Thursday, December 15, 1960
MAROON AND GOLD
Talking Sports
With
DAVID PROPHET’ MARSHBURN
•‘Fighting Christi&ns.”
What better words could be
found to describe the Elon basket
ball players this year? Certainly,
they have shown the description
true in early games. They are
going to win some, and they are
going to lose some, but one thing
for sure is that they will be in
there fighting like Elon Christians
(0 win them all and to make us
here at the college proud that it
is our team.
The general spirit; about the
campus concerning this new model
o£ the Elon basketball team is
that it is going to be much better
than a year ago, although con
tinued experience and participa
tion is needed for the squad to
get on the right trail and stay
there.
It is still a young squad, for
there are several freshmen who
are right in the thick of things,
fighting for a place in the start
ing line-up. Among those fresh
men bidding for starting calls are
a pair of guards, Roland Miller,
a sharpshooter from Indiana, and
Bill Momingstar, a fine floor man
and playmaker from Virginia.
Both of these boys have already
made their presence felt and are
putf»>ig the pressure on Richie
Conatser, that old sophomore pro
from last year’s squad.
At the forward posts are four
[ lanky Kentuckians, who shoot with
the accuracy of squirrel hunters
(rom the Kentucky hill country.
Captain Ken Smith and Jug Irvin
have held the starting posts in
most of the early games, but they
I have fine relief from Herb Hawks
and Gary Teague. Also at for
ward is another freshman, Mac
Bowman, who seems improving as
I time goes by.
There’s a pair of towering North
I Carolina boys at the center spot
in Eddie Burke, former Burling
ton High star, and Dewey And
rew, who played his prep ball at
Eli Whitney. Burke seems much
improved from last year, and
Andrew is playing much more
effectively as a sophomore than
he did as a freshmaa a year ago.
Rounding out the squad is an
other trio of youthful guards, in
cluding one sophomore and a pair
of freshmen. Barry Hodge is a
sophomore letterman from Bur
lington who has improved with an
added year of experience, while
Phil Cheek and Don Guthrie are
the frosh candidates who may see
service before the year is gone
Of course, there have been
rough spots in the play of the
Christians in early games, but ex
perience and the rough school of
college competition will iron out
those wrinkles. In each game the
At the forard posts are four
terns, which will be reflected in
improved performance as the sea
son progresses.
The boys themselves feel that
they have not yet reached their
peak, and there have been times
when they knew they were not up
to par in their play, but the squad
as a whole is working to perfect
both offense and defense, and
Coach Miller himself is working
daily to discover the combination
which works best together.
The results of all this work by
both players and coach has al
ready begun to show, for in the
final half of last week’s victory
over Wofford the Christians were
really clicking on all cylinders and
hitting their shots with almost un-
believeable accuracy. In that final
half against the Terriers, the Elon
outfit hit better than 76 per cent
of its floor shots, and that kind
of shooting is bound to bring vic
tories in later games.
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SCENES ,\S ELON OPENED CAGE SEASON MITH PFEIFFER WIN
CONFERENCE WITH COACH MILLER
IRVIN GOES UP FOR TWO-POINTER
Twenty-Eight Awarded
Grid Letters For 1960
Cagers To Play
Holiday Tourney
Award of letters to twenty-eight'
I members of the Elon College foot-
Iball squad for service during the
11960 season has just been an-
Inounced by Coach George Tucker, j
Twelve of the group received^
their first awards in footbaU, and, Christmas hoUday pe-
I there were six seniors mcluded in. Christian
Ithe group, two of them wmningj returning to the cam-
lletters because of continuous serv-^ immediately after Christ-
Wooteii iUiii Is
Starred By AP
The Elon College football squad
made the national headlines
throorhout the United States
when the Associated Press chose
George Wooten”s great 108-yard
touchdown return of a Catawba
field goal attempt the Nuinber
One gridiron oddity of the 1960
collegiate grid season. Only final
statistics for the season will re
veal whether Wooten's run was
the longest dash of the year.
When the Christian quarter
back grabbed the errant Indian
kick deep in his own end zone
and ran U back for the tonch-
down that netted a 13 to 12 win
over Catawba, the Associated
Press carried the story through
out the country, and then the
AP sports staff only last week
recalled the sensational scoring
sprint as the most unusual pUy
of the entire year, playing Num
ber One in a story that listed odd
events from many “Big Time”
gridirons.
