Drake’s Squad 1-1 In Pre-Season
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Bob Godfrey, veteran first baseman, drove in the
winning run in Elon’s 2-1 victory over North Carolina
A&T.
New Teams
On Grid
Schedule
Elon College opens its
1970 football schedule
next September with Wof
ford College, one of two
new additions to the sche
dule. The other new addi
tions to the schedule will
be Jacksonville State Un
iversity in Alabama. Last
year Jacksonville State
was ranked as one of the
top powerhouses in the
country among the small
colleges. Concord Col
lege was dropped from
the schedule this year be
cause the two-year con
tract between Elon and
Concord has expired.
Coach Mickey Brown
described the coming
season as “tough”. If
spring practice is any in
dication of what the fall
will be, Elon will be tough
also. Offensive Coach
Clayton Johnson thinks
his offense is shaping
up real well. In last Sat
urday’s scrimmage, the
defense as well as the
offense looked real well.
Elon loses 15 seniors
this year along with All-
American Richard Mc-
George, but due to the fine
recruiting of head Coach
Red Wilson, Elon is look
ing forward to another
repeat of the 1969 Con
ference Championship.
1970 Schedule
Sept. 12
Sept. 19
Sept. 26
Oct. 3
Oct. 10
Oct. 17
Oct. 24
Oct. 31
Nov. 7
Nov. 14
Nov. 21
* Home
OPPONENT
Wofford
Jacksonville St.
Guilford
Appalachian
Presbyterian
* Carson-New.
* Catawba
W, Carolina
* Newberry
* Lenoir-Rhyne
Gardner- Webb
Games
Wrestlers ’
Tourney Set for
March 20
The North Carolina A.
A. U. wrestling tourna
ment will be held on
March 20-21 at Appala
chian State University.
All colleges and univer
sities in North Carolina
are eligible to partici
pate.
Elon will be repre
sented by David Burke, Ed
Quinlivan (both are Dis
trict 26 champions), Wes
Freshwater, and Wally
Burke. This will be the
first time Elon has par
ticipated in this tourna
ment.
Three Elon wrestlers
qualified for the Nation
al tournament in Super
ior, Wisconsin. Academ
ic probation kept Ed Quin
livan and Ken Strickler
from making the trip. Da
vid Burke was the lone
representative eligible
to wrestle in the Nation
als. The National tour
nament would have been a
first for Elon wrest
ling, but because of an
administrative decision,
the trip has been cancell
ed. Wrestlers have been
compensated somewhat
by the assurance, from
college officials, that the
trip will be made in fu
ture years.
Lose 6-5 to Southwood
Defeat A&T Univ. 2-1
By RICHARD YOUMANS
The Elon baseball team
has a 1-1 pre-season rec
ord, and the pieces lo
Coach Drake’s jigsaw
puzzle are finally start
ing to fit into place. Elon
lost to Southwood College
on March 6, 6-5; but
bounced back to defeat
A. & T. Univ. with a thrill
ing 2-1 win.
The Elonhurlers were
the big guns in both
games. In the Southwood
game, Elon pitchers held
their opponents hitless
for the first six inn
ings, while striking out
10 and allowing free
passes to eight South
wood players.
Elon opened the scoring
in the game with a run in
the second inning and
Southwood put two runs
on the scoreboard in the
seventh. But Elon boun
ced back and rallied for
four runs in the eighth
inning. With one out, Joe
Rinaca singled to right
and Jimmy Freisinger
executed the hit and run
perfectly, moving Rinaca
to third. With runners on
first and third, Freising
er then stole second, and
J. Simpson, Elon fresh
man outfielder, smashed
a homerun, scoring Rina
ca and Freisinger in front
of him. Then, Donnie Bra
dy drew a free ride to
first, stole second and
advanced to third on a
Southwood error. J. Hou-
rigan reached base on a
fielder’s choice play.
With runners on first and
third and two out,Drake
put the double steal on
and Brady scored from
third.
