Wednesday, January 14, 1959
MAROON A??D GOLD
PAGE THREK
giK*ke Leads
Cluistians In
Cage Scoring
Efldie Burke, the elongated
sophomore forward, has grabbed
ihe role nf 'pace-maker for the
£lon Christians in the early bas-
kektball games of this 1958-59 sea
son, and after the Bast Carolina
oame of last Saturday night he
las topping the Christians in scor-;
;ng and in field goals and field-
goal percentages. !
Burke had hit 34 field goals in
62 attempts for 54.8 per cent and
added .33 free throws in 42 tries
I (»r 78.5 per cent, with a scoring
I total of 101 points for an average
j of 20.2 points per game. This per-
' ;ame average kept him among
' he leaders in the Nortli State ^
‘ C»nference. ,
In addition to these marks,
Jurke had also grabbed 52 re-;
,ounds for an average of 10.4 re
bounds per game, ranking him
ekind Tony Carcaterra in the'
rebound depantment. Carcaterra, I
,ho is fast developing into one of j
he best rebounders in the Con-j
•rence, showed 72 rebounds for
I an average of 14.4 rebounds per'
ame.
WWle leading in rebounds, Car
caterra also ranked in second place
behind Burke in the scoring col-,
umns. The big boy, who also stars'
lii berth football and baseball, had
lit 18 field goals in 41 attempts
Inr a 43.9 percentage from the
Iio«r and had 23 free throws in
,2 attempts for 71.9 per cent.
\.ith a scoring total of 59 points
■or an 11.8 per-game scoring av
erage.
Burke and Carcaterra are the
jonly Klon players who have aver-
ged in the double-figure ranks
..1 the scoring columns, and they
ire trailed in order by Gilbert
Watts with 9.4, Marsh Oakley with
!i,2 and Bill Palkovics with 7.8
per-game averages. They are the
PAIR OF SOPHOMORE LETTER:MEN ON CHRISTIAN BASKEIUALL ROSI ER
tlu^
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Elon To|)s Century Mark
In Triumph At Pembroke
With big Tony Carcaterra set-|
tins the scoring pace, the Elon;
Cl«istians hit the century mark
for the first time since the 1956,
season as they trampled tlie Pem
broke State College cagers 103 to
Elon Cage (Panics
Eddie Burke, Forward
Calling The
Sports Shots
P.y JIMMV ELDER
Since the last issue of the Ma-; The Christien cagers did man
roon and Gold, the Christmas is- age to make the North State Con-
sae, sports activity on the Elon ference Tournament in Lexington,
diiiC v*iv. -- -• » - , ... i j
boys who started Elon’s last College campus has been strictly; mdicating what we already kne
.ame against East Carolina last negligible. No intercollegiate,that the team was not really
eekend.
The Elon team, with a mark of
wo wins and three losses in col-
?ge competition, shows a squad liven up the scene,
ecord of 123 field goals in J23j At the Ume of this writing, it
lies from teh f^oor, giving a had been three weeks since the
sports at all for several weeks, bad as its record. It was a sea-
with only a bit ot intramural ac-|son of many close games, with
C. G. Hall, Guard
Two of the four lettermen back from last year for IHon basket-
oall -service are Eddie Burke, left, a towering forward who is cur
rently leading the Christian cagers in scoring; and C. G. Hall,
right, a speedy little guard, who may develop into an outstanding
floorman before his Elon career is over. Both Burke and Hall are
sophomores, and they were teammates for the West in North Car
olina’s annual East-West All-Star cage battle at Greensboro in
the summer of 1957, Burke played his high school ball at Burling
ton's Williams High School, while Hall got his prep experience at
Leakskville's Tri-City High.
riiti'aiiiiii'al agers ...
Thirteen Teams Listed
In Tivo Campus Loops
63 at Pembroke on Wednesday j
nii?ht, December 17th, in Eton's
fmal game UpfDre Chriiitnuis holi-
iJjys.
1 Carcaterra and .Marsh Oakley j
I began the Elon assault early and
I led the Christians to a 29-19 count
in the first ten minutes, and Maity.
