Tiidty, April 1, i960
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Elon Teams T Face Busy Schedtite In Four Spring Sports
Baseballers
Divide With
Williams ‘9’
It was baseball under difficul
ties, but baseball none-the-less, as
the Elon Christians opened their
I960 campaign by splitting two
games with the touring Williams
College nine from Massachusetts
here on Mionday and Tuesday,
March 21st and 22nd. The Chris
tians grabbed the first game 17
to 8 and then- dropped the second
tilt 10 to 5.
Playing on a muddy field and
against a background of snow-
banlcs, which were piled against
the outfield fences and down the
foul lines, the Christiana took
advantage of the wildness of tin
visiting Williams pitchers to the
fullest in grabbing their win in
the opening battle. It was a dif
ferent story the next day as Wil
liams hit hard and used the wild
ness of the Elon moundsmen to
full advantage.
Elon 17, WilUams 8
The Christians could get only
seven hits, but they backed these
against fifteen walks in winning
over Williams 17 to 8 in the Mon
day opener. Three Christian pitch
ers, Gary Heitson, Jerry Drake
and Wilson Teal, issued twelve
walks themselves, but some bits
of sharp fielding at times cut
'Williams scoring and left a total
of fifteen visiting runners strand
ed on the sacks.
Each team tallied once in the
first, but Elon moved ahead with
a singleton in the third, only to
have the New Englanders count
two in the fourth and grab the
lead. Then came the deluge, as
the Maroon and Gold outfit plated
six runs on four walks, one error,
a double by Jerry Pike and tri
ples by Steve Wall and Griffin
McVey.
The Williams outfit cut the lead
to 10-8 with four markers in the
seventh, but Elon retaliated with
a pair in that same inning and
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letter VETERANS ARE KEY FIGURES WITH CHRISTIAN NINE | Sixteen Events Carded
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Virginia Nine
Downs Elon
In 5‘4 Game
STEVE WAH. OUTFIELDER
As I See It
By JOHN DALCIN
JOE DELGAIS. CATCHER
Two of the four letter veterans forming the nucleus for Coach
Jack Sanford's 1960 Elon baseball squad are pictured here. At left
is Steve Wall, the slugging sophomore cenUr fielder fro n j
|horo’.^ Beswrner High, who has been pacing the bittinii for lha
Christians In their early-season battles. It was his boomlo; drive
to the right-field wall which brought the close 4-3 win over Wash
ington and Lee last Saturday afternoon. Above is Joe DeiCrais, a
sejiior catcher from Inwood, Long Island, N. V., who is the only
letterman among the four catching candidates this spring. DelGals
h«s started most of the games behind the plate thus far, although
he has divided time wHh a trio of promising freshmen receivers.
The Hampden-Sidney Tigers, af
ter trailing the Elon Christians by
three runs most of the way, staged
a rousing four-run I'ally in the
eighth to turn back the Elon out
fit 5 to 4 here on Thursday, March
24th.
The Christians were away in
front of Hampden-Sidney yester
day, chalking two runs in the first
and adding singletons in the sec
ond and third before Hampden-
Sidney broke the scoring ice with
a single marker in the fourth.
Elon’s first-inning counters
came on a trio of walks and sin
gles by C. G. Hall and Steve Wall.
In the second, Gary Henson led
off with a walk and strolled all
the way around as the visiting
hurler gave up four basfes on balls
In the one frame. HSnson also
scored in the third when a field
er’s choice, walk and an infield
error plated the run.
The visitors from Virginia got
their first run in the fourth, but
they waited until the eightli for
the big rally. A pair of singles,
an Elon error and a walk were
topped off by Bobby Hawker’s
booming triple that sent the win
ning markers scurrying home,
j Steve Wall, with a single and
I triple in five trips to the plate,
' Was the big batter for the Elon
outfit; while Jim McLean banged
i three singles and ,Bob Babcpcio
two safeties to ton the Hampden-
Sidney attack,
j The score by innings:
r h e
j Hamp.-Sidney 000 100 040—5 7 1
‘ Elon 211 000 000—4 5 3
McDaniels, Matney (4), Stewart
9) and McLean; Henson, Drake
(9) and DelGais.
Donned my boots, scarf, winter
oat and wrapped myself up in an
.-ciric blanket last Monday and
.'-ii; 10 the baseball game. Elon
>; lyeci one of those Yankee base-
a.' 'ms (not NY either), and
•inn's must have brought
• cMiher with them. The first
c'-uple of innings went along pret-
;y well until the ball was lost in
n? snow. But somebody came up
tith a shovel and it didn’t take
'.iurphy Taylor long to line the
j.iU. Murp.i's hoad ol tiic liiill
ciiasing crew.
