Friday, May 3, 1961
MAROON AND GOLD
PAGE THKn
Falcons Win
High Scoring
Tilt 13 To 12
The Pfeiffer Falcons outlasted the
Fighting Christian baseballers for
a 13 to 12 Carolinas Conference vic
tory in a marathon game that con
tinued through thirteen wild and
wooly innings here Wednesday, Ap-|
ril 24th, and it almost required
higher mathematics to unravel the
statistical figures for the crucial
loop tilt. j
When the final out was called,
in the April twilight, a total of 134
bauers had paraded to the plate, |'«
snd the rival teams had pounded
out 36 base hits w*ile pushing 25
runners over the home plate. Seven
pitchers had trekked to the mound,
six of them in Elon uniforms, and
the seven hurlers had issued a total
of 15 bases on balls and struck out
only nine while allowing the even
three dozen safeties.
The visiting Pfeiffer outfit moved
out to a 10-0 lead in the first five
frames before Elon plated a single
ran, but the Christians started the
long road back with a singleton
counter in the bottom of the fifth
and went on for five runs in the
sixth and two in each of the sev
enth and eighth frames to knot the
score at 10-all.
Both teams plated a pair of mark
ers in the tenth to leave the game
all tied up, and there was no more
scoring until the Falcons pushed
ever the winning run after two were
out in the thirteenth. Harold Mc
Manus walked and then scored the
winning marker on successive sing
les by Randy Ewing and Dave Hol
comb.
Mike DiMucci Went the route on
the nwund for Pfeiffer, although he
was hit hard at times, and he help
ed his own cause with a homer,
double and single that led the Fal
cons hitting. Mike Little topped Elon
with four singles, with Danny Hall,
Gary Taylor, Pete Crook and Dan
Kelly all hitting three times
R H Et
Pfeiffer 102 520 000 200 1—13 15 3
Elon 000 015 220 200 0—12 21 4
DiMucci and Holcomb; Everett,
Bates (5), Saunders (6), Keck (7),
Best (8), Erlandsen (9) and Little.
Homerun: DiMucci.
TAYL
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AND .1 [ TLE FIGHT FOR CHRISTLW BATl l\(; LEAD
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Elon Downs Catamounts
In Close Doubleheader
Tallying Sports
With
nAVID i/.o-fHET MARSHBURN
Elon Defeats
Appiilachian
In 11 Innings
The Elon Christians turned back
the Appalachian Mountaineers 7 to
6 in a wild 11-inning battle here on
Wednesday, April 17th, a game
which saw six pitchers parade to
the mound for the Carolina Confer-
I Jiolike injoctini poiianal note other day
into this column, but 1 ho.e I'll be Getting back to the team itseif,
excused when it is uiuier.^tood that other members who have also shown
by such an expedient I am able to j some fine golf at times are .Jim
set the stage and circumstances! Brown, Billy Harding and George
which led to the writing of such
within this section.
Miracles happen every day, and
one of many miracles happened a
few days ago when I took up the
game of golf. There are within the
game of golf the widely different
categories and phenomena of duffer
and champion, and I am a duffer.
But miracles do not ligure in the
game as it should be played, for
the element of chance is no part
of the formula for a good golfer.
Golf is a game which requires the
“will to do well” ard the “will to
study and work.”
There was a time when golf was
a rich man’s game, but this is no
.longer true. Golf courses are being
ence rivals and a battle which pro- ^ staggering rate in the
duced no less than 22 hits, 18 bases
on balls and seven errors
The Christians grabbed a quick
3-0 lead when they plated three
runners in the bottom of the first
on two walks, an error and singles
by Gary Taylor and Art Davis. The
Apps scored twice in the sixth, but
Elon matched the brace of rum
with two of her own in the seventh.
That 5-2 Christian margin held^
until a wild ninth, which saw little
Roy Erlandsen get into trouble for
the first time. He fanned the first
App batter, but an error, a double
and a walk plated one run and left
two on the cushions. Jerry Drake
came on at that time and walked
two in a row before giving way to
Lefty Everett, who gave up a single
before fanning two App hitters to
halt the rally. The Apps got four
counters from the rally and moved
to a 6-5 lead.
The Christians rebounded with a
single marker to tie the count in
the bottom of the ninth on a walk,
a wild pitch and sharp singles by
Art Davis. This threw the contest
into extra innings, and Everett
turned back the Apps scoreless
through the next two racks before
Bon pushed the winning run home
in the eleventh on Mike Little s
walk, Dan Kelley’s sacrifice and
Pete Crook's singte.
