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ffednesday, March 25, 1953 MAROON AND GOLD ® - PAGE THRta Christian Nine Battles Williams Here Monday £lon Cage Games (filial For Season) 10. Lynchburg 65. Elon «. Va. Xeeh 61. . Eloii 95. A. C. C. 56. Elon 76, Lynchburg 64. Elon 81. High Point X 69. Elon 63, Guilford 48. tlon 78, High Point 80. Elon '3- Presbyterian 67. Elon SI. Erskine 74. Elon 47, High Point Y 55. E'on 64, Appalachian Gl. E!on 76, DuPont 43. Elon 73. Presbyterian 48. Elon 75. East Carolina 76. Elon 68, McCrary 77. Elon 69, High Point 79. Elan 83, Catawba 65. Elon 74. DuPont 78. lion 86, McCrary 77. Elon 83, Lenoir Rhyne 69. lion 90. VV.C.T.C. 87. Elon 79, VV.C.T.C. 87. Elon S3, Erskine 67. Elon 86, Catawba 69. Elon 86, Appalachian 57. Elon 67, Guilford 53. Bon 69, High Point 45. Elon 69, East Carolina 91. Elon 80, A.C.C. 49. Elon 87, Lenoir Rhyne 63. Elon 76, Guilford 71. North State Tomney F! r. 95. Appalachian 56. Eion 80, WCTC 65. Elon 63, High Point 66. NAIA Tourney Elon 79, Eiskine 75. Elon 58, East Carolina 72. ^ Ir^NERS OF ELON’S INTRA>IUR iL BASKETBALL CHAMI’IOINSHIP w i *>*■# Sbm^BSS Vew Eiiglaiitl Team First V Foe Of 23-Game Season BASEBALL SCHEDULE SEEING ? - ^ •yw* - An with j The Oak-Cailton basketball squad, which clinched the campus cage championship by defeating the strong I.T.K. basketeers in the finals of the annu&I intramural tournament, broke a three-year I monopoly that the fraternity boys held on the intramural title. Members of the Oak Carlton out fit. which first won the championship of the “AA’’ league and th?n copped the tournament crown, are shown above. Left to right in the pictme, they are as follows: FRONT ROW — Maunder Ed- ;ron;i=, n'.anager; Gary Sears, Nel 'in Cooper, Bobby Jones and Mai Bennett. BACK ROW — Frank Wahner, Guy Ross, Luther Barnes, Leon Long, and John Womack . coach. CARY SEARS Oak-Carlton Campus Cage Champs By GARY SEARS It bnppens every year around club than that last year. A hunch time—the Lttle acorns are wing into big oaks, the budding --- make everythin® look like Coach Doc Mathis’ boys ■ »e put away their basketball - and Coach Jim Mallory gets diamond squad out working ■' in hopes of another win- ■ season. Yes suh, just as as the sap starts to rise, the 5E nine is being counted on as contender for the North State The defending champion Lenoir /Tie squad will probably be the itians’ main obstacle, al- “Sh just what lies ahead of '• year’s squad is hard to tell, •ae from last year’s squad by ■iduation is Captain Billy Rakes, "'I Billy Byrd and Carlton Rob- two of last year’s freshman '.chers have dropped out of ;-joi. Taking a quick glance at the i‘«.uon we find veterans at al wst every position. In the out- ‘ ^ for another tour of duty ‘ind Jack Musten, Don Packard “ hard-hitting Carroll Reid. 1 ■ "g the infield we see ^ rmen Bobby Jones, catcher; Laughlin, first base; Jimmy - ®n, second base; and Bobby action in the sJ'i y®ar, switched to 1‘iAn t**' Thompson, a sen- 5Vi ®“rlingtan last year, is ,t.j ■“’trong bid for the va- ' shortstop post in his fresh- year. Prospects look even i(j, p! pitcher’s mound, -WtV T Richard ”il’ L ‘longer and Sherrill ‘ holdovers from last year^ Mallory really has a Wear a smile these days ® views the prospects for ; I team. Not only does for ‘ s ^ seasoned veterans, '.