friday, May 21, 1965
EAROON AN© GOLD
PAGE TIIREB
Elon Hits Baseball Finals And Loses 2-1 Contest
Kloii Track
Squad Loses
To Generals
The Washington and Lee Gen
erals turned back the Christian
cinder team by at 81 to 55 count in
a dual meeting at Lexington, Va..
on April 28th. The Christians man
aged six first places against the-
Southern Conference team, includ
ing firsts in each of the weight
events.
100 YARD DASH: Oliphant (Ei,
Gentry lEi, Horne (WLi. TIME:
10.3 secs.
220 YARD DASH: Bigham (WL),
Oliphant (E), Wiley (WL). TIME:
23.1 secs.
440 YARD DASH: Kell (WL>, Pru-
ette lE', Sullivan (WL). TIME: 51.6
secs.
8S0 Y'ARD RUN: Parker (WLi,
Frank 'E', Kilpatrick (WL>. TIME:
2 mlns. 8.2 secs.
lilLE RUN: Wildiick (V.'L
Dewier WL>. TIME: 4 min. 4'. |
secs. '
TWO-MILE RUN: Johnson 'YLi.
O'Connor Handy iFJ. TIME
10 mins. 18.8 secs. '
120 HIGH HURDLES: Kugel (V/Li
Miller iWL', McDonald (E). TIME
18.! secs.
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High Poiiil Nine Grahs
Crown In Loo() Tourney
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The Fighting
Christians
By TOM CORBITT
A final column in the Maroon and dorm, a student center and library
Gold is a license to philosophize, will be built, and the science build
There is a standard procedure to ing will be renovated. Perhaps,
follow. First, there is the attempt
to identify the Elon spirit. Then
the doomed would-be writer at
tempts to solve, not the problems
of the world but the perplexities
of dear old Elon. The treatise ends
with the traditional thank-you's
Sprinkle the recipe liberally wit-
sentimentality and stir until some
one disagrees with the final dish
Oh, yesl Our hero then ascends
to that great alumni refuge in the
sky. Well, here goes . . .
Dear hearts, Elon College is un
dergoing a real transition. With the
spring a new feeling is in the air.
The mood is one of progress, the
completion of hopes and ideals and
accomplishment. Elon is attempting
to become a great small liberal arts
college. This is the aspiration of our
president. Dr. J. Earl Danieley, for
it was in the beginning of his ad
ministration that the great change
started.
The goal of our times is academic
excellence. Anti - intellectualism i=
dying, and signs of an intellectual
awakening are very evident. Im
provement of instruction, revision
of curriculum, syllabuses for course-
offerings and self-study and evalua
tion are occurring at Elon College.
Parallelling these events has been
progress through student govern
ment. In this epoch, the honor sys
tem has been revised, the student
government budget has been en
larged, the constitution rewritten
Student government has created a
tampus literary magazine, improv
ed the student union, renovated the
tennis courts, but the most signi
ficant contribution of the student
government is the Liberal Arts
f'orum, which has brought thirteen
outstanding speakers to our campus
this year. In fact, the Liberal Arts
Forum has surpassed the Visiting
Scholars series in energy and in
flux of new ideas.
Coupled with the new atmosphere
Elon, the times they are a-
changing. Elon is expanding its fa
cilities in an attempt to meet the
needs of our times. In recent years
new dorms, a language lab and a
president’s home have been
Built. The band has been rejuven-
®ted. and an active men’s inter-
orm council has arisen. In the im-
“^iate future another new men’s
more importantly, teacher salaries
will be im,)ro>ed.
Ihe key to the enlightened friend
ly spirit of Elon is the faculty.
Indeed, no cullego ii better than
its professors. At Elon we are for
tunate in having many teachers
who are shining exampl ? of their
profession and who view their role
in the learning process with a sense
of devotion. Due to their influence,
2!on is a citadel of opportunity for
students.
Of seventy-eight faculty members
in the new catalogue, fifty-nine have
come to Elon since Dr. Danieley
became president, and next year
Elon will add three new doctors to
the faculty. The great need of our
time is a just reward for the teach-
(Contlniied On Page Fov,.
There was an old-time adage that
"for lack of a nail a kingdom
lost, " and in the same m.
lack of just one hit a baseball
was lost" at /Vsheboro last Saturday
.ight, and with the loss of that base-i
ill championship went Elon’s
nance to win the much-talked-about
Triple Crown " in the Caroilnas Con
ference. I
The Christians had buttled then
.;iy into the tournament by defeat
ing Catawba in a play-off battle
and then, on the first day of tourney'
play, the Elon nine defeated Pfeiffer
3 to 1 and lost to High Point by a ’
J to 2 score. This pul the Christian.v
' into the losers bracket and forced
them to trounce Atlantic Christian 7'
to 1 in second roimd play on Friday
• light, May 14lh.