R H E
Appalachian 000 082 (KM 00—6 18 t
Elon 30* ••• m 9*
Sides, Saunders (9>. G*rette (10)
andOibbs; Erlandseo. Drake (J)
Everett (8) aad Clwek.
- - , ji ■ -lu it,„ and Pete Crook and Gary Taylor
his game. It is recommended a I banged out a pair of singles apiece
nme. Smce the ‘day ■ the ^ ^^.^^^ar
lans h3ve won four of six (Joniei
United States today. Golf programs
in the schools and colleges are also
picking up a tremendous pace, and
.After messing around with the
game for some time. I began cad
dying for one of the stars of Elon s
golf team, Gordon Cox, and I dis
covered some interesting things
about „
that one begin the game of golf at
a very early age and develop his
muscles well with the game, but
Gordon has only been at the game
for a little over eighteen months.
However, despite the brief period
of play, with a powrful will to do
well at the game, he found himself
playing as the Number Two man
on the Elon links team this season
and a firm and ready chaUenger
for the Number One position which
is held by veterar. Frank Lawrence.
Now, who knows what Gordon may
accomplish within another eighteen
months.
The whole golf team is doing
well, having lost only one meet in
Conference competition, so it is well
on its way toward a high finish in
the loop standings. With Lawrence
and Cox as the two top men, the
Number Three spot belongs to Fran
Ciamello. who has one of the best
win-loss records in individual com-
petition.
Ciamello. who has been playing
golf for nine years, declared this
week that Jim Moore had the best
*3eginner's luck he had ever seen,
but he also sUted that Joe Berdosh
cut Moore’s head back down in de-
ifeatinfi the big end 94 to 96 the
Wooten, who play in that order be
hind Lawrence, Cox and Ciamello.
« * * « *
Still on the subject of golf, one of
Elon’s bright stars of former years,
a graduate of some years back, Ls
doing well by himself in amateur
ranks. He is Bobby Loy, who won
the amateur crown for himself at
the recent Greater Greensboro Op
en. Loy, who was one of the top
stars in the Conference while pky-
ing for Elon, has talked of taking a
shot at the pro circuit in the fitura
* • * « •
Just prior to the Easter vacation
the Elon nine turned back Pfeiffer
favorite to win the Carolinas Con
ference crown this year, downing
the Falcons 5 to 2 behind the 5-hit
pitching of Lefty Everett and with
some good hitting by Pete Crook,
Mike Little, Phil Cheek and Gary
Taylor.
Then during the holidays, while
most of us were at home or living
it up at the beach, the Christians
travelled up to Fort Lee and swept
Gary Taylor, freshman second-baseman, pictured right above, and
Mike Little, senior catcher and outfielder, shown left, have been staging
I hot race for the batting leadership of the Fighting Christian baseball
■vquad through the 1963 season. In averages compiled after 22 games,
Taylor was out front by barely four percentage points. The little second
sacker had slapped out 35 hits in 95 trips for a .368 average, while the
veteran Little had rapped 28 hits in 77 attempts for a .364 percentage.
Christians Top Fort Lee
In Two Holiday Contests
The Fighting Christians swept ajbut his mates gave him errorless
two-game spring holiday baseball | support.
series from Fort Lee’s Travellers .h" Christians plated single runs
on the army diamond on Monday in I'.ic fir?t .ind socond frames to
and Tuesday, April 15th and I6th. Itnkc an enrly lead, and they locked
grabbing a 6-0 shutout win in the up the game when they scored two
first of the two games and addin’ cmmtf'rs in both the fifth and sixth
a 7-2 decision in the second contest, ••'n'n’s A single score in the ninth
The two victories over Fort Lee [was only icing on the cake,
gave Coach Jack Sanford’s outfit aj Gary Taylor, Mike Little and Ken
two to one edge in three games]Cook ■'II h't safely three times to
played at the Fort Lee diamond pace the Christian attack, with both
during the holidays, with the two!Taylor and Little counting a double
victories over the Army team more';;, th''ir throe-hit ass."iilt. T.'-lor af
than evening the count for a ioss'^Q^^jgj RBI’s durin;
to Notre Dame (n the other holiday
battle.
the
ELON 6. FORT LEE 0
Roy Erlandsen and Jerry Drakf
split the mound duties for the Christ
ians as they turned back the Fort
Lee nine 6 to 0 in the first of the
two games on April 1.5th, with the
credit for the win going to Drake,
who went on in relief and worked
the final six frames.
