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Wednesday, AprU 16, 1992 MAROON AND GOLD PAGE THUEB Christians Face Seven Baseball Battles In Eleven Days Jack Musteii Is Pacing Elon Regulars At Plate ELOr^"S ONE-TWO PUr^iCH m COi\FERENCE GOLF MIISOR SPORTS Jack Musten, husky junior catcher, who transferred to Elon from ' Wingate Junior College', is setting the batting pace for the regular players on the Elon Col lege |baseball squad after eight games of the 1952 season have been [played, although one pitcher, a pindi-hitting utility man and an alt-raate outficldc-i- '.verc h;;- ting for higher averages in fewer times \ at bat. Musten stepped to the front af ter |lie first few games,^ taking Cie leadership from Gone Laugh- lin, Jsophomore first baseman, Sjvho pad led the hitters through *’the opening battles of the season. The Jbig catcher had hammered out ten hits in twenty-eight trips to the plate for a .357 percentage. Laughlin was right behind him in second place with a fine .33 aver age in the eight battles. The leadership in other depart ments of play was divided among five:different players, but Jimmy Dalton. a fine little freshman second baseman, was showing the way in the important runs-battedi in and two-bagger divisions and was tied for the leadership in home [runs. Dalton had driven eight of his mates home W'ith aJl-important runs, Iwith Laughlin just behind with (seven and six runs batted in to his credit. The respective leaders were Dalton with four two-baggers, Kendall with one triple, Dalton and Laughlin, with one homer each; Reid, with three stolen bases; and Rakes, with two sacrifice hits. A special feature of the season so lar has been the great double play record compiled by the Chris tians, who had eleven double killings in eight games. Twice the Christians have chalked four double-plays in a single game. Rakes, Ralton and Laughlin have figured in eight of the double j Despite the loss of many players play% while Stewart, Kendall, from last year's North State Con- Roberts and Musten have had ference championship team, the GOLF SCHEDULE Elou 21, East Carolina G. Elon 20, East Carolina 7. Elon 18, Guilford 0. £lon 23, Catawba 4. (Remaining Matches) April 17—Guilford, away. April 18—Catawba, home. April 25—Higli Point, home. April 29—N. C. State, home. May 1—High Point, away. May 5-6— Conference Tour ney. May 7—N. C. State, away. TENNIS SCHEDULE Elon 2, Guilford 7. Elon 0, N. C. State 8. Elon 0, Catawba 7. Elon 2, East Carolina 7. Elon 2, East Carolina 7. Elon 5, Lynchburg 4. (Remaining Games) April 15—Lynchburg, away. April 17—Guilford, away. April 21—Higii Point, away. April 25—High Point, home. April 28—Catawba, home. May 9-10—Conference Tour ney. Crowded Schedule Lists Five Conference Games BASEBALL GAMES One of the most potent “one- wo” punches in North Carolina's collegiate golfing circles is shown above in the persons of Captain Bill Hyler, (left), and Dave Mondy (right) who have been pacing Elon's undefeated golfers to early season triumphs. Mondy was individual champion of the North State Conference la.«t season, wiii'.e Ilyler tied with Bill Stalls, former East Carolina ace, for the runner-up spot in the annual Conference tournament. Mondy has already turned in a brilliant 72 for the 18-hole route in one of Kion’s victories this .spring, while Hyler lias been shooting in the sev enties and low eighties consistently. Golfers Undefeated In Early Meets... Elon Linksmen Show Power Elon 4, Springfield 2. Elou 3, Springfield 5. Elon 5, N. C. State 12. Elon 5, N. C. State 2. Elou 2. East Carolina 1. Elon 24. High Point 5. Elon 3, Ea.st Carolina 8. Elou 15, A.C.C. 6. Elon 5, Keidsville 12. Elou 3, Greensboro 10. Elou 5, Ohio University 9. (I^emaining Games) April 14—Reidsvile, away. April 16—Guilford, home. April 18—Lexington, away. April 19—A. C. C.. home. April 23—Guilford, home. April 24—High Point, away, April 25—McCrary, away. April 26—E. Carolina, home. April 29—Norfolk Navy. home. April 30—Norfolk Navy. home. May 2—High Point, home. May 3—A. C. C., home. May 5—High Point, away. May 7—Guilford, away. May 9—East Carolina, away. May 10-—A. C. C., away. May 12—Guilford, away. Spying On Sports by JOE SPIVEY parts [in the other three. The freshman pitchers on the Christian club have shown up welljln early games, with Sherill Hall |winning three games and Luther Conger and Charlie Swice- good [getting credit for one each. Conger had been losing pitcher twice [and Richard Smith once. The complete statistical record throijgh the Atlantic Christian game [of April 4th was