Tue’day, January 16, 1962
MAROON AND GOLD
PAGE THREE
Christian Capers Take Title In Canip Lejeime Xournameiit
Mon Doivns
Bulldog Five
At Wilson
The Fighting Christian cagers
moved ahead early and then broke
the game wide open in the closing;
half as the Elon outfit turned back
Atlantic Christian 73 to 57 in a'
CaroHnas Conference battle at'
Wilson on Thursday night, January ^
4th. j
The win was Elon's eleventh in!
fourteen starts tor the season and
the fourth victory without a loss
in Conference play. It was also
Elon’s second victory of the year
over the Atlantic Christian cag
ers, for Coach Bill Miller’s boys
had turned back the Bulldogs 82
to 58 in an earlier tilt on the Elon
floor.
Dewey Andrew, Elon’s 6-6 piv
ot star, paced the Christian at
tack as he banged in thirteen
field buckets, most of them on
jump shots from around the foul
line, and added four .shots from
the charity stripe for a total of
30 points,
Andrew was ably aided and
abetted by towering Jesse Bran
son, freshman star at forward,
who worked mostly along the base
line for a total of 13 points. Bran
son grabbed down 14 rebounds,
and Andrew pulled down 12 off
(Continued on I'age Four
AA^.,ZV» HITS AGAINST PIRATES IN TOUKNEY
Elon Tops Pikeville Quint 79 To 70
Iti Fincils To Gttin Touvncy Honors
A sharpshooting crew of Elon lead over the Georgia Southern
Christians, displaying a deadly quintet in the opening round with
scoring attack and fine defensive Dewey Andrew raiking 22 points
play rolled through a field of to top the Christian attack ably
eight fast teams to win the cham- aided by Jesse Branson and Ar-
pionship of the fourth annual thur Davis, both of whom hit dou-
Camp Lejeune Christmas Tourna ble figures. Branson also pulled
ment, turning back the powerful down 19 rebounds, joining with
Pikeville College quintet in the Andrew in sweeping (he boards
first cage
finals to win Elon's
crown since 1957.
The Christians turned back
Georgia Southern 74 to 57 in the
initial game on Wednesday, De
cember 27th; rolled to a decisive
'triumph over East CaCrolina by
an 84 to 61 count on Thursday, De
cember 28th, and then downed
Pikeville 79 to 70 in the finals on
Friday night, December 29th.
on both defense and offense.
The Christians flashed a mag
nificent scoring drive do^n the
stretch as they chalked the
victory over the East Carolina
Pirates. East Carolina had brok
en away in front early in the game,
leading Elon at one point by an
11-6 margin, but rJsve Winfrey
pumped in three quick buckets for
Klon, and the Christians were out
The Elon cagers grabbed a quick jfront to stay, leading 42 to
~/at half-time
Talking Sports
With
DAVID PROPHET’ MARSHBURN
{
Bang! They’re off and going!
Yes, that seems the best way
to describe the play of our Elloa
cagers in the first half of their
basketball*' seasoii»»^^e "Christian
tossers^ .‘■*>''er
Pfeiffer- and* theiv procccjt^-'to
prove themselves capauic of win
ning on any given night as they
turned back such outfits as \\oI-
ford, Atlantic Christian and Guil
lord in early games.
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Just as most of us Elon stixdents
were off home for our Christ.nu
holidays, the basketballeiA .ii.
ed up to Fort Lee and choppe ■
down the best small-coUege teams
in Virginia before losing their fin
al game for the title to the Fort
Lee Travellers, who were pack
ed with experienced players, in
cluding a star of the national pro
league. Then came two heart
breaking losses in games
Cumberland up in KenlLcky. o
of them in overtime, bu: th ■
losses did not break our Chris;-
ians, for they got back down to
business and romped through the
Crmp Lejeune holiday
ment, iturniriig backt the ."1' "
PibevSllal College outfit in the
finals for the championships. Onr
of the Christian wins in the Camp
Lejeune event was by twenty-three
points over East Carolina, which
last week handed our Elon tossers
i their first Conference loss by a
bare two points.
