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Tbursdiy* M^ch 12, 1959 MAROON AVD GOLD PAGE TintKI Elon Nine Opens Campaign With Five Straight Home Tilts Willmms To Play Here In Op ener March 23rd High P^int Daivns Elon In Tourney Using a running game to good advantage, the Higli Point Pan- thprs broke a close game wide' open in the final half as they de feated the Elon Christians 66 to 49 in a first-round battle In the annual North State Conference tournament at Lexington on Thursday niRht, February 26th. The Chris^ans held momen tary leads in the opening minutes against High Point, but the Pan thers grabbed the lead for keeps at 6-4 when Danny Sewell hit two straight lay-ups after two and a half minutes of action. Marsh Oakley and Steve Wall, a pair of Elon freshmen, joined | forces,to pull up within one point at 22-21 in a period of two min utes. Oakley, the Tri-City boy, banged three buckets on outside shots, and Wall sank one set shot during this rally. Then Sewell counted five quick points and Steve Afendis added a couple to put High Point back out front, and the Panthers work ed out a four-point lead at the !ialf-time break. The second Elon rally came im mediately after the intermission, with the Christians coming up, from the half-time 35-31 deficit fo pull within two points at 39 to 37. Tony Carcaterra counting two baskets and Captain Gil Watts one in a brief threat. (Continued on Page Four' PAIR OF JUNIOR-SEIVIOR VETERAINS A>CHOR CHRISTIAN MOLND STAFF / GILBERT WATTS, SEMOR PITCHEB GARV HENSON, JUNIOR PITCHEB Gilbert Watts, left, a senior ri^ht-hander from Laurinburg, and Gary Henson, right, a junior left .i;.nier from Granite Falls, are the two veterans of the EHon College pitching staff for the 19S9 ■Jiamond campaign. Watts, who w n .Ml-.\raerican honors last year, had a 7-1 mark in wins and loss while Henson broke even with a 2-2 mark with last year’s Conference champions. Calling The Sports Shots By JIMMY ELDER Cinder Squad Will Face Ten Meets During Year The North State Conference bas- j i shall proceed to consider such ketball season for all intents and | a post-season selection made by own North purposes is over, with Western CaroUna, the taU and talented! Catamounts from Cullowhee, be ing declared Conference champs j by virtue of a 39 to 36 win over upset-minded Catawba. ' The Indiana were the real sur prise of the Conference tourna ment at Lexington, having dwelled in the lower echelon of the Con ference all season/^ After fiuisblng the season in seventh place. Coach Earl Ruth's Catawba squad pol ished oft the third-seeded East Carolina Pirates, dumped the sec ond-seeded X-enoir Bhyne Bears, who were defending their title, and then almost knocked off the top- seeded Catamounts. Coach Doc Mathis’ Christian quintet ended the season in de feat at the hands of High Point. That defeat came in the first round of the tounjament, and it was not unexpected in view of the se?'=on records of the two North State rivals. This writer had predicted that LeiMir Rhyne would sweep away with all honors again this year, and, even though the Bears tailed to do this, the outfit from Hickory will represent District 26 of the NAIA in the NAIA’s small-college tournament in Kansas City. Le noir Rhyne gained the berth, which the Bears also won last year, by defeating Wofford and then staving off a Western Caro lina bid by a 48 to 42 count. • * • Inevitably, at the end of every season in sport4, many- enthusiasts are riled by the post-9«ason AU- Conference, AlHBtate and All- American selections. Tlie reasons for such anguish are ofteir valid, as the methbds for iekfeting the hieal teams are many times absurd. Kev-ertheless, when the coach es select the secBoc stand-outs, the results are usuall}' dependable. 