Wednesday, May 4. 1955
MAROON AND GOLD
PAGE TttREa
Elon Meets East Carolinci In Important Contests
Decide Conference Title
Two Games Friday Mav
sF;n iN(; new track kecohds
ft
Horst Meviiis
Horst Mevius, Elons international exchange student from Lu-
beck, Germany, has done a bit of re-writing in Elon's track record
book this spring as he set new E!on records in the quarter mile,
half mile and broad jump and helped set a new mark in the one-
mile relay. The blonde speedster is pictured above in full stride
as he swept to victory in the half mile against Guilford here on
'Wednesday, April 27th. Mevius should be a head-on favorite to
capture first places in hi3 speci.ilties in the annual North State
Conference meet this year.
Elon Track Stars Hold Half
(H Conference Track Marks
With interest in track leaping
to new heights on the Elon cam
pus within the past few weeks,
it will be interesting to Elon stu
dents to know that Christian ath
letes hold seven of the fifteen
North State Conference records
snd are tied for the mark in an
other event.
The fact that Christian cinder
stars own exactly half the Confer
ence records is quite remarkable
in view of the team records, which
disclose that Elon has won only
cne championship since the Con
ference meet was originated in
the spring of 1950. The Christians
were second in team scoring in
1950. first in 1951 and third in
1952, 1953 and 1954. Such could
only indicate that Elon has had
a tew individual stars but lacked
balance for team strength.
The Conference records, com
piled from the summaries of the
five North State Conference meets
since 1950, are listed below, with
the event, the holder, the year or
years set, and the record time,
height or distance.
100 YARD DASH — Gene Rob
inson, Lenoir Rhyne (1953), and
Bob Perry, East Carolina (1954).
TIME — 9,9 secs.
220 YARD DASH — Bob Lewis,
Elon (1950) and Wally Maultsby,
Guilford (1950). TIME — 22.4 secs.
440 YARD DASH — Joe Bree-
^on, Guilford (1951). TIME — 54.1
secs.
880 YARD RUN — Larry Gaith-
Elon (1950). TIME — 2 min.,
9.6 secs.
MILE RUN — Jim Elkins, Elon
(1950). TIME — 5 Min., 0.8 secs.
TWO-MILE run — Bill Hol
land, High Point (1951). TIME —
min., 28 secs.
high hurdles — Mai Ben-
"^tt, Elon (1953). TIME — 15.4
secs.
LOW hurdles — Mai Ben-
''■Plt. Elon (1953). TIME—27.4 secs.
SHOT PUT — Bob Edmiston,
Elon (1950). DISTANCE — 44 feet
‘ inches.
DISCUS — Paul Sykes, High
“int (1952). DISTANCE — 130
4 1-2 inches.
javelin—Paul Skinner, Gull-
ord (1950). DISTANCE — 160
feet.
HIGH JUMP—Len Greenwood,
Cion (1950 and 1951), and Dave
VIondy, Elon (1950. HEIGHT ,—
5 feet 10 inches.
BROAD JUMP — Tom Francis
Guilford (1954). DISTANCE — 21
feet 1 1-2 inches.
(Continued on Page Four'
Basehallers
Divide With
Quaker Nine
The Elon Christians suffered
their first loss in the 1955 North
State Conference race when they
split a double-header with the
Ouilford Quakers on the Quaker
field on Tuesday. April 19th. The
filon nine won the opf'ner 11 to
2 and then ran head-on into dis-
.'Ster as it dropped an abbreviated
nightcap by a 4 to 3 margin.
Charlie Swicegood. veteran Elon
outhpaw, allowed the Quakers on
ly two hits, both of them singles,
in winning the first game. The
Quaker scores came in the first
and second innings, neither of
'hem being earned. Swicegood
truck out 11 men and allowed
four walks.
In a second game which the
umpires called in the sixth due
to darkness, the Christians went
^!own by a 4 to ^ margin. Elon
broke to the front with three
runs in the top of the third on
ingles by Don Packard and Nick
Thompson, a double by Larry Dof-
flemyer and a triple by Bobby
Green.
The Quakers picked up two in
the bottom of the same inning on
a walk to Don Hemric, a single
by Lynn Buckner and a double
by Fuller Cashion. They added
t"o more in the fourth on two
singles, a double, an error and two
walks. These runs proved to be
ihe game when the umpires ter-
.iiinated play in the last of the
>ixth.
