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PAGE FOUR MAROON AND GOLD Wednesday, May 4, 1955 Charlie Cmsell Leadinfi Elon Regulars In Batting Fifiures TWO ARE HONORED AT BETA CHI EPSILON RECEPTION Charlie Casiell. regular left fielder, U leading the batting at tack for the Elon regulars in the first thirteen games of the 1955 baseball season, according to sta tistics compiled after last Satur day’s battles with Atlantic Christ ian. He was hitting for for a .406 average at that point. Bobby Green continued to pace the important runs-batted-in de partment, having hammered 14 lunners home. Trailing close be hind was Homer Hobgood, The batting and pitching sta tistics through last Saturday, April LIBRARY NOTES 30th, are as follows: Player AB R H Ave. Henderson . 2 0 2 1.000 Swicegood 6 2 3 .500 Motsinger . 2 1 1 .500 Oakes 2 0 1 .500 Cassell 32 5 13 .406 Green 40 11 14 .350 Myers 30 6 9 .300 Packard 47 12 14 .298 Hall 11 0 3 .273 Dofflemyer 37 7 10 .270 Sharpe 17 4 4 .235 Thompson 47 10 11 .234 1 McIntyre 14 2 3 .214 Hobgood 39 5 8 .205! Hamrick 5 1 1 .200' Watts 12 3 2 .167 Conger 12 0 2 .167 Scott 19 2 3 .158 Johnson 0 0 0 .000 Bergman 2 0 0 .000 Stauffenberg ... 3 0 0 .000 Stringer 5 1 0 .000 ELON TOTALS 386 76 101 .262 OPPONENTS 363 46 75 .207 Of exceptional interest to North Carolinians and all persons who plan to view the scenic and his toric points of the Old North Slate is the new "North Carolina Guide, " a highly informative vol ume edited by Dr. Biaclcwell P Robinson and published by the University of North Carolina Pre&s. Here in one volume is the pic- he wooded highlands of the Great concerts and art shows, from the farms that produce the nation's tobacco to the factories that pro duce its textiles. Presenting up-to-date, complete. tion of the natural resources, a lively account of the present scene, a valuable section on architecture and a statement' on the present Elon Track Stars Hold Half Of Conference Track Marks RUNS-BATTKU-IN — Green 14. Hobgood 12, Dofflemyer 7. Thomp son 6, McIntyre 5. Pacltard 4, Cas sell 4, Conger 3, Myers 2, Hender son 1, Swicegood 1, Motsinger 1, Hall 1, Sharpe 1. Scott 1. Stauf- fenberg 1. TWO-BAGGERS — Myers 5. Dofflemyer 3, Green 2, Thompson 2, Cassell 1, Packard 1, McIntyre 1. Hobgood 1. THREE BAGGERS — Green 2, Cassell 1, Myers 1, Dofflemyer 1. HOMERS —Thompson 1. STOLEN BASES —Packard 5, Green 4. Myers 2, Dofflemyer 2, Thompson 2. Hob- sood 2, Watts 2. SACRIFICES — Hobgood 3. McIntyre 2, Myers 1, Thompson 1. STRIKEOUTS — Oil 'I'lie Si«leliiM‘s (Continued From Page Three) "Gee, ’ replied the enemy ten nis player, "that's the closest any one has come to our golfers all the year’ "Oh, we won," the Elon boy came back, and the visiting ath lete's mouth dropped open in amazement as he climbt^ into the circle of his mates, muttering words that would bring the cen sor's wrath down upon this writer if he inserted them in this col umn. I (Continued From Page Three) I POLE VAULT — John Platt, I Elon (1954). HEIGHT — 10 feet 6 inches. MILE RELAY — Guilford (Bill I Topping, Phil Feeney, Bill Vogel land Joe Breedon), (1951). TIME — Is mins. 43.1 secs. ELON RECORDS In listing the Conference marks, lit is also interesting to see a com- ipilation of the Elon records. The Christian marks surpass the Con ference records in a number of events. Elon records in eaeh event, ! with the holder, year and meet ' mark was set. and the record it- Iself follows: J 100 YARD DASH—Kerry Rich- lards (High Point Meet, 1955) and ] Bobby Green (Guilford