■VVednesday, May T, 1958
MAROON AND GOLD
PAGE THRRB
Eloii Leadg Nciiii Slate Baseball As Campaigii Nears End
is^eeps
Elou Hiniuo;
leadership
L.ii-y Bulla was still leading the
Ion College baseball squad in
-ovL-nle;.! games li^^ur?'.
’nto tlie season averages, aUhougli
o'th liis own stickwork and that
-f the Christian squad had drop-
»d off slightly from the averages
■ ;ted two weeks betore.
The Christian squad managed
ily twelve hits in one streak oi
.•ur games, although it won two
them and tied the other. This
jlled the Elon squad average
,,vn to nineteen percentage points
26>J for the seventeen games.
Holding on to his individual
-■^I’fahip, Bulla also slipped
. y. although he was still
.'iing the ball at a lively .359
I alter seventeen battles. Tony
.vjaterra, who boosted his mark
:Oni .303 to .338 in the two weeks
la.J the only one of Elon's leading
liters to climb in the plate per-
. ntages.
The records show five of the
;on players in the magic .300
ivision. They are Bulla with .353,
arcaterra with .338, Watts with
;j-i, Shepperson wiih .32i and
aen with .308 percentages. Jack
ienderson, pitcher, with only three
;mes at bat was also above the
'00 mark.
Gilbert Watts, ace pitcher and
tfielder, continued to lead the
3i column, although Carcaterra
a climbed in that division too
.id ranks second with 19 runs
atted home. Watts tops the ho-
,f rs with 3, Bulla and Carcater-
are tied for triples with 3 each,
arcaterra leads doubles with 5,
alia leads stolen bases with 6
nd Bulla and Clark are tied for
.jcrifices with 2 each.
Gilbert Watts, as to be expect
ed. continues to lead the pitchers
::h 6 wins and a single loss. Oth-
: pitchers with wins to their cre-
are Scoggins 3, Thompson 2,
.'.d Henson, Ellen and Simmons
»uh 1 each.
1 The individual batting for 17
3r.ies foJows;
isyer ab
-3 56
arcaterra 65
ieaderson 3
■ a;ts 68
^epperson 53
■ ^en , 26
Jones 15
Oe 65
Teague 16
£.i«gins 4
Jenson 4
Lchok 37
YOLTHl UL PiTCilElIS SHOW FINE RFCOIt I>S \M liI VICTOIJIOI S CHKISTIAN HASEIJALLKIJS
TRIO OF
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JIMMY SCOGGINS
•Jrgrove
'!ark
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. 18
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4
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20
22
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17
8
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17
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ave.
.359
.338
.333
.324
.321
.308
.267
.263
.250
.250
.250
.243
.200
.195
.188
.182
.167
.161
.111
.000
.000
.000
.000
l\Iarooii Baseliallers Down
Pirate Nine By 5-4 Count
The Elon Christians handed the came on an error, a walk and Char-
■^ast Carolina Pirates their first lie Frye’s sacritico fly. Tony Car-
'efeat in North State Conference caterra’s lead-off triple in the
oaseball competition here on Fri- sixth was the big blow in scoring
day afternoon, April 25th, with Elon's fifth and final and winning
the IMaroon and Gold baseballers run.
making four hits count for five The Pirates got their final and
runs and a 5 to 4 triumph. threatening run in the seventh
The Christians wasted no time when a hit batsman and a walk
starting their assault, moving two placed two men on base after Gil
runners across the plate in the , Watts had fanned the first two
bottom of the first without a hit. men to face him in that frame.
Don Lichok and Larry Bulla were The score came on Buddy Talton’s
on base with walks, and they single, but Watts tanned Jones to
counted on an infield erorr. |?nd the inning and preserve Elon's
Elon added a single run on Tony one-run margin.
Carcatarra’s solo homer in the last Carcaterra's homer and triple
of the fourth for a 3-0 lead, but were the big blows for Elon, while
the Pirates Ued the count when Altman and Vaughan each hac
they sent three runners scamper-1 two hits to lead the Pirates. Watts
ing home in the top of the fifth;fanned s even while scattering
on a walk, an error and a brace
of singles by Vaughan and Alt
man.
The home-standing Christians
rebounded with single counters in
both the fifth and sixth to grab
ihe advantage again by a 5-3 mar
gin. The Elon run in the fifth
eight Pirates hits in a sterling
pitching performance.
The score by innings:
r h e
East Car 000 030 100—4 8 3
I ion 2UU 111 OOx—5 4 1
Baker, LUly 15), Williams (7)
and Talton; Watts and Hargrove.
