Y'cdncsday. J-nar.i-y 15, 1958
MAROON and gold
IVVGE THKEa
CaI^C SlKul
Prnns Tilt
5
To Firates
CHRISTIAN CAGE HOPES REST HEAVILY ON EARLY SEASON STARTERS
rnable to click effectively on ^
Pijher offense or defense, the EIoh j
Christians
col'. ded with a power
laden East Carolina cage squad at;
Greenville last Saturday night and|
went down before the Pirates byj
a decisive 79 to 43 count. I
The Pirates, bidding high for
,l,.e leadership of the Nnrtn State |
Conference race, jumped away to
a quick lead over the Christians
and ran out a 10-4 spread in the
first three minules. They stretch
ed this to 23-7 at the ten-minute
mark and to 47-29 at the half-time
intermission.
The winning Pirates were hot
on their floor shots as they racked
27 field goals, and they were hot
ter at the charity line as they
made good on 23 of 27 free throws.
Meanwhile, the Elon cagers could
make good on only 17 of 60 floor
shots for 28 per cent. They did
better on free throws, with 9 of
12, but there were not enough op
portunities as the home team com
mitted few fouls.
Ike Plasster, one of Coach How
ard Porter’s newcomers this year,
paced the Pirate offense with 20
points and received able aid from
Hal Ingram, veteran forward, who
racked 15 counters, and Don Smith,
another newcomer, with 10 points.
No other Pirate hit double figures
as Coach Porter sent twelve play
ers into action.
Only two of the Elon players
: could find the basket with any
success, with Gflbert Watts top
ping the Maroon and Gold scor
ing with 14 points and with Frank
|DeRita racking 12 points for run-
’ rer-up honors.
Tlie line-ups—
Pos.—Elon .. East Carolina (79)
F—Bell 2 Smith 10
I F -DeRita 12 Ingram 15
; r—Burke 1 Plaster 20
; G—Watts 14 Riddick 7
IG—Bulla 6 Curry 6
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Eton Host To CAttaivba
Tossers Here Saturday
j After some tough sledding In.
I their early season battles, ihe'
I is.iting Christian cage squad will
> be seeking a comeback in five
I '>i.h itate Conlcrcnce tfSts slat-]
ed within the next two weeks,
iiiroe of the five contests will be'
played on the home floor over!
1 Alumni Memorial Gymnasium ;
The Christians are at Wilson'
Elon Cage (»aiiies
Half-time — Easts Carolina 42,1 psi Cli.
Fojiien’s Sports
Group in Meet
The Women’s Athletic Asso
ciation closed out its prc-Christ-
mas activities with a combined
business and sorial gathering at
the Alumni Gymnasium on Mon
day afternoon. December 16th,
at which time the girls voted
to accept the constitutional
amendments which were pub
lished in the Maroon and Gold, i
Lannie Wright, associational ,
president, presided over the
meeting, which featured a pro
gram led by Norte Luce, vice- '
I president. Refreshments were
served the group by Katie Lang
ley, Nancy Stephenson and Fran
ces Kittrell. Another feature of
the session was the taking of
group pictures for the 1958 Phi 1
The Christian cage hopes for this 1957-58 campaign rest heavily upon the shoulders of the five
early-pf^ason starters who are pictured above, for they are the combination which Coach Doc Ma-
tni? has sent out for the tip-off in most of the games played thus far. Tiie group is a comparatively
young one, including one senior, one junior, a pair of sophomores and one freshman. The players
pictured left to right as they dribble in mass formation down the floor are Larry BuUa. sopho
more guard from Asheboro. who lettered as a freshman last winter; Rob Bell, a sophomore forward
from Hillsboro, who had a whir at \tarine cage play prior to entering Elon last year: Eddie
Burke, the tall frc.shman ccnter irom Burlington, who gained Al’-State honors in high school play
last year: Frank DeRiia, tall senior forward from Brooklyn. N. Y., who is starting his f*'urth cam
paign in a Maroon and Gold uni'Ci’nr. and Gilbert Watts, a junior guard from Laurinburg, who w-as
steady reserve last winter.
loni^ht for the first of two meet-
Klon 62, Belmont Abbey 72.