1 say usually dependable, because the coaches of our State Conference. Recently the coaches of the North State teams cast their votes for the AU-Conference basketball squad, and. for the most part, they were probably correct. However, th^ coaches definitely slighted the Elon Christians, With another basketball season I written into the Elon annals, the final statistics for the 1958-59 sea son show Tony Carcaterra gal loping off with most of the indi vidual laurels on an Elon squad which won seven and lost sixteen during the campaign. The big Christian center, who established himself among the bet ter basketball players in the North State Conference after havin” al ready twice gained All-Conference honors in both football and base- throws in 110 tries for a 68.2 per centage from the charity line. It was in rebounding, however, that Carcaterra really shined this year, for the Christian center, wiio stands only 6-4 in height, out-re bounded even the 6-7 and 6-8 boys in the loop and pulled down 325 loose balls off the boards during the season for an average of 14.1 per game, good enough to top the Conference by a wide margin. Eddie Burke, the sophomore forward from Burlington, was the The Fighting Christian baseball squad, wliich will bid this sprmg for its third consecutive Nortli State Cimference diamond title, i will open its 19.')9 campaign with; five con.secutive home games, all i uf them set for the week prior to ^ the annual Easter vacation. i The opener will bring the pow-1 erful Williams College nine, mem-| bers of the New England “Little rhree” loop, to the Elon campus on March 23rd for two straight days, a second battle with the New Englanders being carded for the following day. Tlie Williams nine h.is been Elon’s opening foe for several years, imd the Christians turned the northerners back 14 to 4 last year In a single game. .\ second contest was rained out. That initial week of this 1959 ■.ea>|im will quit« definitely be 'Yankee Week," for each of the other three battles that week will i>e with New England teams. The Colby College outfit will follow Williams for a two-game series on March 23th and 26th, and then the strong Dartmouth Indians of the famed Ivy League will be here on March 27th. Following that (ive-game pre vacation stand on the Elon field, the Christian outfit will take to the road for five days of play during the spring holidays. Coach Jack Sanlord will take his boys to Fort r,«e, Va.. tor two battles with that strong Army team on March 31st and April 1st, and then Bas«»ltnll Schedule | Mar. 23—Williams, home. Mar. 34—Williams, home. Mar. 25—Colby, honu*. Mar. 2C—Colby, humf. Mar. n—Dartmouth, home. Mar. 31—Port Lee, away. Apri. 1—Fort Lee, away. Apr. Z—Lejeiine Tournament. Apr. 3—Lejeuiio TourniimcDt. Apr. A—Lejeune Touriiameut. Apr. C—Iliffh i’oiat, away. Apr. 7—Guilfoiil. lioiae. Apr. 11—A. C. C., home. Apr. 14—C'atawba. away. At»r. 16—Leuoir Rhyne. hom«. Apr. 17—West Carolina, home. Apr. 18—Wejit CaroUna. home. Apr. 21-~-llij:h Point, borne. Apr. —Appalachian, away. Apr. 23«—Lenoir Rhyne, away. Apr. 25—Kast Carolina, home. Apr. 28—Crttawba. home. Apr. XO—Appalachian, home. May I—PfHffer, away. May 8—A.C.C., away. May 5—Pfeiffer, home. May 9—Fla^t Carolina, away. May 15 — Guilford, awny. the Christians journey down to Camp Le>cune for a three-day tournament which finds thtfin op> posing Camp Lejeune and Ithaca University. With such a rugged early-sea- son slate facinig the Christians^ (Continued on Page Four) It is true that the Christians did not have an impressive record, having finished eighth in the Con ference for the second consecu tive season, but, even with the team’s rather poor won-lost rec ord, it does not follow logically that there were no outstanding ball players on the Elon roster. Quite to the contrary, for the comparative individual statistics indicate that Elon’s strapping Tony Carcaterra, who was the best and most rugged rebounder in the Con^ ference and also in the District 26 of the NAIA. should have been included ahead of some of the ten players that were selected, m many cases because of their .fancy team records. , Carcaterra averaged better than 14 rebounds per game, which is considerably ahead of his opposi- tioti. He led the Conference a 1 season in that department 30 tossed in an average of better than 12 points per game m Christian scoring columns. Tony is probably the fastest and, certainly the quickest