28. 1956
MAROON AND GOLD
PAGE THRE*
Elon To Have Full Program Of Minor Sports For Spring
SENIOR DIAMOND ACES ANCHOR CHRISTIANS' INNER DEFENSE
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Two senior veterans and two of the cleverest infield aces in the
North State Conference will anchor the Elon inner defense this
spring as the Christians bid for the 'Conference baseball crown
The two senior aces are Alton Myers (left) of Lexington, third bart-
man who won All-Conference honors as a utility infielder last
spring; and Nick Thompson (above), of Burlington, who has been
All-Conference and All-State at shortstop for three seasons.
Tenuis Tea m
Has Fourteen
Dual Meets
The Elon tennis squad, which
hopes to better its win-loss record
of recent years during the 1956"
campaign, is slated for fourteen
dual meets and will climax its
season by entering the annual
North State Conference tourna
ment to be played on the Elon
courts early in May.
Coach Scott Boyd has four let-
termen back in togs to serve as
a nucleus for his racket-wielders
this spring. The letter veterans
back in action include Ray Whit
ley. of Winston-Salem: Hugh Cit-
ty, of Reidsville; Leslie Johnston,
of Holland. Va.; and Ben Barr, of
Taftville, Conn.
In addition to these letter vet
erans, Coach Boyd also expects
Ben Kendall, senior basketball
star from Kokomo. Ind.. to add
strength to the Christian net out
fit this spring
tian squad.
The tennis schedule follows.
Mar. 27—Lynchburg, home.
.\pril 11—L.vnrhburg, away.
April 16—A.C.C., home.
.\pril 17—.\ppalachian, home.
April 18—High Point, away.
•April 20—Guilford, home.
April 23—.Appalachian, away.
■\pril 24—Lenoir Rhyne, away.
•\pril 25—Guilford, away.
.\pril 26—lUsrh Point. hom«.
May 1—East Carolina, home.
May 2—East Carolina, home.
Mar 3—A.C.C., iway.
May 4—Lenoir Rhyne, home.
May 10-11—Conference tourna
ment.
Walking The
Chalk-Liiies
By BILL WALKER
Meet The Basehallers ...
Christian Diamond Rosier Includes
Manv Freshmen And Few Veterans
Woe be unto the Elon Christian ond teams decided at once to go
Jbaseballers this season, for warn- out for the choir, but the third
ling from down east indicates that team has revealed slightly “sui-
rhey had just as well put up their cidal” tendencies and has agreed
fcloves and turn in their uniforms, to face the murderous attack of
;'ve been given the word—and
[from no less personage than “Sun-
By Jim" Mallory, head baseball
The Elon College baseball squad, BILL ROSS — A husky fresh-
which faces a rugged 21-game man right-hander from Reidsville.
schedule in its bid for North State N. C.. Ross was the ace for the
Conference honors, will quite def- Reidsville High squad that won
initely have the accent on youth state Class AA honors last spring,
this season. Coach Doc Mathis. He stands 6 feet, weighs 190
beginning his third season as head'pounds and bats and throws right-
baseball mentor at Elon, lists 27'handed.
men on the roster, and two-thirds GILBERT W.\TTS — Another
of the group are freshmen and freshman right-hander, Gilbert
sophomores.
There are only six lettermen
listed, five of them being seniors
and four of the group being All-
Conference players of a year ago.
Missing from last year are five
veteran pitchers, two of them All-
State and four of them All-Con
the battling “Teachers."
Then somebody came up with a
bit of news that has bolstered
|coacli down at E.C.T.C., if you’ll j slightly the morale of the Chris-
the expression. (For the tian baseballers and their follow-
lliterate freshman of Elon Tech.! ers. That same edition of the News
Ithe letters E.C.T.C. means East and Observer carried the story
|Carolina “Teachers” CoUege.) jthat the “Teachers" had suffered
Its not that I hold anything; a double defeat by sc(jres of 4-3 Following are sketches
and 3-2 at the hands of the tour- lerence. r oiio _ s
ing Springfield College nine from
up Masachusetts way.