All iddding aside, the weather
laiidicapped tlie players, but Uiere
,vere some outstanding perform-
jnces throughout the contest, Elon
jce, Gary Henson, pitched the
irst tlu'ee innings and looked im
pressive. He yielded one run and
one hit. On the fielding end, short-
top C. G. Hall and catcher Joey
JelGais came up with some fine
!efensive work; Steve Wall look;
ike the big stick man for the
;hristians this year, as he had
wo hits both games against Wil
liams College, while Jug Irvi,i
came up with tiuee safeiius i.-
;he second contest. Elon won t‘ie
.liit game 17-8 but dropped th.;
i-cond 10-5.
From the looks of things,
;,hould be seeing a plenty of good
'iaseball this year, so let’s get
out and see the gang in action
this afternoon. Atlantic Christiar.
will turn his attention to the Elon
track team. Although only a hand
ful of men are working out for the
sport now, Varney expects things
to pick up as soon as the weather
is more favorable. Veteran let-
termen returning are Dick More
and Tunner Brosky, weight events,
John Moore and Frank Harrell,
middle distances, Eddie Burke,
hurdles and high jump, and A1
Plaster, distance runs. All were
polnt-gettOTs for the Christians
last, season and will be depended
upon heavily for next week’s meet
at Washington and Lee (April 8).
Newcomers include Jim Buie,
Gene Stokes, Jim Short, Bill
Diggs, nmners, and Garrie (Red)
Warren, Barry Stabhkr and Joe
Berdosh, weightmen.
CUFF NOTES: Charlie (13) Mai-
don, who quarterbacked the Fight
ing Christians for the past three
seasons, has received many let
ters from professional football
earns but has decided to finish
lis education before trying his
iand In the pro ranks. He re
ceived letters from the Green Bay
’’ackers and Baltimore Colts, just
a name a few . . . Congratula-
•ions are in store for the lota
Tau Kappa basketball team for
Adnning the High Point Invitation
al Tournament two weeks ago.
\Iax (Jug) Clayton led the Iota
Tau Kappa boys with 24 and 26
points and was voted Most Val
The Elon spring sports tquadi
in btseball, goU, tennis and track
will face a busy fortnight Just
ahead, for the four Fighting Chris
tian outfits are scheduled (or a
total of sixteen games or meets
in the two-weeks period that be-
gms tomorrow
The Christian baseballers will
have the busiest schedule, with
seven battles oo the card during;
the two weeks of action. After
playing most of the early-season
contests on the home field. Coach
'.(Ck Sanford’s boys will invade
onemy strongholds for five of the
even battles between now and the
spring holiday period.
The Christian nine will be at
home tomorrow afternoon against
the High Point Panthers and will
then meet the Pfeiffer outfit here
fin Tuesday afternoon. ’
There will be a three-game trip
:ito the Carolina hill country the
l.itter part of next week, with
’he Maroon and Gold outfit meet
ing Lenoir Rhyne at Hickory on
Thursday and clashing with West
ern Carolina in a pair of games
at Cullowhee next Friday and
Snturday. Two games away dur
ing the next week will be with
f'.ullford on April 11th and Pfeif
fer on April nth.
Coach Bob Dunlap's golfers have
'ive meets carded in the coming
two weeks. The Elon linksmen
meet East Carolina away next
Tuesday, meet High Point here
next Wednesday and then during
the following weak will meet Le
noir Rhyne away on Monday, face
.\ppalachian here on Tuesday and
wind up the pre-vacation schedule |
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Biueball Schedule
Eltn IT, WilUama 8.
Elun 5, Winiams 10.
FJon 4, llampden-Sldnry 5.
Flon 2. Colby 10.
Elon 4. W. and L. 3.
K4'tnalnlnr Giidm
Mar. 29—Catawba, away.
Mor. 31—Prbieton, home.
Apr. I—A.C.C., homr.
Apr. 2—IlWh Point, home.
Apr. 5—I*feiff(*r, home.
Apr. 7—1 enofr Rhyne, away.
Apr. 8—West CaruliDa, away.
Apr. 9—U’wit Carolina, away.
Apr. n—Ouflford, nway.
Apr. 14—Pfeiffer, awav.
Apr. 18—Norfolk IMvlslon. away.
Apr. 19—Fort Lee, away.
Apr. —Fort L«e, away.
Apr. 25~Appa!achiaii, horn*.
Apr. t7~Lcnolr Rbyne, homA.
Apr. 2S—Catawba, borne.
Apr. St—East Carolina, home.
May 3—Hlrh Point, away.
May S—Gailford, home.
May 1%—Pembroke, home (Dll),
May 13—A.C.C., away.
May 14—kttst Carolina, away.
May 18—Appalachian, away.
by meeting Atlantic Christian here
on April 14th.
