Wednesday. February 23. 1953
MAROON AND GOLD
PAGE THREE
CHRISTIANS ARE ALL SET FOR ANNUAL CONFERENCE C iOE TOURNAMEM
fit
S -V
On The
Sidelines
By JOEL BAILEY
Th«re has been an addition to jc> able to find some excellent re-
he Fighting Christian football placements next season and sea-
thedule for the ’55 campaign.'.cons to come, for the group shows
'owerful Mississippi Southern is five freshmen, two sophomore and
lhat new addition and will be metja like number of .iuniors, First-
Hattiesburg, Miss., to open the year men are Jimmy Cleary, Bobby
Sharpe, Bobby Stegall, Doc Al-
stoi; and Bob Rickover. The “vet-
rsrans” of the outfit are Clay
Brown, Tommy King, Hugh Citty
and Jimmy Crump. Several of
! hese should prove trouble for
ior
ew campaign. This Mississippi
earn, which defeated Alabama
he past two years, is loaded with
alent and will prove an acid test
Christian squad that was
■cry good in 1954 and could easily
e better this coming season.
Evidence of the overall power
if this Mississippi Southern squad
found in the person of Halfback
urin Pepper, who tips the scales
1191 pounds and is rated by some
*perts as the best ball carrier
roduced in the South since Choo-
hoo Justice and Charlie Trippi.
epper scored twenty-six touch
downs in the last two campaigns
ind may be even more dangerous
l>is season.
Then there is a Mississippi
outhern line that is anchored by
uch stalwarts as Don Owens (251
'unds). Huzzy Clark (258), Jim
Coon Dog” Davis (242) and Bill
'“hop (256). Certainly this prom
ts to be an exciting contest for
Ion, »nd a victory for the Fight-
"8 Christians would really set the
'I>roon and Gold colors on a high
linnacle.
* • •
During the basketball season
"lost of the attention has been
focused on the varsity squad,
■'lUch it should well be. However,
Winy people have failed to realize
lhat We have a terrific Jay-Vee
>iuad at Elon. Fans who came to
games only in time to catch
main attraction have been
something,
junior squad has dropped
two games during the year,
to High Point and the other
Catawba, both of them on the
court of the oither junior
and the faroon and Gold
'’""Wers have beaten both these
Wms decisively in other contests
“"ng the season. The Jay-Vees
P'syed some fine cliibs, and
»ith" ******^ games they came up
' h the long side of the score.
« seems that Coach Mathis wUl
Conference foes in the future.
» ♦ »
The Fighting Christian varsity
will now journey to Lexington for
Lhe North State Tournament, and
the well wishes of the school go
with them.- Although the Maroon
and Gold quint is not favored to
win the tournament, they could
pull an upset by dumping their
more favored tournament foes.
The squad has been a very good
one, although it did not win the
league race, and it is a team that
could explode any minute. Here's
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A;1 set for pli-nly of tough competition, the Elon Christian will depend iioavil.v or vul v. -
(ii.ii cage stars pictured above when they enter the fiftecntli annual North State Confcrencc
T'.uinamert, which gets underv/ay tonight in Lexington. Centered above are the "Three Musk-
eleers " of Elon's attacking forces, the three sharpshooters who ranked one-two-three in the
final scoring statistics for the cegular 1955 season, and that trio is flanked on each ?ide by a
pair of senior guards, w'ho will figure heavily in the defense against Elon's tournament rivals.
Kight to left in the group picture are Co-Captain Dave Maddox, senior forward and lop scorer
for the year; Ed Juratic, sophomore forward and second-ranking scorer; and Ray Whitley, a jun
ior guard and third-ranking scorer. At the left is pictured Hank Hamrick, who flashed back
into his old-time form at guard in his final season; while on the right is Co-Captain Don Pack
ard, who has had his best season as a senior. Three other Maroon and Gold cagers, not pic
tured above, who will figure heavily in Elon's tournament hopes are Earl Slone, towering soph-
omoie center, and Frank DeRita and Ronnie Mazzilli, a pair of freshmen who have played well
at center and guard this winter.
Elon (^age Games
Elon 73, DuPont 73.
