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has top scoring average for elon
MAROON AND GOLD
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PAGE THRE*
Elon In Conference Cage Tournament
p-
Dee Atkiiisoii
riee Atkin 5011, slender sopliom
Lan cagei-3 in average per game
■ons, which ir,eluded last Wedn
fct that time he boasted' a 13,9 a
flayed two le-:; games ttian Jack
■jinli and sbo'.ved a 13,3 average
liig!;, where he led his team to
l:#wn in 1950, outscoring Wake
ff the five games the ■ two playe
ore center, was topping the Chris-
scoring in the most recent tabu-
asday’s victory over Lenoir Riiyne,
vei'ii'.'j for each game having
Malloy, who led the squad in total
Atiiinson prepped at Beauiah
the Northv.'est North Carolina
Forest’s Eickie Heuuic in tlu'ee
J ag;>iiist e-'oh other.
SEEING SPORTS
■'m.
with
GdRY SEARS
iVH.\T PRICE PUBLICITY —,
lertainly hate to start off a col-'
I lia with a complaint, but things
|ave been building up for quite
k'ine time now. First of all we
pund our school rocked by an un-
prtiinate incident involving some
: our athletes. Not long after that
t 'ituation of honor code viola-
fv- iesulte(^ on the Duke campus,
^onight I was li'tening to tUe
broadcast I learned cf . tlis
P-e involving athletes at WilUam
Mary College, in Williams-
' Virginia. Just what does all
■ iiieai! anti why ain I so con-
fcned,
I-T two of the incidents I was
. closely associated with some
the boys. Maybe they did com-
* violation, but why should
' athletes be the only ones who
ftflved the publicity about the
,^tomts. For instance in the case
we students at Duke there
four prominent football play-
who-.e named appeared in bold
f P* in almost every newspaper in
f^sate. Howmany of you realize
"ere actually eight stu-
p 'ii'olved in the same case,
^nd no\v vvhat about the story
& M. A news broadcast, an
^ ory and the names of six
athletes are put before the
I , story the num-
athletes involved in tliis
''35 twelve, while the total
►liat 'vas thirty. Again,
^ other eighteen
f-wns involved?
up to a few simple
^ you’re per-
ia the field of athletics
receiving some good pub-
Ut the minute you’ve been
,, * misdemeanor charge,
[ splashed across the radio
^ '"“Papers as a “no-body.”
hell athlete?
" what happened to the four
^^ming names at Duke? What
the other eighteen
at W, & M,? While the
ath.fctes stand up and take it
on the chin,' the business majors,
music maj;rs, social science ma-
iofs and what-have-you silently
pack thei/ bags and head for
home unhc-ard a-;ou^. T’li price
for being a.i athlete?—It’s a Cruel
World! ! !
+ » *
BASKETBALL—What a thriller
the High Point game turned out
to be. Not only for the fact that
Eton walK.ped ’em good, but did
you notice the way our team
played together. Really thin*i that
Dee Atkinson found himself
against the Panthers, I happened
to .see both of the two previous
games and it seemed as if Dee
played “Tiny” Alexander in re
spect to his points per game. Not
io here at home. Dee was faking
and hooking as if Alexander
wasn't even in the gym. Most
likely, at some time we'll run up
against the Panthers in the tourn
ament this week, and the team
play is what is going to win for
us.
♦ * *
Give praise, where praise is due
and that could mean to none other
than to Jack Mitchell. He certain
ly has come through in fine
fashion in recent game^, and his
hustle anti team spirit will keep
the first five on theiitoes.
* ♦ *
Tlie North Statte Tournament
gets undervv'ay ths week and lasts
tor four nights. Our team should,
as of this writing, finish second
in the conference race and will
find themselves standing a good
chance to win. It’ll be hard on
our boys as exams will also begin
tlie same day as the tournament.
This extra burden at Winston-
Salem is going to make it tough,
hut the sports staff knows that
you will be trying extra hard and
here at home we’ll be pulling for
you,
I (Continued on Page Four)
Varsity Five
Ends Regular
Season Play
The varsity basketball squad,
which has canried Elon colors
vhrough a highly successful cage
;eason. closed its regular sched-
■Jle by defeating the Guiy'd'ot'd
Quakers here last Saturday night,
giving the Christian hardwood
Jutfit a record of tweiity-two wins
ind nine losses for the year.