as follows: Player AB R. H. AVE. McIntyre 10 1 Rogers 6 5 4 Canupp 2 0 1 Musten 28 7 10 LauJ|l’.i 33 3 11 Dofflemyer 21 5 6 Swicegood 7 3 2 Perry 7 12 Conger 7 0 2 Stew*rt 20 4 5 Rob^ion 4 11 HaU 4 11 Eakes 33 8 8 Dalton 38 5 9 Reid 19 5 4 Paakar' 11 5 2 Kendall 28 3 4 Roberts 6 0 0 Byrd 10 0 Jones 0 2 0 Smith 0 0 0 Fighting Christian nine has been winning ball games in a convinc ing manner and looks like the team to beat in its division. ♦ ♦ ♦ Let’s take a quick glance at the line-up (mostly for the benefit of eyebrows as to the many students that fail to lingo this year show for any kind of athletic event); At first we^ find Gene I.aughlin, who subbed last year but has earned himself a regular spot on the starting nine tliis sea son. Gene has been hitting much better and seems to be rounding Point, Guilford, and Atlantic into great shape. On the keystone! Christian. In the Western frame sack we find a freshman, Jimmy jthere are four teams—Appalach- Dalton, who has been filliiig veryiian, Catawba, Western Carolina, nolably the shoes that Shag Myers and Lenoir Rhyne. At the end ■"' eft, both at the plate and in his:of the regular scheduled game 1.000 .667 i .500! .357 with Jesse Fogleman a possible replacement. With a 3-1 record in the eastern division of the Conference stand ings at this time, we re looking for another championship contend- ertliis year. ♦ ♦ ♦ Maybe some of you have raised tiiis “Division" It’s like this: there is an Eastern Division and a Western Division in tlie North State baseball loop this year (Don't ask me why, for I'm won dering too.) In the Eastern cir cuit is Elon, East Carolina, High .286' .286 .286 .250 .250 .250 .242 .237 .211 .182 .143 .000 .000 .000 .000 F.lon Total 179 58 69 .247 0pp. iTotal 269 41 57 .212 RfNS BATTED IN—Dalton 8, Laughlin 7. Kendall 6, Stewart 6, EeidlS. Musten 4, Rakes 3, Hall 2, Kobwtson 2, McIntyre 1, Packard 1, Swicegood 1, Roberts 1. TWO- BASE HITS—Dalton 4, Rakes 2, Dofflemyer 2, Stewart 2, Reid 1, Rogers 1, Robertson 1. THREE- BASE HITS—Kendall 1. HOME runs—Dalton 1, Laughlin 1. STql^EN BASES—Reid 3, Rakes 2, Dofflemyer 2, Musten 1, Dal ton [1. Packard 1. SACRIFICE IITCp- -Rakes 2, Dofflemyer 1, r.eid 1, Canupp 1, Stewart 1. LASES ON BALLS— Conger 9, 8, Swicegood 8, Roberts 7, 3, McIntyre 2, Smith 1. STHIKE OUTS— Swicegood 12, Cooger 11, Hall 6, Byrd 6, Mcln- ball-handling. At short-stop is; slate, the teams at the top of its Captain Billy Rakes, who is put- respective divisions will battle it ting out the hustle and fine play .out for the Conference crown, typical of a good team leader. All I want to know is “Why?” Ben Kendall covers the territory With only nine teams in the Con- around third commendably, and'ference, ail the league membeis we are looking for his batting av- could play each other as lu the erage to go up as the season wears on. The outfield is covered by three veterans, Bobby Rogers in left, Bobby Stewart in center, and Carroll Reid in right. Don Packard, Dean Robinson, azid Larry Dofflemyer are ready to go in the aforementioned positions if ^ few weeks back to Davidson Col- the need arises, all being they arejiege. Maybe he’ll have better luck promising young freshmen. I there than he did with his highly- In the chunking and catching touted Pirates. Jack Boone, for The Elon golfers have been set Ling a face pace in their early meets, rolling to four successive victories over North State Con ference opponents to start the 1952 campaign. Early victories lave included two wins over East Cai’olina and one win each over uilford and Catawba, all the vic tories coming by top-heavy scores. The two victories over the East Carolina Pirates came on succes sive days to open the new season, uid tliose wins were prized the more highly because the East Carolina linksmen had won the North State Conference team title for the pa.it four seasons in suc- ce.ssion. Captain Bill Hyler, Dave Mondy, Teri-y Kelly, Hirara Coble, and George Meena have been playing five of the six positions for Elon in the early meets, with Carl Coley and Frank Ward splitting time in the other position. The records show that the Elon golf ers have won nineteen, lost one and tied two in the individual matches, while the Elou pairs iiave won nine and tied two in the best-ball foursome matches. The individual point scoring in the first four matches shows Cap tain Bill Ilyler leading with 12, .railed in order by Coble with 11, Mondy with 10 1-2, Meena witli 7, Kelly with 6, Ward with 5 and Varsity Baseball Squad Offers Titular Threat Ellon's varsity baseball