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Guilford And Catawba To Play Here This Week
On The
Sidelines
By JOEL BAILEY
CO-CAPTAINS LEAD CHRISTIAN CAGERS
Another year is in tlie record
books, and fans in this area are
looking forward eagerly to a suc
cessful season for the Christian
teams in 1955. Every year the so-
called ■ experts" make their pre
dictions, and then they spend the
rest of the year praying that their
predictions will not backfire and
trying to forget the claims they
made in moments of temporary
insanity.
There were a lot of red faces in
the sportswriting crowd last year
as a result of pre-season predic
tions. How about the writers and
sportscasters who jumped on the
New York Yankee bandwagon last
year, only to see tiir-m "ccalped "
by the upstart Indisnj.
On the local front this reporter
|5 ; . ,!nded of a group of sports-
»nt -vho tiiought Elon's repr^-
entat.. m the football wars
wojlu grace the road to the cellar.
The FighIJng Christians proved
their nickname to be no fluke as
they compiled a log good enough
to clinch second place in the North
State Conference. Now we spec
tators can sit back and wait for
next year's campaign.
The players, however, will soon
begin winter practice to prepare
for the next season. With the ad
dition of several transfer students,
who will become eligible next
year, and the experience gained
in the last year, I don’t think I’ll
be going out on a limb if I predict
that the Christians will definitely
le in contention for the crown
next season.
How many fans have made the
New Y'ear's resolution to support
the squad next year as well as the
other school teams? Let’s build
school spirit with a strong founda
tion, supported by the attendance
ol a host of the fans.
* ♦ ♦
Did you ever feel that you were
being mistreated or kicked around
by a mere upstart? Don’t ever be
humiliated, and it you should be
gin to pity yourself, take courage
from the story of Davidson Col
lege. Our,football squad journeyed
w that school for the last fray
o( the season and returned with
a victory tucked neatly under their
pads. The Southern Conference
representative went down before
•he Maroon and Gold by a 14-6
count. As the humiliation was
disappearing.
Some days before that Christian
grid victory the Christian cagers
had slapped another loss on David
son in a pre-season basketball
scrimmage. The victories were not
flukes as they were both decisive
and well-played. '
* * ♦
ON THE LIGHT SIDE
Here’s one for the book. I've
heard of unusual sports, but earl
ier in the year I witnessed some
thing new in the sporting world.
Ingenious students residing in the
hallowed lor should I use the term
“hollow?”) halls of North Dorm
have improvised a thrilling new
type of competition.
The game was devised early in
the winter months when the resi
dents of North dcided to combine
habit and recreation into a fast
and exciting sport. '
It is quite simple. The equip
ment necessary for the game is
as follows: one cold and drafty
building, a coke machine, a few
assorted W'ash basins and a group
of willing students.
Here is how the game is played.
The students begin as they jump
from their beds in the morning
and crash through the door to
the chilly hall. They dash quickly
down the hall to the wash basins.
Finding that no water has found
its way through the pipes, they
. un to the Coke machine and grab
1 beverage. They then pivot and
jog back to the basins and brush
their teeth with the tasty drink.
.After performing this task they
treak back to their rooms and
I.ess quickly.
Sound exciting? It may not en
loy a great deal of popularity as
a spectator sport, but the players
igree it presents a real challenge
The stakes are high in this race
against the elements. For the win
ners there is healthful life ahead
and an early seat at the break
fast table, while the losers must
;uffer in the clutches of the com
mon cold.
This sniffling existence is the
penalty for physical inability of
the participants. As yet those
who pla>' the game have not
chosen a title for the contest. If
you think of a name, rip off the
top of your roommate’s head and
sent it along with a blanket to
me in care of Nerth Dormitory.
Dave IMaddox
The Christian caffcrs make
their bid for North Slate Con
ference honors this year under
the leadership of a pair of senior
co-captains. The leaders are
Dave Maddox (left), lanky for
ward from Thorsby, Ala.; and
Don Packard (rijrht), a clever
puard from Avondale. Each of
the Christian co-captains is play
ing his fourth season in a Ma
roon and Gold uniform, and each
has risen to his present stellar
ranking after breaking in with
the junior varsity squad during
his fresi.man scaso’n. Crj^tain
IMaddcx played center through
out his first three seasons, and
last season he paced the Christ
ian squad in scoring with a total
of 354 points in 24 games and an
average of 14.8 points per game.
