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MAROO\ D PAGE THREE Cindermen Grab Thriller From Apprentice School Elon Relay Team Takes Final Race For Victory ^ES UNBEATEN iN G LF Lenoir Rhyne . l.u'vhes, who plays Uic Number One position for blon’s ‘^'tnr.o- inrfi jroif team, was stiU undefeated after nine meets this sp^iasr. and he has won low medali«4 honors as he led bhc Chnsiin?t I'nks squad to nine consecutive victories against North State ConTerwice rivals, Hugriies. who is a senior this spring, was a member of the Elon golf team which cHnnhed Conference title honors last year. He was also a letter catcher on the Christ ian baseball squad last year, but he did not bid for a place in baseball this season. Downs Elon BylOTo? Gary Henson, Elon's fine senior >outhpaw, chalked up his sixth straight mound • victory Monday afternoon, April 25th, as he pitched jhe Fighting Christians to a 6 to 3 victory over the Appalachian Mountaineers in a North State Conference contest on the Elon field. The Granite Falls senior, who had a 6-0 mound record last spring, dropped a pair of hard- luck decisions in his first two starts this season, but he has been in vincible since that time. Agains the invading Appalachian outfit he struck out six men and scat tered six walks along the route. Appalachian knotted the count with two markers in the fifth inly rough inning which Hensou experienced on the mound. In that Mountaineer rally Henson allowed a walk and three hits, includinr a double by Jim Barker. Then came the big seventh for "Ion, with the Christians sending ■■our men scampering home on n >irace of walks, a hit batsman, a sacrifice fly and a pair of doubles by Henson and Little. These four runs iced the decision for Coach Tack Sanford's club. Mike Little topped the Elon attack with a homer, double and single in four tries. The score by Innings: VEKSATILE ELO^ TRACK MAN h 5 7 Apps „ .... 000 022 010—3 Elon 010 100 20x—6 Walker, olman (7) and Barker; Henson and Little. Eddie Burke. Elon’s ace hurdler AKd jumper, who has been a consistently hich scocn for the Christian cinder team r.ince his freshman season, is pictured above as he topped the final hi|?h hurdle on the way to a victory over Gnllford ind I’feiffer in a recent triansular meet. Burke, who won All-State honors at Burlington’s Williams Hich In IxVth basketball and track, holds the Elon recordu for both low and hUrh hurdles imd is tied with a number of othKrs for the best Elon mark in the 'ligh jump. Henson Hurls In 6-3 Win Against Apps The Lenoir Rhyne feears, riding on a three-riui homer by I,ee Farmer, defeatsd the Elon Christ ians 10 to 7 here Wednesday after- nron, April 27th, in a North State Ccnference ba.;eball game, which was cut short in the seventh in ning by rain. The battle had prev iously been interrupted by show ers before a heavy downpour forced its termination. The invading Bears broke out in front with three runs in the first inning and added two other mark ers for a 5-0 lead in the fourth, but Coach Jack Sanford’s bojfs came back to score three runs in the fourth and four nxarkers in the fifth. The liears had scored one in the fifth, but the Christians were on top by a 7 to 6 count as the sixth rack opened. Then came the disastrous sixth inning rally by the Lenoir Rhyne nine. Bill Thompf-on walked, Billy Reese singled, and Lee Farmer, ‘who doubles as a football hero for the Bears in the off-season, blasted one of Jerry Dtake’s slants into the wild blue yonder for a circuit blow that plattd three runs and sent the Bruins Into the lead for keeps. It did not matter that the Bears scored another run in the seventh, for the grme was already 'won. Bill Thompson topped the at- t’’ck for the Boars with three for fcur, and Wat.':on and Reese got two apiece, but it was Lee Farm er’s nomer that dealt the death blow to the Elon hopes. Leroy Myers topped the Elon'hitting with 3 homer and singT? for