,, January 29. 1958
MAHOON \\n GOl.n
PAGE TURK*
ilon Quintet
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To Paiilliers
O? YO!^K^'RS Pl.AY INSIDE I SOiNS TOR ELf ?i' (IX’B
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rvDencnce proved the pay-off
, .,or as t'le veteran High Poiut
p^„-hers came from behind in the
r,i halt to defeat the yout.>rul
0on College Christians 65 to 55
in a North State Conference cage
“tie in High Point’s.new gyn,-
Lium there last Wednesday
■ January 22nd.
The C'nr,st*ani displayed poise
and' ability throughout I he fi"s
lalf and in the early nunutes oi
,he second half as they matched,
pon* for point with the veteran.
Panthers, and the Elon quintet
!*ent out for the half-time rest^
with a slender 33-32 lead, which
came in the final seconds before
i intermission on a set shot by Lar-j
[ir^' Bulls- I
Triat first half saw the old rivals
swap the lead eight times and tie
the count on four other occasions. |
I The Panthers scored first, but |
Elon bounccd back to tie the count
at 2-all and then rolled up an 8
|W 2 margin over the High Pointers ;
ion some accurate shooting and
deliberate maneuvering with the
itall. '
The Christians maintained their
threatening position as the finar
I half began, and they held a 39-33:
lead when four and one-half min-'
utes were gone in the second half,
ibul tall Danny Sewell led a High
point rally at that time which net
ted ten points within eight min-
iules while Elon could hit for only!
fcur counlers. The Panthers hit | ^ ,,.,,’roi;oU''n- '.sCw York arei. who
cii 80 per cent of their shots in („ gio^' ,,,, ,.f , he posiiio:;s for D).’ Chris-
that middle portion of the second . basketball horizon lor F.lon
half as they ran out a 16-pomt ,ph„y Frank DeRita, a senior f-.rward
with seven minutes show- „,.^„ki-n ni^turei iefl: a d Tony Carcat^rra. a ji.iHor ceu-
m? . n (he clock. The count 'va:, In-.vood,‘ L. V. N. Y„ shiwn ;,t (>e liehi. This is DeRita's
j61 b at the tmie ! fourth season under Eton's colors, but Carcaterrn is only a junior
At that pomt the High Pomters, 1^.. basketball, having devoted his
|sna;ig into a freeze and took only , ’ jpj.' to off-season football drills. Carcaterra also stars
.0 shots at the basket in the final __
jjseven minutes, neither oi tnem | -
connecting. In that time the Chris-! ^
tians cut the final margin to 10
points.
Rob Bell topped the Elon scor-
Jing with 17 points, with Tony Car
caterra chipping in ten points and
■joining with Rob Bell in some fine
{rebounding for the Christians.
The line-ups—
I’ )- —Elon (55) High Point (65)
!F—DeRita 4 Huegele 7
Ir-Bell 17 Crockett 3
|C—Carcaterra 10 Sewell 26
jC—Turner 4 Pharr i[
IG—Buila 8 Beachot 121
Half-time — Elon 33, High Point j
?32.
Elon subs
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Three Iiilramiiral Quints
"^\'aikiiig Tilt
Chalk-iiiiP?
By BILL WALKER
With Eisenhower. Nixon. Sput- winner. It seems f
t I'-^voc I i- roaches ne6d to learn tnat tney
- Way 6. Burke 4.l";^^^put‘rind already over-cut ^^^l^'alwaTs o7a "lurpTus
iAfendies, Williams. ' ' ‘ ‘
Hmh Point Panthers Are
C7
Next Home Foe For Elon
The High Point F’anthers come ~
0 Elon next Wednesday ni(zni. ~' ‘
'cbiuary 5th, as the nc.xt home
.'c? fot" the Fijiiting Christian
cagers, and the Maroon and Gold
Ci ei-> will go all out i;i nn el-
lort to avenge the defeat suffced
n the Panther lair last week.
The half-way point in the North
State Conference season was pass-
1 last weekend, when the Chii;-
a-.s completed their fi''s' tUiP
r-,und the loop by losing anoth?r
icart-breaker to Western Caro- ^
ina. The first meetings with the
>:her eight teams in the Confer-
nce netted only one win for the
Ion scjuad. and Coach Mathis is
'rlinitely pointing for better
“lings in the second swing of the
.'asm.
The fh’st game of the second
iind showed Atlantic Christian
lore for a Wednesday night batUe
his week, followed by a jauni to
•atawba for this weekend. The
ligh Point battle here next Wed
t'sday will be followed by anothei
oad trip to Western Carolina on
’ 'iH'uary 8th.
