PACE FOUR
MAROON AND GOLD
Wednesday, May 20, 1953
Lenoir Rhvne Defeats (Ihristiaiis
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For North State Baseball ('rown
Baseball Schedule
The Lenoir Rhyne Bears, after
diopplng the first game of the ,\V[ AKHS (ilVEN FOR BEST I*
Conference baseball play-off; to
Flon by a 12 to 1 jcore. bouncid
biick to defeat the Christiana twice
b> scores of 11 to 5 and 8 to 7
and win the diamond crown for
the uccond -Ualght year.
The Christians had swept the
eastern division crown and were
away to a -^reat "tart in the flr^t
Kame of the ,fries, but Klcn’t de
fensive play fell apart in the final
two games to lose the title for
the 1953 season
12. I.KNOIK RIIYNK 1
Carroll Reid, Elon co-captain
and right-ficlder. staged an in
dividual batting ^pree to pace Klon
to a 12 to 1 win over the Beai:
in the opener at Kannapolis Thul ^
day night. May I4th.
Sherrill Hall, big Klon right
hander handcuffed the Bruin hit
ters, allowing only six scattered
hits. Reid had two homers and two
LAYER ROLES
Elon 3. Williams 0.
Elon 1C, Wesle.van 0.
Elon 3, Ohio Univ. 0.
Elon 2. Reidsville 6.
Elon 1, Wake Forest 2.
Elon 2, Wake Forest 5.
Elon 3, East Carolina 2.
Klon 14, A.C.C. 1.
Elon-Guilford (Postponed).
Elon 4, Guilford 3.
Elon 10, A.C.C. 3.
Elon 2. A.C.C. 0.
Elon 15, High Point 1.
Elon 4, Est Carolina 0.
Elon 21, A. C. C. 8.
Elon 5, Guilford 2.
Elon 9, High Point 0.
Elon 5, East Carolina 6.
Elon 9, East Carolina 12.
Klon 4, Guilford 1.
Elon 8, Guilford 4.
Elon G, High Point 8.
Elan 5, High Point 1.
(Conference Play-Offs)
Elon 12, Lenoir Rhyne 1.
Elon 5, Lenoir Rhyne 11.
Elon 7, Lenoir Rhyne 8.
Reid Hits For Lofty .419 Average
Lead Christian Batting Attack
DAVII) CROWLE
DIANNE MADDOX
singles to lead the hitting.
R H E
L Rhyne 000 000 001— 1 6
Elon 520 230 OOx—12 10
Thpmas. Dellinger and Bost; |
Hall and Jones. '
LENOIR RHVNE 11, ELON 5
Lenoir Rhyne took advantage of
six untimely errors by Elon to de
feat the Christians 11 to 5 In a
ragged contest at Kanapolls on
Friday, May 15th.
Speedy Langston had two doub
les and two singles to lead the
Elon attack, hut no other Elon
player could get more than one
hit.
RUE
Elon 000 300 020— 5 7 6
L. Rhyne 210 000 71x—11 10 5
Swlcegood, Mackie, Stewart and
Jones, McDaniel: Barker and Set-
zer.
LENOIR RHYNE 8, ELON 7
The Christians got awav to a
long lead in the final game of the j
Conference title . . on Sat-,
nrday nlghl '.lu- Ji.ih. but Lenoir
Rhyne tam. bj( k ' .,i,- w late |
inning- clinched the victory'
and utien .lerF\ Robinson^
■ii'aiked u tenth-lnnmg homer to
win S to 7
Bobby Stewart, Jimmy Dalton
:ini: Don Packard each had three
hits to lead Elon's hitting, with
Jerry Robinson hitting three for
the Bears.
RUE
Elon . 023 001 001 0—7 13 0
L. Rhyne 000 222 010 1—8 10 2
Curtis. Conger. Swlcegood and
McDaniel: Thomas Barker and
Sotzcr.
Aivards Are Presented
To ()utslaiidhiQ; Actors
TRACK .MEET
(Continued From Page Three)
tance: 19 feet 4 7-8 inches.
Pole vault: Plass (Lenoir Rhyne).
Moreley (High Point), Campbell
I Lenoir Rhyne). Bennett (Elon).
tfoich*- 10 feet 4 1-2 inches. (New
record).
Shot put: Alexander (High
Pointi, Ray (Lenoir Rhyne), Haith-
cox (Elon). Redditt (High Point).
Distance: 38 feet 1 1-4 inches.
Discus throw: Sykes (High
Pointi. Benett (Elon), Thornton
(High Point), Simpson (High
Point). Di'tance 120 feet 1 1-4
inches.
Javelin throw Bennett (Elon),
Piingle iGuilfordi, Lowe (High
Point). Kiikpatrick (Lenoir
Rh\nei. Distance 154 feet 4 inches.
