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MA?,OON AND GOLD
Monday, May 3q
1357
Gilbert Watts Leads Hittinp^
As Baseball Campaifrii Ends
ELGIN MAY QUEEN PICTURED WITH MEMBERS OF COURT
Gilbert WatU, Elon'g sophomore |
right-hander from Laurinburg. ■
was top batter as well as top
pitcher as the Fighting Chn^
tlan bastballers won the North
State Conference baseball cham
pionship for 1957.
Watts, who turned in seven
mound victories while losing on
ly one during the season, ham
mered out 15 hits in 29 trips to
the plate for a .519 average
Trailing him and the only other
regular to top .400 for the year
was Bobby Sharpe, junior catch-]
cr from Burlington. Sharpe hatl
16 hits in 38 trips for a .421
percentage.
The final figures for 22 games
follow:
Player
Watts
Ray Scott
Motsinger
Jones —.■
Sharpe
Carcaterra
Ellen
Montgomery
Way
Shepperson ^2 16 20.278
ab
29
, 6
4
. 2
. 38
. 68
, 12
r h avg.
5 15 .519
0 3 .5001
0 2 .500
1 1 .500
10 16 .421'
21 25 .368
2 4 .333
76 22 24 .316
78 22 22 .282
(Jirislian Squad
Basel)ull (Jiainps
The Christian baseballers are
the champions of the North State
Conference fir 1957, havine
clinched the crown with a 12-3
nark in Conference play and
without playing their final rain-
ed-out battle with Atlantic
Christian.
The clinching blow came when
the .Atlantic Christian nine top
pled Catawba in a play-off of
a rained-ont game at Wilson,
cutting the Indians’ loop mark
to 11-5 and blocking the last
hope of the Calawba outfit of
tying the Elon squad.
Frye
Bulla -
Lichok .
Hall
lx)velace
Henson
64
79
56
14
10
11
10 17
18 21
8 12
5 5
Payne 28
Eanes
Teague
Hargrcve
Medley
Henderson
Holt
Ross
Mangrum
12
26
40
. 8
19
4
3
2
Ron Scott 1
Goss 1
SeawQll - . 0
1
4
4
4
5
1
1
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
.266
.253
.214
.214
.200
.182
.178
.167
.153
.125
.125
.105
.000
.000
.000
.000
.000
.000
ELON TOTAL 756 155 206 .272
RUNS-BATTED-IN — Mont
gomery 20, Way 16, Carcaterra 15,
Frye 14, Bulla 11, ^arpe 6, Shep
person 6. Watts 6, Lichok 4, Har
grove 4, Motsinger 3, Lovelace
3, Teague 3, Henson 3, Eanes 3,
Payne 2, Hall 1, Henderson 1, El
len 1. TWO-BAGGERS — Carca-
terra 6. Watts 3, Bulla 2, Sharpe
2, Lichok 2, Frye 1. Way 1, Shep
person 1, Payne 1, Montgomery
Elon Track
Team W inner
Over Indians
9
Lloyd Is Third
111 Golf Toiiriiev
Freddy Lloyd, Elon g„u
tied with John Broyhill, of
palachian, for third place in the
annual North State Conferen-
meet, each shootins isj'g
Pat Brady, of Guilford, cliach.
ed the title with a blaring 14,
for the 36-hole route
over tbj
Sedgefield course.
Bobby Loy, also of Elon, fit
ished in seventh spot, but th,
Christian squad fell to siin
spot in team scoring after wij.
ning the championship just t
year ago. The Christians detejt-
ed Lynchburg in a postponed
meet here last Thursday t« jjiii
a 7-6 record in wins for the ssj.