{.ip Langston, junior col- ransfer, has been looking that we ll again be on top at tne end of the season and that once again the North State Conference bunting will belong to the Chris tians. and a real bat- - ‘s Mderway there for the .start- ^^^rth. Freshman Alton Myers, Greene and Gene Curtis ‘we been SoBby impressive prediction — BASKETBALL — Although the season is over and most of the boys are taking a well deserved rest, there might be a tew things we could tell about the past sea son. First of all, wasn’t it great to watch the Christians in action? We won quite a few and lost some that would have put us on top, but the sports staff is mighty proud of the season record. When the final tally was made, our quint was second on the Confer ence standings. Well, while most of us went home on Spring vacation, the 6as- ketball team participated in the North State Tournament. It ad vanced to the finals, where the Christians were edged by High Point by only three points. For „helr outstanding play Jack Mal loy and Dee Atkinson were named to the first string All-Tournament team, while Billy Hawkins and Jack Musten were placed on t^ie second tournament team. The team as a whole set a new tourna ment record by scoring 95 points in the opener against Appalachian This year the NAIA Tournament was held in GreenvlUe at the new East Carolina gymn, with the four top teams in the Carollnas in competition with NAIA foes selected to play. East Carolina, With Sonny Rus.sell and Bobby Hodges leading the way, won the finals over Elon. Even though our team lost in the finals of two tournaments, a hearty congratu lation to the basketball team, and I'm sure I speak for both the student body and the administra tion. Especially a hearty thanks to Captain Billy Hawkins, Husky Hall and Jack Musten, three grad uating seniors. Best of luck to you all, and may your future years m the sports world be as succesSfu as your last year here at Elon. a better ball (Continued on Page Four) In the recent Intramural Bas- -vetball Tournament, held at the conclusion of the regular campus season, the “AA” league cham pions from Oak-Carlton clinched .h,; campus tiUe, winning in the XLirnaraent over the top two teams from each league. The opening round saw Oak- Carlton down North "A" 73 to 69,. Leon Long with 21 and Nelvin Cooper with 20 points were top ■nen tor the winners, while Bobby Greene and Jimmy Dalton led .Vorth with 25 and 17 points re- ipectively. It was a hard-fought contest, with the winners building a lead in the closing quarter.' The second game that day saw the Alpha Pi-Kappa Psi boys bow to the strong I.T.K. fraternity team, which got away to a fast start and was never In danger. The final score was 70 to 31, with Jack Clirlsty tossing in 24 points for the winners and Bobby Rogers getting 10 for the losers. The final game of the Intra mural meet on Monday night, February 23rd, matched the first- round winners in a hard-fought contest, which saw the lead change hands many times before Oak- Carlton gained the wiuuiug mar gin of 62 to 51 in the final three minutes. This late lead came as the Oak- Carlton outfit went into a freeze, which resulted in fouls by l.'P.K. players in attempts to get the ball. Foul shots by Oak-Carlton ran up the final ll point lead. Control of the backboards by Leon Long, who racked up 21 points, proved a big factor in the Oak-Carlton victory, but it was team win as Bubba Barnes hit 14 and Nel Cooper 13 points, with Guy Ross, Frank ahner and Bobby Jones playing fine ball. The losing I.T.K. outfit, which failed to win the crown for the first time in three years, also had its stars, with Jack Christy and Bll Blackstone each counting 16 poi.