Wednesday, May 2, 1951
MAROON AND GOLD
PAGE THREE
Crucial Contests Coming In Conference Chase
Perry Riley Gains Lead
In Team Batting Race
Ferry Riley, a freshman first
baseman from Schoolfield, Va.,
climbed out on top in the hitting
records of the Elon College regu
lars during the past two weelcs,
but Coach Jim Mallory still can
jj’iow not a single .300 hitter
, .iiong his regular players. Pete
.‘^'kes, the slugging pitcher from
^.jrlington, boosted his own mark
fijove .400, but he has appeared
iri only a few games.
Riley was hitting at a steady
293 clip after last Thursday’s bat-
■!? with Appalachian, bu4, he was
barely three percentage points
a;:ead of Carroll Reid, veteran
right fielder, who boosted his
average during the fortnight by a
full fifteen points. Both Riley
and Reid climbed ahead of Bobby
, Stewart, the leader two weeks
since, as the youthful center field
er also slipped behind Quacken-
hush into a .267 tie with Ben
i'lendall.
The individual leaders in the
various hitting specialties showed
tiobby Stewart topping all com
petition in runs batted home with
J.1 to his credit: Carroll Reid
boasting five two-baggers to lead
tile way in that department: Bob-
' y Stewart and Shag Myers tied
in the three-bagger race with one
f 3ch; and Austin Brewer topping
the home ^un department with a
pair of round trip smashes.
Quackenbush has four stolen
bases to lead the way, while Car
roll Reid and Hank DeSimone
have each had two sacrifice hits.
The Elon pitchers continued to
3)e the chief show for Coach Mal
lory’s club, with Lefty Taylor,
liank Hamrick and Austin Brewer
Mazing a fast pace in the battle
for mound honors in the North
State Conference. Taylor and
Hamrick both won All-Conference
I’erths a year ago, and Brewer is
bidding high for a place in the
s’m to give Elon three All-star
Titchers for the second season in
a row.
The complete averages through
last Thursday’s battle with Appa
lachian follow:
Player AB K H Ave.
Sykes 7 4 3 .429
Riley 58 8 17 .293
Reid 69 13 20 .290
Weaver 7 0 2 .286
Qijackenbush —.68 9 19 .275
Stewart 65 6 17 .267
Kendall 45 7 12 .267
Regers 28 6 7 .250.
Erigman 51 5 10 .196
DeSimone 57 7 11 .193
Tlyers 73 7 14 .192
Taylor 17 3 3 .176
Ramrick 12 3 2 .167
Brewer 48 9 7 .146
Laughljn 8 0 0 .000
Fritts 6 0 0 .000
Schrader 5 10 .000
RakKs 3 0 0 .000
Stricklin 1 0 0 .000
RUNS BATTED IN — Stewart
15, Quackenbush 10, Reid 7, My
ers 5, Rogers 5, Brewer 4, Brig-
raan 3, DeSimone 3, Riley 2, Ham-
.ick 2, Kendall 1, Taylor 1. TWO-
BASE HITS— Reid 5, Stewart 3,
Quackenbush 3, DeSimone 3, Riley
2. Brewer 1, Brigman 1, Taylor 1,
Myers 1, Hamrick 1, Rogers 1,
Weaver 1, Kendall 1. THREE-
BASE HITS—Stewart 1, Myers 1,
HOME RUNS— Brewer 2, Stew
art 1, Rogers 1, Quackenbush 1.
STOLEN BASES— Quackenbush
4, Stewart 1, Brewer 1, Reid 1.
SACRIFICE HITS—Reid 2, De
Simone 2, Brigman 1, Reid 1.
BASE ON BALLS— Taylor 17,
Brewer 17, Sykes 15, Hamrick 12,
Weaver 9. STRIKE OUTS—Ham-
:rick 42, Brewer 41, Taylor 37,
SyVes 8, Weaver 7. HITS—Off
Taylor, 22 in 41 1-3: off Hamrick,
22 in 41 1-3; off Brewer, 22 in
"iS 1-3: off Sykes , 20 in 17 1-3;
)ff Weaver, 19 in 18. GAMES
WON—Hamrick 4, Brewer 3, Tay-
or 2, Sykes 1- GAMES LOST
Weaver 3, Brewer 3, Sykes 1
'aylor 1.
MIISOR SPORTS
GOLF SCHEDULE
Elon 6, N. C. State 12.
Elon 1, Ohio U. 26.
Elon 5 1-2. N. C. State 21 1-2.
Elon 14, Catawba 13.
(Remaining Matches)
April 30—E.C.T.C., away.
May 1—E.C.T.C., away.
May 10—Catawba, home.
TENNIS SCHEDULE
Elon 0, N. C. State 9.
