible for the pro
le^ues.
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Xpo bad it wasn’t for the books,
f mean that scrimmage betwee^i
thejN. C. State Jay-Vees and the
Elon Jay-Vees. Our own Little
Christians really put the hooks
to (the future Wolfpackers and
whipped ’em soundly by 20 points.
Atfone time the youthful Elonites
held a 25-point advantage. Vic
Bubas, the State Jay-Vee coach,
yelled "Swing it!" all night, but
they couldn't do a thing without
that swing.
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Coach Mathis after the Catawba
loss: “It beats me. I don’t know
what happened.”
• .e coach after the Lenoir-
Rl^y.^e game: “I certainly do feiel
better now.”
A..d no small wonder. The
Fighting Christians had just beat
en [the team that thrashed High
Point, who was everybody's pre
season favorite. Lenoir-Khyne
had also set a home court record
when they beat Catawba there.
of the foregoing serves to
br||ia up the question, “Just what
do (comparative scores mean?”
'your reporter says, “Not one par
ticle of difference.”
Catawba beat Elon. Lenoir-
Bh} .e beat Catawba. Elon beat
Lenoir-Rhyne. Doesn’t make
huh?
Or take the McCrary and Hanes
g»ir;es. Hanes beat Elon. Me
C^iy beat Hanes. Elon beat
McCrary. If predictions are
made on the comparison of scores,
Ejp>tein must be the go-between.
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■The visitors at the Lenoir-
Rljjne game made it seem like an-
Nine Teams
In Campus
Ca^e Loop
By GEORGE ETHERIDGE
Nine teams are entered in the
Intramural Cage League this
year, comprising one of the fast
est fields ever to compete for
campus honors at Elon, and early
games indicate that the campus
fans will see a great brand of
sports entertainment before the
1952 title is awarded.
Individual stars are plentiful,
and an all-star team might be
named that would give any club
a tough evening. Such a team
could draw from a group that in
cludes Bill Blackstone, Jim Akers,
Bob Lewis, Lou Rochelli and Bob
Burgess. A brief round-up of the
nine teams follows;
DAY STUDENTS: This team is
built about Bob Burgess, an All-
Stater from Burlington. To date
the team has a 2-1 record, hav
ing lost to ITK by two points.
Burgess has dropped in 51 points
in three games, with able assist
ance frorn Overman, Perry and
Hovedeson.
ITK: The last year’s champions
are bidding high for a second
crown, despite the loss of Pete
Marshburn, last year's aee who
graduated. Bill Blackstone, ex
varsity, compensates for Marsh-
burn’s loss, with DeSimone,
Reese, Christy and Dillon round
ing out the team
SIGMA PHI “A”—Joe Deaton's
boys have a well-rounded and
fast team, but they lack height. It
is paced by Lou Rochelli, last
year’s high scorer, Joe Durso and
newcomer Sheepy Peters
KAPPA PSI—Bob Lewis and
company may have what it takes
to cop the intramural crown.
Lewis, who was high scorer in tlie
intramural loop two years ago
played varsiiy ball last winter.
Aiding him are Bob Rogers, Gar
ron Wooten and Frank Tingley,
e.\perienced ball-handlers.
ALPHA PI—This team features
.ssharpshooters Lefty Taylor and
A
Successive Home Games
Eloii Cage Games
DON H.\ITHCOX
BEN KENDALL
BILLY HAWKINS
The three Fighting Christian aces shown above have been top scorers for the Elon basketball
squad throughout the first half of the season. Ben Kendall (center), who iias played both guard
and forward, held first place in scoring after nineteen games were on the books, with a total of 299
points to his credit. Don Haithcox (left), a towering center, ranked second at the same time, with
a total of 259 points: and Billy Hawkins (right*, speedy guard who came to Elnn from Wingate this
fall, held third rank with a mark of 162 points. No other member of the squat* wa.« pushing tiiese
three when statistics were compiled after the second Erskine gaire.