Collins joined with Carcaterra and
Oakley in the second quarter to
pujh '.he Eloa advantage to 53-32
by half-time.
Coach Uoc Mathis used his sub
stitutes freely in the second half,
and the Christians divided the'
scoring well as they added ano-,
ther 50 points to tlieii- half-time
total to crack the 100-mark in the
scoring column.
•Jim Cook, Pembroke forward,
paced the home tossers with 181
points, ten of his points coming I
from Ihe free-throw liiio, Uillj
Smith, with ten points vyas thC|
other Pembroke player to rack '
in double digits.
Five Elon cagers were in dou-!
ble figures. In addition to Catca-i
terra with his 26 points, other'
Christian leaders were Marty Col
lins with 13, and Marsh Oakley,
Gil Watts and Bill Palkovi«s with
II points each.
The score:
Pos.—Elon (103) Pembrokr (68)
F—Burke 9 Cooke 18
F—Oakley 11 Smith 10
C—Carcaterra 26 Schwartz 2
G—Watts 11 Caradonna 7
G—Collins 13 Tickle 8
Half-time: Elon 53, Pembroke
32.
Elon subs — Wright 6, Myers
5, Hall 3, Palkovics 11, Walts 8.
Pembroke subs — Hatchell 8.
Hunt 2, Swett 2, Roth 4.
Elon 61, Ashfboro 87.
Elon 83, Pfeiffer 77.
Elon 61, Wofford 77.
Elon 70, Wofford 75.
Elon 103, Pembroke 68.
Klon 44, Kiist Carolina 70.
Klon 71. (iuiHorti n(.
(Rrmainini; Games)
Jan. H — I’rmbiokc. Iiume.
Jan. 17 — Catawba, away.
Jan. 19 — Illcli Point, home.
Jan. 21 — Appalachian, away.
Jan. 24 — West ('arollna. home.
Jan. 27 — Lenoir Khyne. away.
Jan. 29 — A. t'.. away.
Jan, 31 — Catawba, home.
Feb. 2 — Pfeiffer, home.
Feb. 5 — High Point, away.
Feb. 7 — West Carolina, away.
Feb. 9 — A. C. C., homo.
Feb. 12 — .\ppalachian, liume.
Feb. 14 — East Carolina, away.
Feb. 19 — Lejioir Rhyne, home.
Feb. 21 — (iuilfurd, away.
Feb. 23-?8 — Tournament.
With thirteen teams in action
and with many close scores the j
Kappa Psi 39, Alpha Pi 22
WiUi nine boys breaking into
order ot the day, the intramural.the scoring columns, the Kappa
tivity for both boys and girls to^the now-graduated Frank I^Rita season got away to a fast'Psi Nu cagers turned back Alpha
quad shooting mark of 38.1 per
ent, well below the brilliant av
erages compiled by the powerful
iHon squads ot 1956 and 1957.
The Christians have hit 115 of
i66 tries from the free throw mark
'■or a 69.3 percentage and have
grabbed 200 rebounds in five
,ames lor an average ot 48 per
-ame.
The individual scoring marks to
Jan. 10th follow:
Player
'■urke
Carcaterra 5
Watts
Oakley 5
Palkovics 5
V/all
ilall
Collins 5
Wright
Myers
Other Players 6
e
Jtc
ft
tp
.■j
34
33
101
18
23
59
- 5
18
11
47
5
14
13
41
5
14
11
39
.. 5
7
6
20
5
2
10
14
s
5
4
14
.. 4
3
0
6
... 2
2
1
5
fi
6
3
15
Christian cagers had been on the
and Rob Bell keeping the Chris
tians within reach ot victory much
of the time.