'lhai w:n over the Bulldogs .'-hot'
' Eli.n nine into the fiiuls : ;■ I'n ■
High Point last Saturday night,
.i::y 15tli, and Richard Such, lanky
• ight-handcr pitched Elon to a 5-2
A’in in the first game of ,i need ■
double header, leaving the title rid-
ini, on a .single game, which Hii;'
I’oint won 2 to 1 when an Elon
I'.iiiy fell short in the ninth. Th'.'
''hi'istian,s had the h.iscs loaded,
but lack of a hit and a pop fly
cost Elon her third championship
Comar Shields, junior shortstop from Blairs, Va , shown left above, and Pete Crook, senior outfielder o pr
.id catcher from Kensington, Md., pictured right, ha e ag.iin been two of the mainstays of the Elon College "u 1
Baseball squad during its highly successful 1965 cam aign. Both Shields and Crook have been regular Herbie Johnson pitched a one-
t: rters through the season, and both have come thro igh with timely hitting and dependable work afield, hitter, fanning nine and walking
only one as the Christians topped
'I 1 /"'I I ^ 1 T f Meiffer 3 to 1 in first-round plaj
l^atawna i3-.l In 1 lay-litt at Asheboro on May nn,. Art Da^s
igdom wa' | i i k
anner 'for Baseball SclioluI»* I
seball titir ^ . I I
^ r-i
Elon Is Seven!Ii
hi NAIA Track
The Catawba Indians topped
field of ten teams to clinch the
\'AIA District 26 track champion
ship »t Laurinburg, May 10th. nos
ing the High Point Panthers by two
points in a tight duel that saw the
Indians score 46''i and the Pan
thers 44Mi. The Elon (Kristians
were seventh in the ten-team field
,vith 10 points.
Swifty Holcomb, Lenoir Rhyne
dash star, stole the individual hon
ors with new record victories in
the 1('0, 220 and broad jump. He
took the too in 9.85 seconds, the
220 in 21.3 seconds and the broad
jump with a leap of 23 feet Pj
inches.
Elon trackmen who placed in the
district competition included Sonny
Pruette and Bill Frank in the mid
dle distances, David Oliphant in
the sprints, David Dean in the
broad jump and Bobby Ferrell in
the weights.
1 smashed thrt'e hits, and John.son
, , . . , . , ... I himself had a homer, and a single
- Richard Such, lanky Elon right- : ,urth whjn three singles in a rnw L^ attack
j hander, spun a brilliant two-hitter' !n:\(led the bases and Tommy New-| Barnes got
I :is he oitclied the Elon Christians' some tripled to clean the sacks. A, Johnson
Uo a 5 to 1 victory over the Catawba single, fielder's choice and F'red | score'
' Indians at High Point on May llt'n] Stewart’s double added two scores
i in a single game play-off that gave i in the fifth.
3 Elon the fourth berth in the annual' Top hitters for the Christians
(Darolinas Conference tournament at 1 wore Fred Steiiart with a doubi?
.Asheboro. ! and single and Art Davis with a
The Catawba nine got away in pair of singles, each in four trips.
front with a single unearned run The Christians got to Jerry Maye,
in the second inning, when Danny Catawba ace, for a total of nine
Lemmond saw life on an error and afeties during the fray.
scored on Larry Gionefs triple. The line score:
Only other hit for Catawba was a K H F
single in the fourth as Such struck Catawba 010 000 000—1 2 2
out thirteen Catawba batters. Elon 000 320 000—5 9 3
The Christians actually clinched Maye and Fi.sher, McKinney (8);
he victory with three runs in the Such and Newsome.
Elon 5, Cutauba 4.
KInn 6, Williams t.
Klun-Williams (Kain).
Klon 3, H . and 1.. 1.
Floii 4. \. ('. 5.
Klon U, High I’uint 6.
Klim 1, U-noir Khyne II.
Klun 5, (■uilfurd 4.
Klon 2. CaiuplM'll 3.
F^lon 6, (lUilford 10.
K.lon 6. OttcrlM-ln 4.
Klon 14, Otlcrbcin 2.
Klon 6, West Carolina 5.
Klon 7, West Carolina 2.
Klun l(. WiluiiiiKton S.
Klon 8, Wilmington 7.
Klon 1, rlciffcr 2.
i;ion I.c’jcnne I.
Klon S, l.eji'unc 5.
Klun 2, l.rji'une 4.
Klon 2, Wilmington 4.
Klon-M ilniington (Kain).
Klun-Wilmington I Kain).
Klon 12, High I’oint 5.
Klon 15, ('iitawba 2.
Klan 3, l.caoir Khyne 0.
KKmi K, .'Xppalat'hian 7.
Klon 6, Appalarhian 1.
Klon 3, I’fi-iffer I.
Klon 1. A.r.C. 2.
