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le Fakes North State Baseball Championship
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Uunncr’lJp !
forCroivn
smilli, Elon golf star from '
.staged a brilliant!
north si Al t; co^i eren
• r.rpcnsboro. c» .
iLeback in the North State Con-.
ence tourney to tie Claude |
I rjjtf of Kast CarSTtna, ,for the in-,
I . ,v„i.i crown. The two posted a j
of 151 for 36 holes,
: pijyed over the Starmount course j
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and "ll’''
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lay 6tn.
'■n.niet in an 18-hole
't irclay. May St.j,
■ o:ie, .'.lot a 72
e t i..p Smith
: for file title. Smith
i ?a;' in the
jiit ran into trouble
:u' I' anrl 'ii.id a 76
. 1 ' play.
;t • Carolina four-man
I team, which had won the regu-
L lar season title, also gained the
team championship in the tourna-
[nient with a combined score of
strokes. Elon finished second
[with 688, trailed by High Point
»'iih 691 and Appalachian with
BJ'S strokes.
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Eloii Licks Bruin Squad
Tiviceln Titular Series
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SFOKTS
A La Rauseo
r’‘;n t olle;;.;- ba:ebaU squ ul. wliicir defeated Lenoir Rhyne •: ■
0 thampionship of the! Nojlh S!aii^ Conterence, is pic-n • '! noov ■
’n each row, the membe of tho Clp’isti'in squad are as follnv,s:
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Reading from left
];i : ‘ —Ric’ard
,n. pitcher, Passaic, N. J.; Bill Snyder, 3b, Danville, Pa.; I) .-ik HamricK. p-.i, Diaper:
M.-.-iS, Cb, U'xingtoiK Ron Mniih. 2b, Turlington; i\ick Thompson, ; . 13ur!iT't'Speech
•n. lb, V S.C.: 'in.; ijii; Arml'.old, ui Ltakavir.i;. SEC'->:0 ;VV — T.ri.i> I'offle-
T'i.JVa; M( Intyre, pitcher, Burlington; Paul Watts, of, Taylorsville; Char-lie
I. pitc’.ier. I.e.Kingiciu U n I'ackard, of, Avondale; Ray SjoU, 2b, S 'agrovc; and liobby
Drown Summit. BACK ROW —Gene Laughlin, lb, Gree'.h^oro; R- d McDaniel, catcher.
.•Vrc’.iic V,'i!';orn. catcher. Tsicbane; I.uthcr Conger, pitcher,
:nd Pat Chandler, manager, Fay 'tevilla.
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:tls; Shcrill Hall, pitcher. King;
Elon Track
S(|iiad Cops
Third Place
The i;ion Christians returned to
■'.c b.i^i iiall tl. .ino c,l the North
M.ite (.’.liifci'enijo wI.l'ii they de
feated the Lenoir lUnne Bears
twice in a row to take the 1954
loop championshiv), regaining a
title whicii Klon held for tiiroe
'uccO'.‘!ive yeai's in 194!). ly.iO and
lt»;l. The liea;s had (KItaied Elon
in the finals in 19,''2 and 1953.
The East Carolina Pirate, cop-
vd top honors in the annualj.ion's ••BiR ^
,o.th State track meet at High|,,y.^,.
>oinl on Saturday, M i)th, wit!; |
in the two games, and the
Christian batters hit in timely fash
ion to drive the winning runs
jcrojs. The two wini came by
cores of 4 to 3 nd 4 to 2.
It was a booming three-run
homer by Bobby Green, Elon out
fielder, wiiich clin'.;h;'d thi' title
in the second Same at Lenoir
18th.
It is generally believed by most If the facUties and equipment
students, faculty and many friends j were availai.le, there is no doubt
■ of Elon College that soon tho new j in my mind that many students
tuilding will be erected. It is my | would ‘ discov-.-r themselves" in
fondest wish that when this con-Uratk and .titld.
struction tukos place, the archi-, Unless we are e.-.posed to new
tcct will be instructed to make'experiences, we cannot familiarize
loora si.,acv,iieie for track and ourselves with them nor appreci-
fielil ev iito. ‘-te them. Over a million high
At the present ti ne Elon Col- school boys and girls, at least
lege cannot claim one single item 750,000 college students and po -
€f track and field equipment. Yet sibly a larger number of element-
"ry children, participate in track
and field events each year.
