Friday, May 5, 1961
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Basebali Win —-
Ov»^r Pfeiffer
Jerry Tillman, Elon’s lanJvy
■jophomore righthander, pitched
steady ball and grabbed off top
honors at the plate as he led the
Fighting Christians to an 8 to
3 victory over the Pfeiffer Pan
thers here Saturday afternoon.
April 22nd, in a North State Con
ference baseball game.
Tillman had only one bad inn
ing as he allowed the Panthers
only six hits while fanning six
and walking six, and his homer
and single in three trips proved
the best for the Christian batters.
His homer came with a mate on
the cushions in the third.
The Christians had scored a sin
gle run in the first on singles by
C. G. Hall and Leviner, and Till
man's two-run homer in the third
boosted the lead. Two other runs
in the fourth on singles by Eddie
Clark. Danny Hall and Tillman
proved enough for the win. Three
runs in the sixth were only extra
trimming on the victory.
The score by innings:
PAGE THREK
Pfeiffer . 000 000 300—3
Elon 102 206 OOx—8
DiMucci, Rayle (3), Parker (5),
Pine (8) and Hock: Tillman and
Little. Losing pitcher — DiMucci.
Homerun — Tillman (Elon, one on
In third).
JERRY TILLMAN, PITCHER
JERRY DRAKE. PITCHER
C
Baseball Srliediile
Talking Sports
With
DAVID ‘PROPHET’ MARSHBURN
Bang! The baseball team got
oft to a start just like that on
its 1961 baseball season, a pow
erful start which netted eleven
wins out of the first thirteen
games, and then something hap
pened that brought a brief mid
season slump.
It seemed that things were just
going bad all the way, Vith neither
the pitchers, the batters nor the
fieldeJlB having that fine touch
^fliich is needed to win, and sud
denly the team found itself losing
three consecutive games in Con
ference compeStion.
Guilford had copped an upset
win in the first Conference bat
tle of the year, but this was fol
lowed quickly by wins over Lenoir
Rhyne and Western Carolina, and
that was when the bottom seemed
to fall out, bringing the three
ttraight defeats at the hands of
Lenoir Rhyne, High Point and
Appalachian.
Suddenly the Christians found
themselves down on the wrong
side of a 3-4 Conference standing,
at that point the Maroon and
baseballers took a brace and
turned back Pfeiffer and Atlantic
Christian in two loop battles to
PW themselves back on the right-
hand side of the ledger in the
North State race.
With four defeats against them,
tliey face the necessity of playing
steady ball all the rest of the
'fay, but Coach Sanford’s boys
Bay have just what it takes. This
1861 baseball squad has not shown
much hitting power as some
teams of recent years, but
*t does seem to have some fine
pitching, and a few of the boys
showing excellent power at the
plate.
^oger Knapp, the senior left-
liinder, has come through just as
Coach Sanford expected him to
^0, and he is leading the way
*ith five wins to his credit, but
Sanford is real pleased with
the work of Jerry Tillman and
^®rry Drake, a pair of sophomores,
have turned in some outstand-
work on the mound.
Jihi Leviner has been the big
with the stick, as far as the
katting averages go, but he has
delved some outstanding support
from the bats of Mike Little, Ed-
Clark, CharUe Maidon, Dan-
Hall and others. Clarit 1***
Although southpaw Roger Knapp has topped the Christian mO”
s'atf in total wins with a 5-1 record this spring. Coach Jack San
ford has found some fine sophomore mound strength in a paii' o.
o.vs named Jerry. They are Jerry Tillman, shown left, a formei
r>urlington high school star, whi ha' turned in three mound win.s
ag insi a single loss; and Jerry Drake, pictured right, a forme.- PI.’
'ant Garden ace, who shows twa wins and two losses for the year.
Tillman has allowed only 27 hits in 50 innings, while chalking 39
strikeouts and allowing 27 walks. Drake has allowed only 20 hits
in 30 innings, while striking out 16 and allowing only 9 walks.
