ednesday.
MAROON AND GOLD
PAT.K TURKS
Christian Baseballers Tied For North State Lead
Four Of Late Season
Games To Be On Road
liaseball Schedule
7, Duke 8 (10 Inn.)
Uigli i’oint 11.
,^„,„-WiUiams (Ka»n).
Elon-'ViU*«n>s (Rain).
I Elon 12. Oberlln 1.
Elon 10. Oberto 1.
rion-furman (Rain).
iJlon 6, East Carolina 0.
Elon 1, Le-®*'
3. A.C.C. 2. (10 inn.)
Elon 12, Guilford 1.
Elon 9, CaUwba S.
Elon 11. Western Carolina 4.
Elon 4. Western Carolin.a 1.
Elon 4, Pfeiffer 17.
Elon 12, Lenoir Rhyne 6.
Elon 4, Guilford 0.
Elon 15, Pfeiffer 7.
(KemaiuinR Games)
]y|.jy 1 — Appaalcliian, home.
May 3 — High P»int, away.
7 — Catawba, home.
Hjjy g .Appalachian, away.
jjgy 10 — East ttarolina, away.
May 11 — A. C« C.# ®way>
i lGHl ING CHRISTIAN DIAMOND Sl^UAD IN 1 HICK OF TITLE KACE
Walking The
Topping the racel Thafs the w >rds that describe Coach Jack Sanford’s Elon College Christians,
who are pictured above. This 19 57 edition of the Elon College diamond squad, shown left to right
in the above picture, is as folio vs: FRONT ROW — Gilbert Watts, pitcher; Tom Shepperson,
outfielder; Wayland Medley, outTielder; Don Lichok, second baseman; Larry Bulla, shorUtop; Joe
Teague, third baseman; Charlie Frye, third baseman; and Ai Lo elace, pitcher. SECOND ROW —
Buddy Way, first baseman; Bob >y Sharpe, catcher; Mack Payne, utility infielder; Buddy Mont
gomery outfielder; Jerry Holt, o tflelder; Bill Koss, pitcher; Gary Henson, pitcher; Lacy HaU, out
fielder; and Marion Hargrove, catcher. BACK ROW — Henry Leitch, manager; Frank GoiS, pi'.ch-
er; Bobby Man?um, pitcher; Hal old Ellen, outfielder; Tony Carcaferra. outfielder; Ray Scott, firs
baseman: Jack Henderson, pitcher; Ron.iie Scott. untUity infi^lJ-'r; Hillary Motsinger, third base-
man; Ted Eanes, oucfielder; and Coach Jack Sanford.
By BILL WALKEB
Elon Tracksters Down
Guilford In Dual Meet
(The Fighting Christian basebal- over the Bears at Hickory for the
lirs finally broke the jinx which first victory which any Elon team
power in the field and discus, seconds in the high
. Khyne has had on the Elon has had over Lenoir Rhyne u hurdles, the Elon hurdles and broad jump, third in
4iiU squads tor this school year. year. ,1,11 0)Uege cindermen turned back the javelin and a tie for second
The Maroon and Gold diamond Those Christian baseba Guilford Quakers in the first in the high jump
sauad romped to a decisive win have been steadily improvmg a | behind w;
this season, and they are April 15th, by an 83 1-2 to
in a strong position to walk j_2 score.
\\vith the North State honors. 01
^^course they are faced with four|
(iiiulei* Team
Grabs Win
At Catawba
iiaseballers
ti ake Pair
From ’Cats
Mai Bennett topped the Elon
Close behind was Larry Gre^g
with 14 poin'.s, counted on first
places in the high hurdles and
broad jump, a second in the low
urse they are faced with racking' hurdles and a tie for second in
their remaining SIX games away hurdles the high jump. Other Christian
1. *u «oT>lfirst places in the low hurdles
from home, but maybe they can ^
[ovei'come the handicaps that the ^
jhome field imposes in this league
(of ours. I
J
Varsity Nine
•I * • •
|rhe Christian basebaUers clos- gUll leading the way tor the OVCt
Ml in on the North State Con- i.ocphallers are Gil Watts on the
April 19th and 20th. The two
' gav% Elon a mark of six
and two losses in Confer
ence play.
jjack Henderson, the junior
southpaw from Towanda, P^-^many years Elon finds itself
forked a steady ball game on
Friday as he kept nine Catamount
hits well scattered, never giving
up more than-one safety in any
the high jump. Other Christian
leaders were Lynn Newcomb and
Hank Carmines with 9 points, and
Eddie Bridges and Glenn Simp-
«a with 8 points each.
