■^.^npsday, January 14. 1&33
MAROON AND GOLD
P/VGE TURE*
SEEING SPORTS
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GARY SEARS
ffith t
the New Year underway
our thoughts centered on bas-
..Iball and with everyone taking
vehtorv of things that happened
■ tbe past year. I've decided to
back the clock and recall
me of the sporting events of the
ear just gone. How well do you
ember when—
Ben Kendall and Don Haithcox
: new ; coring records in basket-
all annals ot Elon.
The Elon basketball team de-
cated East Carolina and earning
right torepresent the North
ate Conference in the NAIB
,eet in Kansas City.
Ronnie Mclntyrye's last-second
I to give Elon a win over Guil-
ti.
\s the basketball season slowly
ied out last spring and our fav-
,.;ie national pastime rolled into
son. 've found:
five freshman pitchers as the
ucleus of our mound staff.
J.mmy Dalton, one of the
• /''.eat and most natural look-
second basemen in the North
arolina area.
Carroll Reid setting a blistering
;e to lead the Elon batters.
The Conference for the first
:rae divided into two divisions in
.■etiaU.
Elon not winning the Confer-
."ce bunting for the first time in
■Li. years.
The gallant band of harriers
it went over to High Point and
ujhed second to Lenoir Rhyne
the annual Conference track
.eet.
Yes, these and many other inter
ring things took place in Elon
Iiorts during the year just ended,
c'l as:
Lenoir Rhyne dominating all
ur major sports.
High Point continued lock on
fMis title,
Guilford fielding a team of
rventeen men for football and
mating . . . (You know who).
-Appalachian, long a “big dog”
wrestling circles, dropping the
rt due to lack of competition
East Carolina, a “dark horse” in
football and being called “Home-
oming Wreckers” because the
ates on such days beat Appa
:an and (again you know
'Twas certainly a great year for
' aembrances in sports circles,
■'■d in the North State Confer-
ice we had many. Schools ot
tional prominence had Uieir
•otball oddities, and here at Elon
i were not to be denied. It was
i^ring a hectic moment in the
atawba game that one of
acks suddenly charged from the
‘ to make a tackle. Yes, this
w'as quite a year for sports.
+ * i(t
The Fighting Christians of the
hardwood were hard hit when no
tified of the ineligibility of Bob,
Burgess. Seems that Bob was'
■‘counted out” after it was learned'
that he had participated in sports
'.00 early in the season. Burgess
being a transfer student had to
be withheld from action for a cal
endar year, whereas our authori
ties figured one school year. What
are the plans for Burgess? May
be a junior college and then back
to action for Wake Forest. The'
=;ports staff and student body wish
for him the best in whatever the
sports future holds for him.
' Family Feud"— Bob Rogers,
enior line-backer for Elon and
his older brother. Bill Rogers, also
a linebacker for the Quakers over
al Guilford. Wonder what their
lopic of. discussion is concerning
football?
Jimmy Rhodes really deserves
lot of credit for his work with
the band. I realize that this is a
'Ports column, and that's exactly
where Jimmy comes in with the
chool band. It certainly did add
to the football games, as no one
can hardly deny. Now that the
band'has begun to appear at the
home basketball games, it lend.s
much to the atmosphere. It is a
teat help, for it not only gives
support, it will also bring support.
♦ ♦ *
And speaking of basketball—we
surely have a crackerjack ball
club, with a few steady players,
:nd the rest, some of W’hom get
little recognition, deserve a lot of
credit. The substitutes, even
though they do not play a lot,
really make the team with the
stiff practice sessions they give
the regulars. Think that over,
and that next time you attend a
basketball game, look at the regu
lars and then at the “bench-
warmers” and be mighty proud
we've got ’em.
VIEWS OF FAST ACTION AS ELON DEFEATS PRESBYTERIAN CAGERS I RaCCS
In Campus
Ca^e Loops
IiUramural basketball play was
resumed immediately after Christ
mas holidays, with action hot and
heavy the first day as the Oak-
_'arlton lads tried the “iron man”
■itunt ot playin.g two successive
games and found themselves on
the short end of the second
game.