Leviner Leads Regulars
111 Year’s Hitting Race
Jim Leviner, hard-hitting first I second base, is topping the squad
driven in 27 runs in the first 23
games, and he is approaching the
Elon record that was set by Gil
Watts some yeare ago; and Levi- topping the regular I in the all-important runs-batted-in
ner, Maidon and Little ha^e having driven 27 of
sent more than a dozen of tneir; ^ ^ aver-'(his mates across the plate in 23
mates scampering home ahead of I , rn i, a
them with timely base knocks.
» * *
The Elon golfers, who are play
ing under the direction of Coach
George Tucker this spring, have
compiled only a little better than
a .500 percentage in wins and loss
es during the early season, hav
ing posted five wins and four loss
es in competition with other North
State teams, but Coach Tucker's
linksmen must be rated a top
contender for Conference honors
by tournament time.
In a recent meet the four top
scorers on the Christian links
squad were all in the 70’s in their
scoring, with a four-man team
score of 303 for one 18-hole round.
These scores were made over the
tough new Boone Country Club
course, and if the Christians can
do as well at Starmount two weeks
from now, then such a total should
be good enough to cop the team
title.
The four boys who joined their
efforts in this score were Buddy
Briggs, Frank Ciamello, Frank
Lawrence and Bob McLoud, so
the golf fans can look forward to
seeing this foursome in action when
ifs tee-off time at Starmount.
age, although two other members
of the squad who have played in
less games and had less times at
the plate are topping in the per
centage column.
Leviner, who has been at bat
85 times to lead the team in that
column, has banged out 28 hits
in compiling his .341 percentage.
!l>eroy Myers, who has seen only
part-time service in the outfield,
shows a .349 average in 23 times
at bat; and John VanBenSchoten,
big sophomore pitcher, is hitting
even .500 in four times at bat.
Eddie Clark, a steady hand at
Apps Defeat
Elon Outfit
In 1-0 Game
The Cliristian tracksters have
found rough sledding in earl/
meets, having tailed to register
a victory after one triangular meet
with High Point and East Carolina
and a trio of dual meets against
Apprentice School, Presbyterian
and Washington and Lee.
However, several Elon cinder-
men have turned in some excel
lent individual performances, and
Coach Gary Mattocks can also
look forward to the annual Con
ference meet with hope. Eddie
Burke, Dick More, Ralph Hoover,
Jack More, George Wooten, Willie
Tart and others have come up with
some fine times and distances, and
the addition of Ken Cooke to the
Deep in a mid-season slump,
the Elon Christians dropped a 1
to 0 decision to the Appalachian
Mountaineers at Boone on Friday
afternoon, April 21st, in a North
State Conference battle, which
featured a brilliant one-hit mound
job by Appalachian’s Bobby Dill
inger.
The game proved a real pitch
er’s battle as Elon’s Jerry Drake
turned m a four-hitter and held p Hall
the Mountaineers scoreless in all wall
except the seventh inning. Both q Hall
Drake and DilUnger fanned five Knapp -- 17
men during the tilt. , Tillman 23
The lone score for Appalachian Holmes — 12
came in the bottom of the sev- cooke 6
enth when Bob Morrison led off prake 8
with a double and scored moments ^anes — 38
games. Clark is approaching a
possible Elon season re?ord in
that department, with his closest
competition coming from Leviner,
who has 15 runs batted in to his
credit.
Charlie Maidon, Eddie Clark and
Danny Hall have each had two
homers to pace that department,
while Leviner leads in three-bag
gers with 2 and in two-baggers
with 5 to his credit.
Roger Knapp, senior southpaw,
tops the pitchers in wins with a
5-1 mark, while Jerry Tillman
shows a 3-1 record. Charlie Mai
don, Roy Erlandsen and Jerry
Drake have all chalked two pitch
ing wins, with Maidon showing
no losses. Erlandsen one and Drake
two defeats. John Koenig has a
1-0 record and John VanBenScho
ten a 1-2 mound record.
