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MAROON AND GOLD
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Eloii Diamond Squad To Meet Springfield In Two Games
VOYAGEUS ALO^G THE AIRWAYS
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^'he Fighting Christian basketball squad of 1952, which clinched the Carolinas NAIB cage cham
pionship and won the right to represent North and South Carol na in the national collegiate toui-
r.ame.'it in Kansas City, became the first Elon athletic team to travel by air. The Christian cageis
are |s.^vn above as they disembarked from the huge TWA Constellation upon auival in Kansas
City. Listed from the bottom of the steps to the top. members of the party shown above are as
follov FRONT ROW—Jack Musten. Assistant Coach Jim Akers, Nelvin Cooper. Coach Doc Mathis,
Manager Tim Holt. Scott Quakenbush and Ned Gauidin. BACK Dee Atkinson, Ben Kendall,
DonlHaithcox. Billy Rakes, Ronnie McIntyre and Jack Mitchell.
CHRISTIAN BASEBALLERS OF 1952
way, with success depending upon
come through. Thumbnail sketches of the var
listed by Coach Mallory himself, are given below.
Eiou Cage Games
(Final Season Results)
Eloa 61. Hane^ Hosiery C8.
Elon 58, Norfolk Navy 57.
Elon 72. Atlantic Navy 61.
Eloa 49, Presbyterian 63.
Elon 62, Erskinr 45.
Elon 75, Lynchburg 72.
Elon 84. Hish Point “Y” 67.
Elon 78, A.C.C. 61.
Elon 81. Citadel 49.
Elon 65, Hanes Hosiery 71.
Elon 54, iVlcCrary 63.
Elon 81. Lynchburg 63.
Elon 68, .Appalachian 81.
Elon 69, Catawba 71.
Elon 50. Presbyterian 68.
Elon 63. McCrary 62,
Elon 77, Lenoir-Rhyne 68.
Elon 61, Norfolk Navy 57.
Elon 74. Erskine 4;.
Elon 90, Catawba 68.
Elon 88. W.C.T.C. 70.
Elon 69, W.C.T.C. 53.
Elon 59. East Carolina 54.
Elon 68. High Point 61.
Elon 65, .\ppalachian 58.
Elon 62, East Carolina 76.
Elon 62. High Point 76.
Elon 77, A.C.C. 38.
Elon 76. Guilford 62.
Elon 81 Guilford 79.
Elon 86, Lenair-Rhyne 78.
(Conference Tourney)
Elon 84, Catawba 53.
Elon 58, High Point 63.
(Carolina NAIB Tourney)
Elon 72, Appalachian 65.
Elon 75, East Carolina 67.
(National NAIB Tourney)
Elon 69. Millikin 101.
ISeiv England Collegians
Are First Baseball Foes
A powerful crew of Spring.'ield College Indians will come/
down from Massachusets to furnish the opposition in the first
baseball games of Elon's 1952 season, which gets underway with a
pair of home games on the local diamond on Thursday and Friday
df this week.
The invading Indians from N ew England tacked a 6 to 0 shut
out on the Elon record in the season opener just a year ago. and
Coach Jim .\Iallory is expecting plenty of tough opposition as he
unwraps the new 19.i2 model of his Christian baseball squad for
the view of students and other local fans.
^The Springfield outfit i.s definitely one of the major college
teams in the East, and each spring the lads from the shores of Lake
Massasoit come South for a series of battles which serve as a sort
of training trip to prepare them for their crucial championship
battles later in the season at home. The two tilts with Elon !ierj
this week are parto f tte Indians’ 1952 training trip.
Following the two conte.-.ts with Springfield, the Elon Christians
Hill go to Raleigh on Saturday of this week to tangle witji the
X. C. State Wolfpack. a perennial Southern Conference baseball
power. The Christians will then meet the VV'olfpack here at Elon
on Friday. March 28th, in the fourth of Elon's early-season tilts
that are designed to condition the Mallorymen for their North
Stale Conference scliedule.
The schedule for ne.xt week will feature two home games, for
the Christians, after meeting N. C. State ne.xt Friday, will take on
the up-and;Coming East Carolina Pirates here on Saturday, March
29th. in the first Conference contest of the year.
The local fans Will not soon forget that great 15-inning 3 to 2
victory over the Pirates there last,
season, and there is already iftuch
interest in the appearance of East
Carolina here next week. The
BASEBALL
SCHEDULE
March 20—Springfield, home.
March 21—Springfield, home.
March 22—N. C. State, away.
March 28—N. C. State, home.
March 29—E. Carolina, borne.
April 2—High Point, home.
April 4—East Carolina, away.
April 5—C. C., away.
April 9—Reidsville, away.
April 11—Greensboro, away.
April 12—Ohio Univ., home.
April 14—Reidsvile, away.
April 14—Burlington, away.
April 16—Guilford, home.
April 19—A. C. C., home.
April 23—Guilford, home.
April 24—High Point, away.
April 23—McCrary, away.
April 26—E. Carolina, home.
April 29—Norfolk Navy. home.
