,^ednfsday. ljuuary 26, 1955
MAROON AND GOLD
PAGE THREa
On The
Sidelines
By JOEL BAILEY
people in UurlinKton and sur-1 Mathis is also gifted with a tal-
lounding areas may have been ented bench. He can rely on his
oaiplaining lately about the noise | reserves to fill in at any given
eoming from the Elon gym. Con- time. The remamder ot the squad
Panther Cagers Play Here Tonight
fary to popular belief, it isn't the
Glee Club that's causing the area
to vibrate, instead it is an un
rehearsed chorus of fans yelling
their approval of the Fighting
Christian basketball squad. The
reason for all the commotion is
simple. All the hysterics can be
attributed to a winning team.
There is no substitute for a win
ning squad as the increased school
spirit readily testifies.
The Maroon and Gold cagers
have captured five contests while
dropping only one league game.
Their only loss was to the league-
leading .\tlantic Christian outfit.
Even on their off-nights. Coach
Mathis' charges have been able to
beat the other squads. By glancing
at the roster the fan can get an
idea of the potentiality of the
team.
Don Packard and Dave Maddix,
Christian, co-captains, have proven
their worth many times. Packard’s
automatic set-shot and floor gen
eralship and Maddox's one hand
push shot -pull opposing players
to the outside. When the defense is
sufficiently loosened up then big
Ed Juratic is free to display his
arching hook shot. Ray 'Whitley's
consistent jump shot is always a
threat to the opposition. Earl
Stone's improved play, both in
shooting and rebounding, has been
3 valuable asset. Then there is the
improved play of Frank DeRita
who started the year with the
Jayvees and then was promoted
to the Varsity. Big things are ex-
liected of the New York lad in the
uture. His inspired and determ
ined play has wor; him the respect
and admiration of the fans. Coach
includes Hank Hamrick, Bob Tim
mons, Tommy King, Hugh Citty.
Bob Walker, Ronnie Mazzelli, Clay
Brown, and Ronald McIntyre.
The road ahead is block by sev
eral obstacles, however. Although
the quint was beaten by the At
lantic Christian squad on file win
ner's court, the story may be a
different one when the two squads
meet at Elon. Another talented
squad is the Lenoir Rhyne aggre
gation, which is also very much
in contention for the crown.
The '55 edition of the Figliting
Christians basketball team, as
lifted and described above, is a
well-balanced and powerful out
fit. It has displayed a fast-break-
ing type of offense, which has
swamped the opposition and has
also demonstrated its defensive
ability on several occasions. An.
instance of fine defensive work
was when Stone and DeRita held
Appalachian's John Pyecha down
to twenty-one points. This was a
go’od defensive job, for the Penn
sylvania product had broken the
state scoring record the week be
fore with a fifty-point effort.
This reporter is confident that
this team will be one of the top
three teams, if not the top team
in he league this year. One fac
tor which will have a definite bear
ing on the team's performance is
’the turnout that greets the play
ers at their home games. So far
the crowds have been good, but
they could be better. Let's show
our appreciation by attending the
home games of the Fighting
Christians and cheering them on
lo victory.
E!«n Defeats High Point
Panthers By 85-83 Count
G—Whitley (14)
Sharp shooting and brilliant re- Pos. Elon 85)
bounding off the defensive back- F—Maddox (25)
board proved the key to victory F—Juratic (19)
for the Elon Christians, who C—Stone (4)
chalked a thrilling 85 to 83 victory g—Packard (4)
over the High Point Panthers in
a North State Conference basket
ball battle at High Point on Mon
day night. January 17th.
The High Pointers were off in
front in the game here with three
baskets by Stanton and Frazier
in the first two minues, but Dave
Maddox and Ray Whitley sparked
an Elon drive that tied the count,
and the two teams kept it close
through most of the first quarter.