Individual batting through the
Atlantic Christian game on the
local field follows:
PUyer ab r h
VanBenSchoten 4 1 2
Myers 23
Leviner 85
Clark 78
Little 82
Cheek 18
Mahanes 33
Irvin 25
Pike 44
Maidon 81
37
63
60
Presbyterian
Cinder Team
Downs Elon
The Presbyterian Blue Stockings
grabbed nine firsts and tied for
another as they turned back the
Elon cinder ^quad 71 to 58 in a
dual meet at Clinton, S. C., on
Thursday afternoon. April 20th.
Dick More took firsts in the
javelin and discus and second in
the shot for 13 points to pace the
Elon scoring in the meet. Other
first place winners for Elon were
Eddie Burke in the high >iurdles.
George Wooten in the broad jump
and Bill Willis in the two-mile
run. Wooten also tied for first in
the two-twenty.
The summary:
100 YARD DASH — Alderman
(P>, Beddingfield (P), Wooten (E).
TIME — 10.2 seconds.
220 YARD DASH — Tie for first
by Wooten (E) and Alderman (P),
tie for third by Tart (E) and Bed
dingfield (P). TIME — 23.8 sec
onds.
440 YARD DASH — Cook (P),
Moore (E), Rolin (P). TIME —
4.4 seconds.
880 YARD RUN — Acker (P),
Plaster (E), Fowler (P). TIME —
2 mins. 13.5 seconds.
MILE RUN — Frieson (P), Wil
lis (E), Neil (E). TIME — 5
mins. 1.5 seconds.
TWO-MILE RUN — Willis (E),
Frieson (P), Riddle (E). TIME
11 minutes 300 seconds
120 HIGH HURDLES — Burke
Kiiapj) Pitches (Christians
To Victory Over Bulldogs
steady pitching by Roger Knapp
nd timely hitting by Jim Leviner
and Charlie Maidon proved the
■ombination that gave the Elon
'liristlans a 5 to 2 victory over
lie Atlantic Christiiin liuildogs in
1 North State Conference battle
m the Elon Sieid on TuomI.i'
flernoon. April 25th.
Knapp, a veteran Elon soutii-
law, limited the Bulldogs to only
.X hits, and three of those blows
me in an Atlantic Christian up-
sing in the first Inning. Dave
;yerly walked to open the inn-
ng. and then there were tiiiH'f
ingles by Hubbard, Pittman and
'ack Fritz to plate two Bulldog
markers before the rally was halt
ed.
After that early rally, the Bull-
Jogs never threatened again, and
Elon rebounded to knot the count
It 2-,ill in the third, when walks
to Wayne Mahanes and Eddie
'lark were backed by Jim Levi-
or’s double and Charlie Maldon’s
'ingle to send two Elon runners
tampering home.
Three innings later the Chris
tians locked up the victory with
a three-run rally. With one out,
Knapp walked, Ted Eanes dou-
Ibled, Knapp was out on a fielder's
choice at the plate, but Leviner
'rocketed his second two^baggeV
of the game to score Eanes and
Vlahanes, and Leviner romped
home seconds later on Mike Lit
tle's single.
That was the ball game, tor
there was no more scoring on
cither side. Knapp closed out the
contest with only six hits against
him, while allowing four walks
and chalking three strikeouts. Lev
iner had two doubles and Maidon
a brace of singles to lead Elon’r
elght-hlt attack.
The score by innings:
r h e
A.C.C. 200 000 000—2 6 0
Rlon 002 003 OOx—5 8 0
Morgan, Plaster (2) and Ful-
ghum; Knapp and Little. Losing
pitcher — Plaster.
Hif^h Point
Tops Elon
In 7-6 Tilt
Blooper hits at Inopportune mo
ments proved costly to the Elon
Christians as they dropped an up
set 7 to 6 battle to the High Point
Panthers on the Panther 'field on
Wednesday afternoon, April 19th.
The Christians moved to a quick
2-0 lead in the first inning as Ed
die Clark smacked a 2-run dou
ble, but the only error of the en
tire game came on a grounder
by the first High Point batter In
the bottom of the first to set off
a 3-run uprising for the home-
standing Panthers.