(FIRST GAME)
r h e
Elon 301 511 0—11 15 3
Guilford 110 000 0— 2 2 1
Swicegood and Hobgocd. Buck
ner, Dowd (4). Roan (6) and All
ied.
(SECOND GAME)
r h e
Elon 003 000 0—3 7 2
Guilford 002 200 x—^ 7 1
Hall and Hobgood: Beneditte
and Allred.
r The 1955 baseball championship
ol’ the North State Conference
could well be decided when th(
Fighting Christian nine battles the
East Carolina Pirates in two game:
on the Elon field on Friday af
ternoon. for the Maroon and Gold
squad could grab off first place
by bumping the Pirates in both
ends of the double bill.
The Christians, after playing
the High Point Pan'hers twice at
High Point this afternoon, had
five more games remaining of the
regular season in the eastern di
vision of the North State loop.
There is a rained-out game yet
to be re-scheduled with Guilford
on the Elon field, and the High
Pointers w'ill return h e i c next
Tuesday for a doubleheadti that
was postponed last week due to
'.vet grounds. The crucial point in
Ihe race, however, comef in the
two battles with the Pirates on
Friday afternoon, and it is no light
task that Coach Doc Mathis' boys
face in attempting to wrest two
wins from the East Carolina squad.
The two teams split even in two
rlose games at Greenville two
weeks ago.
The Christians will probably
send Luther (longer and Sherrill
llall, the two big right-handers, to
the mound against the Pirates and
the visitors from down east are
expected to pitch Tommy Pruitt
and Mack Cherry, a pair of Pirate
uces, each of whom held Elon to
three hits in the earlier battles.
Conger defeated Pruitt 3 to 2,
while Cherry got a 2 to 1 deci
sion over Hall in the games at
Greenville.
On The
Sidelines
By JOEL BAILET
I'worn soap box, but when you at
tend an Elon game you need bino
culars to spot your nearest neigh
bor in the stands. It's a good
thing that turnstiles have not been
installed at the local park, for
it's a cinch they would long since
more than a '^ew'' of the Chris-( have rusted.
^ It's hats-off. however, to those
The individual who originated
the statement, “You win some,
you lose some, you tie a few, and
some you get rained out,” must
surely have played or seen his
baseball in a region outside our
own North State Conference, for
tians' baseball contests have been
washed out this spring. However,
regardless of the Weather Man's
little jokes, the season is progress
ing and in a winning way for the
Maroon and Gold diamond ex
perts.
On the subject of our fine base
ball team, I was leafing through
some of fhe other college news
papers recently when I stumbled
on an article that should interest
local Ians (if such an animal ex
ists). In Billy Arnold's column
entitled “Sports Echo," which ap
pears in the East CaroUnian, he
refers to the Elon pitching staff
as “the best pitching staff in the
South”
We will not argue this point
with Mr. Arnold, for it seems that
everyone in the conference and
in the enUre state is well aware
of the potenUal power of the
entire Elon squad . . . that is,
everyone except the Elon students
T hate to get back on that well-
few fans who do attend the ball
games. If the school .spirit is at
a low ebb, it’s certainly not their
fault. We may very well have the
best pitching staff in the South,
and we know that we have a very
good and a hustling club. Again,
1 ask you if you have seen the
boys in action?
Wonders never cease, as the old
saying goes, and that’s what one
recent visitor to our campus seems
to have thought last week. Stand
ing in line for dinner, I over
heard an Elon student relate the
golf score of that day’s play to
a member of the Appalachian ten
nis team, which had met our net-
ters while the mountaineer golf
ers played our Unksmen that af
ternoon.
“The score was something like
10 to 7,” the local student inform
ed the visitor.
(Continued an Page Fourl
Dr)[) Decision
At Lyiielibiir«j
The Elon tracksters dropped a
well-contested cinder meet to the
Lynchburg Hornets at Lynchburg
on Friday afternoon. April 22nd,
by an 82 1-2 to 40 1-2 margin,
with the Christian runners and
field men forcing their more ex
perienced opponents to record ex
cellent marks in a number of
events.
Horst Mevius, Elon’s brilliant
middle-distance runner, won first
places in both the quarter and half
and added a third first in the
broad jump. Mevius set a new
Elon and Lynchburg record in the
half with a 1 minute 59.5 sec
onds mark. John Platt copped
Elon’s other first place in the high
hurdles, and Platt also set a new
Elon mark of 11 feet 6 inches in
the pole vault.