In the initial encounter Oak-
arUon downed Sigma Phi “AA”
in a close game by 47 to 45, as
I' I) Long and John Platt led the
. infers and Joe Parker and Lou
;uc''.elU looked good for Sigma
'hi.
T sccond game found the
•:c boys opposing a strong ITK
rutfit, and the fraternity boys
'•! ie lo.-.iy. Tiio score was 8 to 0
■elore the Oak-Carllon five scored
ind 'ix :)uint' proved tlie
final difference as ITK won by a
'■tJ margin, Ralph Rakes end
!ill Black'tone led ITK, whilo
,S'el Cooper paced the Issers.
Over in tlie "A" le,' ;ue it looks
if an underdog Alpha Pi-Kappa
Pi-i combination may run away
ith the league leadership. C. K.
-iiler and Sammy Nelson have
een the chief scorers tor this
quad. Runner-up in this loop
s the Sigma Phi “A” group, which
las "Sheepy" Peters as the top
>oint producer for both leagues.
Indivi)lua;i scoring leaders in
he “AA” league are Blackstone
ITK) 74. Burgess (Day Students)
2, Rakes (ITK) 43, Long (Oak-
!'arlton) 42, Stoffel (Sigma Plii)
4 and Thomas (North) 25. Indi-
Idual leaders in the “A’ league
.re Peters (Sigma Phi) 79, Siler
Alpha Pi-Kappa Psi) 48, Nel.son
Al')lia Pi-Kappa Psi) 47 and Dal-
on (North) 38.
The standings of the
eagues through January
were as follows;
“AA” LEAGUE
W
.Act‘01 wa': fa.'st and furious at times as the Elon cagers de
feated Presbyterian 73 to 48 here last Wedn?-day night, January
7th. Two views of the action are shown here, as caught by the Ma
on and Gold's alert photographer. At the left Ben Kendall goes
for a jump with Beauincnt, of Pi'esbyterian. while Billy Hawk-
(') and D-'O Atkinson (2i) are poircd to gra": the tip. At the
I .f;ht Atkinson and Ned Gauldin (H) are ready tf> contest with
Beaumont and TiiomiJson, both ol Presbyterian, fn-- 3 reliouud ott
I lie P. esbyterlan backboci'd.
Eloil I’age Craines
- Elon 70, Lynchburs 65.
Elon 73, Va. Tech 61.
Eloji 95, A, C. C. 56.
Eloi! 76, Lynchburg 64.
Elon 81, High Point Y 69.
Elon 63, Guilford 48.
EIoh 73, High Point 83.
Elon 73, Presbyterian G7.
Elon 63, Erskine 74.
Elon 47, High Point Y 53.
non 64, Appalachian 61.
Elon 76, DuPont 43.
EJon 73, Presbyterian 48.
Elon 75, East Carolina 76.
Remaining Games
Jan. 13—McCrary, away.
Jan. 15—High Point, away.
Jan. 17—Catawba, away.
Jan. 19—Dupont, here.
Jan. 22—McCrary, here.
Jan. 24—Lenoir Rhyne, away.
Jan. 26—W. C. T. C., away.
Jan. 27—W. C. T. C., away.
Jan. 29—Erskine, here.
Jan. 31—Catawba, here.
Feij. 4—Appalachian, here.
Feb. 7—Guilford, away.
Feb. 11—High Point, here.
Feb. 14—East Carolina, away.
Feb. 16—A. C. C., here.
Feb. 18—Lenoir Rhyne, here.
Feb. 21—Guilford, here.
Elon Cage Squad Boasts Ten Wins
And Four Defeats Iji Eai*ly Season
Tlie Fiifnting Christian bas- (?,)
etball squad suffered its first dox
defeat in North State Conference
lompetition last Saturday night
vith a heart-breaking 76 to 75
.Qss to East Carolina here. This
gave the .Maroon and Gold cagers
a record of two wins and one loss
the Conference a.'.d an over-
ill season mark of ten wins and
.'our defeats.
