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MAROON AND GOLD
PAGE THREE
SPORTS
Indians Are
Elon Victims
A La Rauseo Semnd Time
By MIKE KAUSEO
This may be the wrong way to
■ break in" on writing a column,
but I feel ^
jc important, and I hope it has an
everlasting effect. My aggression
fnd complaint is directed towards
the many students and others who
were responsible for the most un-
cportmanlike behavior I have wit-^
ne;;cd in my college career. ,
Tlie incident referred to above;
occurred during the final minutes!
of a thrilling contest between, the |
Fighting Christians and the Guil-j
ford Quakers a week ago this|
past Monday on the home floor
here.
With the score knotted 70-70
and just two and one-haif minutes
remaining in the game, Coach Doc
Mathis pulled freshman Roy
Kieval, leading scorer for the
Christians up to that time and
tremendous favorite with the fans
for his unorthodox hook shots.
Coach Mathis was immediately
barraged with a hail of boos and
cat-ealls for this move.
Now, there were a few mighty
good reasons why Coach Mathis
janked the (young BTOokAynit«.
rnd fortunately Coach is not called
r.pon to explain always to the
second guessers.
The fact that Elon won the
fame is of secondary significance
today. What is significant and im
portant to us is found in terms
of team cooperation, team spirit,
and favorable attitudes of players
toward the opposition, referees
and fellow players. Those are al
ways more important than the
winning and losing of a game.
Above and beyond everything
else, fans should ask themselves
who, above and beyond everyone
else, is better qualified to judge
just when a player should be
taken out of a game than Coach
Mathis himself. It is worth while
to mention the gigantic responsi
bility that Coach Maths knowing
ly took upon himself when he re
placed Kieval. He was not coach
ing to please any certain indi
vidual or group. Instead, he was
out to win the gime in a way
that past experience instinctively
guided him.
Incidentally, remember that
Kieval’s replacement, Co-Captain
Jack Malloy, immediately scored
six straght points to ice the game
tor Elon.
I Elloii Cage (raiiies
Ef»n 78, Belmont Abbey 81.
Elon 77, McCrary 67.
Elon 63, Presbyterian 82,
Elon 80. McCrary 65.
Elon 65, Belmont Abbey 75.
Elon 62. Presbyterian 82.
Elon 51, East Carolina 85.
Elon 69, A.C.C. 66.
Elon 66, Catawba 53.
Elon 70. Ugh Point 60.
Eton 71, Lenoir Rhyne 82.
Elon 74. Appalachian 81.
Elon 69, Catawba 58.
Elon 78, Guilford 75.
Elon 84, Appalachian 73.
Elon 61, W. C. T. C. 87
(Remaining Games)
Feb. 9—Guilford, away.
Feb. 11—High Point, awayj
Feb. 13—East Carolina, home.
Feb. 15—A.C.C., away.
Feb. 17—Lenoir Rhyne, away.
Feb. 20—VV.C.T.C., home.
A look at the latest standings in
the Intramural Basketball League
has North “2” in the lead with
8 5-0 record, followed by Sigma
Phi with 4-0 and I.T.K. close be
hind with a respectable 4-1 win-
2nd-loss mark. These three teams
art verj’ strong, and the final re
sults should prove interesting.
In a game between North “2”
and North “1” on Thursday, Feb
ruary 4th, North “2” went on a
scoring spree to route their oppo
sition by a 103-44 score. Oddly
wough, the high scorer, Archie
Wilbom, got only 26 points as a
host of playr- 5 hit double figures.
In the gi^ ’ intramural basket-
standings the Day Student
•Extet is on top with a 3-0 record.
Nancy Kernodle and Polly PajTie
’re high scorers for that outfit,
It is worthwhile to note that 175
students are participating in one
capacity or another in intramural
^Ifetball. and this is certainly a
Wbute to the tirele.ss efforts of
oach Boyd, He said this week,
I am pleased at the interest
s own by the entire student body
intramural basketball, and I
“Pe that it continues through
® rest of the year.**
♦ ♦ ♦
U may be a little early for the
.sound of a bat and ball, but if
Jou would hang around the post
office you would realize that it's
' ot too early to see at least a
'^oze.T Elon students receiving re-
Ei’tered mail letters, which con-
•‘‘m professional baseball con-
-acts.