The Christians moved ahead with
a single run in the third, added three
counters for safety in the fifth and ^
then gained added glory with two Is-
scores In the eighth. A triple by Art t
Davis was the big blow in the three.
run rally in the fourth, with a pair
of doubles by Ken Cook and Phil
Cheek featuring the two-run upris
ing in the eighth.
Art Davis topped the Elon attack
with a triple and single, while Ker
Cook contributed a double and singlf
fray. .loe House had a pair of sing-
lles to lead the Fort Lee hitting.
I ihe line score:
i RUE
:lon 110 022 001—7 14 0
Fort Lee 100 001 000—2 8 1
Best and Cheek, David and House.
Bulldogs Top
Cinder Squad
By One Point
The Elon College track squad won
eight of the fifteen first places, but
the Atlantic Christian Bulldogs
gained a slight edge in seconds and
thirds to no.se out the Fighting
Christian cindermen by a 66 to 65
count in a Carolinas Conference
track meet at Wilson on Tuesday,
April 23rd.
Roland Miller, Elon's ace dis
tance man, grabbed top scoring
honors for the day when he won
(ihe half-mile, mile and two-mile
The .summary:
100 YARD DASH: Peebles lACCi,
Bovender (Elon', John.son 'Elon'.
ITME: 10 secs.
220 YARD DASH: Johnson 'Elon',
Peebles (ACC), Bovender (Elon).
TIME: 24.4 secs.
440 YARD DASH: Tart (ElonI,
Lancaster (Ellon). Lawson (ACCi.
TIME: 54.8 secs.
880 YARD RUN: Miller (Elon),
Pruette Elon), Crabtree (Elon'.
TIME: 2 Mins. 8.4 secs.
MILE RUN; Miller (Eloni. Thorn-
on .\CO. Griffin (Elon). TIME: 4
mins. 51 2 secs.
TWO-MILE RUN; Miller (Elon),
Joyner (ACCi, Crabtree (Elon).
TIME: 11 mins. 3.5 secs.
120 HIGH HURDLES: Eskew
.\CC). Guestner (ACC). McDonald
Elon). TIME: 15.5 secs.
120 LOW HURDLES: Eskew
(ACC). Guestner (ACC), McDonald
Elon I. TIME; 28.2 secs.
HIGH JUMP; Eskew (AGO and
Harris (ACC) tied for first; McDon-
Id (Elon) and Gozjack (Elon) tied
ir third. HEIGHT; 5 feet 4 inches.
BROAD JUMP: Johniwn (Elon),
Roland (ACC), Dean (Elon). DIS
TANCE: 20 feet m inches.
■vents for a total of 15 points
POLE VAULT: Gregory (ACC);
tie for second by Dean (Elon) and
Harris (AGO. HEIGHT; 9 feet 6
inches.
SHOT PUT; Elliott (ACC) Little
Thomas (Elon). DISTANCE;
) feet 4’i inches.
DISCUS; Peebles (ACO, Webb
Waco, Little lElon). DISTA.NCE;
I 101 feet.
(Continued On Page Four)
The Elon Christians captured boA
ends of a Carolin.'u: Conference
double-header from Western Caro
lina's Catamounts here on Monday
afternoon. April 22nd, with Ihe
Christians taking the first game
5 to 3 and grabbing the niftfatcvp
encounter 4 to 3. The two wins
moved Elon to a 7-4 record in Ci»-
ference play and tightened the
Christians’ hold on third s|)ot In
the loop race, barely half a game
behind .second place Catawba.
Mike Be.st, freshman southpaw
for the Christians, was the winning
pitcher in the o|X‘ner, although In
had to have help from little Rot
Erland.sen in Ihe final stages of the
game. Best pitched steady ball
through the early innings as he
blanked the Cats for four frames,
and he left the game with a 5-t
margin after two were out in the
sixth.
The Christians had trouble hilling
the three Catamount hurlers who
shared the mound duties, but Elol
used her three safe hits to advant
age as the Christians paired these
hits with walks for the five winning
runs. Dan Kelley’s two-run double
in the third was Ihe big blow for
Elon.
Jerry Drake and Bill Bates shared
mound duties for Elon in the second
battle, with Drake going the first
five and two-thirds innings and get
ting credit for the victory. Drake
scattered five Catamount hits alonfi
the way, and Bates came on to
hold the Cats hitless in the final
inning and one-third.
The Christiafis broke away in
front with a single run in the first
on a Catamount error, a wild pitch
and Mike Little’s single to left.
