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Fridey, April 30, 1965 —— MAROON AND GOLD pagk tiikee Elon Baseball Team Wins Three Of Four On Vacation Trip Seahawk Nine ^ INFIELDERS ARE BULW ARKS S OR ELON 15ASERALLERS ^OppleS LejeiUW Twicc; Is Defeated 2 Battles Timely hitting combined with bases on balls to give the Elon Christians two big innings aid two victories over the Wilmington Sea- hawks here April 12th in a base ball double-header. The Christians won the opener 5 to 4 and then copped the nightcap 8 to 7 as they Tacked their fifth and sixth consec utive victories in mid-season play, fc Lefty Everett, Elon senior, went i rhe route in the first of the two f seven-inning battles and scattered ? eight Seahawk safeties as he got credit for the 5 to 4 victory. Ever ett walked only two and struck ; out six during the battle. The Christians could get only four hits off two Wihnington pitch ers, but they bunched all four- of their hits, four walks and a sacn-'i. fice fly as they got to Vic John son and Ed Lemon for the five Elon; runs in a big second rack. Lemon, L who relieved with one out allowed 11 two of the four hits and then held : Elon without a safety in the r«- mainder of the game. Three Elon moundsmen split the pitching duties in the second game which Elon won by an 8 to 7 mar gin. Burgin Beale started and was relieved by Owen Shields in the second. Shields worked four and two-thirds innings during which he banged a bases loaded triple to pace a six-run rally in the fifth that as sured him credit for the win. Larry Collins finished the game after re lieving for Elon in the sixth. Carlton Highsmith topped the Elon hitting in the two games with and three singles. Gary Taylor and four for seven, including a triple Art Davis, each with two hits in the double bill, were other Elon leaders. Steve Coley, with five f6r nine, topped the ^ahawk attack The line scores: (FIRST GAME) RHE ■Wilmington 200 002 0—4 8 I Elon 050 000 X—5 4 I Johnson, Lemon (2) and Millis; Everett and Newsome. LP — John son. (SECOND GAME) RHE Wilmington 030 003 1—7 10 0 m 1 Spotlighting The Fighting Christians By TOM CORBITT For a school this size, Elon Col lege perhaps does well to field varsitv teams in four spring sports By the criterion of wins and losses, Elon has established a rine record in spring sports in recent years. Early in the 1965 season, the Fight ing Christians appear headed in the tradition of past years. With a 13-7 record, the baseball team is headed for another winning season. But in view of early expec tations, this record is disappointing, especially when the Christians 4-5 conference record is examined. Team pitching has generally been good. The major problems have 01 been inadequate defense and very Elon 020 060 X-8 „ . Braxton, Page (2) and Millis;, spotty hitting. All five of last year’s ^ " (6) top hitters on the club are back. Beale, 0. Shields (2). Collins w, and Newsome. WP — Shields. LP— Page. Elon Loses To Pfeiffer In 2-1 Tilt The Pfeiffer Falcons gained a ting ing 2 to 1 victory over the Elon Christians at Pfeiffer on April 13th in one of the tightest Carolinas Con ference battles of recent years, with the Falcons executing a perfect squeeze play with one out in the bottom of the ninth to gain the win. The winning bunt by Pfeiffer’s ■Joe Barnes came off Elon’s Herbie Johnson; but Bobby Gulledge, the goring runner, had gained life on wst base on a single off the Christ as Richard Such, who was charg- with the loss. Such had previ ously limited the Falcons to a s®gle run in the fourth and had scattered seve* Falcon safeties the route. Billy Wynne, ace moundsman for ach Joe Ferebee’s Falcons, also urned in a neat pitching job, scat- ering six Elon hits and holding ® Christians away from the plate a singleton marker in sixth rack. Wynne fanned nine ^ walked nine in gaining the but only ono has lived up to past standards. Injuries and sickness have hampered the team to the extent that catching and all three of the outfield positions have been unsettled since the beginning of the season. The golf team is exceeding early expectations for the season, with a 6-4 over-all record and a 5-1 con ference slate. Bobby West and Rob bie Pate have been alternating at the Number One and Number Two positions and have been playing fine golf. Both should be in top form by the time of the conference tournament on May 17-18. Jim Brown, Sonny Long, Whitey Mur- With inadequate practice facilities at home arid the necessity of en gaging in all meets on the road, the team has done well