The fourteen games played thus
far have shown the Christians to
:ip a potent -coring unit. They
have averaged 71,9 points per
game, compared with an average
of 63.4 points in the first four-
.eeii game3 last eyar. Hion op
ponents have averaged 61,9 points
this year, compared with 63.7 at
the same point last season.
Brown (2), Mi.^chell, Mad-
(3), McIntyre (4). Erskine
.ubs—Blackburn (3), Felts, Miner-
vini (4).
HIGH POINT Y 55, i;i.O,M 47
0MIUO3S
Varsity fs Aivardetl
Members Of Grid Squad
Thirtynseven Fighting Chrjsti-idi, Bill Blackstone, Fred Burmeis-
:.n football players from the 1952 ter, Jack Chri.sty, A1 Ludwig
squad have been awarded the Mike Moffo, Carrol Rs.d, B .1
block “E” monogram for their Renn and Lou RxliaJi. Manager
services during the grid campaign Tim Holt was also awarded a let
endall
Wnson
lalloy
'aw'nins
lusten
iirgess ...
laddox
auldin
McDaniel .
Iclntyre
!all
(Thru January 7th)
Games FG FT
13
"Own -
iutity .
jckard
13
13
13
13
5
12
12
, 8
. H
. 6
7
. 3
2
63
65
38
32
16
11
3
8
3
7
4
0
0
51
47
41
31
30
19
9
6
6
8
0
2
0
0
TP
187
173
i7i
107
94
51
31
22
22
14
14
10
0
0
•LON TEAM
OPPONENTS
13 336 259
13 2B4 223
that closed with the Guilford
battle last Thanksgiving, accord
ing to an announcement from
Coach Jim Mallory.
There were sixteen of the play
ers who received their varsity let
ter tor the first time. Those men,
listed in alphabetical order, were
Hubert Cooper, J. C. Dislier, Goley
Gattis, Don Graf, Walter Harding,
Jim Handy, Jim Hutchens, Charlie
Michaux, Jerry Miller, Dave Pad-
rick, ohn Platt, and Gene Willi-
.ms.
Twelve others received their
letter for the second time. Also
listed in alphabetical order, they
were Charlie Atkins. Luther
Barnes, Nat Burwell, Dwight Dil
lon, Joe Durso, Bryce Hurd, Al
fred Male, Marvin Moss, Joe
Parker, Bobby Rogers, Richard
Smith and Joe Widdifield.
Nine others, all of them seniors
who had received three or four
931 [letters, received their final Elon
791 awards. They were Fred Biangar-
ter.
The letter winners included
eleven - freshmen, eight sopho
mores, five juniors and thirteen
seniors, all of which have twenty-
four lettermen back in togs next
fall. However, two of the fresh
men letter winners are already out
of school, and the unsettled world
conditions make the military stat
us of other boys doubtful for the
coming 1953 season.
The twenty-two remaining let
termen, who are due at the pres
ent time to return for another
season with the Fighting Chri.sti
ans include eleven linemen and
eleven backs. The linemen due
to return include three ends, four
tackles and four guards, with all
experienced centers graduating.
Positions of the returning backs
vary, according to whether the
team uses the single wing or “T”
ifonnations, with seven of the elev-
1 . t-ioirincT coon
ELON 73, PKE3BYTE1UAN 67
The Christian tossers got hot in
che closing period to defeat the
Presbyterian College quintet -73
to C7 al Clinton, S. C,, on Monday
night, December 15th. Preibyter-
,an held a slim lead for three
Quarters, but Elon dropped 22
points in the fourth quarter to
,vin,
Fcur Elon regulars hit double
figures, with Dee Atkinscn pacing
the attack with 21 points. Jack
Malloy chipped ta 18 and Ben
Kendall and Billy Hawkins 10
points each.
Pos.—Elon (73) Presbyterian (67)
F,—KendaU (10) Nye (23)
M.ilioy (18) - -- Thompson (21)
C.—Atkinson (21) Counts (3)
G.—Musten (6) Toole (6)
J.—Hawkms (lU) . Beaumont (7.