Hardest blow of the late season
vas a decisive defeat at the hands
if the Kast Carolina Pirates, which
jame in a battle at Greenville on
Saturday, February 14th. This de-
-eat cost the Christians their last
chance of copping top honors in
he regular Conference season,
ELON 67, GUILFORD 53
The Maroon and Gold squad
A'oa a tight defensive battle from
he Guilford Quakers at Guilford
an Saturday night, February 7tb,
aking a 67 to 53 decision over the
)ld rivals. The game was close
or three quarters, with Elon puli
ng away late in the game,
Pos. Elon (67) Guilford (53)
?—Malloy (18) Shoaf (18)
F—Hall (5) Arm.strong (6)
C—Atkinson (3) Godfrey (8)
G—Musten (14) Callicut (9)
(j—Hawkins (13) .. Hildobrand (2)
Half—Elon 31,_ Guilford 26.
Elon subs—Mitchell (5) ^ Gaul-
lin (2), Maddox (5), McDaniel (2),
Whitley, McIntyre, Packard. Guil
ford subs — Mikles, Smith (1).
Schorr (4), Buchanon, Osteen (5).
ELON 69, HIGH POINT 45
Playing before a ‘‘High School
Day” crowd of 2,800 fans, the
Christians swamped the High
Point Panthers 69 "to 45 here on
Wednesday night, February 11th,
The winners threw up the tightest
iefense of the season, holding
High Point to 17 points in the last
lalf.
Pos. Elon (69) IlieU Point (45)
F—Malloy (6) Sykes (8)
-Hall (8) Thornton (3)
C—Atkinson (25).. Alexander (14)
G—Musten Moseley (7)
3—Hawkins (16) Davidson (9)
Half—Elon 32, High Point 28.
] Elon subs—Mitchell (11), Brown,
'Gauldin, Maddox (3), McDaniel,
Smith, Whitley, McIntyre. High
Point subs—Lisk (1), Hicks (2),
Simpson, Frazier (1), West.
EAST CAROLINA 91, ELON 69
The East Carolina Pirates cut
loose in powerhouse form to de
feat Elon 91 to 69 at Greenville
m Saturday night, February 14th.
The Pirates moved to a long lead
in the second quarter and stretch
ed the advantage in the second
half.
Pos. Elon (69) East Carolina (91)
S'—Malloy 18) Russell (27)
[,'_Hall (3) Huffman (5)
C—Atkinson (14) Hodges (27)
G—Musten (7) Heath (6)
G—Hawkins (7) Thomas (10)
Half — East Carolina 43, Elon
'27).
Elon subs—MitcJiell (12), Gaul-
din (8), Maddox (3), McDaniel (5)
Whitley. McIntyre (2«, Packard.
ICast Carolina subs—Moye, Jones
(7), Hayes (2), Carr (2), King, Hii-
burn, O'Kelly (5).
(Continued on Page Four)
NORTH STATE TOURNAMENT BRACKET
EAST CAROLINA
Second Game
Thui-s. Nile
GUILFORD
CATAWBA
Second Game
Fri. Nite
First Game
Weds. Nite
HIGH POINT
W. C. T. C.
Second Game
Weds. Nite
LENOIR RHYNE
APPALACHIAN
First Game
Thurs.* Nite
ELON
Championship
Game
Sat. Nite
First Game
Fri. Nite
Football Sciieduie Amiouiicecl
The EIou College football
schedule for 1053 lists oniy
eight gaiaes tha» far, but Coach
Jtm Mallory, announcing the
grid card far the coming: fall,
stated that efforts are underway
to fsU two ok>eo dates. There
are three games at home and
five away.
The schedule m ide public this
week by C*>acli Mallcry lists
eight of the same teams that
were met by the Christiai.i g-f.d-
men last fall. The Norfolk Naval
Air Station and Little CreeU
AinpMbiou!« Base, two service
elevens that were met last year,
have been dropped from the
coming season, which accounts
for tlie open dates.
The Christiaas wlU have six
North .State Conference battles,
meetiug Appalachian, East Car
olina, Catawba, Western Caro-
lim, Lenoir Rhyne and Guil-
forde There are non-Conference
tuts wiCh Wofford and New
berry.
The schedule follows:
Sept. 19—Open.
Sept. 36—Wofford, away.
Oct. 3—Appalarihan, here.
Oct. 10‘—East Carolina, away.
Oct. 17—Open.
Oct. 24—Catawba, away.
I Oct. 31—W.C.T.C., here.
Nov. 7—Newberry, here.
Nov. 14—Lenoir Rhyne, away.
Nov, 26—Guilford, away.