That left the High Point nine
out front by a 4-2 margin, and it
took the Christians until the sixth
frame to get those runs back and
tie the score at 4-all. One Elon
Elon 6. llampdrn-Sidney 4.
Elon 6, Vi. and L 3.
Klon 6, Williams 5.
Elon 9. Willlanu 1.
Klon 6, Keiisseliirr 9.
Klon 2, Korl l.ee 1.
I'lon 9, Fort Lee 0.
Klon 11. Fort Lee 3,
Elon 0, Fort Lee li,
Elon 6. ilimiKlen-Sidney 3.
Elon 7, Ilimpdcn-Sidnejr i.
Elon 25, Windhani 3.
Elon G, Windham 5.
Elon 6. Guilford 7.
Elon-Catawba (Kaln),
I'.loii 13, lyonulr Kliyne 3.
Elon 4, Norfolk Division 8.
Elon 2, West Carolina 1.
Elon 8. West Carolina 3.
Elon 0, Lenuir Rhyne S.
Elon 6, lllith Point 7.
Elnn 0. Appalarhiiui 1.
Elon 8. Pfeiffer 3.
Elon 5, A.C.C. 2.
Elon 4. Catawba 1.
(Kemalninx Games)
May 3—East Carolina, home.
May S—Pembroke, away (Dll).
May 9—Pfeiffer, away.
May 10—llljfh Pokit, home.
May 12—East Carolina, away.
May 13—A.C.C., awuy.
May 17—Appalachian, home.
(B).
1
5 8
14 29
17 24
13 19
5 5
9 9
5
7
2» 18
6 7
15 12
19 11
3 3
3
0
1
0
3
ave.
.500
3481 220 LOW HURDLES
.341
.308
.306
.278
.273
6 .240
10 .227
later on Wayne Barker’s single.
Morrison, who had a double and
single, was the only Appalachian
player able to get more than one
hit off the Drake slants. Jim Lev
iner had Elon’s only hit, a single
after two were away in the fourth.
The score by innings:
r b e
Eion - 000 000 000—0 1 2
Koenig — * ®
Erlandsen 3 0
Grose 1 ®
Welch - 0 0
.222
.194
.190
.183
.176
.174
.167
.167
.125
.105
.000
.000
.000
.000
roster In the meet at Washington ^ ^
and Lee furnished some much- Appalachian
and run. , Di,i,„ger and
needed strength in the middle dis-|
tances.
Wllsoo.
elon TOTALS 732 152 171 .234
OPPONENTS .. 679 95 135 .199
RUNS-BATTED-IN — Clark 27
Leviner 15, Maidon 13, Little 13
C. G. HaU 8, D. Hall 8, Myers 8,
Irvin 5, Cheek 4, Pike 4. Eanes 4
(Continued on Page Fotir)
, Burton (P), Hoover (E). TIME|jjjgj.|^gj. counted In the third when
C. G. Hall walked and scored on
Jerry Pike’s double, and another
was plated in the sixth on Jim
Leviner’s double and a single by
Clark.
The Christians moved to the
fore in the seventh as C. G. Hall
tripled, followed by a brace of
singles by Pike and Leviner and
a sacrifice fly by Mike Little, and
this set the stage for a disastrous
eighth, which saw High Point ral
ly for three runs and the victory.
Jerry Pike, Jim Leviner and Ed-
Clark all had a double and single
I— 16.9 seconds.
— Bed
dingfield (P), Burton (P), Creed
(K). TIME — 26.6 seconds.
HIGH JUMP — Hill (P), tie for
second by Burke (E), Riddle (E),
Hoover (E) and Acker (P). HEIGHT
5 feet 10 Inches.
BROAD JUMP — Wooten (E),
Burton (P), Beddingfield (P). DIS
TANCE — 20 feet 2 1-2 Inches
POLE VAULT — Gentry (P),
no second or third. HEIGHT — 9
feet.