Half—Presbyterian 32, Elon 31.
Elon subs—Brown (1), Mitchell
(5), McDaniel (2), Maddox, McIn
tyre, Whitley. Presbyterian subs
—Jones, Stone (4), Sloan.(3).
The High Point Y cagers even
ed the season count with Elon by
lefeating the Christians 55 to 47
it High Point on Tue.«day night,
December 30th. in the first game
following the Christmas holidays
The High Point boys were paced
Billy Hunsucker, former Ca-J
tawba star, who got 17 points.'
while Ben Kendall led the Chris-
iaiis, also with 17 markers.
?os.—Elon 47) High Point Y (55)
j'.—Kendall (17) Hawks (10)
—Malloy (4) Hunsucker (17)
-\tkinson (7) . - Swartzburg (8)
3.—Musten (6) Cooper (6)
G.—Hawkins (7) Watson (5)
Half—High Point Y 27, Elon 20,
Elon subs—Gauldin, McDaniel
;1), Brown, Maddox (1), Quaken-
■jush (4), Mhitley, Packard, Mc
Intyre. High Point subs—Embler,
S,. Hartley, Cockerham, Haithcox
5), Byerly (4), S. Hartley, Mc
Donald.
^ak-Carlton .
:tk
^igma-Phi
3ay Students
Vets Apts
North - .
“A”
en backfield vets having seen ser
vice largely on defense.
EKSKINE 74, ELON 62
Erskine’s Flying Fleet employed
a fa.st break defense and got away
lo an early leaa to defeat Elon 74
tc 62 at Due West, S, C., on Tues
day night, December 16th. The
o.sb v;as tile second of the year for
llie Christians.
Captain Billy Hawkins led the
Elon attack with 15 points, while
Ben Kendall had 14 and Jack Mai
oy 12 foi the night. Bob Gath
ers led Erskine with 21 points.
Pos.—Elon (68) Erskine (74)
F.—Kendall (14) Robinson (9)
F._Malloy (12) Storms (8)
C.—Atkinson (4) , Moore (10)
G —Musten (5) . . Gathers (21)
G.—Hawkins (15) .... Vermillion (8)
Half—Elon 37, Erskine 36.
Elon subs—Gaiildin, McDaniel
ELON 64, APPAL.\C11I.\N 61
The Fighting Christians defeat
ed Appalachian 64 to 51 at Boone
on Saturday night, January 3rd,
.^i'/ing Elon its second Conference
victory of the year and the first
vin over Appalachian at Boone in
nore than five years.
J;irk Musten dropped in six
,uccessive free throws in the final
minutes to clinch the win for
:ion, as Dee Atkinson and Jack
IVlalloy paced the scoring with 17
and 16 points.
Pos.—Elon (64) Appalachian (61)
F.—Kendall (4) . . Trammell (17)
[•'.—Malloy (16) Stanley (13)
C.—Atkinson (17) Campbell (3)
G.—Musten (13) . Wallace (13)
G,—Hawkins (6) Hodges (6)
Half—Elon 38, Appalachian 37.
Elon subs—Mitchell (1), Gaul
din (2), Brown, McDaniel (1),
VTaddox, Quakenbush (4). Appa
lachian subs—Brown (8), Phillips
(1), Haithcock, Holme.sley.
Pos.—Elon (76) DuPont (t3)
F.—Kendall (3) Belcher (10)
—Malloy (16) Davis (12)
0,—Atkinson (2) Rnbeitson (4;
a,—Musten (10) Arnold (15)
Hawkins (11) Merrill
Half—Elon 38, DuPont 15.
Elon subs—Mitchell (2). Gaul
din (2), Brown (5), McDaniel (14),
Vladdox (2), Quakenbush il), Mc-
ntyre (4), DuPont subs—Joyce
2), Quinn, liaupt, Merrill, Ger-
inger.
ELON 73, PRESBYTERIAN 48
The Christian quintet chalked KP.-A.P.