Kloii 75. Pfeiffer 83.
Klon 70. Guilford 57.
I Ion 76. Pfeiffer 61.
Lion 48. I.enoir Khyne 72.
Elun 43. Fast CarollBa 79.
Klon 42. Belmont Abbey 69.
(Kcmninin^ Games)
.Ian. 13—A.C.C.. away.
,Fan. 18—Catawba, home.
.fan. 21 — Appalachian, away.
.Ian. 2'i—High Point, away.
Jan. 25—West Carolina, home.
Jan. 29—A.C.C.. home.
Feb. 1—('atawba. away.
Feb. 5—High Point, home.
Feb. 8—West Carolina, liway.
Feb. 12—Appalachian, home.
Feb. 15—East Carolina, home.
Feb. 20—Lenoir Uhync. away.
Feb. 22—Guilford, home.
Feb. 20-28—Conference Tourney.
Christian (Quintet Tramples Guilford
70 To 57 In North State Eneounter
ngs with the Atlantic Christian
IJulldogs, and Coach Doc Mathis
cxpected a tough test there but
Sloped 10 break back into the Con
ference victory column. The Bull
dogs. like the Christians. Jost sev-
.■ral -Stars from last year and are
in the rebuilding stage this win
ter.
The Elon tossers return home
for the first time within two weeks
•vnen they play host to Coach
I'arl Ruth's Catawba Indians here
on Saturday night. Coach Huth's
outfit has played up-and-down ball
all season and is capable of put-
ing up a stiff scrap.
The Indians have no less than
-even lettermen back in togs this
year, including Woody Helfrich.
sharp-shooting guard; Donnie
Hunt, lanky forward; Gene Flcm-j
ming, also a forward; Jim Bryant I
3Ud Cliff Hood, centers; and Son-,
ny Clayton and Wade Rose, guards. i
Following the Catawba contest,' Sputtering badly on both offense
the Christians must go to Higli defense, the Christian baske-
9«int ne.xt Wednesday to tackle ® dismal start on
Coach Virgil Yow's talented Pan- POst-hoUday cage campaign
thers, and any meeting with the victim to the strong
^anthers in High Point can be Rhyne Bears by a 72 to 48
Breaking away with a fast at-i Offering able aid and assistance played fine defense against the
tack, the Elon Christians posted to DeRita, Rob Bell racked 14 Quakers’ Don Hemrick. who had
a decisive 70 to 57 victory over'points and Gil Watts 12 for the been averaging 30 points per game
the Guilford Quakers at Guilford Christians during the fray, which .u the early Feison. Hemnck could
‘on Thursday night, December 12th, found Coach Doc Mathis' outfit count only 13 points against the
in a North State Conference con- playing well on both offense and Christians.
Bears Down
Elou Quint
By 72 To 48
rough.
margin in a game played here
It may be an especially rugge-^ Saturday night. January 4th.
tests next Wednesday, for Coach ^ Maroon and Gold tossers
Yow, on the basis of pre-season oP^ned up in fine style and ran
dope, was reported to have the|®“* a 12 to 6 lead in the first seven
most e.xperienced outfit in the Con- pisy. but from that
'■erence this year. It is true thatl^*"“-‘ ™ seemingly do
Vow lost three regulars last year, nothing right, and the Bears ran
test. It was Elon’s first win of the defense.
The line-ups:
Elon 29. 111^
I Elon subs — Carcaterra C. Tur-
ilner 2. Hargrove, Smith. Wright.
East Carolina subs — Hales 3,
Huffman 1, Gurtner 2. Menden
hall 7, Adams 3, O’Brien 5, Hall.
The main interest for girls
on campus during the remainder
of the winter miarter will be
basketball, but Mrs. Griffin and
the WAA leaders have not com
pleted their c^e plans.