These small additions to our
in tlie recent North State Confer
ence track meet at High Point we
finished third behind East Caro
lina and Lenoir Rhyne. How was
it possible for our boys to make ®
great deal of prestige to
suchT'credYtaWe showing with-1 our school, and. to quote an oft-
cut equipment and facilities? I used saying, “it doesnt cost much
Simple enough. Every day the: 8° cla^s.
boys travelled to Burlington Mem- j ,1. ♦ * I
orial Stadium, where they used the j in the world of sports today
*'igh school equipment. | there is a great deal of skepticism
Aside from the fact that Coach and doubt '.vhether baseball is still
Varney had to practically bribe the national pastime. Last week! ^ i^moir Rhyne 3.
and threaten to whip some of the in Atlanta. Georgia Tech played, Lenoir Rhyne 2.
participants in order to get them an intra-squad football ’
to train the^e athletes have a fore 14.000 paid customers at £1,25 , , ** ■„> , . x, , v.i
'.reatlove foTthe sTort. Sd. as per head. That same night the teams in ^‘J, roint h^
^ result, they were able to get .-Atlanta Crackers, leading the AA a_lmost Bayard Hovdesven, of Elon
Baseball Schedule j
El-jn 4, Uake Forest 2.
;;]cn-Wake Forest (lain).
Elon 3, Guilford 3.
El>n 5, Williams 6,
Kioii 1, Williams 0.
L’lon 0, East Carolina 2.
riim 2. East Carol-na 1.
F.Ian 3, Keidsville 6.
Elon 2, Lynchburg 4.
Klon 17, Guilford 0.
Elon 14, ACC 0.
F.lon 1. ACC 0.
Lion 5, B-ar-Gra 7.
Elon 2, Hampdea-Sidney 8,
Elon 7, A.C.C. 1.
Elon 10, A.C.C. 0.
tion 11, Gu Uard 0.
rirn .5, Guilford 0.
Elon 10, High Point 2.
Elon 3, High Point 2.
Elon 4, Guilford 5.
Elon 8. Hish Point 1
Eion-liigh Point (rain).
Elon 5, Lynchburg 2.
Elon 4, East Carolina 0.
Elon 2, East Carolina 1.
Paiitliers Aiul
Pirates Win
Tennis Meet
Elon Gels Seven
All-Slar Bertlis
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•onoir Rhyne secjiid a:id Elon 1
■> tli-'d pltioe. Team scores in-
■ludecl Ka.,f Carolina 4d, Lenoir
(nyiio 34 1-3. Elon 29 1-3, Guil-
uru 2': 1-3, High Point 22, and
.S';‘.-;te! :i Carolina 8.
Ttt1, 'v. rc2,;; Js were set and
,i!e tied during the meel, with
ohn Platt bringing a new pole
.ult maik to Elon with a leap
if 10 feet 6 inches. Francis, of
'i-.iUord, set a biuad jump mark
■I' 21 feet 1 1-2 inches, and Perry,
)f Ea.st Carolina, tied the 100
ard dash mark of 9.9 seconds.
John Platt was also the top in-
lividual scorer in the meet with
lirst place in the high hurdles,
I tie tor first in the pole vault,
■c^oi.d in the k)w hurdles, fourth
n lh« shot and a tie for fourth in
he high jump.
The summary:
100-yard dash—1. Perry (ECCI,
!. Hayes (ECO; 3. Amorgnos (LR);
I. Richards (Elon). T-!).;).
220-yard—1. Perry (ECO; 2.
laves (ECO; 3. Moore (LR); 4.!
Chambers (ECO. T-23.3.
