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MAROON AND (, O L D
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‘E’ Men Wit! Sponsor Varsity Ball Game Here Saturday
tiAITHCOX-COOPER
^KE CAGE LEADERS
Don Hailhcox and Nelvin
Cooper will go down in Elon
athletic history as co-captains
of the powerful Christian cage
squad of 1951-52, a squad which
new individual and team
scoring records and which set a
new single season r'ecord for
^mcs won. Game captains
were named for each game dur-
iu. the year, and then mem
bers of the team circled
season leaders last week.
(Coach Doc Mathis alsi an
nounced the list of monogram
awards for basketball for the
year. Those given letters for
ir play included Nelvin
Cooper, Ben Kendall, Jack
Mitchell, Larry Gaither, Ned
GauMin, and Husky Hall, for-
i^rds; Don Haithcox and Dee
i^|kinson, centers; and Dave
Mondy, Jack Musten, Billy Haw-
^n-. Scott Quakenbush and
Ronnie McIntyre, guards.
KAKES CAPTAlfVS ELO^’S 1952 BASEBALL S(^)UAD
Proceeds From Atlantic Christian
Game To Go To Monogram Group
Golf Squad
Is sLeadini
Spying On Sports
by
JOE SPIVEY
Fighting Christians on pounding out the extra-base hits.
the|diamond head down the home
stretch in the North State Confer
ence race, it looks like they’ll be
right with the head of the pack
at ihe finish wire.
In the Western Division, it
looks like Lenoir Rhyne or Cataw
ba; (here in the Eastern Division,
East Carolina and Elon appear to
be Ithe logical contenders. In
fact. East Carolina has already
been dubbed by some sports
scribes as “the team to be eat."
We 11 string along with our own
scribes as “the team to beat.”
* ♦ ♦
^ That encounter with A.C.C. that
Tasted through twelve innings was
a hot one. In fact, the
stan’fls caught on fire in the late
frames. Must have been that
rally put on by the Christians.
* ♦ ♦
The annual North State Golf
Toultnament will be held on May
Sthjand 6th at the beautiful Star-
mount Country Club Course in
Greensboro, and it looks like an
other year for an Elon champion
ship.
Defending Champion Dave Mon
dy |ias been shooting in the low
seventies all season, and so has
a team-mate Bill Hyler. Eitiier
boy looks like a “shoo-in" from
here.
* ♦ ♦
Is lly Face Red Department;
Yom reporter stuck out his neck
in Jpredicting that Jack Boone
wojlii not be picked to get the
head coach's job at East Carolina.
Said head was neatly lobbed off
when the news came out last week
that Boone got the job. Good
luck against everybody except
Elon. Mr. Boone!
» ♦ »
Seen Around the Campus De
partment; Leonard Greenwood,
who coached and led the track
teafc to the North State Confer
ence crown last year. Len was
also a football regular; now lie is
an jAir Force regular.
^'0 saw Hank Hamrick around
the i campus. A former All-Con
ference star in basketball and
bafcball at Elon, Hank is now
^ .^he army and stationed at Fort
' ♦ ♦
_'Vou baseball fans that follow
earby Carolina League prob
have noticed that Elon is
represented in that circuit.
Mitchell and Scott Quaken-
are playing for the Greens-
Patriots for the second year
doing very well. Scott is
Captain Billy Rakes, veteran shortstop from Fieldale, Va., field
e - for Elen's 1952 baieball squad, and he is winding up a Cour-
a.liletic career Vvith tlie Clu'istians with a steady brand of
'lay in the short field. Rakes played regular shortstop as a sopho-
nore but was knocked out of action last season by a broken ankle
hat he sustained in early season. The speedy little shortstop has
shown up best in double plays tills season. The Elon ball-tossers
lave completed fifteen double killings in the first sixteen games
his .season, and Captain Rakes hss had a part in twelve of them.
and the “thrill that comes once
in a life-time” was Scott's when
he blasted a grand-slam liomer to
lead his team to victory in one
game. Jack is noted for his fleet-
footed running, both afield and
along the base paths. Scott plays
left field and Jack is in right
Field. Ladeli Ford, another Elon
student, is pitching for the Patri-
jts.
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Did You Know—That Mr. Byrd,
our Maroon and Gold faculty ad
visor, used to be a track man for
the University of North Carolina?
He also coached high school bas
ketball and was a rival of Profes
sor Colley, who mentored high
school cage teams for years.