Margaret PaUllo, of Burlington, and Larry Barnes, of Porthmouth, Va who "‘^ned as May
Queen and King at the annual May Day Festival at Elon CoUegc. are pictured center abcv^e. Flan -
S 0.™ .. .h, .-.d ..n r ,t, »r. E,*. Fnm. ,
i son Brackenridge, Pa.; while centered front are little Miss Pat=y Walker, ,
bearer and Master Robert Lee Patillo, Grtensboro, crown bearer. Other members of the royal co ,
standing left to right on the grass, are Walter Edmonds, Portsmouth, Va.; Sylvia O Connell, San
ford, junior attendant; Robert Bergman, UncasviUe, Conn.; Jean Cannady,^ rtr Pi "^Patricia
tendant; Janet Cxabtree, Durham, senior attendant; Kerry Richards, Mahancy Ci y, »
Baseballers Down Catawi)a
The Elon College track squad
claimed eight first places in the
fifteen events as the Christian
cindermen turned back Catawba
3t Burlington Memorial Stadium
on Tuesday, April 30th, by a TtJ-
to 59 margin. It was Elo.‘'’s sec
ond track win over Ca4awba this
season
Larry Gregg, Elon hurdler, was
top scorer for the winning Chris
tians as he claimed firsts in both
the hurdles and took a second
place in the broad jump.
The summary follows
100 YARD DASH — Bridgth.
(E), Toms (E), Richards (E). TIME
— 10.3 seconds.
220 YARD DASH — Bates (C),
Bridges (E), Toms (E). TIME —
23.2 seconds.
440 YARD DASH — Newcomb
(E), Lingel (C), Blackwell (C).
TIME — 54.4 seconds.
880 YARD RUN — DeMatteo
(E), Baber (C), Short (E). TIME
— 2 minutes 13.3 seconds.
MILE RUN — Easter (C), Simp
son (E), Bergman (E). TIME —
5 minutes 9.6 seconds.
TWO-MILE RUN—Simpson (El,
McCathrum (C). Easter (C). TIME
Clirismon, Reidivilie, junior attendant; Charles Foster, Burhngtcn.
1, Teague 1, Hargrove 1. THREE
BAGGERS — Carcaterra 3. Frye,— u minutes 51.3 seconds.
2, Way 2, Sharpe 2, Montgomery; HIGH HURDLES — Gregg (E),
1, BuUa 1. HOMERS — Mont-1 Bennett (E), Stephenson (E). TllVtE
gomery 5, Frye 1, Watts 1. SAC
RIFICES — Montgomery 3, Hen-
rferson 1, Bulla 1, Lovelace 1, Li
chok 1, Way 1. STOLEN BASES
— Montgomery 5, Way 5, Carca
terra 3, BuUa 2, Teague 1, Lichok
1. Sharpe 1. BASES ON BALLS
— Watts 32, Henderson 31, Hen
son 20, Ross 12. Lovelace 5, Goss
4, Mangrum 2, Ellen 2. STRIKE
OUTS — Watts 43, Henderson 29,
Lovelace 22, Henson 13, Ross 6,
Ellen 3, Mangrum 2, Goss 1. HITS
'— Watts, 53 in 69 2-3; Henderson
44 in 50; Henson, 17 in 23 1-3;
Lovelace,'15 in 29 1-3; Ross, 11
in 11 2-3; Goss, 11 in 7 2-3; Man
grum, 4 in 5; Ellen, 2 in 4. GAMES
WON — WatU 7. Lovelace 4,
Henderson 3, Henson 2. Mangrum
1. GAMES LOST — Henson 2.
Watts 1. Henderson 1, Ross 1.
BRA^NO;K
(Continued From Page One)
son and daughter of Dr. Brannock.
The acceptance of the portrait
in behalf of the Elon College che
mistry department was by Dr.
Paul Cheek, who spoke of the
inspiration which Dr. Brannock's
efforts have been for both faculty
members and students in the de
partment.
The citation, which is to be
preserved on a plaque beneath
the portrait, was read by Prof.
A. L. Hook, dean of the college,
who told of Dr. Brannock's ser
vice to church and community as
well as to the college Itself. These
multiple services by Dr. Brannock
were also stressed in a message
from Dr. J. Earl Danieley. prcs-
ident-elect of Elon College, who is
away on leave of absence and was
unable to be present for the por-
tr«it presentation. I>r Danieley Elon
has been associated with Dr. Bran
nock as both a student and a fel
low faculty member.