The summary follows:
100 YARD DASH — Jarrett
(L). Green (E), Richards (E).
TIME — 10.1 secs.
220 YARD DASH — Jarrett
(L), Green (E), Scott (D. TIME
— 22.9 secs.
440 YARD DASH — Mevius
(E), Dooley (L), Scott (L). TIME
— 52 secs.
880 YARD RUN — Mevius (E).
Atwood (L), Gooch (L). TIME
I min. 59.5 secs.
ONE MILE — Atwood (L), Al
mond (L), Watts (E). TIME — 5
mins.
TWO MILES — Parker (L).
Brown (L), Smith (L). TIME —
II min. 41.8 secs.
HIGH HURDLES — Platt (E).
Rogers (L), no third. TIME — 16.7
secs.
LOW HURDLES — Colbert (L),
Platt (E), tie tor third by Creech
(E) and Rogers (L). TIME — 26.1
secs.
HIGH JUMP — Goode (L), Platt
(E), Danley (Lj. HEIGHT — 5
feet 7 inches.
BROAD JUMP — Mevius *E),
Cranby (L), Creech (E). DIS
TANCE — 2d feet 4 3-4 inches.
(Continued on Page Four)
SOI THPAW I1AVIN(; Fl>K VKAK Varsitv Team
*» *
Breaks Even ‘
With Pirates
The El^n Christians and the
East Carolina Pirates broke even
in a crucial North State Confer
ence doubleheader at Greenville
on Saturday afternoon, April 23rd,
with the Christian grabbing the
opener by a 3 to 2 c-ount and the
Pirates taking the nightcap by a
2 to 1 margin.
The Pirates grabbed an early
lead in the first game when they
coui’tled both their markers in
the first inning when they linked
.terry Ktewart's single and Bill
Cline's double with an Elon er-
for. It was their final scoring for
Uie game as Luher Conger and
rharie Swicegood sopped them
f-ffectively the rest of the way.
The Klon outfit got back one
>f the runs in the second when
Charlie Cassell singled and scored
on Larry Dofflemycr's double, bjit
they waited until the seventti to
plate the winning runs on three
Pirate errors and a base on balls.
Cecil Heath, East Carolina's All-
Conference second baseman, boot
ed two in that final inning to
contribute heavily to Elon s win
ning rally.
The Pirates got to Sherrill Hall
for two runs in the third inning
if the second game on a walk to
Jerry Stewart, a single by Gath
er Cline and a triple by Bill Cline,
and the two markers were enough
to win a 2 to 1 verdict for Mack
Cherry, the Pirate pitcher, who
allowed ?:ion only a single run
■n the sixth. Elon could get only
Ihree '■ingles off Cherry’s offering
in the game.
Larry Dofflemyer, with a two-
bagger in the opener was the top
batter for Elon, since none of the
Christians could hit safely more
than once in the double bill. Bill
Cline topped East Carolina with
a triple, double and single in the
two battles.
The score by innings follows:
(FIRST GAME)
r h e
Elon 010 000 2—3 3 I
East Carolina 200 000 0—2 3 3
Conger, Swicegood (7) and Hob-
good; Pruitt and B. Cline.
(SECOND GAME)
Charlie Swicegood. senior southpaw pitcher from Lexington. i.=
once more proving one of the main.stays of the Christian mound
staff, sometimes as a starter and sometimes as a “fireman ' who
goes in to put out a blaze. The big left-hander turned in a neat 2-
hit job against Guilford for one of the best pitching performances
of the year, no other Elon pitcher having held an opponent to less
than three safeties. Swicegood went in as a reliefer in both games
of a recent double-header at East Carolina The Lexington boy has
won two and lost none thus far for the season. He has had 25
strikeouts and has allowed only 10 walks and 7 hits in 17 innings.
Cindernien All Eve In Tivo Meets
Gral) Vie tor y
Over Quakers
Baseball Schedule
Elon 13, Guilford 3.
Elon U, Williams 1.
Elon 11, Williams 2.
Elon 8, A.C.C. 6.
Elon 4, A.C.C. 3.
Elon-Guilford (Rain).
Elon 3, Bur-Gra 10.
Elon 2, Greensboro 8.
Elon 11. Guilford 2.
Elon 3, Guilford 4.
Eton 3, E.C.C. 2.
Elon 1, E.C.C. 2.
Elon 4, A.C.C. 2.
