Wednesday.
February 8, 1956
MAROON AND GOLD
PAGE THREE
Christians Will Entertain Pirates In Loop Battle Saturday
^(1 Downs
HcCrary By
^(,.63 Count
MD an impregnable
rTthroughout the game, the
tn Chrisdans turned back the
ijjy Eagles 86 to 63 here on
, night. January 30th, for
!°“r sixteenth win in nineteen
-i*t? this year.
X e victory gave the Christians
Jenge over one of three bal.
, hs to conquer them this yeai
! the Eagles had chalked a 100-
1 win over Elon at Asheboro in
,,rlv December.
Both clubs started slowly, and
held a bare 12-7 margin
ten minutes of play. Action
-eded up at that point, and Ray
l,itiey and Frank DeRita led
, Christians to a 31-20 margin
interrnision. while Smith Lang-
-,a and Bill Atkins led the
agies. Each club hit 50 per cent
floor shots in , that final ten
iiinutes of the first half.
Tiiere were five Elon players
itting in double figures, with Dee
Itkinson showing the way at 16
loints. Others were Ed Juratic and ^
■rank DeRita with 15, Jimmy i
Irump with 14 and Ray Whitley
sith 12 counters.
The line-ups:
os. Elon (86)
-Juratic '15)
—DeRita d.'i'
Attinson 16)
;-Whitley 02)
1—Kendall i2)
STANDING TALL BENEATH ELON BACKBOAUDS
McCrary (63)
Shoaf (V)
Langdon (24)
Jondan (6)
Likens (6)
Wallace
Half-time—Elon 31, McCrary 26.
Elon subs—Crump 14, Stone 6,
Titty 6. McCrary subs—Atkins 12,
Mien 4, H. Nance 4.
Dee Atkinson
Two towering reasons for the
success of the Elon Christians in
the North State Conference cage
wars this year are Dee Atkinson,
left, and Ed Juratic, right, a pair
of 6-foot 5-inch sharpshooters and
rebound artists. The two big boys
have paired at the inside spots for
Elon in most of the games this
season and have played big parts
in the Christian play at all times.
Dee .\tkinson, who rejoined the
Christian cage squad this year af
ter two years with I'ncie Sam’s
Army, was an All-Conference per
former in his pre-s.ervice days
here, and he has picked up right
where he left off. The slender
.iunior from Mount Airy, who
playd his high school ball at
Beulah, won All-State recognition
in high school play and in his
final season outscored Dickie Hem-
rick. Wake Forest All-American,
three times in five crucial hiKh
school battles. He is currently
leading the Elon scoring with an
average of 17.5 points per game...
Ed Juratic, also a junior, who
hails from East Chicago. Ind., don
ned Elon colors last season after
two years of Army duty. He had
played one year of freshman ball
al N. C. State prior to entering
service, being on the State frosli
squad with Ron Shavlik and Vic
Molodet, who are senior aces for
the Wolfpack this season. In fact.
Juratic was a high school team
mate of Molodet back in Indiana.
The big Elon star won All-Con
ference honors last year and must
be rated among the best in the
loop this season. He has a scoring
average of 12.5 in 20 games
Elon Seeks To Revenge
Loss At East Carolina
Elon Cage (ianies
Ed Juratic
Walkiuo The
Clialk-Liiies
By BILL WALKER
Elon Plays Nine Grid Games In ’56
i'he Elon football squad will
play nine tough games during the
coming 1956 grid season, accord
ing to a schedule just made public
by Coach Sid Varney. Eight of the
nine teams to be played were on
the 1955 schedule, with Presby
terian College of South Carolina
as the newcomer among Elon s
opponents.
Missing from the last season s
Delta U To|)S Girls’ Gagers;
Hicks Leads Free Throwers
Basketball still reigns as Elon’s
fflain topic of sports conversation
Jiid its main field of competition,
so quite naturally it is also my
main topic too. Our Christians con
tinue to set a hot pace on the hard
wood and still appear a force to
be reckoned with in passing out
championship honors in this area
this season.
The Maroon and Gold squad in
its last three ouUngs, all played
on the home court last week,
avenged an earlier defeat at the
hands of the McCrary Eagles, be
came a three-time winner over
the High Point Panthers and also
a two-time winner over the West
ern Carolina Catamounts, and, of
course, everyone knows that the
Catamounts turned back the
league-leading East Carolina Pir
ates earlier in the season.
