Tuesday. December 15, 1959
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Eton Tramples Norfolk Division Five In First Home Game
Time Out
With Ted
By TED FIELDS
SMITH GOES UP FOR BASKET
I predicted a winning season for
Elon’s cage team, and it appears
that I may have been guilty of a
rash statement. When I mads the
prediction of a winning season, I
n as working under the assumption
[hat Elon’s returning veterans
nould be improved and that they
nould be ably assisted by the new-
Iq-arrived "Blue-Grass” boys.
After several practice tilts and
;\vo regular-season battles, this
seems to have been an erroneous
Bssumptilnn. Our veterans, both
inside and out front, have not per
formed up to expectations, and to
some extent the freshmen aie
stealing the show. I do not raccnd
tn single out any one person as
(“sloughing off,” and I hope that
this is understood.
I saw the High Point-Guilfurd
game, a battle between two of
Elon’s North State Conference
rivals, and I am here to tell you
that High Point is loaded. Danny
Sewell is still the man to stop, but
Coach Virgil Yow has close to
“five of a kind” on his startiug
Iteam.
Of course, one must realize that
Guilford looked like just a good
high school team against High
Point, with the exception of one
ball player. Don Lineberry, who
starts at forward for the Quakers,
has the ability to be one of the fin-
lest scorers the Conference has
Been. As of this writing, Lineberry
jshows a 29-point average in three
games, and that’s pretty fair
country shooting.
Following their lop-sided loss
ito High Point, the Quakers bounced
liack to play the high-rated Appa
lachian Mountaineers right down
to the wire before suffering a two-
,point defeat, and that only served
to make High Point’s "over the
century mark” score against Guil
ford that much better. Ere this
appears in print, our Elon Christ
ians will have met Guilford and
that should give us a better line
on our chances when the Christ
ians face the Panthers at High
Point on Thursday of this week.
♦ * *
I hear that bowling is the com
ing sport. Interest in the “art of
kegling has mounted tremendously
in the past four years, and inter
collegiate bowling in this area may
be something of the near future.
It is interesting to note that the
intramural bowling program for
both students and for faculty and
staff members, started this tall by
Coach Jack Sanford, may serve
as preparation tor intercollegiate
competition.
I’d like to pass the word along
that we have an expert bowler
right here on the Elon campus,
and anyone who’d like to sign up
for free lesons should do so as
soon as we return from the Christ
mas holidays. The expert I’m re-
t'ernng to is our alumni secretary,
William B. Terrell, and he may
be found in the alumni office any
day when he’s at work.
* • *
It has been said that there has
never been a bowler in the history
of the sport who was a nequal of
our Mr. Terrell, and those who
have seen him bowl will testify
that this is certainly true. This
is a real opportunity, students, so
see our alumni secretary as soon
as possible.
Television is offering an excel
lent array of bowl games for this
year as the nation’s top football
team battle for honors in the post
season attractions, and these bowl
tilts will add to the weekly
skin masacres” to give grid fans
across the country the chance to
see the “best on the land.”
Drive safely during the holidays
—the life you save may be a po
tential Elon athlete . . . Time Out!
Ken Smith, Eton's 6-4 forward, wearing number 45, is shown
nhove as he went high on the board for a bucket during Elon’s
82 to 61 victory over the Willla m and Mary Norfolk Division quin
tet here in the first home game of the new cage season. Up with
>^mith trying to block the shot is the Braves Ray Dougan (53).
while Elon's Eddie Burke (23), is poised for a rebound if it is
needed. Herb Hawks (33), Elon guard, is shown in the back
ground. Other William and Mary cagers are obscured by the ac
tion under the goal.
Christians Edge Close Win
Over Pembroke 85 To 84
The Elon College basketeers
played it close, but they came
through in the final seconds with
Red- 'an 85 to 84 victory over the Pem-
Ijroke State cagers at Pembroke on
Wednesday night, December 2nd
to give Coach Bill Miller a vic
torious start as the Christians'
head cage mentor.
Herbie Hawks, a 6-2 junior
Twenty-Two Elon Gridders
Given Letters For 19^)9 Play
rolling for a 52 to 39 lead by the
intermission, but the Pembroke
cagers rallied sharply in the final
half as Frank Winfree paced the
home team’s attack and had gain
ed the lead at 84 to 83 with seven
teen seconds left.