squad, which has won the North Slate Conference crown for the past three years, appears as a definite threat for a fourth successive title and sweet revenge over the N. C. State Wolfpack here on Friday, March 28th. The triple down the right field foul line by Kendall came in the after nine games have been played [ third inning as the game-winning of the 1952 season. Ibiow for Elon, but Bob Rogers top- The ninth game, played last j pcd the Elon hitters wiUi Iwo hits Wednesday night, saw the Elon in three trips, diamond squad drop a decision to j ELON 2, EAST CAROLINA 1 the powerful Reidsville Luckies of! The Fighting Christians count- tlie Carolina League, but that de feat left Coach Jim Mallory’s l)oys with a record of five wins in their first nine starts. ELON 4, SPRINGFIELD 2 ed two runs in the fourth inning on two walks, a stolen base, an error and a single to defeat East Carolina 2 to 1 in the first North State Conference game of the The Elon baseballers opened'year, played on the local field on their 1952 diamond campaign with j Saturday, March 29th. I After taking on both Rcid.sville I and Burlington on the same day Un an Easter Monday double as signment, the Fighting Christian bafeball squad now faces one of the most crowded periods of the 1952 season, a period whicli .sees tlie Elon diamond outfit play seven games within eleven days. Five of the seven contests with in the next eleven days are Noi-th State Conference battles, and the coming week and a lialf could very well decide the chances of Coach Jim Mallory’s ball tossers for their fourth straight Confer- j ence crown. Four of the seven I contests will be played on the home field. The Guilford Quakers come to the Elou stronghold on Wednesday afternoon of this week for the first of four Elon-Guilford games this season, and like all contests be tween the old rivals, this game could turn into a close and hard- fought one, although comparative scores make the Christians favor ed to win. Two other games this week will show the Maroon and Gold squad meeting the strong Lexington team of the North State profes sional league in Lexington on Fri day and then taking on the Atlan tic Christian Bulldogs in the Elon Park here on Saturday afternoon There are four games on the agenda for next week. They in clude Guilford back here at Elon for another game on Wednesday. High Point College at High Point on Thursday, the McCrary Eagles in Asheboro on Friday and the Kast Carolina Pirates here on Saturday. That game with East Carolina here on Saturday, April 26th, will be one of the most crucial of the entire season for the Christians. The Pirates loom as Elon’s chief rival tor the title in the Eastern Division of the Conference race, and the two teams have already split the first two games of the year. They have two more games to go, and Elon needs both of them to be sure of the divisional leadership and a chance to meet the We,stern Division champs for the Conference title. a well-played 4 to 2 victory over the Springfield College Indians, here on Thursday afternoon, March 20th, when four Christian hurlers teamed up to hold the Massachusetts outfit to two hits and two runs, both opposing past. No arguments as to who's the champ then. Oh, well, they jaid the Wright brothers W(>re crazy, too. t ♦ ♦ East Carolina lost its football coach, in the form of Bill Dole, a R. H. E. E. Carolina 001 000 000—1 7 1 Elon 000 200 OOx—2 4 2 Byrd and McSwain; Conger, Swicegood and Mu.sten. ELON 24, HIGH POINT S The Elon outfit pounded three runs coming in the eighth inning. ^ jjjgji point pitchers for twenty-one R. H. E., iijjs 35 {he Christians swamped Springfield 000 000 020—2 2 2 panthers 24 to 5 in a North spots, we can see nothing but new men. The so-called “green-horns” have become veterans almost over night by virtue of necessity. The chunkers are Sherrill Hall, Luther Conger, Charlie Swicegood, and Billy Byrd, Carlton Roberts, Ronnie McIntyre and Richard Smith, aU of whom can be a real threat to any team. Behind the plate is Jack Musten and Jones, HITS - Off .Swicegood, 14 in 11 2-3; off Con ger, 14 in 18 1-3; off Hall, 11 in 12; off Roberts, 5 in 13 1-3; off Smith, 5 in 2; off McIntyre, 4 1. GAMES WON—Hall 3, Conger 1, Swicegood f. GAJVtES LOST Conger 2, Smith 1. 3, and Meena-Coley 1 1-2 points. ELON 21, EAST CAROLINA 6 , , Springfield 000 221 000—5 9 The opening match of the sea-! 