Of course, ’twould have raised
our hopes more if the games had
been played at Greenville. When
we noticed that the two games
were played at a neighboring
Marine base, it occurred to us that
Watts hails from Laurinburg
where he starred in both high
school and Legion ball. He is 6
feet tall, weighs 165 pounds and
bats and throws right-handed
p]loii (roif S(|ua]
Gets Fine Start
The Christian rolf squad is
off to a flying start in Its bid
for North State Conference hon
ors, with smashing victories over
Guilford and Catawba in the
first two Conference tests of the
new 1956 sieason
The Chrisrtian.s turned back
the powerful Guilford Quakers
here on Monday. March 13th,
by a 12 1-2 to 5 1-2 margin,
with Bobby Loy shooting a 72
in the wind and rain to grab
medalist honors. Ten days later
on Friday, March 23rd, the F.lon
linksmen downed Catawba 17
to 1. Once more Loy was the
medalist, shooting a three-un
der-par 68 over the Alamance
Country Club course.
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Golfers Have
Ru^^ed Card
Of 14 Meets
The Elon golfers, who gained
the runher-up honors in the North
State Conference last spring, have
Iready gotten off to a winning
start on a rugged 1956 schedule
which includes 14 dual meets and
the annual Conference Tourna
ment. which is to be played over
the Starmount Country Club
course in Greensboro.
In discussing plans for the 1956
season. Coach Scott Boyd stated
that all meets this year will be
played on the basis of a four-man
Track Squad
W ill Enter
Ei^ht Meets
The Elon track team, which
gained a place in the athletic
spotlight by winning three of four
meets and copping the North State
Conference championship last sea
son. will really come into its own
this spring with a schedule that
calls for eight meets.
Not in many years have the
Christian cindermen had such an
opportunity to show their talent,
and Coach Sid Varney already has
the thinclads out running and
jumping in preparation for a sea
son card that includes seven dual
meets and the annual North State
Conference event.
Six of the seven dual meets are
slated to be run on the home
cinders down in Burlington Mem
orial Stadium. In addition to home
meets with Conference rivals from
Guilford. High Point, Lenoir
Rhyne and Atlantic Christian, the
Elon runners and field men will
also face the powerful Virginia
squads from Roanoke and Lynch*
burg. The lone meet away from
home is with Atlantic Christian
at Wilson.
Five lettermen are back from
last year's strong Elon team to
form a nucleus for Coach Var
ney's 1956 cinder squad, and the
return of an ace of former ^ears
from armed service has added
much to the Christian prospects.
However, the Christians will find
it a real problem to replace Horst
Mevius and John Platt, two of the
top scorers of last year.
The returning lettermen from
last year include Eddie Bridge.s,
football and as a distance man
in track.
LARRY SUMMERS — A soph
omore left-hander, Summers hails
from Brown Summit, N. C., where
he saw high School duty at Mon-
ticello. He won one and lost none
as a freshman pitcher for the Elon
.squad in 1953 and then went into
the Army. He returned to college
this year. He is 5 feet 8 inches
tall, weighs 165 pounds and bats
and throws left-handed.
CORBITT HARTLEY—A fresh
man right-hander. Hartley hails
team, which means that the bur-1 Kerry Richards, and Bobby Green,
den of competition this spring
will be thrown on the quite cap
able shoulders of Elon's “Four
L's". any one of whom is likely
to smash par on any given day.
Bobby Loy. who hails from Bur
lington. and Jimmy Leighton, a
Durham swinger, were the top
men for the Christian links squad
a year ago: and each of them was
regarded as threat for the indivi
dual Conference honors in the
tournament.
This year has seen a couple of
talented freshmen Join with Loy
in the sprints and relays; Lynn
Newcomb, in the quarter and
the weight events: and Paul Watts,
distance star. Len Greenwood, a
former Conference champion in
the hurdles and high jump, and
Dee Atkinson, former high jump
star, are both back from the Army
and ready to fill gaps in those
events.
In addition to those letter vet
erans, Coach Vamey lists on his
cinder squad Tracy Griffin, Son-
and Leighton in carrying Elon, jjy Martin and Tony DeMatteo,
golf hopes. The freshmen are Fred
Lloyd, who also hails from Dur
ham: and Henry Landress, who "ie Bergman, distance men; Larry
calls Leaksville his home town. Gregg, Jerry Creech and Buddy
FRANK GOSS — A freshman 1 from Dunn, N. C. He stands 5
rigTit-hander, Goss calls Lexing-|(egt 11 inches in height, weighs
ton, N. C., his home. He is 6 jgQ pounds and bats and throws
lagainst teachers or freshmen. I
l«as once one myself—a freshman
Ithat is, not a teacher—but that
Iwas long ago. Who knows, how-
lever. 1 haven’t checked by the
I dean's office lately, and I may
I still be one—a freshman that is,
I not a teacher.