Two scenes witnessed in Elon’s Alumni Memorial Gym as thei
Christians opened with a decisive 74-56 win over the Pfeiffer Fal
cons are shown in the pictures aljove. At the left is shown a nomenti
of conference with Coach Bill Miller on the sidelines, with the
Christian mentor dishing out some instructions for Eddie Burke,
who stands behind, and Bill Momingstar, who kneels in front. The
!Mc:ure at the right shows Jug Irvin, a driving junior forward, as
he leaped high in the air to drop a good two-point bucket toward
h; victory over the Falcons.
:i First Game ...
Christian Quint Downs
Pfeiffer By 74 To 56
Kicking the lid off their new
1960-61 cage campaign with a vic
tory, the Elon Christians unlimb
ered their long range guns for
some almost phenomdnal shooting
as they trampled the Pfeiffer Fal
cons 74 to 56 in the first battle of
tile season here on Wednesday
night, November 30th.
The victory, in adrii*;cn to op-
'ring the season on the right foot,
also set. the Christlaus away in
■ inning =tyle in their bid for North
Conference honors, for the
W- /rEN MAKES HONOR TEAMS
I Ice through their college years.
The awards group included five
lends, six tackles, five guards,
I three centers, two quarterbacks,
■ four halfbacks and two fullbacks.
I Grouped by classes, there were
I six seniors, six juniors, twelve
I sophomores and four freshmen.
I The majority being sophomores
I and freshmen was to be expected
I since the Christian squad was a
[very youthful outfit.
The six seniors who received
I letters were Co-Captain Tony Mar-
kosky, end, of Mahanoy City, Pa.;
I John Koenig, end, of Havertown,
[Pa.; Don Szydlik, tackle, of Na
trona, Pa.; Jim McClure, guard,
of Brackenridge, Pa.; Bill Faries,
I guard, of Hamlet; and Bob Over
ton. fullback, of West Hempstead.
N. Y. Of ■group, Koenig and
[ Faries received their first mono-
I grams. AU others had received
fs many as two previous letters,
addition to Markosky, Szyd-
Overton, other
IVetenms received their sec-
Und or thira' seasonal awards were
It^Capt. Rayburn, tackle,
Korfolk, V«.r DalCia,
I tenter, of Tamaqu*.
Short, halfback, of
John Gozjack, end, of TarnaqOS,
Pa.; Jim Moore, end, of Tume
Creek, Pa.; Dean Yates, tackle,
Of Mayodan; Gene Stokes, guard,
of Darnngton, S. C.; Tom
center and end, of Charleston, •
C.; George Wooten, quarterback,
of Hamlet: and Wayne Mahanes,
halfback, of Madism.
mas Day to participate in the
annual Camp Lejeune Holiday
Tournament, which is set for
the giant Marine base on Wed
nesday, Thursday and Friday,
December 28th, 29th and 30th.
The invitational meet will feat
ure four games daily,
The Christian basketeers will
be joined in the meet by teams
from Pikeville CoUege, Georgia
Southern College, the Univers
ity of Baltimore, Concord Col
lege, Carson Newman College,
Catawba College and the host
Camp Lejeune Leathernecks.
The Elon outfit will meet Pike
ville in the opening game at
1:30 o’clock on December 28th.
The Christians finished strth in
the Lejeune tournament last
year, going to the finals of the
consolation bracket,
In addition to Koenig and Faries
other players who received their
first football awards were Albert
Frieze, guard, of Concord: smy
LaCoste, center, of Bisho^iUe,
S C ■ Marvin Crowder, halfback,
of cikrksviUe, Va.; George Kom-
orowsky, end, of Shenandoah Pa.;
Joe Berdosch, tackle, of Mahonoy
City, Pa.; Kenneth Cooke, half
back, of Hillsboro; Burl Clements
fullback, of Richmond, Va.; Cam
eron Littte, tackle, Roanoke Rap
ids; CharUe Strigo, tackle, of Gra.
ham; Don MiUer end, of Graham;
and Garrie Warren, guard, of
Fentress, Va.
Pfeiffer cagera are oew members
of the North State loop this season,
and the games with the Falcons
count in the loop standings.
