FRIDAY, APRIL 19.1968 maroon and gold Page 3 CHRISTIAN TENNIS SQUAD SHOWS FINE PROMISE FOR 1968 SEASON DESPITE EARLY DEFEAT ... >•' J'.'* '*• 'rn t* *w* Guilford Tops Elon Baseball Outfit 9-0 The Guilford Quakers e^pioded for seven runs in the first three innings and went on to defeat the Elon Christians 9 to 0 on the Guilford field on April 6th. The hard-hitting Quak ers hopped on Joe Byr- tus, hlon’s starting pit cher for nine hits in the three opening innings, and Byrtus had to give way in the third to Steve Bird, who scattered five hits and held the Guilford nine scoreless until giving way to a pinch-hitter in the bottom of the sixth. Al len Colenda then worked the two final innings on the mound for fc,lon. The Christians them selves found the offerings of Guilford’s Ed Parker tough, and they had only five hits for the day.Don Brady and Jerry Midkiff each hit twice for Elon, The Score: Elon.....O R. 5H. 4 E. Guilford.9 R. 15 H, 1 E. Byrtus, Bird (3), Colenda (7) and Brady; Parker and Scott. LP—Byrtus. Netters Divide First 2 Meets The Elon College tennis team broke even in its first two meets, drop ping a hotly contested meet to Atlantic Christian at Wilson on April 2nd by a 7 to 0 count and re versing their fortunes with a smashing 9 to 0 victory over Greensboro College on the Elon courts on April 8th. The meet with Atlantic Christian was much closer than the score indicated for all singles and doubles matches were close, with Don Brown in Jingles and both of the -Ion doubles pairs car rying their matches to °ree sets before losing. fhe Christians swept ''Cry singles and doubles ™atch in straight sets n the 9 to 0 win over ^reensboro College^with sof taking eight ts by 6-0 counts during me meet. The members of the Elon College tennis team for this 1968 season are pictured above. Those pictured left to right are John Walton, of Burlington; Melvin Pierce, of Winston-Salem; Sandy Carrington, of Lynchburg, Va.; Don Brown, of Jack sonville, Fla.; Bob Freeman , of Simsbury, Conn.; George Rorrer, of Madison; and John McConnell, of Portsmouth, Va. Not present when the picture was taken was Jim Ellington, sophomore letterman from Graham. The netters dropped their opening meet of the year to Atlantic Christian, but several of the singles and doubles matches were close and went to three sets, indicating promise for better luck before the season ends. Two New Elon Records Set In Cinder Loss To Campbell A Victory in the mile relay, final event of the day gave the Campbell College track squad a 70 1/2 to 69 1/2 victory over the Elon track squad in a meet on the Elon trackon April 2nd. There were two new Elon records during the meet. Ralph Moore set a new mark with his toss of 141 feet 4 inches in the discus; and Ron Bolton set a new record when he leaped 12 feet in the pole vault. The summary follows; 100 YARD DASH: Crews (E), Wise (C), Branch (C). TIME: H sec onds, 220 YARD DASH: Crews (E), Wise (C), Branch (C). TIME: 23.2 seconds 440 YARD DASH: Matthews (C), Austin (E), Holder (C). TIME: 54.7 seconds. 880 YARD RUN: Paul ette (E), Austin (E), Cal lahan (C). TIME: 2 min utes 4.5 seconds. MILE RUN; Alexan- derson (E), Scott (C),Mc- Lamb (C). TIME: 4 min utes 48.4 seconds. THREE -MILE RUN; Scott (C), Alexanderson (E), Austin (E). TIME: 16 minutes, 39 seconds. 120 HIGH HURDLES: Fiches (C), D’Alpe (C), Stillwell (C). TIME: 16 seconds. 