Mllr re1.iv: Lenoir Rhyne) iJ
Robinson, Campbell, Kirkpatrick,
f; Ro!)inson), High Point, Elon.
Timi': 3 m'nules 51.1 seconds.
Carroll Reid and Jimmy Dal
ton. l\'on baseball itnrs. wer(>
presented 21-jewel wrist watches
at the Conference baseball tourn
ament in Kannapolis after being
chosen mont valuable players on
the Elon squad.
Elon athletes hold seven of the
fourteen individual track records
In the Noith State Conference.
Elon records are in the two-
twenty. the half-mile, the mile, the
high hurdle=, the low hurdles, the
high Jump and the shot put.
ESSO PRODUCTS
COLLEGE STATION
JAMES W. ANDRE\^S, Prop.
Six members of the Elon Play
ers were honored last Friday night
with awards for their performan
ces and work with the student
dramatic organization during the
1952-53 college year. The awards
were presented at the annual Play
er banquet which was held at the
Plantation Supper Club
The "Oscar” for the top per
formance in a feminine lead role
during the year went to Dianne
Maddox, of Cincinnati. Ohio, lor
her excellent portrayal of Victoria
Van Bret in "The Double Door.”
while a similar award for the
best performance by a male lead
went to David Crowle, of Glen-
dulden. Pa., for his work in the
role of Sergeant Lachlin McLach-
lin, dour Scottish soldier, in "The
Ha.sty Heart.”
Two other "Oscars” for stage
performances went to the actors
who gave the best performance in
■upporting roles during the year.
Tb» award for the best feminine
.■■upporting role was given to Ann
Wilkins, of Suffolk, Va.. for her
excellent portrayal of Mathilda in
"January Thaw,” while the honor
for the best male supporting role
went to Jerry Loy, of Graham, for
his performance as Yank in “The
Hasty Heart.”
Two special awards were pre
sented to Graham Heath, of Elk
Park, and Cooper Walker, for
their fine work in designing and
building stage sets for the Player
shows given during the year.
The members of the Players
ilfO presented a gift to Mrs. Eliz
abeth R, Smith, who is leaving
3:ion to make her home in Dan
ville, Va., after directing student
Iramatic activities for the past
nine years.
BASEBALL G.AMES
(Continued From Page Three)
ELON 8, GUILFLORD 4
Southpaw Charlie Swlcegood
A'as Elon’s other mound winner
in the double victory over Guil-
'ord, the Lexington left-hander
50ing the route and scattering
eight Quaker hits as he gained an
3 to 4 decision. This win clinched
!t least a tie for the eastern di
vision title for Elon,
Jimmy Dalton, little Elon sec-
ond-sacker, was the big hitter for
he day with a homer and two
singles which drove in three of the
Christian runs. Bobby Stewart and
Jack Musten each had four hits
les.
R H E
Guilford 000 002 2—4 8 0
Elon 112 040 X—8 11 2
ELON 6, HIGH POINT 5
The victory that clinched the
eastern division title for Elon
came in the first game of a
double bill against High Point on
Tuesday, May 12, with the Maroon
snd Gold outfit banging home two
runs in the last of the sixth to
overcome a Panther lead and win
by a 6 to 5 score.
Nick Thompson, Bobby Stew
art and Carroll P.eid each chipped
in a pair of singles -
R H E
High Point .. 012 020 0—5 6 1
Elon 201 104 )t—6 9 4
Hedrick and Morgan; Summers,
Curtis and Jones.
ELON 5, HIGH POINT 1
With the eastern division crown
safely tucked away, Coach Jim
Mallory sent a full team of re
serves into the final game again.st
the Panthers, and the ChrLstian
youngsters came through with a
5 to 1 victory in a well-played
contest.
Alton Myers and Bobby Green,
a pair of Elon freshman stars,
each banged out two hit?
R H E
High Point .... 000 100 0—1 3 3
Elon 200 200 1—1
McIntyre, Stewart and Hob-
gocd: Shepherd, Popp and Mor
gan.
To
Carroll Reid, Elon cc-captain
and right fielder, became the first
Elon hitter in many years to top
the magic .400 mark in baseball
hitting as he banged away for a
terrific .419 average to lead the
Maroon and Gold baseball stiuad
for the 1953 baseball season.
Jimmy Dalton, little second,
sacker, batted 27 runs home to J
lead in that division of play, and
he also led in homers with four
Reid and Thompson were tops,
in doubles, while Langston led in^
triples, and Reid stole 16 bases
to lead that division
Final season marks follow:
Player AB R H Ave.