three, with Jerry Pike gettf.ig a triple and single and Steve Wall a pair of singles to share the bafting hon- I ors I The score by innings: r h e L. R 300 213 1—10 12 1 Elon 000 :H0 0— 7 8 5 Hinkle, Becket i.S) and Reese; Driver, Drake (P), Koenig (7) and ^^eyser. .DelGais. Golf Team Takes Nine Straight The Elon College golfers, bid ding high for their second suc- cesive North State Conference championship, were still romp ing along undefeated as April came to a close, having posted nine consecutive victories, all of them over North State rivali. The linksnven have chalked four additional victories since the last previous issue of the Maroon and Gold, turning back Appalachian 16 to 2 and At lantic Christian 9 1-2 to 8 1-2 in meets played just prior to spring holidays. The Christians returned to the links aftier the spring vacation and licked Guilford 12 1-2 to S 1-2 and tramjAed Catawba 17 to 1 in meets last week. They were at Catawba on Monday and were host to Kast Carolina here yesterday, but results of those matches were not known at this writing. Eddie Hughes, undefeated in nine individual malj^hes, and. Buddy Briggs are still pacing the play for the Elon outfit, with Frank Lawrence In the Number Three spot and with Palkoyics and Ciamelll alternating at Number Four. As I See It By JOHN DALCIN Christians Win Holiday Series From Fort Lee Topping off a successful holiday invasion of Virginia, the Christian boset>aII squad turned back the strong Fort Lee army team in two games out of three played on the army diamond. The Christians look the first game 2 to 1, drop ped the second 8 to 5 and then copped the deciding tilt 7 to 3. Roger Kna{>p and Gary Henson pitched steady ball for Elen to get credit for the two wins, which boosted the Christians above the .500 mark for the season in wins and losses. ' Elon 2, Fort Lee 1 The Christians made three hits good for two runs in the 2 to 1 .iciory over the Fort Lee outfit oa Tuesday afternoon, April 19th, winning a close contest in which Fort Lee could get only five hits off the »la»ts of southpaw Roger Knapp. The Christians plated singly scores Id the third and eighth, the first on a walk to Knapp and a single by Jerry Pike and the other on a brace of errors by Fort L*e and a single by Steve Wall. Tlw Fort Lee outfit plated its run in the seventh on a walk and a single Pike, Wall and Charlie Maidon got StancU (flj and Harris. Elon 7. Fort Lee 3 Gary Henson turned in his sec ond mound victory within four days as he scattered seven Fort Lee bingles along the route to pitch Elon to a 7 to 3 decision in the third and final game of the holiday series. Jerry Pike had three hits and Jug Irvin and Steve Wall a pair of safeties each as the Christians smackekd out ten .ufeties off two Fort Lee pitchers The score by innings: r h Eton 200 100 31»—7 10 Fort Lea. 000 000 102—3 7 Henson and DelGais; Wenman, Laster (6) and Harris. The Elon College cinder squad came from behind in the last two events to clinch a thrilling 69 to 67 victory over a strong Apprent ice School outfit in a dual track meet at Burlington Memon.il Stadium last Saturday afternoon, \pril 30th. After trailing by as much as ourteen points midway the meet ,ind behind by ten with two events to go, Dick More and John Goz- jack took the first two placcs in the javelin, and the Elon relay quartet romped to victory in the last race to sew up the win Grady Tuck moved ou'. front in the first lap of the relay, Ken Cooke held the edge. Jack Moore widened the margin, and Aii^o Hineman raced home in the an chor post for an Elon win by a full thirty yards in the good timi.' of 3 minutes 36.3 seconds. George Wooten and .