Winter Football Drills
To Begin Next Monday
Football is still bidding for at-1 them several likely prospects who
lllention on the Elon campus with have transferred after a stint of
the announcement this week by
Coach Sid Varney of tentative
; plans to open winter football drills
ijfor the Fighting Christians next
|i Monday.
The intial workouts at that time
will be for the non-letter members
of the undefeated Christian squad
ot last fall, along with any new
candidates who may wish to take
a whirl at the pigskin sport at
Elon. Coach Varney stated that
any new men who were not out
for the team last fall should con
tact him by this weekend.
In setting the date for the off
season drills. Coach Varney point
ed cut that there are a number of
gaps to t)e filled due to the grad
uation of eight of the seventeen
1957 letter winners. Those who
have completed their play are
; Jack Henderson, end; Bob Kopko
|| and Ben Cubbage, tackles; Tony
1 DeMatteo, guard: Lynn Newcomb,
center; Richard Bradham, quar
terback; and Bob Stauffenberg
i! and Ronnie Kinsley, fullbaclcs.
That leaves only nine letter-
wen, who are expected to return
|i for duty next fall. None of these
j| lettermen will report for the op-
ening winter practice next Mon
day. but Coach Varney stated that
those experienced men would wait
;i to don the grid togs until a week
later and possibly until the first
of February.
In discussing the prospects for
t-? winter squad, Coach Varney
' ‘ed twenty-four reserves from
' 't fall, most of them being
iimen and sophomores, who
wake a strong claim for at-
■on within the nejrt few weeks.
^Iso pointed that he expects
3 goodly number of new men to
'^e.'ort for the workouts, among
armed forces service.
In counting last year's reserve
prospects, the Christian mentor
listed Whitey Austin, sophomore,
and. Charles Rayburn, John Koe
nig and Don Birchfield, freshmen,
among the likely flaHkers.
Moving into the tackle posts, he
listed no less than five first-year
men, including Charlie Hawks. El
mer Rouse and Jack Hardison
resers'es of last fall, and Jack
Hunter and Don Szydlik, a pair
of boliunks from the autumn
squad.
Five were listed at the guard
positions, including Maurice De
year in three starts and set the The Guilford outfit drew first Pos.—Elon (70) Guilford (57)
Christians off to a good start on blood, grabbing a brief 2-0 lead F—Bell 14 Roan 15
their Conference campaign. ' in the opening minute, but Elon F—DeRita 21 Tighlman 9
Frank DeRita. the tall senior tied it up at 2-2 and was away to C—Burke 6 Young 9
'from Brooklyn, proved top man for the races. Within ten minutes De- G—W'atts 12 Hemrick 13
^Elon in the Guilford victory, sink- Rita. Bell and Watts paced Elon G—Bull-i 8 Henderson 2
'ing eight floor buckets and five in a rally that produced 24 points' llalf-timj — Elon 37. Guilford
free throws for 21 points, and he as Guilford counted only five. The 25.
got 10 of his counters in the early half-time margin saw Eoln ahead Elon subs — Way 5, Carcaterra
drive that netted Elon a 24-7 mar- 37 to 25. 4, Leonard, Hall. Guilford subs —
gin in the first elevsn minutes of Roger Roan topped the Guilford Roddy 2, Lancaster 5, Burgess 2,
the game. scorers with 13 points, but Elon Cassells. Breitenberger, Dillon.
Fur Starts Flying As...
Fourteen Teams Start In Scramble
For Intramural Cage Championship
The fur started flying last weekj
as fourteen strong crews Jf cam
pus cagers began the scrap that
will end late in February wiih
the crowning of Elon's intramural!
basketball champions of 195G. 1
The fourteen teams, operaiicg
in the program planned and di-|
reeled by Coach Jack Sanford's!
intramural department, are corn-,
peting in two
STANDINGS
(Games Thru Jan. 10)
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Vi. L. Ave.
Veterans - 2
7-team lea'ues. j North Dorm
Matteo, a junior, Tank Marlowe. Coach Sanford states that r ;guiar-1 Footbrawlers
off and with the champions ofl
each ot the leagues battling each ^
other in the grand finale for the
campus title.
