Fridiv. Februirv 7, 1964
ItAROON AND GOLD
PAGE TUREl
Christians Win Over Apps In Lopsided Tilt On Elon Floor
A iN ^i.E\ES AS CHRISTIANS Wi\ OEVR APPS AM) LOjj]
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I 11 i'.ction shots shown here portray the fast brand of play of the Elon Christians in
icicry iinj defeat. The picture at the left shows Sonny Smith driving high to lay-up two
: the lop-sidod 89 to 61 triumph over the Appalachian Mountaineers here on the Klon floor,
h? Mou.itaincers' Jim Ilicliardson, reaching high o.t defense, was unable to stop the scoring drive by the
1- si-.r. In the picture above and right, Jesse Branson U1 in dark jersey out jumps both his own
;;-j Andrew '31) and several clawing Panthers to pull down a rei)ound in Elon's 68-59 loss
to the High Pointers at High Point, a defeat which dealt a tough blow to Elon titular hopes.
Bransou Leads Scoring
For 89 To 61 Elon Win
'I'he Fighting Christians were!
never sharper on their shooting and | j
fl ,jr play than when they tramp- I liiloil IjtlJJC OclllH'
I' J the .Appalachian Mountaineors ^
into submission by an 89 to 61 mar-
:i m a battle on the Elon floor
,n .Monday night, January 13th.
'loland Miller and Bill Morning-
; ;r .sparked a hara.ssing dofonsc
■ Mi:h stymied early Mountaineer
criug hopes and made it possible
■ V !he Chri.stian quintet to .sni. ■
;l to a 21-point lead in the first
.'.■l.p miniite.s of play. /\t that
' i; .n the fir.st half, Elon was
front 31 to 10, and that wa,-.
vail game.
’'iCi- again it was towerin'’ Jr-"
■ von, always a jumping jack
■ th" 'joards, who led Ih' Elon
III' The big hoy whippi ■! the
:■ '; for 22 "oln^s durini’ th" h\t-
'iiid null'd down an e(|ual n'lm-
— of rphoun is off the bonrH ..
T-'inlni' v.ith Bianson ir, ;'l'’i -'
i; the .'.pps away fri.m I'l '
ick'vi-ird^ was l inky Hownr I
‘ ' w' who i;ral)' ' ' I 11
Elon 95, Frrderick 58.
Elon 87, Wofford 100.
Elon 94, A.C.C. 74
Elon 80. I'friffor 71.
Elon 77. Lrnoir Khyne 71
Elon 59, IIUI> I’oint 57
Elon 94, I'enibrokr 67
Elon 87. Lpjeune 58.
Elon 71, East Curolina 70.
Elon 71, Ciinipbrll 64,
Elon 96. Wofford 74
Elon 78. A.C.C. 71
F'lon 82. East Carolina 57.
:;lon .SO. Appulachian 61.
i Inn 71, Catawha 46.
:l(iii 59. Ilr.^h I’oint KS.
Klon 73. llclinont Abbey 66.
KImi S i. Fr; di rick S;.
'Cl:i'i ■'!, r.itnwha 73.
(UEMAIMNG GAMES)
Fob. 4 anipbrll, home
Feb. 8—vfesl Carolina, away
Feb. 11—I’telffer. home
Feb. 13—.\ppalachlnn. awdy
Feb. 15—Fas* Co'~'lna. uway
Feb. 18—Gu'‘''>'d. away
Feb. 20—' " Sh. . e, home
Feb. 22—. I Juiuiina, home
Feb. 26-2t>—-«'oiifiTenee Tourn
ament.