The top performers were Tom
Getsinger and Bob Rosier, with
Rosier turning in one of the top
performances of the day when
he raced the quarter-mlle in 52.8
seconds to defeat Lynn Newcomb
Elon> rugged Conference cham-
ed in on the North State Con-j (j^jg^allers are Gil Watts on the
fercnce baseball leaders by POSt-!Buddy Montgomery andj ^ |* O Q
to;, two straight wins over the.^pgny Carcaterra on the field and'
Western Carolina Catamounts 1 Lgitch on the bench. 1 ~
he/e on JFrid^iy and Saturday, , * » j ChrJStians handed tl>« _
When is Hargrove going aU the , Indians their first The ” second meeting be-
WAY and get a SHARPE ^'^ircut? | 1957 baseball season fine quarter-
***** iin Salisbury on Thursday, Apnil a feature of the
Last week the tennis team pasting Coach Chub Rtch- meet between Elon and
ed, and for the first time in many.j^^.^^, by a 9 to 3 score in'Q^jUgrd.
•’ many years Elon finds itseU un-,^ conference battle.
able to field a tennis team. I'^j-j'ije victory shoved the Christians
is true that the netters had ““tjback into a position to contend
won a match, but that stUl doesn’t jiyg giving them a
mark of 4 and 2 i.i Conference
battles.
Ib: ng except the fourth, when
the Cats got to him for a single
and triple and scored two of their
four runs. His win was by an 11-4
margin.
Itop batter for the Christians
was Tony Carcaterra with a tri-
^It and two singles, but he was
able assisted by Tom Shepper
son and Bobby Sharpe, each of
whom pounded a brace of sin-
|1 Top stickers for the Cata
mounts were Ballance and Mat
thews, each with two hits.
|A1 Lovelace, Elon's fresh
man right-hander, went the route
;^r. Saturday to chalk a 4 to 1
ictory over the Cats, allowing
■y seven hits while striking out
,/ight and walking none. It was
finest exhibition of control by
any Elon pitcher this year.
The Chrisiians iced the victory
early in the game with a siagl>
lio.i run in the second and pair
►f malkers in the fourth. Buddy
Montgomery led the Elon attack
y^'ith two hits, while Bob Mat
thews. Dwight Sherrill and Jerry
hawkins all hit twice for West
ern Carolina.
The score by innln\s follows
for each game:
FIRST GAME
r h e
est. Car 000 211 OOO— 4 9 1
on Oil 600 03x—11 12 0
Eeddingfield, Williams and
a .vkins; Henderson and Sharpe
SECOND GAME
r h e
Car. .. 000 010 000—1 7
Ion 010 210 OOx—4 7
M^shbum, Brogden and Haw-
...;s; Lovelace and Hargrove
mean that Elon should break a
long-standing tradition and not
even have 3 team. ^
I feel that this means that Elon
The summary follows
100 YARD DASH — Bridges
(E), Getsinger (G), Toms (E).
TIME — 10.1 seconds.
220 YARD DASH — Getsinger
attles. |,Q) Bridges (E), Rosier (G). TIME
The Elon basebaUers waited not^^ ^ seconds,
to get started against Catawba, yARD DASH — Rosier (G),
leeds a minor sport.s coacn, wi.o=c i co^ch Jack Sanford's ^g(,b (G). TIME
,ole responsibiUty is to field teait^ ^ four runs across the plate ^ seconds,
in these smaUer sports. Atter all, , ^j,g g£ the first. With one
in these smaUer sports. Atter au,,.^ ^^^p [j,e first. With o ^ yARD RUN — Garner (G),
these minor sports are just as , ^way in that initial frame, ^arry| ^.ijje
sential to a well-rounded walked, Tom Shepperson ^ minutes 14 set
major sports.
« * *
Always remember in collegiate
sports that the individual is the
Simpson (E), Blackburn (G). TIME
_ 11 minutes 44.5 seconds
sential to a - ijjuiia wauicu, — ]_ ^ minutes 14 seconds.
giate athleUc program as are the, jingigd, Buddy Montgomery walk-, _ Simpson (E),
ed, and Tony Carcaterra ' i^^j^burn (G), Benton (G). TIME
to drive two runne.V home. Ciar-I ^ seconds,
lie Frye singled a moment later, ruN — Hardin. (G),
. ... to plate two more runs.
reaUy important thing and that ^ mdians pulled within one _
winning or losing is not the ^ tie in the sixth when' YARD HIGH HURDLES —
.oint. After all, it's how you ggtts doubled, Tom MiUerj^^^^g Bennett E), Stephen-
ed the game that counts. Lalked and Gene Fleming, Indian , _ ie.4 seconds.