Christian Cagers Win Four Straight
Games As Post-Holiday Slum}) Ends
Rising from the depths of a
post-holiday slump that saw them
drop five out of six games, tlie
Fighting Christian cagers bounc
ed back to the same winning
stride that characterized their
play in early season
The Maroon and Gold squad
hit victory trail again with a
thrilling one-point win over Mc
Crary at Asheboro and then added
consecutive wins over Lenoir-
Rhyne, Norfolk Navy and Erskine
within a seven-day period. These
victories gave the Christian bas-
PEESBVTERI.'\N 68, ELON 50 G.—Mondy (6) Henry (6)
The Presbyterian Blue Stockings'1"^' «• ^ance (19)
made it two wins in a row fori ^9, McCvary
reason when they defeated the
Elon cagers 68 to 50 here Tuesday
29.
night, January 15th. The Pres
byterian cagers, boasting one of i
the most powerful teams on the
Elon schedule, moved out front
in the first quarter and held the
lead all the way.
Pos.—Elon (50) Presbyterian (68)
F.—Rakes (6) Groninger (6)
F.—Gaither (1) Hawkins (6)
Elon subs—Packard (2), Atkin
son, Quakenbush (3), McIntyre (1),
Garrett. McCrary subs—Raines,
Slaydon (3), Moran (1), O'Quinn
(1), D. Nance.
ELON 77, LENOIR-RHYNE 68
Hitting the high mark of the
season in shooting, floor play and
defense, the Elon Christians halt
ed a Lenoir-Rhyne hot streak by
Elon 61, Hanes Hosiery 68.
Elon 58, Norfolk Navy 57.
Elon 72, Atlantic Navy 61.
Elon 49, Presbyterian 63.
Elon 62, Erskine 45.
Elon 75, Lynchburg 73.
Elon 84, High Point “V” 67.
Elon 78. A.C.C. 61.
Elon 81, Citadel 49.
Elon 65, Hanes Hosiery 71.
Elon 54, McCrary 63.
Elon 81, Lynchburg; 63.
Elon 68, Appalachian 81.
Elon 69, Catawba 71.
Elon 50, Presbyterian 68.
Elon 63, McCrary 62.
Elon 77, Lenoir-Rh,vne 68.
Elon 61, Norfolk Navy 57.
Elon 74. Erskine 47.
(Remaining Games)
Jan. 26—Catawba, away.
Jan. 28—W.C.T.C., here.
Jan. 29—W.C.T.C., here.
Feb. 2—East Carolina, here.
Feb. 4—High Point, here.
Feb. 6—Appalachian, here.
Feb. 9—East Carolina, away.
Feb. 11—High Point, away.
Feb. 13—A.C.C., here.
Feb. 16—Guilford, here.
Feb. 21—Guilford, away.
Feb. 23—Lenoir-Rhyne, away.
Score at half
Elon 25.
Elon subs—Hall (I),
Atidnson (3), Maddox,
keteers a mark on January 26th Kendall (10)
of twelve victories in nineteen
games for the season.
CATAWBA 71, ELON 69
Tiie Catawba Indians struck
hard in tiie last three quarters to
defeat the Fighting Christians 71
to 69 here on Saturday night,
January 12th. Elon moved ahead
early in the game and held a
twelve-point lead midway tlie sec
ond quarter, but Catawba rallied
to go ahead and win.
Pos.—Elon (69) Catawba (71)
F.—Cooper (8) .... Hunsucker (21)
C.—Haithcox (17) Hill (10) defeating the Bears 77 to 68 here
Nye (8)jon Saturday night, January 19th.
G.—Hawkins (3) Blewett (23) The win boosted the Christians
Presbyterian 32,
Packard,
back to an even break in North
State Conference games for the
season.
Mitchell, Pos.—E!on (77) Lenoir-Rhyne (68)
McIntyre (2), Mondy (7), Quak-iF.—Kendall (23) Sellari (26)
enbush. Presbyterian subs—Car-|F.—Hall (7) Probel (13)
ler (4), Loveland
(7), Skimmer (2).
(2), Bondurant ] C.
ELON 63, McCKARY 62
F.—Gaitlier (6) Hodgin
C.—Haithcox (12) .... Pleasants (17)
G.—Hawkins (8) Taylor (12)
G.—Kendall (19) Graham
Score at half: Elon 33, Catawlw
32.