^Continued on Page Four)
J-V Cappers
Grab Five
More Wins
Five straight wins in the last
two weeks over the Lenoir Rhyne
Guilford .ind Catawba jay-vees
and over Haw River High and
Hargrave Military Academy have
boosted the season record for
Elon's J-V cagers to 11 wins in
13 starts. The only defeats were
by the strong Carolina Freshmen.
The Elon youngsters, averaging
78.1 points per game and holding
their opponents to a 58.5 average,
are topped in scoring by Jimmy
Crump ■ with 99 points. Other
players and their points are
Bailey 93, Warren 87. Dalton 84,;
King 83, Citty 80, Kieval 76,
Brown 73, Walker 61, Garrett 59,
Smith 52, Moseley 41, Stone 34,
Wheeler 30, McDaniel 21. Wilborn
14. Lafferty 10 and McIntyre 2,
The J-V scores follow;
Elon 96. Cone Y 50,
Elon 76, Jacksonville 47.
Elon 65, UNC Frosh 81.
Elon 58. Aberdeen 47.
Elon 66. Times-News 49.
Elon 69, UNC Frdsh 80.
, Elon 91. Catawba 50.
Elon 96, High Point 44.
Elon 65. Lenoir Rhyne 57.
The Christian cagers chalked
their second successive win over
the Catawba Indians when they
grabbed a well-played 69 to 58
battle on the Indian court in
Salisbury on Saturday night. Jan
uary 30th. The victory enabled the
Elon five to maintain its place in
the first division in the North
State Conference. i
The Maroon and Gold basketecrs
had defeated Catawba in an earlier
game here at Elon by a 66 to 53
margin, but the Indians proved
somewhat tougher to handle in
their own i territory, and the i
Christians had to come from be
hind after Catawba led in the
first period.
The Catawba cagers started off I
in high gear as Jack Proctor paced
the Indians in the opening min
utes of the first quarter, and they j
were ahead at one point by a 12
to 5 margin, but the Elon lads'
found their shooting range and
narrowed the Catawba lead to four
points at 17 to 13 as that open
ing period ended,
Bobby Timmons proved the pace
maker for Elon in a big second
Quarter, which also saw some ex-
cellen.' rebound work by Dave
Maddox for the Christians, That
quarter netted the Christians a
total of 23 points while Catawba
could bucket only 10 points, and
the two teams went out for' half-
time intermission with Elon sport
ing a 36 to 27 lead.
The third quarter was all even
for its ten minutes of action, with
each team counting 15 points, but
it ended with Elon still clinging
to her 9-point margin, and the
Christians continued to protect
that lead and added to it slightly
in the final period, which saw
the Christians net 18 and Catawba
16 points.
Timmons was top man for the
ELON
SENIORS
Jack Mitchell (left) and Ned
Gauldin (right), two of the three
seniors listed on the Elon Col-
Isse basketball roster this sea
son, are pictured here. The third
r«nior member of the Fighting
Christian squad is Jack .Vlalloy,
who was pictured in an earlier
is-sue of the Maroon and Gold.
The three seniors, all of who
are forwards, have divided start
ing assignmimts among them
during the season, although Co-
Captains Gauldin and .Malloy
have drawn the starting call in
most in-stances. However, Mitch
ell has appeared among the
starting five on several o'-
casions.
Neither of the three Christian
seniors are native Tar Keels.
Co-Captains Gauldin and Mal
loy are both from Virginia,
Gauldin hailing from Fieldale
and IMalloy claiming Lynchburg
as his home town. Mitchell came
to Elon from Lyndhurst, N. J.
Each of the senior forwards
has hit in double figures on a
number of occasions this sea
son, and all have come through
with buckets when points were
sorely needed. It was Mitchell
who paced the Elon attack in
the ‘‘High School Day" win over
■\ppalachian, while .Malloy hit
the crucial points against Guil
ford. Gauldin's floor game stood
out each time.
