tfpdnesday, January 28. 1953
MAROON AND GOLD
PAG
' SEEING SPORTS
a*
icitlh
GARY SEARS
The Fighting Christians of the
j^dwood seem to have hid a mid-
slump. After starting the
a bang, the basketeers
Coach Doc Mathis are now
3ving a tough time in maintain-
. a winning average. Over at
’ }j;g[] Point game it appeared
If the Christians would cop an-
er thriling win, but late in the
lird quu.:o.- -‘e -Panthers got hot
J pjUed a., ay from the Maroon
,d Gold to-sers. The game ended
til Elon on the short end of a
; poinl margin.
that Hia’ii Point game, I
ie an inventory of a few things,
nj th;(. their school spirit
eeds improvement in comparison
th our own. It is encouraging
M to note that the attendance
more'of our students at home
3»etljall games indicates that
; school spirit is definitely on
trend. This we should
ju.j:.e all the way. The High
have one idea that we
, ■■jpy, Alier each bail game
. Ope.i House' is held for all
their recreation hall. Here ac
jn the girls have to report
ok to the dorm at once, but
e might ask why some organiza-
can't sponsor a similar af-
;r of enjoyable nature after each
cur home games? It might im-
.ove the interest and attendance
Incidently, it would be well for
everyone to really “get the
i.'it' for our remaining games
e liave nine Conference games
and to win all of them would
us near enough the top to
bure in an NAIA tournament
th. ’Twoiild be rather dis^
jraging if our boys were to
:s oul on that tournament after
:nning it last year. How about
•et's all get behind the team
now.
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Vncle Sam Calls; Yes, it looks
if Coach Jet Pierce will be
us one of his net stars when
spring quarter rolls around.
! Greene, Number Five man
last year's squad, has been
-n that come hither sign.
-3niary 6th is the date. Sorry
c have to leave, Hiram, but its
wishes from the sports staff
;ou.
the balconies and in the vesti
bules.
Coach Jim Mallory, so we hear,
lias completed a recruiting trip
through North Carolina and Vir
ginia, and he reports some fine
talent contacted. Previously Coach
Mallory took a small jaunt up to
he University of Maryland to con
fer with ‘‘Suny Jim" Tatum, the
“Split-T” mentor of the mighty
Terps. Result is that during win
ter practice the Christian gridders
are learning a new formation,
namely the “Split-T."
(Coach Doc/ Mathis seems to
'e delved into the ranks of the
"amurals for an up-and-coming
>fLetball star. This time it’s none
ther than John Platt, the jack-
‘ill-positions star from the
-'istiansi gridiron backfieldl'
■:le performing for the Oak-
wlton five in the intramural
John was a spark-plug at
-rd Due to his abiUty on de-
■ ' his rebounding abilities,
■'wh Mathis is using him at
-•ter. Platt should prove a big
■P in the closing games of the
'^son. by vvhicli time he should
reaching top condition.
The good weather which has
been prevailing lately has brought
the out-of-doors athletes into ac
tion. Many of the girls have taken
to riding the horses over at the
Sijdle Club. Same old comment, . .
“Silver refuses to jump mud-pud-
dles."
Out on the golf links you'll find
Terry Kelly, Joe Harvey and Moss
Beecroft. Those boys will have
to shoulder the burden of our
links squad. With Dave Mondy
and Bill Hyler graduated, our
golf team will be in the rebuild
ing stages, but early practice may
put our linksmen back on top in
the Conference race.
Baseball can’t be too far away,
and we can look for the Christians
to be a winner this year. Coach
Mallory has in the fold . . . and
we quote . . . “One of the finest
shortstops in North Carolina col
legiate ciTcles today.” Transfer
students may help out at a couple
of posts that were weak last
spring.
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What about a track team? All
I can say is that we have a great
deal of material on this campus,
and with some interested person
in command we could field a
great team. Now is the time to
get started. Do we really want
Lenoir Rhyne to take all four
major titles again this year?
Add Tennis: Our hopes lie with
veterans Bill Blackstone, Johnnie
Howell and Page Painter and a
group of others who will attempt
to play intercollegiate tennis for
the first time. Winter quarter
is half gone, and it's time to get
ready for the spring sports parade.