Winfree, who had 34 points for
the night for individual high score
honors, sank nine field baskets and
Award of football letters to 22
sophomores and twelve freshmen.) The Christians had surged
,—ho 3 13-point halftime "’=>
guard from Louisville, Ky., who four free throws in this last halt
starred with Coach Miller's Camp- rally, with six of his floor shots
bellsville Junior College quint last falling in the final ten minutes,
winter, popped in a field bucket | The Indians took the lead at the
with barely three seconds on the ^ l7-second mark on a free throw by
(clock to pull the game from the Bill Smith, but the Christians
I {ire. I moved the ball quickly down court
out for Herbie Hawks game-winning
Kentucky Sharpshooters Terriers Top
Pace 82 To 61 Victory Elon Quint
When the Indians of old raided
the Kentucky forts at Boonesbor-
ough and Hiari|Kifebu.rg. Daniel
Boone and his pioneer friends used
to unllmber their long squirrel rif-
'es and let the Indian braves have
it with balls of lead right where
hey’d do the most deadly dam
age.
It was the same story in a mod
ern setting when a pair of modern
Kentucky sharpshooters named
Ken Smith and Dickie Conaster
led Elon’s Fighting Christian cag
ers in turning back an invasion by
;he Braves of William and Mary’s
Norfolk Division by an 82 to 61
count in the first home game of
the new basketball season here on
Monday night, December 7th.
Smith and Conaster were using
a different type of ball from those
fired by Daniel Boone, but they
fired with the same deadly accur
acy as each rifled the nets for 19
points in the triumph over the
Braves from Norfolk. The victory,
which pleased a large crowd of
Elon students and fans, was the
Chritsians’ second in three starts
The game was close in its early
^tages, and the William and Mary
cagers grabbed the lead and held
il through a period of more than
!en minutes In the late part of
the initial half. After the cound
was knotted at 8-all, the Braves
swung ahead at the eight minute
mark by a 13-1 count and led un
til teh final two minutes.
As the intermission drew near,
Cecil Wright joined with Smith
and Conaiter in a deadly barrage
of baskets. Each of the three hit
twice from the floor in the drive
which pulled Elon from behind
and netted the Christians a 35 to
29 margin at rest time.
The two eagle-eyed Blue Grass
boys were joined by Bill Palkovics,
'■enior letterman guard, in some
deadly shooting In the second half
ah the Maroon and Gold eager
widened the spread to the final
21-polnt margin. As the gom
ended, Elon had an entire reserve
team on the floor,
Leo Anthony, a speedy little
guard for the William and Mary
Elou Cage (jiaiiies
Elon 85. Pembroke 84.
Elon 63, Wofford 77.
Elon 82, Norfolk Division 61.
Elon 85. Guilford 64.
Remaining Games
Dec. 12—Wofford, home.
Dec. 14—Norfolk Division, away.
Dec. 17—High Point, away.
Dec. 28—Lejrune Tourney.
Dec. 29—Lejeune Tourney.
Dec. 30—Lejeune Tourney.
Jan. 6—Pembroke, home.
Jan. 9—East Carolina, away,
Jan. 11—Appalachian, away,
Jan. 13—A. C. C., home.
Jan. 16—Catawba, home.
Jan. 23—West Carolina, home.
Jan. 27—LerMr Rhyne, home.
Jan. 30—Catawba, away.
Feb. 3—High Point, home.
Feb. #—West Carolina, away.
Feb. 8—A. C. C., away.
Feb. 10—Appalachian, home.
Feb. 13—East Carolina, home.
Feb. 18—Lenoir Rhyne, away.
Feb. 20—Guilford, home.
Braves, stood out for the Invaders
from Virginia’s Tidewater, drop
ping In 225 points for the enemy
quintet. Anthony sank 13 consec
utive free throws before his lone
miss from the charity stripe, and
he also banged in six field buck
ets to gain his 25-point total.
Elon had three boys in the double
digits. Smith got seven field bask
ets and five of seven free throws,
while Conaster dropped eight floor
shots and three of four charity
tosses as each ended up with ID
The Une-ups:
Pos. Elon (82) W. and M. (61)
F—Smith (19) Hoffman (7)
F—Bell (5) McCraw (4)
C—Burke (9) ElUs (IT
G—Conaster (19) Anthony (2.1)
G—Palkovics (10) Harrison (21
Half-time—Elon 35, Norfolk Di
vision 29.
Elon sub.s—Hawks 8, Andrew 2.
