2. 1956
MAROON AND GOLD
PAGE TtlRER
Christian Golfers Clinch Conference Crown
Links S(|ua(l Nears End
Of Undefeated Canijjaign
Tlioinpsou Is
Still Leading
Elou Hitting
UGHmo CHRISTUN BASi BAI.L SOLAlt OJ 10.>6
^VeU past the midway point of
the 1956 baseball campaign, little
Nick Thompson was still pacing
,be atuck for the Christian regu
lars on the basis of figures com
piled after the Catawba game play
ed last Thursday at Salisbury. The
Elon captain had sUpped some
what from •’is
earlier, but he was still banging
jway at a .413 rate with.twelve
james on the books.
The records showed that Thomp-
had smacked out 19 hits in 46
)s to the plate, and only Bill
ece could top him with a per-
ect mark on one trip to bat. The
,nly players even close to Thomp-
-n m the percentages were pitch-
or players who had been to
at only a few times in the early
eason.
The Christian squad as a whole
anaged to hold the same .262
ercentage that it showed two
eeks ago while winning three
araes from Guilford, Atlantic
nristian and Appalachian and
roppiiig a contest to Catawba,
hat loss to Catawba at Salisbury
as! week left Elon with an 8-4
.ark in wii)s and losses to Uiat
The results of the East Car-
lina and Pfeiffer games were not
nown when these figures were
ompiled.
In addition to pacing the hlt-
ng, Thompson is tied with Bobby College, we can only look back
V 'm
Walkiiior The
Clialk-Liiies
By BILL WALKER
The Elon College baseball squad which is nearing the close of its
1956 campaign, i.s pictured above, .viembers of the squad, reading left
to right, are as follows. FRONT ROW — Joe DelGais, Don Lichok,
Bobby Sharpe, Alton Myers, Nick Thompson, Homer Hohgood, Do;i
Johnson, George Allen and Wayland Medley. SECOND ROW —
Jerry Holt, Bill Ross, Corbitt Hartley, Gilbert Watts, Larry Sum
mers, Jack Henderson, Vincent B ajan and Dalton Beamon. BACK
ROW — Hilary Motsinger, Tony Carcaterra, Clem Johnson, Paul
Watts, Bobby Green, Dean Robertson. Mack Paype and Frank Goss.
tfeen for the all-important runs-
honors. Each of the All-
nference stars has driven 12
cores across the plate. Green
osted his average better than
hundred percentage points in
e past two weeks and took over
he homerun leadership with two
ound-trippers against Catawba,
reen is also tied with Myers for
eadership in triples, while Thomp-
tops the squad in number of
ibles. The shortstop also leads
stolen bases, while Homer Hob-
ood leads in sacrifices.
With the season record showing
ight wins and four defeats up
last Thursday, Jack Hender-
n. Bill Ross and Gilbert Watts
d chalked two mound victories
ach, while single wins were cre-
ited to Frank Goss and Corbitt
rtley. Henderson and Ross had
tiered two defeats apiece.
The statistics through the Ca-
wba game at Salisbury follow—
ab r r avg.
Ill 1.000
... 46 15 19 .413
.. 10 2 4
With the 19^-56 sports season Both teams posted brilliant rec-
drawing fast to a close at Elon ords this yea^. The basketballers,
except for Ben Kendall, Ray
Whitley and Hugh Citty, return
almost to a man, and that means
that the Christians will be plenty
rugged back under the boards
next year. It Coach Mathis can
round up a couple of really good
outside prospects, then we can only
say that Eton's hardwood oppo
nents should look well to their
laurels come next December . . .
As for the golfers, the famous
"Four L's" will be around Elon
for a quite a while yel, and the
dope passed around at this time
is that at least two hot divot-dig-
gers will join the "L’ss for next
year. That would mean a six-man
team next spring instead of this
year's fearsome foursome, all of
which would mean slightly larger
cores lor Elon.
ompson .
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33
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0
.400
.385
.385
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w’ard and surmize that things dur
ing the year were not quite as
expected other than in basketball
and golf . , , and possibly in track
(that squad still has most of its
season ahead). The Fighting Chris
tians at this writing can be sure
of only two North State Confer
ence championships, with another
hanging in the balances.