The teams participating in the
American League include th” Vet
erans, managed by Norman Fields;
North Dorm, managed by Pete
Jones: the Footbrawlers, managed
by Perry Polychrone; the Mos>-
ley All-Stars, managed by Dave
Moseley: East Dorm, managed by
Bob Gwaltney; Day Students, man
aged by James McCauley; and
Carolina Hall, managed by Dick
Guite.
The outfits competing in the
National League include Iota
Tau Kappa, managed by Gilbert
Gates; the Apple Men, managed
by Jimmy Higgs and Lewis Boyer;
Looney Tunes, managed by Carl
ton Grove; Sigma Phi Beta, man
aged by Bob Hendricks and Lynn
Newcomb; Kappa Psi Nu, msn-
aged by Wayne Taylor; Sigma Mu
Carolina Hall . 0 2
1
1
1 sophomore, and Wally BerryT j jgggojj pjay will be on a round-1 Moseley Stars 1 1
Jim Schreffler and Gilbert Chil- robin plan, with each of theigggt Dorm 0 1
ton, freshmen. _ leagues staging a post-season play-.Students — 0 1
Bob Ruggeri, a rugged junior 'I
who played both center and guard
asst fall, leads a quartet of pivot
candidates. Others are Paul Brutch
and Carlton Grove, sophomores.
-and Jack Kerr, a freshman.
Perry Polychrone. a promising
first-year man; is the only quar
terback. listed to report next week.
There is also only one fullback,
speedy Tony Markosky. also a
freshman, but there are four half
backs slated to don togs at that
time. They are Nick DiSibio, a
junior. Jimmy Humphries, a soph
omore, and Harold Faulkner and
Bill Beacham. a pair of freshmen.
In listing these candidates by
positions. Coach Varney pointed
out that more than one of these
boys may be shifted to other as
signments during the off-season
workouts. Several such changes
were made last winter, and most
of them paid off handsomely for
the undefeated Elon gridders in
the fall.
0 1.000
0 1.000
0 1.000
.500
.000
.000
.000
NATIONAL LEAGUE
W. L. Ave.
Iota Tau Kappa 1 0 1.000
.\pple Men 1
Sigma Phi Beta - 1
Looney Tunes -- 0 1
Kappa Psi Nu 0 1
Sigma Mu Sigma ...
Alpha Pi Delta ..
. . 0
...0
0 1.000
0 1.000
.000
.000
.001
.000
Sigma, managed by Gordon Yan
cey; and Alpha Pi Delta, manag-
d by Bill Mullins.
The Veterans broke away in
front in the American League last
week by virtue of two victories,
one over East Dorm by a 30-19
margin and the other over Mose
ley’s Stars by a 51-41 count, but
there are two other clubs still in
the undefeated ranks in the Amer-
^ican loop and thus in a percentage
I tie with the Vets.
The other undefeated combos in
that league are North Dorm, with
a .'52 to 16 victory over Carolih^i
Hall, and the Footbrawlers. who
j,ere winners by a 2-0 forfeit from
Carolina Hall. The Moseley Stars
broke even in the first week of
play, losisng the close one to Vet
erans and then topping the Day
Students 42 to 41 in the outstand-
mg game of the week.
Only three games were played
'n the National League, with Iota
Tau Kappa, the Apple Men and
Sigma Phi Beta closing out the
'.veek in a tie for top honors by
virtue of single victories in the
three contests.
The lota Tau Kappa outfit cut
loose with the greatest show of
power of the week as they romped
to a 75-14 victory over Kappa Psi
Nu. Sigma Phi Beta chalked their
 in over Sigma Mu Sigma by a
18-^6 count, and the Apple Men
’rabbed a 35 to 24 win over the
Looney Tunes In a well-played
game.
In announcing the results of the
firsts week of play. Coach San
ford urged each manager to have
their teams on hand and on time
for each scheduled game. It is
hoped that there will be no fur
ther forfeits throughout the re
mainder ot the season, .since for
feits rob both winners and losers
of a chance for competition.
