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Wednesday, April 4, 1951 MAROON AND GOLD PAGE THREE Completely New Athletic Policy Is Announced ELON S HIGH-STEPPING MAJOR ETTE ( Pete Marshburn has finished up his sports eligibility at Elon College, but he jnst couldn’t resist that cute little majorette cos tume, so he has been elected to re*^urn next year for post-graduate work and a chance to prance ahead as leader and chief majorette for the great 2^0-piece Elon College band. Asked for a statement concerning his sudden switch-over and new assignment, Pete ans wered demurely, “I can display my assets much better, and now I can watch the game. Besides, it saves my legs from so many unflattering bruises.” Peeping On Plciyinfrs Girls Will Take Over All Varsity Teams At Beginning Of Fall Term ELON NAMES NEW FOOTBALL CAPTAIN by GRANTLAND DUNKEL SPIVEY Dancing And Draft Force Neiv System A dramatic change of policy in Elon College athletics has just )een announced by Athletic Di rector J. L. Pierce. The former iligh Point College flash, who .ecently turned down an offer of j post at Notre Dame, states that ■girls only” will be- the rule in '’ighiing ChrisHan sports in the 'uture. The new order of the day has some about as a result of the scholastic ineligibility of the only ighth-strlng tailback, the drastic >ulling power of Uncle .Sam'i^ mil- tary draft, the sudden popularity )f Dr. Howell’s Modern Dance ■lass and the recent shocking ex posure of a “gambling fix” in tlie ealm of girls’ intramural basket ball. Naturally the unexpected inel- gibility of eighth-string tailback Severy Madison (Matt) Currin, Jr.. came as a terrific blow to ilon football hopes. In fact, Christian gridiron fortunes had lot received such a terrific jolt ince Coy Jackson Eaves up and Tiarried and left school, after be ing chosen All-Alamance tackle Dn the Ladies’ Hall eleven. An even more severe blow was when Frank Tingley, Sal Gero and A1 Ludwig elected to give up football entirely and devote all their time and efforts to Dr. Howell’s Modern Dance Class. As A1 says, “We are now directing ourselves along a new path of in terpretatlon. We have never been able to express our true ar tistic temperaments on the grid iron.” Sal Gero, who found football a vehicle to nationwide fame only last season, also expresses him self as “just loving” the dance. He declares dancing not half so dangerous as football, although one finds that statement difficult to believe after watching some of the difficult steps he and his former teammates do. The other football players, some of whom lacked the pre-requisites for the dance course, have been cutting their own classes to watch Tingley, Gero and Ludwig in action, and they have been ruled ineligible for over-cutting. NEW GRID COACH COACH BETTY BOLTON It’s Coach Bolton now, for the former Dean' of Women has been named to direct the gridiron des tinies of the Flighty Cliristlans next year. After grilling the girls constaiTtly this year in an effort to detect Wrong-doers, she will be drilling the same group next year for an entirely different purposp Neiv Staff Of Coaches Is Listed CUSTODIAN OF GYM CUSTODIAN J. L. PIERCE Coach J. L. Pierce, erstwhile athletic director and head of phys ical education, will find his ad ministrative duties taken over next fall by the new graduate manager of athletics, but he is to sports I During the lull in the proceed- I ings of the TV inquiry about the ™ recent basketball fix here at if Elon, I should like to take this . J spare moment to completely ex onerate Jeanne Pittman in re- Sjgard to loose score-keeping at ’^|the games in question. The mys-j terlous $50,000 deposited in her name at a local bank is an inher- :»j,itance from a long lost uncle, 5 who recently heard the last whis- ' tie, and has departed to a belter world. (If the devil will accept , a “fix”i ; I assure you that all those » over-time games were on the up I \ and up, even if she is color-blind . and had trouble identifying the players in some games. She al ways asked a student who scored, v/hen in doubt, and who can dis pute such a reputable source? * * * But on to a brighter side of the news! In view of the recent scan dal, you all know that Elon has decided to drop intra-mural bas ketball. Our wonderful gym will not be allowed to disintegrate at the hands of the elements, how ever. President L. E. Smith had a cock- BASKETBALL MENTOR ho retained in the new , the 2vm- considered setting up set-uD as custodian ot tne gym I . . j t Thus relieved of his ad-1 fighting arena in the midst of the huge structure, but a late decis ion to turn all varsity sports over nasium. ministrative tasks, he stated yes terday that he hoped to handle the new job by remaining at the gym only five nights each week, where his previous work required his presence seven nights weekly. to the girls saved the day. The -E” Men’s Club will continue to handle the concessions, with beer (Continued on Page Four) COACH LOUISE RAMSEY Miss Louise Ramsey, head of the Elon Home Ec Department for the past years, has been named to a new post as head coach of basketball under the new “all-girl” varsity athletic program. She will take up her new duties at the opening of the fall quarter. It is expected-that Miss Ruby Adams, who has been directing girls’ physical education in the college, will be switched to Miss Ramsey’s old dflties in the Home Ec Department. The Elon College coaching staff will have that “New Look” wlien autumn frosts turn the leaves of Elon’s classic oaks to brown, for the switch-over to feminine allure has forced an almost complete turn-over in the ranks of the sports mentors. Virtually the only familiar face on the sports scene will be that of Tim Holt, who aroused Coach J. L. Pierce at 2:30 o’clock Mon day morning with a frantic tele phone plea. “I want to manage svery team,” begged Tim, and he promised to surrender his schol arship grant and pay for the job. It was a different story with Coach Jim Hallory, for he hast ened to submit his resignation at once. “I'd have to wear tux and tie to every practice and game,” lie said, “And I could never bear to forsake my beloved olive-drab jacket and those lovely sweat pants.” “I think I’ll ,iust hunt up some of Dr. Brannock’s private