jw'ednesday. April 23. 1958
MAROON AND GOLD
PAGE THRBf
Elon Nine Entertains Pirates And Quakers This Weekend
Larry Bulla Top Hitter
for Christian Regulars
SEMOR CATCHKRS HIT BY INJUilllZS
^y„l, thirteen games gone
Ih ouj'n last weekend, ten of them
^ the victory column, the Eloii
,,seballers were hitting tor fine
;,jad average of .287 in the early-
Lason contests. The stickwork, in
general, has been good, although
’liere has been a couple of '■cold'’j
(,mes at the plate. j
Larry Bulla, veteran shortstop,,
leading' the regulars with a'
Eioii Downs
Appaiaehiaii
\^ ith Homers
Unleashing a
which included
heavy
three
Strong .391 average on 13 hits inj
es a
l„:„ed tJ';^ne;d‘;:;t'week after 1^!^!?!!:, “r!!;
-imes at the plate. He is toppedtour Appalachian pitchers,
;:,;"y Marian Hargrove, who re-lthe^E.on ChnJu_ans__po^
>in» shelved with an ankle in
jury’throughout the games ot
,,larch and early April. Hargrove -
' hitting even .500 in ei-*-
taineer nine here last Thursday
afternoon, April 17th, to run the
Elon mark in North State Confer
ht times I three wins against a
single loss.
Larry Bulla, Harold Ellen and
*1 tlje plate.
Thprp are six other Christians
charmed circle ot .300 hit- ^ddie Clark were the long-dis-
m the
,cr», although only Watts, Ellen
ird Shepperson have been on the
•cjular list in early spring. Watts
s hitting ,365, Ellen .364 and Shep-
h.rson .350 after the thirteen-
same records were completed.
Gilbert Wattts, who has been
ji-.e of the consistent hitters, is
Bjjping the runs-batted-in column
nth 18 RBI's to his credit. He is
also topping the doubles with tour
ind the homers with three. Others
ligh in RBI’s are Larry Bulla,
fony Carcaterra and Charlie
Frye..
Watts is also tops among the
pitchers with a 4-1 mark in games
won and lost. Other pitchers with
Rins to their credit are Jimmy
Scoggins 2 and Gary Henson, Ar-
;hur Thompson, Harold Ellen and
5,im Simmons with one each.
The individual batting for 13
games follows:
Player - ab r h ave.
Hargrove 8 3 4 .500
Bulla 46 16 18 .391
ftatts 52 12 19 .365
Ellen - 22 *5 8 .364
ibepperson 40 12 14 .350
eague 9 3 3 .333
Henderson 3 0 1 .333
Jones 13 4 4 .308
51 9 13 .255
32 13 8 .250
rye
Lichok
enson
Scoggins
Bharpe
lark
Thompson
Ball
Esnes
Ulen
Hedley
Hyers
Simmons
Knapp
_ 4
. 4
19
44
15
11
15
.. 8
_ 3
. 3
. 1
.. 1
.250
.250
.211
.204
.200
.18?.
.133
.125
.000
.000
.000
.000
tance clouters tor the Christians
each ot the trio riding the ball
out ot the park tor round-trippers
during the fray, which also saw
Bulla turn in a perfect day at the
plate with four singles and the
homer in five tries.
The invading Mountaineers were
away in front with two runs in
the third and a singleton in the
fourth, but that was the sum to-
:al ot the Appalachian scoring, and
he Christians began their own
attack in the bottom of the fourth,
going on to score in each ot the
next four frames.
The Christians broke the scor
ing ice with a single run in the
fourth, but they really unlimbered
in the next three rounds with four
markers in the fifth and three
;ach in the sixth and seventh inn
ings.
Jack Henderson drew the start
ing nod on the mound tor Elon.
but he was relieved by Jimmy
Scoggins, who later gave way to
-Arthur Thompson. The three hurl-
?rs scattered nine Appalachian
hits
>V*'
Pfeiffer Outfit Comes
For Tilt ISext Monday
Baseball Schedule
Basebaliei*s
Twice Liek
Rensselaer
The Christian baseballers turn-
-’d In a double win over the Renn-
!.>elaer Polytechnic Institute base-
'allers in a pair of games played
ipre on Tuesday and Wednesday.
\pril 1st and 2nd, chalking the
victories by overwhelming scores
}f 12 to 6 and 12 to 5.