— 15.7 seconds.
LOW HURDLES — Gregg (E),
Bennett (E), Stephenson (E). TIME
— 25.2 seconds.
HIGH JUMP — Phillips (C) and
Sapiro (C) tied for first; AusUd
(E) and Carmines (E) tied for
third. HEIGHT — 5 feet 7 inches.
BROAD JUMP — Bradham (E),
jregg (E), Newcomb DIS
TANCE — 20 feet 3 inches.
POLE VAULT — Carmines (E),
Brownlee (E), Phillips (C).
HEIGHT — 10 feet 6 inchei.
SHOT PUT — Pheirman C),
StufTenberg (E), Gildersleeve (C).
DISTANCE — 40 feet 10 3^
inches.
DISCUS THROW — Gilder
sleeve (C), Phierman (C), Winner
(C). DISTANCE — 113 feet 1 inch.
JAVELIN THROW — Frowhit-
ter (C), Winner (C), Olson (C).
DISTANCE — 156 feet 7 inches.
MILE RELAY—Catawba. TIME
—3 minutes 42 seconds.
Moore On Panel
\t Music Meet
Prof. Fletcher Moore, chair
man of the Elon C»Uege Music
Department, was the leader of
a panel discussion on “.Music
For Young Musicians” at the
annual state convention of the
Noi'iH Carolina Federation of
Music Clubs, which was held in
an all-day sessi«n at East Car
olina College on Saturday, May
11th.
The Elon professor has served
for the past two year as direc
tor of the statewide junior mu
sic festival, and he directed the
discussion in Greenville to in
clude types of music, types of
instruction and individual per
formances among the youthful
musicians in the state.
HISTORY OF TRACK | Miss Newman Is
Festival Winner
Awards Go
To Athletes
Elon Splits
App Games
The Elon Christians applied the
whitewash brush as they turned
back the Appalachian Mountain
eers 5 to 0 in a North State Con
ference baseball battle here on ed a conference
May 1st and then lost a 2-1 battle
at Boone May 8th.
Gilbert Watts, Elon’s sophomore
right-hander from Laurinburg,
(Cortinued from Page Tao'
ing Guilford by a 57 to 53 1-2
ccunt. Len Greenwood again set
the pace for the Elon tracKSters
t and captured individual scoring
j honors with 20 1-2 points with
Ifour first places and a tie for
[fourth. Other Eloniles to claim
1 honors were LefLy Taylor, A1 Lud
wig and Tony Diamond.
The Fighting Christian track
squad placed third in the annual
conference meet in 1952, copping
three first places and tying for
another. Individual stars for Elon
were fresh Don Wilson, Pete Gar
ber, Dave Mondy, Dee Atkinson
and Charlie Gibson.
Elon’s txacksters again finished
third in the annual cinder meet
in 1953, with Mai Bennett set
ting new record in each of the
hurdles marks. Bobby Green and
Paul Watts added two other first
places for the Christians.
The Elon Christians also took
third place in the North State
cinder race for 1954. John Platt
was the top individual scorer for
the meet, setting a new pole vault
mark along with his other feats
of cinder magic.
The Christian cindermen cUnch-
crown during
Miss Lila Newman, of the
Elon College art faculty, won
three awards in the First An-
nnal Alamance County Fine Arts
Festival held recently in the
Burlington Armory, winning
first and second awards i» wa
ter colors and third in oils in
the professional class.
Bn the anniteUr class Mrs.
Jack Sanford won a second
award in water colors, and Ver
non Joyner, an Elon College jun
ior, also received several awards
in the festival. There were pos
sibly other Elon winners in the
festival contests, but their
names were not available.
Award of the block "E” mono-
I gram to the Elon athletes for
toe 1956—57 college years have
I just been announced, with mono
grams going to members of the
football, basketball, baseball, track
and golf teams.