to win one meet and score heavily in all oth ers. In recent years track and tennis have suffered through a lack of ;tudent interest and participation, inadequate facilities, and the fact that coaches of these sports have been tied down a good part of the year with obligations in the coach- j ing of football and basketball. The] spring sport program has suffered! more than a little this spring be-j cause the coaching staff has been | operatiiig with one less staff mem ber since the beginning of March, j Several feasible programs by the (Continued On Page Four) Two veteran infielders, who have pro\en themselves potent threats :n the Elon attack this spring, are Gary Taylor 'left', stocky little ;ec' .li 'insenian, wh.> his been a regular starter '^ince coming to Elon : i Buil/n,ton's Walter Williams High School, and Art Davis 'right), : icnior (list b;seman from Ro.inoke Rnpid.s, who sees regular duty viih the Klon cage team in the winter season. Taylor was hitting a I lid .'S.tt alter twenty games this season, hnving driven out a number f extra ba5u blows. Davis, who is having his best season at the plate, vvas J'anging the ball at a nifty .356 average after twenty games. Christians Top Otterliein Twice In Contests Here The Christian baseballers turned back the touring Otterbein College nine from Ohio in a pair of game§ on the Elon field on April 7th and th, staving off an Otterbein rally to win the fir.st game on April 7th by a 6 to 4 count and then pulling one of the biggest single-inning ral lies in Elon diamond history to topple Otterbein 14 to 2 the next day. FMon 6, Otterbein 4 The Christians used throo pitch ers in chalking the first victory over the Ohio squad, with Ower Shields coming in from center fieic in relief to gain credit for th mound victory. Burgin Beale start ed on the mound for Elon ant worked the first four innings, fol lowed by Shields for three and then by Richard Such for the final two racks. Elon moved to a commanding 6-2 lead with pairs of runs In the fifth and sixth. The two Elon mark- Baseballers Doivn Cats In Pair Of Loop Tilts The Fighting Christian nine turn ed back the Western Carolina Cata mounts twice in two days in Caro linas Conference diamond battles on the Elon field on Friday and Sat urday, April 9th and 10th, winning the first tilt by a 6 to 5 margin ind then grabbing the second en- Brown, Sonny Long, wmtey ‘by a decisive 7 to 2 count, ray, and Kerry Crews have been ^ catamounts 5 : shuffhng back and forth in the remaining positions. Each has dis played excellent potential. Based on an evaluation of the conference teams which Elon has played, if West and Pate can iron out a few Wnks and the other four golfers achieve greater consistency, Elon should be in the running come tournament time. It is too early in the season to evaluate the performance of the tennis team. The first organized match of the team was scheduled for April 21st against Pfeiffer. The - tennis team scrimmaged Walter away from the plate wilhams High School two times and in each case the outcome was unfavorabk. Three written requests had to be made to the student body at large before a six man tennis team could be organized. The team has been hampered by a late start and is laboring with inadequate facilities. An intensive campaign by the coUege student government to rsvitalize student interest in tennis has accomplished its goal. The Falcons scored first in the ourth when Jay Cook, Marvin ™»ntgomery and Bobby Gulledge packed consecutive singles, and ^ the count in the sixth " Carlton Highsmith roefieted ® double and came home on Art “avis' single. (Continued On Page Four) Elon 6, Catamounts 5 The Christians pushed home a run with none out in the bottom of the ninth to turn back the Cats in the first of the two games on April 9th, with the rivals swapping the lead several times before Elon grabbed the front for keeps in the final rack. The Western Carolina squad was still fighting in the eighth and pushed over two runs to knot the count at 5-all on an error and a pair of two baggers from the bats of Ron EMwards and Bob Maska. Then came Elon’s winning score in the ninth when Comar Shields walked, moved up on an outfield fly and a walk and raced home on Art Davis’ slashing single. Gary Taylor paced the Elon hit ting with a homer and double, with Pete Crook and Fred Stewart each chipping in two singles. Ron Ed wards paced the Cats with a dou ble and two singles, aided by Bill Haynes with a pair of doubles. The line score: RHE The track team has done a cred- vvest Carolina 