Elon-Guilford (rain).
Elon 2, Lenoir-Rhyne 5.
Elon 2, High Point 5.
Elon 0, Catawba G.
Elon 1, Guilford 6.
Elon 1, Carolina Frosh 6.
Elon 0, Carolina Frosh 9.
Elon 0, High Point 7.
Elon 2, Lenoir-Rliyne 5.
(Remaining Matches)
April 30—E.C.T.C., away.
May 1—E.C.T.C., away.
May 7—N. C State, home
May 10—Catawba, home.
CO-CAPTAI!^S OF ELON’S DEFE]\Dim CHAMPlOm
V
Indians A nd Bears Are
Christians’’ Chief Rivals
Shag Myers and Hank DeSimone, left to right in above picture, are co-captains of Elon’s Fight
ing Christian baseball team, which is defending its Nortli State Conference championship. The
Christians have won the crown for two years in a row, but the champions have a rough road
ahead during the final two weeks of the 1951 season as the Christian captains lead their mates in
a series of crucial games, any one of which may make or break the Maroon and Gold chances
for a third straight title.
BASEBALL GAMES
Elon 0, Springfield 6.
Elon 6, Ohio U. 11.
Elon 1, Ohio U. 4.
Elon 3, E.C.T.C. 2.
Elon 5, Lexington 8.
Elon 6, High Point 0.
Elon 1, Greensboro 3.
Elon 8, Reidsville 5.
Elon 8, A.C.C. 1.
Elon 4, Guilford 3.
Elon 8, Burlington 10.
Elon 6, W.C.T.C. 2.
Elon 7. W.C.T.C. 0.
Elon 0, E.C.T.C. 8.
Elon 5, A.C.C. 8.
Elon 4, Norfolk Navy 0.
Elon 12, Swepsonville 4.
Elon 9, Appalachian 1.
(Remaining Games)
April 28—Catawba, away.
May 1—High Point, away.
May 4—McCrary, away.
May 5—Lenoir-Rhyne, away.
May 7—Appalachian, away.
May 10—Lenoir-Rhyne, home.
May 11—Catawba, home.
May 14—Guilford, home.
Spying On Sports
by
JOE SPIVEY
Elon Pitchers Still Hold Spotlight
As 1951 Season Reaches Mid-Point
A GLANCE AT THE RECORDS:
For the figure-minded (numeri
cal, that is) we offer a picture of
the 1948, 1949, and 1950 baseball
ceam records for comparison with
our Fighting Christians. These
are the teams that Coach Jim
Mallory has coached since com-
mg to Elon.
In 1948 the Christians had an
overall record of eighteen wins
against seven losses. In confer
ence play, the Elon nine copped
nine while losing four.
In 1949 the Christians listed
twenty wins against all competi
tion, and won thirteen in the
North State Conference, losing
only two.
In 1950 the Christians posted
twenty-one victories and seven
losses against all comers. The
spotlight, however, points with
pride to the conference record
which sports a fifteen won-one
loss record.
We don’t believe the Christians
will break any records this year,
but they’re still in the running
for the North State Conference
Championship.
Seems the Bees’ regular catcher
was out with a split finger (Now
who would want to go out with a
split finger?) and they had no
replacement. Charlie gave a
fine account of himself, despite
all the razzing. You didn’t sign
anything, did you?
* ♦ ♦
Is football season really over?
One wonders when the scores in
some of the ball games are pub
lished. A 14-6 or 21-10 finale is
becoming a common occurrence
in the present-day sports world.
Baseball has also fallen into the
hands of the offense-minded.
♦ ♦ ♦
Word has it that Lefty Taylor
may not be with us next year.
Seems that Lefty might grab one
of the pro contract that people
have been waving in front of his
face.
♦ * ♦
Bob Marshall, freshman foot
ball letterman last year, is in the
Air Force stationed at Lackland
Air Base in Texas. Bob is a pros
pect for the base football team.
Track Team
Will Enter
Title Meet
The Elon pitchers continued to allowed only one base on balls,
hold the spotlight in the Fighting r. h. e
Christian baseball games as the}W.C.T.C 000 000 9OO—0 3 5
1951 season passed the midway lElon 004 110 Olx 7 8 1
Hank “Slugger” DeSimone ap
pears to be the most improved
player on the current Elon nine.
Hank went hitless at the begin
ning of the season for a long
time, but his batting average is
climbing slowly as the games go
by. If Hank keeps up the good
work along with his hustle and
chatter behind the plate, he’s,
cur nomination for All-Confer
ence.
+ ♦ ♦
Other nominations mfeht in
clude Bobby Stewart in center-
field, Scott Quackenbush, third
base: Hank Hamrick, pitcher:
Lefty Taylor, pitcher: and Aus
tin Brewer, utility. The main
thing though is that we’re behind
the whole team 100 per cent.