Coming as a fitting climax to
their victory in the North State
Conference title race, the Fight
ing Christians placed seven men
The Hiih Point Panthers, and; on the All-Conference baseball
the East Carolina Pirates split
lionors in the annual North State
Conference tennis tournament,
.hich was held on the Elon courts
,-,n Monday and Tuesday, May 3rd
;ind 4th.
Carlos Horcasitas, High Point
^tar, carried the singles title back
.squad for 1954. The honor squad
was named by vote of the coach
es of the loop and with advice
from major league scouts, who
followed games closely.
The Christians .placed all
their ‘‘Bis Four" pitchers, in-
rluding leather Conger, right-
for the Panthers as he defeated ] harder from Scotts; Sherrill
Baker, of Appalachian, by 6-2 and
6-4 in straight sets. It was the
fourth successive year that High
Point has won the singles crown,
and Horcasitas took his all the
way in straight sets.
Cameron and Williams, top
doubles pair for East Carolina, car
ried off the doubles honors by
defeating Frazier and Eller, of
High Point, in straight sets by
I scores of 7-5, 7-5. It marked the
first time in four years that High
75 to 100 heads at any of the
varsity ball games played here, j
Ceitainly the inclement weather les
reached the semifinals in the sing
and Charlie Schrader and
has been a tremendous influence | Russ Borjes, Elon doubles team.
in fairly good shape in spite of Southern Association, placed be-
the ritual of travelling to and tore 1,400. ‘
fron^ Burlington. | if you a-a looking for that kind
Generally track and field events of evidenco to support the same ^ jh crowds at homeU^irted the semi-finals in that dl-
wll for endurance, speed and I theory, you will be amply supplie '
skill, including over thirty differ- j v. ith it by studying the attend-
Mt events such as walking, run-lance reco' ls of Carolina League
*>'ng, jumping, throwing and]teams. In ^iie immediate vicinit>.
climbing activities, which offer the best Illustration I know of
Hall, righthander from King,
Hank namri>.k, icrihaadcr from
Draper; and Charlie Swicegood,
lefthander from Lexlngten. Elon
plard three pitchers on the
honor team in 1951, but this was
the first time in history that
ore team had landed four pitch
ers in one year.
Other lion stars who were
Rhyne on Tuesday, May
Green's homer, whicl' travelled an
estimated 430 feet, came in tho
top of the sixth and sent two run
ners home ahead of him.
These three runs broke a 1-all
tie and proved the deciding factor
in the game and sei'ies. Lenoir
Rhyne had scored first when
Mark Lyerly homered in the first,
but Speedy Langston hit for the
circuit in the fourth to tie the
score and set the stage for Green's
mighty blow. A second Bruin run
scored in the eight);, but it v.as
too little and too late.
The Christians had grabbed the
.'eries opener on the Elf.,, field
the previous day by a 4 to 3- score.
This win came and a wild-and-
440-yard 1. McKeithern | ^ooly eighth inning that saw the
!. Brown (LRI; 3. Pickett (ECO;i
I. McLean (LR). T-54.6. 2 to 1 going into that
880-yard-l. McKeitliern, 'LR'Ijframe, but Lenoir Rhyne got to
1 r .. ... A ..4 //Ml Q ' Wf ' M k 1
!. Haworth (G); 3. Frantin'j KCC),
4. Martin (Elon). T-2;ll.
Mile run—1. Tuten (ECO; 2.
Campbell (LRI; 3. Davis (HP); 4.
viorrison (Elon), T-5:20.8.
120-yd. high hurdles—-1. Platt
Elon); 2. Bennett (Elon); 3. Mor-
tz (LR); 4. Francis (Gl. T-I5.7.
220-yd. low hurdles—1.Bennett
Elon); 2. Platt (Elon); 3. Moretz
LR); 4.^ Dasher (LR). 1-27.5.
Shot Put—1. Smith (WCTO; 2.
Lee (ECO; 3. Younts (G); 4. Platt
(Elon). Distance— 39 ft. 4 inches.
Conger for two runs to move into
la 3-2 lead. However. Elon bounced
right back with two markers of
her own to cop the game.