Danny Hall then blasted a three-
run homer in the fourth for what
proved to be the winning markers.
The line scores follow:
(FIRST GAME)
RUE
Western Carolina 000 012 0—3 7 0
Elon 032 000 x—5 3 0
Ivie, Moore (5), Rogers (fi) and
Goforth; Best, &landsen (B) and
Little. Homerun: Parker (Western
Carolina).
(SECOND GAME)
R H E
Western Carolina 002 001 (V-3 5 3
Elon too 300 0—4 9 2
Hilliard and Goforth; Drake, Bates
(61 and Cheek. Homenin; Hall
(Elon I.
SOPH SOiniPAW PITCHES WELL
ence games. They downed Appa
lachian, split two with Newberry,
topped Western Carolina twice and
then dropped a heart-breaker to
Pfeiffer 13 to 12 in thirteen innings
Danny Hall, the “mighty mite”
of the team, continues to slam
homeruns at frequent intervals
The speedy little outfielder smashed
a grand-slam circuit blow against
Newberry, and then he rocketed a
three-run homer as Elon topped
Western Carolina in a double-header.
All in all, the prospects are good
that Elon will be a contender in the
first Conference baseball tourna
ment at Lexington in mid-May. .\s
of now, it appears that Ek>n. Pfeif
fer and perhaps Catawba would be
among the four teams that battle
for the crown in the tournament.
,\s a final word. I want to con-
^atulate Roland Miller for his triple
^n that scored IS poinU for Elon
in a track meet with Atlantic Christ
ian. The BuUdogs won the meet by
one point, but Roland grabbed off
firsts in the half-mile, mile and
one single as Erlandsen and Drakf
limited the Army nine to four hits
The line score-
R H J
Elon 001 030 020-6 13
Fort Lee 000 000 000—0 4
Erlandsen. Drake (4) and Cheek
Taylor and LoCascio, Sloan (8).
EL»\ 7, FORT LEE 2
The CSiristian baseballers unlimh
ered a fine hitting attack behin
the steady pitching of Mike Best t-
defeat the Fort Lee Travellers ’
to 2 in the second game of the o’
the Fort Lee diamond on April If
Best, a fine young freshman hurl
er, had five hitless innings an
blanked the Travellers in all excep
the first and sixth racks. The Fori
Lee outfit got to Best for a single
ton run in the first on a pair of
singles and a sacrifice fly by Joe
House, and they added anotner in
the sixth on a double by Bob Lock
two-mile, and that’s a tot of nmJhart and a single by House. Best
ning for "big Rao.'' ’walked three and fanned ooV one.
L
Christian ‘9’
Tops Falcons
In 5-2 Game
Lefty E5verett, Elon sophomore
hurler, turned in a sterling five-
hit mound job as he pitched the
Fighting Christian nine to a 5 to 2
victory over the Pfeiffer Falcons
at Pfeiffer on Tuesday, April 19th,
giving Elon her eighth win in thir
teen starts and her third victory
in Conference competition.
The Christian mound star had
eight scoreless innings, shutting
Pfeiffer away from the plate in all
except the third rack, when the
Falcons got three of their five hits
and combined them with a balk
and a wild pitch to push two mark
ers home.
The Ctoistians had plated a sing
leton run in the first frame when
Pete Crook was safe on an error
and raced home on Mike Little’s
triple to right. Elon then counted a
pair of runs in both the fifth and
sixth innings to clinch the victory.
The two EHon counter* in the
fifth came on three singles by Phil
Cheek, Gary Taylor and Pete
Crook, and the two runs in the
sixth came on a walk and a pair
of singles by Ken Cook and l^ty
Everett.
Gary Taylor topped the Elon at
tack as he rappeid out a trio of
singles in five trips, and Mike Little
ihad the only extra-base blow wiien
sophomore southpaw, has pr^ triple into right in the
.fiarles "Lerty Everett, a .sophomore souinpaw, .
of the better pitchers in the Carolinas Conf_ere|^ wf.rS
up to the promise he showed as a
... freshman last spring. The left- tte Hne «ore:
hander from Alexandria, Va.. worked _almost ‘7^-
TZ ;;S:er" :,uad in g^mes through April 2^h, having toil^
and having five fuU games to his He^ g^^up
only 57 hits and 37 runs while winning 4 and tosmg 3 games,
his flire* defeats were hv a single run.
E H B
100 022 000—5 10 3
Pfeiffer 002 000 (*»-2 5 2
Everett and Cheek; DHIucci and
Holcomb.