Hada- col stock and go to bed,” said Coach Doc Mathis, but he chang ed his mind when he was offered the chance to coach his beloved Gero and DeSimone on the cheer- leading squad. Proud to find that Jeanne Pitt man had resisted all offers of bribes, the trustees elevated her to the post of graduate manager of athletics. She accepted with the declaration that she knew exactly what to do after serving as Coach Pierce’s secretary for so long. Pierce himself was pro moted to the post of custodian of the gymnasium, duties of which are very familiar to him. Speaking in her capacity of dean, Miss Bolton declared that the girls’ athletes would have to) wear long trousers, but she changed over quickly when she learned that she was to be head football coach, and she declared that the official uniform of Elon teams next fall would be red Bi kini bathing suits. Miss Louise Ramsey, slated for the basketball job next year, stated that she planned to sub stitute sewing baskets for the normal basketball goals and that she would use basketballs of del icate pink. “It will be more col orful,” she said. Intramurals For Women Voted Out The discovery of a gambling ■‘fix” in girls' intramural basket ball. whereby Delta U sorority ■old out the campus basketball championship of 1951 for a paltry S3.000.00 and six coffee cards; from Bob Devoe’s Campus Shop, resulted last weekend in the com plete abolition of women's intra mural sporls on the Elon College campus. Athletic Director J. L. Pierce. i v.ho has long fought against the! system of intramural play for girls, was quick to pounce on the opportunity for a kill, and he pushed an immediate resolution through both the Pan-Hellenic Council and the “E" Men’s Club to bar all girls from further intra mural play. “The interest in girls’ play reached such a high point during basketball season, and the rivalry was so intense that I knew some thing had to break wide open,” Pierce declared. When asked what he proposed as a substitute, he advanced immediately his pet hobby of intercollegiate play for girls. Miss Ruby Adams, ‘Czarina of Women’s Sports” at Elon, was quick to grab the idea. She de clared that “the girls will be less susceptible to bribes once they are playjng under a single ban ner, the good or Maroon and Gold in varsity games.” The decision to adopt the revo lutionary step in regard to varsity athletics, giving over all varsity sports to the girls at the begin ning of a new year, was speeded when virtually the entire mem bership of Delta U was convicted in a mock-trial before Judge G. A. H. Johnson last Sunday night. Only Jeanne Pittman was exonerated when she proved that the $1,000 bills she had been flashing about the campus were part of a recent inheritance. President Smith was quick to “okay” the new policy, for he de clared it would mean an end to Elon’s financial worries. “Nat urally the girls will draw bigger crowds,” he said, “So, who cares now if they put all our boys in 1-A?” broad Harry Towering Martha Berry, with shoulders Farmer’s coat, will captain the I lighty Christians of Elon College through the coming 1951 football season. She was elected with out even one dissenting vote (not even her own), as 1,111 girls packed into the rotunda of Alamance to ar>swer Coach Bolton’s first practice. Already promised Charlie Justice’s famous Number 22, Captain Berry hopes to win A!l-Alamance honors at the way back position. A brand-new football schedule and several carloads of new equipment, including large orders of “Moon Over The Sewer” per- i'ume, maroon and gold garters and roomier sweat-shirts of deli- ate pink, are only a part of the tremendous preparations being GRADUATE MANAGER Neiv Football Schedule For Flighty Christians beauticians agreed to give her players free permanents all sea son and “it was too good an offer to turn down.” Questioned as to the open dates, she declared, “Every girl wants to keep some of her dates open for the handsome strangers that happen along.” She made for the 1951 grid campaign, j further explained that all games vvhich will see Elon field her first on Tuesdays, “because week- JEANNE PITTMAN Jeanne Pittman, despite the fact that she has been closely connected with girls intramurals ?or years, has been completely xonerated of all connection with the bribery scandal uncovered on he Elon campus recently, and she has been named as graduate manager of Elon's new “all-girl varsity sports program. Although she is yet to complete require ments for graduation, she is now taking over a number of admin istrative duties eleven of Flighty Christians. Business Manager Buster But ler, acting upon the request of dead Coach Betty Bolton, has al- eady agreed to install organdy curtains in all dressing rooms and to ring the entire gymnasium and practice field with full length mirrors. Coach Bolton has been reluc tant to discuss the prospects for .(ler first team, but she did admit hat she planried to use Patsy Mi lam and Amelia Morefield to an-, -her the line at the tackles, and she l;);ted Captain-elect Martha | Berry and Happie Dae Wilson as 1 outstanding backfield prospects. She admitted she might use Berry at the way back post, while Wil son appeared a natural for the short back assignment. The new coach also listed the following schedule; Sept. 18 — Burlington Beauty College, away. Sept. 25-j^Open Date. Oct. 2 — Burlington Beauty College, away. Oct. 9—Open Date. Oct. 16 — Burlington Beauty College, away. Oct. 23—Opei) Date. Oct. 30 — Burlington Beauty College, away. Nov. 6—Open Date. Nov. 13 — Burlington Beauty College, away When asked why she played all games with, Burlington Beauty College and all away from home. Coach Bolton stated that the ends must be free for social pur poses.” CHEERLEADER COACH COACH DOC MATHIS The newly planned “all-girl” varsity teams that will carry Elon's hopes on the athletic field and court next year will not go un- j supported, and Coach Doc Mathis has been named to coach cheer leaders next year instead of his old duties as cage mentor. He is already lining up a crew of elf like candidates for the cheering squad, among them Sal Gero and Hank DeSimone, both of whom are working out daily in the modern dance class. '
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