Richie Conatser, the stocky lit
tle guard from Kentucky, display
ed an unerring eye for the basket
as he dropped ten of fifteen tries
from the floor, most of them from
far out, Conatser wound up with
ten field goals and four of four
free throws for 24 points.
However, Conatser was not the
only scoring threat, for the entire
Christian squad made good on
55.8 per cent of its field goal at
tempts, well ahead of the invading
Falcons who could sink only 39.3
per cent from action.
I Jug Irvin, playi»g his first game
for the Christians, poined with
Conatser as one of the big guns,
with Irvin hitting eight of fourteen
floor shots and adding five free
throws for 21 poinU. Eddie Burke,
who bagged 11 markers, was the
third Elon player hitting double
figures for the night. Bill Clay-
poole was the top threat for Pfeif
fer with 20 points.
The first half of the game was
close, with Elon edging a bare
28-26 lead in intermission, but
Irvin and Burke paced a big
Christian rally early in the sec
ond half to shoot the Elon outfit
far ahead. Elon played without
Captain Ken Smith, out with an
ankle injury.
Roseiibliith
Stars Down
Elon Cagers
Lennie Rosenbluth, the Carolina
All-American, proved that he still
has that magic soft touch around
the basket as he racked 24 points
to pace his Major League Stars
to an 80-71 victory over the Elon
College Christians here on Mon
day night. December 5th in a
benefit exhibition contest spon
sored by the Elon Exchange Club.
The game was not part of Elon’s
regular season.
The Stars were away in front
on buckets by Joe Quigg and Ray
Stanley, and they led through the
first five minutes, but Jug Irvin
Erskiiie Tops
Elon Quintet
By 76 To 69
The Erskine Flying Fleet jump
ed out to a long lead early in the
game and then fought off a de
termined squad of Elon Christians
to claim a 76 to 69 victory over
the Christian quint at Erskine on
Saturday night, December 3rd.
The sharpshooting Erskine eag
er? were hitting from all angles,
grabbing an 18-point edge by mid
way the first half. At that point
the Christians rallied and came
back to within five points at 38-
33 by the intermission.
The Christians got In foul trou
ble early in the g«me, and Erskine
got the one-and-one signal within
seven minutes after the firing
started. Jug Irvin, Eddie Burke
and Richie Conatser were hit by
fouls in those early minutes, and
Coach MillM" had to let the three
sit out the latter part of the first
hrlf.
Ken Smith led the firing for
the Elon outfit, hitting 12 field
buckets and 4 of 5 free throws for
28 points, but none of the other
Christians were hitting with any
degree of accuracy. Elon hit only
32 per cent for the night.
On the other hand the Flying
Fleet was firing with all guns,
having four men In double fig
ures. Bob Tuttle topped the Fleet
with 27 points, with Cox and
Grammer hitting 13 and Jordan
12 points.
(Continued on P»Be Four'
The line-ps:
Pos.—Elon (69)
F—Smith (28)
F—Irvin (9)
C--Burke (2)
C3—Conatser (4)
G—Miller (8)
Erskine (76)
Tuttle (27)
Cox (13)
Grammer (IB)
Taylor (91
Jordan (12)
Half-time: Erskine 38, Elon 33.
Elon subs — Hawks 6, Andrew
10, Momingstar 2. Erskine sub —
Ohlendorf 2.
Elon Grabs Even Break
In Tilts With Wofford
The line-ups:
pps.—Elon (74)
F—Irvin (21)
F—Hawks (4)
C—Burke (11)
G—Conatser (24)
G—Momingstar (3)
Pfeiffer (56)
Johnson (8)
Stealey (5)
Claypoole (20)
Hoch (4)
McManus (4)
H?lf-timc: Elon 28, Pfeiffer 26.
Elon subs — Teague 5, Andrew
1, Miller 4, Guthrie, Cheek, Hodge
Bowman. Pfeiffer Subs — Hoff-
inger 5, Pine 6, Kindred 4, Green,
DiMucci, Tucker.
