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Thursday, April 16, 1959 MAROON AND GOLP> PAGE THRRI Elon Baseballers Tie For Honors In Lejeune Tournament Varsity Nine Wins Twice Over Williams The Christian baseballers open ed their 1959 diamond campaign with a pair at decisive victories over the strong Williams College outfit from Massachusetts, defeat- Ug the Kew t^glanders by a count of 9 to 3 on Monday, March 23rd, and copping a second vic tory by an 8 to 1 margin on the following afatemoon. Gil Watts and Roger Knapp shared mound duties in the first contest and combined their ef forts to limit the Williams nine to three safeties, all of them off the slants of the veteran Watts, who worked the initial five innings. Knapp held Williams hitless in the final four frames. Meanwhile, the Christian bat ters were looking over the slants of three Williams pitchers for a total of fifteen free passes to first bcse, which were combined with five Elon hits for a total of nine runs. No single Elon hitter got more than one hit. (Continued on Page Four) Thompson Gets Victory \ No-iiirrER In North State Opener ''' '■ ' ARTHUR THOMPSON Calling The Sports Shots By JIMMY ELDER It would appear, with half the coUege basebaii season having elapsed, that Coach Jack San ford's high-flying diamond crew is on its way toward a third con secutive North State Conference championship. Certainly the record that has been compiled by the Fighting Christians thus far might be quite adequate to substantiate this as sumption. The Christians hare met head-on with their foes, Con ference and non-Conference alike, in impressive fashion. At no time has this been in greater evidence than on a spring day less than two weeks ago— namely on April 7th. It was on that day that Gil Watts, a senior who earned a NAIA AU-Ameri can berth laast year as an out fielder, hurled a brilliant no-hit, no-run game. Watts, backed up by some ex cellent infield play, blanked arch- rival Guilford College by a 5-0 score. Despite walking eight bat ters, he managed to stay out of trouble after the first inning when be issued three free passes to the Quaker batters. The only thing resembling a hit off Watts was a third-inning drive by BUI Baker, Unlimb«ring the heavy artillery Hi behind a four-hit pitching job by Arthur Thompson, the Elon Chris tians hammered out a decisive 13 to 2 victory over the High Point Panthers at High Point on Mon day, April 6th in a North State Conference battle. The Elon oatfit broke away in front in the first inning when they combined George Allen’s sin gle and Gil Watts’ homer with a pair of High Point errors for Uiree runs. They added four more ■ runs In the fifth on four walks, a High Point error and singles by Tony Carcatarra and Eddie Hughes. A double by Pete Jones and a j screaming triple by GU Watt.s i ; featured a two-rnn Elon uprising! f*.- in the sixth and three walks, an ^ error, a single by Ted Eanes and a double by Caroaterra netted four added markers in the ninth. Meanwhile, Arthur Thompson was handcuffihg the High Point hitters in a neat four-hit mound performance, during which the lan}-^ rtght-hander whiffed ten and walked six Panther batters. Gil Watts topped the Elon at tack with a homer and triple for five, but Tony Carcaterra, George Allen and Eddie Hughes all hit twice tor the Christians. Guzin- ski, Panther second-sacker, had two of High Point’s four hits. The score by innings; r h e Elon 300 042 004—13 13 0 High Point 000 010 100— 2 4 7 Thompson and Hughes; Holt, Smith (6), Unger (9) and Ivey, Mc- Corkle. Christians Break Even 1 I; In Three-Team Event Swicegood Had Two No-Hitters The no-hiUer which Eton’s OUbert Watts threw at the Guil ford Quakers here on Monday afternoon, April 7tb, was only the third no-hit mound perfor mance in Eton’s lone ba&«ball iiistory, according to available Christiao diamond records, and I>oth the prerious no-hitters were turned in by the same pitcher. Charlie Swicegood, a husky southpaw, who flaislied Ms Elon diamond career in 1935, was the boy who e®* both the other no-hitters. He first turned the trick as a sopbomore on April 11. M53, when he blanked At lantic Christim t-i here on tb« Elon field, and then ba repeat ed th« feat on May 4, 1955, when t>e worked a Tictory over High. Point