\llen Hine- nian, Elon’s freshman sprint and jump aces, were top mdivldual scorers with 13 points each. Wool en had firsts in the two twenty and hop-step-jump and scjonti in the broad Jump, while Hineman took firsts in the hundied and broad jump and second In the hop- step-jump. Dick More set a new Elon record in the javelin when he tossed the pear 167 feet llinches, eclipsing the old mark of 164 feet 3 inches which ank Carmines set in the At lantic Christian dual meet last spring. The Elon relay outfit turned in the best time by a Christian quartet since Lynn New comb, Kerry Richards, licbby Green and Horst Mevious sei the record of 3 minutes 33.5 seconds against Wake Forest in 1955. The summary follows: 100 YARD DASH — Hineman (E), SeU (A), Ubby (E). TIME- 10.3 sea. 220 YARD DASH—Wooten (E), Hooper (A), Adams (A). TIME — 23.1 secs. 440 YARD DASH—Moore (E), Whiteside (A), Tuck (E). TIME— .54.1 secs. 880 YARD RUN—Cooke (E). W. Spencer (A), Stepp (A). riMt — 2 mini. 11.9 secs. MILE RUN —C. Spence/ (A). Plaster (E), W .Spencer (A). TIME -4 mins. 50.4 secs. ‘ TWD-MILE RUN — BaU (A), Jones (A). TIME—11 min^. 23.8 secs. L. Baseball Schedule MINOR SPORTS 1 FJtn 17, Williams 8. EIuu 5, Williams 10. FJon 4. Hampdrn-Sldnry 5. Elon 2, Colby 10. Elon 4. W. and L. 3. Elon 4. Catawba 5. Elon 2, Princeton 19. Elon 6, A.C.C. 3. Elon-Pfelffer (Rain). Elon II, High Point S. Elon 3. Lenoir Rhyne 16. Elon 17, West Carolina 14. Elon 13, West Carolina 3. Klun 13, Guilford 34. ELON 2, Pfeiffer 1. Elon 16, Norfolk Division 2. Elon 2, Fort Lee 1 Elon 5, Fort Lee 8. Elon 7, Fort I,ee 3. Elon 7. Lenoir Rhyne 10. Elon 2, East Carfolhia 4. Elon 4. Catawba L Remaining Games May 3—High Point, away. May 5—Guilford, home. May 10—Pembroke, home (1)H). May IJ—A.C.C., away. May 14—F.ast Carolina, away. May 18—Appalachian, away. 120 HIGH HURDLES-^inng- lOB (A), Brown (A), Warren (E). TIME — 16.9 secs. 220 LOW HURDLES—Burke (E), Arrin^fton (A), Brown (A). TIME— 26.S socs. HIGH JUMP—Adams (Ai and Hooper (A) tied for first; Riddle (E). EIGHT—5 feet 8 Inches. BROAD JUMP — Hlnemau IE), Wooten (E), Sehmer (A). DIS TANCE — 19 feet 8 inches. HOP-STEP^UMP — Wooten (E), Hineman IE), Adanui (A). DISTANCE — 40 feet 3 3-4 inches POLE VAULT—WiUams (A). No other places. HEIGHT—9 feet 8 Inches. SHOT — Warren (E), Savage (A), Spear (A). DISTANCli—39 ifeet 8 Inches. ' DISCUS—Zehmer (A). SUebler KE), Arrington (A). DISTANCE- 120 feet. JAVELIN— M: ore (E), Gozjack (E), Burnette (A). DISTANCE— 167 feet 11 inches. (New Elon rec ord). MILE RELAY — Elon (Tuck. Cooke, Moore, Hineman). TIME— 3 mins. 38.3 secs. • Reorganization Slated For Elon Football Staff The Elon track team, now sportr and Eddie Burke, who won ing a 2-1 record, scored an im pressive victory in a triangular meet with Guilford and Pfeiffer at the Burlington Stadium just be fore the holidays, and then last Saturday C:oach Sid Varney’s lads were even mioire impressive in turning back Aprentice 69 to 67 in a dual meet. Elon dominated the triangular meet with the Quakers and Panth ers, scoring impressively in every event except the pole vault. Barry Staebier set a new school record when he heaved the discus 123 feet 5 inches, topphig the mark of il7 feet 5 inches set by Dick More last spring. More was second behind Staebier in the Guilford- Pfeiffer contest. Another highlight of that meet was Staebler’s stab at the two-mile iron-he finished. Others who showed well igainst Guilford and Pfeiffer were Alien Hineman and Bill Libby, first and second in the 10(Vyard dash; George Wooten, who captured the hop-step-jump, the tWo-twenty and the broad jump; Al Plaster, win ning both the mile and two mile; hurdles. It was more of the same as the Christian cindermen grabbed thriller from Apprentice School last weekend, with the Elon relay team winning the final event to clinch the victory. Also a feature was Dick More’s toss of 167 feet 11 inches for a new Elon record in the javelin throw. r be Eloa 001 000 010—2 3 2 .. 