000-3 11 :on saw Elon roll over a East Caro- Teiinis Team Fiiids Tough Competition The Elom tennis squad, with Captain Frank Ting'ey as the only letterman back from previous sea sons, has found competition tough in its early matches, and the Christian netmen dropped five matches before defeating Lynch- The Springfield Indians staged' ^ Point. Oil 000 030— 5 7 10 j burg here last Friday for the first rallies in the fourth, fifth and .glon 341 016 09x—24 21 7 iwin. The five successive defeats have been at the hands of Guilford here on April 3rd by a 7-2 margin, by N. C. State at Raleigh on April 5th by an 8 to 0 margin, by Cataw ba at Salisbury on April 7th by a Elon 010 030 OOx—4 7 2 Warren, Tewkesbury and Hop kins; Hall, Byrd, Swicegood, Rob erts and Musten. SPRINGFIELD 5, ELON 3 State Conference titlt here on Wedne.sday, April 2nd. It was Elon's second succe.ssive triumph I in North State competition, i R. H. E. fixth frames to come from behind' Mayberry, Frazier, Popp and Wrenn; Swicegood and Musten, to 3 here on Friday, March 21st. jongg The win evened a two-game series] CAROLINA 8, ELON 3 Coley with 3. Best-ball pairs and^^^ Christians their point scores include ^vionay- Hyler 11, Kelly-Coble 7 1-2, Meena-ward 4 1-2, Meena-C.ble , The East Carolina Pirates even- R. H. E.: ed the season count with Elon i and handed the Christians their, 7 to 0 count, and twice at the mer Elon grid star and now coaching the Pirate baseball team has been mentioned as a succes sor to Dole, but this reporter scarcely believes that Jack will be the final choice. * ♦ » In the minor sports field, we find the golf team in a winning mood, while the inexperienced tennis team is sagging slightly at the net. Bill Hyler and Dave Mondy (Dave was the North State cham pion last year and could repeat this year) have been burning up lina 21 to 6 in a contest played over the Alamance Country Club course on Monday, March 31st. Captain Bill Hyler turned in low metal score for the day with a 77 for the eighteen holes. ELON 20, EAST CAROLINA 7 first loss of the year in the North hands of East Carolina here on April 8th and 9th, both matches being lost by the same 7-2 margin. The Elon match wins against Guilford here in the opener were I Tominaga, Belcher and Hopkins; I Conference when they I McIntyre, Smith, Roberts i pounded out an 8 to 3 win over Musten. Coach Jim Mallory’s boys at N. C. STATE 12, ELON 2 I Greenville on Friday afternoon, The N. C. State Wolfpack took'April 4th. advantage of wildness by the Elonl R. H. E. pitchers and did some timely hit- i Elon 200 000 001—3 6 1 The Elon linksmen made it two | ting to defeat the Fighting Chris- E. Carolina 001 070 OOx—8 7 Z^giackstone chalked the wins in a row by trouncing East Caro-|tians 12 to 2 in Raleigh on Satur-j Conger, Byrd and Musten; Byrdiggajnst East Carolina, and Ting- lina 20 to 7 in a second ineetinglday afternoon, March 22nd. Stale and McSwain. Ijgy nowell, Johnson and Peters over the Alamance course on'scored early and led by six runsj ELON 15, A.C.C. 6 Iwon in singles and Painter and Tuesday, April 1st. Dave Mondy,jbefore Elon pushed her two runsj The Christian baseballers slug-jpptgrs won doubles against Elon’s defending Conference, home in the fourth inning. ged out an impressive 15 to 6 vie- Lynchburg. by Bob Peters in the singles and by Johnny Howell and Page Paint er in the doubles. Tingley and champion, had a fine 72-score for Elon 000 200 000 2 low medal honors, ELON 18, GUILFORD 0 The Christian golfers blanked Guilford 18 to 0 for a third straight Conference win in a match played here on Thursday, April 3rd. Dave Mondy and Bill 3 tory over the Atlantic Christian N.C. State 114 012 03x—12 10 1 Bulldogs at Wilson on Saturday, Conger, Swicegood and Musten; i April 5th, to gain an even split in Horbelt, Lewis and McGillis. ELON 5, N. C. STATE 2 Ben Kendall’s triple with the fairways with some mighty'Hyler each had a 79 to tie for low fine shots and low scores, while medal score, and they combined (Continued on Page Four) (Continued On Page Pour) Lefty Taylor, Elon's ace pitcher of la",t year, who played pro ball a two-game inva.'>ioii of the. east- . , , with Burlington last summer, has ern part of the state. ^ The Christians got away to a 1 cen assigned to Waco, Texas, for bases loaded coupled with thei^ig ^'0 lead in the fir.st two in-' professional play this summer, tight pitching of Sherrill Hall andl^ngs^^'^d ' Charlton Roberts,a pair of Elon’s freshman jiitchers, to give the Fighting Christians a 5 to 2 win except the third and seventh to 1 The French Club is laying plans roll up the score. Gene Laugh- j j banquet meeting to wind (Continued on Page Four) [up its year’s work.
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