m the Panther field. Swicecood is back in Rchafl this spring az.d baas worked as a battiag-practice pitcher wttb th« 1959 Christtans. of Guilford, but a fine back-hand stop by shortstop George Allen nailed the runner at first. If Watts’ performance against Guilford is any indication of his best pitching form, Elon should capture the Conference title with out too much difficulty, for seve ral other Christian hurlers have turned in scfme fine mound work. It is well to mention here the fine work of big John Van Ben- schoterC a freshman left-hander from Southern Pines, who has earned a string of three victories with a defeat. Even aas a first- year man, he is counted on by Coach Sanford to do a yeoman job. and he should help the team a great deal in its bid for a third Conference championship. * * * The fellows who play for the college club are not the only Elon students making a name for them selves on the diamcjd, for seve ral former Elon students are bid ding for berths in professional baseball. Larry Bulla and Joe Teague, both from Asheboro and both in- fielders for last year’s champion ship team, are on the roster of the Alamance Indians in the Class B Carolina League. Both the boys played pro ball last summer for a Class D Nebraska club. Bulla, ilso a former basketball star at Elon. led the league in hitting, and the two boys combined for the most double plays in the le^igue. Buddy Montgomery, who was o^e of the leading homerun hit ters in the Conference two years ago, is now playing ball for the Pittsburgh farm organization; and Buddy Way, who played high school ball in Alamance County and then came on to Elon, is a fine bonus prospect in the Boston Bed Sox organization. Jus seve ral steps above Buddy on the par ent Red Sox club is the most elite of former Christian baseball stars who are still active. This star, of course, is Tom Brewer, tb* mainstay of the Bosox mound staff ^nii who was the starUng pitcher ia the season opener against the Yankees. Don Schulti, a son-in-Uw of Mrs. Plorance, usually headj doWu to Florida this time of year, but I have not heard for sure where he is this year Don never played GILBERT WATTS, MOUND ACB (Continued on Page Four) Tracksters Win Opening Engagement Rolling for twleve firsts in fif teen events and chalking clean sweeps in five events, the Elon College cindermen defeated Pem broke State CoUege 97 3-4 to 33 1-4 in the opening meet of the 1939 track seaason at Burling Stadium on the afternoon of March 21th. Larry Gregg, who- won firsts in both sprints and the broad jump, til'd for first in the high jump, and got second in the high hurdles, topped the Elon indivi dual scoring with 19 1-4 points. He was pushed, however, by Frank More, who won the shot and dis cus and got third in the javelin, and by Eddie Burke, who won both hurdles and tied for tops in the high jump. Dalton Oxendine. with firsts in both the quarter and half-mUe runs, and Arr. ld Locklear, win ner of the one mile run, were top scorers for the Pembroke State squad. The summary: 100 YARD DASH — Gregg (E), Libby (E), Montgomery (E). TIME . 10.6 seconds. 220 YARD DASH — Gregg (E), Droze (E), Formyduval (P). TIME — 23.5 seconds. 440 YARD DASH — Oxendine (P), Scott (P), Herrell (E). TIME 58.1 seconds. 880 YARD RUN — Oxendine (P), Stuckey (E), Bujan (E). TIME _ 2 minuter 11.3 seconds. ONE-MILE RUN -r A. Lock lear (P), L- Locklear (P), Mc Lean (E). TIME — 5 minutes 15.5 seconds. TWO-MILE RUN — Plas’er (E), Deese (P), Simp.son (E). TIME — 11 minmte^> 29 seconds. 120 YARD HIGH HURDLES — Burke (E), Gregg E). Deese (P). TIMB — 15.9 seconds. 220 YARD LOW HTTRDLES — Burke (E), Hunt (P),' Carmines (E). TIME — 23.3 seconds. high JUMP — Four-way ti* by Burke (E), Riddle (E). Gregg (E) and Swett (P). HEIGHT — 5 feet 0 inches. (Continued on Page Four) Watts Gets No-Hit Win Over Guilford Quakers Gilbert W.itts, senior pitching ace from Laurinburg, hit the high peak of the early baseball sea son when he pitched a no-hit and no-run gami' as Elon topped the Guilford Quakers 5 to 0 in the Elon field on Tuesday afternoon, April 7th. MINOR SPORTS TRACK Elon 97 3-4, Pembroke 33 1-4. Eton 46 1-2, W. and L. 84 1-Z. (Remair’r.fr Meets) Apr. 14—Pfi - ,:er, home. Apr. 18—A.C.C., home. Apr. 22—Catawba, home. Apr. 