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MAROON AND GOLD
FRIDAY, MAY 9,1969
Reid This
COLLEGE-COMMUNITY ORCHESTRA GIVES CONCERT MONDAY NIGHT
A BYRD FLIES
The first time I heard
of Luther Byrd was when
he talked me into writing
a column for the Maroon
and Gold.
It was about the kind
of music we enjoyed when
we were at Elon. As I
recall, it wasn’t a bad
column, considering I’d
written it. All about ro
mance. And stuff such as
that. And the tunes in
cluded “Stardust,”
“You’re Nobody Til
Somebody Loves You”
(the first time around),
“In the Mood,” “Summit
Ridge Drive,” “One O’
clock Jump,” “Two O’
clock Jump (how’s that
for a sequel?), “There
Goes That Song Again,”
“Song Of India” (in legit
imate, honest-to-good-
ness authentic swing and
not by that shady defini
tion of this age) and so on.
Right now, I guess I’m
singing the blues.
I’ve just learned that
Luther Byrd will relin
quish his association with
the Maroon and Gold next
year. I suppose I knew
there’d be a final Luther
Byrd edition, but when it
gets near, I tend to weep
in my ink.
Luther Byrd, by simply
being Luther Byrd, has
won a lot of friends for
our little old schoolhouse.
How?
Cramming that into one
column here is, of course,
impossible. Here’s a
starter, anyway:
Luther has been a good
editor. He respected a
writer’s thoughtline. He
made changes only when
they corrected mistakes.
He knew a good story,
too, and if you did well
with it, he’d let you know,
which few editors do. He
and I argued about proofs.
I think he abided by the
leave - well - enough-
alone theory: that if you
fiddle with too many cor
rections, you’re liable to
end up with more mis
takes. As a person,
Luther would always feed
me and house me and my
clodhopper friends as
well. He was entertain
ing as all git out, espe
cially in recounting Elon
football games. I guess,
all thinp considered,
he didn t turn out too
badly for a Chapel Hill
graduate. He really
should have gone to Elon.
I keep using past tense.
I’m wrong there. Luther
Byrd will be back at Elon
this fall. It’s just that
he will be teaching in
stead of editing.
The new Maroon and
Gold faculty advisor will
have to come on strong.
Last Maroon and Gold
editor, you know, really
was a Byrd....
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5 BASEBALL S
Elon
Elon
Elon
Elon
Elon
Elon
Elon
Elon
Elon
Elon
Elon
Elon
Elon 1,
Elon 7,
Elon 6,
Elon 1,
Elon 2,
Elon 1,
Elon 1,
Elon 5,
Elon 2,
Elon 5,
Elon 1,
Elon 3,
SCHEDULE
- Methodist (Rain).
5, Campbell 6.
2, W. Maryland 0.
3, Otterbein 0.
1, W. Carolina 3.
2, W. Carolina 4.
4, Catawba 7.
6, Methodist 0.
3, Wilmington 6.
5, Lynchburg 6.
10, Wilmington 7.
5, At. Christian 2.
Elon-LR Split Tilts
Campbell 5.
Guilford 3.
Methodist 1.
Guilford 2.
Newberry 1.
Newberry 5.
High Point 13.
Lenoir Rhyne 1.
Lenoir Rhyne 10.
Pfeiffer 1.
Catawba 0.
At. Christian 4.
(Remaining Games)
May 2 — High Point (A).
May 3 — Pfeiffer (A),
May 8-9-10-Tournament
at Greensboro.
PFEIFFER WIN
(Continued from page 3)
gave his first route-
going performance of the
year against the visitors,
allowing but six hits along
the wa^ and striking out
five. ‘Jerky” stranded
an even dozen base run
ners.
Jernigan ran into tou-
ble in both the sixth and
seventh innings, with the
bases loaded on both oc
casions, but the sopho
more southpaw pitched
his way out of both traps
to chalk his third win of
the season.
The line score:
R. H. E.
Pfeiffer i (, 3
Elon 57 2
Hill and Rhyne; Jernigan
and Brady.
The off-again,on-again
Christian baseballers
contined their erratic
play as they split a dou
ble-header with the
Lenoir Rhyne Bears at
Hickory on Friday, April
25th, winning the first
game by a 5 to 1 count
and then droppin g the
nightcap by a 10 to 2
margin.