* * *
Will wonders never cease? I
mean the game with the Burling
ton Bees. Who should show up
in the Bees’ battery, but our own
Charlfie Scliradter, sub catcher.
While on the subject of foot
ball, it might be fitting to say
that we missed the annual Ma
roon and Gold inter-squad game,
which usually culminated the
spring football practice. Seems
the coach can’t get enough play-
lers together. Has been rather hot
lately, hasn’t it?
A1 Zilian, former junior var
sity basketballer, has been releas
ed by Dallas, Texas, a Cleveland
Indian farm team, and is said to
be seeking to re-enter Elon.
♦ + +
Along the same line, Gene
Stewart, former baseball star for
the Christians, has been released
by the Greensboro Patriots to
New Bern of the Coastal Plain
League.
♦ * ♦
Whether we win or lose, let’s be
good sports and good supporters
of Elon teams.
The Elon College track squad
is priming for the annual North
State Conference meet, to be held
at Guilford on Saturday after
noon, May 12th. The Christians
were nosed out for first place last
year by two points; wlien the
Guilford Quakers won the mile
relay.
Priming for the big meet, the
Christians rolled to a 72 to 57 vic
tory over Guilford in a dual meet
last Friday, April 27th! The
Christians copped ten first places
out of fifteen events and gained
many seconds and thirds to add to
the score.
Leonard Greenwood topped the
individual scorers with three
firsts, one third and one fourth
place for a total of 15 points. Bob
Lewis claimed two first places.
Bill Topping led Guilford with 13
points.
The summary;
Shot Put—Ludwig (E), Haithcox
(E), Erickson (E), Venuto (G). Dis
tance—36 feet.
Broad Jump — Topping (G),
Hamrick (E), Diamond (E), Green
wood (E). Distance—19 feet 4
inches.
Discus — Haithcox (E), Baker
(G), Garber (E), Etheridge (E).
Distance—98 feet, 1-4 inch.
Mile Run—Armstrong (G), Wat
kins (E), Brown (G), Lowe (E).
Time—5 min., 20 secs.
High Jump— Greenwood (E),
McLeod (G), Taylor (E), Diamond
(E). Height—5 feet, 10 inches.
Low Hurdles—Greenwood (E),
Dillon (G), Crutchfield (G). Time
—28 secs.
100 Yard Dash — Lewis (E),
Blakeslee (G), Bragg (E). Time—
10.8 secs.
880 Yard Ru n— Lake (E),
Breedon (G), Evaul (G), Kindley
(G). Time—2 min. 11.3 secs.
Mile Relay—Guilford (Breedon,
Kindley, 'Vogel, Findley). Time—
3 min. 49.3 secs.
220 Yard Dash — Lewis (E),
Bragg (E), Blakeslee (G). Time—
21.7 secs.
High Hurdles—Greenwood (E),
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point, for the Maroon and Gold
chunkers turned in one three-hit
performance, three four-hit games
and one five-hit job on the mound
during the past two weeks.
Hank Hamrick worked the
three-hit game in mastering West
ern Carolina, and he added the
five-hit game in gaining a win
over Appalachian. Austin Brewer
had two of the four-hit games,
dealing only four safeties in each
of his games against Western
Carolina and Norfolk Navy. Pete
Sykes also dealt out just four hits
to the SwepsonviUe outfit.
BURLINGTON 10, ELON 8
The Fighting Christians step
ped out of the coUegiate ranks on
Monday, April 16th, when they
absorbed a 10 to 8 defeat at the
hands of the Burlington Bees of
the Carolina League.
Bob Rogers and Austin Brewer
both homered for Elon, both
round - trippers being terrific
smashes inside the park.
R. H. E.
Elon 220 012 010— 8 9 4
Burlington 022 002 04x—10 11 5
Sykes, Taylor, Weaver and De
Simone; Leach, Gorski and Schra
der.
ELON 6, W.C.T.C. 2
With Austin Brewer pitching
four-hit ball, the Fighting Chris
tians downed the Catamounts
from Western Carolina on Wed
nesday, April 18th, in the first of
two games here at Elon. Brewer
fanned fifteen men in gaining the
North State Conference victory
and he was in hot water only one
time. This was in the first in
ning, when the visitors worked
him for three walk?
R. H. E.
W.C.T.C 200 000 000—2 4
Elon 003 002 Olx—6 10
Pardue and Page: Brewer and
DeSimone.
ELON 7, W.C.T.C. 0
The Elon ball toshers gained
their second straight victory over
the Western Carolina aggrega
tion here on Thursday, April 19th
Pressley, Howard and Whitting
ton; Hanu'ick and DeSimone.