I Football awards went to Whit
ney Bradham, Eddie Bridges, Pat
Cafasso, Tony Carcaterra, Ed Da
vidson, Joe DelGais, Tony DeMat
teo, Jack Henderson, Ronnie Kins
ley, Bob Kopko, Charlie Maiden,
Wayne Martin, Chuck Maynard.
Lynn Newcomb, Kerry Richards,
Joe Smith, Richard Smith, Bob
Stauffenberg, Glenn Varney and
J. B. Vaughn.
Basketball monograms went to
Dee Atkinson, Larry Bulla, Jim
my Crump, Frank DeRita, Ed Ju-
Gre^^ Leader
In Track Win
- 1 ratic, Tommy King, Earl Stone and
I Paige Stout.
1 Baseball awards went to Larry
I Bulla, Tony Carcaterra, Charlie
I Frye, Marion Hargrove, Jack Hen-
I derson, Gary Henson, Buddy
! Montgomery, Mack Payne, Bobby
Larry Gregg, Elon hurdler and
sprinter, copped three first places „ „ ,
and tied for a fourth as the Chris-1
tian cinder squad topped the Ap- ^ ^^itch
prentice School tracksters at New
port News, Va., on May 4th, by
aa 67 1-3 to 54 2-3 count,
the 1955 campaign, smashing three! The summary:
meet records and tying for ,an-' SHOT PUT — Stauffenberg (E),
other in the annual meet at HighjDibeler (A), Newcomb (E). DIS
Point. Elon took first first places.
continued his great mound work'^®3 Horst Mevius, Elon’s mid-
as he clinched his fifth Confer- runner from Lubeck,
ence victory of the year. Watts Germany, who set two new rec-
Eloii Nine Winner
Over Bees, 5-1
Freshman Gary Henson tossed
a four-hit pitching performance in
the faces of the semi-pro Bur-Gra
Bees as the Christians won a 5
to 1 victory under the lights at
Graham Park on Thursday night.
May 2nd. The stocky southpaw
walked eight and fanned seven
in turning the victory.
Larry Bulla and Tony Carcater
ra each pounded three hits to
lead Elon at bat as the Christians
got to C. A. Frye for an even doz
en safeties. One of Carcaterra's
safeties was a booming triple.
Score by innings:
r h e
010 101 020—5 12 2
Bur-Gra . . 100 000 000—1 4 1
Henson and Sharpe: Frye and
J ones.
let the Apps down with four hits
while striking out six and walk
ing only two. Watts also pounded
two doubles to join Larry Bulla
in leading the Elon attack. Bulla
had a double and single.
The score by innings:
r b e
Appalachian .. 000 000 000—0 4 2
Elon 004 000 lOx—5 7 3
Clark and Travis; Watts and
Hargrove.
Bobby Clark, Appalachian State
freshman, shackled the batting
power of the Elon Christians at
Boone on May 8th, holding the
Elon outfit to three hits as the
Mountaineers chalked an upset 2
to 1 victory in a North State Con
ference game.
r h e
Elon 010 000 000—1 3 0
Appalachian. 100 010 OOx—2 8 1
Henderson, Henson and Sharpe;
Clark and Alexander.
WAA OFFICERS
The Women's Athletic Associa
tion closed its year with election
of officers last Thursday, nam
ing Katherine Moseley, of Mar-
tinswiBe. Va., aa president for
1957-58.
Other officers are Norie Luce,
of Riverhead, N. Y., vice presi-
ords as he won both the quarter
and half. It was the Maroon and
Gold’s second track championship
in the six-year history of the meet.
Elon's track team of 1956 claim
ed second in the annual confer
ence meet, with Bob Stauffen
berg, Paul Watts, Len Green
wood and Lynn Newcomb stand
ing out for the Fighting Chris
tians and winning first places.
TANCE — 42 feet 10 inches.
HIGH JUMP — Bennett (E),
tie for second by Gregg (E), Ste
phenson (E), Selfe (A), Skeens
(A), Adams (A), Hopkins (A).
HEIGHT — 5 feet 8 inches.