Elon subs— Hall (4), Gauldin,
Haithcox (22) . .. Newsome (12)
G.—Hawkins (15) Hassell (5)
G.—Mondy (2) Reid (4)
Score at half: Elon 38, Lenoir-
The Fighting Christians broke [ Rhyne 32.
back into the win column with aj eiqji subs—Packard, Atkinson
thrilling 63 to 62 victory over tiie 1,3,^ Musten (2), Gaudin (2). Le-
McCrary Eagles at Asheboro on noir-Rhyne subs—Barker, Pawlak,
Thursday night, January 17th. The (2), Lojpessberger (6).
v.'in avenged an earlier loss to the
^ J 1 U 1, ELON 61, NORFOLK NAVY 57
Eagles and also broke a three-
game losing stieak for the Maroon
Winter Grid
Work Noiv
In Progress
Winter football practice is now
in full swing, with Coach Jim
Mallory and his Fighting Christi
an gridiron hopefuls brewing new
and powerful medicine for the
pigskin wars of 1952.
The genial Christian grid men-
The Appalachian Mountaineers
will invade Elon’s Alumni Memor
ial Gymnasium next Wednesday
to battle the Fighting Christian
cagers in the big feature of the
annual “High School Day” pro
gram, a game which should fur
nish the high school guests with
a full evening of thrills.
This game, which is one of the
crucial battles in the North State
Conference season, will mark the
end of a long home stand that
shows the Maroon and Gold cag
ers playing five consecutive Con
ference contests on the home
court, a series of battles tliat will
go far toward determining the
final league standing for the Elon
ball tossers.
The home series opened this
week, with the Western Carolina
Catamounts playing on the Chris
tian court on both Monday and
Tuesday nights. It will continue
with the East Carolina Pirates
at Elpn on Saturday night of this
week and the high-flying Higli
Point Panthers playing heie next
Monday night.
The Western Carolina games
this week were expected to prove
tough tests for Elon, for tiie Cata
mounts bumped High Point out of
top spot in the Conference stand
ing last week by defeating the
Panthers at Cullowhee. The Cata
mounts brought the leading indi
vidual scorer to the campus in the
person of Ronald Rogers, who
won All-American mention among
the smaller colleges last winter.
However, the acid test of Elon
strength comes in the next three
games, with contests that bring
the three leading teams in the
Conference standings into the lo
cal stronghold. No three games
in a row could be tougher than
the ones with East Carolina, High
Point and Appalachian, •
The Christians have not met
either East Carolina or High Point
and Gold cagers.
Pos.—Elon (63)
CHAMPIONS OF G[RLS’ VOLLEY BALL TOURNAMENT
McCraiT (62)
Rakes (7), Atkinson (3), Mondy,|F.—Cooper (6) Sheets (4;
Musten (2). Catawba subs—Ox-|F.—Kendall (18) Miller (10)
Sammy Nelson, and It is danger-1endine. Fuller (9). Popp (12). Ic.—Haithcox (10) —- Williams (18)
ous any time, capable of upset
ting any team. The Alpha Pi
team dropped a heart-breaker to
Sigma Phi by two points.
SIGMA PHI "B”—This team is
merely Sigma Phi's junior varsity
and is made up of a husky crew
that plays basketball for the love
of the game. Included are Rai-
eigh Ellis, Archie Morgan, Scoop
Scott and Larry Nightllnger.
NORTH DORM: The North
outfit, v/hich includes J-V Coach
Jim Akers, Jack Malloy, Sonny
Morgan and Bill Byrd, is another
The Fighting Christians made
it three victories in a row as th«y
defeated the Norfolk Navy Flyers
61 to 57 here on Mond.iy iiigiit,
January 21st. It was a bitter bat-
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than the battles with these two
teams here last year. The Elon
cage squad defeated tlie Pirates
here last year 75 to 74 and won
from High Point 68 to 66 in one
overtime period
Appalachian has won seven of
the last eight games from Elon,
the Christians’ lone victory com
ing in the first round of the Con
ference tournament last year, and
the Christians would like nothing
better than to bump the Moun
taineers in the “High School Day”
meeting. Appalachian won the
first game this year 81 to 68 at
Boone.
top contender, and this group
other homecoming. Lou Savini, | must be watched all the way.
coaching at
brought down a scrappy
sq^ad that lost to the Elon Jay-
Vees. Claude Manzi, coaching at
j Jfeior High in Burlington, ex
^ !ged notes on football with
Rochein. Mule Chandler,
!fcching at Nathaniel Greene, was
fttlKre along w’ith Dave McClenny,
»coach at Liberty. George Stan-
Greensboro, former Ma-
Jacksonville, 1 OAK-CARLTON: The biggest
little I and roughest crew in the league
comes from Oak-Carietoa, and it
will be hard to stop. In its line
up are such boys as John Platt,
Bubba Barnes, Joe Widdifield,
Leon Long and J. C. Disher.