But back to the main topic,
I James Mallory, who is head base-
I ball coach at E.C.T.C.—again par-
Idon the expression—through the
I columns of the Raleigh News and
I Observer has handed out warning
for all coaches and baseballers of
I North State Conference to
beware. His Pirates are loaded
I with talent, with twelve letter-
and the “finest crew of fresh-
I men he has ever coached. Per
haps he's worried about the ma-
j jors drafting his boys.
This copy of the News and Ob
server, after being censored by
*be Elon Tech Ubrary staff, was
■wmediately taken from the 11-
I *>far> s newspaper rack and placed
i ^ the hands of Elon's inimitable
I would have just said
^sn," but a few extra points
'’sfc and there can help a fellow
I mean, after all—you never
can tell.
It Was then that tragedy struck,
dumb freshman borrowed
•be copy of the paper, mistaking
for an art examination, and let
Set out on Elon’s otherwise
^’^iceful campus. That was it!
" >en the news of the Pirate pow-
became known, there was a
of panic. Our first and see
the “Teachers” do sometimes find
rough sledding when playing away
from home. Of course, there's al
ways a chance that there may have
been an ineligible player used by
the opposition, which could turn
the tides of victory. It seems that
we've heard of victories—and even
championships—won in just that
way.
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Elon's “Four L's” of golf—Loy.
Leighton. Lloyd and Landress
so far this season have gotten away
to a winning start in North State
Conference play, turning back
both Guilford and CaUwba by
decisive scores. Only set-back
came in a non-championship con
gest with the Reidsville Country
Club. ,
The Christians, who featured
Bobby Loy and Jimmy Leighton
as leaders in previous seasons,
came up with two new stars this
spring in Fred Lloyd and Henry
Landress. a couple of freshman
who show promise of pacing the
Elon Unksmen to future golf hon
ors.
Bobby Loy has set the pace for
the Christians in their two early
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of the individual players now list
ed on the Elon roster.
CATCHERS
HOMER HOBGOOD — A sen
ior veteran from Oxford. N. C.,
Hobgood won All-Conference hon
ors last season. He stands 6 feet
tall and weighs 185 pounds. Bats
and throws right-handed. Hob
good, who has also won AU-Con
ference and All-State honors as
a football center, was captain of
the Elon grid squad last fall,
bobby SHARPE — A sopho
more letterman from Burlington
N C.. Sharpe saw duty both as
a catcher and first baseman dur
ing his freshman year. He is 5
feet 11 inches tall, weighs 170
pounds and bats and throws right
handed.
JOE DELGAIS — A. stocky lit
tie freshman from Inwood, Long
Island. N. Y.. DelGais first gained
notice as a fine freshman halfback
in football last fall. He is 5 feet
inches tall, weighs 180 pounds
and bats and throws from the
right side.
pitchers
feet tall, weighs 160 pounds and
bats and pitches from the right
side.
PAUL WATTS — A senior let
terman from Taylorsvile, N. C.,
Watts has played three years as
an outfielder, but he worked as
batting practice pitcher last
spring and may see duty on the
mound this year. He is 5 feet 11
inches tall, weighs 160 pounds,
bats left and throws right. He also
has won leters as a halfback in
from the right side.
DALTON BEAMAN — A junior
college transfer, who hails from
Troy, N. C.. Beaman stands 6
feet I inch tall, weighs 170 pounds
and bats and throws right-handed.
FIRST BASEMEN
Baseball Schedule
Elon 4. Williams 3.
Elon 13, Williams S.
(Remaining Gaines)
March 29 — Wittenberg, home.
April 3 West_Carolina, away.
April 4 — West Carolina, away.
April 6 — Lenoir Rhyne, away.
April 9 — High Point, home.
April 10 — Guilford, away.
April 12 — Lenoir Rhyne, home.
April 14 — A.C.C., home.
I April 16 — High Point, away.