Then spring came around, and
hardwood in competition. Coach ^ better weather brought better re-
Doc Mathis' group did not parti- suits for the Elon sports scene,
cipate in any of the Yuletide tour-1 this lime on the diamond. Coach
naments, although several ot the | Jack Sanford, again heading up
North State Conference outfits did'the baseball program, won h.s
get into such competition. 'second straight North State Con-
This period of inactivity has giv-, ference baseball championship,
en the Maroon and Gold sports'and the college tru.^ees saw to it
staff an opportunity to search that the team and Coach Sanford
back in our memories in an ef- got a reward tor the titular ef
fort to recall some of the sports fort, the reward coming m the
thrills ot the “Old year- and Per- fonn of a trip to Texas to compete
tart last week close on the heels' Pi Delta by a 39 lo 22 count. Clay-
of the Christmas vaoation, and i ton and Mauldin paced Kappa
indications are that this 19S9 cam-j Psi, while Humphreys topped Al-
pus cage race may be one of the'pha Pi.
closest and most exciting in many; The line-ups:
y(.ars. I KAPPA PSI; .Mauldi* 8, Clay-
Under the direction of Coach ton 11, Taylor 4, Dudley 1. Plas-
Jack Sanford, there are tW0|ler 5, Gregg 2, Murray 2, Daven-
leagues operating in fine style, port 2, Slayton 2, Porter.
The National League boasts sev-| ALPHA PI: Mullins 6. Blalock
en teams, of which four emerged; 1, Oakley 2, Mangrum 4, Hum-
from the first week of action | phreys 8, Dodson 1. Semple.
without defeat. The American i East 37, I.ooney Tones 35
League, showing six teams, had In a real opening-day thriller,
three teams still unbeaten as the the East Dorm quintet nosed the
haps to elucidate a bit for those
'in the national Ni\,lA champlon-
who many read this the picture
we get in our crystal ball for the
“new year" that is already upon
ELON TOTALS .... 5 123 115 861
OPPONENTS 5 132 103 367
' Beginning last winter, we re
member the miserably cold wea
ther and, tor the most part, a ba^
ketball squad not much warm
er.. Coach Mathis had lost most
ships.
The Christians came through
with a win in the opening round
and got to play three games in
the Lone Star State, even without
- the services of slugging star Tony
Carcaterra. Gil Watts performed
beautifully on the mound, at the
plate and in the outfield in the
ot his starters from his great 1957 tournament, just as he_^ ha^d^ done
squad, which had gone to Kansas
City for the national small-college
tournament sponsored by the
NAIA, and the result was the
w'orst record that Elon had shown
on the hardwood in years.
Eight Girls’ Teams Play
For Volley Ball Honors
ffrst week of action closed.
Competing in the National
League are Iota Tau Kappa, man
aged by Harry Faust; the Chinese
Bandits, managed by Robert Utz;
Sigma Phi Beta, managed by Don
Lichok; Kappa Psi Nu, managed
by Dan P»rt«r; Alpha Pi Delta,
managed by Mike Dobson; Sigma
Mu Sigma, managed by Charlie
Howell; and the Veterans, man- DelGals 5, Edmonds
aged by Clyde Watson.
Wofford Is
Winner For
Second Time
Looney Tunes by a 37 to 35 mar
gin. Pete Jones racked 13 points
to pace the Easterners to their
will, while J. B, Vaughn and
Square Edmonds paced the Looney
Tunes.
EAST DORM: Jones 13. Reece
8, Troutman 7, Tyler 9, Hawkins,
Lewis, Simmons.
LOONEY TUNES; Vaughn 18,
'DelGals 5, Edmonds 10, Brooks
^ ^ j2, Pulliam.
all through the season. He was, honors in the Amer- Bandits 30, Siema Mu 28
well honored when he League are East Dorm, man-! The Chinese Bandits also grab-
ed as an All-American diamond Carolina Hall, I bed a 2-point thriller on the sec-
choice. 'managed by Gary Henson; thejond day when they turned back
The summer passed, and §[0(1,3 managed by Jim McClure; I the Sigma Mu Sigma five by a 30
autumn lifted our hopes tor a good
football season, for Elon unques
tionably had a good football team. ^^^_
and the Elon faithful were I managed by Carlton Grove,
nitely optimistic after that open
ing win over Guilford, but the
roof seemingly tell in upon our
that
Pirates Top
Elon Capers
By 70 To 44
Victims of cold, cold shooting
and even colder ball handling, the
Fighting Christian ca^jers went
down before a red-hot team of
East Caiohiia Pirates by a 70 to
44 count here last Saluiday night
in the first North State Confer
ence test of the Elon season.