The Christians seem to have
Jolid claim on the runner-up spot
in the Conference standings, but
^eir chances of catching the
front-running Pirates depend upon
their own ability to win their re-
maining games and the ability of
other loop teams to turn back the
Pirates. The Conference standings
first Conference defeat in a game list of opponents are Mississippi
played at Greenville, where the Southern and The Citadel, each of
winning officials have a 47-game
pirate streak. . . oops, what a slip!
1 meant to say where the Pirates
have an official 47-game winning
whom were met on foreigh fields
in the early season. Two changes
of date were made to insert the
Students; Loann Lambeth, Second
streak. At any rate, that loss down schedule. T+ie Apprentice School
east still rankles, so let’s go out
Saturday night and give the Christ
ians the suport they need to beat
the Pirates.
The Delta U sorority lassies are
setting the pace in the battle for
girls' cage honors on the campus,
rolling along with five straight
wins. Trailing them in the four-
t'eam league are the Day Students,
Second Floor West and Third
Floor West.
In another feature of the girls'
cage play, Ruth Hicks grabbed
the championship in the free
throw tournament. The Oxford
girl dropped in 19 of 25 tries to
lead a field of 49 girls. Other high
entries were Kathryn Lambert and
Lannie Wright with 18 and Joyce
Perry and Linda Simpson with 17
good throws.
The Delta U victories have been
Elon 78, Pfeiffer 62.
Elon 90, Belmont Abbey 83.
Elon 91. McCrary 100.
Elon 124, DuPont 70.
Elon 106. High Point 101.
Elon 104, Guilford 57.
Elon 108, Erskine 86.
Elon 102. High Point 81.
Elon 100, Pheiffer 77.
Elon 81, Pfeiffer 76.
Elon 69, East Carolina 105.
Elon 99, DnPont 59.
Elon 96, A. C. C. 82.
Elon 90, Catawba 62.
Elon 102. Appalachian 81.
Elon 107, West Carolina 90.
Elon 79, Lenoir Rhyne 85.
Elon 97, Catawba 73.
Elon 86. McCrary 63.
Elon 79, High Point 57.
Elon 91, West Carolina 71.
(Remaining (lames)
l eb. 8—Appalachian, away.
Feb. 11—East Carolina, home.
Feb. 13—A. C. C., away.
Feb. 16—Lenoir Rhyne, away.
Feb. 18—Guilford, home.
Christians In
Second Win
Over Indians
f'*!" W. L.
Ave.
East Carolina
11
1
.917
Elon
9
2
.813
Atlantic Christian . .
8
3
.727
Lenoir Rhyne
7
4
.636
High Point
5
6
.455
West Carolina
5
8
.385
Appalachian
4
7
.364
Catawba
10
.091
Guilford
1
10
.091
[■ * * *
A real “red-letter”
day at
Elon
"hen the Pirates of East Carolina
")me to visit our honie-standlng
Christians, and what an opportun-
'ty that game offers for the Chrlst-
i’ns to get sweet revenge. The
Pirates handed the Christians their
The Day Student squad, with an
even break in four games, shows
wins over Second Floor West by
34 to 31 and over Third Floor West
by 41 to 10. They have dropped
James to Delta U by 22 to 21 and
to Second Floor West by 21 to 19.
The Second Floor West, in third
place, shows wins over Day Stud
ents by 21 to 19 and over Third
Floor West by 51 to 25. Their de
feats have been at the hands of
Delta U by scores of 49 to 34 and
43 to 32 and to'the Day Students
by 34 to 31.
The Third Floor West squad
has dropped games to Delta U by
scores of 38 to 19 and 32 to 15,
to Day Students by a 41 to 10
The Delta ,eore and to Second Floor West by
over Second Floor West 49 to 34, score an
over Third Floor West by 38 to 19. a 51^ to ,25^_^score.
over Second Floor West by 43 to
32, over Third Floor West by 32
to 15, and over Day Students by
22 to 21.
The “Top Ten” scorers are
paced by Joyce Perry, of Delta U,
with 95 points. Others in the ‘Top
'Continuea on Page Four)
Scoot’s quips for the quacks:
When sitting on a tack, one is
much better off. Holy cowl
* ♦ ★
According to the latest NAIA
figures, Elon’s Jim Crump is the
nation’s Second best free-throw
man percentage-wise, and Elon is
the nation’s fifth highest-scoring
team . . . Also the Elon team as a
whole rates in the top group in
percentage of free throws made. . .
The addition of Presbyterian Col
lege to the Christian grid sched
ule for 1956 means another at-
tractive contest.