Is second win of the .season over Sigma Phi
Presbyterian College here on Norlh
vVednesday night, January 7th, .South
jy a 73 to 43 margin. The Pal- East
metto invaders moved ahead in
he first quarter, but Elon bounc-
jd back with 28-point second quar-
er to grab the lead and widen it
•10 the final victory total.
Bouncing Ben Kendall got back
into the scoring groove and racked
22 points to lead the Elon attack,
while Dee Atkinson, Ned Gauldin
and Billy Hawkins each offered
able aid in the scoring.
Pos.—Elon (73) Presbytorlun (48)
Kendall (22) Nye (11)
F.—Malloy (3) Thompson (14)
C.—Atkinson (14) Stone (1)
G,—Mu.sten (5) Toole (13)
G.—Hawkins (10) .... Beamont (9)
Half—Elon 38, Presbyterian 23.
Elon subs—Gauldin (12), Mad
dox (4), Quakenbush (2), McIntyre
(1), Brown. Presbyterian subs
Sloan, Counts, McQueen.
two
7th
3
i 3
2
2
0
0
LEAGUE
W.
4
2
2
1
0
L.
1
1
1
2
2
2
L.
0
1
1
3
4
Pet.
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EAST CAROLINA 70, ELON 75
ELON 76, DUPONT (431
The Elon cagers chalked their
ninth win in twelve starts when
they defeated DuPont 76 to 43
here on Monday night, January
nth. The Christians moved to an
.arly lead and widened tlie mar
gin as the game progre.i.sed.
Jack Malloy topped the Chris
tians with 16 points, while E, B
McDaniel had 14, Billy IlawkinS
11 and Jack Musten 10 markers.
The East Carolina Pirates nosed
out Elon by a single point in a
76-75 battle here last Saturday
Might, January 10th. Elon led by
a single point at the half-time,
but the Pirates rallied in the third
quarter to gain a two-point lead
?ind then staved off Elon threats
in the final period.
Ben Kendall had one ot the best
nights of his career as he counted
29 points to lead the Elon attack,
while Captain Billy Hawkins ac
counted for 20 points. Bobby
Hodges led Ea.st Carolina with 2'
points.
Pos—Elon (75) E. Caroluia (76)
F.—Kendall (29) Russell (20)
F . Malloy (6) Huffman (19
C.—Atkinson (9) Hodges (23)
G.—Musten (3) Heath (9)
G.—Hawkins (20) Thomas (5)
Half—Elon 42, East Carolina 41
Elon subs—Gauldin (1), Hall,
Maddox (7, McDaniel, Quaken
bush. East Carolina subs—O'Kel
1>. Jones,
Tuble Teiinis
Meet Starts
Sixteen of the top performers
in Elon’s table tennis competition
started action on Monday of this
week in the annual ping pong
tournament, which will settle the
Individual championship of the
campus for thU season,
Joe Harvey and Bayaid
desven drew the two top-seeded
positjions, with Joe Smith and
Hiram Greene ranking third and
fourtli in the pre-tournament rat
ings, The positions on the brack
et were determined by ladder po-
.sitions earned in early-seasdn
play.
Upper bracket pairings for the
fir:t round of play sliow Joe
flarvey vs Bob Peters, Jack Mal
loy vs Bob Powell, Dee Atkinson
vs Cooper Walker and Joe Smith
v.- Robert Westerman. | The sec
ond round will send the Peters-
Harvey winner vs the Malloy-Pow-
I'll winner, while the winner cf
the Atkin.son-Walker pair meels
the Smith-We.sterman winner.
The lower bracket pairings
show Bayard Ho:-idesven vs Bob
Burge.ss, Buck Keeton vs Johnnie
Meadows, Bob Robertson vs Rich
ard Newman and George Nall vs.
Hiram Greene. Winners in the
Hovdesven - Burgess and Keeton-
Meadows matches meet, while the
Robertson-Nall winner meets the
Nall-Greene winner.
Two former Elon students, both
of them veterans of Korean ser
vice, are back in school this quar-
^■r. They are C. K. Siler, former
baseball and football star, and A1
Godwin, who was active with l)0th
the Maroon and Gold, the Elon
^layers and the cheerleaders.