HsJnesd»y. D.ccmber 12. 1956
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JURATIC DRIVES FOR A BUCKET
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|> lUd Juratic, huskjr'.senior center-for'the Elon Christians, is pic-
Wfeil abrv- driving 'iiiiMd -Up to count a bucket against the High
piiat PaWhcrs in the-;tliriUing battle staged here last Thursday
li;hr a b,.ttle whtett High Point won by a sp.ine-tingling B3 to 82
hjrgin. Bobby Pharr (ll> attempts to block the Ju^atic shot for
Puint. while i Paul iStantoa (16) looks h.elplessly pa
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Poiiitei*s Get
Tlirillinw Win
By 83 To 82
The lead changed hands twice
in the final fiftee* seconds as the
High Point Panthers eked a thriv
ing 86 to 82 victory over the Chris
tian cagers oi the Elon court last
Thursday night. January 10th,
The victory over Elon was the
first recorded by the Panthers in
four seasons and the first won by
Ihe Panthers since Coach Virgil
Yow returned to take over the
High Point coaching reins. The
last High Point win over Elon had
come by a 66-63 count in the finals
of the Conference tournament in
1953.
The purple-jerseyed Panthers
swung out i> front in the first
half of last Thursday’s battle, mov
ing out to a 48-41 margin by the
half-time intermission. Elon ral-
! lied after the half and gained
' the lead at 54-52, and for several
I minutes the rivals swapped leads
I on almost every basket.
! The PaHtiiers moved out by sev
en points again at 74-67 with-bare-
ly six mmutes left and held that
seven-point margin at 78-71 when
Elon started a late push. Dee At-
ikinson and Ed Juratic paired in
I the Elon .rally that knotted the
I count at 78-all with barely one and
I a half minutes left.
The Panthers regained the lead
81-78 on a bucket and free throw
by Paul Stanton, but Juratic and
Rick Turner paired baskets to gIVe
Elon an 82-81 lead with fifteen
seconds to go. It was then that
Jack Powell, veteran Panther star,
hit on a push for the winniiig 1t3-
82 count. .' . , .
Dee Atkinson,. £lon forward, w^s
top man toj- tjie night witl? 31
points, with DeRit*.. Juratic and
Crump all hitting double figures,
Powell led High. Point with 22
cA(;!:us atk^nson captain
I rrr
Wialkmg The
Clialk-Liiies
By BILL WALKK*
counters.
The line-ups
Pm.—Eton S8> Hish P»int (S3)
F—Atkinsoo 31 J...;..; Powell 22
F—DeBita 20 Staatoh 15
C—Juratic 1-2 Swell 14
G—J. Crump 10 . H: Crump-10
G—Turner 3- Huegeie 13
Half-time.- High Potnt 48,'Elon
41.
Elon subs — Stone 1, Stout 1
Bulla 2, Carcaterta, High Point
subs — Beauchot 4, Pharr 2,'Afeh
dis 2, Williams, Thornton.
It’s Captain Dee Atkinson now, followin? an election held last
week by members of the Elon Christian cage squad, who chose the
lanky jumping jack from the hills of Surry County to lead the Ma
roon and Gold squad through-Jhe remainder of the hardwood cam
paign. Atkinson, who lists Mount Airy as home, played his high
school ball 'at 'Beufah High, where he won All-State hbnw and out
played Wake Forest'S 'All-American Dibkie Hemt-ic in several cru
cial games while Hehiric wa^j s'tiir at JonesVille High. The Elon
star played two seasons for the Christians and then pulled a two-
year’Stint in the armyKefore retufnhiig'to the Christian camp last
year: He ha« topped the 500-point mark in two of his three seasons
in an felon uniform. ' ’
Christians Orab Second
I How many times ’ sp6rtswf Iters
' at tJon have Had to Wrijte on
jubject of l.apk. of schppl SBifit
' almost beyond .count,-.and. the
I Kay thiags look right' n»^ ‘ottieP
l^ch comments arfe oiue no«^' aiid
1 the future.
