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April 15,1976
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by Gary Spitler, Sports Editor
Elon baseball squad continues
season-Doug Williams sets record
Eton's numlM?r one tennis star. Glenn Smith, is caught
in action In photojji apher Joe Chandler.
Fighting Christian
netters hold 8^0 mark
by Gary Spitler
The Elon College baseball
team has had a rough time
winning lately. The Christians
came off a successful road trip
with four out of five wins, but
have lost four since returning
almost two weeks ago.
The Christian squad has been
setting several outstanding
by Gary Spitler
records while playing thus far.
Doug Williams, a senior from
Mt, Airy, MD, broke the career
home run Elon College record
last week which was held by
Bill Dunn with 16, set in 1972.
Williams now has 17 career
home runs to his credit and
every home run scored the
remainder of this season will
add to that record. Williams
also holds the most stolen bases
record of 47.
Elon, 12-8 and 2-3 overall and
in the conference respectively,
is a team which has had the
problem of errors and miscues
lingering over them all season.
The Christians have had
tremendous hitting, however,
which has been a big asset to
the outcome of several of their
games.
Elon ranks in vailing places
in a Carolinas Conference stats
report of April 12. Tommy
Vaughn, catcher for the
Christians, is lied for second in
the conference for home runs.
Chuck Lindsay is third in the
conference in stolen base.s.
Tommy Vaughn is third in
doubles and fifth in RBI's.
Pitcher Lou Williams ranks
fourth in strikeouts while
Danny Gonnella in second in
era's with a 1.21. Bill Devaney
and Gene Drumright lead the
batting averages for the
Christians. Elon leads all seven
teams in the errors category
with 53.
The Elon batters are 12-8
overall and 2-3 in conference
action (as of 4-12-76). At this
point, the team batting average
stands at .334, ranking first in
the conference. The team
pitching ERA rose from a 1.13
to 3.28. The team fielding
average currently stands at
.929.
That the Christians do not
lead in several categories now
does not mean that they are not
a sound and good ball club.
Supporting a 12-8 record the
Christians will go into
conference action about every
two days until the end of the
season. Elon has a team which
could go on to the national
tournaments.
Summer League
Elon College will participate
in a summer baseball program
starting in June. Teams playing
in the summer league include:
Appalachian State, Atlantic
Christian. Campbell. East
Carolina, Elon, Louisburg,
Methodist. UNC-CH, and
UNC-W.
The Fighting Christians hope
to be competitive in this, their
first summer league season.
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(Baseball 1976)
4-12-76
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The Fighting Christian
tennis squad, now 8-0. is headed
for a great season. The
Christian netters have posted
eight wins to give them
confidence that they can win.
After posting eight wins.
Coach Jerry Tolley feels that
his club is capable of going to
the national tournament.
Several players have
contributed tremendously to
this year's team. Glenn Smith is
the Christians' number one
man while Bob Strange is
number two. Collins Terry
number three, Rick Frankel
number four, and Mike DeLuise
and James Griffeth. Both
DeLuise and Griffeth have lost
one in singles play, but "their
overall performances have been
great," according to Coach
Tolley. The Christians have two
crucial matches in the near
future with Atlantic Christian
College and High Point.
"Doubles competition has
been strong among our club this
season also," explained coach
Tolley. Smith and Strange
make up double one, DeLuise
and Terry doubles two, and
Frankel and Griffeth doubles
Coach Jerry Tolley
commented, "We have not had a
team such as this since I've been
coach at Elon. 1 believe we can
go on to the national
tournament this year."
"Freshman David Clowers is
a good player and we will see a
lot of action from him in the
future," Tolley added.
The netters will face Catawba
here today. Hoping for another
win, the Elon netters will also
be ready to meet UNC-C here
on Saturday.
SAFE! The Elon College Fighting Christian baseball
team has won 12 out of 20 starts. The Christians will
meet the Catawba Indians tomorrow away at 7;:J0 p.m.
(Photo by Joe Chandler)
Eton's Phil Baskerville scores a run for the Christians
during the Elon-Catawba clash last week. Elon won 5-4.
(Photo by Joe Chandler)
Coach Bobby Jones looks over the action as his players j
illustrate their defensive tactics and go on to def*^***
Catawba in a conference game. While the fire of j
Carolina dorm was burning, the Elon batman were
sparked to win a conference contest .5-4. (Photo by Jot*
Chandler) |
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