f'T the night. Er.'insrm ;;!-o
'■Mt;’ of h'l't iii tl ' ‘r’li'"' 'Mil
"i-’-.i;, f.'ir niith 'lil' r "1(1 M'- '-'i'. '
‘ IV ''an!'.' 1 '■! 'ici ’*:
Stv.' ■ ■! .'.rt r.! 's ch:'i""'l in
CM'Mi Ts. I’ miI '^cxpiH
" th" XiriK wi>h !;? ""inis
^ h T): u' W.'’!! get'in'; 11 and
■'ayne Duncan 10 counters
Th" M'lunlaineers k. 'it ih . sr.'= "
loi-e for the first three i.i’nii'jjs, i f , JT'l
•'>r they trailed onlv 7-5 nl ih"( | UjltHl
xiint, but Miller, Moriiin";t'r .4 j ■
nr.'in.son joined forces to hit fou.’ r
oonsecutive buckets a'lM r ■ 1 ; v
15-5 lead barely one miniitr ht'T.,
I
Panther Five
By 69 To 5«
'.ihin the next ei"ht minute.'^, Elom Uire disaster struck the titular
"'•■’d th ' .'nps by a margin of hoiws of the Fighting Christian cag
To Fill Open . . .
Chrisliaii Gr?d Now Shows
ft
r-.
s Fishtiiig
&
Christians
J5v TOM CORBITl
'T*
1 .M-J-i
G-31H8S Far ’64 Campaign
Elon Topples
*hh--y Quint
N Tilt
■h ; i ;hliiT’ Christian football! The major change for the coming
1 a !, wSich clinchod a half share (year was the switch of the Freder-
I in th'
Carolims Conference "rirf;ick d'te from the first weekend of
The loss to High Point on Jan-
U'.ry 25tn has torcjd a drastic
change in our basketball outlook,
for the remainder of the season.
As you will remember, the Christ-
i; went into that game with a 7-0
mark in the Conference, as
to the 6-1 slate for High Point,
which was second in the loop stand
ings at that time and barely ahead
of the 5-2 record for Western Caro
line, which was then the Number
Three team.
•\s you have seen, the loss to
the Panthers divided the top spot
at the moment between Elon and
High Point, but at that point an
other factor entered the picture.
High Point plays 17 Conference ^
games, while Elon plays only 15
games within the league. The tie
for honors could not stand forever
' the first eight shots that
.! Millor tried f illed to hit.
■3,1 even oap's most accurate
T c.innot hit. a team is def-
tely in trouble.
the big boys got in
opposed I'oiil trouble. J.'.^se Br ;.n "n ''r >
• ... I •• h-ist!;.r;s pulled away
r.ip.i :i h -lf tim? t:': ta turn hjcki
the Belmont Abbey Cnr.idcrs "3 to
V, in a hard fou.'ht CM"e liattl' h r
,!i Mondav night. J'.nuary 27:h,
The Crusaders came out scrap
ping at the initial whistle, and they
fought tooth and toe-nail •■'11 th.-
■T-.y. They double-teamed big Jesse
Branson most of the lime, and the
lowering Elon star managed only
■ .,'0 field goals and three of five
ree throws for a night's total of 7
i; was the first time Bran-
:nn hnd b»'en held to less than don
lie figures ?ince the opening gam'
f the sc-'son hack in November.
With the top Christian bomb''-
r-'' vv?!l silencod 'd wiih sharp-
Roland Mill r riding the
■T'h with .Tn iniured th^t h
"■;'"ro:l in the ni"h Point '’ame.
'1 T'.'nrningstar, Sonnv Smith r:id
)re Winfrey moved into the
breach and paced a three-'n-o '
ttack that netted the Klon tri-
umph.
Morninsstar nroved a shoot'’
nd driving demon all night a." h
Iternated a deadly jump shot with
riving and twisting lay-ups for a
otal of 23 points. Sonny Smith, who
arted at the pivot, turned in one
if the finest games of his Elon
areer as he hit 18 points, and Dave
Vinfrey proved deadly with his sets
The summary:
Pos. Elon (73) Belmont Abbey (66)
F—Branson (7> McCJetrick (I61
F—Davis (9) Dodd
C—Smith (18) Roche (10)
(3—^Morningstar (23) Affuse (12
G—Winfrey (16> Sullivan (13
EHalf-tlme: Elon 35, Belmont .^b
bey 35.