Meet, '’9551. TIME — 10.3 secs. 220 YARD DASH — Bob Lewis .Mrs, i.rnest Isley, Jr . left and Marion Lorimer. center, were hon rees on Wednesday night, April (Conference Meet, 1950). TIME — 27th. at a reception given by Beta Chi Epsilon Sorority in the parlors of West Dormitory. With ^2 4 sees. them at the right is Judy Clark, of Durham, prerident of the sorority, which is composed of students yARD DASH — Horst Me in Elon's business education department. Mrs. Isley, the former Sje Morton, who is Western Elec- trie's “Miss Hello Charley" for this year, was an Elon commercial graduate of 1952. Miss Lonmer, ,vius (High Point Meet, 1955). member of the present commercial class, was recently chosen ".VI ss Burlii gton of 1955. |TIME 51.3 secs. 880 YARD RUN — Horst Me- vius (Lynchburg Meet, TIME — 1 min. 59.5 secs. Ihe wins were decisions over Mich- xENN'IS SCHEDULE ~ Elkins (Con igan State and Cornell. A high- ference Meet. 1950). TIME — 5 Normal: Clark. hard-altting Tommy Williams' one- Elon 2. WF Fresh 8. right fielder, led the 1932 team performance in a 5-1 Elon 3, Guilford 4. with a lofty .450 batting average. Catawba. Elon 3, E.C.C. 6. The squad, captained by G. 0.1 maintained her winning Elon 1, E.C.C. 6. Mann, won 11 and lost 5 games. jggg 3 15.5 n,ark for Elon 8, A.C.C. 1 (Jiristiaii Baseball History MI^OR SPORTS 1955). (Continued from Page 2) min. 0.8 secs. TWO-MILE RUN - Paul Watts (Guilford Meet, 1955). TIME — u min. 46.9 secs. HIGH HURDLES — Mai B,n- nett (Conference Meet. 1953, TIME — 15.4 sees. LOW HURDLES — John Plau (High Point Meet, 1955). TIME - 26.3 secs. SHOT PUT — Bob Edminston 'Conference Meet, 1950). diS- 1'ANCE — 44 feet 7 inches. DISCUS—Bob Edminston (Con ference Meet. 1950). DISTANCE — 107 feet 9 1-2 inches. JAVELIN — Mai Bennett (Con ference Meet, 1953). DISTANCE — 154 feet 4 inches. HIGH JUMP — Len Greenwood (Conference Meet, 1950 and 1951) and Dave Mondy (Conference Meet, 1950). HEIGHT — 5 feet 10 inches, BROAD JUMP — Horst Me- vius (Guilford Meet, 1955). 20 feet 10 1-2 inches. POLE VAULT — John Platt (Lynchbufg Meet, 1955). HEIGHT — 11 feet 6 inches. MILE RELAY — Buddy Smith, Lynn Newcomb, Eddie Bridges and Horst Mevius (Guilford Meet, 1955). TIME — 3 min. 38.4 secs. including a 9-2 mark in conference ! ,1.4 record in play to win once more the ' Lit- conference once more forced tie Six'" conference title. John, jj,e ninner- Keiber. who now umpires many|^^ Catawba. Tommy Wil- :;ion baseball games, was a mem- mound staff, was Ijer of that squad. Win Over Carolina called to a major league chance with Ihe Philadelphia As that A double-steal in the second year, game of the 1933 season gave Elon | Tal Abernathy set an Elon .-omething to boast about as she, strikeout record when he whiffed claimed a 1 to 0 victory over the Elon-Lynchburg (Rain). Elon 2. I.enoir Rhyne 5. Elon 8, A.C.C. 1. Elon 1. Guilford 6. Eltn 0. Appalachian 5. Elon 2, Lenoir Rhjne 5. Elon 3, Lynchburg 4. Elon 2. .Appalachian 5. Elon 7, A.C.C. 0. Elon 4. WF Fresh 5. Lyiicliliur^ Meet (Continued From Page Three) SHOT PUT — Story (L), Heague Hall 32, Swicegood 25, Conger 23,!(L). Newcomb IE). DISTANCE — I'amrick 9. Henderson 4. McIn tyre 3. BASES ON BALLS—Hall 20. Conger 13. Swicegood 10, Hamrick 8. McIntyre 1. Hender son 1, HITS—off Henderson. 2 in 4: off McIntyre. 6 in 4; off Swice good. * in 17: off Hamrick. 16 in 13: off Hall. 20 in 31: off Conger, 23 In 28. GAMES WON — Hall 3, Conger 3. Swicegood 2, Hamrick 1. GAMES LOST—Conger I. Ham rick 1. Hall 2. 