April 30—Norfolk Navy. home.
May 2—High Point, home.
May 3—C. C.. home.
May 5—High Point, away.
May 7—Guilford, away.
May 9—East Carolina, away.
May 10—C. C., away.
May 12—Guilford, away.
GOLF AND TENNIS
SEASONS PLANNED
The Elon golfers are already
v.^^»rking out,( and the tennis
team will start practice as soon the new plan
as the courts are in shape, ac
cording to Coach J. L. Pierce,,
who stated that schedules for
both teams will be completed
within a few days.
Dave Mondy, defending North
State champion, and Bill Hyler,
who tied for runner-up honors,
will lead the golfers. Other
veteran linksmen are Carl Coley
and Hiram Coble. Frank Ting-
ley and Elbert Peters are the
veteran netmeii on hand.
Pirates are rated as one of tlie
strongest teams in the Confer
ence this year, and Coach Mallory;
boys will definitely have their
hands full in taking on the Pir
ates.
There is mucii interest, too, in
for deciding the
Conference championship this
year, a plan under which the
North State loop is split into
eastern and western divisions for
regular season play, with divis
ional leaders to meet for the
championship. East Carolina. At
lantic Christian. High Point and
Guilford are in the eastern group
with Elon. and Coach Mallory will
send his. outfit against each of
these teams four times during the
season.
Iota Tau Kappa Winner
Of Campus Cage Croivn
Iota Tau Kappa's powerful contest necessary. It was a tough
I campus cagers rallied in the clos-^game for Sigma Phi to lose, since
' ing minutes of play to upset the ^ the Sigma Phi lads had defeated
'favored Sigma Phi Beta “.V quin- ITK in the regular schedule con-
jstudent supporters of the Elon College baseball squad will be interested in a brief round-up of
the |Fighting Christian diamond prospects for 1952. a season which will see the Maroon an o
tossers battling for a fourth successive North State Conference championship.
(Coach Jim Mallory has only five lettermen back from the crew that won fourteen Conference
battles while losing two last spring, so the coming campaign will see a rebuilding proce-s unaer-
the manner iii vviiicii some of the capable youngsters
rious Christian diamond candidates of this year, as
I tet 31 to 28 in a single play-ofi
game that gave the ITK boys their
second consecutive intramural
basketball championship. The ITK
outfit defeated South Dorm in
CATCHERS
J"ACK MUSTEN—Junior trans
fer from Wingate Junior College,
whogt home is Kernersville.
Standb 6 feet 2 inches. Bats and
throws right-handed. Played
with the Christian basketball
squad this winter.
BOBBY JONES — Freshrrian
prospect , from Brown Summitt
who played for Monticello High.
He ^ 5 feet 10 inches tall and
bats and throws right-handed.
>I|SSE FGGLEIMAN— Stocky
Uttli freshman from Snow Camp,
"'ho played at Sylvan High. He
is 5 feet 8 inches taU. Bats and
fthrows right-handed.
^ PITCHERS
^!V!;LIE SWICEGOOD —
Freshman prospect from Lexing
ton [High, with semi-pro experi
ence. Stands G feet 1 inch.
Th^ws fro.Ti left side.
A'THER CONCrER—Fre.shman
Scotts High. lie is 6 feet
i inches tall and a right-hander.
RICHARD SMITH — Another
Lexington High product, also a
freshman, who saw football ser
vice as a tackle. Stands 6 feet
lind tosses from the right side.
SHERRILL HALL—A lanky 0-
;'eet 2-inch freshman from King
.iigh. who pilches right-handed
BILLY BYRD—A slender fresh
man from Southwest Virginia,
who played for Bassett High. He
is 5 feet 11 inches tall and a
right-hander.
RONNIE MCINTYRE—A husky
;ad from Burlington High, who
made his Elon sports debut in bas-
'setbaU. Stands 6 feet and tosses
»ith the right hand.
GUY ROSS—Another freshman
liid another southpaw fUnger, who
tails from Pleasant Garden High
Stands (3 feet 1 inch tall.
CAJILTON ROBERTS- Also
a freshman and product of Law-
renceville (Va.) High. Stands 6
test by a decisive 48 to 34 count.
The play-off game was strictly
a defensive one, getting oft to a
slow start with neither team do
ing much shooting. The first
Spying On Sports
by
JOE SPIVEY
the finals last year to claim the I quarter ended with ITK leading
feet and tosses right-handed.
FIRST BASEMEN
GENE LAUGHLIN — Sopho
more from Greensboro, who play
ed at Sumner High. Saw reserve
duty last season. Stands 6 feet
2 inches and bats a.'id throws left
handed.
HIRAM GREENE—Junior trans-
fer-^rom Lees-McRae Junior Col
lege. A native of Charlotte,
who stands 6 feet 2 inches and
oats and throws right-handed.
BOB LEWIS — Senior from
Wilmington, who has played var
sity football and basketoall here
at Elon. Nj longer eligible in
those sports but eligible to bid
for a baseball post. Stands 6 feet
3 inches. Bats and throws right-
handed.