Wright 6, Hall 2, Teague, Hodge,
';oidig 2. Norfolk Division subs—
Dougan 7, Ainsworth 4, Bigger 1,
Arnold, Palumbo.
members of the Elon College foot
ball squad for services during the
1959 season has just been an
nounced by Coach Sid Varney. Fif
teen of the group received their
first awards in football, and tour
seniors received their final Elon were
I letters | .guard.
The awards group included four j Charlie Maidon, quarterback
lends, three tackles, four guards, Cary; Bob
two centers, two quarterbacks, five! Rockingham;
halfbacks and two fullbacks, .fullback, of
Grouped by class rank, there were Maidon receive is ou
four seniors, four juniors, two| award, while Brosky and MsLean
Such class distribution was to be
expected on a youthful squad
which was composed of more than
70 per cent freshmen.
The four seniors who have com
pleted their grid careers at Elon
Captain Tunner Brosky,
of Punxsutawney, Pa
of
McLean Named
‘Desire’ Player
Bob McLean, Elon^s senior
halfback from Rockingham, was
named as Elon's “Player With
The Most Desire” for the 1959
football season and was paid
tribute at the annual banquet
meeting held by the Burlington
Touchdown Clab immediately
after Thanksgiving. The Burling
ton club at the meeting also
played host to the Elon squad
and to players of Burlington
high school and junior highs.
The award came as a fitting
climax to a fine career for Mc
Lean in an Elon uniform. The
veteran lialfbacb saw reserve
duty as a freshman and sopho
more, winning his first mono
gram ia his second season. He
was a regular starter at right
halfback as a junior and senior
and was one of the cliief ground
gainers on the squad.
margin, shot.
1 Eddie
received their third and Brutch his
first letter.
In addition to Brosky, Maidon
and McLean, other letter veterans
who received second or third
awards were Tony Markosky. end,
of Mahanoy City, Pa.; Don Szyd-
lik, tackle, of Brackenrldge, Pa.;
Charles Rayburn, tackle, of Nor
folk, Va.; and Jim McClure,
guard, of Brackenrldge. Pa.
In addition to Paul Brutch, other
players who received their first
Elon football letters includes ends
John Gozjack, of Tamaqua, Pa.,
John DalCin, of Tamaqua. Pa.,
and Jim Moore, of Turtle Creek,
Pa.; tackle Dean Yates, of Mayo-
dan; guards Martin Lapan, of
Brattleboro, Vt., and Gene Stokes,
of DarUngton, S.C.; centers Tom
King, of Charleston, S.C., and Bill
CampbeU, of Sayre, Pa.; quarter
back George Wooten, of Hamlet;
halfbacks Jim Short, of Granite
Falls, Wayne Mahaness, of Mad
ison, Va., Mike UtUe, of Shenan
doah, Pa., and Jim Buie, of Dar
lington, S.C.; and fullback Bob
Overton, of West Hempstead, N.Y.
B. O. B. Wins
Volley Ball
Although the Beta Omlcran Beta
lassies suffered their first defeat
in three years, they drove through
to a 4-1 record to grab their third
consecutive campus volley ball
tiUe, according to final results
riled by Mrs. Jeanne Gritfin, di
rector of women’s sports on the
campus.
The B.O.B. outfit went down be
fore the strong Delta Upsilon Kap
pa squad by a 46 to 38 count, but
the champions chalked wins over
Third Virginia 48 to 21, over Sec
ond West 31 to 24, over Tau Zeta
Phi 49 to 31 and over West Vir
ginia 55 to 26 in gaining their sea
son championship.
Three other teams were knotted
for second place, each with four
wins and two loses. They were Del
ta Upsilon Kappa, Tau Zeta Phi
and Second West. Third Virginia
finished fifth with a 2-3 season
mark, and West Virginia rounded
out a 1-5 season in sixth place.
Teams representing ^
Leader of the winning Beta
Omicron Beta squad was Captain
Sarah Summers. Others on the
winning team vere Katie Lang
ley, Lulu Roberts, Marlon Glas
gow, JuUe Walker, Esther Walker,
Linda BuUer, Teddy Standley,
MAIDON IS ALL-CONFERENCE
Burke, Elon's towering
junior center, joined with Ken
Smith, a 6-4 Kentuckian at for
ward, to lead Elon to a comfort
able half-time lead. Burke counted
13 points in that first half, nine
of them from the charity stripe,
while Smith hit on seven floor
shots and one free throw by half-
time.
This tine shooting by Elon in
the first halt was followed by the
torrid Pembroke rally, with the
Christians slumping in the third
quarter for a team total of barely
13 points. Burke and Bill Palkovics
were top men for Elon in the final
ten minutes, which saw the two
teams battling right down to the
wire.