With Elon s own Christians wax r'lpnn varnev. lony icaJZe sQuaas v***,-*-- —- i “ — -
ing hot on ^teo.' Morris DeMatteo, Chuck defeated rating in the two intra-jcaterra pacing the winners with
whole state of North Carolina Matteo Mor ..
The Christian cagers journeyed
clown to Salisbury on Saturday
night, January 28th, to chalk an
impressive 97-73 victory over the
Catawba Indians. The win was
Elon’s second over the old rivals
this year and kept the Maroon
tossers in the thick of the North
State title race.
Juratic, husky Elon forward,
turned in his best game of the
year with 24 points to pace the
Christian attack. He hit nine
buckets from the floor and six of
nine from the free-throw line dur
ing the fray.
Five other Elon players were in
double figures for the game, with
Ben Kendall, Jimmy Crump and
Ray Whitley all bucketing 14
points from their outside posts,
while Dee Atkinson racked 13 and
Earl Stone 10 counters from under
the boards. Sonny Clayton, former
Haw River star, topped the Indi
ans with 17 points.
The line-ups:
Pos. Elon (97)
F—juratic (24)
F—Kendall (14)
C—Atkinson (13)
G—Crump (14)
G—Whitley (14)
Halftime—Elon 50, Catawba 47.
Elon subs — Stone 10, DeRita
2, Citty 4, Stout 2, King, Rickover
McDonald. Catawba subs—Massey
8, Cline 8, Smith 2, Lyndon, Hol
land.
With interest at the highest peak
in recent years, the Elon Christ
ians will play host to the East
Carolina Pirates here Saturday
night in a ’revenge" battle that
may possibly decide the regular-
seasoi; championship in the TJorth
State Conference.
The game can quite properly be
designated as a ’ revenge " battle
(or tlie Christians, who were de
feated by an overwhelming mar
gin by The home-standing Pirates
*1 Greenville early in January, and
the Maroon and Gold cagors will
he going all out to even the count.
The Pirates have been publi-
(;izing a 47-game winning streak
cn their home court, which brings
up a quick survey of their record
thus far in the 1955-56 campaign,
riie Buccaneer five has chalked
nine wins on their home floor at
the same time has been able to
win only five out of nine battles
on the road.
In stepping up their practice
pace this week for the crucial Sat
urday night contest with the East
Carolina outfit, Coach Doc Mathis
and his boys have no idea of help
ing the Pirates to improve their
record on the road.
The McCrary Eagles, who were
victims of Elon by a 23-point mar
gin here last week, went back to
Asheboro last weekend and tramp
led East Carolina by an 18-point
margin and a 76-58 score last Sat
urday night.
All indications are that the
Christians will have one of the
most rabidly partisan crowds here
Saturday night in recent Elon cage
history, and the students have ex
pressed a unanimous hope that
“the quality of mercy be not
strained’’ in the least in dealing
with the Pirates.
Catawba (73)
Fleming (8)
Hunt (9)
Bryant (6)
Helfrich (15)
Clayton (17)
continues to be a literal “hot bed
of good basketball. No other state
can come close to TarheeUa’s mark
of three teams in the nation s
‘Top Ten." State, Carolina and
Duke have remained pretty con
sistently in the select group in re
cent weeks, and the AP s Top
Ten" of February 1st showed the
following:
1. San Francisco (14-0).
2.Dayton (14-1).
3. Vanderbilt (14-D.
4. N.C. State 14-2).
5. Louisville (16-1).
6. Illinois (11-1).
7. Temple (13-0).
8. Kentucky (10-3).
9. North Carolina (13-3).
10. Duke (12-2).
will be met here on September
22, and Newberry movd back to
the first Saturday in November.
There are five home games set
for Burlington Stadium, including
the battles with Apprentice School,
East Cprolina, Catawba, Lenoir
Rhyne and Guilford. The Appa
lachian, estern Carolina and New
berry games will be played on
their home fields, but the Pres
byterian battle is slated for Rock
Hill. S.C.
In announcing the 1956 sched
ule. Coach Varney revealed that
32 men reported to him for winter
practice. The group includes Tony
Carcaterra, Eddie Bridges, Jack
Henderson and Oscar Stephenson
end- Pat Cafasso, Ed Davidson, Joe
rHaw^L'Swilt" Erors',! ..e ITK “A" an"d Day Student, strength in a 62-39 win .er I^TK South by a 43 to 33 count
Uckles: Glenn Varney. Tony^^J«,e XT'winners witi
mi.ral caee leagues in battles 26 points.