Viewing the basketball campaign
thus far, it seems that our Christ-
l|ians will be fighting in true Fight-
,ing Christian style for the cham
pionship honors in the Carolinas
CJonlerence and at this point it
:seems that they will have fine
i'ance for the laurels. Let’s see
just who is . chief spark for our
Christians but that is hard to do
by just pointing out one^« two
particular players. Sdch,/a’'cntfice
seems impossible, for"",
players. Such a choice sedfnsntjj,-,
Possible, for several players-h^e
“=ved the way to early victories,
8*ong them being Dewey Andrev
Jesse Branson, Sonny Smith, Bill
Momingstar, Gary Teague, Dave
Winfrey and Arthur Davis. That
*^*>up includes more than just
MOit s'tisf -ir,^ victory as the Elon Christians moved to th; champion-
i:i :he lour.h annual Camp Lejeune Christmas Tournament was the
3i to 61 victory over E^st Carolina, and Dewey Andrew is
...1.... xM.a ai he leaped high to push a two-pointer through the nets
i-ti/ry, which came in the semi-finals of the holiday tourney.
• ivuiS on rj t.ij big Christian center shot the ball into orbit are Benny
-.vas, Billy Brogden and Bill Otte. A fourth Pirate player is obscured
uiudenuiia...ie in the background.
Former Coach Speaker
For Elon Grid Banquet
he five starters, but the reserves
lave had a big part.
Let’s take Dewey Andrew first.
,u3t what has he done?,Perhaps,
would be -b^st to rep&ase that
•jiestion, Jiist "what hasn’t he
He started off with a bang
; the first game and has kept
he fireworks going, averaging
.'tter than twenty points per game
:or the first 0fteen games. At
„amp Lejeune he was chosen the
most valuable player in the tour-
.3ment, a fine tribute to his early
ilay. I feel that, if Dewey An-
lew keeps up the ood work and
!on keeps rolling (and 1 believe
C'th wiU be true), then Andrew
•ill be up there fighting for in-^
ividual Conference honors ind in,
the lists for All-State mention. |
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Then, one must talk of Jesse j
:ianson, only a freshman but play-
•,g like a seasoned veteran. The
,ig boy is a dangerous scorer,
lit his greatest glory has come
under the boards, where his re
bounding tags him as one of tiic
■otontially finest players who has
' orn the Maroon and Gold in
many years. He, too, must be rec-
rence and possibly the All-State
lonors are passed around. Along
vith Andrew and Branson has
)een Sonny Smith, a transfer from
Jarolina, which is Coach Bill Mil-
cr’s own Alma Mater, who has
bc'in a valuable, performer in
:?arly games: and one must also
oay attention to Gary Teague and
Bill iMomingstar, who have round
ed out the starting five in early
;i;3. both of whom have been fine
■ corers and excellent floor play-
rs and defenders. Both have
hown great improvement over
their play last year. However, one
.■annot limit the talk to the start
ers, for Dave Winfrey and Arthur
Davis have come off the bench in
ifveral' games to play to play
outstanding roles in more than
OTe of, Elon’s early wins. Tht en-
weiiaiup .has joined in serving
Earning to the Carolinas Confer
ence that Elon’s Fighting Christ
ians must be counted in when the
1961-62 honors are passed out.
(Continued oo Page Foort
Hor.ace P. “Horse” Hendrick
son, who coachtd all Elon Col
lege sports squads throu^ four
•glorious years pr^ -to World
War II, retum.d to"'.filon anf the
scene of his coacffing triumphs
after a 20-year a^nce to ap
pear as the featiu'ed speaker at
the annual Elon College foothiall
banquet in McEwen Banquet Hall
on Thursday night. January 4th.
Speaking to an enthusiastic and
appreciative audience, Hendrick
son declared t'.iat the gridiron
ujort !s ;he h" ‘ .method available
'or teaching d'?cipline to young
m n in Arr-er'c today.
He also praised the administra
tion of Elon Collage and the peo
ple of Alamance County in gen
eral for the great advances made
by the coil-.3e since he departed
.he scene in tlie spring of 1942.