SHOT PUT — Browder (P),
More (E). Warren (E). DISTANCE ^lon, and C. G. HaU had a
— 41 feet 11 1-2 inches. \\ong triple as the Christian* hit
DISCUS — More (E), Usry P).'ihree Panther pitchers hard, but
Warren (E). DISTANCE — ^^^|lt was ten poop singles off four
feet 6 inches. j Elon hurlers that brought defeat.
JAVEUN — More (E), Schaefef',j.Qppi„g the High Point batting
(E), Purdy (E). DISTANCE — 165 Thornburg, Quinn and Wll-
feet 9 inches. lard, all with two singles
MILE RELAY — Presbyterian. The score by innings:
3 minutes 45 seconds. Elon 201 001 200 8 10 1
I High Point 400 000 03x—7 10 0
For some of us roughing It I Knapp, Erlandsen (6), VanBen
Schoten (8), Drake (B) and Little.
Roy Grant, Cashion (6), Sechri*t
(7) and Ray Grant. Winning pltch-
TIME
means turning the electric blanket
down to medium.
• • •
It’s middle age when after you
■go all out you end up all in.
er — Sechrist. Losing pitcher —
Erlandsen.
Elon Track
Squad Loses
To Genends
The Washington and Lee Gene
rals, strong Southern Conference
cinder squad, grabbed twelve of
fifteen first places as they turned
back the Elon Christians 94 1-3
to 45 2-3 In a dual track meet at
Lexington, Va., on Thursday, April
27th.
Those who won first places for
the Christians Included Eddie
Burke in the low hurdles, George
Wooten In the hop-step-jump and
the Elon relay quartet composed
of Willie Tart, Tyrone McDufXi*,
Ken Cooke and Jack Moore.
Wooten topped the Elon scoring
with 9 points on a first in the hop-
stop-jump, second in the two-twen-
ty and third in the broad jump.
Burke took first in the low hurdles,
second in the high hurdles and
tied for third in the high jump.
The summary:
100 YARD DASH: Hickey (WL),
Sackett (WL), Cooke (E). TIME —
10:1 seconds.
220 YARD DASH: Britt (WL),
Wooten (E). Cook (E). TIME —
23.6 seconds.
440 YARD DASH: Tart (E),
Urquhart (WL), Moore (E). TIME
— 52 seconds.
880 YARD RUN: Shank (WL).
Klrkley (WL). Plaster (E). TIME
— 2 minutes 7.5 seconds.
MILE RUN: Essex (WL). Willis
(E). Duffey (WL). TIME: 4 min
utes 51 scconds.
TWO-MILE RUN: Brownlee
(WL), GarreUon (WL), WllUs (E).
TIME — 10 minutes 28.6 seconds.
120 HIGH HURDLES: Lancas
ter (WL). Burke (E). Jansen (WL).
TIME — 16 seconds.
220 LOW HURDLES: Burke
(E). Jansen (WL). Pearson (WL).
TIME — 27.4 seconds.
HIGH JUMP: Kell (WL). Hoo
ver (E). tie for third by Burke
(E). Riddle (E) and McCaleb
(WL). HEIGHT — 5 feet 8 Inches.
BROAD JUMP: Edwards (WL).
Sackett (WL). Wooten (E). DIS
TANCE 20 feet.
POLE VAULT: Parker (WL),
Myers (WL). Calloway (WL).
HEIGHT: 11 feet 6 Inches.
HOP-STEP-JUMP: Wooten (E).
KeU (WL). Kowalski (WL). DIS
TANCE — 39 feet 7 inches.
SHOT PUT: Munroe (WL). More
(E). Kowalski (WL). DISTANCE
— 43 feet 7 1-2 inches.
DISCUS: Day (WL). Cmger
(WL). More (E). DISTANCE: 121
feet 4 inches.
JAVELIN: Begg (WL). More
(E). Kowalski (WL). DISTANCE
— 180 feet 8 1-2 Inches.
MILE RELAY: Elon (Tart. Mc
Duffie, (^ke, Moore). TIME
3 minutes 43.1 seconds.