That Mr. Colley once coached
our own basketball coach, Doc
Mathis?
That Professor West was a can
didate for the cross-country team
at North Carolina and played foot
ball for Mars Hill Junior College?
That Professor Barney played
football for Elon, and his mother
made his uniform?
That Dr. Smith, our president,
also played football for Elon dur
ing his student days?
That Peahead W'alker was once
he head football coach here at
Elon?
That Horace Hendrickson, head
football coach at State, was once
head football coach at Elon?
* * *
I don’t know how they vote for
the Messick Sportsmanship trophy
at other schools, but if it s done
there like it is here at Elon, the
whole thing’s a big farce. This
is not intended to be a criticism
of our student government or any
individuals; rather, it is a sug
gestion which I believe to be
woilih consideringj The voting
-hould NOT be done by the stu
dents or any representative at a
meeting- The men who partici
pate in the athletic contests are
the ones to decide who should re
tain the trophy. 8he reason is
simple. How many students at
tend every athletic event during
the year at every North State in
stitution? The percentage would
be pretty close to zero; but the
teams make the rounds, and they
are the ones who could tell wheth
er the sportsmanship was good
on the part of other teams and
the student bodies. Let them de-
cicte in the future.
* * *
And whether we win or lose
let’s be good sports!
Cliristiaii Baseball Squad
Still Bidding For Crown
The Eton College baseball squad .ball squad, who supplied the pow-
las staged a strong comeback h: r at bat, and Ladell Ford, another
ecent games, chalking up fou",Elon boy, who furni.shed the pitch-
■onsecutive victories after drop-l.ng that cooled Elon’s chances,
ling five games in a row. The R. H. F,.
ive straight losses were to pro-
’essicnal rivals and the strong
Ihio University nine, and Coach
Jim Mallory’s boys have been
profiting in recent games from
nowledge gained against those
itrong teams.
The Christians swung hack on
he victory road again when tliey
defeated the Le.xington pros 11 to
Ifl in a night game at Lexington
jnd then turned back three
Mraight North State Conference
rivals, downing Atlantic Christian,
juilford and High Point in suc
cession. The score of Saturday’s
important East Carolina game was
unavailable at the time of this
writing.
GREENSBORO 10, ELON 3
Three Elon College boys, all
playing in the uniform of the
Greensboro Patriots, were the
big guns for the pro team when it
defeated the Fighting Christians
10 to 3 in Greensboro on Friday
night, April 11th. It was Jack
.Mitchell and Scott Quakenbush,
both members of the Elon basket-
Elon 201 000 000— 3 5 5
G’boro .... 202 302 lOx—10 12 4
Hall, Smith and Musten, Jones;
Ford and Batcheldor.
OHIO UNIVERSITY 9, ELON 5
The touring baseballers from
Ohio University broke a tie in
the seventh inning to defeat Elon
9 to 5 in a well-played ball game
here on Saturd.iy afternoon, April
12th. The Ohio outfit scored
swice in the seventh and twice in
the eighth to pull out to victory.
R. H. E.
O. Univ 003 002 220—9 10 1
Elon 020 102 000—5 7 3
Mehl, Krist, Kis.sell, Gustie and
Turk; Swicegood, Conger, Roberts
and Jones.
REIDSVILLE 3, ELON 1
The Reidsville Luckies made
it two straight wins over the
Elon Christians at Reidsville on
Monday, April 14th, with veteran
pitcliers Mike Forline and Adam
Twarkins holding Elon to scattered
hits for the game to win by a 3
to 1 score.
BASEBALL GAMES
Conference
The Maroon and Gold golfers
were still undefeated in North
State Conference competition last
weekend, with a mark of seven
consecutive victories over Con
ference competition and with
only cne dual meet remaining I
ivith High Point as a bar to a per
fect record for the year within
li.e loop. Only team to defeat
the Christians on the links all
-cason lias been the Carolina Jay-
V'ees.
Captain Bill Hyler and Dave
Mondy have continued to set the
'Coring pace for tlie Christian
golfers in recent meets, both boys
■hooting in the seventies in all
the meets except one, in which
tiiey tied for low medal score with
a pair of 80’s.
The Elon linksnien are priming
for the annual North State Con
ference tournament, which will be
iield on Monday and Tuesday of
next week over the Starmount
Country Club course at Greens
boro. Four men will be entered
in that tournament, with indica
tions that Hiram Coble and Terry
Kelly will team with Captain Hy
ler and Mondy to make up the
Elon foursome.