'Hit he had two alternating teams,
ind his roster this year lists such
jtars as Bill Huguele, Alaury Beau-
■hot and Bo-’jy Pharr, guards;
Djnny Sewell, Phil Crockett and
Ken Williams, centers who stand
'rom S-.'i to 6-3; and Bobby Dun
bar, Steve Afendls and Ken Black,
forwards.
The Western Carolina Cata
mounts, the pre-season favorites
and the conquerors of Lenoir
Rhyne in the Conference, will in
vade the Elon floor on Saturday,
January 25th-, and Coach Jim Gud-
?er will bring a power-packed ros
ter. Three of his regulars stand
from S-5 to 6-8 inches in height,
and he has a number of sharp-
shooting outside men to aid these
big boys.
Rounding out the Elan card for
the next two weeks and set as
the third home game within the
period will be a visit by Atlantic
Christian two weeks from tonight.
out a 15-point margin at 39-24 by
the intermission. They continued
the onslought after half-time and
widened the spread.
Rob Bell, who topped the Chris
tians with 14 points for the night,
hit the first basket of the game
and paced the early Elon lead,
but Dick Whitis and Bill Reese,
a pair of junior colle'^e transfers
from Kentucky, went to work at
that time and led the Bears as
sault the rest ot the way. Tho
Bears used a fast break attack
effectively, and Reese hit brilliant
ly from outside.
Except for Bell’s 14 points. Frank
DeRiia was the only other Chris
tian 1)0 register double figures.
The tall senior from Brooklyn
counted 10 points, and Eddie Burke
and Gil Watts chipped in 8 apiece.
Reese was the top gun tor Le
noir Rhyne with 20 points, with
Ken Norman hitting 14, Dick Whi
tis 13 and Johnny James 10 to give
the Bears four men In the double
digits.
(Continued on l-awe Four'
Elon Cagers Turn Back
Pfeiffer In 76-61 Till
The Christian basketeers over
came an early Pfeiffer advantage
and went ahead just before the
half to chalk a decisive 76 to 61
triumph over the Methodist Pan
thers in a cage battle on the floor
of Alumni Gymnasium here on
Saturday night, December 14th.
The win gave the Maroon and
Gold cagers an even break for
tour pre-Christmas contests.
The invading Panthers held a
slight lead through the first fif-
een minutes of the game with
Rob Bell was the top scorer fir
Elon, hitting seven floor shots and
five for six from the charity stripe
for 19 points, but three other Elon
nlayers hit in double figures for
the night, with Eddie Burke get
ting 15. Frank DeRita 12 and Gil
Watts 10 counters for the Maroon
and Gold.
The rival Pfeiffer outfit, play
ing without Dick Biddy, its lanky
center from neighboring E. M.
Holt High School, could place only
two men in the double digit col-
Delmas Petrea and Keith Young umn. Delmas Petrea topped the
topping the invaders’ attack in attack tor the Panthers and led
that early drive, but Frank De
Rita dropped in a free throw to
knot the count at 25-all at the 15- Pos.—Elon (76)
minute mark and one minute la- F—Bell 19
both teams with 21 points.
The line-ups—
Pfeiffer (61)
. Woodhouse 9
ter hit on a floor bucket to put F—DeRita 12
Elon ahead for keeps.
C—Burke 15
Jordan 8
. Byrd 2
Another two-pointer by DeRita G—Watts 10 Petrea 21
and set shot by Larry BuUa put G—BuUa 6 Young 12
Elon ahead by three and 31-28' Half-time — Elon 31, Pfeiffer
•margin at half-time. Coming back 28.
after the intermission, it was Rob] Elon subs — Way 6, Snyder 2,
Bell and Eddie Burke who paced' Leonard 2, Scoggins 1, Hall 3, Har-
the Elon scoring, each hitting well grove, Carcaterra. Pfeiffer subs
as the Christians stretched their,— Tyson 6, Kiser 2, Freeman 1,
[lead to the final 15-point spread. [Tackett, Smith.