The Christians chalked their
Viurth straight win of the early
eason on April 1st by a 12 to 5
■ount as Gil Watts and Charlie
'rye banged homers and tower-
ng Tony Carcaterra t>oomed a
riple and single to claim top
lonors in the victorious Elon slug-
:ir? show.
A pair of walks to Don Lichok
ind Charlie Frye, plus a wild
)itch and a single by Carcaterra
letted Elon two counters in the
irst tor an early margin, and
hen a big Christian rally in the
third that produced seven runs
vas enough to ice the game com
pletely.
Watts, patrolling center field
Apparently fortified behind th^ plate with two senior lettermen or the Christians, opened the big
for catching duties, the Christian diamond squad has seen both third with a homer over the left
those veterans sidelined with injuries this season. Bobby Sharpe, '^Id wall, setting the tempo for
standing at left, who hit .421 last year, caught the eai ly games '^n assault that produced six hits
nd then went out with a shoulder injury sustained in a play at and seven runs. Climax ot the
plate. He has caught none in three weeks. Marlon Hargrove, ally came when Charlie trye roc-
kneeling, wer.t o;it in pre-season workouts with an ankle injury ^ keted the ball over the wall to
and just returned to the line-up last week. He had two homers and score Lichok and Bulla ahead of
a sin.Jle in the second win over Western Carolina last Saturday. | him.
The New York Staters rebound
ed in the fourth when they got
to Arthur Thompson for four hit?
and tive runs, but the rally fell
fhort and left the Rensselaer lads
still trailing by a 9-5 count. They
later added another run in the
eighth, but Elon got two in the
In the midst ot another stretch
of home baseball games, the Chris
tian nine will play host to the Ea^t
Carolina Pirates here Friday and
Guilford on Saturday in a pair ot
important North State Conference
contests this weekend, and Pfeif
fer comes to Elon Monday to run
out a string of four consecutive
home tilts.
The Christians were at home
for a long string of diamond con
tests to open the season and were,
then on the road tor a number of
battles before returning to the lo
cal field on Tuesday of this week
to face Catawba, The schedule
will then take the Elon outfit on
the road for several consecutive
contests before a final home tilt
to ctfSse the season.
The two games here this week
end with Guilford and East Caro
lina could go far toward settling
the Elon hopes for the North State
Conference championship. The
East Carolina outfit, which is al
ways a threat for the loop honors,
was leading the Conference stand
ings as this week got underway,
and Coach Jim Mallory can be
counted on to bring a strong com
oo to the Christian lair for the
Friday tilt.
iContlnued on Page Four'
Christians Top Catamounts
Twice In Weekend Invasion
Grimes and Hovis able to hit more
than once for the Mountaineer
squad.
The score by innings follows:
r h e
Appalachian 002 100 000— 3 9 0
Elon - 000 143 31x—15 15 4
Clark, Newton (4), Lee (7i, Wel-
born (8) and Travis, Boyd (7);
Henderson, Scoggins (4), Thomp
son (6) and Ellen, Hargrove (9).
The Christian baseballers kept! Watts, coupled with a pair of
themselves In the thick ot the North! infie'd outv They added single-
State Conference baseball race! ,,7 run- in the second, fifth, sixth
and ninth and two markers each
in the seventh and eighth.
along the route, with only, they swept a two-game ser-
ELON TOTALS 453 115 130 .287
OPPONENTS 461 61 111 .241
RUNS-BATTED-IN — Watts 18,
Bulla 14, Carcaterra 12, Frye 12,
Clark 8, Shepperson 6, Ellen 4,
Hargrove 4, Eanes 2, Jones 2,
Teague 2, Hall 2, Allen 1, Hender
son 1, Henson 1, Thompson 1,
Sharpe 1, TWO-BAGGERS —
Watts 4, Carcaterra 2, Frye 2,
Lichok 1. Bulla, Shepperson 1,
Teague 1, Henderson 1. THREE-
(Continued Op Page Four)
Elon Golf Squad
Has Even Mark
The Elon College golfers were
all even for the year last week
end, their record showing three
wins, three losses and one tie,
with one match rainsed out, and
Bobby Loy was rolling along with
a perfect record of seven
straight medalist victories in
••ual meets. Bernice Proctor and
Jimmy Fogleman had also chip-
in some fine scores.