The Panthers, sparked by Paul
Stanton and J. C. Bledsoe pulled
“ut to a 22-15 lead after twelve
minutes, but the Christians rallied
again and went ahead at 26-24 on
a hook by Maddox at the fourteen
®inute mark and were never be
hind after that time. Hank Ham-
and Ed Juratic joined with
Maddox in shooting Elon to a 44-34
margin at the half-time '
The Christians stretched the
lead early in the second half to as
much as seventeen points, and
•bey led by from twelve to sixteen
Points through most of the period.
They boasted a 77-64 margin with
®e minutes left of the game,
ut Bill Huegele sparked the
anthers in a desperate rally
The Panther freshman hit three
“hg set shots within thirty sec
onds to pull up within five points,
®nd he hit another with barely five
^econds to go that pulled the count
0 84-83. Haitk Hamrick sank a
■'fe throw at that point, and time
before High Point could
again.
I>ave Maddox topped the Elon
»orfing with 25 points, but Ed
Ray Whitley and Hank
‘imrick all hit in double figures
aid the Elon cause. Huegele.
fazier and Crockett were the top
for the High Point quint.
Hig:h Point (83)
Stanton (8)
Crump (8)
Bledsoe (8)
Davidson (7)
Frazier (14)
Eloii W inner
Over Apj)s
Cage S(jiia(l
The Elon Christians had four
men hitting in double figures as
they defeated the Appalachian
•Mountaineers 69 to 62 in a North
State Conference battle, .which
was played in Alumni Memorial
Gymnasium before a small crowd
tiiat brayed snowy roads to reach
the scene of the game on Wednes
day night, January 19th.
The old rivals battled point-for-
poiiit through the first hall, and
they wei’e tied four times and
swapped the lead fourteen times
before Elon managed a slijn 36-34
lead at half-time. The Mountain
eers grabbed the front one time
at 47-46 five minutes after inter
mission. but Dave Maddox hit a
pair of free throws ten seconds
later to put the Christians ahead
for keeps.
The Christians mixed their of
fensive tactics well during the
battle, using both inside and out
side shots to score their points.
The Elon lads were driving better
than at any time this season, tac
tics that netted Elon twelve
buckets on lay-ups. Hamrick and
Maddox led this driving attack,
each accounted for four of the
lay-up scores. Meanwhile, Ray
Whitley was pacing the attack
from outside.
An outstanding feature ot the
game was the defensive play of
Earl Stone and Frank DeRita. who
split time at center for Elon.
They combined to hold Appalach
ian's high-scoring John Pyecha to
four field baskets in each half and
a total of 21 points for the night.
Pyecha had hit 50 points and 42
points respectively in his last two
games. *
Dave Maddox was the top man
for Elon with 19 points, but Ray
Whitley, Ed Juratic and Ilank
Hamrick each had double digit
scores for the game. Erie Perry
trailed Pyecha for Mountaineer
rcoring honors.
Pos. Elon (69) Appalachian (62)
F—Maddox (19) Campbell (8)
IlKATIC COMKS OIJI Vi HU HKUOliM) A(;\I.\SI ^liAkKKS
Half—Elon 44, High Point 34.
Elon subs—DeRita 5, Hamrick
12. Mazzilli 2. High Point subs—
Dunbar 2. Payne 3, Crockett 10
Huegele 23.
Ed Juratic. a sophomore transfer, who has oroven to be a re ounder par excellence in his first
year in an Elon uniform, is pictured above as ne came drivingout with another rebound in the
Christians' 105 to 88 victory over the (Juilford Quakers here on the Elon court. The husky lad from
Bast Chicago. Ind.. came up with 25 valuable rebounds against the Quakers to keep his record in
that department hot. Four of the red-clad Quakers are shown looking helplessly on as Juratic drives
for the corner after retrieving the ball off the backboard.
Chrisliaus Set Elon Scorimy Mark
In Doiiminfy Guilford By 103 To 88
F—Juratic (12)
C—Stone (2)
G—Packard (10)
G—Whitley (M)
Abernathy (6)
Pyecha (21)
Haithcock (2)
Hauser (11)
Half—Elon 36, Appalachian 34.