Carolina JV 22 1-2, Elon 4 1-2
The Carolina junior varsity
linksmen broke the Elon undefeat
ed record with a 22 1-2 (o 4 1-2
victory over the Alamance Coun
try Club course here on Tuesday,
April 15th. Pete Parker, of Caro
lina, had a 75 for low score, with
Hyler and Mondy each shooting
nO's for Elon.
Elon 18, Guilford 0
The Christian divot - diggers
made it two shutout wins in a row
over Guilford when they defeated
Ihe Quakers 18 to 0 in a meet
played at Starmount, It was the
same score exactly as Elon reg
istered in the earlier meet. Cap
tain Hyler and Mondy each had
78 for the 18-hole route.
Elon 26, Catawba I
The Elon golfers rolled to their
biggest score of the season in de
feating Catawba 26 to 1 out at
Alamance Country Club on Fri
day, April 18th. Bill Hyler
clinched low medal honors witii
a 74, while Mondy was close be
hind with a 77 score.
Elon 17, High Point 10
The High Point Panthers, wlio
were doubtful in early season
whether to field a golf team or
not, gave Elon her closest battle of
I the season within the Conference
LEADS ‘E’ MEIN
The Christian
iwings into the
AL LUDWIG
Al Ludwig, president of the “E”
Men’s Club during the present
year, is in charge of arrangements
tor the advance ticket sales for
the E'.f .n-A.C.Ci baseball game
here on Saturday night of this
week, a contest that will be staged
under the sponsorship and for the
benefit of the club and its pro
gram of providing senior sweat
ers for the monogram men.
MIISOR SPORTS
GOLF SCHEDULE
Elon 21, East Carolina G.
Elon 20, East Carolina 7.
Elon 18, Guilford 0.
Elon 23, Catawba 4.
Elon 4 1-2, Carolina JV 23 1-2.
EIou 18, Guilford 0.
Elon 26, Catawba 1.
Elon 17, High Point 19.
Elon 5, Carolina JV 22.
(Remaining Matches)
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.
Elon 2, Lynchburg 7.
Elon 3, Guilford 6.
Elon 1, High Point 8.
Elon 0, N. C. State 9.
baseball squad
final stretch of
the 1952 baseball .season with two
Conference games at home on
;uccessive days. One of the two
neekend games is the third battle
witli Atlantic Christian here on
Saturday night, which is to be
played under the sponsorship of
I the “E" Men’s Club.
^ This club, which includes all of
L^lon’s monogram athletes, has
been working on advance promo
tion for this Elon-A.C.C. battle
I'or more than a week. Proceeds
jgo to the "E" men to be applied
; on the co.st of tlie white senior
.sWeaters.
The Elon-A.C.C. meeting may
well be another thriller, such as
tliat 12-inning battle which Elon
won from the Bulldogs here ten
dayi ago. Elon had to come from
behind in the ninth to tie the
score in that game.
The other home battle for this
weekend comes on Friday, when
the High Point Panthers are to
furnlsn the opposition. This
game, along with the A.C.C. tilt
on Saturday mark the end of a
full week of home competition,
since Norfolk Navy was carded
here for games the first of this
week.
Next week finds the Christians
away from home for the entire
week, the schedule calling for
lattles with High Point on Mon-
■iay, Guilford on Wednesday, East
Carolina on Friday and Atlantic
Christian on Saturday, all of these
games being on foreign fields.
The final game of the year on
Monday, May 12th, brings Guil
ford to the Elon park.
With all seven rem.iining games
counting in the North State Con
ference title race. Coach Jim
Mallory and his boys find them
selves faced with the necessity of
winning all seven if they are to
keep alive their hopes for a
fourth successive Conference
championship. A single loss to
any one of the opponents would
seriously jeopardize the chances
of the Christians for the crown.
Teams Tied
In Softball
Title Race
R. H, E. when the Christians came through
Elon 4, Springfield 2.
Elon 3, Springfield 5.-
Elon 5, N, C. State 12.
Elon 5, N. C. State 2.
Elon 2, East Carolina 1.
Elon 24, High Point 5.
Elon 3, East Carolina 8.
Elon 15, A.C.C. 6.
Elon 5, Reidsville 12.
Elon 3, Greensboro 10.
Eloa 5, Ohio University 9.
Elon 1, Reidsville 3.
Elon 16, Guilford 7.
Elon 11, Lexington 10.