After being rained out in the
"Pener and tying with High Point
S-9 In tbc first match played, the
t hristian linksmen have deteat-
m Belmont Abbey 12 to 6, Ap-
'aUchian 14 1-2 to 3-12 and
•’siawba 12 to 6. The losses were
*' ’-iUilford twice by counts of
^-2 to 6 1-2 and 11 to 7 and
"■I iiast Carolina by 10 1-2 to
- Five matches and the Con-
c.ice tourney remained on the
^>^-CviUle as this week opened.
Indian Nine
Hands Elon
Loop Loss
The Elon College Christians,
starting a busy week in defense
of their North State Conference
championship which they won last
year, ran into a snag at Salisbury-
on Monday, April 14th, as they
dropped a close 3 to 2 decision to
the Catawba Indians.
The Catawba nine gained its
victory over Gilbert Watts, ace
of the Elon mound staff, overcom
ing an early Christian lead and
then squelching a late rally by
Coach Jack Sanford’s boys.
Don Lichok, Elon second base
man, gave the Christians a quick
lead in the first inning when he
tallied from second on a long dou
ble by Larry Bulla, but the Elra
squad was unable to count again
untU the eighth.
The Indians grabbed the lead
with two runs in the second and
one in the third. Elon loaded the
bases in the top ot the eighth, but
Bill Frazer took the mouad tor
Catawba and halted the uprising
with only one run.
The score by innings;
r he
Elon 100 000 010—2 6 1
Catawba •• 021 000 OOx 3 10 1
Watts and Ellen; Schneider,
Bender (8), Frazier (8) and Miller.
ies with the Western Carolina Cat
amounts at- Cullowhee on Friday
and Saturday of last week.
The Maroon and Gold outfit, af
ter the long trek into the Caro
lina hill country, swamped the
Catamounts 14 to 4 on Friday and
then came back strong to grab
tae Saturday contest by an 11 to
5 score.
Win On Friday
1 Stacking thirteen hits with sev
en walks and taking advantage ot
nine Western Carolina eirbrs, the'
Christians trampled the Cata
mounts 14 to 4 in the game last
Friday, running the Elon mark
iu loop play to tour wins and a
single loss.
The Christians got to Harris
Pryor in the fourth inning toj
break a scoreless deadlock with]
a pair of runs, and then came the,
deluge ot Elon scores, which to-j
tailed tive in the fifth, one in the |
sixth and six In a big ninth. The,
Catamounts had two counters in^
the fifth and singleton runs in,
the sixth and eighth. |
Tony Carcaterra, with a homer
and two singles, and Tom Shep
person, with three singles, were
the heavy knockers tor the win
ning Christians. Carcaterra’s ho
mer came in the ninth with two
mates on the cushions. Carter with
a homer and two singles led the
Catamount stickwork.
The score by innings:
r h ej
Elon - 000 25 1 006—14 13 0
West Car. . 000 021 010— 4 15 9
Henson and Hargrove; H. Pryor,
.lashbum (4), Game (8, Betting-
field (8) and Hawkins.
Also On Saturday
The Christians made a clean
sweep of the weekend series when
they trampled the CatamounU 11]
to 5 on the Cat field on Saturday j
afternoon. i
The Elon outfit wasted no tame^
in breaking out front in the Sat-^
urday tUt, scoring three ttoes on^
a Walk to Don Lichok, a single by ^
tContinued on Page Four)
MINOR SPORTS
TRACK
EloQ-W. and L. (Rain)
Elon 68, Catawba ^3.
Elon 77 1-3. High Point 52 2-3.
Elon-Pfeiffer (Rain).
(Remaining Meets)
Apr. 22 A.C.C., away.
Apr. 25—Guilford, away.
Apr. 29 — Apprentice, home.
May 7—Lynchburg, home.
Elon 14. WUllams 4.
Elon-H'ilUams (Rain)
Elon 2. Lenoir Rhyne 1.
Elon 5. High Point 0.
Elon 12. Rensselaer 6.
Elou 12. Reaaseioer 5.
Elon 5, Hampden8idney 14.
Elon-Ohio Univ. (Rain).
Elon 16. Fort Lee 7.
Elon 4. Fort Lee 10.
Elon 6, Fort Lee 1,
Elon 2. Catawba 3.
ElonLenoir Rhyne (Rain).
Elon 12. Appalachian 3.
Elon 14, West Carolina 4.
Elon 11, W^st Carolina 5.