MILE RUN — Jenkins (A),
Cooke (A), Simpson (E). TIME
— 4 min. 37 seconds.
DISCUS — Dibeler (A), Ben
nett (E), Fuller (E). DISTANCE
— 120 feet 4 1-2 inches.
440 YARD DASH — Beeler (A),
Newcomb (E), Steppe (A). TIME
— 53.8 seconds.
Track letters went to Mai Ben
nett, Richard Bradham, Eddie
Three hits, each of them pairel
with a run, proved good cncjgli
to give the Elon Christians a J
to 1 victory over the Catawli
Indians in a crucial North Sta',e
Conference battle here on Taej.
day. May 7th.
In the battle with Catawh
the Christians counted one' rii
in the fourth on an error, a wal
and a single by Buddy Way. Thcj
added two other markers in the
sixth on two walks and a pair
of singles by Gil Watts and Maci
Payne. Catawba’s lone score came
in the ninth on an error and
pair of singles.
Gil Watts chalked his sixtb
Conference victory in seven starti
as he scattered ssven hits. He
walked five and fanned sii
George Schneider and Davi
Jones split mound duty for Ca
tawba and let Elon down wil
three singles, but they sutfe:e4
by errors and walks.
Score by innings:
r be
Catawba 000 000 001—1 7 2
Elon 000 102 OOx-3 31
Schneider, Jones and Lee; WatU
and Hargrove, Sharpe.
Bridges, Hank Carmines, Tony De
Matteo, Larry Gregg, Lynn New
comb, Glenn Simpson, Bob Stao-
fenberg and Oscar Stephenson.
Golf awards went to Freddie
Lloyd, Bobby Loy, Harold Lon|
and Nick DiSibio.
QocotQo^ Lo^
yjovL, dmiit it-"
, 100 YARD DASH — Gregg (E),
Stauffenberg and Newcomb are _
still around for the 1957 season,
which is still unfinished.
CONFERENCE MEET
(Continued From Page 'Three)
way tie for second by Stephen
son (E), Mead (EC), Dodson (EC)
and Burgess (G). HEIGHT — 5
feet 6 inches.
BROAD JUMP — Speight (EC),
Mead (EC), Gregg (E), Bradham,
Bishop (EC). DISTANCE — 21
feet 2 inches.
POLE VAULT — O'Brien (EC),
tie for second by. Carmines (E),
and Henderson (G), tie for fourth
by Bennett (E) and Brownlee (E).
HEIGHT — 11 feet. (New Confer
ence Record).
MILE RELAY — East Carolina
(Bob Patterson, Bob Ruck, Joe
dent; Ann Minter, of Martinsville,
Va., secretary: KaUe Langley, of.Pond, Charlie Bishop), Catawba,
Staley, treasurer; and Marion^Elon, Guilford, AUantic Christian.
Glasgow, of Grays Chapel, re- TIME — 3 minutes 33.8 seconds.
porter.
•(New Conference record).
10.2 seconds.
HIGH HURDLES — Gregg (E),
tie for second Stephenson (E), Ben
nett (E). TIME — 15.7 seconds.
880 YARD RUN — Steppe (A),
DeMatteo (E), Bragg (A). TIME
— 2 min. 12.7 seconds.
POLE VAULT — "l^e for first
by Carmines (E). Gilliam (A),
Dick (A). HEIGHT — 10 feet 6
inches.
BROAD JUMP — Gregg (E),
Skeens (A), Bradham (E). DIS
TANCE — 20 feet 6 inches.
220 YARD DASH — Bridges (E),
Skeens (A), Toms (E). TIME —
24.1 seconds.
’TWO-MILE RUN — Jenkins (A),
Simpson (E), Bragg (A). TIME —
11 minutes 13.8 seconds.
LOW HURDLES — Gregg (E),
Glover (A), Selfe (A). TIME —
26.5 seconds.
THREE-FIFTHS MILE RELAY
— Elon (Harrell, Short, DeMat
teo, Bridges). TIME — 2 minutes
26.8 seconds.
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