JACK HENDERSON — A soph-j April 18 — Guilford, home.
omore southpaw from Towanda,! April 20 - A.C.C., away.
Pa., Henderson is the '^®'| April 23 — Appalachian, home
TONY CARCATERRA — A tow
ering freshman from Inwood.
Long Island. N. Y.. Carcaterra
joins the baseball squiad after
gaining honors as a freshman end
in football. He stands 6 feet 4
inches tall, weighs 200 pounds and
bats and throws right-handed.
With plenty of speed, Carcaterra
has shown in early drills that he
can hit the long ball. Played short
stop in high school.
MACK PAYNE — A slender
freshman. Payne hairs from Swep-
sonville. N. C., where he played
at Alexander Wilson High. Like
Carcaterra. he played other in
field posts in high schol. He is
6 feet 1 inch tall, weighs 160
pounds and baU and throws right-
handed.
SECOND BASEMEN
DON LICHOCK — A speedy lit
tle freshman from Brackenridge
Pa., Lichock stands only 5 feet 7
inches in height, weighs 160
pounds and bats and throws right-
The Elon schedule follows, with
twelve of the matches against Con
ference opposition.
Mar. 13—Guilford, home.
Mar. 23—Catawba, home.
Mar. 27—Lynchburg, home.
Mar. 28—Guilford, away.
April 11—Guilford, away.
April 16—A.C.C., home.
April 17—Appalachian, home.
April 18—High Point, away.
April 23—Appalachian, away.
April 24—Catawba, away.
April 26—High Point, home.
My 1—East Carolina, home.
May 2—East Carolina, home.
May 3—A.C.C., away.
May 7-8—Conference Tourna
ment.
Smith, hurdlers: Carl Fuller. Bill
Mullins and John Apessos,
weights; and Richard Bradham,
broad jump. There are also others
who may report and add much to
the cinder strength.
The schedule includes the fol
lowing meets.
April 11—Guilford, home.
April 17—Roanoke, home.
I April 21—High Poiat, home.
1 April 28—A.C.C.. home.
May 1—Lynchburg, home.
May 4—Lenoir Rhyne, home.
May 7—A.C.C., away.
May 12—Conference Meet.
turnee from April 26 — CaUwba. away. VINCENT BUJAN — A fresh
staff, an ® ^a.con-l April 28 — East Carolina, away. prospect from Towanda, Pa..
staff tnat^ Ail-State hurlers. April 38 — Pfeiffer, home. Bujan stands 5 feet 10 inches tall.
wZndei^n who plays end in foot- j May 3 - Appalachian, away. weighs 155 pounds and bats and
hall stands 6 feet tall, weighs! g — CatawlMi, home. 1 throws right-ha^ed.
bats right and throws Carolina, home JOHNSON - A stocky
Elon Shows Poiver As Grid
Battle Closes Winter Drills
By LARRT BARNES
If Spring football games mean
anything then it is fair to give
warning to the Christian foes
come Fall.
On Saturday. March lOth Elon
met the Blue Stockings of Pres
byterian in a scrimmage game.
Presbyterian had two games un
der its belt, having met and
defeated the Corsairs of East Car
ning of blasting Bob Stauffenberg
and Whit Bradham. Elon moved
the ball to the thirty-five. Kerry
Richards took a hand-off from
quarterback Satch Bradham and
scooted 55 yards before being
knocked out of bounds. The Chris
tians were knocking at the gates,
only to have an intercepted pitch-
out turn into a Presbyterian six-
pointer. The conversion was good
olina while dropping a contest to | and Presbyterian led at 7-0.
the potent Lenoir Rhyne Bears, j The Christians then took the
Elon came out on the short end ball on their twenty-yard marker
of the tally by the score of 7-6, and proceeded to explode upfield.
but this score in no way’tells the Quarterbacks Bradham and Dick
tale of the skirmish. Smith golden armed the way goal-
The game started with the Hose ward with their pin-point pasJ^
200
left Previous mound experience!
largely in Legion ball.
May 12 — Pfeiffer, away.
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taking the ball on their twenty-
yard line. After running a suc
cession of plays, they could show
no profitable success, .so they punt
ed to the Chri.stiaos. On the rtin-
ing. However, Fate was again
against Coach Sid Varney’s charg-
“Bs as they fumbled. As the half
ended the Christians were again
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