00* 000 100—1 5 3 Knapp and Little, DelGais; Heppel and HarrU. Fort Lee 8, Elon 5 The Fort Lee club evened tlie series with an 8 to 5 win on Wad- ^ nesday, April 20th, getting to thre« Christian hurlers for a total of One df the truly interesting twelve hiU during the fray. The things in the play of the Elon base- ChrisUans had only five hits off ball squad this spring is Coach Jack Sanford’s experimentation with the "speed-up” plan for the diamond sport. Seeking a way to eliminate long-drawn out diamond contests that grow boresome to the fans, Coach Sanford has tried the plan in six games thus far, against Pfeifferonce, against lliree once and against East Carohna once. , The Pfeiffer _same was played in one hour and thirty minutes, and only one of the others has needed more than two hours to the combined offerings of three Fort Lee moundsmen. Charlie Maidon topped the Elon attack with two singles in four (trips, while Bullard, Keller. Elk' ins and Harris all had two safe* ties 16 feature the Fort Lee as sault. Jerry Drake, Wilson Teal and John Koenig shared the luuvc, “»“■ . i -hionl mound duties for Elon, with Drake times, against Appalacman ... j . getting credit for the defeat. The score by Innings: r k 6 Elon 000 000 023—5 5 Fort Lee .... 210 203 OOx—8 12 Drake, Teal (6), Koenig (T) and DelOals, Keyser; Lex, French (7) (Continued On Page Four) GOLF SCHEDULE Elon 14 1-2, High Point 3 1-2. Elon 13, A.C.C. 5. Elon 14, Guilford 4. Ekm-East Carolina (Rala). Elon 16 1-2, High Point 1 1-2. Elon 10 1-2. L. Rhyne 7 1-2. Elon 16, A|>alachlan S. Elon 9 1-2, A.C.C. 8 1-2. Elen 12 1-2, Gnllford S 1-2. Elon 17, Catawba 1. (Remaining Meets! May 2—Catawba, away. May 5—East Carolina, home. May Appalachian, away. May 12—Lenoir Rhyne, home. Complete reorganization of the Elon football coaching staff for the 1960 season was revealed when President J. E. Danieiey an nounced on April 14th that Head Coach Sid Varney and Assistant Coach Bob Dunlap had not been re appointed to their coaching posts for the coming year. In announcing termination ot TENNIS SCHEDULE Rlon 5, High Point t. Elon t. Guilford S. Elon (), E. Carolina 9. Elon 4, Pfeiffer 4. Elon 3, Aptulachlaa 4. Klon-A.C.C. (K«in). Elon 0, East CaTtlbu 1. (Remaining iWeeti) May 5—Appalachian, awmr. May 10—Pfeiffer, hem«. May 11—A.p.C., away. May 18—Guilford, away. TRACK SCHEDULE Elon 47, W. and L. 92. EU» 84 1-2, Gulirord 54 1-2, Pfeiffer M. Hon 69,* Ai>prefltlce 87. (Remaining Meela) May 3—Lynchburg, home. 1965 S 1956 1957 1958 1959 9 « 3 1 7 5 0 6 9 0 0 0 • 24 36 Totals The 1964 and' 1957 campaigns ■were best of the era, with the 1957 team posting the only undefeated their coaching contracts, Dr. Dan- mark tn Elon’i history. Vamey ieley stated that both coaches had Ven offered an opportunity to re* main with the college M members of the physical education faculty. Neither coach has yet made any announcement of their intentlon.s in regard to the teaching posts. Alon-g with the announcement concerning Vamey and Dunlap, the Elon president stated that a new head football coach would be named within a few weeks. How ever, no appointment ha» been made at this time. Coach Vamey, a guard on the University of North Carolina teanw of th* Charlie Jiuidce era, came to Elon In the lummer of 1953 and has directed the Fighting Christian jffldd6rs throu^ seven .Masons during which has teanif how poBted a record of 24 wins, iM losses and two ties. coaching record, season by season is as follows: Season W L T 1953 1 6 1954 5 3 was named Coach of thtt Year In the North State Conference in T)oth 1964 and 1097 and was uamed to pie SgtnQ boDor in tha Carolina! naia district lo 1997, He has aliio coacb^ Ui> track team since 1955, posting a mark of 2l wins and 11 losses in dual and triangular meets. His team won the C^Hiference track crowti In 1955 and finished second from 1956 through 19S8. ^ His complete track racord In regular-season meets follows: Tear W L 19M - 3 1 1956 3 1 1957 5 3 1968 :... 4 0 1959 - 4 5 1960 2 1 Total . . - 21 11 Coach Donlap, who played guard on the Vamey-coached grl4 teams for two years, joined tha (Continued on Page Four)