. - :.*r I,
iThe classic ^xamflle P®Pf
(chool spirit occurs when .one goes
I a game played Hn our own gy®'
1b the middle of th'e 'week,-‘■With
oui- own team going in^ the game
»! defending,, champio^. ip. \he
I North State Conferance. with
a -9-r record at the time,- "meeting
a team that has beeft beatett' only
toce in thirteen starts and com-
ta" from thjrty-fiyp mit?s »way,
pr. arrival and during the game,
tindo Elon crat-number^ in
Indent fans 'and’ '■ out-cfl>eered
hro«ghout the game". There you
have the stage setting, .for l?st
^tck's game between Elon and
j .High Point. - ‘ i •
Let us recall ; . . it wars'a game
played in the middle of the week
when nobody ,should__pr .i^ likely
go home and, .played here at
rlon and not 150 miles'away.-The
jring lead was continually chang-;
Ing hands, and yet the majority of
Elon students sitnpjy sat. quiet-
io stands aad. acted
there were an epidemic of laryn-
;His in progress.
,. If it had not beep for the cheer
leaders and a vecy.acamt .and select
Ifew others, you would', have sworn
|he game was being played be-
ft*een High Point College and the
'iiversity of Edinburg, on ,St, 'Pa-
Itrick's Day. If the-final. scQre tiati
*een as one-sided.as was the cheer-
ln.i, then Elon wpuld have beenj
shut out.
5n the college itself, but if those
same students would do as much
to. build up the school spirit as
they do to teat it do«fn, they woiild
certainly find what' they say they
dt-e' looking for. True, the college
may be partially, blamed^ but most
Qt. the blame should be laid to the
students.
There has been created recently
a Student Complaint Committee in
,case the students have any legiti-
’rnate grips. So let’s try to change
an unbearable situation here in
stead of just doing a lot of Aise-
less' talking that does only evil
and no good. Let's get beliind our
team and give the players the sup.
port they so richly deserve.
It is true that there was a slight
pick-up in school spirit and stu
dent support during the East Car-,
olina game, but^ it was stiU no
where near like it should be. How-
.•Ver, each improvement is a step
tor the better,-.so let’s keep it up
Maroon Quint
•- •
Defeats Apps.
In Close TUt
The Elon Christians chalked. a
well-earned 78 to 76 victopr over
ttie Appalachian Mountaineers in
a North State Conference battle
at Boone on Tuesday night, Jan
uary 8th, but ,it required a de
termined stand in the final mom
ents to fight off a raUy by the
home-standing Apps.
Jimmy Crump, Elon free-throw
specialist, was the top man for
the Christians tin tha victory over
the Mountaineers, regaining his
accuracy after missing- three of
five against Lenoir Rhyne. Crump
dropped in a perfect 12 for 12
against Appalach'rah and added
lour field buckets for a total of
20 points. ■'
Three other Elon stars hit doir-
ble figures for the Christians, with
Frank DeRita getting 18, Ed Jinra-
tic hitting 16 and I»ee Atkinson
Unleashing a hot 60 per cent
shooting barrage in the ' .second
half, the Elon Chrlstiart'j came
froin, l^ehind .h'ere' oh December
}8th to defeat the sertii-pro Mc
Crary Eagles 94 to 7t» in a battle
which proved close until the final
six minutes.
The ganie proved a rugged one
under 'the backboards, wifh a ten
tal of 49 fouls called against the
old rivals. Ed Juratic, Earl Stone
aiid t)ee Atldn.sOn, three of Elon’s
lowering veterans, went but by the
Cagers Down*
Belmont Five
The Christians combined a stfca-
lt;wa.s^ Elon’s fourth straight win
of 'tlie year.
r'"-;-- Dee Atkinson led the Elon
3-toal foute; Tony ^94^ - ,„iAts through
anrtthjir Elon tall boY. finished with _ ®
Elon Downs East Carolina
By Decisive 77-59 I\lai*gin
Strtking back with terrific pow
er after trailing at half-time, the
Elon Chrisians shellackcd the
East Carolina Pirates 77 to .59 h»re
last Saturday night in a North
State Conference batt'e, which
vas witnessed by an estimated
2,000 fans.