He is topping that figure after
11 games this season, having
racked 184 points for an average
of 16.7 counters per game. The
big boy from Alabama stands 6
feet 5 inches and joins with Kd
Juratic and Karl Stone to give
Klon plenty of height beneath
the boards. Captain Packard,
who stands 5 feet 11 inches in
height, has played guard,
(hroughoul his four seasons at
Lion, first with the Jay-Vees
and later with the varsity. He
was a starter in most of the
games last season and racked
166 points in 23 games for an
average of 7.2 points per game.
In the first 11 games this year
he has hit 77 points for an aver
age of exactly 7 pointS| per
game. Packard is one of the fast
est men on the Christian roster
this season and an excellent
hall-handler and set shot.
Don Pllt kcii »1
Eloii (^a^ers
Battle Two
Looj) Rivals
The Christian cagers offer
plenty of entertainment for the
home fans this week as they play
host to both Guilford Quakers and
the Catawba Indians in home
games, with the Quakers slated
to appear on the Elon floor on
Thursday night and the Indians
due for a Saturday niglit engage
ment this week.
Off to a flying start on their
North State Conference slate, the
Christians rolled over East Caro
lina here last Saturday night. They
were slated to meet Atlantic
Christian at Wilson last night and
Ihei: return here for the two
.lome contests with CJuilford and
.'atawba.
The Quakers, who always seem
to hit their peak form in battles
A'ith the Elon athletic squads, will
present rugged opposition in the
Thursday night encounter. The
GuMford squad boasts plenty of
size and speed, witii a powerful
coring attack built around Hill
.'\tkii:.i, a sharp-shooting senior,
.’’lie Christians split with (Suilford
a.'t year, but Coach Mathis' boys
■ ill be seeking a clean sweep this
ear.
The Elon outfit swept both
names from the Catawba basket-
eers last season, but Coach Earl
Ruth is reported to have added
strength to his Indian roster this
winter. Jack Lyndon, a clever
guard, has been the scoring leader
lOr Catawba in the Indians' early
-■ames.
Cagers Split Four Florida Battles
The Elon basketeers closed out
heir pre-Christmas play by split
ting four battles on a w'eek’s in
vasion of Florida, chalking victor-j
ies over Jacksonville Navy andj
Florida Southern and dropping |
contests to Rollins and Stftson.
The travelling Christian;: rolled!
over the Navy Fliers at Jackson-
ille by a 99-76 margin, lost to
Rollins by a 73-65 count, trampled |
Florida Southern by an 81-48
score, and then lost to Stetson by
) 91-59 margin.
ELON 99, ,IAX NAVY 76
Showing terrific comeback
oower in the second half, the
Christians overcame a first-half
lead and went on to swamp the
lacksoi ville Navy Fliers by a 99 to
76 score on Monday, December
13th.
Ed Juratic and Dave Maddox
vere the big guns in Elon's at
tack, Juratic hitting 30 and Mad-
Christians Defeat East
Carolina Five 76 To 64
Hitting one of the high points
ft their season play thus far, the
Christian cagers rolled to a de
cisive 76-64 victory over the East
Carolina Pirates in Alumni Mem
orial Gymnasium here last Satur-
ay night, January 8th.
The game marked the opening
''E Elon’s North State Conference
(arapaign and set the Christians
to a winning start in their
for titular honors. It was the
first defeat for the Pirates, who
bad won six straight games in
‘ irly season play, four of them
' Conference competition.
The battle started off in slam-
hang style, with the score tied
■®ven times in the first ten min-
"‘m of play. Trailing 20-18 after
"we minutes, .the Ciiristians tal-
hed eight consecutive points on
'’uckets by Earl Stone, Dave Mad-
Don Packard and Ed Juratic,
"d the Maroon and Gold cagers
ere off to the races.