The Christians were
"on” as they grabbed the
5 to 1 triumph in the
opener on the Bears’
home field, with the Elon
batters coming alive for
a big 5-run assault in the
sixth inning of the opener,
and the five runs were
enough to eive Dewey
Capps a win over the
Bears.
It was Elon’s “off-
again”game that came up
in the second tilt, with
the Bears slugging out
thirteen hits against three
Elon pitchers to plate ten
runs in four innings and
grab the victory.
Keith Brewer, Jim
Ramsey and Donnie Oakes
divided the mound duties
for the Christians in this
tilt, with Brewer taking
the loss. Ron Brown and
Dewey Capps hit twice for
Elon in the first game,
but no Christian could
hit twice in the second
tilt.
The Elon College-Community Orchestra, which will present its annual spring
concert in Whitley Auditorium at 8 o’clock next Monday night, is pictured above
in a rehearsal session. Dr. Malvin N. Artley, one of the founders of the orches
tra in 1963, is shown on the podium as he directs the rehearsal. In the center,
almost directly facing Dr. Artley, is Dean W. Jennings Berry with his violin.
AC Bulldogs
Defeat Elon
The Fighting Christian
baseballers suffered
their fourth 1-run loss of
this 1969 season as they
dropped a 4 to 3 deci
sion to the Atlantic Chris
tian Bulldogs in a thir
teen-inning thriller play
ed at Wilson on April
20th.
The Christians moved
ahead when Bob Godfrey
blasted a 2-run homer in
the seventh, but the Bull
dogs evened the count in
the bottom of that same
rack on two hits, two
walks and two Elon er
rors.
It remained 2-2 until
the eleventh when Elon
squeezed Mike Spillane
home with a counter in
the top of the inning,but
again the Bulldogs tied it
up at 3-all on a passed
ball play.
Then came the unlucky
thirteenth for the Chris
tians, with the Bulldogs
using an error, a sacri
fice, infield out and sin
gle to get the winning run.
CINDFRMEN
(Continued from page 3)
Helsley (E), Ennis (G),
DISTANCE: 124 ft. 3/4
in.
JAVELIN: Younger (E),
Roberts (G), Paseler (E).
DISTANCE: 184 ft. 5 in.
NEW RECORD.
440 YARD RELAY;
Elon (McLeod, William
son, Raines, O’Brien).
TIME: 44.5 secs.
MILE RELAY; Elon
(Freve, Cook Austin,Mc-
Ferren). TIME: 3 mins.
37.4 secs.
SPRING SPORTS SCORES
TRACK SCHEDULE
Elon 82 1/2, ACC 61 1/2.
Elon 63, Campbell 62,
Guilford 56.
Elon 73, Campbell 72.
Elon 96, Sand Hills 40.
Elon 95, Guilford 50.
(Remaining Meets)
May 6 — Conference Meet
at Salisbury
May 13 — NAIA District
Meet At Greensboro,
GOLF SCHEDULE
Elon 22 1/2, H,Pt, 1 1/2.
Elon 20 1/2, Guil. 3 1/2.
Elon 12, Appalachian 12.
Elon 12, At. Christian 12.
Elon 13, Guilford 11.
Elon 11 1/2, W.C. 121/2.
Elon 22, High Point 2,
Elon 11 1/2, Camp.121/2
Elon 17 1/2, Cataw. 6 1/2,
Elon 7 1/2, App. 10 1/2.
(Remaining Meets)
May 2 — At. Chris. (H),
May 5-6 -- Conference
Meet at Cullowhee.
TENNIS SCHEDULE
Elon 4, High Point 2.
Elon 0, At. Christian 7.
Elon 2, Guilford 5.
Elon 0, At. Christian 7.
(Remaining Meets)
Apr. 28 — High Point (A).
May 1 Cuillord (H).
May 9 . Carolina ( '>>•
May 10 - W. e
CATA WBA WIN
(Continued from page 3)
Joe Rinaca, Elon out
fielder, stretched his
consecutive game hitting
streak to eighteen games
when he lashed a
to the gardens in the fourtn
inning of the contest.
The line score:
R. H. E.
Catawba ^ ^ “i
Elon 1 4 2
Hardison and Reynolds,
Capps and Brady.