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fBjPAY, APRIL 5,1968 MAROON AND GOLD ^ Beale Pitches 1-Hit Victory Eton Downs Rensselaer In Shutout IJyrtus, SMITH IS VETERAN OUTFIELDER Joe junior southpaw, went the route as F.lon turned back the touring Rensselaer f’oly-- tet'hnic Institute team from upstate New York by j () to 0 count on the Elon field on March 26th„ The Fighting C'.hris- tians plated singleton runs in both the third and fourth innings. L'sing sin gle hits in each rack to count the two markers. The Christians later scored two runs in both the sixth and seventh racks to put icing on the victory cake. In addition to pitching the Christians to victory, Byrtus also led the Klon team in hitting with a pair of singles in three trips to the plate. Both Dempsey Herring and Bob Ciodfrcy hammered dou bles to feature the Hlon anack. The Score: Rensselaer.. 0 R,6H,2H. Hlon 6 R, 5 H, 2 I'.. Watson, Mattichak (6), McKay (8) and Lee,Munch (8); liyrtus and Brady, Hulla (8). LP--Watson. Overheard: “’Once I Ihought that he was all the world to me, but I’ve learned a lot about geo graphy since.” Richard Smith, a sophomore letterman from Greens boro is one of a very fine crew of outfielders per forming for Coach Jerry Drake’s diamond squad this spring. He was a regular starter as a freshman last spring and has been one of a group of four boys seeing much duty in eai*ly battles this spring. i Camels Top Elon Nine By Win Or Lose 5 And 0 Turns Back Catawba '9' In 4-3 Tilt Burgin Beale, Elon's big senior righthander, threw a one-hit pitching job in the face of the Ca tawba Indians and led the Klon Christians to a 4 to 3 victory over the In dian baseballers in a Car- olinas Conference tilt here on March 22nd. This brilliant baseball victory for Beale goes into the record books with the two football victories which the big Elon chunk er pitched during the past two gridiron seasons, and the Indians will probably take time for a ‘'Day of Jubilee” when Beale gets his diploma and degree at Elon this year. The husky Elon right hander, who had already done relief duty in each of Elon’s two previous games against Guilford and High Point, had Ca tawba at his mercy most of the afternoon, for he struck out nine and walk ed only two while having six innings of three-up and three-down pitching. The Indians got one run on a pair of walks, an error and an infield out, but Elon retaliated with a brace of markers in the second on singles by Larry Collins and Demp sey Herring and a pair of Catawba errors to shoot Elon to the front by a 2-1 margin. Beale made his only slip of the game when he grooved one to Cataw ba’s Terry Copley in the sixth, and Copley rocket ed the ball 400 feet over the far right field wall By BOB WILLIAMS The following is part of an article written by Hrnie Howell entitled ''The Game For All A- nnerica,” and it is one of the very few articles on baseball which hangs •n the Baseball Hal! of Fame in C',ooperstown,N. ‘'Baseball Is President Fisenhower tossing out the first ball of the sea son; and a pudgy school “oy playing catch with nis dad on a Mississippi farm.” It’s America, this oaseball. a re-issued news reel of boyhood ’’earns. Dreams lost Somewhere between boy and man. It’s the Bronx cheer and the Baltimore •arewell. The leftfield Screen in Boston, the right field dump at Nash- 'ile K Sulphur Dell, the pen stands in San Eran- isco, the dusty wind- ‘*ept diamond at Albu- v®rque. And a rock home P ate and a chicken wire ackstop anywhere.” It s a wizened little shouting insults the safety of his seat and a big iling first baseman from’ ^'oacher tousling the hair of a youngster outside the player’s gate.” “'Baseball is a spirited race of man against man, reflex against reflex. A game of inches. Every skill is measured. Every heroic, every failing is seen and cheered or boo ed. And then becomes a statistic.” ‘■In baseball democracy shines its clearest. Here the only race that mat ters is the race to the bag. The creed is the rule book. Color is somethitig to distinguish one team s uniform from another. “Baseball is the cool clear eyes of , Hornsby, the spikes of Ty Cobb, an overaged pixie named Rabbitt Maranville and Jackie Robinson testify ing before a^Congress ional hearing.” “Baseball? It s just a game, as simple as a ball and bat. Yet, as complex as the American spirit it symbolizes. It’s a business — f"d som times even religion. “The holdout is base ball too. He wants 55 grand (Continued on page 4) in. BASEBALL Elon 2, Elon 5, Elon 4, Elon 0, FHon 6, F.lon 6, Guilford 7 High Point 6 C atawba 3 Campbell 5 Rensselaer 0 At. Chris. 