Time Runs Out As Elon
Plays Catawha 4-All Tie
rnmm^
AKfUl R lUOAP^O^i
Th^ee youthful pitchers ha-'P
hoen ft’nd-outs for the r!on
C!’H'‘tians, v.ho are cuirenl!
setting: a fast pace foi' thvii
North Sate Conference diamond
rivals. Two of the youtUful
mound aces are freshmen and
one is a sophomore, and the trio
toffether shows five wins a.:.^
one loss for *he season. Jijnmy
Scoffffins (left), a freshman left
hander from Mebane, shows
three wins and no losses, has al
lowed 13 hits In IS 1-3 innings,
has walked 10 and strnok out .5
men. Arthur Thompson (center),
freshman ri?ht-hander from
'Xlexander Wilson, has won two
and lost none, has allowed 19
hits in 27 1-3 innings, has walk
ed 14 and struck out 26 men.
Gary Henson (rights, sophomore
left-hander from Granite Falls,
has won one and lost one, has
allowed 21 hits in 23 innings,
has walked 11 and struck out 1*
men. Henson wen his letter as
a freshman last spring and has
continued his fine play this year.
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OAKY HENSON
Christians Topple Quakers
In Two Conference Games
In an old-fashioned moun'l bat- ers to four hits. This was goot;
tie in which both teams togetii 'r, enough for a decision over Charlit
had only seven hits, the Cion
Christians turned back the Guil
ford Quakers here on Saturday
fiernoon, .\pril 26lh. by a 4 to
.^core, and the victory was go^d
ncug'.i to push the Elon 0t;tfu
ck into first place in the N jrth
ta‘.e Conference race.
The Quaker outfit grabbed an
arly lead and scored both its runs
the t.;? of the tiiird inning.
A'hen West singled. Smith tripleJ
md Pegrar.i singled, but Elon
bounced right back for three runs
MIISOR SPORTS
TRACK
Elon-W. and L. (Rain)
Elon 68, Catawba ^3.
Elon 77 1-3, High Point 52 2-3.
Elon-Pfeiffer (Rain).
Elon 90 1-2, A.C.C. 13 1-2.
Elon-Guiiford (Rain).
Elon-Apprentioe (Rain).
(Remaining Meets)
May 7—Lynchburg, home.
May 10—Conference Meet.
LON TOTAL .. 574 136 154 .268
PPONE.NTS... 589 71 132 .224
RUNS-BATTED-IN — Wattts 21,
arcaterra 19, BuUa 16, Frye 14,
'^rk 8, Shepperson 7, Hargrove
• Ellen 4, Lichok 3, Eanes 2,
ones 2, Teague 2, Hall 2, Hen-
1 2. Thompson 1, Henderson 1,
'en 1, Sharpe 1. TWO-BAGGERS
Carcaterra 5, Watts 4, Frye 3,
tiepperson 2, Lichok 1, BuUa 1.
Mes 1, Teague 1. THREE-BAG-
ERS — Bulla 3, Carcaterra 3,
rye 2. HOMERS — Watts 3, Car-
aterra 2, Hargrove 2, Bulla 1,
1, Clark 1, Ellen 1
®ASE3 — Bulla 6, Shepperson 4,
'arcaterra 2, Frye 1, Clark 1.
Hargrove 1, Jones 1. SACRIFICES
Bulla 2. Clark 2, Lichok 1,
IVatts 1, Carcaterra 1, Frye 1.
Pitcher bases on balls —
"atts 20, Henderson
14, Henson 11
‘‘n 6, Simmons 5, Knapp 1.
■'^'?.iKEOUTS—WatU 51, Thomp-
' -5. Henson 17, Henderson 10,
"I 7, Simmons 6, Scoggins 5,
3. HITS — Watts, 50 In
5 Henson, 2 in 23; Thompson,
Time ran out on the Elon Chris
tians and Catawba Indians here
Thursday afternoon, April 24th,
as they battled to a 4-4 tie in ten
innings in a North State Confer
ence baseball batle, which was
halted by darkness at the end of
one extra inning.
The Indians broke away to a
big lead in the early innings, rack
ing two markers in the second on
a wSk, a fielder's choice and Ray
Oxendine’s single. They added a
singleton in the fourth without a
hit on an Elon error and a sacn-
STOLENjfice fly and another singleton in
the fifth on singles by Gene Flem
ing and Bobby Rusher.
This tour run lead loomed large
at the time as J. T. Davis was
zooming along with a no-hit mound
performance for Catawba through
the first five frames, but Elon
broke loose in the sbcth for three
runs on singles by Gil Watts and
Charlie Frye, walks to Tom Shep
person and Bobby Sharpe, a boom
ing double by Tony Carcaterra
land a sacrifice fly by Marion Har-
16, Thomp-
Scogglns 10,
i-'ontinued Op Page Four)
grove.