The Christians had four men in
double figures for the night. Burke
showed 23 and Smith 19 to lead
the full game scoring for the Ma-
*roon and Gold quint, while Palko
vics hit 14 and Richard Conaster
had 10 counters. In addition to
Winfree's 34 points. Bill Smith
counted 19 for the home-standing
Pembroke outfit.
The box:
Pos, Elon (85)
F—Smith (19)
F—Bell (8)
C—Burke (23)
G—Hawks (8)
G—Conaster (10)
Half-time; Elon
39.
1 Elon subs—Palkovics 14
Pembroke (84)
Winfree (34)
Hornsby ;8)
Pugh (14)
Smith (19)
Morgan (9)
52, Pembroke
T’ague
Linda Waynlck and Ruth Lem- 1, Hall 2, Wright Pembroke subs
—Bowen, Swett.
mons.
•r.
By 77 To 6.^
The Wofford Terriers pulled
away after a close first quarter to
defeat the Elon Christians 77 to
63 at Spartanburg on Friday night,
December 4, in a Carollnas NAIA
basketball battle
The Christians and Terriers
swapped points through the first
ten minutes of play, with the Wof
ford hoopsters gaining a scant 14-
13 lead midway the first half, but
Boyce Berry got hot from his
guard post to lead the Terriers to
a 10-point margin at 34 to 24 by
intermission.
Bill Barbee, Terrier forward,
joined with Berry in the attack
aftt’r the half-time as Wofford
stretched the lead to 55-40 mid
way the last half, and Coach Gene
AJexander’s outfit maintained
their comfortable edge until the
end.
Ken Smith, Elon forward, paced
both teams in scoring for the night
with 21 points, but Richard Con
aster with 14 was the only other
Elon player able to hit in double
figures. Barbee had 20 and Berry
18 to lead the Wofford assault,
with Charlie Cluff close behind
with 16 counters.
The line-ups;
Pos. Elon (63) Wofford (77)
F—Smith (21) Hart (7)
F—Bell (6) Barbee (20)
C—Burke (4) Waldrop (10)
G—Teague (4) Berry (18)
G—Hall Cluff (16)
Half-time; Wofford 34, Elon 24.
Elon subs—Andrew, Neidlg 7,
Hawks , Conaster 14, Palkovics.
Wofford subs—Martin, Melton 3,
King 2, Harmon, Tinder 1.
Charlie Maidon, Elon quarterback, was named to the All-North
State Conference grid club for the third straight season as 1959
football action came to an end. Maidon, who topped .the seven-team
conference in passing for the second straight year, was the only
member of the FighUng Christian grid squad who won all-star hon
ors for the year.
Two Leagues
Open Campus
Cage Season
Fourteen campus basketball
squads will battle for the intra
mural cage championship this
year in one of the broadest winter
programs of recent years, accord
ing to an announcement from
Coach Jack Sanford, who directs
the intramural program.
The cage program will feature
two leagues of seven teams each,
and play got underway last Fri
day, December 10th. ’’’
Plans call for a double round-
robin schedule in both the Amer
ican and National League’s, with
the winners of titles In the two
loops meeting in a post-season
play-off for the regular-season
campus crown. Coach Sanford also
plans a post-season tourney or
Shaughnessy series, with the two
or more top teams In each league
battling for a tournament title.
The seven teams which comprisa
the American League, with the
managers listed after each team.
Include Sigma Phi Beta, managed
by Bob Overton; Smith Hall Two,
managed by Frank Ciamlllo;
South Hall One, managed by Bill
Holder; Carolina Three, managed
by Al Capuano; Kappa Psi Nu
Two, managed by Richard Cecil;
Iota Tau Kappa, managed by Ed
die Clark; and Carolina One, man
aged by John Keyy.
The National League, also com
posed of seven teams, includes
Smith Hall Three, managed by
Marty Safier;Sigma Mu Sigma,
managed by W. H. West; Carolina
Two, managed by Gary Henson;
Kappa Psi Nu One, managed by
Steve Mauldin; Smith Hall One,
managed by Frank Lawrence;
South Hall Two, managed by Artie
Johnson; and Veterans, managed
by Stuart Semple.
Several of the teams have
chosen nicknames, among the
Low Cuts for Smith Two, the Mul
lets for South One, Lo* Muchachos
for Carolina Thret, the Goof Offs
for Kappa Psi Two, the Falcons
for Smith Three and the Looney
Tunes for South Two.