Elon subs — Hughes. Such. Bel
mont Abbey subs — Dockery 13
^yrne, Filfeather i. '
■ Ici'.s in the first half and sat
' Ji.3 hst of that period and parts
■ tl'.e last half. Howard Andrf.v
- i-r!y drew four fouls in that
h-lf and sat out th- hst fi 'o
•Mt"s with no rebounds and no
Sonny Smith, his reob'j?
r.. quickly drew three fnu'.s him-
-If.
M th? first play of th' seconl
v'lf Andrew ran over his mn and
■•.hd out. Smith followed si'it
,■ in the game. Rebounding ef-
‘ M-ts for the evening cinslst“d 0'
•s for Branson and five for Ar'
for the Pointers would wind up the ') v.is. Although he ^id not g^t a
season on top if both teams lose nt or « rebound. R d Hugh
the same number of games. 'id a creditable fill-m ]ob for Bi„
tne same numt^r ° ^ ^ tg^.mmute period. As
the same number of games, 'ess . marh Innk-
^ince last Saturday each team has "Big Un himself
■ , poed two tilts with Elon losing -d down the bench_ and couldn
to Catawba and High Point losing --nd anyone but me.
tr Lenoir Rhyne. .1 - >th coaches changed the^ strat-
The word about the campus is during the game. Coach Miller
t!ut the game with High Point was i^nned to use the high post to
li.e worst that Elon basketball en- build up an early lead and break
thusiasts have witnessed in some the game wide open but Andrew
years. For those Uke myself, who getting in early foul trouble and
were at home and did not witness jesse did the same la er, thus
the game we are told that Elon forcing Coach MiUer to switch p^s.
lost because of two things, bad coach Tom Quin had Panned to
shooting and personal foul trouble. | use a running offense against Elon
First Elon hit only 28 per cent ^ut his big men also got in foul
of her shots from the floor. It is
generally thought that a team will
not win while shooting n«uch under
40 per cent. High Point, using a ball
control offense, shot 50 per cent of
her floor shots. As evidence of our
trouble and forced him to a “con
trolled offense.
To add to the humiliation of los
ng. an incident occurred at th'
end of the game which could ha\
(ConUnued
icr-'wn la.st fall, be-;an preparation
ithis week for lh?ir u;5-coming infii
j campaign, for Coach George Tuck'^r
I started his boys on their winter
'drills this week an'I tjcg.in hyin*.’
! plans for the next fall's sc.Vdul
that includes only nine ganic:;
1364 GtTI) CAKl)
Sept. 19—F.mory & ll"nry, away
Sept. 2(i—Guilford, away.
Oct. 3—.Appalachian, away.
Oct. 10—Open Date.
Oct. 17—Carson-Newman, home.
Oct. 24—Catawba, home.
Oct. 31—West Carolina, away.
Nov. 7—Newberry, home.
Nov. 14—Lenoir Rhyne, home.
Nov. 21—Frederick, away.
Th', nine-game .sl ite which is c:i
•he Christian cards ."'t this tim'
■ncludes an open date on the sf"
ind weekend in October, but Co-icl'
Tucker hopes to fill that date within
t!ie next few weeks and thus round
out a full ten-game schedule for
''■■■ Chri.stian gridders.
The open date on that Octobc
weekend comes in the spot which
has heen held by the East Carolin-
Pirates for many years. The Eas
Carolina battle of last year was th'
final battle of a long and bitte
■eries, with Elon having decided t'
not to renew the contract with *h
big state .school down east.
lecision was reach-’d af*T E
larolina withdrew from the Car'
linas Conference and began bidding
or a place in the Southern Confer
ence with larger schools.
Other than for the absence of
East Carolina from the Elon sched
ule for the coming year, the Christ
ian gridders will meet the same
nine teams which filled the
mainder of the Elon schedule
fall. The card includes battles witl)
each of the other six football-playin
colleges in the Carolinas Confer
ence,- al#ng with non-loop battles
vlth Emory and Henry. Carson
Newma.-. anJ F- '
the ye-ir to the closing date on
the schc'dule. The sch'.'dulo, as list
ed last week bv -Coach Tucker,
shows th ■ Christi.->ns playing the
first liiree games away from home
witii .and Hear-', Guilford
"i \Tjalachian.