The Christian footballers fared
worse than any of the major sports
squads, showing only three wins
against seven defeats in a lO-game
campaign. A glance discloses that
the footballers worst luck did not
come in the won-lost record . . ,
it came in the man-power column
. the gridders started the sea
son in the hole and never quite
got out of it . . . the loss of Bob
Kopko with a winter practice in
jury . , , the illnes of Nick Theos
. the departure of Quarterback
Bill Snyder , . . All of these hurt,
but the real back-breaker was the
broken arm which Bob Stauffen-
berg brought home as a trophy
from the Mississippi Southern
game . . . This is not an attempt
to excuse the showing made by
this year's footballers, but it is
intended as a warning that, if
these unfortunate incidents do not
occur again next year, the Elon
footballers may quite possibly pick
up in '56 where they left off in
'54.
There is little to be said for
the Elon basketballers and golf
ers that has not already been said.
Cinder Spiiad Impressive
111 Clialkiiiii Triaimle Win
The Elon College track squad
grabbed eleven first places out of
fiften events in turning back Le
noir Rhyne and Atlantic Christian
ill a triangular track meet here
last Saturday afternoon. The final
.scoring showed Elon with 111,
Lenoir Rhyne with 39 and Atlan
tic Christian with 12 points.
Eddie Bridges, who won both
dashes and took second in the ^ Elon
broad jump for Elon was indivi
dual high scorer. Other double
winners were Larry Gregg, who
copped both hurdles for Elon, and
Harold Bullard, who won both the
discus and javelin throws' for Le
noir Rhyne,
Bridges had 9.8 for the hundred
and 22.3 for the two-twenty dash,
while Larry Gregg topped the high
hurdles in 15.2 and the low hur
dles in 25.2, in each case better-
As for baseball, well things are . , ...
* u ■ . *.u- • . # mg the Elon record. However, all
not so bright at this juncture of _ . u.j\u
the season as had been hoped
The Christian diamond outfit has
not fared quite as well thus far
in 1956 as has been the case in
seasons just gone, but there are
some bright prospects for the fu
ture ... Of all the Elon sports
teams, the baseballers were hit
hardest last year by graduation,
and the same squad will suffer
greatest graduation losses again
this spring. However, there are a
number of very fine young pros
pects on hand this spring, and
those Hoys may become the nu
cleus for another championship
baseball squad, a feature which
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Elon Defeats Mountaineers
As Rally JSeU 14-5 Margin
ToUls 428 86 112 .262
417 60 84 .201
fiUNS-BATTED IN — Green 12,
Mompson 12, Holt 6, Payne 5,
ttnson 4, Lichok 3, Carcaterra
• Hobgood 3, Robertson 2, Del-
2is2, Medley 1, Ross 1, G. Watts
, J'^^®AGGERS — Thompson
■ ayne 3, Hobgood 2, Myers 2,
_ 2, Green 1, Johnson 1.
rWEE-BAGGERS — Green 2,
2, Thompson 1, Carcaterra
^ Ross 1. HOMERS — Green 2,
^1. Thompson 1, G. Watts 1.
LEN bases — Thompson 6,
1, Myers 1, Carcaterra 1,
Hobgood
I. DelGais 1. G. Watts
„ ^'^CRinCES — Hobgood 3,
1. Johnson 1, Ross 1, G.
''‘si 1, Payne i. BASE ON
(Continued Oa Page Four)
Eleven runs in a big sixth tail
ing proved the feature of Elon s
14 to 5 triumph over the Appala
chian Mountaineers here on Mon
day afternon, April 23rd. It was
the first meeting of the year be
tween the old rival.s
The Apps starting pitcher, Char
lie Readling, was well on his way
to a shutout win over the Chris
tians and was coasting along with
a 5-0 margin until that fateful
inning when the Elon outfit put
together six base hits with four
bases on balls and two hit batsmen
to push the eleven runners home.