Klon 3. Newlxrry 4.
Klon 2, Newberry 3.
Klon S, Catawba 1.
Elon 3. Pfeiffer 1.
Klon 4. High Point 9.
Klon 7. A.C.C. I.
Elon 5, High Point 2.
Klon 1. High Point 2.
Christians
Twice In Loop Battles
Neivherry W ins T wo T ills
The Newberry Indians used pairs
of back-to-back triples in each game
as they blasted the Elon Christians
for a double victory in a Carolinas
Conference double heater at New
berry on May 9th, with the Indians
taking the first game 4 to 3 and
grabbing the nihtcap by a 3 to 2
score.
This double loss to the Indians
The Elon diamond outfit toppled
the Appalachian Mountaineers twice
in three days in a belated bid for
honors in the Conference race turn
ing back the Apps 8 to 7 at Boone
on April 29th and then trounced
them 6 to 1 on the Elon field on
May 1st.
Elon 8, Appalachian 7
The Christians breezed to a 6-0
lead in the first six innings and
then blew that lead as Appalachian
plated six runners in combined sev
enth and eighth inning rallies, forc-
and Newsome; Patrick, Poovey (5).
White 17) and Pierce. WP — John
son. LP - White.
Elon 6, Appalachian 1
The Elon nine unleashed a bar
rage of fifteen hits on two App
hurlers as the Christians trounced
the Mountaineers 6 to 1 on the Elon
field two days later. Six of Elon s
batters hit twice, and Larry Collins,
freshman southpaw, hit three times
in addition to working a six-hit
game on the mound.
Both Appalachian and Elon scor
ed their very first batter in the
dealt the regular-season title hopoB
of the F’ighting Christians a fatal
blow, dropping them to a final 10-8
standing in the regular loop season
and tie with Catawba for fourth
dace. The Christians had climbed
to the top of the standings a week
jarlier with a win over Pfeiffei
and then dropped three games in
succession to Atlantic Christian and
Newberry, all by single run mar
gins.
In the first game at Newberry,
the Christians blasted off to a 3-0
lead with a trio of runs In the I
fourth on two singles, a double, a
walk and a sacrifice fly, but the
Indians came back with four runs
in a big sixth inning rally which
featured successive triples by Ben-
! lie Kirkland and Bill Ross.
I The second game saw the In
dians move out to a 2-0 margin
in this he pitched Elon to a 7 to 1 win
Pfeiffer's over the second-ranked Bulldogs
at Asheboro on May 14th, with Col
' line fanning 14 and walking si»
K II K during the fray. Art Davis toppe(
Elon 000 200 100—3 8 1 Elon with a homer and single, Pete
Pfeiffer 000 100 000—1 1 2 Crook had a double and single and
Johnson and Newsome; Wynne Gary Taylor and Carlton Highsmith
and Schuck. HR — Johnson (Elon'. had two singles for Elon.
High Point 9, Elon 4 The line score:
The High Point Panthers topped RUE
Elon 9 to 4 in the final game of I Elon 102 130 000—7 11 0
first day play at the Conference | A. C. C. 000 000 100—1 3 3
tourney at Asheboro on May 13th. ■ Collins and Newsome; Howell,
with the Panthers rising up for nine Glover 4', Seed (6) and Hedge-
runs in the seventh and eighth inn [ peth.
ings to overcome a 3-0 lead held by Elon 5, lIlKh Point 2
the Elon outfit. The Panthers used! The Christians trounced High
back-to-back doubles to clinch the' Hoint 5 to 2 in the first of two
A'in with five runs in the eighth. ^ games at Asheboro on May 15th as
Gary Taylor, Fred Stewart and Art
Davis each hit twice for Elon in
the game.
The line score:
R H E
Elon
High Point
Richard Such fanned ten and walk
ed only three of the Panthers while
scattering seven Pointer hits. Carl
ton Highsmith had a double and two
singles and Pete Crook two singles
021 000 000—4 9 4 to lead the Elon attack. Kemp and
000 000 45x—9 10 4 Forte each hit twice for High Point.
ing Elon to win the game all the score was all
with two scores in the nmth tirst ira .
again with two scores in
tor a final 8-7 victory.
Herbie Johnson, who had already
won one game'against Catawba on
Monday, came on in relief to halt
the eighth-inning uprising and went
on to win the game as Elon scored
a pair of unearned markers in the
ninth Johnson himself allowed one
run in the bottom of the ninth but
whiffed the last man to end the
game.
The line score: „ „
R H
Elon 120 021 002-8 14 1
AppaUchian 000 000 421-7 8 2
Everett, Beale (7), Johnson (8)
knotted at 1-all, but Elon went
ahead tor keeps with two scores in
the bottom of the second on three
singles and a fielder’s choice, and
the Christians then iced the game
beyond danger with three rans in a
big fifth on ' ' ''
rifice fly.