EAST-SOUTH: The East and
South Dorms have combined their
forces this year, with Elbert Lake.
veteran, leading a
a three-year
r|oii and Gold sports scribe, was; crew that is composed largely
a®o present, as was Phil Cotkran,
c*Durham.
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i^’tt this writing, three of the
^roon and Gold cagers are still
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freshmen.
tor is seeking in these off-season ] this season, but no two games in
workouts to find replacements fori the recent cage hi.story of Elon
the senior stars lost from last College have been more thrilling
fail's combination. These include
Frank Tingley, wingback; Bob
Reece, Len Greenwood and Bob
Lewis, ends; Sal Gero and Hal
McRae, tackles; Raleigh Ellis,
guard; and Dick Lee and Harry
E’armer, line backers.
Mallory has twenty-six letter-
nien due back for next season,
most of whom are taking part in
the winter drills. The lettermen
include five ends, five tackles,
five guards, two centers, and nine
backs.
The linemen working out in the
drills includes Bill Blackstone,
Joe Durso, Jack Christy, Sheepy
I Peters and J. C. Disher, ends; Fred
Burmeister, Joe Widdifield, Tom
h'aymore, Riqhard Smith, Dwight
Dillon and George Stewart, tack
les; A1 Ludwig, Isaac Braxton,
Cliarlie Atkins, Ted Webb, Nat
Burwell, Jesse Hiatt and Jim
Hardy, guards; and Mike Moffot
and Bill Renn, centers.
Tlie backfield hopefuls, listed
by positions played last year, in
clude Lou Rochelli, Carroll Reid
iand Alfred Mael, tailbacks; Fied
Biangardi, Bryce Hurd and John
Platt, fullbacks; Marvin Moss,
I Graham Heath and Walter Hard
ing, blocking backs; and Joe Par
ser, Stacy Johnson, Bob Rogers,
Leonard Morgan and Dickie Brad-
iher, wingbacks.
The early work this winter lias
stre.ssed fundamentals, with some
experimentation with varied of
fensive formations, all of which
■ire designed to give the Fighting
Chri.stians of 1952 grjjter speed
and deception along with the driv
ing pov.'ei- of tiieir attricl^.
Kev. P. S. Kennett, 61, former
member of the Elon College fac
ulty, died in Asheville on Janu
ary 21st after a brief illness.
Campus volley ball champion", after winning the annual girls’ tournament was the spritcly crew
from Second Floor West, wliich d. foatf'd both Second Floor West ind Tou :^eta Phi in the play-offs
for the crown. Members of the chainpion:ikip to.^m (left to right in above picture) are as fellows:
FRONT ROW: Laverne Brady, Je iiietle Wilson, Betty Jean Boyce and Kay :,ia.->sey. B.ACK ROW.
Louise McLeod, Emma Lou Sock veil, Annie Vince May and Sue Moore.
Sal Gero, Elon's Little All-
American tackle, was one of the
college players drafted by the
Washington Redskins of the Na
tional Football League.
Girls Cagers
Open Season
The girls’ intramural basketball
season got underway on the
campus last week, with four teams
competing for the 1952 champion
ship in a schedule aranged under
the direction of Dolly Westmore
land. A free throw tournament
will follow the regular games.
The teams participating include
Delta Upsilon Kappa, managed by
Rachel Matthews; Beta Chi Epsi
lon, managed by Betty Jo Shep
herd; Second Floor West, manag
ed by Louise McLeod; and Third
Floor West, managed by Virginia
Jemegan.
Beta Chi Epsilon defeated Delta
Upsilon Kappa 35 to 15 in the
::cason opener, with Emma Jean
rockard hilting 15 and Patti
Moore 12 points for the winners.
Pat Gate.T topped Delta Upsilon
,;itli 9 markers.
Another early game saw Second
Floor West win over Third Floor
West 30 to 17, with Betty Jo Dil
lard ringing 14 points for the win
ners and -Julia Smith hitting 9 to
lead the Third Floor las.;ie3.