• • ♦ ' first-sacker came through with ^20 YARD LOW HURDLES —
./ill just have to j ^hree-piy home nm. That was gg„„gtt (E), Gregg (E), Hender-
mit that the Club House is gnd of the Catawba threat,
most sports-minded dorm on the Christians iced the game
campus. For example, m fooWaM
the Club House has Tank Mar „ .jnoiaH with one
The Christian cindermen romp
ed to a 90 2-3 to 40 1-3 victory
over the Catawba Indians in a
track meet at Salisbury on Fri
day, April 19th, posting their sec
ond win in three meets and grab
bing twelve fiist places in fit
teen events.
Larry Gragg racked 13 points
to top the Elon scoring with firsts
in both the hurdles and a second
in the broad jump. Eddie Bridges
won both the lOi) and 220 yard
dashes and was a member of
the victorious mile relay team.
Other Elon firsts went to Bob
Stauffeniberg in the shot put;
Richard Bradham in the broad
jump; Tony DeMatteo in the 880
yard run; Lynn Newcomb in the
440 yard dash; and Glenn Simp
son in the two-mile run. New
comb's time of 52.2 in the quar
ter was a feature of the meet.
The summary:
SHOT PUT — Stauffenberg (E),
Newcomb (E), Pfieffman (C).
distance — 41 ft 6 inches.
DISCUS — Pfierrman (C), Gil-
dersleve (C), Winner (C). D19*
T.ANCE — 119 ft. 9 inches.
JAVELIN — Frohwitter (C),
Olson (C), Winner (C). DISTANCE
_ 165 feet 1 inch.
HIGH JUMP — Gregg (E),
Stephenson, Carmine (E), Sapi
ro (C), tie. HEIGHT — 5 feei
7 inches.
POLE VAULT — Carmine (E),
HEIGHT — 10 feet 6 inches.
BROAD JUMP — Bradham (E),
j The Elon Christians, with one
O ^klof the most potent batting attacics
»* ^jjhown by any Elon diamond crew
'|in recent years, finished *he April
*1 schedule in a tie with East Car
olina for top spot in the Nortli
State Cooterence and with six
games remaining on the cham
pionship schedule.
The only fly in the ointment,
as tar as the Elon titular hopes
are concerned, was the tact that
tour of the remaining six Con
ference battles were set for for-
•ign fields. Only the Catawba In
dians and the Appalachian Moun
taineers remained on the Elon
lome schedule, and Coach Jack
.. Sanford's boys were faced with
.JiLi; Uik of meeting High Point,
^Appalachian, Cast Carolina an^
Atlantic Christian away.
The Appalachian Mountaineers
A'ere due in the Elon College Park
this afterijoon, jwith results oi
course being unavailable at the
time the Maroon and Gold was
printed. The other game this week
sends the Christians to High Point
on Friday afternoon to battle the
Pantl^ers there. The Panthers de
feated Elon 11 to 4 here, but the
iports prophets have predicted
imple revenge for the Christian
in the return engagement.
The final four games of the
Conference campaign, are set Cor
next week, with Elon meeting
Catawba at home next Tuesday,
oing to Boone to meet the Ap-
Jalachian Mountaineers next Wed
nesday and then tackling the East
Carolina Pirates and the Atlo^-
ic Christian Bulldogs in Green
ville and Wilson on Friday and
Saturday of next week.
MINOR SPORTS
GOLF
Klon 3 1-2, N, C, State 23 1-*.
Elon 8 1-2, N.C,Slate 18 1-*.
Elon 12 1-2, Guilford 5 1-2.
Klon 14 1-2, B. Abbey 12 1-2.
Elon 13, HiKh Point 5.
Klun 6. Appalachian 12.
Klon-Lynchburg (pofitponed)
Elon 14. Catawba 4.
(RemainnR Meets)
Apr. 29 — Guilford, away.
Apr. .lO — Catawba, away.
May 3 — Appaalchian, away.
May 6 — Belmont Abbey, home.
May 7 — High Point, home.