The Christians knotted the score | anr* Hargrove.
the eighth when Watts scooted'
a grass cutter through the legs ot|
the Indian shortstop and raced toj
second base, scoring a moment la-
'.er when Carcaterra bounced hii
second two-bagger off the ^leld
wall. Carcaterra reached third but
was left there when the Elon
rally collapsed.
Harold Ellen held the Indians
aitless through the other two inn-
nas but Elon threatened in the
bott;m of the tenth vvhen Pete
Jones pinch-hit a double to lead
off and Watts walked to put two
on and none away. Bobby Connell
tightened there and
next three Elon batters to hold
the tie score.
Tony Carcaterra with two dou
bles rocking off the fence was
the top hitter for Elon, while Bob
by Rusher with a double and sinj
y\e and Ray Oxendine with two
singles led the Catawba attack.
The score by Innings:
r n e
Catawba 020 ^ ^
p., 000 003 010 0—4 5 6
“DavisrFrazier (8), ConneU (8)
and Miller; Henderson. EUen (3)
GOliF
Elon-Catawba (Rain)
Elon 9, High Point 9.
Elon 12, Belmont Abbey 6.
Eton 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
EUn 12, Catawba 6.
(Remaining Meets)
Flon-Belmont Abbey (Rain).
Elon 8 1-2. East Carolina 9 1-2.
Elon 14, High Point 4.
Elon-Pfeiffer (Rain).
Elon-Pfelffer (Rain).
tennis
Elon-Lenolr Rhyne (Rata)
Elon 1, High Point 6.
Elon i, Appalachian 5.
Elon 1, High Point 6.
Elon 7, Belmont Abbey 2.
Elon 0, Guilford 7.
E4on-East Carolina (Rain).
Elon 1, A.C.C. 4.
Elon 0, Guilford 7.
Elon-Lenoir RJiyne (Rain).
Elon 0, East Carolina 7.
Elon 0, East Carolina 5.
Elon 1, Appalachian 6.
Elon-Pfeiffer (Rain).
EloD-Belmont Abbey (Kain).
Elon 4, Lenoir Rhyne 3.
Elon-Pfeiffer (Rain).
(Remaining Meets)
May 13—Wake Forest, home.
May 15—Wake Forest, away.
Late Season
Battles Are
Road Gamrs
The Christian baseballers were
topping the North State Confer-
,'iice standings this week as they
■l un;* into the "home stretch" ot
:.ij 1958 diamond season, boast-
:ig a record of nine wins and a
• ingle lo^- to ^ive them an edge
ivcr the second place East Caro-
;n^ outfit.
The Maroon and Gold tossers
lad also compiled an equally Im-
>i: in" mark over the entire sea-
'’n, for countin^; both Conference
: J uon-Conferonce games show-
d Elon with fourteen wins, three
lasses, one tie and five games
nintd cut. Tnat imposing total ot
ained-out contests has been an
inusual and troublesome feature
i the entire 1S58 season.
The Elon nine, bidding high for
a second straight Conference ti-
,had five game.s left to play,
iicludin; tour games of their reg-
ii.li' chedu’.o and a postponed bat-
:■ with Lenoir Rhyne, which
■.culd be played only if it could
ifive a bc-iring on the final cham-
;)ionship.
The four regular-scason battles
lemaining on the Christian card
as the current week be?an includ
ed a contest with Appalachian at
Boone on Wednesday, Atlantic
Christian at Wilson on Friday,
East Carolina at Greenville on
Saturday and a final home con
test with Atlantic Christian here
Benedetto, Quaker ace, who al
lowed only three safeties but is
sued thirteen walks. Benedetto
fanned seven. Tom Shepperson
Elon outfielder, led both teams a
b9t with a single and double.
The score by innings:
r h e
Guilford 002 000 000—2 4 1
Elon 003 100 OOx—4 3 1
Benedetto and Stutts; Thomp
son and Hargrove.
Elon 9, Guilford 0
Unlimbering all the big gun-:|
n the bottom of the same inning against Guilford s Charlie Byne-'
and grabbed the front for keeps |detto in the early innings, the Elonj
The Elon rally started with four | ChrisUans trampled the Quaker
alks in succession to Marion Har-; ha.seballers 9 to 0 at Guilford or
grove, Arthur Thompson, Don i.i-1 Wednesday, April 30th, in their
chok and Larry Bulla, and tiiese j meeting ot the year. Tht
went with Tony Carcaterra's sin-i Christians had eked a close 4 tc
gle to net the Christians their 12 decision in their first meeting
three counters. A final Elon mark-l^®'^'’ ^^y® *®'‘-
er came in the fourth on walks' ^he avalanche of Elon score
to Bobby Sharpe and Hargrove
and an outfield fly by Thompson. I ^'"^^etto walked Joe Teague to
'open th€ inning, and Larry Bulla
Arthur Thompson, the feshmanL ^ ^
1 e \i7;i
right-hander from Alexander Wil
son, fanned thirteen and walked
only two while holding the Quak-
Teague. Bulla scored on Gil Watts
(Continued on Page Four)
Tracksters Swamp Bulldog
Cinder men 90 V2 To 13 V2
at Elon next Monday. If the
noir Rhyne game is needed, it
A'ill be played at Hickory next
Tuesday, according to a previous
agreement.
