Friday, March 30, 1962
MAROON AND lii
P.\GE THREE
Elon Nine Faces Five Tough Contests In Next Nine Days
Track Squad
Opens Year
On Weekend
The Elon College track squad,
..> ored by eight experienced let-
r::v:i and loaded with new lal-
r' among eigliteen newcomers to
' 'iri^lian cinder togs, will trek
, ;iun •;> Wilson tomorrow for the
ri nine 'rack ;r-.is wl.'cn
I i;'e;i carded T"' the 1SJB2
:impaign.
Coach Gary Mattocks lists let-
-,;rmen George Wooten, Willie Taitj .
and Bill Libby in a sprint squad,
iial includes four ,speedy newcom-l
rs. The new recruits in the speed
unit include Carl BovendL'i-. Cijy-
in Johnson, James Slclntyre and
Ken Harper.
■Villi ' Tart and Jack Moore are
a pair of letter vets who are on
hind for the quarter, with Billj
Mshaffee and Ronald Lanca.'jJ
IS a pair of newcomers who
icore in the shorter of the middle
distance runs. Tart, Moore and
Vlahaffee are ■ three quarter men
slated for mile relay duty, with
sprinter Clay'l/on Johnson likely
to move up to round out tlie relay
four.
Bill Mahaffee is also listed .vi'
thr half-milers, along with Bob
Gwaltney, Rex Harrison and Bill
Clark to give ElOn its best crew
in years on the longer of the two
middle distances, Roland Miller
and Bob Willis, both of them let
ter veterans, will handle the chor-
les in tiie mile and two-mile events
With all lettermen gone, the hur
dle duties will fall ■ to a trio of
ncwcomers this spring, including
iTom Beery, Carmine D’Aloia and
A' McDonald, all due to double
in both the high and low barriers.
In the jumping events, Charles
Somers and Mike GoUa are slat
ed tor the pole vault with Joseph
m VF/rS BOLSTER
iWA. I!OI*ES
Four Conference Tills
Are SUited l\ext Week
The Fighting Chrislian baseball-
who have already .shown high
Cote and Rex Harrison assigned
to the high jump and with George
Wooten, Clayton Johnson and Ken
Rovere on broad jump call.
Senior Dick More is anchor man
in all weight events, slated for
duty in the shot, discus and jave
lin. Others Cameron Little in the
hot and discus, Jim Moore in
he shot and John Gozjack in the
"avelin.
Talking Sports
With
DAVID PktOPHET’ MARSHBURN
A pair of senior eterans who rcprefc'nt anchor points with tht*
ilun College baseball squad ofl962 are pictured above. Jim Le-
viner. pictured left, is starting his secomi season as a regular
at first base, and the stoclcy slugger from Laurel Hill will be seek
ing to repeat his feat of a year ago when he led the Fighting (’hrist-
ians regulars in hitting with a .318 average. Steve Wail, senior
outfielder from Greensboro, is in his fourth sea.son as a regular
in center field for the Elon nine, and he has consistently been among
the better fielders and hitters i n conference through' the four
reasons.
■>i:mis,' in Ihoir oarIy-soa.s,»n en- ■ Busebllll Sciinilllr
i’oun.t;]vS, Will fac'(‘ five ;::nnL
V. ilhin ilu‘ ncxi nim* d;iv>. with four
*1 the five enrountrr* .siluHiuied
:or !ln* Jionu* field and the home
f.-uis
The C'hrislians will be hosi
10 the Washinfilon and
'rals on the Klon Field a( J o‘cl(>ck
lomonow afKTnoon in tlu* jirst
of the four honu* ejic.mntor:.
which is also tlu' first Salurday
i)::l(lo On the home .schedule. TIk*
f.jci that the invading (ierierals
a»(* from ihe supposedly "Big
rime" Southern rojjfcicnce will
lend additional imprest lo ihe
clnsh.
Til * I'lon nine will ilieji plun^»e
into ihr lu*ait of its ('arolina.^ (am*
f' 1 (';ice >chedule next week, meet-
int AlJantie Christian, High Point.