Elon subs—DeRita 2, Hamrick
10, Walker, Mazzilli. Appalachian
subs—Perry 12, Walch 2.
Maddox Holds Scoring Lead
For Maroon And Gold Quint
With Dave Maddox, towering
forward, setting the pace in scor
ing, the Fighting Christians have
been peppering the baskets at a
faster pace thus far this season
than in a similar number of games
last year, and the squad’s current
average of 79.4 points per game is
4.1 points ahead of the all-time
Elon average of 75.3 markers per
game that was set by the 1953
squad.
The big Alabaman ripped the
cords for 30 points against West
ern Carolina last Saturday, his
top mark for the year, as he ran
his total in 18 games to 306 points.
This total shows Maddox with an
average of exactly 17 points per
game thus far. well above his 14.8
mark of last season.
Ed Juratic, who has turned in
a brilliant job of rebounding
against all opponents thus far, is
just behind Maddox in the scor
ing with 286 points and an average
of 15.9 markers per game. Only
othfr Christian averaging in
double figures is Ray Whitley,
per night.
ket for at least
one point.
Don
Packard and Earl Stone,
ranking
fourth and fifth, are each
well
over the century mark in
scoring.
The Christian defense is holding
about even with the defensive play
cf a year ago. when the Elon lads
allowed their opponents
an aver-
age of 73.1 points in the
first
eighteen games.
Their opponents
have average 73.4 points
in
the
eighteen games
this season.
Individual and team
scoring
through last Saturday's
Western
Carolina tilt follows:
Player
FG
FT
TP
Maddox
103
100
306
Juratic
125
86
286
Whitley
76
34
186
Packard
58
22
138
Stone
37
48
122
Hamrick
29
27
85
DeRita
22
24
68
Walker
25
10
60
Brown
20
13
53
Mazzilli
16
15
47
Timmons
14
9
37
King
7
5
19
Citty
5
2
12
McIntyre
2
3
7
Stegall
0
1
1
Rickover
0
0
0
FLON TOTALS
.. 539
352
1430
OPPONENTS
457
411
1325
The Elon cagers set an all-time
Eloi; scoring record in trampling
the Guilford Quakers 105 to 88 in
a varsity cage battle here on
Thursday night. .January 13th. and
the Elon junior varsity made it
a great night for old Elo' when
Ihey also passed the century mark
ir romping to a 102 to 71 victory
over the Quaker i’oungsters.
The Elon total against the
Quakers marked the second time
in history of ChristiaTi sports that
the Maroon and Gold cagers had
hit the century mark in scoring,
and the superb exhibition topped j
the previous high made in a 104 to I
51 triumph over Mayodan YMCA j
earlier this year. i
Frank DeRita, a freshman sub-'
ititute at center, was the top man
for the Christians as he rippled
the nets for 23 points, but it was
^ speedy little guard, Bobby Tim- i
mons, who put the Christians overi
,he century mark. Timmons enter
ed the game in its final minute
with the count 99-82, and he pro
ceeded to hit three consecutive
buckets to run the total above the
record.
It was DeRita who really
clinched the game. He had five
straight points to widen the mar
gin with ten mdnutes left, and
then at the six-minute mark he
rung the bell with eight more
points in a row.
The score switched hand.s five
times in the early minutes before
DeRita's basket at 12:35 gave Elon
a 15-14 lead. The Christians were
never headed after that time, al
though the Quakers threatened a
number of times to overtake the
flying Elon cagers before the half.
The intermission score siiowed
Elon with a 47 to 39 advantage
Ray Whitley, sharpshooting
guard, was the runner-up to De-
Rita for Elon scoring honors as
he racked 22 paints, but Ed Jur
atic and Dave* Maddox, the two
tall forwards, each bucketed 13
points for the evening, and Jur
atic claimed 25 rebounds, 16 of
them off the Guilford backboard
Top scoring honors for the night,
however, went to Guilford's Bill
Atkins, who racked for 29 count
ers.