*S:s. Ralhp Rakes and Billy Byrd also played fine games for the fraternity outfit. ALL-STAR CAGE SQUADS NAMED FOR TWO LOOPS By GARY SEARS The Intramural Council, at a meeting held on Monday night, March 16th, named the All-Cam pus basketliall players for the 1953 Intramural season. Two .sep arate and distinct squads were selected this year, due to the fact that two leagues were in oper ation. This resulted in an honor list of ten men, whereas in pre vious seasons the team was com- po.sed of only five men. ^ The selection for the “AA” league disxlo.ses a well-rounded ball club, with the keynote being height and scoring punch from all positions. Leon Long, a re peater from last year, was top scorer for the loop and earned one forward position, with Cecil Bailey, top man for the Vets, as ills running mate. Bill Blackstone, I.T.K. pivot man, was chosen at the center po.st as a re.sult of his all-round work as a scorer and rebound man for the campus runners-up. The guards chosen for the “AA” team were Lou' Roclielli, of Sigma Phi and Luther Barnes, of the Oak Carlton, outfit. Both boys were fine scoreVs and excellent ball handlers. It was Rochelli’s fourth year on the honor outfit. The honor team for the “A league was selected at the same time, and the boys selected were named for their .speed and scoring abdUty. This team lacked the height of the "AA” squad, but the hustle of these boys made up for their lack of height. Sigroa Phi placed “Sheepy” Peters and Charlie Atkins, while Alpha Pi-Kappa i'si gained tv.o places with C. K. Siler and ALL-CAMPUS STARS “AA” LEAGUE Player Team Pos| LONG, Oak-Carlton F. BAILEY, Vets F, 3LACKSTONE, I.T.K. C. ^OCHELLI, Sigma Phi G. BARNES, Oak-Carlton G. HONORABLE MENTION: Cooper and Sears, Oak-Carlton; Rakes and Christy, I.T.K.; Armfield, Vets; Carmichael, North; Sharpe, Day Students. “A”LEAGUE layer Team Pos| SILER, Ajlpha-Kappa F. DALTON, North F. ”ETERS, Sigma Phi C. ATKINS, Sigma Phi G. ROGERS, Alpha-Kappa G. HONORABLE MENTION — Greene and Hall, North; Edwards and Maekay, Ea.st; Swicegood,!" April 6—.Sewanee, home. South; Nelson, Alpha-Kappa. April 7—Guilford, away. Ailril 10—East Caiolina, away. April 11—Ea.st Carolina, away. April 14—High Point, borne. April 16—Lenoir Rhyne, home. April 17—Catawba, away. April 20—Wake Forestj home. * April 21—High Point, away. .\pril 23—Lenoir Rhyne, away. April 24—Catawba, home. April 27—N. C. State, away. April 29—Guilford, home. May 1—Lynchliur^, away. * May 2—Carolina JV, home. • May 4—Carolina JV, away. • May 6—Lynchburg, home. • May 8-9—Tournament. *—Tentative meets. -■March 30—Williams, hame. ■April 1—Wesleyan, home. .\prll 2—Ohio I'., home. April 6—Reidsville, away. April 7—Wake Forest, home. •April 8—Wake Forest, home. .\pril 10—East Carolina, away. •April 11—A.C.C., away. •April 13—Guilford, home. .^pril 15—Guilford, away. •\pril 18—A.C.C., home (DID. April 20—High Point, away. April 22—East Carolina, away. •April Z?>—A.C.C., away. April 28^—Guilford, away, •April 30—McCrary, away. •May 1—High Point, home. ■May 6—High Point, away. May 8—East Carolina, home. May 9—East Carolina, home. May 11—Guilford, ho.ne. "Way 12—High Point, home. May 14-16—Conference Tourney. Golf And Net Meets Listed Spring schedules tor the Elon ;olf . and tennis teams were an lounced this week by Coach Jet •’ierce, who listed nine meets for he golfers and nineteen meets, six of them still tentative, for he racket wielders. Both teams A/ill also participate in the annual .'^orth State Conference tourna- Yients. ... 1 The golf team, which gradu ited its two aces, Dave Mondy and Bill Hyler, will have Joe tiarvpy and Nelvin Cooper as the mly returning lettermen. Don Smith, a newcomer from Greens boro, is listed as a fine links pros pect. Bill Blackstone, Johnnie Howell, Page Painter and Bob Peters are lettonmen back for the tennis team, with Jack Slioffner listed as likely new prospect. Coach Pierce staled that there are fif teen or more candidates for the net team. The golf !!chedule includes the following meets: March 31—Ohio Univ., home. April 8—N.C. State, away. .'