There is also a question remain
ing as to the settlement of a 4-4
tie game with Catawba, which was
played here ^t Elon on April 22nd.
In Conference standings published
in the Greensboro Daily News, the
tie game has t>een disregarded,
just as is the rule in professional
league standings, which require
that tie games be replayed to a
decision. It appeared possible this
week that such might require a
third game with Catawba, likely to
be on the Elon field in view of the
fact that the tie was played here.
However, there had been no of-
'fictal announcement concerning
this contest.
The Elon chances tor the cham
pionship, despite the tact that the
Christians are leading the pack,
appeared this week to be dimmed
somewhat by the fact that the
niajority of the remaining games
are scheduled tor foreign fields,
and it is no myth in the North
State Conference that the home
field is usually quite an advantage
in the diamond sport.
The Elon College track squad
relied over the Atlantic Christian
cir.dermen at Wilson on Tuesday.
April 22nd. by a 90 1-2 to 13 1-2
margin, with the Elon squad grab
bing first place in all the twelve
events. Neither ot the hurdles nor
the pole vault were contested due
1.0 lack of facilities on the Atlan
tic Christian field. The track was
slow due to rain.
Eddie Burke, lanky freshman
star who usually competes in Iwth
hurdles, switched to the quarter
and won that event in a close fin
ish with an Elon teammate. Burke
also leaped 5 feet 10 inches to win
the high jump and top the Elon
individual scoring.
The summary follows:
100 YARD DASH — Toms (E),
Pearson (ACC), Benthali (E).
TIME — 11 seconds.
220 YARD DASH — Benthali
(E), Foust (E), Pearson (ACC).
TIME — 24.1 seconds.
440 YARD DASH — Burke (E),
Harrell (E), Bergman (E). TIME
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— 55.6 seconds.
880 YARD RUN — Stuckey (E),
Harrell (E), Viverette (ACC).
time — 2 minutes 16.3 seconds.
MILE RUN — Plaster (E), Simp
son (E), Viverette (ACC). TIME
- 5 minutes 15.6 seconds.
TWO MILE RUN — Plaster (E).
Simpson (E), Viverette (ACC).
TIME — 11 minutes 46.7 seconds.
HIGH JUMP — Burke (E), Ba
ker (ACC), tie tor third by Gregi!
E) and Viverette (ACC). HEIGHT
— 5 feet 10 inches.
BROAD JUMP — Bradham (E),
Gregg (E), Benthali (E). DIS
TANCE — 20 feet 3 inches.
SHOT PUT — Newcomb (E),
Stauffenberg (E), Kerr (E). DIS
TANCE — 40 feet 1 inch.
DISCUS THROW — Kerr (E),
Newcomb (E), Sisler (E). DIS
TANCE — 119 feet 4 inches.
JAVELIN THROW — Murray
(E), Jones (ACC), Johnson (E).
DISTANCE — 143 1 inch.
MILE RELAY — Elon. TIME —
3 minutes 53 seconds.
Elon 14, WUIIams 4.
Elon-Williams (Rain)
Elon 2, Lenoir Rhyne 1.
Elon 5, HIxh Point 0.
Elon 12, Rensselaer 6.
F.lon 12, Rensselaer 3.
Elon 5, Hampden-Sidney 14. .
Elon-OhJo U'niv. (Rain).
Elon 16, Fort Lee 7.
Elon 4, Fort Lee 10.
Elon 6, Fort Lee 1.
Elon 2, Catawba 3.
Elon-Lenolr Rhyne (Rain).
Elon 12, Appalachian 3.
Elon 14, West Carolina 4.
Elon 11, West Carolina 5.
Elon 7, High Point 3.
Elon 4, Catawba 4. (Tie)
Elon 5, East Carollna4.
Elon 4, Gnllford 2.
Elon-Pfeiffer (Rain).
Elon 9, Guilford 0.
Elon 6, Pfeiffer 8.
(Remaining Games)
May 7—Appalachian, away,
May 9—A.C.C., away.
May 10—East Carolina, away*
May 12—A.C.C.,home.