big man in the Conference. This speed alone, along with a lot of hustle and com petitive spirit, made him one o the Conference’s best defensive men. With a record like t^, « seems preposteroiis to mosU Chr^ tian fans that Carcatefr-a showW. *ave been .excluded f«>m >.he AH Conference’ squad- in others whose record and value to heir respective teams did not come close to matching the big boy from Long Island, ball along with AU-SUte berths [only other Elon eager to average on both the gridiron and diamond,] double figures in either scoring topped the season scoring and al- j or rebounding. The 6-6 Burke was so led the Maroon and Gold cag-ijust behind Carcaterra in total ers in rebounding. | scoring with 261 points, and he The Long Island lad rounded posted th, figure while playing out the 23-game campaign with a three less , .,mes. Burke hit on 97 total of 279 points and an aver age of 12.1 points per game. In posting this scoriivg total, Carca terra hit on 102 field goals in 228 attempts for a 44.7 field goal percentage and added 75 free oC 221 floor attempts for a 43-4 field goal percentage and made good on 67 of 100 free throw tries for even 67 per cent. He also aver aged 10 rebounds per game. Marsh Oakley, freshman for- SCORING (Final For Season) Player e fe ft tr Carcaterra 23 102 75 279 Burke 20 97 67 261 Oakley - 23 94 38 220 A^atts 22 69 33 171 Palkovics 23 54 27 135 Wall 23 37 21 95 Hall 23 12 37 61 Wright 15 15 8 38 Collins 18 13 6 32 Myers 9 10 3 23 Johnson 7 4 1 » Oliver — . 5 1 0 2 Cooke *. .- 3 1 0 2 Jther Players 10 3 3 13 ELON TOTAL 23 515 319 1349 OPPONENTS . 23 581 412 1568 I.T.K. Wins Over East j In Campus Tournament Just as Western Carolina pulledj Vaughn with 10 counters was the 1 ?rand slam and picked up both lop man for the Looney Tunes -he regular-season and post-sea-j combine. ^on tourney titles in the North Stale Conference, so Iota Tau Kap- ,ia pulled the grand slam In cam- ous basketball for the 1958 sea- on, for the I T K. tos.sers added :he campus tournament crown to the championship which they had ■gained in regular-season play. The I.T.K. emerged victors in the tournament during the week prior to winter quarter exams by defeating East Dorm 66 to 58 in the final game of a six-team tour nament that continued through three days of play. The game was d replay of the final contest of reg ular-season intramurals, matching the champions of the National and ward from Leaksville, was the third Elon eager to top the 200-^ point mark for the year. Oakley Leagues counted 220 points in 23 games for an average of 9.7 points per game. Those over the 100-point otal for the season were Captain Gil Watts with 171 and Bill Pal- kovics with 135 points. Girl Cagers Are Coming March 21st The Women’s Athletic Associa tion of Elon. CoUege wUl play host to girls from four other colleges at a Basketball Sports Day, which is to be held in the Alumni Memor ial Gymnasium on Saturday, March 21st, according to plans an nounced this week by Mrs. Jeanne Griffin, director of girls’ physical education. The other schoola who have ac- I cepted the invitation to send girls’ baskatball squads here for the day’s play i-clude Greewt^ College, Woman’s CoUege. Salem and Wake Forest. Play U scheduled to get underway at 10 o'clock that morning and cont^ue uKtil 4 clock that afternoon. -The visit-1 ing pUyer*- will be KU>n’s guesta at kincB. ■. n Tie roster o^^>Uyer^ who w»U, represent Elon In tMt day »f cagfl play has not been announced, but the group win be compossd of (Continued on Page tour) Carcaterra Top Scorer As Cage Season Closes The Elon College track squad, which has been among the topr ranking cinder combinations in the North Statu Conference foe the past several seasons, will face ten xeets during the coming 19S9 cam oaign, according to the .schedule just released by Coach Sid Var ney. The season card shows nine dual coeets and closes with the annual Conference titular meet. P*>ven of the nine dual engage ments are definitely set, according to Coach Varney, and two otliers are tentative^' agreed upon with Pembroke and Atlantic Christian. The definitely schedul>d meets ar. yith Waahington ,»nd Lee, Pfeiffer, Catawba, Apprentice, lUsh Point,. Guilford and Lynch burg. The Elon tracksters were unde feated ■ »H dual-meet competit^ iMt year »»1 finished as runner TRACK SCHEDULE Mar. 24—Pembroke, borne. IPendlnc) .