The Elon netters have Lhvet
more meets before spring vaca
tion. including Guilford here next
Friday, Kast Carolina away the
following Monday nnd Pfeiffer
away the followinK Tuesday. The
tTftck squad has one meet carded
with Washington and Lee there
next Friday.
Meet The Baseballers . . .
Christian Nine Lacking In Experience
The Elon College baseball squad,
which has been battling bad wea
ther throughout March, has been
confronted with a lack of prac
tice and a lack of experience in
the early battles of a rugged 30-
game schedule, which includes
battles with all North State Con
ference rivals.
Coach Jack Sanford has had
more than thirty men as base
ball candidates, but the most re
cent roster included only twent.v-
nlne men. The problem, then, is
not one of numbers, but the group
includes only eight lettermen from
previous seasons, and lack of ex
perience is a real handicap. Play
ers on the most recent roster are
introduced to the campus iii the
MIISOR SPORTS
will be here for a single game uable Player
Correction of
itarting at 2:30 o’clock.
Turning over to the golf scene
now, it seems as though Coach
Bob Dunlap will have his hand-
full with a fourteen-match sche
dule. He lost his Number One
and Two men, Freddie Lloyd and
Jimmy Fogleman, from last sea
son but has his hopes set on
veterans Buddy Briggs and Eddie
Hughes tills Season. Both are cap
able of shooting in the low seven
ties. Impressive newcomers tn-
elude Bill P^lk(ivi«s, John Olay-
ton, Frank Lawfqnce and Frank
Chim'elo. Last year Elon made*a
;tea# sweep of individual and team
titles in the North State loop.
Sid Varney, who temporarily has
gostpqned, }vinter_ football practice
until after tfie Easter vacation,
last issue. "Jughead” Irvin’s bro
thers names are not “Peahead
and “Egghead”. They are “Pea-
head” and “Roundhead” . . . Jim
Short and Bob Alcanterra have
just hung-up their football equip
ment until after Easter and are
now trying their hand at tennis
What has eighteen legs and
eighteen arms and can be found
in the basement? Answer — the
Philadelphia Phillies. Williams
College coach, Bobby Coombs is
the nephew of former major
league star Jack Coombs . . . Le-,
If.', ’ •
roy Myers, who scQcq^ .l'Z4 poi«U
in I the college intra-mural bas
ketball loop to take the scoring'
title, ,is. »ilso an outfielder on. the
Elon baseball team.
GOLF SCHEDULE
Elon 14 1-2, High Point 3 1-2.
Mar. 29—A.C.C., away.
Mar. 31—Guilford, home.
Apr. 5—East Carolina, away.
Apr. 7—High Point, home.
Apr. 11—Lenoir Rhyne, away.
Apr. 12—Appalachian, home.
Apr. 14—A.C.C., home.
Apr. 25—Guilford, away.
Apr. 26—Catawba, home.
•May 2—Catawba, away.
May 5—East Carolina, home.
May 9—Appalachian, away.
May 12—Lenoir Rhyne, home.
TENNIS SCHEDULE
Apr. 1—High Point, away.
Apr. 8—Guilford, home.
Apr. 11—East Carolina, home.
Apr. 12—Pfeiffer, away.
Apr. 29 Appalachian, home
Apr. 30—East Carolina, away.
May 3—High Point, home.
May 5—Appalachian, away.
May 10—Pfeiffer, home.
May 11—A.C.C., away.
Hay 18—Guilford, away.
TRACK SCHEDULE
April 8—W. & L., away.
April 13—GnlifMd and MeUler,
home.
AjirU 30—Ajtprentlce, home.
May 3—Lynchborg, home.
following brief sketches. i.throws riglit.
CATCHERS JERRY DRAKE — A freshman
JOE DELGAIS — A senior let- from Pleasant Garden, Drake is
terman with three year sof exper- 5 feet 11 inches tall and weighs
ience, DelGais hails from Inwood. 175 pounds. He bats and throws
1., N. Y. He stands 9 feet T right and has played both high
inches and weighs 178 pounds. Bat school and city recreation bull,
and throws right. Also starred a' JERRY ISLEY — A freshman
back in football. [from Liberty, Isley is 5 feet 10
MIKE LITTLE — A freshman jinches tall and weighs 140 pounds,
from Shenandoah, Pa., Little isjue bats and throws left and has
making his first baseball bid af- played both high school and semi-
ter playing football last fall. He pro ball.