The invading Pirates broke
away in front in the tirst minute
of play and were never headed,
although Elon did manage to tic
the score twice, once at 14-all af
ter ten minutes of play and again
at 21-all after 12 miuuteb, but the
Christians hit a literal basket fam
ine at Uiat point and went sctcii
minuses witliout a single point.
That Christian cold streak en
abled the hot-shooting Pirates to
{roll 10 a 10-point margin that
I proved too much to overcome. Ed-
A late scoring surge by Elon fell die Burke did cut the edge to sev-
short, and Wofford's Terriers ral-'en points as the half ended wllh
lied in the final minutes to pull | a three-point drive, but the Pirates
out a 75 to 70 decision over the came back after intermission and
Fighting Christians at Spartan- gradually moved further ahead,
burg, S. C., on Monday night, De- Eddie Burke turned in a great
cember 15th. The win gave Wot-1-shooting performance as he hit
ford a sweep of the two-game ser-|eight of thirteen tries Irom the
ies. for the Terriers had also won floor and counted 20 points lo
the first meeting at Elon the pre- top the Elon attack, but he was
vious week. ^the only Christian able to find the
The invading Christians were as | hoop with any degree of consis-
cold as the winter weather outside tency all night,
in the opening half, and they 1 Meanwhile. East Carolina had
could seemingly do nothing right four of her five starters hitting
as the Wofford outfit moved out; in double figures. Charlie Adams
to a 42-23 margin at the inlermis-1 was tops with 26 points, with Cur-
sion on some sharp shooting by|ry. Plaster and Riddick cach rack-
Marshall Perkins and Trap Hart.;
The Terriers extended their:
half-time margin to 23 points early |
in the seoond half, but they ap-
pcared to ease up at that point,
and the Christians found the
shooting range as they came 1
storming back with a belated ral
ly. With Eddie Burke spearhead
(Continued on I-aee Four'
STANDINGS
(ThrooKh Jan. 9tb)
NATIONAL LEAGUE
W L
ing the Elon drive, the Christians joja Tau Kappa
With two nights of play in the,day night and later batUes on
books, four teams were deadlock-! Monday and Tuesday of t is wee
ed for the lead in the girls’ intra- and Monday and
fnural volley ball league, which is
operating under the sponsorship
of the Women's Athlrtic Associa
tion, Five nights of play remained
at that point.
The four leading teams on Jan
uary 8th were Beta Omicron Be-
'a. Tau Zeta Phi. First-Second
'"’irginia and West D«rm, each of
'■hem boasting two straight win*
week. The round-robin season will
be followed by a single-elimina-
tion tournament, according to
plans mapped by Nancy Harrison
and Boots Kidd, who are direct
ing the voUey baH campaign.
Captains of the eight competing
teams include Pam Dofflemyer
for Beta Omicron Beta, Sally Za-
^ I chary for Delta Upsilon Kappa
the second division o£ the loopl Glenda Baumgardner °
pa Tau. Jane Keck for Tau Zeta
Phi, Katrine Garrison for Day
'ere four other teams, all wlfh
.VO defeats and no victories. They
ere Third Virginia, Delta Upsi-
on Kappa, Pi Kappa Tau a«d
^ay. students.
The volley ball schedule also!
called for other gan^s l«*t Tlnir*-|o»d Virginia
Students, Lois Foor for West Dorm,
Jo McAdams for Third VirgiBia
and Fiances Clark tor First-Sec-
conference title hopes at
point. .
Plagued by injuries and inade
quate reserves, the Fighting Chris
tians endad that season with a
won-lost record of three wins
against six defeaU. The record
doosn t tell the true story, ^
Elon supporters were heartened by
the fact that four of H-c Christian
gridders received All-Conference
honors, among them being Char
lie .Maidon, Joey DelGais, Tony
Carcaterra and J. B. Vaughn. Car
caterra, the lanky end, also re
ceived AU-Slate honors for the
second season in succession.