The Christians will then wind
■) their 19fi8 schedule by playit’2
iiree of their final four gamc-
ii the home floor. Appalachiar
mes to Christianland on Wed-
'sday, February 12th: East Cai
lin.n is the guest team for .Satjr-
day, February 15th; and Guilford’s
luakers close out the season hei>^
n Saturday night, February 22nd
nly road game in the final two
i Aceks will be at Lenoir Hhyr.e
■1 Thursdai', February 20'h.
' .\ctually five out of eixlit ol "'u „ „;„ht Ton
. , , ,, ... icourt here Saturday night, Jan-
■iints in the final half of the
. r .1 ■ uary 18th.
ca.on are set for Alumni Mem- basketeers made their
rial Gymnasium here, and that
fact should be a definite advan-'^^^ ^
,ige for the inexperienced Chn, -^^^^
ians, who have been showing Meanwhile, the Catawba
irovement as the season has movcu . . , ,, .
Fquad had gotten its first field
'ong. Some of the close losses . , . . .u „
. bucket in the opening minute and
■f the first round could well prove , ^.j . , .u_ n i_
this year go Partiality doesn't pay, even when
hibernation and let this yea
^^And with =nrin3 footijall prac- when you think of the wasted
tice' basketball. Watts, License talent on those bowl squads, one
Plates income Taxes. Winter, wonders how some of those coach-
Sputnik II, Nbcon and Eisenhower, are still coaching.
T should have lots of company. | viewing those boAl game^.
The experts have told us that I, i^jmed why I liked the Elon
^ , this (1958) is to be the most cru- g.jaders of this past tall so much.
S/7II/1/I rial year of our lives, but it seems Besides being a winner, the ris^
OljUUtI they're just getting too darn .,3.^5 spirit, determination and
i The Elon College football squad|personal about it. ,guts. The> were a team
Booster Club
Fetes Elon
Grid
Three s'ro'.’® campus cage
Quads vejc stiU uidefeated last
Friday as tv.o well-balanced in
tramural leaTucs s-.M.ng Ihrcus;
the third week of the 1958 cam
paign. with North D:rm topV'in
the Americ in League v.'i^h a -I-,
mark a-i vi'.h Iota Tnu ?:.appa
at 4-0 and the Apple- Men at 3-C
still boaiti',2 p°rf..'cl mirlis ir
the Nationil League.
Bill Grabc-m. Max Clay^^n and
Lloyd Prf'ter vere the top scorcr?
for the North Dorm outfit as the
Northerners licl-:ed East Dorm 52
ro 31 and the Footbrawlers 76 to
28 to maintain their leadership in
the Amerian loop.
Hot on the heels of the North
Dorm squad in the American
League cha'e were the Veterans
Elon 62, Boliiiont Abbey 72.
Don 75, Pfeiffer 8i. ^
i:ien 70. (luiitord 57.
l ion 76. ITciffer 61.
rion 48, Lenoir Khyne 72.
Mun 43, Kast Carolina 79.
I'lon 42, Belniont Abliey 69.
Klon 50, A.C.C. 62.
I.Ion 63, Catawba 65.
Lion 50. Appalai hian 51.
i:ion 55. Ilieh Point 65.
Klon 62. West Carolina 66.
(Remaining (lames)
Jan. 29—\.C.(’., home.
Feb. 1—Catawba, away.
Feb. 5—IIi*li Point, home,
i e'o. 3—West Carnlina, away.
Feb. 12—Appalachian, home.
Feb. 15—F.ast Carolina, home.
Feb. 20—Lenoir Khyne, away.
Feb. 22—Guilford, home.
Feb. 26-28—Conference Tourney.
Catawba Is
Winner By
65-63 (ioiint
staging a rousing rally fn the
final eighteen minutes, the Cataw-
bi Indians overcame a 12-point
deficit to turn back the Elon Chris
tians 05 to 63 in a North Slate
Conforeiice battle on the Lion
riumphj in th,‘
■ncnts.
STANDINGS
(Games Thru Jan. 2t)
'i'.IlP-K'AN LE.\GI.'E
j Which posted the only undefeated
I and untied record in Elon gridiron
j historj- during the recent 1957 sea-
1 son was honored by the Elon Col-
* » » 'take a chance, and Coach Varney
Ob' If vou enjoyed my column „,(,re than just an excellent
in the lak issue of the Maroon The Christians were well
lisonwas honored by the Elon Col- and Gold. I am happy drilled
lege Boosters Club at a dinner but it would be advisable or you ,„,ehes cant get^out of a team.