The first half was a oKsso affair,
with E'lon holding a two-point mar
gin much of the way. jlthouJh
F.ast Carolina tied the count seve
ral times before taking a one-point
lc«d at 34-33 ju.st seconds before
Ihe intermission.
The second half was barely u«-
derway. however, when big Ed
.luratic hooked to send F.lon ahead.
Joe Plaster sank two free throws
10 regain the Pirate lead at 36-
■IS, but Juratic hookei again, and
the Christians were out front tor
keeps. From that time until the
end the white-jerseyed Elon quint
sfradually stretched the spread.
Ed Juratic was the pace-maker
during Elon's second-half drive
but he reciuwed' able ai>sistance
from Dee Atkinson and Jimmy
Crump, each of whom had appar
ently regained his shooting accu
racy after a slump in recent
games.
Crump, the senior guard from
Aberdeen, put On another fine ex
hibition from the charity line, sink
ing eight straight free throws with
out a miss. This ran Crump’s mark
in the last three games to 24 con
secutive free throws, a mark
which equals Molodet’s consecu
tive free throw record iO the At
lantic Coast Cotiference.'
The Christian defense effective-
^ halted Don Harris, East Caro
lina’s fine senior forward, who
could manage only one field goal
ind two points. The outstanding
threat for the Pirates yvas Charlie
Adams, soph«more guarci, who had
19 points, including seven field
(Continued on Page Four)
Eloii Cage (iaiiies
Terrier Quint
Is Defeated
In Tilt Here
Opening with some ' e'agle^^ye
ihootipg, .the Rlon hardwood ar
« , K Wofford Tef
rty attack with a rock-nbbed d^ ^ Saturday
fe'nae to defeat-. the Belmont Ab^ . .
1 fhalr
bey Crusaders in a kome game
night,. December 15th, for their
r ,1 tZ straight win. Led by Ed Jur
here on Monday. December 10th. ^ Atkinjion ahd Jimmy
Crump, the Christians gained a
12-poiht lead bv half-time.
the hoop, nine of them coining
from the charily line. Backing him
up‘were Ed'Juratic 'With 17, Earl
Stone with 15 and "Jim Crump
with 10 points.
The first half proved a dlose
-I- • contest, with both teams playing
til five minutes the end oth.
er’s defense. The team.s were knpt-
ied at half-timCj and the lead ^.•
:iawed until Elon ipoved ahead tor
keps at 53-S2,
four personals. 'The Eagles had
25 foiiU, but they were better di
vided and the only player loss.t^ey
suffered on fouls was Sammy Ran-
,zino, former State College ace.
Dee Atkinson sltjb^''ar0Uiid^.Ut»?.
racking 15 points in the night's at-
,nd contributed 25“'i>oints to the
Elon attack, which-^howed Jitnmy
Crump in the leading rote, but
Juratic and Stone igot four foul^
early and spent much time cu» the
sidelines before making thwr final
fouls early in the second half.
T-o^>ping both teams.in scorinig
was 'Jimmy Crump.
who hit'for 26 points. Included in
his effort was a pertecl free-t^row^
mark. of. 12, for . 12. which ran the,
Aberdeen la«i'.s ^season record to
‘35 tor 86 frorti the charity Wne.
The' lanky Atkinson finished the
night as Elon’s top scorer as he
.bucketed nine field goals and a
pair of free throws, but he‘ was
pushed by fed Juratic with six
lield goals and five free throws
tor 1’? points, Jimmy Crhmp also
hit double figurfes with 12 jjoints;
Top scoring honors for the night,
however, went to Woffords Doti-
hie Fowler, who used a variety of
shots in, sinking 12 field goals and
11 of 15 charity tosses for a total
of 35 points.
Tli,e free throwing of' Jimmy
Crump, Elon’s ‘ senior guard, is
of strictly the sensational variety.
The'charity shot:artist ran UP 35
of 36 up to the Lenoir Rhyne game
^tfd'then had a-slight lapse as he
made only 2 of 5 attempts. How
ever, he has been strictly on the
'.beam in the three mo^t recent
.games, hitting on 24 of 24 tries..