The line .score: ^ ^ ^
Elon Blanks
S>ruins, 3-0
The Elon Christians pushed three
runners home in the late innings
to defeat the Lenoir Rhyne Bears
3 to 0 in a Carolinas Conference
'inttle here on April 28th, with the
Christians’ single marker in the
sixth and a brace of scores in second, again
eighth breaking up a ‘'Sht mound back-to-back triples by Jim For-
duel between Elon’s R'cbard Such.
and Lenoir Rhyne s Barry Gibson. score with single runs in the
Such, the tall Elon right-han er, ^ seventh, sending the game
allowed the invading ^ i into two extra innings, which end-
four well scattered singles dur(rig | Newberry scoring the win-
the fray, never more than one in | marker with one out in the
ninth. The run came on two walks,
an error and Benjie Kirkland’s
Everett, 0. Shields (8i and Crook:
Dover, Mowery I8). Stewart (8i and
lyare. LP — Everett.
Klon 7, Atlantic Christian I
Larry Collins, a fine freshman
southpaw, tossed a three-hitter at
the Atlantic Christian Bulldogs as
The line score:
R II E
Elon 102 000 10 2
High Point (X)0 101 000—2 7 4
Such and Newsome; Mowery,
Stewart (3) and Lare.
(Continued on Pnge Four.
any one inning, and Gib.son did
almost as well as he held the
Christians to six singles for the
day. Only in one inning could Elon
get to Gibson for as many as two
safeties, that being in the sixth
Tommy Newsome, Elon catcher. Newberry
Elon Cindernien Defeat
Guilford In Dual Meet
’The Elon College track squad TWO-MILE RUN: Handy (Ei,
grabbed off ten first places as the Richard.son (G), Turney (G). TIME:
Christian cindermen turned back 11 mins, 38.5 secs,
the Guilford Quakers 88 to 43 in a' 120 HIGH HURDLES: A McDon-
Carolinas Conference meet on the aid (Ei, S. McDonald (Ei, Long
Guilford track on May 4th. , (G). TIME: 19 secs.
Gordon Handy, Elon distance 220 LOW HURDLES: Martin (G),
man, was the only double winner i A. .McDonald Ei, S. McDonald (E).
for the Christians as he took l)oth TIME: 27.2 secs,
the mile and two-mile, but Sonny 1 HIGH JUMP: Ward (G), Frank
Pruette and Bill Frank turned in| lEi, O’Brecht (E). HEIGHT: 5
excellent times as they won the feet 8 inches.
Goforth
ColUns and Newsome
forth.
was the only Christian with two hits
four singles and a sac-1 for the day: and Larry Helms, werts.
Bruin first-sacker, was the only
Lenoir Rhyne player with two safe
ties. Such fanned eight mer
The line score:
R H E
Lenoir Rhyne 000 000 000—0 4 3
Elon 000 001 02x—3 6 0
Gibson and
Newsome. WP
(FIR.ST GAME)
K II E
000 300 0—3 5 0
000 004x—4 11 2
Johnson and Newsome; Grout and
Appalachian 100 000 000-1 6 0
j-lon 120 030 OOx-6 15 0
White (7) and Pierce;
LP — Go-
■SECOND GA.'VIE)
R 11 E
Elon 000 010 100-2 9 a
Newberry 020 000 001—3 5 0
Everett, Such (4), Beale (6), 0.
Shields (9) and Newsome; Long,
Fisher; Such and Charpia (6) and Werts. WP — Char-
— Stick. pia. LP — Beale.
quarter and half-mile.
The .summary:
100 YARD DASH: Oliphant (E),
Gentry E), Young (Gi. TIME: 10,4
secs,
220 YARD DASH: Gentry (Ei,
Oliphant Ei, Young (Gi. TIME:
23.5 secs.
440 YARD DASH: Pruette (E),
I.ong (G), Frank (E). TIME: 52.6
secs.
880 YARD RUN: Frank E), Pru
ette (E). Owenby (G). ’TIME: 2
mins. 6 secs.
MILE RUN: Handy (E), S. Me
Donald (E), Richardson (G). TIME:
5 mins. 4.4 secs.
BROAD JUMP: Thompson (G),
Oliphant (Ei, Young G). DIS
TANCE: 19 feet 5 inches.
POLE VAULT: Gray (G). Cory
(Gi, Habel (Ek HEIGHT: II feei
6 inches.
SHOT: Ray (G>, Ferrell (E), Wil
son (E). DISTANCE: 44 feet 3>4
inches.
DISCUS: Mann (E), Jordan (E),
Young (G). DISTANCE: 121 feet
inches.
JAVELIN: Williams (E), Bur
nette IE), Cory (G). DISTANCE:
167 feet 4 inches.
MILE RELAY: Elon, TIME: 4
mins, 39.5 secs.