T'le fonn"r ~'on coach, who is
now a prominen": business man in
Raleigh, hsd a long and disting
uished career in athletics before
retiring to the business world
eight years ago Bom and reared
on a farm in Ohio, he played
high school s>--crts at Beaver
Falls in Ohio and at Kiski Prep
in Pennsylvania l)efore coming to
Duke Universit'", where he play
ed quarterback in football, guard
in basketball and shortstop in
baseball. While at Duke he won
AU-Southem and All-American
honors in footbc.ll. Vi V*
FoUowing graduation at Duke,
Hendrickson was an assistant
coach at the Durham mstitution
for six years and then served as
athletic director and head coach
of all major spot^at Elon from
the fall of lS37i^mtil the spring
cf 1942. and hl*^941 Christian
gild squad won Elon’s last Con-
’f^ehce title in that sport. He
then coached both football and
baseball at the University of
Pennsylvania and was head grid
coacii at N, C. State before ent- |
ering business in 1952.
In addition to Hendrickson’s
speech, other highlights of the
grid banquet were Che presenta-.
tTon of special trophies and
aNvards to outstanding football
players, along with the award of
(Continued on Pag» Four>
TOLKNEY SCOKEti.
The summaries of the three
games in the Camp Lejeune tour
ney are all given below:
Pos—Elon (74) Ga. So. (57)
F—Branson (22) Werner (4)
F—Smith (3) Florian (13)
C—D. Andrews (22) Pickens (15)
G—Momingstar (5) ... Burton (8)
G—Teague (8) Patton .(7)
Half-time: Elon 37, Georgia
Southern 32.
Elon subs—Davis 11, Winfrey 3.
H. Andrew, Denhart, Hughes Mil
ler. Georgia Southern subs—Kea-
sher 4, Meybohm 2, King 2.
Groomes 2, Bonavitch.
35
Pos—Elon (84) E. Carolina (61)
F—Branson (13) Bowles (5)
F—Teague (16) West (10)
C—D. Andrew (20) Otte (11'
(3—^Morningstar (3) .. . Lewis (11:
G—Winfrey (21) '.. . Williams (11)
Half-time: Elon 42, East Cam-
lina 35.
Elon sobs—Miller 11. East Car
olina subs—Penny 1, Brogden 8,
Bowen 4, LeFerve, Boyette.
Po». —Elon (79) Pikeville (70
F—Branson (25) Moore (27)
F—Davis (0) Hunt (1)
C—D. Andrew (24) Campbell (25)
CJ-=-Teague (5) .. . ,.v.. Elliott X 4)
(j—Momingstar (11).... Belvins (4)
Half-time: Elon 45,-Pikeville 27.
Elon subs—Smith 3, Miller 1,
Winfrey 4. Pikeville subs—MulUns
7, Duncil 2, Fletcher, Justice
Elon 78, Pfeiffer 73.
Elon 69, Wofford 65.
Elon 82. A.C.C. 58,
Elon 77, Wofford 61.
Elon 83, Guilford 57.
Elon 81. Hampden-Sidney 70.
Elon 81, Randolph Macon 60.
Elon 65, Fort Lee 76.
Elon 53. Cumberland 59.
Elon 86, Cumberland 88.
Elon 74. Ga. Southern 57.
Elon 84, East Carolina 61.
Elon 79. Pikeville 70.
Elon 73. A.C.C. 57.
Elon 65, East Carolina 67.
Elon 78. Appalachian 51.
Elon 65. Pembroke 43.
(Remaining: Gamep
Jan 13—Catawba, home
Jan 16—Guilford, away
Jan 27——Catawba, away
Jan 29—Campbell, home 6
1—High Point, home
Feb 3—West Carolina, away
Feb 6—Pfeiffer, home
Feb 8—Appoltichlan, away
Feb 10—East Carolina, ome
Feb 12—Pembroke, away
Jan 20—Ill^h Point, away
Ciiinlierlaiiil
Downs Elon
In 2 Games
Just as Kentucky frontiersmen
I day event.