Coach Doc Mathis, pulling a
typical Casey Stengel strategy,
sent practically every man on the
Elon bench into the game, but
some of his moves paid off hand-
(Somely. An instance was when
Mack Payne, entering the game
cs a pinch-hitter in the big sixth,
pounded two doubles in that same
inning. His two doubles plated
four runs.
The Christians also made the
seventh a big frame by counting
three times. Two of the markers
came home on a booming triple
by Bobby Green.
There were four Elon pitchers
sharing mound duties. Corbitt
Hartley started and gave up three
runs in the second. He was re
lieved by" Jack Henderson, who
was followed to the mound by
Frankie Goss and Gilbert Watts.
Don Lichok, Mack Payne and
Gilbert Watts were the leading
hitters for the Christians, each
pounding out two hits
the
Appalachian 030 002 OOC-5 6 5
Elon 000 00(11)030-14 10 1
ReadUng, HaU (6). Lapish (6)
McKee (9) and Triplett; Hadley,
Henderson (2), Goss (6). Watts
(7) and Hobgood.
races on the straight-away had the
advantage of a terrific tail-wind.
Paul Watts set a new Elon record
in the mile run with a mark of 4
minutes 59 seconds.
The summary—
100 YARD DASH — Bridges
(E), Richards IE), Steele (LR),
Huffman (LRI. TIME — 9.8 secs.
220 YARD DASH — Bridges
E), Richards (E), Huffman (LR),
R. Smith (E). TIME — 22.3 secs.
440 YARD DASH — Newcomb
(E), Faust (E), DeMatteo (E), Fish
er (LR). TIME — 53.4 secs.
880 YARD RUN — Griffin (E),
Hughes (AC), Martin (E), Crump
(E). TIME — 2 mins. 11.4 secs.
ONE-MILE RUN — Watts (E),
Williams (AC), R. Bergman (E),
B. Bergman (E). TIME — 4 mins.
59 secs.
TWO-MipE RUN — Williams
(AC), R. Bergman (E), Watts (E),
Weaver (AC.) TIME — 11 mins.
21 sees.
120 YARD HIGH HURDLES —
Gregg (E), Greenwood (E), B.
Smith (E), Phillips (LR). TIME —
15.2 secs.
220 YARD LOW HURDLES —
Gregg (E), Greenwood (E), Phil
lips (LR), Little (LR). TIME —
25.2 secs.
HIGH JUMP — Greenwood (E),
Stephenson’(e'), Gregg (E), tie for
fourth by -Atkinson (E) and Phil
lips (LR). HEIGHT — 5 feet 9
inches,
BROAD JUMP — Bradham (E)
Bridges (E), Richards (E), New
comb (E). DISTANCE — 20 feet
7 1-2 inches.
POLE VAULT — CampbeU
TENNIS
Elon
3, Lynchburg 4.
Elon-Lynchburg (Raw)
Elon
2, A. C, C, 5
Elon
6, Appalachian )
Elon
2, High Point 5.
Elon
1, East Carolina
6.
Elon
2, Guilford 5.'
Elon
6, Appalachian 1,
Elon
5, Lenoir Rhyne
2.
Elon
0, Guilford 7.
Elon
0, High Point 7.
(Remaining Meets)
May
2—East Carolina,
home.
May
3—A.C.C., away.
May
4—Lenoir Rhyne,
home.
May
10-11—Conference
tourna-
ment.
GOLF .
The Elon golfers, boasting the
strongest combination of divot-
diggers in Fighting Christian his
tory, ran their consecutive victory
string to ten by last weekend and
I maintained their undefeated rec
ord to that date for the 1956 sea
son. With only two meets remain
ing, they were assured of the Con-
ierence cnampionship as they op
ened this final week of play.
The Christians victories within
he past two weeks included tri
umphs over Appalachian twice by
. ounts of 13 1-2 to 4 1-2 and 15 1-2
to 2 1-2, over High Point twice by
scores of 15 to 3 and 15 1-2 to
- 1-2, and over Catawba for the
second time this year by a 15 to
J margiti. The tournament for both
I individuals and teams is set for
Starmount next Tuesday, May 8th.