E.C.T.C. 8, ELON 0
The Christians caught a Tartar
in the person of Jimmy Byrd,
freshman pitching ace of the East
Carolina Pirates, in a battle at
Greenville on Friday, April 20th,
and Elon went down before Byrd
and the Pirates by an 8 to 0 score.
It was the first Conference loss of
the year for Elon and also the
first defeat chalked against Lefty
Taylor, Eton's southpaw mound
ace.
R. H. E.
Elon 000 000 000— 0 3 3
E.C.T.C. .. 200 000 24x— 8 8 2
Taylor, Sykes and DeSimone;
Byrd and McSwain.
A.C.C. 8, ELON 5
Misfortunes never come singly,
according to an old adage, and it
was proven true for the Christi
ans as they wound up their road
trip down East by losing to the
X. C. C. Bulldogs 8 to 5 in a con
est played at Wilson on Saturday,
April 21st. It was significant that
Doth defeats on the trip came on
3ight runs by the opponents, for
he lickings put Elon very defi-
iiitely behind the eight-ball.
R. H. E.
Elon 000 031 001— 5 13 1
A.C.C 012 020 03x— 8 13 1
Weaver, Hamrick aild DeSi
mone; Horne and Callahan.
ELON 4, NORFOLK NAVY 0
Austin Brewer turned in anoth
er four-hit pitching exhibition as
the Christians turned back the
Norfolk Naval Air Station nine
here on Tuesday, April 25th, by
a 4 to 0 margin. Brewer struck
out nine men in a masterful
mound show.
Curley Alton, Norfolk mound
ace, worked nicely in the early in
nings, but he threw wild to third
in the fourth inning and balked
in the fifth, to help Elon move
aheaf’
R. H. E.
The final two weeks of the 1951
baseball season, looming just
ahead of Elon's Fighting Chris
tians, assume all the proportions
of a "Battle of the Bulge ’ in the
race for the 1951 championship in
the North State Conference, with
no less than five titular battles
slated within the fortnight.
The Catawba Indians and the
Lenoir-Rhyne Bears are the chief
rivals and the big threats that
the Christians must face in this
final two-weeks of the season, and
no less than three of the five re
maining Conference contests wiU
be with these powerful combina
tions from Salisbury and Hickory.
Coach Jim Mallory’s boys will
meet the McCrary Eagles at Ashe-
boro tonight in the only non-cham
pionship battle, and after this
contest the Maroon and Gold ball
tossers round the final turn and
head down the home stretch, which
includes two games with the Le
noir-Rhyne sluggers and single
contests with Catawba, Guilford
and Appalachian.
The first of two battles with the
Lenoir-Rhyne outfit is slated for
the Hickory field on Saturday of
this week, and then Coach Mallory
will lead his boys over the hills
to Boone for a return engage
ment with the Appalachian Moun
taineers next Monday.
Both Lenoir-Rhyne and Catawba
will visit the Christians’ own park
here at Elon the latter part of
next week. The Bears will be
here on Thursday, May 10th, fol
lowed the next day by the Indians
from Salisbury. The final game
of the year will be played with
Guilford here on Monday, May
14th.
Any one of these coming games
can spell rule or ruin for the Mal
lory men. They were breezing
along in first place and looking
like a “shoo-in’ for a third
straight crown until after a disas
trous invasion of Eastern Carolina
ten days ago. That invasion re
sulted in losses to both East Car
olina and Atlantic Christian, and
since that time the pressure has
been very defintely on the Elon
ball tossers.
when Hartk Hamrick pitched hisiNorfolk 000 000 000— 0
second shut-out of the season toigion 000 310 OOx— 4
win by a score of 7 to 0. The vis
itors failed to get a runner as far
as second base as the Elon south
paw whiffed twelve batters and
Alton, Eldridge and Bacho;
Brewer and DeSimone.
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Alpha Pi
Leads Way s
In Softball
The Alpa Pi Delta softball
squad moved out front in the In
tramural softball league during
the past two weeks, and with the
spring season already at the mid
way point the fraternity tossers
appear the team to beat for the
crown.
The Alpha Pi outfit has already
chalked wins over each of the
other fraternity clubs, but it must
still encounter the powerful Or
phan team and a capable combi
nation from North Dorm. The
Orphans are still undefeated, but
they have won only two games
thus far, having been blocked in
two tilts by rain and wet
grounds.
The standings for the seven-
team league, figured up to last
Thursday, April 26th, are as fol
lows:
W. L. Ave.
Alpha Pi 4 0 1.000
Orphans 2 0 1.000
Kappa Psi 3 1 .750
North 2 1 .667
I.T.K 1 2 .333
Sigma Phi 1 2 .333
Day Students 0 6 .000