ACTION IN VICTORY OVER HIGH POINT PANTHER.S
SCORING
(Through
February
18tb)
Player
Gaines
FG
FT
iMalloy
30
152
94
Atkinson
28
148
9d
Hawkins
29
110
U(i
"vlusten
30
()■/
(it
’>laddox
.. 27
42
34
Hall
23
3lj
23
Gauldin
29
2d
23
Mitchell
16
2'l
15
McDaniel
21
18
25
Brown
18
15
11
Whitley
17
14
3
McIntyre
18
6
Packard
7
. 1
4
0
Citty
n. Smith
4
0
0
Rice
Other players
174
120
Elon Totals
. , 30
840
589
Opponents
30 679 (i'iU
£
Annual Meet
Will Settle
Titular Race
BULLETIN!
The relinquishment of a game
by Elon to Atlantic Christian in
(ho Conference standings due to
I he playing of Bob Kiir.^ess in a
l>re-Christmas encounter was
nullified in the drawing:s for
the North State tournament at
Green-shoro.. The luck of the
draw save the Clu-istians sec-
Oifd p^ace in the final seeding:
and placed Catawba in eighth
place, eliminating Atlantic Chris-
lijn from the tournament.
♦ ♦ t
With their regular basketball
season a tiling of the past, the
;hristian cagers will compete tiiis
veekend in the tenth annual
■North State Conference Tourna-
■nent, which will be played in the
Reynolds High School gymn.Tsium
in Winston-Salem.
The tournament, which settles
the championship of the Confer
ence for the 1953 season, will be
n.il^ing its first appearance in the
win City, which has long been
we of the hotbeds of basketball
1 North Carolina. It has been
'.eld for the past three years in
Statesville, and prior to that time
t was held for several years in
jlkin and High Point.
The 1953 meet gets underway
in Wednesday night of this week
tnd will continue tor four nights,
vitli two games each on Wednes-
Jay, Thursday and Friday and
A'ith a single finals battle on Sat-
jiday niglit. The games will start
it 7:30 and 9; 15 o'clock each
evening, with the finals set for
3 o'clock. In recent years the
tournament has opened on Thurs
day afternoon, but the Wednesday
iiight program was substituted
this year in an attempt to boost
ittcndance.
Pairings for tlie cliampionship
rilay were drawn in Green.sboro on
Sunday afternoon, with the pair-
...(is meeting broadca.st over tele--
I vision by Station WFMY-TV. The
pairings as drawn at that time
are shown at the left.
The Elon cagers won the North
State tournament for the last
time back in 1947, but they have
been In the thick of the race
for the past three seasons, going
to the finals in 1950 before los
ing to Appalachian, but they have
lost to Higli Point in the semi
finals for the past two years.
The winners of the meet at Win
ston-Salem will qualify automat
ically for the Carolinas NAIA
tournament to be held immedi
ately after the North State meet.
Elon came back after losing in the
Conference tournament la.st year
ind won the Carolinas crown and
the right to play in the national
NAIA tourney at Kansas City.
Elon Cage (»aiucs
Some of tiie action in the “High .School Day" victory over the High Point Panthers is shown above,
with Elon’s Dave Maddox (15) up for the tip off with High Point's Tony Li.sk (23). Other Elon play
ers are Jack Mitchell (4) at the left and Billy Hav.’kins (5), while other Pantiier player? shown are
Kent Moseley (12) and Bobby Davidson (10) at the right Eloii swamped the Panther:: C3 to 45 in
the battles.
Elon 70, I/ynchhurg 65.
Elon 73, Va. Tech Cl.
Elon 95, A. C. C. 56.
Elon 76, Lynchburg 64.
Elon 81. High Poiui Y 69.
Elon 63, Guilford 48.
Elon 78, High Point 80.
E:ion 73, Pre.sbyterian (?7.
Elon 62, Erskine 74.
Elon 47, nigh Point Y 55.
Elon 64, Appalachian 61.
Elon 76, DuPont 43.
Elon 73, Presbyterian 48.
Elon 75, Ea.st Cart>lina 76.
Elon 68, McCrary 77.
Elon 69, High Fomt 79.
Elon 83, Catawba 65.
Elon 74, DuPont 78.
Eton 86, McCrary 77.
Elon 82, Lenoir Rhyne 69.
Elon 90, W.C.T.C. 87.
Elon 79, W.C.T.C. 87.
Elon 88, Erskine 67.
Elon 86, Catawba 69.
Elon 86, Appalachian 57.
Elon 67, Guilford 53.
Elon 69, High Point 45.
Elon 69, East Carolina 91.
Elon 80, A.C.C. 49.
Elon 87, Lenoir Rhyne 63.
Hon 76, Guilford 71.