Wednesday, February 24, 1954
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MAROOX AND GOLD
Elon To Play In Conference Cage Tournament This Week
SPORTS
A La Raiiseo
By MIKE RALSEO
CHRISTIAN CAGE SQUAD SE r i Qj{ 'Z (?LRiV\:ME\T PLAY
the professional club. The spon=
Some of you may be unaware, pressed hi= desire for an earlv
of a ' interesting and some-i start to justify the choice madr b'
v/ha' .! r;ud sideliglit in connec-'‘
tinn 'chno! athletics in
Nijitli Carolina. Spread through-
oiit thi' entire North State, we
h2V' ; ' graduates distinguish-
staff of the Maroon and Gold
joins in the good wishes of the
a successful
• It is no lie
entire school for
season for John
in;; th-:iiselves and their Alma;that our Fighting Christians are
Mater l;> their work as coaches going to have to malce a complete
and ' -iE'-.mt coaclies of various
high ,1 iiools.
The "jccess enjoyed by these
former students is most encourag
ing for the physical education
majors who intend to make coach
ing a career, for the work of those
gone before is certainly evidence
of the high standards maintained
by the Physical Education Depart
ment here at Elon,
In the AAA high schools we
have Caulde Manzi at Green.sboro,
Branch Bi gg at Fayetteville, and
Jack Russell at Burlington. In the
AA high schools Elon has con
tributed Leu Rochelii at Graham,
Hank DeSimone and Lou Savini
at Jacksonville, Bryce Hurd and
Joe Tomanchek at North Mecklen
burg. and among the Class A
schools are Joe Erickson, Gene
Bryson and Lacy Gane at Bes
semer, Don Haithcox at McLeans-
ville, Nel Cooper at Elon High,
George Sheckleford at Mebane,
Wally Burke at Sylvan, Charlie
Bishop at Pinnacle, Bob Reece at
Sandy Ridge and a host of others
at the Class A schools throughout
the state.
* * *
John Platt. Elon’s' hard-running
All-Conference halfback, has re
ceived orders to report for pro about ready
a«cut-face if we hope to take tlie
honors in the North State Con-i
ference basketball tournament this ■
w eek- . , . Incidentally, the touni-'
ament opens tonight in the new;
Lexington YMCA gymnasium and'
will continue through Saturday!
mght when the 1954 champions
(Elon????) will be crowned
Have you noticed how many times!
Roy Kieval has hit for exactly 13*
points in Elon basketball games,
all of which means that thirteen
is no unlucky number for the
tall freshman . . . Ifs my bet, too,
that Jack Mitchell is having by
far his best season as a point-
getter.
Eight Teams To Buttle
For Title At Lexington
Varsity Case
Stjiiad Tops
W CTC Cats
The Elon Christians, after a
wobbly start in tlieir game with
U'estern Carolina here last Satur
day night, hit top stride in the
later periods to defeat the Cata-
mount.'i 37 to 76 in the- final game
I jf the regular .season cage cam-j
fpaign. ' ■
The Christian \ iclory wa.s rated;
' mild upset, since the Catamounts i
had swamped Elon 87 to 61 in
their previous meeting this year;
and Coach Jim Gudger's team held
I firm grip on third place in the
'lorth State Confei*en(o, while the
^lon outfit had_ sliiiped to fifth
in the late weeks of tiie .-.eason.
Jim Jordan, ace of the Cata-
- 1 .;t strong Xorth State Con-
. ;;.‘ni '“ t ii'-c sqiiiiii.- tt ill ! ijnvergo
I'lu'Lit «in; ton tins v.'.. !.;‘nd to bat-
tli for chanijjionship honors In
^the annual Cunforence Tourna-
ir.ent, vvhlch got> umlervvay to-
r.ight cji: til.- flof..' li! I.rxint^'on's
autifi-' nc-‘ ".uiias-
iurn.
Tii^’ Eiim . . 7, luii'. 'l rli-‘p in
fifth place ifi ragular-s'-.: m play
ithis year, will be slat'-! for a
f-trlctlj "dark-horse” role as they
tackle the Western Carolina Cata
mounts at 9:15 o'clock timight in
the first round of i)liy.