Wooten ace sophomore arterback,. whio paced the
V hHnc Christian gridders in both passing and total offense for
Fighting ® ^ j the close of the I960 gridiron campaign
the year, was ‘ conference squad in the North State
by positions - '^°;j.^f^,^;';^“l"r:HrCarolinas District of the
l^lA*"Thr slender Elon backfield ace was the only Elon footbaU
Twif a“ ^ition on either of thc^honor squads. The Ham-
let lad passed for
giving a
also ran
ELON CAGE RECORDS
The Maroon and Gold hasket-
eers, with every man hitting on
fifty per cent or better of his shots,
trampled the Wofford Terriers 83
to 71 here on Wednesday night,
December lOth, to gain an even
break with the strong South Car
olina outfit in a home and home
series.
The Terriers had won an earlier
engagement in Spartanburg on the
previous Friday night by a 75 to
70 count, but they were unable
to halt the tine shooting of Coach
Bill Miller's boys in the rehirn
contest on the Elon floor.
Elon 83, Wofford 71
In the game here last week, the
Christians moved to a 6-2 lead
dn the early moments of the game
but Wofford rallied and swept to
a 15-6 lead at the half-way mark
of the first half. It was then that
the Christians began their victory
push. Captain Ken Smith hit a
bucket to tie the count at 28-aU af
ter fifteen minutes, and Elon gain
ed a bare 38-36 lead at the half.
The final half saw Elon hit on
truly sensational 76 per cent
of their floor shots, buckeUng 16
of 21 tries, as Jug Irvin and Eddie
Burke joined with Smith in a
drive that literally swept the Ter
riers before them.
Ken Smith was top man for the
night with 24 points, with Irvin
hitting 17, Burke getting 15 and
HOME GAME
Pos.—Elon (83)
F—Irvin (17)
F—Smith (24)
C—Andrew (4)
(3—Conatser (8)
G—Miller (11)
Wofford (71)
Berry (12)
Russell (6)
Waldrop (22)
Clff (17)
Lewandowski (S)
Half-time: Elon 38, Wofford 36.
Elon subs — Burke 15, Hawks
3. Wofford subs — Melton 9, Am
mons.
AWAY GAME
Pos.—Elon (70)
F—Smith (10)
F—Irvin (18)
C—Andrew (8)
G—Conatser (17)
Wofford (75)
Berry (10>
Russell (18)
Waldrop (7)
Cluff (11)
447 and rushed for 198 yards during the seas^
^tal offense mark of 64*
back punts and kickoffs for a
He
toUl of 312 yards and re
total 120 yards, which meant that he
Erf £‘bT.'Cr“.i “•
Dee Atkinson, one of Elon’s
greatest basketball players of all
time, who finished his career in
1957, holds the Elon single-game
scoring mark of 39 p«intJ. He set
the »ecord against Western Caro
lina in 1956 and set the one-game
field goal mark of 18 baskets in the
same game. C. G. Hall holds the
one-game free tlirow record of 15,
hitting them againxt Bast Carvlina
in 1958.
Roland Miller bucketing 11 count
ers, marking the first time this
season that the Christians had put
four men in the double figures in
the scoring column. Bob Waldrop
led Wofford with 22 points, while
Charlie Cluff racked 17 counters
Wofford 75, Elon 79
The Terrier* unle*«hed a dead
ly barrage of shooting from all
points on the floor to turn baok the
Elon ChristiaBs 75 to 70 at SparW
wburg on Friday night. Decern-
G—Miller (2) Lewandowsky (16)
Half-time: Wofford 37, Elon 34.
Elon subs — Hawks 2, Burke 9,
Teague 2, Momingstar 2. Wofford
^bs — Melton 6, Cubitt 4, Held-
reth, Artimons.
her 2nd, handing the Elon basket-
eers a defeat in the first of two
games of a two-game invasion of
the Palmetto State.
Boyce Berry, a speedy junior
forward, racked seven field goals
and hit four free throw* for IB
points as he paced the Terrier* to
victory. Three other Wofford cag
ers were in double figures, with
Tammy Lewandowsky hitting 16,
Ronnie Russell 13 and Charlie
Cluff 11 points for the night. The
entire Terrier squad hit 43 per
cent of its floor shots.
The Christian basketeers kept
It cloce all the way, trailing by
only 37-34 at half-time, but they
were unable to match the home-
standing Terrier shooting. Jug Ir
vin and Richard Conatser topped
the Elon attack with 18 and 17
points, with Captain Ken Smith
chipping in 11 counters.