000 021 020-5 8 0 itable job under adverse conditions I Elon 000 201 201-6 9 3 Ives, Mullins O' and Hicks; Such, Collins 9) and Newsome. LP — Mullins. WP — Collins. HR — Tay lor (Elon I. Elon 7, Catamounts Z Herbie Johnson, Ellon lefthander, went the route on the mound and held the Catamounts to four scat tered singles as he pitched the Christians to a 7-2 decision on April 10th. Johnson walked one and fan ned nine in a fine pitching job. The Elon nine took advantage of a big third inning as they bunchedf five of their seven hits with a pair of Western Carolina errors ^nd a sacrifice fly to push six runners home, and that one rally was suf ficient to guarantee the Christians the victory. Carlton Highsmith, Elon center fielder, broke out of a batting slump as he blasted a 350-foot solo homer and added a single to give him two hits in four trips for the day. Art Davis, Christian first sack- er, also hit twice for the game and had a pair of RBI’s to his credit. Rod EMwards had a pair of singles to top the Catamount hit ting. The line score: RHE West Carolina OOO 010 001—2 4 2 Elon . 006 001 OOx—7 7 3 Kilpatrick, Raleight (7) and Hicks; Johnson and Crook. LP — Kilpatrick. HR — Highsmith (Elon). ors in the fifth came on j walk and a brace of two baggers by Art Da\is and Pete Crook, while the counters in the sixth scored on a hit batsman, a walk, a sacrifice hit and an Otterbeing error. Richard Such fanned the first four men he faced in the eighth and ninth racks and forced the next man to ground out, but he ran into trouble after two were on; in the ninth as he hit two batters and walked one to fill the bases This was followed by a sin^l"' thit ■corpd two nms, an l tlv'sn aaoth'’i walk filled the bases before Such truck out the final man. The line score: R II E Otterbein 002 000 002—4 7 1 Hon 200 022 OOx—6 9 3 Handerfund, Penrod (5) and Kin- nisin; Beale, 0. Shields 5i. Such '81 and New.some. LP — Penrod WP — 0. Shields. Elon 14, Otterbein 2 The Elon College baseball squad experienced one of its biggest inn ings of recent years when the Christians sent eleven runners scampering home in the third inn ing and went on to post an over whelming 14 to 2 victory over the touring Otterbein outfit in the sec ond class on April 8th. The Christians sent fifteen men to bat during that big third frame and left only one of them stranded on the bases as eleven runners raced home with scores. The Elon squad got only four hits in scoring the eleven runs, including three singles and a three-run homer by Fred Stewart, but the Elonites took advantage of four walks and two Otterbein errors. The score was all tied up at 2-all when the Christians started the big rally, for the Christians had opened the game with two runs in the bot tom of the first. It was Elon’s first two batters in that inning who scored, and it marked the third time in four games the same week that Elon had sent her first two batters of the game home with runs. Otter bein retaliated with wto markers in the top of the third, but this tie situation only set the stage for Elon’s winning surge. Art Davis, Elon first sacker, had a triple and two singles in three trips to the plate, with Fred Stew art contributing a homer and single in three tries. >• The line score- RHE Otterbein 00 2 000 000— 2 8 4 Elon 20(11) 000 lOx—14 7 2 Davis, Rice (2), Hinson (3), Kirby (8) and Kinnisin; Everett and New- some, Fitch (5). WP — Everett. LP — Rice. HR — Stewart. The old coaching ada.^e that some you win, some you lose, nnd me you get rained out" was never better shown than during the Elon :l■i^ti,^ns' spring holiday trip to unp Lt'jeune and Wilmington, for Christians po.sted three wins, ': ijpp*d one game and were rained u;t in two other scheduled tilts. The Christians opened their holi- ;iy jaunt with three games against he Lejeune Leathernecks at Cam] L*’jeune, and Coach Jack Sanford's iys grabbed two wins in the three battles with the marines, winning by scores of 2 to 1 and 8 to 5 and ■I.'ing the third battle by a 4 to 2 count. I'hey then moved on to Wilming- on and posted a 2 to 0 triumph in >ne game Monday of Easter week, lit they were rained out in two other tilts with the Seahawks. The hristians and Seahawks were due ' play a double bill Easter Mon ' but the second game was ;rowned out after four innings. The >ime the next day was also rained out. Klon 2, l.ej eune I Lpfty Everett was the winning Ditcher for Elon in the first victory ■ (T the Camp Lejeune Marines in I 2 to 1 contest on April 16th, scat ■ring five Marine safeties while .alking only one and fanning four At the same time his Christian teammates were pounding seven hits, with Gary Taylor and Fred Stewart pacing Elon's attack with a pair of singles each. Everett him.self had a .