February 26,1976
The Pendulum
Women’s basketball squad
clinches consolation victory
By Janie McCann
The women's intercollegiate
basitetball team, coached this
season by Mary Jackson, has
been made up of 13 players, one
manager and two assistants. The
players include seniors Teddy
Ireland and Cindy Leach who
have played four years for the
Golden Girls. Junior basketball
players are: Beth Beaty, Joyce
Daniel, Tina Ireland, and Sue
Henderson. Sophomore players
are Sandra Partridge, Candy
Fox and Jackie Meyers who are
returning players from last
year’s team. Freshmen players
include Sandy Anstead, Donna
Roach, Sandra Lawrie, and
Carolyn Smith. Linda Francis is
a senior and P.E. major and is in
her fourth year ad manager.
Helping Linda this season are
junior Patty Flemming and
sophomore Susie Edwards.
The ladies have had a long
season. They have played on the
average of two games a week
since Dec. 4 when the season
opened. Many .weekends thev
Freshman Donna Roach firom Burlington battle* to keep the ball
away from ASU defenders. (Photo by Joe Chandler)
College sports for women-
.... What’s the drive?
To many women, sports
consists of pulling out their ice
skates twice a winter and hitting
the tennis courts once a week in
the summer. One reason for the
new interest is the more pleasing
or acceptable picture of the
sportswoman. The media
exposure of outstanding young
women like Chris Evert, Laura
Blaugh and Billie Jean King, has
made definite dents in the
stereotyped image of a “woman
jock."
Attitudes are changing, laws
are changing; what of the
women themselves? A major
factor is that it is now acceptable
for women to be strong, to take
care of the body, keep it fit.
“Feminine" no longer means
flabby and frail. And while a '
woman's body cannot
physiologic-ally rival a man's in
-strength, it can be firmed,
trained, and made into a
fine-tuned instrument. Most
often women involved in sports
are those who are simply
highly-motivated. They wish to
excel in something they do well
and have a lot of competition.
This love carries them through
the odd and often inconvenient
hours of daily practice
sandwiched between the men's
practices. And no matter how-
good the schtKjl's programs.
being an athlete is not easy. “It's
still hard to be one, because
there are other demands and no
big ego-boosting payoffs," says
Timi Handelman, coxswain of
Yale's women's crew. You have
to be devoted to a sport to be
willing to drag yourself on the
subw ay every day to practice on
the Harlem River, which is the
routine for the Barnard College
crew, and to take the looks of
those who think you're crazy to
be getting up at 5 a.m. to
practice.
Camaraderie can be another
appeal. It makes the winning
better, the losing and training
less painful. Sisterhood is alive
and well in the girl's locker
room. But as with any athletes,
the biggest pull is not the
collective team spirit, but the
personal goal, the testing of
one's self.
Hard work, and probably little
glory await the woman athlete in
college. What counts is love of an
individual sport. Barbara Doran,
who won a field hockey
scholarship to Penn State sums it
up for all women athletes when
she savs, ''in sports, the first
thrill is' when you do well
yourself; the second when a
team functions together; the
third, when you win." (from
Mademoiselle magazine).
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• have traveled and played, and
on Jan. 30 & 31 they hosted the
Elon invitational.
The Golden Girls have had
several challenging games this
season. According to Coach '
Jackson, the game against East
Carolina on Feb. 10 was one of
the best played games of the
season even though EC won
50-45. The Golden Girls played
a good game because the players'
morale was high and they were
motivated to win. The women
have been victorious this season
over N.C. Central, Campbell,
Duke, Wake Forest and Mars
Hill. This past weekend, the girls
won the consolation contest in
the Carolinas Conference
Tournament over Atlantic
Christian College bv a score of
89-79.
Intramurals are
on for women
By Janie McCann
The women's intramural
program has started up again.
Last fall the program ran
smoothly with football and
volleyball being included in the
agenda.
The president of the WAA,
Kathy Bowman, is excited about
the program for this semester.
Plans and schedules have been
worked out with the help of her
assistant, Marie Carson. These
schedules have been posted in
the gym with times and locations
included on them. Each team
should check by and get all the
information that pertains to
them.
Intramurals are for exercise
and fellowship and a time to get
out of the dorm and away from
books. Participation and support
are essential for a successful
program this spring. Dorm
representatives can answer any
question students may have
about getting involved.
Cheerleading
is a big sport
The 1976 Elon College
cheerleading squad has been
hard at work at all the basketball
contests for the men and have
constantly shown experience
and quality. Under the direction
of advisers Mrs. Janie Council
and the Rev. John Graves the
cheerleaders have supported the
teams loyally. This year's squad
has made posters and other pep
items to add more school spirit.
On the squad this year are:
Eva Donahue, Gwen Crawford,
Ann Wooten, Joni Fields,
Debbie Vassilopoulos, Karon
DeClarV, Bunkv Womble. Cathy
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Elon’s Teddy Ireland (42) battle* to keep in control of the in a
recent game held at Elon against Appalachian State. (Photo by Joe
Chandler)
Elon wrestlers end
season on winning note
By Gary Spitler
The 1976 wrestling team has
been posting more and more
wins in the last few weeks. Elon
now stands 9-3 and has the
tournaments left on their slate
for 1976. The NAIA area
tournament was held on Feb. 24
and 25 at Pembroke with the
winners meeting for the
National tournament March
11-13 at Edinboro State in
Pennsylvania. Elon won over
N.C. AicT 26-20 and the match
over Virginia Commonwealth
last Saturday was cancelled. The
Christian wrestlers now stand
9-3 to have posted a winning
season. Heavyweight Danny
Bass was undefeated in 15
matches last year and has not
been beaten this season. Danny
won the NAIA Regional title last
year.
Now that the season is over,
any.Elon fan seeing the wrestlers
in action would have to agree
that this year’s squad was
powerful and seemed to give it
their all. This year’s team is
young, and that has to be a factor
in determining the
accomplishments of the squad.
Watkins, Barry Staton, Brun.
Boyd, and the two advisers Mrs.
Council and Mr. Graves. Two
other special people have added
color and excitement in that
Buddv Goble is now the "Elon
Rugby is emerging a« a cooipctitivc »pon here at Eloa College.
This season’s cheerleading squad has stacked up to be a big aii^ to
the spirit at all the athletic competitions during football and
basketball seasons. (Photo by Joe Chandler)
fighting Ctiristian” and Susan
Goble, Elon’s mascot. Both are
children of Elon’s SGA treasurer
Phil Goble.
Reader’s Theatre Notice
By Cathy Henley
The first meeting of the
Reader’s Theater was held Feb.
19 at 3:30. At the informal
meeting, the group discussed
their interest in acti^ig and
poetry reading. Colleen Lowe
was present to help break the ice.
The group will be cooperating
with the English department
under the guidance of Dr.
Moffett and Dr. Yesulaitis.
Another meeting has been
planned for 4 p.m., Feb. 26 in
the confercnce rocm erf Long
Student Center.