TENNIS
Hon 0, East Carolina 9.
Elon 0, Hi*h Point 7. )
Klon 0, East Carolina 7.
Elon 0. m*h Point 7. ,
Elon 2, B. Abbey 7, .-•*
Elon-LynchburR (Snow). '
Elon 0, Guilford 7.
Elon S. Lenoir Rhyne 5. ^
Klon 2, Appalachian 5. ^
(All Remaining Tennis
Meets Cancelled)
TRACK
Elon 43 1-3, W. & L. 87 2-3.
Elen 83 1-2. Gnllford 47 1-2.
Elon 90 2-3. Catawha 40 2-3.
Elon 46. Lynchburg 76.
Elon 89, GuUford 56. High
Point 7.
(Remaining Meets)
Elon 72, Catawba 59.
May 4 — Apprentice, away.
May C — Norfolk Division, away.
May 11 — Conference Meet.
Sharpe Leading Hitter
After Fourteen Games
Bobby Sharpe, the junior catch
Frye - —
.. . 34
8
13
385
er from Burlington, now in the Montgomery
. 47
13
18
.383
midst of his best season at the
LiOvelace
3
0
1
.333
plate is poundi^ng the ball at a
Way
.... 48
12
14
.292
terrific .500 pace to lead, the
.250
Christian baseballers at the plate
Mjotsinger
. .. 8
1
2
in averages comptled after last
Bulla
53
11
13
.245
Friday's contest with the Guil
Payne
19
2
4
.211
ford Quakers. The statistics in
Lichok
41
5
8
.195
clude fourteen games, but they
Ellon.
6
1
1
.167
do not Jpclude last Saturday's
?ame with the Burlington Bees.
HaU
. 13
5
2
.153
Hitting right along with Sharpe
Teague
21
3
3
.143
i. Gilbert WatU, the slugging
Henson
7
2
1
.143
sophomore pitcher, and a pair of
Medley
7
1
1
.143
players who have seen only lim-
Hargrove
28
U
3.
107
mited action. Sharpe has 11 hits
in 22 trips, while Watts has 9
Eanes
10
3
1
.100
hits in 18 trips, giving each an
Hender.son
12
2
1
.083
even .500 mark. Also over the
Holt
. 3
0
a
.000
400 mark are Tony Carcaterra
Ross
3
0
0
.000
with .4* and Tom Shepperson
with .419 marks in their outfield
Ron Scptt
Goss .
1
1
0
0
0
0
.000
,000
positions.
Carcaterra is also pacing the
Seawell
0
0
0
.000
son (G. TI.ME — 25.5 seconds,
HIGH JUMP — Stephenson (E),
- with nve ... -- - second place tie between Burgess
Hub House has Tani . gargrove singled with one ,q, Bg„nett (E), Carmines (E)
lowe and “Humphrey 1 away Buddy Payne singled, Lar-i Gregg (E). HEIGHT 5
n basketball it has "Dwart S.out, away, .
marker, Tom Shepperson walked
to load the sacks, and Buddy Way
•Eratic" Juratic, Elvis “Red" Bell,
and “Blue Cross Plan” Rickover;
in basebaU it has “Pierre 'to'send two runners home,
linger and “Draft Dodger , 1 carcaterra's third single of
B°eU m Ss Itlthe game talUed the fina. rim.
te.im in the all-important runs-
batted-in column, having driven
BKUrtLi juiTit 12 of his mates over the plate.
Gregg (E), Sapiro (C). HEIGHT behind him in that depart-
rv Bulla singled to plate one ^ggj g inches.
broad JUMP
bas"“Pauncho'' Meadows, “Paun-
eho” Juratic, “Pauncho" Rober
son and “Pauncho” Walker; la
sun bathing it has “Elvis'' Long
ind “Elvis” Chandler; and then
there's Maxie Garrett. He's no
athlete, but he's a lover, and who
watns to be an athlete when they
•jan be a lover?
_ 20 feet 9 1-2 inches
120 HIGH HURDLES — Gregg
(E). Stephenson (E), Bennett (E).
TIME — 16.5 seconds.
220 LOW HURDLES — Gregg
lE), Stephen.son E), Lingle (C).
-time — 27.0 seconds.
100 YARD DASH Bridges
(E), Bradham (E), Toms (E). TIME
10.4 seconds.