Elon 13 1-3. .Appalachian 3 1-2
The Elon linksmen turned back
Appalachian 13 1-2 to 4 1-2 over
a windswept Alamance Country
Club Qourse on Tuesday, April
17th. Bobby Loy, of Elon, wa.s
medalist with a 75 score. The sum
mary—
Lloyd (E) tied Beck, 1 1-2 to
1 1-2; Loy (E) over Green, 3 to
); Lloyd and Loy (E) over Beck
jnd Green, 3 to 0; Leigtjton (E)
over Broyhill, 2 1-2 to 1-2; Hall
(A) over Landress, 2 1-2 to 1-2;
Leighton and Landress (E) over
Broyhill and Hall, 3 to 0.
Elon 15 1-2, High Point 2 1-2
The Christians made it seven
wins in a row for the season when
they defeated High Point 15 to 3
at High Point on Wednesday, April
18th. Bobby Loy had a 73 tor med
alist honors. The summary—
Loy (E) Over Powell, 3 to 0;
Lloyd (E) tied Bledsoe, 1 1-2 to
1 1-2; Loy and Lloyd (E) over
Powell and Bledsoe, 2 1-2 to 1-2;
Leighton (E) over Farley, 3 to 0:
Landress (E) over Rutledge, 2 to
I; Leighton and Landress (E) over
Farley and Rutledge, 3 to 0,
Elon 15 1-2, Appalachian 2 1-2
The Christians trampled Appa
lachian on the Mountaineers’ home
course at Lenoir on Monday, April
23rd, by a 15 1-2 to 2 1-2 count.
Freddy Lloyd posted a 71 for med
alist score. The summary—
Loy (E) over Green, 2 to 1;
Lloyd (E) over Beck, 3 to 0; Loy
and Lloyd (E) over Green and
Beck, 2 to I; Leighton (E) over
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Elon 4, Williams 3.
Elon 13. Williams 3.
Elon 6, Wittenberg 4.
Elon 2, West C,arolina 9.
Elon 1, VVest Carolina 5.
Klon-L^nolr Rhyne (Rain)
Elon 9, High Point S.
Elon 8, Guilford 9.
Elun-Lenulr Rhyne (Wet
Grounds)
Elon G, A. C. C. 2.
tUun-Iligh Point (Kain).
Elon 11, Guilford 1.
Elon 8, A, C, C. 3.
Elon 14. .Appalachian 5.
Elon 3, Catawba 8.
Elon 11. East Carolina 5.
Elon-Pfeiffer (Kain).
(Remaining Games)
May 3 — Appalachian, away.
May 8 — Catawba, home.
May 10 — East Carolina, home.
May 12 — Pfeiffer, away.
Broyhill, 2 1-2 to 1-2; Landress
(E) over Hall, 3 to 0; Leighton
and Landress (El over .Broyhill
and Hall, 3 to 0.
Elon 15, Catawba 3
The Elon golfers got their sec
ond win over Catawba by a 15
to 3 coutn at Salisbury on Tues
day, April 24th. Freddy Lloyd had
a 74 for medalist honors. The sum
mary— ,
Lloyd (E) over Kelly, 2 to 1;
Loy (E) over Harper, 3 to 0; Lloyd
and Loy (E) over Kelly and Har
per, 2 1-2 to 1-2; Leighton (E)
over Long, 3 to 0; Landress (E)
tied Carter, 1 1-2 to I 1-2; Leigh
ton and Landress (E> over Long
and Carter, 3 to 0.
Elon 15 1-2, llifh Point 2 1-2
The Christian linksmen made it
ten wins in succession by down
ing High Point 15 1-2 to 2 1-2 at
Alamance Country Club last Tues
day, April 26th. Bobby Loy and
Freddy Lloyd were co-medalists
with 73 scores. The summary—
Lloyd (E) over Powell, 2 1-2 to
1-2; Loy (E) over Ward, 2 1-2 to
1-2; Lloyd and Loy (E) over Pow
ell and Ward, 3 to 0; Leighton (E)
over Finely, 3 to 0; Rutledge (HP)
over Landress, 2 to 1; Leighton
and Landres (E) over Finley and
Rutledge, 2 1-2 to 1-2.