The Christians went on from
'ere for a 40-33 lead at the half-
‘"ne. and they stretched that lead
to eleven points in the first four
minutes of he second half. The
Pirates rallied to tie the score at
62-62 with less than four minutes
left, but Elon bounced back. A
basket and free throw by Maddox
and a tip-in by Juratic made it
67-62, and the home forces stretch
ed the lead in the final minutes.
Dave Maddox was the big scorer
for Elon with 23 points, but the
rebound work of Ed Juratic and
Earl Stone proved important fac
tors. Juratic grabbed 21 rebounds,
while Stone claimed the ball 16
times off the backboards. Don
Harris, Pirate forward, led both
teams in scoring with 29 points
Pos. Elon (76)
dox 29 points tor the night. Ron
nie Mazzilli stood out on defense
PS he held the Fliers’ Bob Tate
scoreless through most of the
■;ecoi;d half after the Navy star
had run wild in the first half.
Pos. Elon (99) Jax Navy (76)
F—Maddox (29) Tate (41)
F—Walker 15) Cassell (18)
C—Juratic i30) Elongiewiecz (6)
G—Packard (3) Hildreth (1)
G—Whitley (10) Daly (2)
Half—Jax Navy 47, Elon 41.
Elon subs—Brown (2), Mazzilli
(8>, Stone (4), DeRita (4), Ham
rick 12), Timmons (2), McIntyre.
iJx Navy subs—Eulaeh, Wofford
'6(, High (2). Collins, Kidd.
ROLLINS 73, ELON 65
The Rollins College Tars pulled
)way in the final minutes to de-
eat the Christian cagers 73 to 65
t Winter Park on Tuesday night,
December 14th. as the Elon outfit
played its second game of the
Florida invasion.
Big Ed Juratic topped the
Christians for the second night in
a row as he racked 25 points.
Other Christians in double figures
were Bob Walker with 10 and
Dave Maddox with 14 points. Cos
tello led the Tars with 19 points.
Pos. Elon (65) Rollins (73)
F—Maddox (14) Beemer (13)
F_Walker (10) Cost (10)
C:—Juratic (25) Feldman (16)
G—Packard (3) McHardy (8)
G—Whitley (4) Costello (19)
Half—Rollins 33, Elon 32.
Elon subs — Stone (3), Mazzilli
(4), McIntyre (2), Brown, DeRita,
Hamrick, Timmons. Rollins subs
—Fantuzzi (2), Lowler (2), Swan
son (4), Gaudette.
ELON 81, FLA. SOUTHERN 48
The Christian cagers grabbed
a first half lead and then stepped
up the pace in the final period to
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Varney Shares ‘Coach Of Year’ Honoris
]k—Maddox i23)
!f—Juratic 115)
C—Stone (15)
G—Packard (12)
G—Whitley • (6)
E. Carolina (64)
Harris (29),
Nichols (6)
Mendenhall (9)
Thomas (15)
Heath (2)
Half—Elon 40, East Carolina 33
Elon subs — Hamrick (4), De-
Rita (1), Walker, Brown. East
Carolina gubs — Akins (1), James
(2). Solomon.
Coach Sid Varney
Coach Sid Vamey, who piloted the
Elon Christian grid squad to runner-up
honors in the North State Conference
during the 1954 season, was named by
vote of state sports writers to share
“Coach of the Year” honors with Coach
Red Duggins, who led his Appalachian
Mountaineers to the Conference title.
Each of the coaches placed his team
much higher on the Conference ladder
than the pre-season prophets had pre
dicted, for no one expected the Moun
taineers and Christians to spread-eagle
the North State field as they did. In
choosing two men to share “Coach of the
Year” honors, the writers were high in
their praise of both Varney and Duggins.
Coach Varney’s Christians had won
only one game and tied one the pre
vious year out of eight contests, but
they finished the 1954 campaign with a
season mark of five wins, three losses
and a tie and showed four wins, one loss
and one tie in loop games. It was the
first time in seven years thatt two
coaches had shared the Conference honor.