Ijcnoir Kliym* and IMeiffer in .i
»iuaitt*l of games that will far
in indicating Klon’s chances for
Hu conference title for
The Atlantic Christian IIulldo»’s
:c»me to Klon next Tuesday after-
;ioon for a single ganu' that opens
weeks scii(“dule, and Coach
aiiford will then lead his Maro(»n
iijd (Jold tossers o‘vr to High
’oint to eet the Panthers on their
own field.
Winding up next week’-, rugged
L'onferenee card, the Lenoir Khyne
}3ears come to Elon next Friday.
.iiid Coach .Joe F'erel)ee w'ill bring
hi always threatening Pfeiffer Fal
cons to the local stronghold on
■-alurday of next week,
liased on the play in the early
Uon '.i, Susquehanna 0.
Klon i, Susquehanna 7.
Klun 3. Siisquehanna 5
Elun 4. Susquehaiuia 0.
Klon 8, Williams 3.
Klon 7, Williams 1.
(Remaining' (iame^
Mar. 31—W anil I., home
Apr. 3—home
Apr. 4—llifch pitinl. away
.^pr. 6—Lenoir Hliyne, home
Apr. 7—Pfeifler. home
Apr. !>—('ahiplKrll. himie
Api;. 12—Lenoir Khyne. away
April 13—West 'arolina, away
Apr. 14—West Carnliiia, away.
April 18—Appalachian, home
Apr. 23—Fort Lee, away
Apr. 24—Fort Ix;e, away
Apr. 2fi—(juilford. away
Apr. :27—IliKh Point, homo
Apr. 30—('alawhii, home
■'lay 1—(auilMrU, home
May 4—('ampbell, away
May 8—Catawha. away
May 9—East C^arolina, home
May II—A(X-’» away
May 12—East (Carolina, away
May 14—Newberry, home (DU)
May 15—Pfniffcr, away
May IG—Appalachian, away
sanies Coach Sanford has at legist
Hvt' or six pitcher.s available for
duty in the.se games during the
coming week, and he will probably
with a full letter combiQation
afield that includes veterans at
every post in both the infield and
outfi(‘ld. '
Christians All Even In Games With Susquehanna
SUSQUEHANNA 7, ELON 2
The Elon baseballers got an even
break in four battles with a tour-1 The visiting Susquehanna outfit
ing Susquehanna College nine of inuk advantage of five Elon errors
Just as I expected, the Elon itlon when it comes to halting the Pennsylvania here as the Marooi; I thU a half dozen walks and add-
baseball seaaon has gotten oft to opposing attack. Steve Hall and and Gold nine opened its 1962 ed a pair of timely hits, one of
an impressive start. I say impres- Leroy Myers are lettermen outfiel- season. The rival outfits battled ,v m a two-run homer, to turn
sive start in spite of the tact that ders who have seen service in the through two doubleheaders here I back Elon 7 to 2 in the second
the Christians have lost some of gardens, .and both Mike Little Tuesday and Wednesday. March! laltle of the opening double-head
Si^ma Phi
Wins Campus
Cage League
Surprises came fast and furious
the last week of campus bas
ketball, and when it was over the
oop had a surprise champion. Sig
ma Phi Beta took advantage of a
last-minute slump on the part of
Kappa Psi Nu, all-season leader,
move in as regular-season
champ. Then both Sigma Phi and
Cappa Psi were ousted in the first
round of the tournament.
As the final week of the regular
reason opened, only Kappa Psi and
their games and only managed an and Wayne Allen hae shown that
■even split with the touring Sus.- j.gy can play good outfield when
quehanna outfit from up Penn- [hey are not on duty behii^ tlie
sylvania way, for the Elon outfit piatg or on the mound,
showed promise even in losing.. | The infielders have committed
One usually thinks that HUon ^„me errors in the early games,
and other southern teams would jych is to be expected. They
have the edge in playing time on [,aye ai^o made some sharp field-
the early-season visitors from the
North. However, Susquehanna had
already played three games when
they hit the Elon campus, and
our Christians were only playing
their opening batttles. Susquehan
na had elready defeated Lynch
burg and had divided a pair with
Campbell College before playing
here at Elon.