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Pair Of Ace Forwards Pacing Elon At5;iie
l:»en Kendall
Pacing the scorins attack for
the Elon ChrisOans thus (ar in
the curi/'ut basketball season
have been a pair of liard-driv-
ing forwards In the persons of
Ben Kendall aud Jack Malloy,
ably aided by lanky Dee Atkin
son at center. The two Christian
forwards are pictured here,
fvith Ker.dall on the left and
Malloy on the right.
Kendall, who hulls from Ko
komo, Ind., is playing his t!iird
season in a Maroon and Gold
uniform and biddiug fir his
third consecutive All-Confer
ence berth. The ladii i la boy
wcii A>>Conference h>'..or: at
guard his freshman year and
then added a second Ali-Con-
ference position and an All-
State berth as a sophomore.
The hard-driving Hoosier star
boasts a great variety of shot.s,
althougha .Aump - shot from
around the foul line has often
ayeared to be hi.s best threat.
He has hit for 310 points tn his
first nineteen games this sea
son, giving a total of 1.130
. points for his two and one-half
seasons on the Elon squad, a
total which indicates he may set
a new career record for the
Christians before he graduates.
iVIalloy, who is a native of
Lynchburg, Va., ii also a junior,
but he is playing Iiis first sea
son for Elon. having transferred
to the Christian camp after play
ing two seasons with Lynch
burg Colle.^e. Tlie Virginia boy,
who likes to drive under from
his forward position, has racked
up 245 points in his first nine
teen games this season.
Jack Malloy
Two Late Season Cage Tourneys Planned
NAIA Meet To Follow
Conference Tournament
Christian Quintet Still
Scoring A t Fast Pace
Elon Cage Gaines
SCORING
on the subject of basket-
(Thni January 22nd)
FT
While
' should like to say to Cap-
^ Billy Hawkins that his re-
play has been realy sensa-
-"na. In the East Carolina game
„ also against High Point, the
^ drove in time and again
3>-ups to keep the Christian
PM alive. Keep up the good
Wk, BiUy.
^i*st A Reminder; From Coach
Pierce to the student body .. ■
■>' and set an example in regards
snicking while in the gym. The
has been refinished recent-
3nd the ducking of cigarettes
the floor will soon ruin it. So.
* reminder, smoking only in
Player
Games
FG
Kendall
. 19
115
Malloy
.... 19
93
Atkinson ....
... 19
89
Hawkins
. 18
57
Musten
... 19
43
Maddox
. 18
20
Burgess
. 5
16
Hall
. 12
16
Gauldin •
... 18
12
Brown
, 11
12
McDaniel .
... 11
8
Quakenbush
14
9
Whitley
. 7
8
Mitchell
10
4
McIntyre ..
. 12
3
Platt
4
3
Citty
1
0
Packard
2
0
80
59
63
41
38
15
19
7
8
7
8
6
1
6
8
5
1
0
TP
310
245
241
155
124
55
55
39
32
31
24
22
17
R,
Rice
Smith 2
1
14
14
11
1
0
0
Tlie Elon basketeers, after suf
fering a mid*ieason slump that
brought three consecutive losses
to East Carolina, McCrary and
High Point, bounced back to win
three of four starts within a week,
including victories over Catawba,
McCrary and Lenoir Rhyne. The
loss mixed with those three vic
tories was an upset defeat by
DuPont.
The Christians showed thirteen
wins in twenty starts, including
last Saturday’s decisive victory
over Lenoir Rhyne at Hickory. A',
the same point they had four
wins and two lo.^es in the Confer
ence, but they were facing two
tough battles with Western Caro
lina at Cullowhee this week,
icores of which were unavailable
at this writing.
McCRAKY 77, ELON 68
The Christian cagers bowed to
‘he powerful McCrary Eagles at
Asheboro by a 77 to 63 score on
Monday night, January 12th, as
the Eagles’ ace forward, Darrell
Floyd, poured 34 points through
■he netting to lead the enemy at
tack. McCrary moved ahead in
the first quarter and maintained
ihe lead throughout the game.
The Eagljes weue leadliig by
twenty points at the end of the
third quarter, but the Christians
rallied in the final period to cut
the margin to nine points. Ben
Kendall hit for 19 points, and Dee
At'Kinson showed 14 counters
POS Elon (68) McCrary (77)
F_Kendall (19) *34)
F-Malloy (2) Langiton (19)
C—Atkinson (14) .. . Williams (13)
G-Musten (2) H- Nance (4)
G ^Hawkins (8) Slaydon
Half—McCCrary 41, Elon 32.