Elon 6, A.C.C. 5 (12 innings).
Elon 1, Guilford 0.
Elon 9, High Point 6.
(Remaining Games)
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—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, home.
Elon 000 010 000—1 G 1
Keidsville . 120 000 000—3 5 C
Swicegood and Jones; Forline,
Twarkins and Niro.
ELON 16, GUILFORD 7
Elon’s baseballers started fast
and finiiiied the same way to roll
ever Guilford 10 to 7 in the first
,if four games between the old
rivals, a game played at Guilford
on Tuesday, April 15lh. The
Christians counted five runs in
the first two innings and then
broke loose for ten runs in the fi
nal three frames to roll up the
score.
R. H. E.
Elon 320 100 262—16 18 4
Guilford . 310 100 002— 7 7 C
Hall and Jones; Lapham, Leao',
.VIcKeown and Venuto, Redfern.
ELON 11, LEXINGTON 10
The Christians finally chalked
a victory over one of their profes
sional opponents when they staged
a rousing five-run rally in the
ninth inning to defeat the Lexing
ton Minutemen 11 to 10 in a game
played at Lexington on Friday
night, April 18th.
It was a wild and woolly con
test, which saw a total of nineteen
bases on balls issued by the six
with a 17 to 10 victory on Mon
day, April 21st. Dave Mondy was
low medal winner witli a 73 for
the meet.
(Remaining Games)
April 25—High Point, home.
April 28—Catawba, home.
May 9-10—Conference Tour
ney.
pitchers that paraded to the
iiound. Gene Laughlin hit three
times to lead the attack for Elon.
R. H. E.
,q:ion 001 400 015—11 9 1
LexingVm 231 110 200—10 10 3
Conger, Roberts, Swicegood
aiid Jones, Musten; Pavlowski,
McCollum, McCree and Poole.
ELON 6, A.C.C. 5
Two wild pitches in a row by
the Atlantic Christian pitcher
sent Jack Musten home with the
run that defeated the Bulldogs
ij to 5 in a thrilling 12-inning con
test here on Saturday afternoon,
April 19th. The extra-inning vic
tory kept the Christians in the
race for the title in the eastern
division of the North State Con-
erence.
R. H. E.
A.C.C. 000 002 210 000—5 12 3
Elon .... 001 020 002 001—6 10 1
Ferrell, Jackson and Callahan;
Smith, Hall, Roberts and Jones,
Musten.
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Elon Tennis Team
lias Rough Going
The Christian net squad, after
Ijreaking into the win column
with their 5 to 4 win over Lynch
burg here on Friday, April 11th,
have hit the rough spots again in
their campaign and have dropped
four successive matches to more
experienced opposition.
The second engagement with
Lynchburg on the home courts of
.the Virginia team resulted in a 7
to 2 defeat for the Christians,
which evened the count between
the two teams for the year.
This was followed by two North
State Conference defeats, one at
The first half of the Intramural
Softball League season, which is
set up as a qualifying round for
the final half of the championship
contest, is nearing its end, and
Sigma Phi Beta and Alpha Pi
Delta are at present in a tie for
I first place in the standings, each
team showing four wins and a
single loss.
Barely one game behind the
leaders is the strong Oak-Carlton
outfit, trailed in order by North-
Eaif, Kappa Pii Nu and Iota
Tau Kappa. Only two games re
mained at this writing to wind up
the qualifying rounds, and a sched
uled battle between North-East
and Kappa Psi was to determine
the fourth team for the title
rounds.
That second half schedule,
which seems likely to rest between
,Sigma Phi, Alpha Pi, Oak-Carlton,
and North-East, will be a double
elimination tournament, with the
the hands of Guilford by a G toj^jj^j^gj. enierging as the 1952 soft-
3 margin and the other by the
powerful High Point Panthers by
an 8 to 1 margin, and by a 9 to 0
loss to the strong N. C. State rack
et wielders.
Bill Blackstone and Bob Peters
won singles matches against
Guilford, with Charlie Joiinson
and Johnny Howell taking their
doubles match. Page Painter
scored Elon's point against High
Point with a single win.
ball champion of the campus.
The standings up to last Thurs
day, April 24th, were as follows:
W. L. Ave.
Sigma Phi 4 1 .800
Alpha Pi 4 1 .800
Oak-Carlton 3 2 .000
North-East 1 2 .333
Kappa Psi 1 3 .250
I.T.K 0 4 .000