Friday, March 17, 1967
PAGE THREE
Elon Quint In Semi-Finals Of Cage Meet
UP FOR SCORE AGAINST CATS Eloti Downs CatamouTit
In 80-62 Contest
Squad
Henry Goedeck, big gun in the Elon scoring attaclc for this season, is
shown above as he leaped high for a shot over the head of Western Carolina’s
Bob Thompson in the Christians’ fine 80 to 62 victory over the Catamounts
in the first round of the annual Carolinas Conference at the Lexington YMCA.
Bill Bowes (31) is driving in for the Elon rebound in case the Goedeck shot
happened to miss the basket.
Elon Grid Squad Working
Hard In Spring Practice
The thud of shoe leather and pig
skin and the crack of helmets and
shoulder pads echo every afternoon
from the football practice field just
north of Elon’s Alumni Memorial
Gymnasium as Coach Red Wilson and
his staff send the Fighting Christians
through winter football drills. The
drills will be climaxed by a full-scale
game against an alumni team.
The reports from the practice field
have been good, both from the coach
es and from the players. The coaches
have been pleased at the progress the
Christian gridders are making in the
transition to the Single Wing type of
football, and the players themselves
report that they like and enjoy the
new system.
Coach Wilson and his staff have not
yet worked out any starting line-up,
not even a tentative one. Instead, they
have several boys working at each of
the positions in the line-up, and the
starting positions are still very much
up for grabs,”
Marty Bonnett and Wright Ander-
son have both been working at the
'’ery important tailback assignment,
^tid both have shown promise, but
'here are also others working there
®ttd bidding for recognition. Both
onnett and Anderson were quarter-
on last year’s squad, both show
ed promise as passers.
^0 less than four boys have been
^nning at fullback, among them
^ Jordan, Dover Sharpe, Emery
Moore and Gary Church. The wing-
back leaders have included Bob
Hughes, Glenn Jones and Joe Rinace,
and those working at blocking back
have included Bill Miele and Jim
Ferebee. Also working well in the
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Elon Baseball
Mar. 22—Charleston, away.
Mar.23—Charleston, away.
Mar. 29—Appalachian, home.
Mar. 30—rLynchburg, home.
Mar. 31—High Point, home.
Apr. 3—Delaware, home.
Apr. 4—Campbell, home.
Apr. 5—Pembroke, away.
Apr. 7—Lenoir Rhyne, away.
Apr. 8—Appalachian, away.
Apr. 11—Pfeiffer, home.
Apr. 12—A.C.C., away.
Apr. 14—Guilford, away.
Apr. 15—W. Carolina, home (DH).
Apr. 18—Guilford, home.
Apr. 21—Presbyterian, away (DH).
Apr. 22—Newberry, away (DH).
Apr. 24—High Point, away.
Apr. 25—Campbell, away.
Apr. 26—Catawba, home.
Apr. 29—Lenoir Rhyne, home.
May 2—Pfeiffer, away.
May 3—A.C.C., home.
May 5—Catawba, away.
May 6—Pembroke, at Greensboro.
May 11-12-13—Conf. Tournament.
The youthful Elon College basket- [ the lopsided win over the Western
ball squad hit one of its high marks Carolina outfit, with the Elon squad as
of the season when the Christians un
corked a powerful offense and a stub
born defense to gain a decisive 80 to
62 triumph over the Western Carolina
Catamounts in a first-round battle in
the Carolinas Conference tournament
at the Lexington YMCA on Thursday
night, March 2nd.
The victory advanced the Christians
into the semi-finals of the big tourna
ment, and it also gave them sweet
revenge for a pair of defeats suffered
at the hands of the Catamount cagers
during the regular season. The Ma
roon and Gold outfit lost to Appala
chian the following night, but the win
over the Cats was a sweet one for
Coach Bill Miller and his boys.
The Christians put all five starters! in
in double figure scoring as they gained!
a whole shooting 47.4 per cent of its
floor shots and dropping in 26 of 32
from the free-throw line.
The Elon cagers started early and
swept to a 19-8 margin after nine
minutes. They went on to lead by a
36-27 margin at the half. The Cata
mounts managed to trim the Elon
lead to three points midway the sec
ond half, but the Christians moved
out front again and grabbed the
victory with ease in late stages of the
contest.