The Elon rally proved
to be of little significance,
since Southwood combin
ed four walks, two hits
and an error by Elon’s
Curly Hazley to win.
In the second pre-sea
son game, Elon pushed
two runs across the plate
in the bottom of the eighth
and defeated A&T Univ.
by the score of 2-1.
Once again the Elon
pitchers, especially Jim
Ramsey, led the Chris
tians. Ramsey pitched the
eighth and ninth innings,
threw a total of 24
pitches (21 strikes), and
struck out four Aggies.
The Elon pitchers dom
inated the game; yielding
no hits for the first five
innings. Elon was also
held hitless until the
eighth inning, but the rea
son for this can be well
summed up by what Coach
Drake said. “Our bat
ters hit ‘shots’ all day
long and the only reason
that they just did not fall
was because the A&T
outfielders were playing
extremely deep.”
Ron Brown started the
Elon rally by getting the
first Elon base hit and
went to second when the
Aggies’ pitcher balked.
Jim Morris also followed
with a basehit and Rich
ard Smith scored Brown
from third on a deep fly
ball. Rinaca pulled off the
hit and run and Morris
scooted to third base.
Jimmy Freisinger got
an infield single that
loaded the bases; and
Bobby Godfrey lined out
to the center - fielder,
scoring Morris from
third with the winning
run.
A&T threatened in the
ninth, with runners on
first and third, after two
Elon errors, but Jim
Ramsey, Elon pitcher, put
out the fire.
Asked about the per
formance of Elon pit
chers, and the outlook for
the upcoming season,
Drake stated, “This is
the best pitching since
I’ve been coach here at
Elon, and the hitting is
coming around. If we
can keep up the pitching
and hitting, we should
have a real fine ballclub
this year.”
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Spring Sports Schedule
GOLF
March 24 * Catawba
April 6 Guilford
April 7 Campbell
April 8 *High Point and
Greensboro Col.
April 13 Catawba
April 18 Atlantic Chris.
April 21 High Point
April 28 ‘Appalachian
and Pfeiffer
April 30 * Guilford and
Western Carolina
May 7 *Campbell
May 8 Appalachian
May 4, 5 Carolina Con
ference Golf Tournament
at Salisbury
* (Home)
TRACK
April 8 *Catawba vs Elon
April 10 A.C.C. vs Elon
April 13 *Guilfordvs Elon
April 15 Elon vs Campbell
April 18 Davidson Relays
April 20*Sandhills vs Elon
April 22*UNC-ChvsElon
April 27 Guilford vs Elon
May 5 Conference Meet
(*Home)
TENNIS
April 7 *Greensboro Col.
April 8 * High Point
April 10 Gardner- Webb
April 15 Guilford
April 18 * A.C.C.
April 21 Greensboro Col.
April 22 High Point
April 23 Guilford
April 25 A.C.C
April 29 *UNC-G
May 1 & 2 Tournament
at High Point
* (Home)
. Recruiter to Hold Interviews On Campus My NeiJhllOrS
Seniors interested in
employment opportuni
ties in North Carolina
State Government will be
able to talk with a repre
sentative from the State
Personnel Department on
March 19,1970. Arrange
ments for the interview
are to be made with the
College Placement Off
ice. One should report
there to establish a spe
cific appointment on this
date.
State Government em
ploys over 39,000 persons
in 1,400 different types
of jobs. Business, ac
counting, rehabilitation,
social work, laboratory
science, education, com
puter programming, and
the natural and physical
sciences are only a few
of the possible employ
ment areas. Information
which fully describes the
employment opportuni
ties is available at the
Placement Office. In ad
dition, State Government
offers its employees a
continued education pro
gram, excellent possibil
ities for advancement,
paid vacation and holi
days, sick leave, and oth
er liberal employee bene
fits.
“If there’s anything gives
me the creeps it’s a safety en
gineer who keeps going ‘tch,
tch’...!”