1-2.
Elon 12 1-2, Guilford 5 1-2.
Elon 17, Catawba 1.
Elon 17. Lynchburs 1.
Elon 14. Guilford 4.
Elon 16 1-2, E. Carolina 1
Eloa-Lynchburg (Rain)
Elon 13 1-2, Appalachian 4 1-2
Elon 15, High Point 3.
Elon IS 1-2. Appalachian 2 1-2.
Elon 15, Catawba 3.
Elon 15 1-2, High Point Z 1-2.
(Remaining Meets)
My 1—Ea^ Carolina, home.
May 3—A.C.C., away.
May 7-8—Conference Tourna-
meat.
CaUiivba Jolts Elon Title
Hopes With 8 To 5 Defeat
TKACK
Elon IS 3-4, Raanoke 114 1-4
(Semaining Meets)
April 21—High Point, home.
April 28—A.C.C., home.
May 1—Lynchburg, home.
May 4—Lenoir Rhyne, hooM.
May 7—A.C.C., away.
May 12—Conference Meet.
(l,R), tie for second by B. Smith
(E) ^d Murphy (LR), fourth Mar
giotta (E). HEIGHT — 9 feet 6
inches.
SHOT PUT — Stauffenberg (E),
Newcomb (E), Cafasso (E), Ray
(LR). DISTANCE — 39 feet 3
inches.
DISCUS—Bullard (LR), Sives
(LR), Newcomb (E). Ray (LR).
DISTANCE — 119 feet 9 inches.
JAVELIN — Bullard (LR), As
ton (LR), DeRita (E), Cafasso (E).
DISTANCE — 160 feet 7 inches.
MILE RELAY — Elon (B. Smith,
DeMatteo, Bridges, Newcomb), Le
noir Rhyne. TIME — 3 minutes
f 40.7 secs.
The Catawba Indians used one
big inning to turn back the Elon
Christians 8 to 5 in a North State
Conference baseball battle at Sal
isbury last Thursday. The victory,
which kept the Indians in conten
tion for the Conference crown,
proved a severe jolt to Elon’s ti
tle hopes.
The Christians broke away in
front in the first inning when Bob
by Green, Elon's husky All-Con
ference outfield star, singled
sharply to drive two runners home.
Green later hammered two hom»-
runs to claim hitting honors for
the day for both clubs.
The Elon outfit was coasting
along with a 5-1 lead when the
Catawba crew came in for its big
seventh round. In that inning the
Indians used three bases on balls,
two Elon errors and a pair of
hits to push five runners across
the plate and clinch the game.
The Elon pitchers were plagued
by wildness in the game, with
three Christian^ hurlers issuing a
total of six free passes to first.
Three of the charity trips came in
the seventh and figured in the In
dians' winning pally.
r h e
Elon 201 010 100—5 11 2
Catawba 010 000 520—8 8 3
Henderson, Ross (7), G. WatU
(7) and Hobgood; Duncan and Lee.
Eloii Topples
Bulldog Nine
The Elon Christians chalked
their second win of the year over
the Atlantic Christian nine, cop
ping an 8 to 3 decision in a well-
played battle at Wilson on Fri
day, April 20th.
Bill Ross, Elon's freshman right
hander from Reidsville, scattered
^even Bulldogs hits along the nine-
inning route as he turned in a
neat mound performance for the
Christians. Ross struck out seven
and allowed only one walk.
The Christians jumped in front
with two runs in the first, added
a singleton in the second and then
plated three more scores in the
third "to clinch the game. Single
markers in the sixth and seventh
were just so much frosting.
Nick Thompson, Elon's All-State
shortstop, was the big knocker for
the Christians with two singles
and double in five trips. Wayland
Medley had two singles for the
Christians for punnerup honors at
the plate.
r h e
EUon . - 213 001 100—8 11 4
A. C. C. 101 000 100—3 7 5
Rora and Hobgood; Perry, Nor-
ville (2) and Fulghum.