As it the play oil the field v. as
not action enough for one innii. ■„
tragedy .struck the Lenoir Rhyne
squad during the intermission
when the Bruin shortstop, Billy
Pharr, was beaned and seriously
injured by a wild throw of one
of his own teammates, who was
warming up far down the left field
foul line. Pharr was rushed to a
Discus—1. L. Reddick (HP); 2., hospital for treat-
Smith (WCTO; 3. Wolverton
■ECO; 4. Yoilhts (G). Distance
1114 ft., 8 inches,
j High Jump—1. Moseley (HP);
2. Mosteller (HP); 3. Maddox
(Elont; 4. Platt and Bennett (Elon);
jtie. Height— 5 ft., 5 in.
ment and was reported still in
serious condition at the time of
this writing.
Luther Conger scattered six
Lenoir Rhyne hits in this opening
I game, fanning eight and walking
four. Sherrill Hall allowed the
FIRST GAME
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K. II, E.
''PPortunity for every type of in^
■iividual to particpate successfully.
would be tur Figiiting Christians
V/e have one of tiie be't c.:iMe?f
viewing television, and the fa'l'■ ^,ision. Hovdesven had chalked up
ing off of attendance is the reason ^ Williams, and
.or the rumor or belief that base-* ^ , c- u ^ i
oall is looing its status. Hildebrand, of Guilford. Schrader j
Actually, if at any time you were
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and Borjes downed the Appalach
ian pair in the doubles opener.
Pole vault 1. Platt, (Elon) and fjyg fj,e second
Hurst (ECO tie; 3. Bliss ®"d striking out five and allow-
named to :he All-Conference list Campbell (LR) tie. Hgt. 10 feet., walks,
included Co-Captain (Red) Me- e inches. |
Daniel, a senior catcher from Broad jump—1. Francis, (G); 2.'
Kinston; Nick Thompson, a Moseley (IIP); 3. Perry (KCC); 4.
sophomore shortstop from Bur- .Trafford (Guilford), Dist—21 ft., L. Rhyne 000 001 020—3 6 2
lington; Lnd Bobby Green, a \ i_2 inches. ' El,on 101 000 02x—4 9 4
Mile relay—1. (LR.. 2. (Gi; 3. Barker and Bost; Conger and
(Elon); 4. (HP). T—3:50.5. .McDaniel.
Two mile run—1. R'ibeits (ECC);' SECOND GAME
i. Dixon (IIP); 3. Ha'. orth ((i); 4, K. II. E.
Tuton, (ECO. T—11.56.5. Elon 000 103 000—4 7 2
.lavelin—1. Nielson iGt; 2. Hayes L. Rhyne 100 000 010—2 5 1
ECO; Hurst (ECO;' 4. Bennett Hall and McDaniel; Peeler and
Elon). Distance—158 ft., 5 in. Best.
outfielder from Mon-
sophomor.
ticello.
It marV.fd the third All-Con-
ference year for Charlie Swice
good, and the second time hon
ored for Sherrill Hall, Hank
Hamrick and Nick Thompson.
It was the first time on the se
lect list for Conger, McDaniel
and Gret .
1954...THEY CARKIEU ELON COLLEGE COLOUS IN GOLF AND TENMS ..;1954
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The F!on College golf and ten
nis te:\ms, which carried Elon col
ors on links and court in 1954, are
pictured here. The golfers, read
ing left to right, are Tuffy Bow
man, Wytheville, Va.; Bowman
Small, Burlington; Don .Smith.
Greensboro; Roy McGriff, Win-
ston-Salem; Joe Harvey, Greens
boro; and Jimmy Leighton. Dur
ham. The tennis squad, also left
to right, are Jimmy Luke. Holland,
Va.; Kuss McGhee, Franklin, Va.;
Bayard Hovdesven, Elon College;
Charlie Schrader. tVinstOn-Salem;
Cen Barr, Norwich, Conn.; ami
I.eslie Johnston. Holland, Va. Two
of- the tennis team were absent
when the picture was taken. They
were Russ Borjes, Portsmouth, Va.:
pnd Richard Ceake, Great Bridge,
Va.
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