played through Wednesday, Feb-i On January 25th Howard Arnold
ruary 1st and the two strong com-'hit 16 points to lead South to a
binations rate as favorites to l^t- 36-30 overtime wm over Sigma
tie it out for the campus hard- Phi, and Eddie Robbins hit
wood crown. Round-robin play J counters to lead Sigma Mu to a
will continue unUl the third week 27-17 victory over East “B .
in February, when the leading! In the January 26th games Kai^
ILms wm play for the title. !pa Psi edged Club House 31-26
ITK And Day Students Hold Lead
In Boys’ Intramural Cage Leagues
Maynard, John Apessos, Bob Hen
dricks, and Don DeSarro, guards;
Lynn Newcomb, Sonny Martin,
Bob Ruggeri and Tony Stump,
centers; and Richard Bradham,
Richard Smith, Bob Stauffenberg,
Ronnie Kinsley, Whitney Bradham,
Kerry Richards, Harry Faust. Joe
DelGais and Nick DiSibio, backs
The 1956 schedule follows:
Sept. 22—Apprentice, home.
Sept. 29—Appalachian, away.
Oct. &—East Carolina, home.
Oct. 13 Presbyterian, Rock Hill
Oct. 20—Catawba, home.
Oct. 27—West Carolina, away,
jjov. 3—Newberry, away.
Nov. 10—Lenoir Rhyne, home.
Nov. 17—Guilford, home.
Cage Squad
Is Upset By
Lenoii* Rhyne
In one of the major upsets of
the North State Conference cage
season, the Lenoir Rhyne Bears
turned back the Christian cagers
here on Wednesday night, January
25th, by an 85 to 79 count. The
loss was a costly blow to Elon’s
hopes for the regular-season title
in the North State Conference.
It was off the boards and at the
fiee-throw line that the invading
Bears gained their victory, for the
Christian tossers completely out
classed the Lenoir Rhyne outfit in
floor shooting. The records showed
that Elon held a 35-26 edge in
field baskets, but the Bears made
good on 33 free throws while the
Christians had only nine charity
points.
The game was a nip-and-tuck
[affair from the beginning, with the
rival teams tied 20 times during
the game and with the lead swap-
I ping hands 27 times. It was seldom
' that either team could show better
than a 2-point advantage. Raiford
Wells shot the Bears in front for
keeps at 73-71 just five minutes
before the final whistle.
Ben Kendall topped the Elon
Games of February 1st saw Car
caterra lead North to a 38-33 win
ever Kappa Ps^ scoring with 15 points, but Juratic,
^ n Boprstaff lead' and Crump were
"B and ° , ’ p. 33-'all in double figures for the Christ-
Sigma Mu over p jians. Raiford Wells paced the win-
29 count fniinw- “‘"8 Bears with 25 markers, with
Standings through Feb. 1 follow.: 6 ,„i.,ance from Ortmver
NATIONAL LEAGUE assistance from urtmyer,
W L Ave. Propst and Cornwell.
..A” - 4 0- 1.00()1 The line-ups:
South Dorm 3 1
Alpha Pi 3 ^
Sigma Mu - 2 2
ams will pi«y ~ —•=» _ ^ ,
Dr. Scott Boyd, who directs the in spite of Buck Leitch’s 22 count-
intramural program, described the'ers for the losers; Tr^y griffin
competition as keen in both the hit 14 points to ^^ 1 3
National and American Leagues, ? 57-26 win over Alpha Pi, 0 4
and stated that interest appeared, Harvey SW J>it° AMERICAN LEAGUE
as high as at any time since he j lead Day Students to a 29 Z4 in ^ ^
" 0
1
66-11 win over Club House; Clyde,East A 2 2
Boswell lead Sigma Phi to a 42-311 Kappa Psi 2 i
win over East “B"; and JerryilTK
Slaughter Ipaoe ITK “A” over j Club House
came to the campus. lover East "A”.
A number of outstanding battles Two January 30th games saw
have been played In each league
with North Dorm and South Dorm
showing stren^h as they grab the
runner-up positions in their re-
Ispective loops. North showed its
Bill Walker lead East “A” to a
Day Students 4
North Dorm 3
.750 Pos. Elon (79) Lenoir Rhyne (85)
.750 F—Juratic (14 Ortmyer (18)
.500 L_Kendall (15) Propst (20)
250
Atkinson (13) Wells (25)
.ouu
G—Whitley (6) Cornwell (18)
Ave. G—Crump (11) D. James (4)
1.000 Half-time — Lenoir Rhyne 44,
Elon 42.
5M — DeRita 10, Stone 6,
250 Citty 4. Rickover, Stout. Lenoir
.000 Rhyne sub—Sellari.