\pril 10—East Carolina, away. April 11—East Carolina, away, April 14—High Point, home. April 16—N. C. State, home. April 20—Guilford, away. •April 21—High Point, away. April 30—Guilford, home. May 4-5-‘-Touniament. The tennis schedule, including six tentative meets with Wake Forest, Lynchburg and Caroluia JV’s, is as follows: March 31—N. C. State, home. April 1—Wake Forest, away. * The Fighting Christian ba.seball- ers will open their 1953 campaign here next Monday afternoon, March 30th, by meeting a strong Williams College nine from Mas sachusetts in the first of three games scheduled for next week. The Elon nine will also meet Wesleyan here Wednesday and Ohio University here TImrsday of next week. The Christian squad, which is packed with fourteen lettermen and a host of promising young sters, will swing into action under the leadership of Co-Captains Carroll Reid and Jack Musten, a pair of senior outfielders, who were elected as joint leaders re cently by vote of their team mates. Both tlie new Elon captains will be .'-tarting their final season un der Maroon and Gold colors. Reid led the squad in hitting and stolen ba.se:i last year, racking a .349 batting average and stealing 22 ba.ses. Musten was the top power hitter for last year's nine, slam ming four homers and a host of doubles. Beth Reid and Musten rated high in runs batted in. The Williams outfit, v.'hlch fur- n>.shes' the oppLViition for the opening contest, will be making its louthern tour several years, and information from the Williams camp Indicates that the New England visitors will have plenty of power. Williams is bring ing a .'!quad of fifteen men, headed by Captain Connolly, a power-hit ting outfieldei'. Coach Mallory has not an nounced his starting line-up for the Williams game, but' he will probably start lettermen in at least seven positions, with the possibility that newcomers may fill the first base and shortstop ])0sts^ His starting pitcher will probably be either Sherrill Hall, Luther Conger or Charlie Swice- good, all of them letter veterans. F^loii Piaii8 Entry In Softball iVleel For College Nines Plans are in the making for Elon College to enter a softball team in the new North Carolina intercollegiate softball tourna ment, which is to be held in Memorial Stadium at Greensboro on Thursday and Friday, May 7th and 8th. The tournament was an nounced two weeks ago and will be staged under the direction of Oka Hester, Greensboro’s city recreation director. Plans for the formation of the Elon team are not complete at this time, but Athletic Director J. L. Pierce stated that it was likely that an all-star team would be chosen from the intramural soft ball teams to represent Elon in the tournament. The plan Is ex pected to spur interest in campus .‘loftball this .spring. SCORING Bobby Rogers. Jimmy Dalton, a flashy forward for the North Dorm team rounded out the “A” League all-stars. In making the selections for this team it was noted that all of the boys cho.sen were the outstanding players of their respective teams. Peters was the top scorer for the “A” League. Siler and Dalton were great scoring threats, and Atkins and Rogers were two of the steadiest performers in the 1°°P' . . .Sea.soii Filial—All Players Plaster Games FG FT TP Atkinson 34 193 126 512 Malloy SO 184 110 478 Kendall 22 146 91 383 Hawkins 35 125 87 337 Musten 36 81 74 236 Hall 29 54 45 153 Maddox 31 47 43 127 Mitchell 22 44 28 116 Gauldin 35 32 29 93 McDaniel 23 20 26 66 Burgess 5 16 19 51 Brown 18 15 11 41 Whitley . 20 15 3 33 McIntyre 22 ■7 8 22 Quakenbush 14 9 4 22 Packard 10 6 8 20 Platt . 7 3 6 12 R. Smith 6 U 1 1 Citty 1 0 1 1 Rice 2 0 0 0 ELON Totals 36 999 720 2718 Opponents 3G 814 755 2383
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