GRID STARS HONORED BY SPECIAL AWARDS
JOHN DALCIN
Best Lineman
WAYNE MAHANES
UMt Desire
RONNIE BELL
Most Improved
Five members of the Elon Col
lege football squad were given
special awards at the annual foot
ball banquet on January 4th. The
players honored were John Dal-
Cin (top left), best lineman; Ron
nie Bell (top center), most im
proved player; Bari Clements, (top
right), outstanding backfleld man;
and Dan Kelley (bottom left), best
sportsmanship.. At., an., earlier
Touchdown Club banquet in Bur
lington. Wayne Mahanes (bottom
right) bad received a special
award as the Elon player with the
most desire to play. Each of the
five players thus ttonored played
outstanding roles in the success
of Uie Elon grid squad daring the
1961 »eason, a season which saw
Elon win four and lose six games.
’The Pirates knotted the score one,
time at 42-all right after the half,
ut that was East Carolina's fin;il:
threat. Dewey Andrew, Jesse j
iranson, Gary Teague. Roland I
Miller and Dave Winfrey all fig
ured in the stretch drive that gavel
Ion 42 points while East Caro-j
ina was scoring 19 counters. Win-
rey topped Elon’s scoring with I
21 points, but Andrew, Branson'
reague and Miller were all in dou-i
ble digits.
The final Elon victory over
Pikeville saw the Christians com-1
bine a brilliant first half scoring
attack with a stubborn last half,
.lefense to gain the victory and
‘.he championship. Dewey Andrew'
:ind Jesse Branson topped the i
coring, and Bill Momingstar
turned in a fine floor game as'
.he ' Christians moved to a 45-27 of old used to shoot the eyes of
lead at intermission. squirrels with their deadly rifle*
Pikeville threw a rugged full- so the Cumberland CoUege Pi-
court press in the second half to rates shot the bottom out of the
slow the Elon attack, and the Kenl nets as they turned back the Elon
■ 'jcky quint pulled within four Christians 59 to 53 and 88 to 86
■'in>^ at 59-55, but the Christians in a pair of games played on a
settled down at that point and two-day Kentucky Invasion on
pulled to a safer margm in the Tuesday and Wednesday. Decem-
closing minutes of the game. ber 19th and 20th.
Jesse Branson racked 25 points xhe Christian basketeers moved
and ^ Dewey Andrew 24 to lead into Kentucky with a clean slate
Elon s scoring, and the two big against college foes, their only
boys swept the defensive boards lojg having been to pro-laden Fort
most of the game. Following the Lee in the Fort Lee holilay toum-
tournament. the tourney officials ament, but the Elon cagers found
named Andrew as the "Most Val- their shooting eye sadly laclcing
■lie Player in the annual holi-|ajj ^ijgy dropped a slow-moving
first game to the home-standing
Pirates on the first night of the in
vasion.
Dewey Andrew was the only
Christian able to hit double fig
ures in that opening engagement,
but the big Christian center rack
ed up 25 points to top the scoring
for both teams that night. His
closest rival was Don Bingham,
former University of Tennessee
star, who hit 22 points for Cum
berland.
The Elon squad was hitting
with deadly accuracy on the sec
ond night of the trip and piled up
86 points, their highest score made
during the first fifteen games of
the year, but Cumberland was
hitting just as well and ripped
tho cords for 88 points and a two-
point win that came only after
an overtime period.
Don Bingham, the Cumberland
ace. could not miss that night as
he- ripped in 40 points on sixteen
field buckets and eight free throws
\ It was Jesse Branson who top
ped the Elon attack in that sec
ond game with 25 points. wMch
came on six field goals and thir
teen free throws in fourteen at^
tempts. Branson also pulled four
teen rebounds to lead Elon’s back
board play.
FIRST GAME
Pos—Elon (53) Cumberland (59)
F—Branson (6) Slusher
F—Smith (6) Jackson (14)
C—D. Andrew (24) .Brown (2)
G—Teague (5) Bingham (22)
G—Momingstar (8) Maupin (IS)
Half-time: Cumberland 39. Elo«
32.
Elon subs—Davis 4. Miller. Win
frey. H. Andrew. Cumberland
subs.—LeForce 4, Howard 1. Shel
ton
BURL CLEMENTS
Valuable Back
DAN KELLBY
SportunaniUp
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