Th ■ L'hristian basketeers turned
tn an irnpifefe.^'ive victory over
Western Carolina last Saturday
night to close the winter schedule,
DUt ';eason records of the tuo
squads wili tab it strictly a "David-
, pnd-Goliath" upset if E. m -hould
;top the Catamounts tunig’.it in
jiournament play.
I More aiVia/.ing things liave hap-
The Christian cage squad, whic’i
Baseball is definitely in the air.
\ ou see it on TV, you hear it on j
;,t Tpvinatn fh' , ■ ^Conference tournament
at Lexington th.s week .s picture above. The players, shown left to right, are as follows: FRONT
D^'ton. Chatham, Va: Don Packard, Avondale; Ray Whitley, Winston-Salem- and
af ih/f ThT Mount Airy. SECOND ROW-Ronnie McIntyre, Eurlington: Wade Garrett Liber-
local ball park as Jack^ ty: Jack Malloy. Lynchburg, Va.: Hank Hamrick, Draper: and Jac'c Mitchell, Lyndhurst, N. J. BACK
Tommy King-, R
Thorsby, Ala ; Roy Kieval, Brooklyn. N. Y.: and Clay Brown, Mount Sterling, Ky.
few of Elon’s ace moundsmen.
Among those working are fire-
ballers Luther Conger and Sher
rill Hall and southpaw Charlie
Swicegood . . . Most any time you
can see Joe Harvey getting in
some practice shots around North
Dorm in preparation for the golf
season that is just around the
to com-
grid training with the San Fran
cisco 49ers sometime during the
latter part of July. Big John ex-
mence. Joe will be depended upon
heavily to bring the Conference
(Continued on Page Fourt
Elon D«>vns Paiitliers, 81-64
SEEING SPORTS
with
GARY SEARS
Dear Readers:
Old soldiers fade away, and,
'»ith my days numbered as a
student on this campus, I’m going
*0 do the same with “Seeing
Sports,”
K was two years ago wlien I
first began to express my sports
views through the medium of this
toluran. I’ve had my ups and
^owns, but my memories are most
ly good ones.
'Vhen I look back at basketball
*®asons, I think of how Ben Ken-
could out-scrap any man for
size or of Don Haithcox hitting
“'’er 600 points to set a new Eion
record, and I remember how
®>ooth Nelvin Cooper was at a
^ard post and how the fans liked
usky Hall. Things like that
3ve made me appreciate the op
portunity to attempt writing
sports for myself and, I hope, for
sou.
’’’“'“ng a glance backward, I
Kail Ley RocheUi and his run-
and passing on the night he
* an all-time individual offen-
'6 mark for rushing and passing
*0 at Eag^ Carolina; also hust-
fs ike Mike Moffo and Dwight
who wanted to play and
“put out on every play. I re-
, ™ Sal Gero and his
, " ^ brother, Ernie, and more
ly "Big John” Platt, who
^''^'ough in his senior year
tn tv** '^fistined for a try at pro
football. As I
•^’on, the
Flashing one of their finest ex
hibitions of the season, the Elon
Christians grabbed an early lead
over High Point College there or
Thursday, February 11th. and
went on to defeat the Panthers
81 to 64 in a North State Confer-
I ence battle.
The Elon cagers had four men
j hitting double figures. Dave Mad-
jdox was tops for the Christians
jwith 20 points, but Mitchell, Gaul-
jdin and Kieval gave him able
aid.
I After the teams were knotted
I at 4-all, the Christians surged to
'a 25-15 first quarter margin as
Dave Maddox^ paced a rally by
jthe Maroon and Gold quintet. The
j Elon tossers continued their steady
play through the secQnd quarter
and made the score 42 to 31 at
Sid
Varney
prepare to leave
“new regime” under
points football on the
upswing, giving hopes that within'
a couple of years we'll be right on|
top.