Note also that the weather in
tliis part of Dixie has not been too
suitable for spring baseball prac
tice, and the Elon boys had got
ton in only limited work on the
field before opening their season
Therefore,' we know that Coach
Jack Sanford’s boys were not in
ing plays, and they will improve
as the season progresses. With
lettermen like Jim Leviner, Eddie
Clark, Jimmy Holmes, Jerry Pike
and Wayne Mahanes as a neucleus,
Coach Sanford has also come up
(Continued on Page Fmit'
Sigma Phi were sure of tourney, began to
berths in the four-team play-offs, openers. Considering
this fact, I would say that the
Christians showed plenty of pro
fbr the Rat Pack, Iota Tau Kappa
Sigma Mu Sigma and the Bandits
were all in running for the thu'd
and fourth tourney spots. The Rat
Pack grabbed one .spot with a 47-
43 win over previously unbeaten
Kappa Psi. Then ITK edged Kap
pa Psi 59 to 57 as Sigma Mu
toppled the Bandits 55-54 in tri
ple over-time, and ITK snatched
the final tourney berth.
Bill Graham led the Rat Pack
to i^s win over Kappa Psi with 19
points, while Tom Oliver, Mike
Graffeo and Allen Foster aU hit
13 points, for Kappa Psi. Eddie
Clark dumped in 16 points to give
ITK its crucial win over Kappa
Psi, a win which eliminated Sig
ma Mu from the running. Sigma
Mu then retaliated by dumping
the Bandits as Ken Broda hit 21
and Dick More and Lennie Rid-
got 12 each.
,The Sigma Mu Sigma outfit
■niade a desperate bid for a berth
with three wins in the final week
(Continued on Page Four)
raise in their early games.
■r on Tue.iday, March 20th.
Jerry Tillman, Roy Erlandseii
ini Billy Bates all saw pitching
Ml^OR SPORTS
At this early point in the season
we have already been able to see
power well distributed in our line
up. Beginning with the lead-off
batter, Jerry Pike, we h^ve seen
that Jerry can still powder that
ball, and other players such as
Jim Leviner, Steve Wall, Mike
Little, Eddie Clark and Danny
Hall can hit the long ball.
Danny HaU, still only a sopho
more and playing his second sea
son with the Christians, rocketed
a pair of home run balls over
the wall in one of the games with
Susquehanna,, and he is off to a
big start in his bid for circuit trip
honors on the team.
GOLF
Elon 14 1-2, Pfeiffer 3 1-2.
(Remaining Meets)
Mar. 27—East Carolina, away
Mar. 30—High Point and Atlan
tic Christian, home.
Apr. 2—Hisrh Point, away.
Apr. 5—Lenoir Rhyne, home
Apr. 9—Atl. Christian, away
Apr. 12—Catawba and East Ca-
robna, home. — — —
Apr. 17—Guilford, away
Apr. 26—Appalachian, away
Apr: 30—Lenolr Rhyne, away
May 4—Appalachian, home.
May 8—Guilford, home.
May 11—Catawba, away.
May 14-15—Conference Tourna
ment at Boone
Turning to the defensive side
we have seen some very fine
fielding plays by some of the play
ers and we feel that our Christians
can match up well with the oppos-
TRACK
Mar. 31—Atlantic Christian and
High Point, at WUbod.
Apr. 10—High Point, away.
Apr. 13—Gnilford, away.
Apr. 17—Catawba, away.
Apr. 28—Davidson Relays.
May 1—W. and L. and East Ca-
rolina, at Lexington. Va.
May 2—NAIA Meet, at Hi«h
Point.
May 8—Guilford and Catawba.
Home.
May 12—Conference Meet at
Greensbaro.
20th and 21st, dividing honors each |
day.
The first day’s hostilitie.s saw, |
Elon cop the opening game b>
a ? to 0 count, only to have a raft July for Elon in that seuu„u game,
of errors and some ill-timed bases]but they allowed Susquehanna on
on balls cost a 7 to 2 loss to the
visitors in the nightcap hattle.
The Susquehanna outfit hit well
and timely to grab the third game
of the series and the opener of
the second double bill by a 5-,^
margin, but th.3 Christians camt
back strong on the hitting of Dan
ny Hall and some brilliant pitch
ing by Mike Cleveland to take
the fourth game by a 4 toO score
elon 3, SUSQUEHANNA 0
Wayne Allen and George Oakley
divided the mound duties in the
opening game of the season, which
Elon won by 3 to 0 score. Allen
went the first four innnings or.
the mound, with Oakley taking the
final three frames. Each hurle.
allowed one hit during his sta-
on the mound, with Allen tanning
two and walking none, and witli
Oakley striking out one and walk
ing one.
