Friday, February 17, 1967
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Elon Cage Squad Will Carry Christian Title Hop es Into Loop Tourney
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Indians Top
Christian ‘5’
At Salisbury
Erratic shooting and rugged floor
play proved fatal for the Elon Chris
tians as they dropped a 68 to 64 de
cision to the Catawba Indians in
Salisbury on Saturday night, January
28th, in a Carolinas Conference game
which came right in the midst of
Elon's midyear examination period.
The Indian win, which came after
two earlier losses to the Elon cagers
this season, saw the Catawba cagers
with some of the best tteam play of
the year. Playing without Dwight Du
rante, who had always taken more
than half the Indian shots at the bas
ket, the Indians got their whole team
into the act in this Salisbury battle
and put three starters in double digits.
The game opened as a deliberate
affair, with both Elon and Catawba
playing for good shots, and the en
tire first half was a nip-and-tuck bat
tle in which the lead changed hands
fourteen times before the homestand-
ing Indians slipped ahead by a 31
to 29 margin at the half-time.
Dave Snyder, Catawba’s big 6-8
junior center, turned in the best game
of his career as he hit on ten of
twenty floor shots and dropped seven
of ten from the charity strip for a
27-point total. John Harwood chipped
in with 20 points and Garland Davis
t^ame on strong in the second half
The Indians moved out quickly in
to count 10 points for the night,
the second half on six straight points
and upped the margin to as much
3s 13 points with three minutes left
in the game, but Elon’s Noble Mar
shall sparked a closing drive that cut
the lead sharply in the final mo-
Bill Bowes, Elon’s sophomore for
ward, played another in a series fine
games that he has shown recently
and led the Christians with 20 points.
Henry Goedeck and Tommy Davis
each had 13 points for the night.
The line-ups:
Pos. Elon (64) Catawba (68)
F. Bowes (20) Harwood (20)
F. Hare (6) G. Davis (10)
C. Goedeck (13) Snyder (27)
G. T. Davis (13) Hodges (9)
G. McGee (4) St. Clair (2)
Half-time: Catawba 31, Elon 29.
Elon sub — Marshall 8. Catawba
sub — Garrison,
The Elon College basketball squad, which will carry the Christian title hopes into the annual Carolinas Confer
ence tournament at Lexington during the first weekend in March, is pictured above. The Christians were assured
by the past weekend of a spot among the eight teams in the toiu-nament, although they had little if any chance for
a seeded spot among the top four teams. The players pictured above (left to right) are Jimmy Freisinger, Bob
Williams, Tommy Davis, Steve Caddell, Henry Goedeck, Bill Bowes, Rick Hare, Mike Hailey, Danny Joe Pendry
(who dropped from the roster before the season started) and Noble Marshall. Not present when the picture was
made was Charlie Van Lear, who rejoined the Christian squad after the season had started.
Elon Trounces Pfeiffer In 79-60 Tilt
DRAKE PLANS BASEBALL
DRILLS FOR ’67 SEASON
but he stated that he had several
fine candidates. He is awaiting de
velopments in the condition of Bur-
gin Beale and Larry Collins, two
lettermen pitchers, whose status is
uncertain. Beale is still hampered by
a football injury from the Frederick
game, and Collins ability depends on
recovery from an operation last
spring.
A total of 58 players was expected
to report to Coach Drake today in
preparation for full scale workouts,
among them being seven lettermen
from last year’s squad that managed
only seven wins in twenty-six bat
tles during a disastrous campaign.
Coach Jerry Drake, the new coach
of the Elon College baseball squad
this spring, has had his pitchers and
catchers working out indoors since
February 7th and expects his entire
squad to report today for the begin
ning of full scale drills.
Questioned this week concerning
his prospects. Coach Drake, who was
himself one of Elon’s finest pitchers
of recent seasons, stated that he has
had a total of fifteen pitchers and six
catchers taking part in the indoor
workouts in Aliunni Memorial Gym
nasium.
Drake did not list all of his pros
pects for mound and backstop duty,
Elon Defeats
Presbyterian
The Elon Christians were using a
hot hand in shooting in the first half
as they moved to a commanding lead
at intermission and then staved off a
late Presbyterian rally to defeat the
Blue Stockings 51 to 49 in a Carolinas
Conference cage battle on the P.C.
court on Wednesday night, February
1st.
Henry Goedeck hit nine field buck
ets for 18 points to lead the Christians,
but Bill Bowes proved an outstanding
performer for the Christians as he hit
15 points and pulled down 14 re
bounds. Goedeck had 12 rebounds for
the night.
The line-ups:
Pos. Elon (51) Presbyterian (49)
F. Bowes (15) R. Quillen (16)
F. Davis (9) McLeod (3)
C. Goedeck (18) Hudson (8)
G. McGee (6) Martin (16)
G. Marshall (3) B. Quillen (5)
Half-time: Elon 32, Prebytcrian 23.
Elon sub—Hare. Presbyterian subs
—Kizer 1, Stine.