Elon 7, HiKh Point 3.
(Remaining; Games)
Apr. 22—Catawba, home.
Apr. 25—East Carolina, home,
Apr. 26—Guilford, home.
Apr. 28—Pfeiffer, home.
Apr. 30—Guilford, away.
May 2—Pfeiffer, away.
May 7—Appalachian, away.
May 9—A.C.C., away.
May I'W-Ea'l Carolina, away.
May 12—A.C.C..home.
Track Team
7
urns
Back
Hi^h Point
Hamji-Sidiiey
Niue Grabs
14-5 Victory '
Erratic play afield proved cost
ly for the Elon Christians as they
suffered their first defeat of the
new baseball season on Thursday,
April 3rd, going before the Hamp-
dan Sidney Tigers by a 14 to 5
count In a non-conference contest.
The defeat came after five con-
socull/o victories ip early season.
The Christians were off to a
good start in the game, for they
counted all their five runs in the
first three innings, but after that
point their bats lost their effec-
GOLF
Eli>n-Catawba (Rain)
F.Ion 9, High Point 9.
Elon 12, Belmont Abbey 6.
Elon 6 1-2, Guilford 11 1-2.
Elon 7 1-2, East Carolina 10 1-2.
Elon 7, Guilford 11.
Elon 14 1-2, Appalachian 3 1-2.
Elon 12, Catawba G.
(Remaining Meets)
Apr. 22—Belmont Abbey, home.
Apr. 24—East Carolina, away.
Apr. 25—High Point, away.
Apr. 28—Pfeiffer, home.
May 2—Pfeiffer, away.
May 5-6—Conference Tourney
Larry
Bulla, and a double by Gil,
TENNIS
Elon-Lencir Rhyne (Rain)
Elon 1, High Point 6.
Elon 2, Appalachian 5.
Elon 1, High Point 6.
Elon 7, Belmont Abbey 2.
Elon 0, Guilford 7.
Elon-East Carolina (Rain).
Elon 1, A.C.C. 4.
Elon 0, Guilford 7.
(Remaining Meets)
Apr. 22—Lenoir Rhyne, away,
Apr. 24—East Carolina, away
Apr. 25—Appalachian, away.
Apr. 28—Pfeiffer, home.
Apr. 29—Belmont Abbey, home.
May 1—A.C.C., home (Pending)
May 2—Pfeiffer, away,
lyiay ^—Conference Tourney.
May 13—Wake Forest, home.
May 15—Wake Forest, away.
seventh and one in the eighth tc
post the final margin.
A pair ot Alamance County
freshmen paired on the mound for
Elon to turn back the Rensselaer
outfit. Thompson, who started the
contest, had to give way in the
face of Rensselaer's third-inning
rally, but Jimmy Scoggins, Me-
bane southpaw, took over there
jnJ went the rest of the way in
fine style.
The score by Innings:
r fa e
Rensselaer 000 500 010— 6 8 3
Elon 207 000 21x—12 11 4
Laskowski, Satterle (3), Franks
(7) and Brown, WIttig (6). Moyer
(8); Thompson, Scoggins (4) and
Sharpe. Ellen (8).
Fifth Straight Win
Hitting well behind the mound
efforts of three Christian pitchers,
the Elon College baseballers
chalked their fifth straight win
of the 1958 season when they tum
id back the Rensselaer Polytech-
iiic outfit. 12 to 5 here on April
2nd.
The Christian mound duties
were divided in equal 3-inning
stints by Sam Simmons, Karl
Knapp and Gary Henson, who
scattered a dozen Rensselaer liits
fairly well along the route. It was
only in the third rack that the
visiting New Yorkers were able
to stage any major rally .
The Elon outfit broke away to
a big lead in the fir.st inning when
the Christians tallied five runs on
a pair of walks and singles by
Joe Teague, Arthur Thompson,
Gil Watts and Ted Eanes. They
strettched that lead with three
more runs in the second, added
three in the fifth and a singleton
marker in the eighth.
Teague with a double and sin
gle and Watts and Eanes with a
pair of singles each proved the
top knockers for the winning
Christians.