Elon subs-Hall (8), Gauldin (7),
Brown, McDaniel (1), Maddox (7),
Quakenbush, McIntyre
subs—Raines, Joyce,
Moran (3), Henry (3)
HIGH POINT 79, ELON 69
elon 19
OPONENTS 19 359 1243
McCrary
Sheets (1),
B. Nance,
The Panthers gained a two-
point lead in the first quarter,'but
Elon tied the score at 38-all by
I'laif-time, only to have the High
"ointers move to the front by ten
points at the three-quarter mark
on the shooting of big Howard]
.Vlexaiider. That ten-point lead
'.leld for the game.
Jack Malloy was the top scorer
or Elon witli 15 points, with Dee
Atkinson and Billy Hawkins rack
ing 14 and Ben Kendall 12 mark
ers each.
Pos. Elon (,S9) High Point (79)
■'—Kendall (12) Sykes (10)
3’—Malloy (15) HickS (1)
C—Atkinson (14)- Alexander (23)
G—Musten (6) Moseley (20)
G—Hawkins (14) .... Davidson (11)
Half—Elon 38, High Point 38.
Eton subs—Hall (2), Gauldin,
Maddox (1), Platt (4), Quaken
bush, Mitchell (1). High Point subs
—Thornton (9), Lisk (1), Simp
son (4).
Elon 83aaU .. .SN .aa&—
ELON 83, CATAWBA 65
The Elon cagers got hot in the
hird quarter and moxed far ahead
of the Catawba Indians to clinch
an 83 to 65 victory over the Tribe
in a North State Conference battle
played in Salisbury on Saturday
night, January 17th.
Jack Malloy was the prime op
erator in that Elon rally in the
third quarter, for the slender for
ward racked seven field goals in
that one period as Elon gained
an eleven-point margin. Malloy
counted a total of 24 points for
the game to lead the Elon attack.
Other Elon leaders were Ben
Kendall with 18, Dee Atkinson
..litri 13 and Ray Whitley with 10
points, Don Graham was top man
for Catawba with 18 points.
P«s. Elon (83) Catawba (65)
F—Kendall (18) Barrow (4)
F—Malloy (24) McKaig (15)
C—Atkinson (13 Seats (10)
G-^Musten Graham (18)
Elon 70, Lynchburg 65.
Elon 73, Va. Tech 61.
Elon 95, A. C. C. 56.
Elon 76, Lynchburg 64.
Elon 81, High Point Y 69.
Elon 63, Guilford 48.
Elon 78, High Point 80.
Elon 73, Presbyterian 57.
Elon 62, Erskine 74.
Elon 47, High Point Y 55.
Elon 64, Appalachian 61.
Elon 76, DuPont 43.
Elon 73, Presbyterian 48.
Elon 75, East Carolina 76.
Elon 68, McCrary 77.
Elon 69, High Point 79.
Eli>n 83, Catawba 65.
Elon 74, DuPont 78.
Elon 86, McCrary 77.
Elon 82, Lenoi,r Rhyne 69.
Remaining Games
Jan. 26—W. C. T. C., away.
Jan. 27—W. C. T. C., away.
Jan. 29—Erskine. here.
Jan. 31—Catawba, here.
Feb. 4—Appalachian, here.
Feb. 7—Guilford, away.
Feb. 11—Higli Point, here.
Feb. 14—East Carolina, away.
Feb. 16—A. C. C., here.
Feb. 18—Lenoir Rhyne, here.
Feb. 21—Guilford, here.
Tiie 1952-53 basketball season
for Elon and other North Stale
Conference teams will be climaxed
by two tournaments, the first of tournament in Winston-Salem
opened tiie meet in previous years.
Eight of the nine Conference
teams will participate in this
them being the annual Confer
ence title meet to be held in
Winston-Salem the last week in
February, with the anual Caro-
linas NAIA tournament to follow
immediately afterward at a site
to be determined later.
Plans for both tournaments
were mapped at a meeting of
coaciies and officials held in Salis
bury on Sunday, January 18 th,
at which time the North State
cage coaches met with officers of
the Winston - Salem Exchange
Club, which will sponsor the big
meet in the Twin City.