1 (Remaining Games) Mar. 29--High Point (A). Mar. 30—W. Carolina(A). Apr. 3 — Pfeiffer (H). Apr. 5 — Maine (H). Apr. 6 — Guilford (A), Apr. 8 — Lenoir Rhyne(A) Apr. 9 — Appalachian (A). Apr. TO—Ga. Southern (A) Apr. 11—Ga. Southern (A) Apr. 12--Oglethorpe (A). Apr, 19—Newberry (H). Apr. 20 — Newberry (H). Apr. 22 — Campbell (A). Apr. 24 — Pembroke(H). Apr. 26 — Pfeiffer (A). Apr. 30—Lenoir Rhyne(H) May 1 - At. Christian (A). May 3 — Catawba (A). May 4 —Appalachian (H). May 7 — Pembroke (A). for a two-run homer. It was only the eighth time in the history of the Elon ball park that a collegian had cleared that section of the right field fence. The Christians came right back in the bottom of the sixth to regain the lead and clinch the victory. Mike Spillaneled off with a single, and John Austin was safe on a field er’s choice. Both men ad vanced on a sacrifice,and Larry Collins singled them home. The scores: Catawba...3 R, 1 H, 4 E. Elon 4 R, 5 II, 4 E. Bailey and Reynolds; Beale and Brady. HR — Copley (Catawba), The Elon Christians could never solve the slants of Bobby Walker, Campbell College hurler, and the visiting Camels walked off with a 5 to 0 victory in a non-Confer- ence diamond battle here Saturday afternoon, March 23rd. Walker whiffed nine Elon batters as he let the Christians down with three well-scattered sin gles during the contest, which saw the Camels get to Elon’s big John Austin for seven safe ties during the tilt. Bob Hager, Camel catcher, led off the fifth rack with a solo homer that started his team on the way to victory, and the Camels added pairs of runs in both the se venth and ninth, with Elon errors and wild pitches figuring heavily in the enemy scores in both innings. The scores; Campbell. 5 R, 7 H, 0 E. Elon 0 R, 3 H, 3 E. Walker and Hager; Aust- Colenda (9) and Brady. ,P—Austin. Christians Win Tilt From A. C. Bulldogs The Fighting Christian baseballers moved to an even keel in Conference and seasonal standings when they turned back the Atlantic Christian Bull dogs 6 to 1 here on March 27th, for it gave the Elon nine a 2-2 rating in Con ference games and a 3-3 standing for the season. Dewey Capps, a slen der freshman righthand er, went the route for the Christians and held the Seven Cagers Given Letters There were only seven letter winners during the Fighting Christian bas ketball season of 1967-68, according to a list just released by Coach Bill Miller. The small group of awards reflects the lack of depth on the squad. The letter winners in cluded forwards Richard McGeorge, Tommy Davis and Steve Caddell, center Henry Goedeck and guards Bobby Atkins, Tom McGee, and Noble Mar shall. All except McGeor ge had won letters in pre vious cage seasons, and only Atkins and Davis are seniors. Bulldogs to five safeties, all of them bunched in two innings, meaning that he worked seven hitless frames. The lanky Elon chunker was in trouble only in the second and seventh inn ings. In the second he al lowed three hits and a walk, but he worked his way out of the hole with only one run. The Elon team gave Capps a winning margin in the very first inning, for the Christians used three singles, two walks, a Bulldog error and a passed ball to plate five runs. That was all the Christians needed, but they added a sixth score in the seventh for trim ming. Joe Rinaca and Rick Smith, a pair of Elon outfielders, each hit twice to lead the Christian at tack, with Larry Collins contributing a triple and Bob Godfrey a double to aid the cause. Chuck Fleet and Jerry Waddell each hit twice for the Bulldogs. The score: At,Christian,.lR, 5H, IE. Elon 6R, 8H, 2E, Meneely, Baumgarner and Farrier; Capps and Brady.
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