The score by innings:
r b c
Rensselaer 031 000 010— 5 12 0
Elon 530 030 Olx—12 11 3
Madden, Hulse (8) and Wittig
Pelligrini (6); Simmons, Knapp
(4), Henson (7) and Sharpe, EUeu
The Elon track team kept Its
undefeated mark and chalked its
second win of the year when the
Christians turned back the High
Point Panthers 77 1-3 to 52 2-3 in tiveness, and the usually steady in-
a North State Conference meet field defenses collapsed to allow
at High Point on Wednesday, April the invading Tigers eleven runs
2nd. The track was very slow due between the fifth and eighth
to the recent rains. ( A picture of things to come de-
The Christians won eight firsts fensively appeared in the first inn-
In the fifteen events, Eddie Burke ing when the Hampden Sidney
and SLuart Toms as double win- outfit gained two runs without a
ncrs for the Elon outfit. Burke won ait, using two walits, an error and
the high hurdles and the high a wild pitch to push the runners
jump, while Toms grabbed firsts home. Elon rebounded for two
in both sprints. Elon swept all runs herself on a walk and sin-
three places in the broad Jump glcs by Charlie Frye and Tony
and copped first and second in Carcaterra, and the Christians
-;hotput, the hundred and both added two more in the second on
hurdles. two walks, an error and Jack Hen-
The summary follows: derson's double. «
100 YARD DASH — Toms (E), The Tigers gained the lead with
Gregg (E), Fomyduvall (HP), tour runs on three hits in the
TIME — 11 seconds. fifth, but the big Hampden Sid-
220 YARD DASH — Toms (E), ney inning came in the seventh
Formyduval (HP), Foust (E). TIME,when six markers scored on five
— 25 seconds. hits and a brace of Elon errors.
440 YARD RUN — Hannar (HP), Two Elon pitchers saw duty in
Bergman (E)t Pennewell
TIME — 55.6 seconds.
880 YARD RUN — Hart (HP),
■5tuckey (E). Smith (HP). TIME
— 2 minutes 13 seconds.
(HP), this one inning, which saw twelve
Tiger batters go to the plate.
Larry Bulla and Tony Carca
terra were the top hitters for thp
Elon squad, each of them getting
ONE MILE RUN — Dean (HP),',two singles in five tries. Bill Haw
Vert (HP), Plaster (E). TIME — kers with a double and single and
4 minutes 56.5 seconds. . Johnny Coleman with two singles
TWO MILE RUN — Dean (HP),tied the attack tor Hampden Sid-
Vert (HP), Bergman (E). TIME — ney.
The score toy innings:
r h e
H-Sidney . .. 2*1 040 610—14 10 1
Elon 221 000 000— 5 8 6
Pierce and McLean; Henderson,
Thompson (7), Scoggins 17), Sim
mons (9) and Sharpe. Ellen (3).
11 minutes 27.5 seconds.
120 YARD HIGH HURDLES —
Burke (E), Gregg (E). TIME —
16.7 seconds.
220 YARD LOW HURDLES —
Gregg (E), Burke (E), Hackney
HP). TIME — 28 seconds.
HIGH JUMP — Burke (E), three-
way tie for secon dby Gregg (E).
Black (HP)) and Skidmore (HP).
HEIGHT — 5 feet 6 inches.
BROAD JUMP — Bradham (E)
and Gregg (E) tied for f-irst; Ben-
thall (E). DISTANCE — 19 feet
1 1-2 Inches.
POLE VAULT — Short (HP),
tie for second by Bennett (E) and
Stuckey (E). HEIGHT — 10 feet
6 inches.
SHOT PUT — Newcombe (E),
Stauffenberg (E), Sykes (HP). DIS
TANCE — 40 feet 9 inches.
DISCUS — Sykes (HP), New-' Their losses have included two
comb (E), Sisler (HP). DISTANCE Guilford by 7-0 counts, two to
INetters Having
Rugged Season
Still struggling with the bug
aboo of inexperience, the Elon
tennis team has been playing
them close in many individual
matches, but Coach Bill Black-
stone’sl n4iei«s hove salvaged
only one win in seven dual meets,
taminc back Belmont Abbey by
■ 7 to 2 count.
— 120 feet 5 1-2 inches.
“javelin'— Bennett (Eirr^uf-
ray (E), Ross (HP). DISTANCE
— 142 feet.
MILE RELAY — High Point.
TIME — 3 minutes 50.8 seconds.
High Point by 8-1 counts, one
to Atlantic Christian by a 4-1
margin, and one to Appalachian
hy a 5-2 score. Ten matches re
main *on (he schedule in addi
tion to the Conference tourna
ment.