Cli! istiaiis Def eat Guilford |
Led by the clutch shooting of that Roy Kieval moved into action,
Roy Kieval and Jack Malloy, the | and the big freshman from Brook-
Christian cagers came from be-liyn hit 13 points in that fourth
hind in the fourth quarter to de-l quarter.
leat the Guilford Quakers 78 to The .score was tied five times in
that last period, and Kieval hit
the tying basket three times. With
less than three minutes left the
75 in a North State Conference
battle here on Monday night, Feb-
night as he led both clubs with 17 ruary Lst,
points, but he received able as-; The Quakers, fighting vainly toUcore was 70-all and then Jack
sistance from Dave Maddox, who 1 stay out of the Conference cellar,
bagged 12 points for Elon from ^made a stubborn battle of it all!
his center position. Jack Proctor the way, Elon mcved ahead to front for keeps.
commanding 22 to 14 lead in the Maddox had 22 and Kieval 20
first quarter and stretched that to pace Elon's scoring, while Mal-
Icad to ten points early in the;ioy and Timmons hit 13 and 11
second period, and then the Quak-i , .... . j ^ j
^ counters. Atkms topped Guilford
ers got hot and grabbed the lead.
Bill Atkins and Don Mikles led points.
Guilford (75)
second quarter that ended with P'—.Malloy '13)
Catamounts
Cop Victory
At Cnlloivhee
was the Catawba leader with 14
I points.
Pos. Elon (69)
F—Malloy (5i
K—Gauldin I9'
,C—Maddox (12)
;G—Packard (3)
G—Timmons (17)
Catawba (58)
Proctor (141
McKaig (9i
Beaver
„ I Guilford in that hot streak in the I'®*- F.Ion (78)
Summey (3>J ^ ^ ^ _ j j ii.
Porter (7) i
n i ..h, 97 Quakers leading 36 to 35 at F—Gauldin
Half—Elon 36, Catawba 27. | half-time. Mikles drove under and ,22)
Elon subs—Mitchell 7. Kieval 8, lajd one up for the points that ^
Hamirck 2. Whitley 6, .McIntyre, [jgnt Guilford ahead just as the '*^ Packard
Catawba subs—Edwards 2. Miller ' half-time buzzer sounded, G—Timmons (11)
Atkins (271
Armstrong (5i
Schorr (4'
Callicutt (I81
Hildebrand (3i
2 Irvin 4. Carter 7, Lyndon 4.
Elon 99, Catawba 67.
Elon 70, Guilford 61.
Elon 67, Haw River 60.
Elon 89. Hargrave 65
i Dave INIaddox led Elon's attack. Half—Guilford 36. Elon 35.
!in the third quarter and tied the Elon subs—Kieval 20. Mitchell
j count twice, the last time at 52-all,, 8. Whitley 4, Stone, King, Ham-
I but Guilford pulled away again [rick, McIntyre. Guilford subs—
^and held a 58-54 margin at the! Mikles 13. Schmidt 1, Harriss 4,
j end of that quarter. It was then: .larrett.
Dave Maddox hit fourteen of
i sixteen free-throw attempts and
added four field buckets for a 22-
point total, but his efforts were
jail in vain as the Fighting Christ-
I ians dropped a lop-sided 87 to 61
i decision to the Western Carolina
I Catamounts at Cullowhce last Sat-
jurday night, fefiruary flth.
The loss to the Catamoonts cost
Elon her full claim to third place
in the North State Conference
standings, and the Christians re-
' turned from the mountains in a
I third-place deadlock with the
\\'estern Carolina tossers. I
I The Catamounts broke away in
; front on the red-hot shooting of
■ Jim Jordan. Jordan hit 29 points
jfor the night, and he bucketed 18
,of those counters in *he first te:,
minutes to send Wc.stcm Carolina
ahead 23 to 14 as the r"^riod ended
The Elon cagers rallied slightly
(Continued On Page Four)
Elon Downs
App Quintet !