220 YARD DASH — Bridge'.
|(E), Toms (E), Fitler (C). TIME
Gragg (E),| 24.8 second.s.
ment is Buddy Montgomery and
Charlie Frye with 11 and Buddy
Way with 10 runners sent scam
pering home.
Buddy Montgomery is lop man
in the homer column with three,
while Frye, Way and Sharpe pace
in triples with two apiece, and
Carcaterra leads in doubles with
four. Montgomery also leads in
stolen bases and is tied with Way
for top honors in sacrifices.
ELON TOTAL 492 99 140 .285
RUNS BATTEDIN — Carcater
ra 12, Frye 11, Montgomery 11,
Way 10, Bulla 8, Sharpe 5, Shep-
perosn 4, Lichok 4, Motsinger 3,
Watts, "3, Lovelace 2, Jones 2,
Teague 2, Henson 2, Payne 2.
Hargrove 2, Hall 1, Eanes 1, Hen
derson 1. TWO-BAGGERS — Car
caterra 4, Frye 1, Way 1, Bu»la
1, Sharpe 1, Lichok 1. THREE-
BAGGERS — Frye 2, Way 2,
Sharpe 2, Montgomery 1, Bulla
1. HOMERS — Montgomery 3.
Frye 1, WatU 1. SACRIFICES
DIVWrvL/ j “
lennett (E), Newcomb (E). DIS-^ ^ YARD DASH
TANCE — 19 feet 10 1-2 inches
Carmines (E)
Gilbert Watts tops the pitchers I Montgomery 3, Henderson 1, Bul-
Iwith four wins, while Henderson I Lovelace 1, Lichok 1, Way 1.
,lvis “Red” Ben; m carcaterra, who played an end
in football and center in basket-
baU, now in the process of win
ning his third major sports let
ter this year, paced the Chris
tians at bat with three smgles.
Buddy Way trailed with a double
and single.
The score by innings.
r he
Coach Bryson's definition of the j Elon TO 00^3 9 2
fastest thing in the ^ j mrgZe- WilUams,
pad^dling a canoe through the-Suei I ^Waa
POLE VAULT
■lenderson fG), tie for third be-
ween Brownley (E) and Carson
E). HEIGHT — 10 feet 6 inches.
SHOT PUT — Newcomb (E),
itauffenberg (E), Fuller (E). DIS
TANCE — 40 feet 6 Inches.
DISCUS THROW — Bennett
(E), Brosky (E), Rosier (G). DIS
TANCE — 105 feet 1 inch.
JAVELIN THROW — Getsin
ger (G), Carmines (E), Bennett
lE). DISTANCE — 152 feet 3 1-2
inches.
(E), Lingle (C), Herrell (E). TIME
— 52.2 seconds.
880 YARD RUN — DeMatteo
•E), Baker (C), Short (E). TIME
2 'minutes 10 seconds.
MILE RUN — Easter (C), Simp
son (E), McLean (E). TIME —
.'5 minutes, 5 seconds.
TWO MILE RUN — Simpson
(E), Easter (C), Stump (C). TIME
11 minutes 45 seconds
i mile RELAY — Elon (HerreU,
IWltn lUUl wiiia, ;
shows a trio of victories. Watts | stOTLEN BASES — Montgom-
^ has suffered one loss. Watts also 'gry 4_ Way 4, Carcaterra 3, Tea-
leads in strikeouts with 24, al- gue 1, Lichok 1. Bulla 1, Sharpe
though he has allowed 21 bases j BASES ON BALLS — Hen-
on balls and 37 hits in 42 2-3 derson 23, Watts 21, Ross 12, Hen-
'tnnlngs. 'son 11, Goss 4. Lovelacel. STRIKE
The complete -Elon batting aver- qUTS — Watts 24, Henderson 19,
ages for the 14, gabes through last I Lovelace 15, Rosa 8, Henson 5,
mile RELiY - Guilford. I DeMatteo, Bridges, Newcomb).
TIME 3 minutes 40 seconds. |TIME 3 minutes 39.1 seconds.
Player
ab
r
h
ave. 1
I
Sharpe
22
4
11
.500-
Watte
18
2
9
.500
Ray Scott
.... 6
0
3
.500
Jones • ...
2
1
1
.500
Carcaterra
37
18
16
.432
Shepper.son
... 43
11
18
.419
(Joss, in 7 2-3. GAMES WON
— Watts 4, Henderson 3, Love
lace 2, Henson 1. GAMES LOST
LOST — Hen.son 2, Watts 1, Ross
1.