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MAROON AND GOLD
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1948
WHAT’S
WHAT
By
EMERSON
WHATLEY
Without making any bones about
the matter, this corner thinlcs that the
officiating at some of the more re-
ccnt games has been, to say the least,
rather rough. The games at E. C, t!
C. and A. C. C. almost ended in riots.
The game at Catawba last Saturday*
night wa? almost a farce as far as tlie
officials M'ere concerned. The game
started with only one official. After
about five minutes of play the other
showed up. From all indications it
would have been just as well if he had
stayed at home. We are not saying
that the officials were partial toward
one team or the other. We are say
ing that tliey seemed to talce no inter
est in tlie game and it appeared to
the fans, both Elon and Catawba, that
the officials decidedly had an off night
Some of the officials have been good.
No one could ask or better work than
has been given by Culler, Cheek, Rip
ple and Hedrick. Some of the others
however do not seem to understand
the game. Perhaps it is because they
are poorly paid. It could be tliat they
are accustomed to service teams. At
least that is the excuse that has been
offered by at least two of them. How
can this be explained though when
a
nine of tiie 13 men on the squad are
veterans and have been playing ball
vi^hile in service? Maybe Mr. Plaster
can give us an answer.
Well, I suppose this is the last
WHAT’S WHAT that will come off
the line. You see, Professor Hook
checked in his little black book the
other day and told me that I could
giaduate come March 1. I’m gonna'
miss the M & G office and all the
swell people connected with the paper.
In fact I'm gonna’ miss Elon. Now 1
have to go out somewhere and get a
job and start to work. Anyway, this
column was started my freshman year
when Faye Thomas was editor of the
paper. The next year Mary Ellen \
McCants censored my nonsense, and '
finally I started work under ye pres-1
ent editor, Tom Horner. It has been
lots of fun and some hard work and i
I'm sorry it is all over. The new
man who is taking over has had vastly
more experience than I have and will
get this page on the ball. Before he
came to Elon he was sports editor of
the Port Chester. New York, Daily
Item. Here’s our new sports editor,
A1 Burlingame. Right, Al?
Joe Golombek, Steve Castura And
Wayne Taylor Lead Elon Defense
“HAP” PERRY IS
BUILDER OF MEN
JSLON TRIPS A. C. C.
IN CLOSE GAME
In a rough and tumble affair Sat
urday night January 26, at Wilson,
the Elon cagers stopped the Atlantic
Christian Cagers 44-41. The Elon
team made a whirlwind start and ran
up 10 points before A. C. C. scored,
but the Bulldogs rallied then and
drew up within 5 points at the end
of 10 minues of paly. The team ap
parently tired just before the half and
led A. . C. only 20-19 at intermission
At the beginning of the second half
the Elon team scored two quick
field goals to go ahead but Atlantic
Christian came back and it was nip
and tuck for the rest of the game.
Fred Register sunk two foul throws
with 40 seconds to go to put the
game on ice and then Roney Cates
sunk a foul shot after the game end
ed to make the score 44-41. Cates
and Burns led the Elon attack with
15 points each and Joe Golombek once
again played tha outstanding defen-
.sive game of the night. Chapen, A.
C. C. forward, led the Bulldog attack
with 14 points.
The box:
ELON
Pos.—Player Fgr Ft F Tp Ftm
F—Burns 6 3 4 15 3
F—Kernodle 3 2 4 8 1
F—Register 0 2 12 0
C—Cates 5 5 4 15 3
C—Taylor 0 0 3 0 1
G—Golombek 0 0 10 1
G—Castura 0 4 14 2
Totals 14 16 18 44 11
COLLEGE GETS TWENTY
HOUSING UNITS
A. C. C.
Pos.—Player Fg Ft F Tp Ftm
F—Chapen 7 0 5
F—Fussell 3 0 4
F—Smith 5 2 3
C—Thorne 2 11
C—Brooks 12 2
G—Benton 0 0 0
G—Goodwin 0 0 5
Totals 18 5 20 41 16
14
6
12
5
4
0
0
The college has received an initial
allotment of twenty temporary hous
ing units and is making plans for
an attractive campus cottage layout
to house married veterans and their
families, Paul C. Plybon, field secre
tary, recently announced. The units
will be released to Elon by the Fed
eral Housing Authority as partial ful
fillment of an application placed some
time ago. With approximately thirty
married couples now in school, more
are expected, and the college is seek
ing to obtain fifty more temporary
units.
Each unit consists of two bedrooms,
living room, dining room, kitchen and
bath, and is made up in sections that
can be assembled in forty-eight hours
according to government specifica
tions. Complete with all necessary
wiring and plumbing, one of the
units needs only to be connected to
water and sewer lines and electricity
after it is erected. The only costs
to students occupying the units will
be maintenance, lights, heat, and
water, all of which is expected to total
about $20 a month. The houses are
for veterans only.
The houses are not expected to
start arriving^ until late next month,
but war vets may enroll in school
at any time. The college has provided
facilities for married veterans and
their wives, but there are no accomo
dations yet available for children.