Baseballl How could I ever for
get the first time I saw one of
■‘Sunny Jim's” teams in action,
boys who played as if they were
born with a ball and glove. What
numerous professionals have had
their start here at Elon! Players
like. Bobby Stewart and Jimmy
Dalton and Austin Brewer will be
long remembered, as will guys
like C. I. Reid, Don Packard, Jack
Musten, Nick Thompson and the
late Billy Rakes. There’s a fellow
I was mighty proud to know. Bill
was truly a gentleman and a
scholar, both on and off the diam
ond. If there was ever an Elon
man who exemplified the good
traits of sportsmanship and clean
living and stood for better things
in life, it was Billy Rakes. I'd like
to suggest to hiS fraternity or
the “E” men that they offer an
nually a varsity sportsmanship
trophy in his behalf.
Well. I don't have much more
space in which to tell of the
memories that will linger with me
about “Seeing Sports.” I guess
maybe that writing this column
has meant to me one of the
brighter sides of my life here at
Elon. Well that's about it, and
in closing I’d like to thank each
^f you for your views and help
ful hints.
Sincerely,
Gary
Only in the third quarter did
High Point make any gains at all,
but the Panthers -Jid lead in that
period by 18-12 to cut Elon's lead
to 54-49 at the three-quarter point.
A balanced Christian attack in the
final period notted 27 points, and
Elon swept to the fore by as much
as 20 points just before the game
ended.
Pos. Elon (81)
F—Gauldin (14
F—Mitchell (17)
C—Maddox (20)
G—Packard (3)
G—Timmons (4)
Eloii ( -iage Caiiies
High Point (64)
Stanton (16)
Sykes (15)
Bledsoe (1)
Moseley (17)
West (2)
Half—Elon 42. High Point 31.
Elon subs—Malloy 2, Kieval 10,
Hamrick 3, King 2, Stone, Whitley |
S, McIntyre. High Point subs—'
Payne 1. Crump 5, Varner 2, Dix-;
^n 4, Frazier 1. !
Elon 78, Bc'.mont Abbey 81.
Elon 77, McCrary 67.
Elon 63, Presbyterian 82.
Elon 80, McCrary 65.
Klon 65, Belmont Abbey 75.
Elon 62. Presbyterian 83.
Elor?»-51, East Carolina 85.
Elon 69, A.C.C. 66.
Klon 66, Catawba 53.
Elon 70. Hgh Point 60.
Elon 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
Elon 69, Guilford 80.
Elon 81, High Point 64.
Elon 65, East Carolina 84.
Elon 76, A.C.C. 87.
Elon 64, Lenoir Rhyne 74.
Elon 87, W.C.T.C. 76.
mount offense, was hitting on all
cylinders in the first quarter, bang- tournament play. Coach Doc
^ng in 15 of his two dozen points
n the opening ten minutes as his
ram swept to a 22 to 12 advant-'
age. Then came a complete re
versal of form, and Jack Mitchell , ...
>aced Elon to a 22-13 lead in the
for the books back in 1950, when
the Christians barely made the
tournament list with an eighth-
place finish during the season
the finals before losing a rugged
battle to Appalachians Mount-
'econd quar'^r, which left the
Catamounts ahead by one point at
35-34 at half-time.
Elon continued playing in in- ® matter-of-fact, the North
spired style in the third quarter tournament Its noted for its
3f Roy Kieval led the scoring and “eet
non Packard and Hugh Citty top-'"^® inaugurated back in 1941 has
ped the Christian floor play. The
Christians were ahead as much as
seven points at times, but the Cata
mounts rallied to tie at 58-all as
the quarter ended. It was Kieval
and Ray Whitley who paced Elon’s
fourth quarter drive, which gave
a final margin of 11 points.
Pos. Elon (87)
F—Kieval (15) .
F—Mitchell (16)
C—Maddox (11)
G—Packard (11)
G—Timmons (2)
Half—W.C.T.C. 35,
W.C.T.C. (76)
Ray (17)
Shamel ( 7)
Jordan (24)
Martin (14)
Simpson ( 5)
Elon 34.
Elon subs—W'hitley 10, Citty 9,
Gauldin 6, Stone 5, King 2, Ham
rick. W.C.T.C. subs —Shields 7.
Williams 2, Swartzel, Knighton.