Lanky Bill Bowes and Tom McGee
each bucketed 17 points to lead the
Elon victory drive, but Henry Goe
deck added 16, Tommy Davis hit 12
and Noble Marshall caged 11 points
Games
the night’s battle. Bill Bowes
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led
TWO-POINTER IN APP BATTLE
Tom McGee, speedy and sharpshooting Elon freshman, is pictured as he
cut loose with one of his deadly jump shots in Elon’s losing battle against
the Appalachian Mountaineers in the semi-final round of the Carolinas
Conference Tournament. The youthful Christian guard banged in 15 points
as the Christians dropped a hard-fought 89 to 82 decision to the Apps in this
game, with the Mounties going on the following night to defeat Guilford
and win the tournament title.
(FINAL FOR SEASON)
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, Lenoir 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, Pfeiffer 60.
Elon 70, Appalachian 75.
Elon 81, Presbyterian 61.
Elon 75, Pembroke 86.
Elon 71, West Carolina 75.
Elon 77, Campbell 78.
Elon 75, Guilford 80.
Elon 80, West Carolina 62.
Elon 82, Appalachian 89.
Apps Down
Elon Quint
In Tourney
The Christian cagers hit 57.9 per
cent of their floor shots in one of
the hottest nights of basket work of
the entire season, but it was not
enough to win over the Appalachian
Mountaineers, who hit only 46.2 per
cent of their floor shots and still won
the game by an 89 to 82 score in the
semi-finals of the Conference tourney
on March 3rd.
The Elon outfit opened with a dazz
ling display of basket work against
the Apps, hitting nine of the first ten
tries from the floor, and it appeared
for several minutes that the Christians
might almost run the Mounties out of
the gym.
It was not to be, however, for Ap
palachian rallied in the later stages
of the first half and moved ahead one
time at 27-25, with the two teams all
knotted at 39-all at the intermission.
The score continued close early in the
second half, but Appalachian hit 20
free throws in succession at one stage
as they broke out front for the final
7-point victory.
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Meet The Christian Baseball Players
The Elon baseball squad will swing
into action on a rugged 1967 season
with a two-game invasion of South
Carolina next week, meeting the
Charleston College nine in the port
city on Wednesday and Thursday. The
Christians then return home and will
swing into a string of five straight
home games on the week after Easter.
Coach Jerry Drake, starting his first
campaign as Elon's diamond skipper,
will show nine lettermen on his roster
for ith sseason, including four pitch
ers, three infielders and a pair of in
fielders. He declares himself well
pleased with the discipline and spirit
of his team, and he says that the
Christians only need a bit of timely
power at the plate to have a success
ful year.
The most recent baseball roster
given out by Coach Drake showed
thirty-three, only one of whom is a
senior. Others are three juniors, nine
sophomores and twenty freshmen. The
Elon fans are invited to meet the
baseball players through the following
brief sketches:
PITCHERS
LARRY COLLINS—Junior ietter-
man from Jacksonville, Fla. Is 5-10
and weighs 170 pounds. Bats right and
throws left. Recovering from opera
tion on arm.
BURGIN BEALE—Sophomore let-
terman from Danville, Va. Is 6-2 and
weighs 215 pounds. Bats and throws
right. Recovering from football injury
and will report at end of spring grid
drills.
SAM MOON—Sophomore letter-
man from Snow Camp. Is 6-4 and
weighs 215 pounds. Bats and throws
right.
PAUL AMUNDSEN—Sophomore
letterman from Silver Spring, Md. Is
6-4 and weighs 210 pounds. Bats and
throws right.
RICHARD YOUMANS—Freshman
from Irvington, N. J. Is 5-10 and
weighs 180 pounds. Bats and throws
right.
BRYANT HINSON — Freshman
from Danville, Va. Is 6-6 and weighs
220 pounds. Bats and throws right.
CHRIS PECORA—Freshman from
East Islip, N. Y. Is 5-9 and weighs
195 pounds. Bats either left or right
and throws right.
ED KIRCHGESSNER—Freshman
from Succasunna, N. J. Is 6-1 and
weighs 210 pounds. Bats and throws
right.
STEVE BIRD—Freshman from
Stockbridge, Vt. Is 5-9 and weighs 170
pounds. Bats and throws right.
CATCHERS
TOM FULCHER—Sophomore re
serve from Farmville, Va. Is 6-1 and
weighs 194 pounds. Bats and throws
right.
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