5-7 in height and weighs 180 JOHN CURRIN — A freshman
pounds. Bats and throws right. I from Rowland, Currin is 6 feet 3
GRIFFIN MeVEY — A fresh-ljnches tall and weighs 156 pounds
man catcher, McVey came to Elon I He bats and throws right. Has
from Snow Camp, where he play-1 played high school. Pony League
ed both high school and Legion I and Legion ball,
ball. Standing 5-9 tall, he weighs! WILSON TEAL — A junior
162 pounds. Bats left and throws I from Aberdeen, Teal came to Elon
right. I this year after two years of lun
TOM KEYSER — A freshmarjior college ball. He stands 6 feet
from Ardmore, Pa., Keyser is also|tall and weighs 178 pounds. Bats
veteran of both high school and!right and throws left.
Legion bail. Standing 6-1 ini JOHN KOENIG—A junior from
height, he weighs 205 pounds I Havertown, Pik, Koenig is a new-
Bats and throws right. jcomer to the baseball squad after
TOM KELLY — A freshman I two seasons on the football squad,
from Henderson, Kelly has play life is 6 feet tall and weighs 180
ed high school and semi-pro ball. I pounds. Bats and throws left.
He is 5-8 tall and weighs 1801 INFIELDERS
pounds. Bats left and throws right. I LARRY TEAGUE — A fresh-
PITCHERS Iman from Liberty. Teague is bid-
GARY HENSON — A senior I ding for a first base job. He is
lelterman who is starting his Is feet tall and weighs 175 pounds
fourth season of Elon baseball, I Bats and throws left. Has played
Henson hails from Granite Fails. I high school. Legion and semi-pro
He is 5 feet 10 inches tali and I ball.
weighs 170 pounds. He bats right] JERRY TILLMAN — A fresh-
and throws left and can play out-1 man from Burlington, Tillman is
field when not pitching. 1 a first baseman. He Is 6 feet
ROGER KNAPP — A junior Iet-| inches tall and weighs 177 pounds
terman pitcher, Knapp is from I Bats and throws right. Has played
Verona, Pa. He stands 6 feet llhigh school, Legion and semi-pro
inch tall and weighs 178 pounds.!ball.
Bats and throws left. PETE JONES — A senior let-
JOHN VANBENSCHOTEN — A [terman from Laurinburg, Jones
sophomore letterman from South-[has had three seasons at second
em Pines, VanBcnschoten has|b?se and has been a part-time
been sidelined from early batfe-j starter. He Is 5 teet 10 inches tall
ball practice and. ^mes with a [and weighs 1&5 pounds. Bats and
broken shoulder, but he may gfet] throws right,
in shape for late season games. | BRUCE OLSON A freshman
Standing 6 feet 1 filch, he weigfts|from Northlake, 111., Olson Is t
220 pounds. Bats right and!baseman. He is 5 feet 10
thi^ws left lincehs tall and. weighs 160 pounds.
CLARENCE DRIVER — A soph-l®*^ throws right. Has playeu
ojpore reserve. Driver hails from I’’***’ "Chool, L*gfon and semi-pni
Mocksville. He Is 6 feet tall andP®*^-
weighs 170 pounds. Bats and! (Continued on Page Four)
Colhy Wins
With Fourth
Inning Rally
Sudden disaster in the form of
an eight-run rally hit the Elon
baseball camp as the Colby Col
lege baseballers romped through
one big inning to defeat the Chi is-
tians 10 to 2 on Friday afternoon,
March 25th.
The Christians played on even
terms with the Invaders from far
away Maine for eight of the nine
innings, but Colby put together
four bits, four ba.ses on balls and
a pair of Elon errors to push eight
men over the platter in the big
fourth. A three-run double by Pete
Cavari was the big blow of the
inning.
Colby opened with a Jnglcton
score In the first as Cavari walked
and scored on Ed Burke’s double,
but Elon came back to tie the
score in the bottom of the second
when Steve Wall led off with a
booming triple to the fense and
scored on Larry Teague's grond-
er to short.
Then came the big assault by
Colby in the fourth and another
single score for the visitors in
the sixth. Elon’s final .scoring ef
fort was a single run in the sev
enth on singles by Larry Teague,
Charlie Maldon and Bruce Olson.
C. G. Hall was the only hrls-
tlan able to hit more than once,
with Steve Wall’s triple as Klon’s
only extra-base blow. Ed Burke
and Bill Waldeyer each hit twice
to top the Colby batting.
The invading Colby outfit sent
Ray Berberian, its ace senior pitch
er, against the Christians in the
battle. The Mule star, who posted
a ft-0 record in New England Con
ference play last spring, allowed
eight scattered hits while fanning
,sl\ and walking four. Coach San
ford divided Elon mound duties
^n^ong three pitchers, with Roger
Knapp getting credit for the loss.
Elon relief hurlers were Wilson
Teal and J/, hn Currin.
The score by innings:
r h •
Colby 100 801 000—10 8 0
Elon 010 000 100— 2 8 4
Berberian and ^ddon; Knapp,
Teal (4), Currin f8) and Little,
McVey (4).