Staged in Statesville for the
past three years, the Conference
meet will be held in the Twin
City's beautiful new Reynolds
High gymnasium, beginning on
Wednesday night, February 25th,
and closing on Saturday night,
February 28th. The Wednesday
night pi'ogram replaces tlie Thurs
day afternoon games that have
JV Cagers Are Undefeated
iG—Hawkins (1) Lyndon (8)
The High Point Panthers hand-1 jja[f_catawba 37, Elon 36. Elon
ed the Chri.stian cagers a decisive | Gauldin (2), Platt
79 to 69 defeat in a North Sta.e (g)^ Maddox (2), Whit
ley (10), Quakenbu-sh. Catawba
conference battle that was played
in High Point on Thursday nigiit,
January 15th, cutting the Elon
Conference mark at that pomt o
two wins and two defeats.
subs—Sumney (7), Lentz, Walser
(3), Porter.
(Continued on Page Four)
The Elon junior varsity basket
ball squad, composed largely of
freshmen and coaciied by Nelvin
Cooper, former varsity cage star,
is breezing along undefeated and
with nine victories -
The Elon youngsters have been
hard-pushed in only three games,
the battles against the Carolina
JV’s, the Burlington Highs and
the High Point JV’s. Scores of
j games played thus far are shown
below:
Elon 53, Carolina V 47,
Elon 59, Lynchburg JV 38.
Elon 58, Graham High 33.
Elon 81, Lynchburg JV 63.
Eton 65, Franklinville 44,
Elon 58, Burlington High 56.
Elon 63, Emporia High 30.
Elon 57, Jacksonville 39.
Elon 56, High Point JV 55.
Other games scheduled are with
Burlington, anuary 29; Franklin
ville, Februai'y 3; Haw River,
February 4; Guilford JV’s Febru-
,;ry 7; High Point JV’s, February
11; Carolina JV’s, February 18;
ind Guilford JV’s, February 21,
Ray Whitley, freshman from
Winston-Salem Gray High, and
E. B. McDaniel, a tranfer from
Campbell Junior College, are pac-
uig the junior varsity scoring with
81 and 80 points. Both have played
part of the season with the Elon
varsity. •*'
Complete scal ing record for the
junior varsity players follows;
Player fe ft
Wiiitley 35
McDaniel 30
Rice 22
Brown 15
Packard 1®
Walker 15
Shelton 15
Wheeler 12
Citty ... 11
Garrett 12
J, Smith 7
Beecroft 9
Barr
Mitchell 6
R. Smith 4
McIntyre 2
Fields 2
Arm field ^
11
20
7
10
9
9
4
8
8
6
C
2
2
2
4
5
2
0
with the four top teams getting
seeded bertivs. Plans call tor the
third and fourth teams to meet
first round opponents on Wed
nesday night, with the first and
second teams playing their al
lotted opponents on Thursday
night. The semi-finals will be
played on Friday night, with the
finals on Saturday night.
The plans for the anual NAIA
tournament are not so detinite,
since only four teams will com
pete, and those four teams must
be chosen from both the North
State Conference and the South
Carolina “Lit’,ie Four.'’ Season
records will determine the par
ticipating teams in this meet.
Tournament champions of each
of tlie two conferences will auto
matically qualify for the NAIA
meet, unless Wofford wins the
Palmetto State title. Since Wof
ford is not a member of the NAIA,
the Terriers could not compete, in
which case the winner of the
North State title would be the only
automatic qualifier.
If both conference champions
qualify, then the other two teams
will be the pair from the North
State and "Little Four” loops with
the best season record against
NAIA opponents. If only the North
State champions qualify, then
three teams with the top seasonal
marks in NAIA play would fill
jut the bracket.
The NAIA tournament (previ
ously known as the NAIB) was
held here at Elon last season, but
the location of this year's meet
will not be decided until later
In the season when the li.st of
entries is more nearly determined.
Possible entries for the NAIA,
in addition to the nine North
State Conference teams, include
skine, Newberry and College of
Charleston, all in South Carolina.
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The worst football defeat ever
suffered by an Elon football squad
and also the greatest number of
points ever scorcd on a Chrisetian
cam came when Clemson defeated
Elon 60 to 0 in 1924.