Hobgood 5 0 3 .600
Myers ® .500
Watts 6 2 3 .500
Reid • 81 30 34 .419
Stewart 92 22 34 .369
Dalton 93 20 33 .355
Thompson 94 29 32 .340
Dillon 3 11 .333
Packard 85 9 25 .294
McDaniel 24 5 25 .292
Langston 93 10 23 .247
Musten 66 19 14 .212
Swlcegood 24 3 5 .208
Green 15 2 3 .200
Jones 71 7 14 .197
Conger 7 2 1 .143
Laughlin 9 11 .111
Dofflemyer 14 1 1 ,070
Hall 21 1 1 .048
Curtis 6 0 0 .000
Mackie 4 0 0 .000
Smith 2 0 0 .000
McIntyre 2 0 0 .000
Perry 1 0 0 .000
FIELD SECRETARY
Elon Total 832 175 244 .293
Opponents 778 82 149 .181
RUNS BATTED IN — Dalton 27,
Reid 24, Musten 16, Langston 16
Packard 13, Jones 11, Stewart 8,
Swicegood8, Thompson 7, Mc
Daniel 6, Conger 2, Green 2
Myers 1, Hobgood 1, Watts 1, Sum
mers 1, Dillon 1, TWO-BASE-
HITS—Reid 4, Thompson 4, Stew
art 3, Dalton 3, Langston 3, Jones
2, Packard 1, Conger 1. THREE-
BASE HITS—Langston 3, Myers
1, Reid 1, Dalton 1. HOME RUNS
Daltcn 4. Musten 3, Reid 3
Stewart 1. STOLEN BASES—Reid
16, Dalton 6, Thompson 6, Stew
art 3, Langston 3, Musten 1, Pack
ard 1, Myers 1, McDaniel 1. SAC
RIFICES — Jones 3, Stewart 1
Thompson 1, Swlcegood 1. BASES
ON BALLS—Hall 21, Swlcegood
21, Conger 18, Mackie 13, Sum
mers 5, Curtis 4, McIntyre 4
Smith 1. STRIKEOUTS—Swice-
good 42, Hall 38, Conger 21
Mackie 10, Curtis 6, Summers 5,
McIntyre 4, Stewart 3. HITS—Hall
46 in 68; Swlcegood 42 in 61
Conger, 17 in 23; Curtis, 12 in
16 2-3; Mackie 9 in 13; Summers,
9 in 13; Summers, 97 1SSS,C8
9 in 11 2-3: Smith, 6 in 4; Mc
Intyre, 3 in 5 1-3; Stewart, 2 in 3:
|GAMES WON—Hall 6, Swlcegood
3 3 6, Conger 2, Summers 1, Mackie 1,
Curtis 1, McIntyre 1. GAMES
LOST—Swlcegood 4, Hall 1, Con
ger 1, Smith 1.
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SAISnWICIIES
ROGER GIBBS
Gibbs To Do
Field Work
For College
Roger Gibbs, former president
of the Elon student body, has
been named as the new field sec
retary for Elon College, according
to a statement from President
Leon E. Smith, who staled that the
new appointee will assume his
duties on June 1st-.
Gibbs, who graduated from Elon
one year ago with the Class of
1952, w'ill succeed Mrs. Judith
H. Burns, who has held the post
for the past t^ree years. Mrs.
Burns resigned recently when she
and her husband decided to re
turn to her home in the eastern
part of the state.
The new field secretary, in ad
dition to serving as president of
the student government during
his senior year at Elon, was also
Pi'ominent in musical activities
during his undergraduate days.
He has been engaged in business
in Greensboro, his home town,
since his graduation.
Former Elon
Grid Phy er
Gets Medal
Jim Elkins, of Siler City,
graduated from Elon with tis
Class of 1950 after starring in tbs
line for the Fighting ChrisUaj
football squad, has recently been
awarded the Silver Star Medal for
gallantry in action with the Ma
rines in Korea.
Now a second lieutenant in tlie
Marine Corps, the former Elon
grid star is a platoon leader on
the Korean front, and he person-
ally led one squad forward of Ms
defensive position to Unk up »Tlh
another squad.
When enemy fire became ex
cessively heavy, Elkins had to
move his men to another side d
the hill and away from the deadlj
fire of the Reds.
Although suffering serious con.
cussions, Elkins disregarded liij
own safety and exposed himself
to enemy fire to regroup his men
and form a new defensive position,
from which his platoon inflicted
such deadly fire upon the enemy
that the Reds had to withdraw.
Elkins carried two men at a
time to a more protected area
v.'hen he fpund that his Navy
Medical Corps assistant had been
v.ounded, and he personally ad
ministered aid to the wounded
men of his unit. The young offi
cer was cited by Major General
E. A. Pollock, division commander,
for conspicuous gallantrj-.
Hyler An Ensign
Bill Hyler, former Elon golf
star, who graduated one year :
with the Class of 1992, was one of
a group of 837 men who were
commissioned ensigns in tlie
United States Navy at Newpart,
R. I., on Friday, May 8th. His
commission followed four montlis
of training, and he will be as
signed to duty on one of Uncle
Sam’s combat ships
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