I meeting held last Thursday night to have your eyes checked.
j at Huey’s Seafood Restaurant in ^ have one. But, hov. . winner
1 Burlington I * * * nle -to learn that being a v^mny
More than 80 persons were pre^ Last night I ‘he important
M cnt for the occasion, including a; several of my large co ec - sports). Ks ow y
II goodly number of Elon alumni and year books and ran across game. , » »
II football fans from Burlington and;mighty interesting . 1
11 neighboring towns, along with the Kieval, Bob^_Walker,_ Bobby Tim I ran across tw P“-
coaches and members of the Chris-
1 tian .'rid squad.
3-1 records in league play. Mai
Bennett was top scorer for the
Vets as they kept their gr'p or
runner-up spot in spite of a loss
to the Footbrawlers. Elmo Rouse
was the big scorer tor the Foot-
'orawlers as they split two games
W
L
■\ve.
\orth Dorm -
4
0
l.OuO,
Veterans ..
. 3
1
750 i
'O'.t. rawlers
3
1
750.
T.\=elev’i Stars
2
2
.5001
Day Students
2
3
400
'a.'it Dorm
1
3
.250
Carolina Hall
0
5
.000
NATIONAL
LEAGL’E
W
I,
Ave.
lo.a Tau Kappa
4
0
1000
\pple Men
.... 3
0
1.000
'ligma Mu Siyma
. 2
2
.500
Sigma Phi Beta
.... 2
2
.500
Looney Tunes
2
2
.500
vappa Psi Nu
.... 0
3
.000
Alpha Pi Delta
0
4
.000
SCORE OF GAMES
last week, downing the Veterans 'ootbrawlers 34, Veterans 24
34 to 24 and losing to North by
the 76-28 margin.
Towering Gilbert Gate; proved
the top man for the Iota Tau
Kappa quinlet in holding f.rst rpot
o!a Tau Kappa 35, Alpha Pi 17
Looney Tunes 33, Sigma Phi 22.
North Dorm 52, East Dorm 31.
I>ay Students 25, Carolina 20.
ma Phi 41. Alpha Pi 30.
)U we pro\t count from the floor again
retain engagr minutes had passed.
At that point Bob Flynn and
Wade Rose led an Indian rally
which pulled Catawba within two
points at 18-16, but a three-point
basket sod free throw by Tony
Carcaterra shot Klon back to the
front, and Gilbert Watts ioined
in the drive that moved Elon oUt
to a 10-polnt spread and a 33-32
lead at half-time.
The Christians added another
two points to their lead early in
the fecond half, when they had a
12-point spread at 37-25 after two
minutes, but Bob Flynn and Don
nie Hunt, husky Catawba for
wards, began pushing from around
the circle to again tighten the
score and to put the Indians ahead
at 44^3 after nine minutes. Both
teams were shooting well at that
point, and the lead switched six
times within the next three min
utes.
or forward, paced the Elon at- The score was tied at 56-all with
'.ack with 20 points. He was trail- five minutes left, and another
ed for the Christians by Rob Bell, three-point effort by Tony Carca-
his forward running male, whcjterra put Elon back In the lead
racked 13 counters. momentarily at 61-60 with two
Christian ‘5’
Defeated By
AC Bulldogs
Still seeking the key to theii
post-holiday shooting slump aiiJ
ii.isket famine, the Elon College
Christians fell victim to the A*
lantic Christian Bulldogs by a (i-
to 50 count in a North State COu
ference cage battle on the Atlan
tic Christian court on Wednesday
Tight, January 15th.
As had been the case in seve
ral other recent games, the Chris-
■ians could muster only two plav-
ers in the double figure scoring
rackets. Frank DeRita, tall sen
Ed Hicklin, Burlington business
I who has been active in many
Elon alumni
Kappa quin.ei m iiuiumft --
the National League, with I., Looney Tunes 41. Kappa P.,i 34^
T. K.’s lone win last week over North Dorm 76, Footbrawlers 28
Mpha Pi by a 35-17 margin. The MeseTey’-; 60. Carolina 4
Apple M^n, with no score listedj^ y Students 36. East Dorm 35.
for last week, listed Don Burch-j
field as their top man in posting,
their 3-0 mark for the runner-up
spot in the National. j
No less sthan tour teams had
The game was close through the
early minutes, and the Christian^
ind Bulldogs were knotted at 20-
all at the ten-minute mark. At that
point, however, Darwin William':,
Bulldog guard hit for a jump shot
jasket and a 22-20 lead which wid
ened gradually as the game pro
gressed.
Kieval. Bou Hecemiy i ■
mons and Clay Brown, and 1 say life that seem worth
,ve sure could use them now. i repeating.