25—Apprentice, away. Apr. a—Hieh Point, home. Apr. 39—Gnilford, away. May 6—Lynchburg, away. May 9—Conferenoe Meet. GOI.F Eton 6 1-2, East CaroUna 11 1-2. Ivlon 11, Catawba 7. Elon 14, High Point 4. Elon 14 1-2, GuUord 3 1-2. (Remainiac Me‘ts> Apr. 16—Coilford, away. Apr. 20—Appalachian, home. Apr. 24—nigh Point, home. Apr. 27—Catawba, away. May 1—East CaroUna, away. May 4—Appalachian, away. May 5—Pfeiffer, home. SLNMaX Elon 0, East Carollaa 1. Eloa 2, Appalachian S. Elon 4, High Point 3. (r>eniaiii)nc Meets) Apr. 9—High Point, away. Apr. 11—Pfeiffer, away. Apr, 15—Gttltford, home. Apr. 14—East Carvliaa. booie. Apr. 2*—Atlantic Chris., borne. Apr. 39—Guilford, away. May 5—Pfeiffer, heme. May 7—Appalachian, away. May 9—High Point, home. Climaxing a successful spring hohday invasion of Virginia and eastern North Carolina, the Elon College diamond squad finished ill a three-way tie with Ithaca University and Camp Lejeune Marines in a three-day tourna ment held at the Lejeune Marine Base on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, April 2nd, 3rd and 4th. Each of the throe teams split two-game series with the other two outfits during the tourney and each finished with two wins and two Tosses. The Lion game on Thursday was rained out, but Coach Jack Sanford’s boys play ed and spin double-headers on both Friday and Saturday. Lejeune 12. Elon 2 Playing for the first time in the foumey, the Christians dropped a game to Camp Lejeune on Fri day by a 12 to 2 count in a game which saw nine walks figure heav ily in the Marine scoring, while the Elon outfit could only get to the Lejeune pitcher for five hits. Arthur Thompson who started on the mound for Elon, had trou ble with his control and was the Baseball Schedule Watts ran Into trouble in th* first inning when he walked three bataters to load the bases, but he .settled down and pitched mas terful ball, fanning eleven men over the nine-inning route while issuing eight walks. He finished much stronger than he started. Coach Stuart Maynard’s Guil ford outfit hit only one ball that even looked like a safety. Baker drilled a ball into the deep hole at shortstop in the third frame, but George Alien went back to the iufleld grass and made a bril liant backhand stop of the ball, shelled and tossed the runner out at first by an eyelash. The Christians scored two runs in the first and one in the second off starter Pete Cirr, and they added two In the fifth of O’Brien, who took over in the second to wrap up the contest. Elon gar- tverud only seven hits durint; the fray, two of them by outfielder Ted Eanes. In the first Pete Jones was bit by a pitched ball, and Watts walked. A single by Carcatarra scored Jones, and Watts raced hdiae on a wild pitch. Arthur Thompson singled to lead off the second inning, went to second on an infield out and scored on Ed die Hughes’ clean shot to center- field. In the fifth Don Llchok walked, and Jones beat out an infield hit to second. Watts walked to load the saclLs, and Lichok romp ed home on a wild pitch. Jones, going to third on the wild pitch, scored on Carcaterra's bounder to first base. Except for frequent flashes of wildness, Watts was complete master of the situation. He strand- ^ed thre« runners in the first, but after that he never faced too much trouble in any one frame. The Nnal ulne batters in the seV' enth, eighth and ninth ware re tired in perfect order. The score by innings: r h • Guilford 000 000 000—0 0 1 Elon 210 200 OOi—5 7 0 Car, O’Brien (2) Watts and Hughes. Elon 9, Willianu 3. Klon 8, Williams 1. Elon 12, Colby 1*. Elon 9. Colby 6. Klon-Dartmouth (rain). Elon 3, Fort Lee 1. Elon 11, Fort Lee 2. Elon 2, Lejeune 12, Elon 8, Ithaca 4. Uon 3. Ithaca 4. Elon 8, Lejeune 7. Elon 13, High Point 2. Elon 5, Guilford 8. Eion-A.t.C. (Bain). (Remaining Games) Apr. 14—Catawba, away. Apr. IS—Lenelr Rhyne, home. Apr. 17—West Carolina, home. Apr. 18—West Carolina, home. Apr. 21—High Point, home. Apr. 22—Appalachlaa, away. Apr. 23—Lenoir Rhyne, away. Apr. 25—East Carolina, home. Apr. 28—Catawba, home. Apr. 3(—Appalachian, home. May 1—Pfeiffer, away. May 8—A.C.C., away. May 5—Pfeiffer, home. May 9—Ea.st Carolina, away. May 15 — Guilford, away. losing pitcher in a tilt which »aw I.ejeune score all the twelve runs between the second and sixth