In .seeking *.0 fill the open East
(Continued on Pace ^ ‘ ’
■in I •■nn out th'.' 31-10 margin.
Mill 'r emptied h's bench
■ 1 1 ■' h'' reserves run the final
■■■ \nin:i' ' of th" half, which
'-I with Elon on top hv 46-28 at
t- rmi -ion. The starters went
■ck I'nd began stretching th» lead
"on -ifter the break, with the re-
ser.es again plavlng the fin' l mo-
inents of the gam".
I’os. Elon (S9) Ann ill'-'-.in (01)
F—Branson (22i Du'ic'n 'I01
F—Davis IIP Rich'>‘d‘:o:i '9'
C—Andrew (5> Dobbs (4)
G—Miller (12' KeynoHs 112'
G—Morningstar (I2i Wall MU
Half-time: Elon 4fi. Appalachian
28.
Elon subs — Such 5, Smith 3,
Hughes 4, Bowman 3, Win'rev 8.
Atkins 4, Hall. Denhart. v-i-'-'l-.f'
ian subs — Francis 7, H:illey 3,
■•■f 2. T.,vtton 3, Wilcox.
WINFREY VALUAHU: (’F.AYER
ers when the Elon basketball squad
droppi'd a heart-breaking 68 to ,59
decision to the High I’oint Panthers
n the Hinh Point court on Satur
day n'ght, January 25th, .suffering
the first defeat of the year within
:h'> Carolinas Conference ranks.
The Christi ms, who carried an
undefeated loop record and top
spot in the standings into the cru
cial battle, played what many call
ed their worst game of the entire
year in losing to the Panthers. The
Elon outfit got several of its top
stars in foul trouble early in the
game, and that fact plus terrible
shooting proved disastrous.
Actually, fouls proved costly to
both teams, but the High Point
outfit got better play from some
of the Panther reserves than they
might have from the regulars. In
fact, it was Kirk Stewart, who
came off the bench to replace 6-9
D:le Neel, who joined with guard
’larry Smith in pacing the Panthers
drive.
The Christians grabbed an early
lead in the game and were leading
'’6 I'l 2! when Branson was i)ull‘d
' tlirre fouls, but Hieh Point look
;ii'ck advantage of Branson's ab-
■'nc" to null "head at 36-30 by the
if I'till- break. Elon (hen spent the
- -econd half, trying unsuc-
fullv to catch up the deficit.
Thf' Christian:, were able to pull
"n within four points of the Pan-
I'lers with six minutes gone in the
'd hi'If, Ivit that was as close
they could get. They were within
five points at 60-.55 with three min-
iti : left in (he game, thev could not
match the Panthers in the stretch.
TTie Elon cagers, who had their
poorest shooting percentage of the
season, caged only 16 of .57 floor
shots for a 28.1 per cent mark,
while the Panthers made good on
26 of 52 tries for an even 50 per
cent. It wa'- a fine 27 of 33 from
the free throw line that kept Elon in
contention.
The summary:
Pos. Elon (50) ‘
F—Branson (20)
F—Davis (7)
C—Andrew (i>
0-Miller, (14 -
(5—Momingstar (8)
High Point (68)
Fallin (7)
Garrison (10)
Neel (11)
B. Smith '23)
Trombetta  1)
. fHaJi-tjme; High Point 36, Elon 30.
Dave Winfrey, a brilliant junior ■ u ’ . ..
of the most valuable performers on the Elon cage s juad, d;si.ite thel, Eloa-sulw — S. Smith 2, Winfrey
fact that he does not alway* .start the games. The speedy Kentuckian!, 2, Hughes, Atkins. High
U always ready to go, and he has hit double figures m a number o j, g ^
games this season and proven the key to victory in more than onel ^ ^
Christian cage contest.