39 feet 11 1-4 inches. DISCUS — Goode (L), Heague (L). Kruger (L). DISTANCE — 117 feet 9 1-2 inches. POLE VAUr.T — Goode (L), I'latt lE), no third. HEIGHT — 12 feet. RELAY — Lynchburg iDanley, Merlight, Atwood, Scott), E)lon. TIME — 3 min. 37 secs. AITENTION, GHILSI GOLDIVIAN’S SHOES For All Your Campus And Dress Footwear Featuring C'apezios • Town and Country Deb • Carmelletes I’rima Covers Girls • Footflairs 106 E. Front St. Burlington. N. C. Mc;re(;or si’ortswear cuRRirv & hay *'Men's and Studenls'' FfVor” nOSTOMAJS SHOES W. Davis St, Burlington 17 batlers twice during the 1939 Elon 1, High Point 6. season, once against Catawba and (Remaining Meets) once against Atlantic Christian 3—High Point, away. The freshman star also pitched a no-hit, no-run game against the GOLF SCHEDULE Bulldogs and finished the year' j ^ Guilford 4 1-2. with a 6-0 record. The team rec- ^ 1.9, E.C.C. 15 1-2. ord that year was 18-6, but a 9-8 ^ E C C. 15. ing a single loss to Guilford out of loss to Lenoir Rhyne in 11 inn- jj Catawba 7. four meetings withe Quakers. lings in the final game of the year jj Catawba 7. Lawrence Tuck, star center cost Elon the crown and put the j ^ Guilford fielder, and John Griffin, team Bears on top. Elnn's loop record captain, along with Paul Lefty" that year was 14 wins and six Cheek, first-sarker for the squad, losses. University of North Carolina Tar Heels to highlight the season, a campaign which also brought Elon lier fourth straight conference ti- ile. The Christians had a 12-6 sea son record and a 7-1 conference record, their only loop defeat be Headquarters For Elon Students Burlingfon Managedi led the Christians to another con ference title in 1934. Tuck led the Christians at bat with an average of .449. with Griffin following with .365. Paul Cheek and Law rence Tuck were named to the .\ll-Conference team that year. The season record went into the books at 15-6. while the c'lnfer- ence record stood at 9-.1. Sixth Conscutivr Title Coach Walker won his sixth consecutive conference baseball title in 1935 with a team which won 10 and lost two in the con ference and boasted a mark of 11 wins and five losse„ for the entire season. Lefty Cheek and Horse Mewborn were sparkplugs for the winning nine. Six Elon athletes were given All-Confer ence rating, including Webb New- Fome, Paul Roye, Paul Cheek, Horace Mewborn. John G"rffin, and Ralph Newman. The Elon Christians, who had beer; conference champions for MX years, were heading for their seventh 1-2. Best Season Kernid The Christians of 1940 posted the best season mark in the his tory of Elon College baseball, with a squad composed mostly of freshman and sophomores winning twenty games and losing only one. Among the victories were de cisions over Cornell, Ivy League Champions, and Wake Forest. Big Five and Southern Conference leaders Roland Longest was cre dited with both of these wins. Eight men hit better than a .300 average that«i'ear. including Jack Gardner (.451), Bernie Daher ( 395), W. L. Hobson (.393), Joe Tomanchek (.388). Stan Yonkosky (.380). Johnny Clayton (.352), Le roy Fones (.322), and Capl. Joe Elon 3 1-2, .Appalachian 14 1-2. ' Elon 11 1-2, .Appalachian 6 X-2. ] Elon 18, High Point 0. (Remaining Meets) ' May 3—High Point, away. | eat at the NEW ELON GRILL Steaks — Chops — Hamburgers Sandwiches — School Supplies Complete Fountain Service margin. Conger also struck out Hardison (.300). Pitchers were Ro- walked only two A. C. C. (iaiiies (Continued From Page Three) runs in the bottom of the same inning on walks to Bob Fulghum