CLOSE CAGE CAREERS
Two Elon basketball players
made their final appearance on
the home court in the battle with
Western Carolina, and a third had
to sit out his final home game
due to illness Ned Guldin and Jack
Mitchell finished up with that
game, while Jack Malloy missed
his last game because he was ill.
the regular-season winner been
able to win the title in tlie tourn
ament, and only twice has the
season winner reached the finals.
The Christians have played in
the finals twice in the past four
years, first as a “dark horse” in
19.50 and again as one of the fav
orites last year, when the Christ
ians fell victim to High Point in
a 66 to 63 upset in the finals.
The tournament this weekend
will mark the end of the road for
Co-Captains Ned Gauldin and Jack
Malloy and Jjr Jack Mitchell,
only three seniors on the Elon
roster. Malloy hopes to be ready
for thh game after missing the
two final battles of the regular
campaign due to illness.
ACC Defeats
Elon Quintet
The Atlantic Christian Bulldogs!
hit a hot streak in the third quart-'
er and came from behind to de- f
feat the Elon Christians 87 to 76'
in a North State Conference bat
tle at Wilson on Monday night,
February 15th. [
The Elon cagers maintained a|
slight edge early in the game and
were ahead by three points at
16-13 as the first quarter ended.
They staved off a Bulldog rally
to cling to a 34-33 margin at the
half.
Then came the third quarter and
the Bulldog rally, which netted a
28-16 advantage in that period
and an 11-point lead that stood
up until the final whistle. Elon
hit bucket for bucket with the
Bulldogs in the fourth quarter,
when each team had 26 points
Pos, Elon (76)
F—Kieval (13)
Mitchell (11)
C—Maddos (7)
G—Packard (12)
G—Timmons (9)
A.C.C. (87)
Peebles (10)
Hebbe (10)
Beacham (19)
Percise (8)
Widgeon (14)
Half—Elon 34; A.C.C. 33.
Elon subs—Gauldin 3, Malloy 9.
Stone 6, Hamrick 6, King, Whit
ley. A.C.C. subs — Hutchins 15,
Byrum, Price, Marley 4, Hester
2, Tomlinson 4, Ahern 1.
NORTH STATE TOURNAMENT BRACKET
EAST CAROLINA
Second Game
Thurs, Nite
GUILFORD
ELON
Second Game
Weds. Nite
W. C. T. C.
A. C. C.
First Game
Weds. Nite
CATAWBA
APPALACHLW
First Game
Thurs. Nite
LENOIR RHTNE
Second Game
Fri. Nite
Championship
Game
Sat. Nite
First Game
Fri. Nite
Lenoir Rhyne
74-64 Winner
The Elon Christians put up a
stiff scrap before succumbing to
the Lenoir Rhyne Bears 74 to 64
in a North State Conference battle
at Hickory on Wednesday night,
February 17th,
The Christians and Bears start
ed off for a tight battle with the
lead sWi-^pping hands during a
tense first quarter, which ended
in a 15-all tie. Lenoir Rhyne pull
ed ahead slightly in the second
period, and the Bears went out
for rest-time with a 31-28 advant
age
Coach Pappy Hamilton’s boys
stretched that margin slightly in
both the third and fourth quarters.
The Bears were leading 55-48 at
the three quarter post and gained
three additional points in the last
ten minutes.
Bob Ortmyer, 6-foot 8-inch
j Bruin center, topped the scoring
for both teams with 23 points,
while Raiford Wells and Floyd
Propst each hit 19 for the win
ners. Roy Kieval and Jack Mitch
ell led Elon with 13 points apiece,
while Dave Maddox popped in an
ieven dozen markers.
Pos. Elon (64)
F—Mitchell (13)
iF—Kieval (13)
C—Maddox (12)
G—Timmons (7)
G—Whitley (4)
L. Rhyne (74)
Barker (7)
Wells (19)
Ortmyer (23)
Probst (19)
Buff (2)
Half L. Rhyne 31, Elon 28.
Elon subs—Gauldin 7, King 2,
Stone, Citty 6, Hamrick, McIn
tyre. Lenoir Rhy-ne subs—Hassell
2, Feltner, 2,