Elon 64, Wofford 77
Elon 84, Guilford 97
Elon 79, Catawba 77
Elon 77, Pfeiffer 59
Elon 90, A.C.C. 89.
Elon 64, Lenoir Rhyne 75.
Elon 75, High Point 96.
Elon 65, Appalachian 74.
Elon 78, South Carolina 102.
Elon 72, Wofford 71.
Elon 67, Lenoh- Rhyne 75.
Elon 83, Campbell 79.
Elon 72, A.C.C. 86.
Elon 73, Catawba 60.
Elon 73, High Point 79.
Elon 64, Catawba 68.
Elon 51, Presbyterian 49.
Elon 69, West Carolina 83.
Elon 79, Preiffer 60.
Elon 70, Appalachian 75.
Elon 81, Presbyterian 61.
(Remaining Games)
Feb. 15—Pembroke, Away.
Feb. 18—West Carolina, Home.
Feb. 20—Campbell, Away.
Feb. 24—Guilford, Greensboro.
Mar. 1, 2, 3, 4—Conference
Tournament, Lexington.
The Elon Christians grabbed the
lead early and moved to a command
ing 20-point margin at the midway
point in the first half as they raced
to a comfortable 79 to 60 victory
over the Pfeiffer Falcons on the
Pfeiffer court on Monday night,
February 6th.
The victory, second of the season
for Elon over the Falcons, almost
duplicated Elon’s margin of 77 to 59
over the Falcons in the initial clash
between the Carolinas Conference
rivals on the Elon floor early in
December.
With this win the Elon cagers
moved their Conference mark to an
all-even 7-7 in wins and losses and
tightened their hold on sixth place
Noble Marshall, speedy freshman
guard, and Henry Goedeck, rugged
sophomore center, were the top guns
in the Elon offensive which produced
a 24-point halftime margin, for the
Christians were ahead 45 to 21 at
ihe break. They later ran this margin
;o 30 points, and Coach Bill Miller
used his reserves during most of the
final ten minuts.
Four of the Elon starters were in
double figures for the night, with
Noble Marshall showing the way with
17 points on four field baskets and
a perfect 9 for 9 at the free throw
line. Henry Goedeck hit for 16 points,
Tom McGee added 15 and Bill
Bowes chipped in with 13 counters.
Dwight Hinnant, who showed an
eagle-eye accuracy for Pfeiffer, was
top scorer for his team and for the
game with 24 points, but he was the
only player in the Falcon line-up who
could reach double figures.
The line-ups:
Pos. Elon (79) Pfeifer (60)
F. Bowes (9) Burkhart (7)
F. Davis (9) Bushears (2)
C. Goedeck (16) Engebretsen (3)
G. Marshall (17) Hinnant (24)
G. McGee (15) Worry (6)
Half-time: Elon 45, Pfeifer 21.
Elon subs — Hare 2, Van Lear 7,
Caddell, Freisinger, Hailey.
Pfeiffer subs — Lisk 9, Short,
Payne 6, Smith 2, Diemco.
Apps Defeat
Gallant Elon
Quint^ 75-70
The Elon Christians turned in a
gallant effort for victory, but the
Appalachian Mountaineers rallied be
fore a rabid crowd of Mountaineer
supporters to nip the Elon cagers by
a 75 to 70 margin in a Carolinas
Conference cage contest on the
Boone floor on Wednesday night,
February 8th.
The Christians once more put
four men in the double digit scoring
column as they led the Mountaineers
through the early stages of the game
and then regained the front late in
the second half and held the edge
until less than three minutes remain
ed in the action.
With the Christians shooting well
in the early minutes ,the apps had
to battle tooth and toenail to knot
on the clock in the first half,
the count at 21-all with 9:15 left
The tide of fortune switched after
the half as Elon’s cagers took con
trol of the rebounding off both
boards, and this control enabled the
Christians to pull within a single
point at 62-61 when Tom McGee
drove for a lay-up with seven minutes
left.
Two minutes later Noble Marshall
came through with a three-point play
to knot the score at 66-all, and mo
ments later the little freshman guard
hit again to give Elon a 68-66 lead.
The lead was shortlived, however, for
the Apps tied it again and moved to
72-68 on Beauchamp’s two free
throws and a field goal by John Wil
lard, which came with 2;25 left on the
clock.
Henry Goedeck had 18 and Noble
Marshall 17 to lead the scoring for
the Elon cagers, but Bill Bowes con
tinued his fine play with 13 points
and Captain Tommy Davis chipped
in 11 counters for Elon.
The line-ups:
Pos. Elon (70 Appalachian (75)
F. Bowes (13) Price (9)
F. Davis (11) Beauchamp (11)
C. Goedeck (18) Cheveney (x)
G. Marshall (17) Willard (24)
G. McGee (9) Sprinkle (22)
Half-time:.. Appalachian 46, Elon
34.
Elon sub — Hare. Appalachian sub
—Sposano 9.