and Kernodle and successive sin gles by Horne and Davis. There were no more hits off Hall, and only three Bulldogs were able to reach first base after that inning. Luther Conger went to the hill ock for Elon in the second game and repeated Hall's 3-hit perform ance as he topped Atlantic Chris- Itian's Ken Fulghum by a 2 to 1 land Longest I6-O), .Andy Fuller (4-0), R. D. Apple (3-0). Molly Craft (3-0), and Tal Abernathy 14-1). The only loss was to Ca tawba. after a 19-game winning streak. The 1941 team made it two consecutive conference | straight North State Conference crown in 1936 until laie in the titles, as Lefty Tal Abernathy top- season. With only two conference ped the pitching staff. Coach Hen- ganves remaining in the schedule drickson's Christians won 15 of 18 and the Christian nine leading games to give Elon 35 wins in 39 as he kept the Bulldogs away from the plate in all except the fourth frame. * The Christians went ahead and that quickly when Nick Thompson led off in the first inn ing with a homerun, the first cir cuit clout of the year for the Elon squad. The winning run came in the fourth on two hit batsmen ? sacrifice and an infield out. Charlie Cassell, with a double 50 tnillion times a day at home, at work or while at play There’s nothing like Crepe Paper Poster Paper Paints, Brushes Canvass Board V' C A M M A C K Office Supply For All Decorative Occasions 251 W. Front St. Burlington, N. C. Pictures .And Diploma* Framed—One Day .Service the race, two defeats at the hands games over a two-year span. Aber-:“" anti Bobby Green and of Lenoir Rhyne halted the six- nathy pitched and won two dou- , " Packard, each with two sin- year rein and gave Catawba the ble-headers. Other pitchers were '^**' the 1936 title. Mike Briggs captained Molly Craft and Capt. Roland””®"" ’’'hompson's homer and the team, which ended the year I-ongest. Leading hitters were Packard and Myers with 12 wins and three losses and Johnny Clayton (.381), and W. L. Christians’ big blows in an 8-3 mark In conference. Thus Hobson (.379). ! nightcap. Davis, with a single, ended the "Peahead " Walker base-i The 1942 season marked t h e ball regime, although he remained end of intercollegiate baseball at! ^ u ■ • ?t Elon through the following foot- Elon until after World War II. with . '""‘"^s for each hall and basketball campaigns. ;he Christian nine- winning six of| ° Hendrickson New Coach |ten games. Molly Craft paced the' Horace Horse " Hendrickson 'hristians in h«h batting and'^. C. C. assumed the coaching reins for P'^^*’ing, winning five games and gi^n the 1937 baseball season, after having served as assistant to Coach Walker. He had another fine team in 1937 with a combina tion which had 15 wins and 10 losses for the year and a 7-5 mark in the conference, which was once|^®^^®' ®tid Beaudy. niore second to Catawba. Among | (To Be Continued (FIRST GAME) r h 020 000 0—2 3 040 000 X—4 8 hitting for a .400 average. Craft: * '* “ ^ '‘."“.t'and Hobgood. ' (SECOND GA."VIE) out record when he fanned 17 men in defeating' Guilford by a| 3-2 score. Other top hitters in that!;^ q q final pre-war season were Evans. 1. You feel its LIVELINESS. 2. You taste its BRIGHT GOODNESS. 3. You experience PERFECT REFRESHMENT. r h e 000 100 0—1 3 0 100 100 X—2 5 1 K. Fulghum and R. Fulghum Conger and Hobgood. SOniEO UNDER AUTHOmrY OF THE COCA-COLA COMPANY »Y BURLINGTON COCA-COLA BOTTLING COMPANY "Cok«" it o r«gi>l»rad ttodt-mork. © 19S5, IHE COCA-COLA COMPANY
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