Oakley was the winning pitcher
since the Christians pushed ovp:
three runs in the fifth and siJ^h
racks. The first Elon counter came
in the fifth when Eddie Clark
singled and advanced to third on
a walk and wild pitch, coming
home on Phil Cheek’s ' sacrifice
fly.
The other two Elon marker
came in the sixth when Jim Le
viner sinigled, stole second ar.
thn scored on Steve WeU’s booming
triple. Wall then raced home wh
Eddie Clark doubled for his sec
ond hit of the ball game. The
Christians got to the Susquehanna
pitcher for six hits, with Clark’s
ly two hits to match the scunt^ed two on John Viscone'.s two-ruji
,)lal of safeties whjch the vi.sitors | circuit blow in the sixth and then
i.id garnered in the first encoun-j counted three on three walks, an
or However, the five Elon errors error and a sacrifice fly in the
liit the Elon pitchers hard in this .seventh. Steve Wall's triple and
game, which .saw Erlandsen get single topped the Elon attack,
credit for the toss. The line score follows: •
Su.squehanna counted two in the
"irst on an error, two walks and
a single, but Elon came back with
)ne in the first and another sin-
igleton in the fourth to tie the score
.if'er four frames, the visitors add-
STAiM)S OUT IN WEIGHT EVENTS
Su.'-.quehanna 200 002 3—7 2 1
Elon 100 100 0—2 7 5
Gibney and Eberly; Tillman, Er-
l.lnd.sen (5), Bates (7) and Little.
Losing pitcher—Erlandsen.
SUSQUEHANNA 5, ELON 3
The invaders from Pennsywania
grabbed a two-one edge in the se
ries when they copped a 5 to 3
victory in the first game of the
second double bill on Weflnesday,
March 21st, with the Susquehanna
Hatters hitting in timely fashion
t gain the win.
The Susquehanna batters peck
.•d out twelve safeties, all of them
singles, off three Elon pitchen
as ttiey posted this victory. The
dozen singles were spaced well,
coming in many ca-^es with run
ners on the cushions to push home
two runs in the fourth and single
ton markers in the third, fifth and
seventh racks.
Four of th.' Su.squehanna nine
hit twice, with third baseman Lui>-
cko and outfielders John Viscone,
Green and Butler all getting a
brace of .singUw. At the same tim^
Williams, visiting pitcher, worked
a nice game on the mound, lim
iting Elon to five scattered hits, two
of thirm by Jim Leviner.
The Itne-score follows:
Su.squehanna OOl 210 1—5 12 2
ElOn . 101 001 0—3 5 1
Williams ami Eberly; Drake, Mc-
I Duffie (5), Oakley (5) and Grose.
!il»sing Pitcher—Drake.
RI..)N 4, SUSQUEHANNA 0
Danny Hall, a slugging sopho
more outfielder, and Mike Cleve
land, a fine freshman pitcher, com
bined their talents to lead the Elon
nine to a 4 to 0 victory over Sus
quehanna in the final battle of the
second day’s play.
I Cleveland, a freshman right-
as the top effort.
The Une score follows:
Susquehanna 000 000 0—0 2 ■ Li,ot discuss and javelin throughout his
Elon 000 012 x—3 6 2'’
Billig and Eberly; Allen, Oakley
(5) and Cheek. Winning pitchers
—Oaklej
^ hander from Arlington, Va., went
double and single for three trip.s| pictured above, is beginning his ** |the route on the mound for Elon
in this nightcap game and did a
brilliant early-season bit of chunk
ing He allowed the visitors only
two hits while striking out ten
''«ntinued on 1‘age Four.
stay in the weight events for the Elon College track
hu?ky senior has been a consistent winner and pomt-g
four seasons. He was Con-
ference champion in Ihe shot'put year before last and he has plac^
ed in all three weight events in the Conference Utular m
past two seasons. Last spring he was second in the on eren
'>th 'Jie shot and discus and was fcurth in the javelin. .