Pos. Elon (105)
F—Maddox (13)
F—Juratic (13)
Elon Ca«;e (rames
C—Stone B)
G—Whitley (22)
G—Packard (6)
Guilford (88)
Atkins (29)
Schmidt (10)
Dowd
Hemrick (14)
Minor (12)
Half—Elon 47. Guilford 39
Elon subs—DeRita 23, Walker
2, Hamrick 7, Timmons 7, Maz
zilli 2, Citty. Guilford subs —
(Gordon 11, Burgess4, Jarrett 4
White 2.
Elon 75, DuPont 73,
Elon 104. Mayodan “Y” 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 f>4.
Elon 68, A.C.C. 88,
Elon 105, Guilford 88.
Elon 87, Catawba 60.
Elon 85, High Point 83.
Elon 69, Appalachian 62.
Elon 66, Lenoir Rhyne 72.
Elon 81, W.C.T.C. 75,
(Remaining Garner
Jan. 26—High Point, honrfe.
Jan. 29—Catawba, away.
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 ( Jialks
87-60 Win
Over
lnli
lans
Klon Quintet
Faees Eiijlit
More (janies
Thv High Point (’anthers in
vade Elon s Alumni Memorial
Gymnasium tonight for a cage bat
tle that may decide the Christian s
(hances for the leadership in the
North State Conference race, and
the Panthers are strengthened for
this game tonight by the addition
of two new 6-ft>ot 6-inch boys.
This is the first of two loop
games on schedule for the C’hrist-
inns^this week, for Coach Doc
Mathis’ boys go to Salisbury on
Saturday night for a return en
gagement with the C'atawba Indi
ans.
These two games launch the
Maroon and Ciold cagers into the
home stretch battle for Confer
ence honors, for there are only
eight games remaining on the reg
ular season schedule, w'hich will
decide the seedings for the an
nual Conference tourney that is
set for Lexington late in February.
Now at the exact half-way point
in the North State scrap, .the
Christians have played each of the
other eig’nt teams once and have
grabbed six victories against two
defeats. This is good enough to
put the Elon outfit in third place
in the standings, but they will
have tfl improve the rcKord if
they hope to emerge as winners in
the regular season. In fact, close
followers of the Conference play,
believe that the team will need a
clean sweep of all remaining games
•*o be sure of a first-place finish.
The Atlantic Christian Bulldogs
are currently leading the pack with
a 7-0 mark, with East Carolina as
lunner-up with a 7-2 record, and
victories over each of those teams
i'ppear to be a “must’ for the
Christians. It is significant that
Elon mee*s thosse two teams and
Lenoir Hh.’.ne in the final three
games of the season.
The remainips games are evenly
divided at home and away. There
are four home battles with High
Point, Western Carolina, Atantic
Christian and Lenoir Rhyne. Road
games are scheduled with Cataw
ba, Guilford, Appalachian and
East Carolina. The two teams that
have defeated Elon, Atlantic
Christian and Lenoir Rhyne, must
both come to the Christian court
for their other encounter.
The F'lon Christians were hitting
well from long range as they
swamped the Catawba Indians in
a North State Conference cage
battle here on Saturday night. Jan
uary 15th. The Elon squad pulled
rut a long lead in the early min
utes of the battle and stretched it
to a final 87-60 count in the clos
ing period.
Dave Maddox and Don Packard
shot Elon to a 6-0 lead before
Catawba scored on two free throws
by Gene Fleming, and Maddox
and Ray Whitley made It 10-2 for
Elon before Catawba’s first field
bucket at the 4:40 mark. The
Christians then ran it to 25-8 be
fore the Indians got their second
field basket after twelve minutes
of play.