Most of us had feared that sooner
or later it would happen, and so it
did. L. J. “Hap” Perry, who for
nineteen years has coached Reidsville
High School’s Golden Lions to the
pinacles of success, has been lured
away to a college post.
It isn’t strange. The only strange
thing is that we have been able to
keep him here as long as we have.
With the fine record he has estab
lished here it is only natural that
sooner or later he would be beckon-
ea to greener fields. It isn’t the first
time he has been offered a job as a
college mentor. But his pleasant rela
tions here with the citizens of this
town and his association with the
many outstanding boys with whom he
has worked these many years had
great influence in keeping him here.
Nearby Elon College, where he
made fame as a quarterback in his
colkjje days, was badly in need of a
football coach. There could be but
one choice. “Hap” Perry was the man
for the job, for during the nineteen
>ears he coached the Golden Lions
his team won 161 games, lost 42 and
tied seven for a percentage of .783.
His teams won seven class “B” state
championship titles and one co-state
championship title. One of his teams
was held to a tie in the finals, and
only two of the ten teams he carried
to Chapel Hill were defeated.
I don’t know of anyone who can get
more out of his boys than does “Hap”
Perry. So many times when his ma
terial appeared weak he would sur
prise everyone with a winner. He
is truly a builder of men. He taught
his boys to plock and tackle with pre
cision. He developed great passers,
great kickers, and great runners. His
lines, frequently outweighed by oth
er lines, would outcharge, outfight
and outplay the opponent as his smart
speedy backs would run at will.
His long and short punt formations,
which are rarely used by other teams,
are hard to solve. His end runs with
beautiful downfield blocking have
been nightmares to his opponents. His
passing attacks have always been hard
to stop, and when his teams were
stopped on the ground they could al
ways take to the air and gain.
His teams were taught to think. All
Reidsville teams were smart, and
knew how to cope with every situa
tion. It never was easy to outsmart
the Lions.
Above all, he taught his boys to
be good sports, to play the game as
Elon Drops Game
To Catawba 43-26
it should be played, hard and clean.
The Lions were always good losers
when they were beaten fairly. And
there were many times that the Lions
were- not beaten fairly.
“Hap” Perry is also a master of
defense. He always had an answer
for the formations and plays that
were used against his teams. His
teams were seldom beaten badly, and
it was a rare thing for a team to score
more than two touchdowns against
the Lions.
There can be no doubt that “Hap”
Perry will be a successful college
mentor. I don’t know of anyone who
knows and understands the game bet
ter than he does. Anyone with his
knowledge of the game and his ability
to handle men would succeed wheth
er in college or high school circles.
Paul Brown and Wally Butts, both
former high school coaches, went
straight into college coaching with
immediate success. I honestly believe
that if “Hap” Perry should coach at
some major university he would rate
among the best coaches in the coun
try.
He his written football history here
in Reidsville, ahd the beautiful Kiker
stadium is a tribute to him and his
Golden Lions.
Although his many friends hate to
see him go, they wish him much suc
cess and sincerely hope that he will
reach the top in the coaching profes
sion.—Reprinted from John Oliver’s
Sports Review, in the Reidsville Re
view.
In a game last Saturday night
played at Salisbury, the Elon cagers I
pjll before the Catawba Indians,
43-29. The Indians held the Elon
team to their lowest point total of
the year and lowered the Christians’
average of 48 points per game.
Tinker McGinnis, Catawba guard,
broke the hearts of the Elon fans
v,’ith his set shots from midcourt and
also dogged Warren Burns during the
entire game. Bob Van Hoy, forward,
hit 4 overhead shots for nine points
in comparison to McGinnis’ total of
14.
Don Kernodle led the Elon attack
both under Elon’s basket and under
the Catawba bucket. He had eight
points for the night. Warren Burns
nit four field goals for a total of
eight points and Roney Cates had
two field goals and five foul shots for
nine points. Joe Golontbek played a
fine floor game and controlled re
bounds in spite of the fact that he
was fouled repeatedly under the Ca
tawba basket.
The box;
ELON
Pos.—Player Fg Ft F Tp Ftm
F—Burns 4 0 4 8 2
F—Register —' 0 1 1 1 0
F—Harris 0 0 10 0
F—Kernodle 4 0 4 8 1
F—Anderson 0 0 10 0
C—Cates 2 5 19 4
C—Taylor 0 0 0 0 0
G—Golombek 0 1110
G—Boyenton 0 0 0 0 0
G—York 0 0 0 0 0
G—Castura 10 12 0
Totals 11 7 14 29 7
CATAWBA
Pos.—Player " Fg Ft F Tp Ftm
F—Taylor 3 12 7 2
F—Gabriel 0 0 10 0
F—Hartman 0 0 10 0
F_Van Hoy 4 14 9 1
F—Feimster 1 0 0 2 0
C—Gudger 3 0 2 6 0
G—Speacht 13 15 3
G—Richardson 0 0 0 0 0
G—McGinnis 6 2 3 14 2
G—Smith 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
18 7 14 43 8
JOKERS TAKE LEAD
IN INTRMURAL8
Girls Sports
By BETTY BENTON
MARIMBA PLAYER
GIVES CONCERT
Lynn Burton Jackson, talented ma
rimba player, gave a recital in Whit
ley Auditorium for the college and
community on Monday evening, Jan-
uar 23. He began the program with
Handel’s “Largo.” Other selections
were “Indian Love Call,” “Claire de
Lune,” “Liebestraum,” and Chopin’s
“Polonaise in G” and “Etude in C.”