84-73 Here
After trailing the Appalachian
Mountaineers throughout the first
half, the Elon Christians staged
I terrific stretch drive and came
from behind to defeat the .Moun
taineers 84 to 73 here on Wed
nesday night, February 3rd, be
fore a yelling crowd of 3,000
"High School Day" fans.
The Chri.stians had to pull out
I stops in that second half as
they overcame the early Appa
lachian lead and pulled out to an
impressive victory, a win which
kept intact Elon's record of never
losing a "High School Day" game.
It was the fifth successive year
that the Maroon and Gold squad
had given the high school guests
,1 winning show.
The lirst quarter of thS game
■'as a nip-and-tuck affair, with
never more than a point or two
separating the rivals, but the
Mountaineers gained a 17-15 mar
gin as the period ended. The Ap
palachian scoring was well divided
in that first ten minutes, but
.lack Mitchell racked nine of
Elon's 15 points during the period.
Roy Kieval took over the pace-
setting duties for Elon in the
second quarter, dropping in 11
points to pace a 24-point team
effort, but Dave Abernathy paced
the Mountaineers in scoring 25
points during the same period, and
Appalachian went out for rest
time with a 42 to 39 lead.
It was Jack Mitchell. Dave Mad
dox and Ray Whitley in a three
pronged attack who shot the
Christians out front in a big third
quarter, which saw Elon pick up
28 points while holding Appalach
ian to 19 markers. That period
ended with Elon on top by a 67 to
61 score, and Mitchell and Whit
ley continued the attack in a
fourth quarte>-
Scoring honors for the night
were all even, with Jack Mitchell
racking 24 points for Elon and
Dave Abernathy scoring an equal
number for the invading Moun-
laineers. Three other Elon sharp- ■
shooters also hit double figures,
Pos. Elon (84) Appalachian (73)
F—.Mitchell (24) Trammell (3)
F—Gauldin (3)
C—.Maddox (18)
G—Timmons (li
G—McIntyre
Abernathy (24)
Campbell (11)
Haithcock (4)
Banner . (7)
Half. Appalachian 42. Elon 39.
Elon subs—Kieval 13. Malloy,
Whitley 16, Stone, Packard 5,
Hamrick (4). Appalachian subs—
Brown 13. Deal 4, Wallace 7.
CAGE ACTION ... ON THE BENCH . . . ON I HE COURT
Ba-iketball games are wen by strategy on the bench and action on the court, and botli phase.s
are pictured below in shots tak-n during Elon’s "High School Day" win over Appalachian. Coach
Doc Mathis is pictured below talking over strategy with Roy Kieval and Ray Whitley, and at their
right Don Packard shifts into defensive position to stop a drive by Appalachian's Tee Haith ock.
Aj)[is Winner
In Boone Tilt
The Appalachian cagers upset
the Christians in their first meet
ing of the season at Boone on
Wednesday night, January 27th,
when the .Mountaineers set the
.•■■coring pace in three of the four
quarters to win by an 81 to 74
margin. The first quarter was
close, and Elon led briefly during
that period, but the Apps pulled
out front by a 17-16 margin as
•he quarter ended. The Mountain
eers stretched that lead during the
sccond quarter and held a 40-38
margin at intermission.
The Christian tossers rallied in
the third quarter and were be
hind by only one point at 56-55
a? the teams went into the final
period. It was then that the tall
.VIountnineers really got hot to
pull out the final seven-point vic-
ory margin.
Dave Maddox, Elon center, top
ped the Christian scorers and led
both teams for the night with 23
points, but he received able as
sistance from Ray Whitley and
'ack Mitchell, who hit for 12 and
10 points in the fra’’
Pos. F.lon (74) Appalachian (81)
F—Malloy (5) Trammell (14)
F—Gauldin (9) Abernathy (14)
C—Maddox (23)
G—Packard (1)
G—Timmons (4)
Campbell (21)
Haithcock O)
Banner (9)
Half—Appalachian 40, Elon 38.
Elon subs—Mitchell 10, Ham
rick 2, Stone 2, Kieval 6, Whitley
12 Appalachian subs—Welch 8,
Brown 6.