To wrap the year up, let’s name
our superlatives. Top team of
1958 was definitely Coach Jack
Sanford’s Conference champion
ship baseball team - top player
(Continued on Page Four)
South Dorm, managed by Bill Wal-|to 28 count. Miller topped the-
ker Smith Hall, managed by Al-'winners with 11 points, whUe Billipulled up within three points at'chinese Bundits
len Foster; and the I^ooney Tunes,joiiver had 14 counters for Sigma'l69-66 with barely four minutes' sigma Phi Beta
I Mu. remaining in the game. Kappa Psi Nu .
Competition g.t underway on i The line-ups: j At that juncture, however. Per- Alpha Pi Della
Tuesday, January 6th, with three | CHINESE BANDITS; Moore 4, j kins and Hart each racked field ;sigma Mu Sigma
eames-scheduled cr. Tuesday, Wed-1 Miller 11, Taylor 4, Somers 2, Utz 1 goals, and Boyce Berry dropped Veteratw
nesday and Thursday. The results 2, Bosquet 6, York 1, Holmes, a pair ot charity throws to pull ^
ot the games from Tuesday Strickland. I Wofford out front again and putj
through Thursday of last weekj SIGMA MU; Oliver 14, Howell;the victory out of Elon's reach,
were as follows: Fuller 6, West 3, Bergman 4.
I.T.K. 4S, Veterans 16 Sears. Radford, Boyer. Stuckey.
Gilbert Gates and Harry Faust Alpha Pi J3. Veterans 31
paced the scoring for the Iota' Another thriller came when the
Tau Kappa outfit as it posted a'Alpha Pi Delta boys toppled the
smashing 45 to 16 win over the,Veterans 33
Veterans, who showed Charlie j top man for the fraternity five,j8corinR column.
Swlcegood as the leading -.corer, I while Swice«ood and Reynolds! The Une-ups;
The line-ups follow, witl> indivi- the attack for the Vete- Po..-EI«n^(JO)
dual scores atter each name for
each team:
IOTA TAU KAPPA: Clark 8, g_ Donson 4, Mullins 10, Mangrum G—Watts 7 Bradford 14;
Rhodes 6. Gates 17, Arnold 7, 5. G—Hall « tJerry 10!
Paust 12. I VETERANS: Reynolds 10, Witt-| Half-time: Wofford 42, Elon 23 '
VETERANS: Swicegood schen 2, Shue 1. Swlcegood 11,1 — Oakley 9. Collins |
Suddith 4, Baker 1, Wittschen,!"'^“‘son 1, Suddith, Staf-^^ Wright, Wall. Wofford subs —'
Shue, Reynolds. Statford, Wat
soo.
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Avg.
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1.000
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AMERICAN LEAGUE
Eddie Burke topped both teams East Dorm
in scoring for the night with eight ] Carolina Hall
field goals and seven of nine tree Sloths
throws for 23 points, marking his South Dorm
third straight game in which he Smith Hall ..
to 31, Mullins was'had hit in the mid-twenties in the Looney Tunes 0
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W«rford (75) I
-Burke 23 Perkins 20 j
The Une-ups: 'F—Palkovies 14 Hart 10;
ALPHA PI: Blalock 6, Mercer C—Carcaterra 10 lenkins 6;
‘F-
iford.
Barbee 10, Reltzel 2. Unk 2. Wal-
(Coatlnued on P»ge Four) |drop, Sewell, Tinder.
GAME SCORES
January 6th
LT.K. 45, Veterans 16.
Kappa P«l 39, Alpha Pi 22.
East 37. Looney Tunes 35.
JaDoiry 7tb
Chi. Bandits 30, Sigma Mu 28.
Alpha Pi 33, Veterans 31.
Carolina 42, South 39.
January 8th
Sigma Phi 41, Sigma Mu 33.
South 48, Ivooney Tunes 45.
Sloths S3, Smith HaU 40.