Elon 2, A.C.C. 1.
(Remaining Games)
•May 4—H. Point, away (DH).
May 6—E.C.C., home (DH).
May 10—H. Point, Home (DH).
Elon Squad
Top Bulldof^s
In 2 Games
With Sherrill Hall and Luther
Conger turning in almost identi
cal three-hit pitching jobs, the
Elon Christians turned back the
Atlantic Christian Bulldogs twice
in a North State Conference dou
bleheader here last Saturday,
April 30tli. The winning scores
were 4 to 2 and 2 to 1.
Sherrill Hall was the winning
oitcher in the opener, limiting the
Bulldogs to three hits and strik
ing out nine men, as he got the
decision by a 4 to 2 score. Hall’s
mates got to Bob Horne for eight
hits, including doubles by Charlie
Cassell and Homer Hobgood.
Hobgood’s double to left field
A as the decisive blow as Elon
jcored all four runs in the second
inning. Bobby Green's single
CharUc Cassell's double and a
walk to Larry Dofflemyer filled
the bases, and all three scored on
Hobgood’s two-play blow. Hob
good then scored on Sherrill Hall s
single.
The Bulldogs came back for two
(Continued on Page Four)
The Elon College track teamj
'.wept twelve first places in four-
•cen events here on Wednesday,
■Vpril 27th, as the Christian cin-
dermen defeated Guilford 94 1-2
to 27 1-2 in a North State Con
ference dual meet.
Horst Mevius and John Platt
each won three first places and
Bobby Green and Paul Watts each
took two firsts for the Christians
The summary follow^.
100 YARD DASH — Green (E),
Richards (E), Bridges E). TIME
— 10.3 secs.
220 YARD DASH — Green (E).
Bridges (E), Richards (E). TIME
— 23.7 secs.
440 YARD DASH—Mevius (E),
Newcomb (E), Bradham (E). TIME
— 51.8 secs.
880 YARD RUN — Mevius (E),
Martin (E), Griffin (E). TIME — 2
min. 4.2 secs.
MILE RUN — Watts (E), Ha
worth (G), Stump (E). TIME —
5 min. 6 secs.
TWO-MILE RUN — WatU (E),
Haworth (G), Simpson (E). TIME
— J1 min. 46.9 secs.
HIGH HURDLES — Platt (E>,
Creech (E), Blackburn (G). TIME
— 16.8 secs.
LOW HURDLES — Platt (E),
Smith (E), Creech (E). TIME —
2'i.l secs.
HIGH JUMP — Platt (E), Ever
ett (G), tie for third by Stempin
5ky (E) and Newton (G). HEIGHT
— 5 feet 9 inches.
BROAD JUMP — Mevius (El.
Fakhoury (G). Creech (E). DIS
TANCE — 20 feet 10 1-2 inches.
SHOT PUT — Newcomb (E),
Cafasso (E), DiPema (E). ■ DIS
TANCE — 37 feet 7 inches.
DISCUS — Abernathy (G), Pi-
Perna (E), N*ilson (G). DIS
TANCE — 110 feet 1 1-2 inches.
JAVELIN — Neilson (G), Aber
nathy (G), Fitzgerald (E). DIS
TANCE — 148 feet 8 inches.
MILE RELAY — Elon (Smith,
Newcomb, Bridges, Mevius), Guil
ford. TIME — 3 nain. 38.4 secs
6 0
Elon 000 001 0—t
East Carolina 002 000 x—2
Hall, Swicegood (6) and Hob
good; Cherry and B. Cline.
Golf^ Tennis
Teams Face
Title Meets
The Elon golfers and nettern,
who were slated to close their
regular schedules by meetinij
High Point away yesterday, will
bid for the Conference titles in
the North State tournaments with
in the next week.
The Christian golfers have won
three of their last four meets, with
results of yesterday’s Panther
meet not known. The linksmen
defeated Guilford 14 1-2 to 3 1-2,
downed Appalachian 11 1-2 to
6 1-2 and swamped High Point
18 to 0. Only loss was to the Apps
by a 14 1-2 to 3 1-2 count.
The tennis squad continued to
find rough sledding in recent
meets, but the netters did chalk
overwhelming victories over At
lantic Christian in two meets. The
remainder of the Elon net card
during the past two weeks shows
two losses to Appalachian and sin-
gle defeats by Guilford, Lyncli-
burg. High Point and the Waka
Forest Freshmen.