That mark of 24 -straight free
throws equals the Atlantic Coast
Conference record, which was set
by Vic Miolodet, of N. C. State.
It is quite likely a North State
Conference mark, although no po
The line-ups:
■pos,—Elon (6T)
F—Atkinson ,21
F—Stone 15 .
-0—t^Juratic -XT
G-7-Crump 10 .
G—Bulla ;
tatk;'''f)ave Abefnathy was thelL.^rrJ' ’Bulla and Hick .Turner
leader tor the Appalachian ’ Elon freshnien. who divjded time
The Christians started strdng g^ard; accounted .for. 18. poin^
between them.
the contest and rolled to a 38-^29
margin by half-tirtie, but the
Mountaineers staged a detefiliined
rally in the late moments of the
game and came within two points
at a terrific upset:
The line-ups;
It itive records are known for foul
Some students seek ^
the blam« for lack 9f sctiool spirit, shooting in the
Belmoot Ab. (58)
Mead 10
Stewart 12
Lenahan 7
'.. Marcil U
. Tagller.i" 11
The line-ups:.
Pos.—Eloo (87)
F—Atkinson 20
F-r-Stone 4 ..
C—Juratic 17
Q—Crump 12[
G—Bulla 4
Half-time ' — Elon 28,, Belmont
Abbey'28. 'i/;"-' . ' ■
Elon subs — Rickover 1, Tur
Wofford (69)
Templeton 8
Carpenter 8
..- Jenkins 2
.:Fowler 35
Earle 10
Half-time. — Elon 47, Wofford
35.
Won suhs — Rickover 2, Har
grove 1. DeRita .9, Way 4, Carta-
- .— terra 9, Turner 5, Stout, Robert*
ner 3; Carc^terr.a, Stout,. Belmont ^n. Wofford, suljs — Barbee 4,
Abbey sub — Ross 4. ‘ Reitzel 2, Hart. .
Eton 85. Pfeiffer SI.
Klon 98. Wofford It.
F.loa 81. McCrary 76.
EI*b 67, Belmont Abbey S8,
Elon 78, Gnllford S4.
Elon 87, Wofford 69,
Elon 94, McCr»ry 7*.
Eloa 53, Leaoir Rhyar 39.
Elon 7S, Appalachiaa 76.
Eloa S'!, HiKh Point 83, ,
Elon 77, East Carolina 59,
(RenainiHc Games)
Jaa. l«—A, C, C„ away. (
Jan. 19—CaUwba, away*
Jan. 23—McCrary, hame.
Jan. 24—Hi«h Point, away.
Jaa. Z6—Went Carolina, awar.
Jan. 3«—A. C. C., home.
Feb. 1—Hampden Sidney, heme.
Feb. 2—Catawba, home.
Feb. 4—Pfeiffer, away.
Feb. 6—.\ppalarhlaa, home.
Feb. 7—Belmont Abbey, away.
Feb. 9—Went Carolina, ttoae.
Feb. IZ—Hampden Sidaej,
away.
Feb. 16—Ba»t Carolina, awar.
Feb. 21—Lenoir Rhyae, kome.
Feb. 23—GuilfoM, away.
Lenoir Rhj^ne
Hands Elon
First Defeat.
In.a battle .which featuf?l de
fensive play by both teams, the
I«ooir Rhyne ^ars hand^ the
Eton ChrUtians their first, ^efeat
of. the 195R-57 campaign, ro*li“e
late in the game for a 59 to 5S
victory in a crucial North ,State
battle palyed here,at Elo’i op Sat
urday, January 5th.
The tilt was the first for each
team after the ChcisUnaj holidays,
and each squad showed the e;£fects
of the holiday lay-offs in the,, rag
ged shooting that was. showa in
the early portions of the gamf. In ^
fapt, Elon never, gained its normal
^hooting accuracy, managing ,only
33 pe;r cent from the floor for the
game. The Bears hit 42 pe»; cent
for the night. ,
The Elon squad dlspUye^- »“e
of 'te ' finish defenses of ri^ent
years in holding, the power-loaded
Bears to 59 points, but they gould
never effectively solve the d«^o»‘
thrown up. by the Lenoir,Rhyne
cage;rs. The result was^tbe ,^9;»est
score made by ,an Elon teanj,,»ias^
a 68-50 ”los^ to Presbyteriapiifajf
years .ago this month.