Previous “Coach of the Year” awards
had gone to Duggins, of Appalachian, in
1948: to Jim Mallory, of Elon, in 1949;
to Bill Dole, of East Carolina, in 1950;
to Clarence Stasavich, of Lenior Rhyne,
1951; to Jack Boone, of East Carelina,
in 1952; and Clyde Biggers, of Catawba,
in 1953.
Elon Cage* Oiinics |
Elon 75, DuPont 73.
Elon 104, Mayodan “V" 51.
Elon 76, McCrary 84.
Elon 78. Va. Tech 71.
Elon 99, Jax Navy 76.
Elon 65, Rollins 73.
Elon 81. Fla. Southern 48.
Elon 59. Stetson 91.
Elon 79, DuPont 73.
Elon 75, McCrary 95.
Elon 76, East Carolina 64.
(Remaining Game^
Jan. 11—A. C. C., away.
Jan. 13—Guilford, home.
Jan. 15—Catawba, away,
Jan. 17—High Point, away.
Jan. 19—Appalachian, home,
Jan. 21—Lenoir Rhyn«, away.
Jan. 22—\V. C. T, C.. away.
Jan. 26—High Point, home.
Jan. 29—Catawba, home.
Feb. 3—Appalachian, away.
Feb. 5—W. C. T. C., home.
Feb. 8—Guilford, away.
Feb. 12—East Carolina, away.
Feb. 14—A. C. C., home.
Feb. 16—Lenoir Rhyne, home.
Elon Victoi*
Over DuPont
Returning to the cage wars after
Christmas holidays, the Elon cag-
•rs chalked a well-earned 79-73
lictory over the DuPont quintet
it Martinsville, 'Va.. on Thursday
night. December 30th. The Christ-
ans grabbed an early lead and
fought off a DuPont rally to win,
Ray Whitley, hitting well from
Ills guard post, led the Elon scor
ing with 25 points, but Ed Juratic,
Don Packard and Dave Maddox
also scored in the double digits
Tail Sam Belcher was the top
icorer for DuPont with 26 points
trailed by Bob Davis and Bill
Cook with 16 and 12 counters.
Pos. lilon (79) DuPont (73)
F—Maddox (10) Robertson (2)
F—Juratic (15) Belcher (26)
C—Stone (9) Davis (12)
G—Packard (11) Draper (9)
G—Whitley (25) Cook (16)
Half—Elon 44, DuPont 35.
Elon subs—Mazzilli (9), Walker,
DeRita, Hamrick. DuPont subs—
Joyce, Stanley, Barrow, Cone,
Gerringer (8).
Maddox Tops
Elon Quintet
In Scoring ^
Dave Maddox, Christian co-cap
tain and forward, was leading the
scoring for the Christian basket
ball squad as the Maroon and Gold
tossers began the second week of
post-holiday play. Maddox had a
big night against the East Carolina
five and gained the leadership for
the first time in statistics com
piled last weekend.
The be - spectacled forward
bucketed 23 points against the
Pirates to run his total in eleven
games to 184 points, an average of
16.7 points per game. Just behind
him is Ed Juratic, who tossed in
180 points in the eleven contests
for an average of 16.4 points per
game.
Ray Whitley, hitting well in
recent games, climbed into third
place with 104 points, trailed by
Earl Stone with 89 and Don Pack
ard with 77 points. Whitley moved
into the top five for the first
time this season.
j The Christian squad is hitting
; well above its last year's mark
I with an average of 79 points per
game, while its has allowed op
posing teams an average of 72.6
points per night.
Individual and team scoring
through last Saturday's East Caro
lina contest follows:
Player
FG
FT
TP
Maddox
63
58
184
Juratic *...
81
18
180
Whitley
. 41
22
104
Stone
. 25
39
89
Packard
. 32
13
77
Walker
22
10
54
Brown
19
11
49
Hamrick
9
20
38
Mazzilli
8
15
31
Timmons
9
6
24
DeRita
5
6
16
Citty
... 5
2
12
McIntyre
1
2
4
Stegall
0
1
1
King
. 0
1
1
Rickover
0
0
0
ELON TOTALS .
321
227
869
OPPONENTS
287
225
799
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