Frank DeRita. a freshman cen
ter. entered the game midway the
first half and paced Elon through
ilie final minutes before intermis
sion. The lanky Brooklyn boy, The Maroon and Gold cagers
racked 12 points by half-time to i ^ crucial North State Con-
help the Christians to their 39-23 game battle to Lenoir
margin at the halfway point. | Rhyne at Hickory last Friday night,
Ed Juratic joined Dave Maddox | 21st. with the Bears com-
Cagers Drop
ACC Battle
The Christian cagers, after a fly
ing start in North State competi
tion, caught a tartar in the At
lanic Chrisian Bulldogs on Tues
day night, January 11th, and the
Maroon and Gold colors went
down in defeat by an 88 to 68
margin in a game played at Wilson.
The game was the first of two
meetings between the rivals this
reason, and the tall Bulldog out
fit took advantage of its home
court and a crowd of rabid fans
to roll up a decisive margin.
Ed Juratic, husky Elon forward, , ,
nd Jerry Williams, of Atlantic'
Christian, knotted for the indi-|16 and Frank DeRita with 12
vidual scoring honors for the night [counters. Jack Lyndon led the
with 19 points apiece. Juratic held
an edge from the floor as he hit
for eight field baskets. Earl Stone
and Ronnie Mazzilli were other
Elon leaders.
Lenoir Rhyne
Downs Elon
Quint^ 72-66
in the pace-setting roles after in
termission as they shot the Christ
ians to a 53-30 margin in the first
four minutes. Catawba later cut
the margin to fourteen points on
some fine shooting by Jack Lyndon
and Gene Fleming, but Elon once
more swept to the fore in the
final five minutes.
The Christians divided their
scoring well, with five boys hitting
double figures. Dave Maddox was
tops for the Elon outfit with 17
Catawba attack and was high for
the game with 18 points.
Pos. Elon (68)
F—Maddox (5)
F—Juratic (19)
C—Slone (11)
G—Packard
G—Whitley
A.C.C. (88)
Peebles (3)
Williams (19)
Marley (14)
Widgeon (18)
Percise (9)
Half—A.C.C. 45, Elon 36.
Elon subs—Brown 2, Walker 2,
DeRita 4, Mazzilli 12, Hamrick 6,
Timmons 2, McIntyre 1, King 4.
Atlantic Christian subs—Hester 5,
Gregg, Beecham 10, Aheron
Baker I, Tomlinson 9, Lazzo.
Pos. Elon (87)
F—Maddox (17)
F—Juratic (12)
C—Stone (6)
G—Packard (10)
G—Whitley (16)
Catawba (60)
Fleming (14)
Yancey (3)
Cline (4)
Lyndon (18)
Porter (2)
Half—Elon 39, Catawba 23.
Elon subs—Walker 2, Brown 2,
DeRita 14, King 2, Timmons 4.
Hamrick, Mazzilli, McIntyre 2
Catawba subs — Thomas 2, Lentz
3, Bryant 6. Summey 2. Smith 5.
Holland, Clayton, Carter 1.
ing from behind in the final four
minutes to claim a 72 to 66 vic
tory.
The Bears broke away in front
in the battle but Elon came up
to tie the score at 20-all, only to
have Lenoir Rhyne go back ahead
by 36-34 at intermission. Another
Elon surge sent the Christians
ahead at 42-40, and they held the
front until the final minutes.
Raiford Wells and Bob Ort-
myer, the Bears’ tall boys, led
Lenoir Rhyne in the closing rally,
which put their team ahead at
66-61. From that point the Bears
hung on through the last thre«
minutes.
Don Packard topped the Elon
scoring with 14 points, closely
trailed by Ed Juratic and Dave"
Maddox with 13 and Ray Whitley
with 12 counters. Wells led Lenoir
Rhyne with 34 points.
Pos. Elon (66) L. Rhyne (72)
F—Maddox (13) Barker (11)
F—Juratic (13) Ortmyer (8)
C—Stone (2) Wells (34)
G—Packard (14) Propst (6)
(j—Whitley (12) Cornwell (6)
Half—Lenoir Rhyne 36, Elon 34
Elon subs—Brown, King 2, De-
Rita 2, Hamrick 8. Lenoir Rhyne
subs—Hassell 4, Buff 3.