SECOND BASEMEN
JIMMY DALTON — Speedy
freshman from Chatham, Va.,
where he played with Hargrave
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crown.
Both ITK and Sigma Phi com
pleted the regular season with
identical records of seven wins
and one loss, making the play-off
SCORING
.•(Final For Season)
Name Games FG FT TP
Haithcox 36 248 111 tK)7
Kendall 36 218 129 565
Atkinson 35 75 75 ,225
Cooper 28 79 45 203
^iawkins 22 75 42 192
Mondy 29 58 22 138
Gauidin 33 37 26 100
Gaither .. . , . 28 35 24 9-.
Vlusten 32 30 24 84,
.iall 30 32 Id 73'
.Mitchell 16 27 13 67
Rakes 20 25 12 62
Quakenbush . 18 23 15 59
McIntyre 16 13 3 29
Maddox 3 2 2 fc
Packard 7 13 5
Hdmmond 1 1 1 3
Garrett 2 0 0 t
8 to 7, but Sigma Phi rallied to
go ahead by a single point at 13-12
at half-time.
Bill Blackstone, of ITK, and
Sheepy Peters, of Sigma Phi,
started hitting in the third quar
ter, w'hich ended with Sigma Phi
i still ahead at 23-21. Sigma Phi
built up a six-point margin in the
fourth period and led by three
points with three minutes to go,
but ITK rallied to tie the count at
28-all. Blackstone then hit for
the basket that sent ITK ahead
to stay. The game was marked liy
good sportsmanship and outstand
ing ball-handling.
The final team standings for
the regular season ‘of intramural
play were as follows:
W.
The record books are closed oil
another chapter in the history of
Ihe wearers of the Maroon ano
Gold on the hardwood, and this
particular model of the Fighting
Christian cagers busted the lit
tle ol' record book at the seams.
All of which means tliat both
Don Haithcox and Ben Kendall
broke the all-time Elon scoiinji
record of 457 points—but good!
Kendall was the first to smash
Roney Cates' old' mar, and he
wound up the season with 565
points, but Don came right be
hind in surpassing Cates’ old
mark and then moved ahead of
Kendall tor season scoring hon
ors as he amassed a total of 607
points, becoming the first Elon
player in history to top the 600-
point mark in a single season.
Big Don also stepped into the
ranks of North Carolina's elite
in taking ranks with a scanty six
playe?s in the state's collefiate
cage history to surpass the 600-
point total in a single season. On
this same perch sit such greats a^
Dick Groat, of Duke; Sammy Ran-
;ino, of N. C. State. Diclvie Hem-
ric, of Wake Forest; Ronald Rog
ers, of Western Carolina; and Ed
Eueta, of High Point. Please
note that three of these all-time
■coring aces are from the so-
called low North State Confer
ence, equally as many as have hit
the high mark in the "Big Four.'
ical team back in 1947.
L.
I.T.K 7 1
Sigma Phi “A” .7 1
Oak-Carlton 6 2
North Dorm 5 3
Day Students 5 3
Kappa Psi 3 . 5
Alpha Pi 2 6
East Dorm 1 7
Sigma Phi '“B” 0 8
Ave.
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Here again, the North State
Conference came in for its share
of the laurels, for we also noted
on the All-State team Tony Sel-
lari, of Lenoir Rhyne; Roger Rog
ers, of Western Carolina; and Kd
Sueta, of High Point. To all
these boys we offero ur sincere
Well done!”
However, it seems hardlj possi
ble to leave out the boys who
failed to set any records or make
any All-Something team. One. two
or three individual stars don’t
make a basketball TEAM. It’s
the ability to play together and
carry out the coach’s orders that
makes a team out of the material
at hand. Even the big boys have
off-nights, and then the other
fellows step in to fill the gaps. To
every man on the squad, the Ma
roon and Gold expresses a hearty
■‘Thanks!’’ We were behind you
every minute in victory and de
feat. ,
The coming of spring haj al
ready brought out the baseball
and golf hopefuls, and the tennis
enthusiasts will get in action soon
too. There's a big season aiiead
for these spring sports, and the
Maroon and Gold will try to fur
nish all the details.
The basketballers took to the
lirways for the Kansas City trip,
and Professor Hook had planned
to go along in his own private
plane, but a major operation
cwarted his plans. He had to
We can't stop passing out bou-
:iuets at this point, though, for
both Don Haithcox and Ben Ken-
.idll made the All-Conference
team at the conclusion of regular just read about it in the papers
season play, and then both re-
us, and he read
peated by making the All-Tourna
ment squad following the annual
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North State Confereiice tourney
it Statesville. 1 Coach Mallory hopes to see a
^ ^ ^ ! „ig crowd at the baseball opener
I with Springfield College of Mas-
,625 And still the shower of con-, sachusetts here on Thursday, so
375! gratulations falls. Ben Kendalf let’s not disappoint him. That
.250'became the first Elon player to'goes for all the games too. And
,125! make the All-State team since ■ whether we win or lose, let’s bo
.0001 Roney Cates placed on the myth- good sports.