The teams • played cautiousl.'
through ,the first half, which; ended
with the Bear* ahead by 2ft-2G,
but. Raeford Wells . led a. Bruin
rally , in the second • hall which
gave the Bears a decisivei.:53-45
lead with barely iive. minutes. left.
Wells, the big Bruin center,- was
top man for -the ni^t with 25
points: t>ut Ed Juratic and Jimmy
Crump were pace-setters fir Elon
with 17 and 14 points. No other
Christian eager could (-each the
migi(r two-figure columns in scor
ing.
' The' line-ups!
Pos.-^Elon (53) Lenotr Rhyne (58)
F—Atkinson' 9 (Hine 10
F—DeRita 6 Norman 4
C-^uratic IT ..... Wells 25
Q—Crump 14 . ... - Oi-nwell 6
G—Turner 3 , Sellari 8
Half-tlnie — Lenoir fthyne 28,
Elon 26.
Elon Subs — Stone 4,'Carcater-
ra, Bula. Lenoir Rhyne subs —
James 6, Bowman.
Appalachian (76)
.... Abernathy 22
...„ . Horton .20
Mize
panner 11
Bush 13
Pos.—Elon (78)
F—Atkingpn; 15 ..
F—DeRita 18 -
C—Juratic 16 ..;
(J^-Crump 20
G—TlJrner 4 .. , .
■ H4lf-time ^.. Eion 38, Appala
chian ,?9- , • . ■
'■ Elon'subs — Stone 5, Rickover,
Stout, BuU. Appalachian subs —
Swift 6, Wooten, Williams 4.
The line-ups:
Pos.—Elon (94)
F—Atkinson 21
F-,-DeRita 14
C-^Juratic 5
G—Crump ^6-
G-^Bulla 7
Half-time
35. , ,
■Eloa sobs — Turner 11, Rickover
2, -Stone 2, Way 2, Carcatarra 4,
'Watts,' tlob'ertson,- Goss. McCrary
subs — Hodges, Jordan 9, Atkins
2, H. Nance 10.
McCrary (79)
. Langdon 14
Stanley 20
. . Dwyer
Ranzino 8
D. Nance
McCrary 41,' Elgn
Elon Doimn Guilford Bv 24 Point Margin
1 .
The Christian cagers got off to
a winning start in def&ndinj^ theil;
North State ' Conference ca’ge
crown, for they- turned back the
Guilford Quakefs 78 to 54 fOr a
decS^ve win- here- oh Thorsd^y,
oJ^C/ember 18th.' T?he wirf was
Elon's fifth ^sti-aight Of the hew
season. I
Ed.-Juraticl Elon's 'tugged cen
ter, dropped jin 21 points to lead
the Christian attack and was the
leader in pulling Elon to the front
when Guilford fought stubbornly I The line-ups:
through the first ^alf. Dee Atkin- Pos,—Elon (18) Guflfprd (54)
son had 14 an^ Frank DeRita andjp—Atkinson 14 , Bp^dy 6
Jimmy Crump 12 points each to|p—Stone 10 , Hemric 16
lend able aid on offense. ■ jg_Juratic 21 .., . Burgess 8
The Christians moved ahead|G—Crump 12 . . Atlas 12
early, only to have Guilford go,G—Bulla 2 Henderson 6
a^ead^ 11-10, but Juratic led the| HaU-time -r Elon 33, ,Guilford
t •
way to' a 10-point edge at ..half-
time, and Atkinson i*d Stone
jumped the mirgin to 20 points
after the half. The Elon reserves,
played the final minutes
23.
.Elon subs;DeRita 12, Stout 2,
Carcaterra 2, Rickover 2, Har
grove 1, King, Turner, Robertson.
Guilford subs — Getsmger 6, Brl-
teiiberger, Berger.