♦ * * * * ! on» (by Lincoln) is as follows;
Bud, you know it pays to be a „ j \,ere to try to read, much ^
imni projects in the area, senior. Who likes a loser? But like answer all the wellh^'’''*®^’ them with records *3Graham
’’frved as master of ceremonies I for the Marines, even a sma j„e, this shop mig l„f two wins and two Ins'^^es. These, Bi'l Obve'-
ior a program which featured brief; change brought a winner. ijp closed for any [l,gi "even-break"
leading .scokeks
minutes left. At that point Sonny
Clayton, the Haw River speediter,
slipped under for his only basket
of the night and regained the lead
.'or Catawba for keeps.
It was 64-63 Catawba with 21
seconds left, and Catawba was
freezing and lost the ball. The
Christians tailed on their one shot.
(Two or more games)
G TP Ave.
broken even in games through last Dave Moseley
teams included Max Clayton
talks by Head Coach Sid Varney! . » * » * ’ u H T mean'Bosley’s Stars in the American' W ayne Taylor
Md Backfield Coach Joe Bryson, i wonH be too long now till base- very oest I know ho«_and Mu Sigma,,Lloyd Parker
I alls to the Christian coiclies and tians. ^ tull H^h: ' wital is satd against me;'" ‘"’P-
|]i la itlc elgiat senior members of jciiampionship. will get into to anytiaioe-
*ad, eaeb o, ,b.tn oone.ad- Witb ^
CO their grid play in Elon
Coach Jack Sanford, who di-
I Elmo Rouse
i (JilfTert Gates
4
4
3
4
3
3
3
3
. 4
78 19.5
72 18.0
52 17.3
57 14.2
I f ms during the 1957 season.
i T^'e senior group included Jack
’ Person, end; Bob Kopko and
i on Cubbage, tackles: Tony
I ^ '^tteo, guard; Lynn Newcomb.
Richard Bradham, quar-
"k; and Bob Kopko and Ron-
n;
^insley, fullbacks.
nount to anymii*B- i , :Whitey Austin — 3
ri hrinos me out wrong, irects the intramural program, waS'
If the end brings me oui ' s.| _ h„n„oht no
SW1U6. , J brings me om. — ■ - Ijim Humphr'evs
year’s champs returning vlr^then aLels swearing I was right pleased that last week brought no,^_^ Burchfield
chances for a repeater seem very,then ang .j.e^ence. forfeits. He reports a ively in-, _
42
37
37
36
48
34
22
21
31
14.0
12.3
12.3
12.0
12.0
11.3
11,0
10.5
10.3|
The Atlantic Christian quint was land Catawba was fouled on the
out front by seven at 29-22 at halt-1 rebound. Woody Ilelfrich hit a
lime, and soon after the inter- tree throw with one second left
mission the Bulldogs built this to for the 65-63 margin,
fifteen points spread on a 41-26^ Frank DeRita, Lion forward, led
score, with Bob Whaley pacing'both teams in scoring with 19
the winners’ attack. | points, with Tony Carcaterra and
Whaley was top man for the,Gil Watts hitting 14 and 11 tor
Bulldogs with 23 points, and he'Elon. However, their efforts were
contributed 18 ret)Ound recoveries' not enough as Bob Flynn hit 14
to the winning cause. He was and Donnie Hunt and Wade Rose
trailed for the winners by Darwin 13 each to pace the Indian victory
Williams, who had 17 points. drive.
The line-ups— The line-ups
Pos.—Elon (50) A.C.C. (62) Pos.—Elon (63) Catawba (65)
F—DeRita 20 Whaley 23 F—DeRita 19 Flynn 14
P—Bell 13 Ryan 4 F—Bell 3 Hunt 13
Q Carcaterra Gilliken 3 C—Carcaterra 14 Medford 7
Knox 6 G—Watts 11
good.
On New Year's Day. I saw most
of the Bowl Games on bu
»ever have I seen such a sorry | my ^
lot of them. Good baU players |
aren’t the only necessity for a,
TbrMr'Todd,,. ;:;r.n''t'be';':AVpu„;
J!;%a"r..ha,.,b.. b.d._.mi;l' Tbirtee. bo,a »... ...ra.ed
^°nklrot "as^long as they spell to many hard-fought games be- figures in game scoring in
spoken ot, as s post-seasson series bring “ “ »
, I forth the champions in the two
[leagues.
tha early-seasnn play. The play-
(Continued on Page Four)
_ Clayton 2
... Williams 17 1g—Bulla 7 Stout 5
A.C.C. 29, Elon, Half-time — Elon 33, Catawba
123.
Qon subs — Turner 2, Wright 2,1 Elon subs — Burke 8, Turner 1,
Robertson, Burke, Leonard. At., Way. Rlckover, Scoggins. Cataw-
lantic Christian subs — Oden 4. ^ba subs — Helfrlch 9, Flemming
Winfree 3, Dunn 2. 13, Rose 13, Bryant.
G—-Watts 4
G—Bulla 9
"’“j Half-time
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