^olo homer. The line score: R II K Elon 010 010 000—2 7 2 Lejeune 001 000 000—1 5 1 Everett and Herring; Hale and Celes. WP — Everett. Elon 8, Lejeune 5 Richard Such contributed three singles himself as he pitched the '.■■line series on April 17th, a battle fighting Christians to an 8 to 5 victory over the Leathernecks in the second battle of the Camp Le- which proved a free-hitting melee that produced ten safeties for Elon and seven for Lejeune. Other Elon batting leaders were Art Davis with three singles and Comar Shields with two doubles. The line score: RUE Elon 200 000 051—8 10 4 Lejeune 030 010 001—5 7 2 Such and Fitch; Findley, Didrig 9) and Celes. Lejeune 4. Elon Z The Leathernecks rode a four- hit pitching job by Lejeune's Bill lioth as they turned back Elon 4 to 2 in the other of the three-game ieries on the big Marine base on April 18th. No Elon batter could get more than one hit, but Fred L. Eton S, Caliiu ba 4. F:ion 6, Williams 2. Kliin-Wiliianis (Rain). Klon 3, W. and L. I. Elon 4, A. C. C. 5. Klon 0, High Point 6. Elon 1, I.rnnir Rhyne II. Elon 5, Guilford 4. Elon 2, Campbell 3. Elon 6, (iuilford ID. Elon 6, OtterlM-in 4. Elon 14, OtterlM-in 2. Elon 6, West Carolina S. Elon 7, West Carnlina Z. Elon 6, Wilmington S. Elon S, Wiluilngtun 7. Elon 1, I’feiffer 2. Elon 8, Lejeune S. Elon Z, Lejeune 4. Elon Z, Wilmington 4. Elon-Wilmlngton (Rain). Elon-Wilmington (Ruin). Klon 12, Ilif>h Point 5. (Remaining Games) Apr. 27—Catawba, away. Apr. 28—l.,enoir Khyne, home. Apr. 29—Appalachian, away. May 1—Appalarliian, home. May 4—Pfeiffer, home. May 5—A. C. C., home. ■Vlay 7—Newberry, away. May 8—Newberry, away. May 13-15 — Tournament at Asheboro. Stewart drove home Elon's two runs when he homered behind a walk to Art Davis. The line score: RHE Elon 020 000 000-2 4 1 l>?jeune 002 000 20x—4 8 3 Collins, 0. Shields (7) and New- some; Roth and Celes. LP — Col lins. HR — Stewart. Klon 2, Wilmington 0 The Elon Christians made it three wins in a row over the Wilmington Seahawks when they turned back the Port City nine 2 to 0 in the first game of a scheduled double-header at Wilmington on Easter Monday, but the teams were rained out ii> the fourth inning of a scheduled second game with the score all tied at 1-all. A third game was rained out April 20th. Tommy New.some and H. L. Rob inson banged singles along with a Seahawk error and a brace of field er's choices to plate the two E3on markers in the third inning of tha opening game. • The line score: RHE Elon 002 000 000—2 6 0 Wilmington 000 000 000—0 5 2 H. Johnson and Newsome; Wocxis, V. Johnson (7) and Millis. LP — V. John.son. Elon Trackslers Defeat Appalachian In Dual Meet rhe Elon College track squad TWO-MILE RUN: Parham (A), won eight firsts and tied for another Handy (Ei, Lewis (E). TIME: 12 as the Christian cindermen turned mins. 12 secs, back the Appalachian Mountaineers 120 HIGH HURDLES: Mayhew 74 to 57 in a Carolinas Conference (Ai, Dehart (A), McDonald (E). meet here yesterday afternoon. It TIME: 19.6 secs, was the first win for the Christians 220 LOW HURDLES: .Mayhew in three starts this spring. j A). Bradley (A), McDonald (E). Sony Pruette, Christian middle TIME: 28.5 secs, distance man. won firsts in both, HIGH JUMP: O'Brecht (E) and the quarter and half and anchored Brittain (A) tied for first; Lock- the Elon relay team to victory in| ridge (A) third. HEIGHT: 5 feet pacing the Eton scoring. Elon swept 110 inches. all three places in the discuss andj POLE VAULT: Hable IE), Bow- half-mile. j man (A), Barker (A). HEIGHT: The summary: 10 feet. too YARD DASH: Oliphant (E>, Austin (A), Gentry (Ei. TIME: 10.5 secs. BROAD JUMP: Austin (A), Graz- ziano (A), Ohphant (E). DISTANCE: 20 feet. 220 YARD DASH: Austin (A), 01i-| SHOT PUT: Ferrell (E), Lam- phant (El, Gentry (El. TIME: 23.6 merce (A), Wilson (E). DISTANCE: secs. 144 feet 1H4 inches. DISCUS: Mann lE), Jordan (E) Lee (El. DISTANCE: 118 feet 5H inches. JAVEIIN: Williams (E), Ed wards (A), Lamtner(% (A). DIS TANCE: 149 feet 2 inches. MILE REIAY: Elon (Oliphant (E), Handy (E). TIME: 5 mins. Frank, Brown, Pruette. TIME: 3 12.4 secs. ! mins. 43.4 secs. 440 YARD DASH: Pruette (Ei. Frank (E), Hoyer (A). TIME: 54.7 secs. 880 YARD RUN: Pruette (E), Crabtree (E), EYank (E). TIME: 2 mins. 17.7 secs. MILE RUN: Parham (A), Ray
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