Encores were “Stardust” and Schu
bert’s “Ave Marie.”
Many members of the appreciative
j audience remained after the concert,
I and Mr. Jackson obliged them with in-
' formal playing of request numbers.
ELON SODA
SHOP
t;
‘‘WHERE THE GANG MEETS'^
You Name It—We Have It
Or We’ll Get It!
Under the direction of Demon Dave
“Shoeball” McClenny, several new ac
tivities have been recently added to
the girls gym class. Dave has had
the girls doing calithenics. going ^on
hikes, playing leap frog, running re
lays, and doing some outside march
ing. Some of these calisthenics were
really tough and the girls say that
they will be sore for a month. Leap
frog is a lot of fun though, unless
some over-developed person is in
front of you.
Only two games have been played
in the intramural program since the
last issue of the M & G came out.
On January 28, the Rebels won frotn
the Wildcats 37-12. Hazel Cole led
the Rebels with 15 points. Her fast-
breaking crip shots ran the Wildcat
guards ragged. Ruby Wheless led the
Wildcat attack with three points.
On January 30, the East Dormitory
team defeated Ladies’ Hall 10-3.
Grace Ward Ted the East team by
getting 7 of the ten points. Most of
these came from set shots around
the foul circle. Mary Yarborough
led the Ladies’ Hall team and scored
all of thei porints.
There are now only three games
remaining on the schedule. They
are as follows:
February 14: Day Students vs. Re
bels.
February 18: Wildcats vs. East.
February 25: Hubbas vs. Day Stu
dents.
All games start at 6:45 in North.
The Jokers and Bombardiers, both
unbeaten, battled for the lead in the
men’s intramural basketball league
on January 24, and when the smoke
had cleared away, the scoreboard
showed the Jokers perched on top
of the heap by virtue of a defensive
35-23 victory. Starring for the win
ners were Eddie Mulford and Wayne
King, both of whom broke the pre
vious league scoring record of ten
points held by Link Howard of the
Gremlins-. Mulfoi'M’s 16 points was
the new high; King netted 12. Big
gua for the losing Bombardiers was
W. D. Little, who tallied seven points,
including three sensational one-hand
ed shots.
During the current season the Elon
team has held its opponents to slight-,
ly more than 42 points per game.
This has been primarily due to the
fine work of Joe Golombek, Steve
Castura, and Wayne Taylor. These
three men have been rated by many
of those who saw them as the out
standing defensive floor men in the
North State Conference.
Joe Golombek has got most of the
rebounds in every game in which he
has played. This (and his set shots)
was one of the things that stopped
the high flying McCrary Eagles. It
was outstanding in the first Catawba
game. In every game he has been
the spearhead pf the Christian de
fense. Many times the oponents have
had three men on one. Most of the
time this one man has been Joe They
have scored on him very few times
and then not from under the basket.
After a couple of minutes of play
they Kirn not to leave Joe open for
set shots either.
Steve Castura has combined a gooct
defense with a good offense. In the
Hanes game he was high scorer with
his set shots. When he plays at the
front line in the zone defense the
oponents learn to respect him for his
bawl-hawking and a line of chatter
that has unnerved many an opponent.
Steve is deadly on shots from just
outside the foul circle and on many
an occasion has broken under the
basket for a lay-up shot that he never
misses.
Wayne Taylor has started only
about half the games but in the other
games he has proved a capable substi
tute for Roney Cates. When Taylor is
in the middle of that zone very few
balls escape him. He has also proved
deadly on rebounds and has been in
there scrapping for the ball every
time it comes near him. Taylor has
not proved as strong on offense as he
could be, but with his defensive work
has been excellent.
ELON SWAMPS
E. C. T. C.
The Elon Christians ran up their
highest total of points for the year
January 31, when they trampled the
E. C. T. C. Pirates 73-65 in i game
played at Elon. The Pirates threw a
scare into the Christians and v^ere
leading at half-time 35-31. Elon
came back however and scored 42
points in the last 20 minutes for the
margin of victory.
Koney Cates led the Christian scor
ing parade with 23 points and Warren
Burns tossed in 16. Joe Golombek
led the defense and took a majority
of the rebounds. Bobby Harris, Pep
Watkins and Fred Register went into
the game as reserves and all showed
up well.
The Parker twins, James and Jessie,
led the Pirate scoring with 19 points
each. Blainey Moye, guard
led the defense but could not stop
the fast breaking Elon team.
This was tl»e second meeting of the
year for the two teams. In the first
encounter the Christians walked off
v/ith the laurels 52-41.
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