inn ing*. Elon counted singletons in the sixth and eighth. Top hitters for Elon were Gil Watts and Ted Eanes, each with a pair of singles. The score by innings: r h e Elon 000 001 010— 2 5 1 Lejeune Oil 325 OOx—12 9 0 Thompson, Knapp (5). Mangrum (8) and Hughes, DelGais; Herring ton and Fullerton. Elon 8. IMiaea 4 Big John VanBenschoten, RIon's freshman loft-hander. chalked his third victory of the early season as he pitched the Chnstlann to an 8 to 4 victory over the Ithaca University nine in a second game on Friday, April 3ra. The big southpaw from Southern PInea limited the strong New York nine to five bits during the game, fanning five and walking two. Don Lichok, Elon third sacker, proved the Elon leader in this game when he hammered a hom er, triple and two singlos in four trips to the plate. Other Elon hit ting leaders were Gil Watts and Pete Jones, each of whom had two singles. The score by innings: r h e Elon 313 00 1 000—6 11 0 Ithaca 000 000 004—4 5 0 Van BenSchoten and DelGais; Curry, Slomkowski (2), Nebbetts (3) and Mae. Ithaca 4, Elon 3 Gil Watts, ace of the Elon mound proved the Elon attack in this urday morning loss to Ithaca when he gave up three hits, two walks and three runs in the first two innings. He gave way at that point to Austin Cook, who stayed for two racks before being re lieved by Roger Knapp, who fin ished the 7-inning tilt. Cook al lowed three hits and Knapp one in the late st.i'ies .of the game. The thi’.'e Eloo scores came in a fourth-inning rally, which saw George Allen lead off with a sin gle and score on a booming triple by Arthur Thompson. Thompson then counted on Bill Palkovics' single, and Palkovics came home on a fielder’s choice. Ithaca’s Churchill limited Hon to six hits, (Continued on Page Four) Gilbert W atts Leading Hitter After 12 Gaines Gilbert Watts, ace pitcher of Christian nine went to the NAIA’s the Elon College baseball squad, who also takes a turn at first basa when he is not on the mouod, is top hitter for the Fighting Chris tian baseballers after twelve games of the 19S9 campaign. Watts, who won All-American honors as an outfielder when the national tournament at Alpine, Texas, last summer, is hitting at an even .400 pace in the first twelve games this spring, show ing 18 hits In 45 times at bat. Among his hits are three doubles, one triple and one homer. With the Christians boasting a mark of 10 wins in 12 starts in the early season, three other reg ulars are hitting above the magic .300 mark. They are George Al len, shortstop, with a .324 per- jj- 11 j u /-V Icentage; Tony Carcaterra, out- Freddie Lloyd, Number One),, ® , . j » i-i It 'fielder, with a .318 mark; and man and ace of the Elon CoUege „ , . j i. _ i.u Don Lichok, third baseman, with Lloyd Tops Eloii Golfers In Wins golf squad, has been firljig broad sides at enemy linksmen through out the early season as the Chris tian golfers posted three wins in their first four meets. Lloyd was four under par In hts total scores for three meets against Catawba, High Point and Guilford last week. ’The Christian goiters opened their season with an 11 1-2 to 6 l-2l^jyj 3 three-ply blows, and loss to East Carolina over tl'®,'cjj-caterra has four doubles to a .311 average. Watts, in addition to pacing the Christiana In the hitting percent ages, is also pacing the all-im portant runs-batted-in column, having driven 15 runners over the platter. He is tied with Lichok and Carcaterra for -le lead In honvers. LJchok leads in triples home course just prfor to spring holidays, but following the re turn to the campus on April 8th lead that division. Don Lichok has pilfered four bases to lead the stolen bases the Elon outfit dished out three ^vision, and Gary Henson leads straight lickings to Catawba U i,, „criflce» with • pair. WatU to 7, to High Point 14 to 4 and.j^j^^ Lichok have worked oppos- lo Guilford 14 1-2 to 3 1-2. pitchers for ten walks each In addition to Lloyd, other golf- ^ pace In that column, and ers who have seen action witb ^as gone to. first (kiach Bob Benson s Un^ squad three limes after being hit include Jimmy Forleman, Buddy pitched balls, and Stutts; j RrWg.i Hank Carmines, Nick Dir Sibio and Eddie Hughes. 1 (Continued on Page Four) ^ 1
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