\pr. 11—W. and L.. aWay. Apr. 14—Pte-iffer, home. Apr. 18—A.C.C., home. IPeodinK) Apr. 82—Catawba, home. - Apr. 23—.Apprentice, awar- Apr. 28—Hl«h Votnl. bame, Apr. 34—Gnilford, away. May 6—Lynehbarc, away. May 9—Conferenoe Meet, * * * Podnt. Atlantic Christian and L>-nchburg, ether dual meets card ed during, the year being cancelled due to rain. The squad counted 46 1-2 points to trail Cast CaroUna In the title raeeL Gone , from that squad by. way of graduation are Lynn N:Wcoa4> and Bob- Stauffenherg, steljax In lining up the tournament Coach Jack Sanford moved the lop three teams in each league into tournament play, includini/ Iota Tau Kappa, Kappa Psi Nu and sigma Phi Beta from the Na tional League and East Dorm, Car oUna Hall and Looney Tunes from the American League. The tour nament draw matched teams from opposite leagues in the first round battles The tournament game re jults follow. Sigma PW 15, Carolina 29 Don Lichok and Hank Carmines were the lop scorers for the Sigma Pni Beta outfit as the National Leaguers defeated Carolina Hall by a .15 to 29 count in one first- round conte.it. Lichok r icked 14 aolnl;! on five field goali and tour free throws, while Carmines had five field baskets and a singk tree throw. Gary Henson, with points, was the top man for the Carolina cagers. KAPPA PSI — Clayton li Mauldin 2, Taylor 2, Porter 4, Med- lock 1. Plaster. Fentress, Murray. T-OONEV TUNES — DelGais 5, Edmonds, Pulliam 2, Roberson 2, Vaughn 10. East 3«. Kappa Psi 31 It was Arthur Thompiton and Sammy Simmons who proved top men for the East Dorm cagers, who turned back Kappa Psi Nu :6 to 31 in a well-played semi-final conte.st. Thompson dropped in five field goals and five charity toss es for 15 points, while Simmons counted five field buckets for 10 points. Steve Mauldin with 12 and Wayne Taylor with 10 points were the big h>oys for Kappa Psi Nu the battle. EAST — Jones 1, Tyler 4, Sim mons 10. Hawkins, Thompson 15. KAPPA PSI — Clayton 8. Maul din 12, Taylor 10, Porter 1, Med- lock. Plaster. I.T.K. 4«, Sicraa Phi 34 Eddie Clark displayed an eagle eye and racked for 18 points as he paced the Iota Tau Kappa outfit to a 40 to 24 victory over Sigma Phi in the other semi-finals bat tle. Hank Carmines and Nick Di- Slbio led the Sigma Phi quintet In a game in which no Sigma Phi tosser could hit double figures. I.T.K. — Faust 5, Allen 3, Gate* 6, Rhodes 4, Clark 18. Arnold 2, Payne 2. SIG.MA PHI — Carmines 6 Lichok 3, Bujan 2, Hawks, Dodge, Parker 2, DiSibio 5, Austin 1, Dl- Perna. .IT.K. 6«. East S8 The final battle, which proved a high-scoring affair with both teams SIGMA PHI — Carmines 11, going full blast offensively, show- Dodge, Ruggeri 2, Lichok 14, Frye.l i^ta Tau Kappa chalking a 68 Bujan 4, Parker, DiSiblo 4. CAROLINA — Henson 9. Wyatt 4. Knapp 6, Burgess, Tuck 5, Ste phens 5. Kappa Psi 21, Looney Tune^ 19 The other first-round battle proved clo.« and exciting, with Ka"ppa Psi Nu grabbing a low- up-to the «ast Carolina cipdemep Bradhar». in the Conference meet at lone of the better broad jumpers Point. The season record Included | tour wins over Catawba, High! (Continued on Page Fotir) to 58 victory over Ifcst Dorm. Towering Gilbert Gates had hit hL best day of the season at he hit 33 points and did exactly half the scoring for the winning I.T.K. squad. Sammy Simmons . with 18 and Arthur ’Thompson with 17 points were the leaders for East seorl-ng 21 to 19 victory over the [in the scoring columns. LoMiey-'tunes-in a game that fea-| I.T.K. — Fau.st lO, Allen 9, Gates tur^ 'close lef«!n.se3. Max' Clay- j 33, Rhodes #, Clark 6. toft, who-:f«at:ked sU field goaU EAST DORM — Tyief 5. Trout- for 12 points, was the big boy in man 12, Thompson 17,' l^irnmons the Kappa Psi attack, while J. B.,18, llawkin* 4.
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