440 YARD HIGH HUR DLES: D’Alpe (C), Fiches (C), Roberts (E). TIME: 59.6 seconds. HIGH JUMP: Worley (C), Everett (E), tie for third by Kite (E) and Stevenson (C). HEIGHT; 6 feet. BROAD JUMP: Raines (E), Dosenbach (C), Fiches (C). DISTANCE: 21 feet 2 1/2 inches. TRIPLE JUMP; Raines (E), Fiches (C), Oliphant (E). DISTANCE: 41 feet 3 1/4 inches. SHOTPUT: Maxwell (C), Moore (E), Linker (E). DISTANCE: 40 feet 4 inches. DISCUS: Moore (E), Maxwell (C), Linker (E), DISTANCE; 141 feet 4 inches. JAVELIN; Maore (E), Linker (t), Patterson (C), DISTANCE: 157 feet 11 1/2 inches. MILE RELAY; Camp bell. TIME; 3 minutes 40 seconds. Tpn Homers In 2 WC Games ± har’Vhnmers.CIi- second. All of these ien homers rode the short fences of the West ern Carolina baseball pKrk as the Catamounts turned back Elon 7 to 4 and 8 to 4 in both ends of a Carolinas Conference double bill at Cullowhee on March 30th. Each team accounted for five of the circuit clouts, with Elon s Mel Cliburne and Western Carolina’s Bill Wofford blasting two apiece,each boy hitting one in each ot the two games . Other homerun knockers durmg the double bill were Lion’s Don Brady, Larry Collins and Jimmy Frie- singer and Western Car olina’s Ron Wall, Red Thompson and Jonn Downs. , The Christians openea the first game with areal blast, scoring all four runs in the top of the first when Mel Cliburne and Don Brady hammering back to back homers, CU- burne’s blow coming with Joe Rinaca and Jimmy Friesinger on the cush ions. The Cats came right back in the bottom of that first frame and plated five runs on two walks, a sin gle, an error and Bill Wofford three run homer. The home team also add ed two counters in the second when Ron Wall contributed a two-run round-tripper. With four homers fea turing the first tilt, the sluggers out-did them selves when each team had three round trip clouts in the nightcap. Elon’s Larry Collins hit a homer in the first, and Mel Cliburne duplicated the feat in the second; but the Cats matched this performance as Red Thompson homered in the first and Bill Wofford blasted a duplicate in the second. All of these were solo blasts. The Catamounts clinch ed the win with five runs in the fourth on three singles, a walk and a three-run homer by John Downs. Elon’s final homsr came in the se venth when JimTiy Frie singer straightened one of Jim Bullin’s slants. Jim Friesinger and Don Brady led the Elon batting, each getting three safties in the two games, each including one homer. Steve Barkley and Bill Wofford led the Cata mount attack with three hits, Wofford’s efforts showing two homers, (FIRST GAME) Elon ..••4 R. 4H. 2E. W. Car.......7 R. 5 H. 2E. Beale, Capps (5) and Brady; Miller and Bark ley, LP- Beale, HR—Cli burne, Brady (Elon), Wof ford, Wall (WC). Elon Cinder Squad Wins At Guilford The Elon Christians grabbed twelve first places in defeating the Guilford Quakers 90 to 55 in a Carolinas Con ference track meet at Guilford on April 8th. Three Elon boys chalk ed two first places, with Don Crews winning the 100 and 220 dashes, Dan Linker winning the shot and javelin, and Foster Paulette winning both the 880 and the mile runs. The summary: 100 YARD DASH; Crews (E), Lawrence (G), Oliphant (E). TIME; 10,1 secs, 220 YARD DASH: Crews (E), Oliphant (E), Lawrence (G). TIME: 23.45 secs. 440 YARD DASH: Andrews (G"!, King (G), Austin (E). TIME; 52.75 see s» 880 YARD RUN: Paul ette (E), Piggott(G),Smith (G). TIME: 2 mins. 9.85 S0CSo MILE RUN: Paulette (E), Milan (G), Spillman (G). TIME; 4 mins, 43 SCCSo THREE-MILE RUN: Milan (G), Staley (G), Spillman (G). TIME; 17 mins, 22.5 secs, 110 HIGH HURDLES; Robey (E), Hill (E),Sey mour (G), TIME; 18,2 S0CSa 440 INTER HURDLES; Freve (E), Roberts (E), Spruill (G), TIME; 62.5 secs. HIGH JUMP Everetre (E), Whitaker (G),Wright (E). HEIGHT: 5 ft. 8 in. BROAD JUMP: Law rence (G), Whitaker (G), Raines (E), DISTANCE; 21 ft. 1 1/4 in. TRIPLE JUMP; McKay (G), Oliphant (E), Freve (E). DISTANCE: 38 ft. 9 in. POLE VAULT: Curry (G), Bolton (E), Seymour (G), HEIGHT: 11 ft. SHOT PUT: Linker(E), Andrews (G), Moore (E). DISTANCE; 44 ft. 1/2 in. DISCUS: Moore (E), (Continued on Page 4)

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