Elon 104, Mayodan “Y” 51.
Elon 76, McCrary 84.
Elon 78, Va. Tech 71.
Elon 99, Jax Navy 76.
Elon 65, Rollins 73.
Elon 81, Fla. Southern 48.
Elon 59, Stetson 91.
Elon 79, DuPont 73.
Elon 75, McCrary 95.
Elon 76, East Carolina 64.
Elon 68, A.C.C. 88.
Elon 105, Guilford 88.
Elon 87, Catawba 60.
Elon 85, High Point 83.
Elon 69, Appalachian 62.
Elon 66, Lenoir Rhyne 72.
Elon 81, W.C.T.C. 75.
Elon 93, High Point 77.
Elon 86, Catawba 58.
Elon 70, Appalachian 80.
Elon 73. W.C.T.C. 60.
Elon 93, Guilford 69.
Elon 80, East Carolina 92.
Elon 75, A. C. C. 88.
Elon 73, Lenoir Rhyne 77.
Bulldogs TopChristians
brilliant first half that just as was the case in an earlier
Wilson. The Atlantic
After a
netted Elon a seven-point margin
at intermission, the lighting
Christian cagers slumped badly in
ithe closing half and dropped an
to 75 decision to a red-hot crew
of Atlantic Christian Bulldogs
here on Monday night, February
14th.
The game was strictly a “half-
and-half” affair, for Dave Mad
dox and Ed Juratic led Eton m a
fine drive that won the first-half
decision by a 37-30 margin, put
ting together enough points to
overcome the great play of big
John Marley, the Bulldogs' 6-11
pivot star.
It was a different story after
the recess period, for Kim Buch-
anon, the former N. C. State star,
now wearing Atlantic Christian
colors, caught fire in the closing
periods and banged in 20 points
to lead the invaders to victory.
The Bulldogs gained their great
est margin at the free throw Une
contest at
Christian quintet hit for 38 free
throws in the earlier game on its
own floor, and it counted 30 points
from the charity line in this battle
Don Percise hit 11 points in the
final half, all of them on free
throws.
Dave Maddox was the top scorer
for Elon with 29 points, while
Buchanon hit 22 and Marley 20
for the visitors. Ed Juratic chip
ped in 15 counters for the Christ
ians.
pos. Elon (75) A.C.C. (S8)
F—Maddox (29) WiUiams (15)
F—Juratic (15) Buchanon (22)
C—DeRita (6) Marley (20)
G—Whitley (4) Percise (15)
G—Hamrick (4) Widgeon (3)
Half—Elon 37, A.C.C. 30.
Elon subs—Stone 3, Packard 2
Mazzilli 2, Crump 2, King, Tim
mons, McIntyre. A.C.C. subs—
Peebles 8, Tomlinson 3, Beecham.
Lenoir Rhyne Is Winner
In Final Game Of Season
The Elon Christians halted the hundred-point habits of the
Lenoir Rhyne Bears in their battle here last Wednesday night,
February 16th, but the Maroon and Gold to.ssers fell short of vic
tory as they dropped a close struggle to the Bears by a 77-73 count
before more than 2,500 "High School Day fans.
The defeat was the first ever suffered by an Elon team on "High
School Day," and it came only after a hard-fought contest that
.saw Elon come from behind after
intermission to grab an eight-
point lead at one time in the
tii;al half, but Floyd Propst led
? Lenoir Rhyne drive that netted
the victory and clinched first
place for the Bears in the North
State Conference. i
The Elon defense held Wells
to four points in the final periods,
but Propst took up the burden and
popped 18 points in the last half
to lead the victory march. The
backboard play of Wells and Bob
Ortmyer proved big factors in the
Bruin win. ^
The Elon quint seemed headed
for a win several times, with Dave
.Maddox proving a constant thorn
for the Bears. He bagged 27 points
for top scoring honors for the
night and received able aid from
hook-shooting Ed Juratic, who hit
tor 18 counters, and from Earl
Stone, who dropped 12 points for
Elon. Maddox hit thirteen free
throws without a miss for the
night.
It was Propst and Stone who
waged a twro-way battle near the
end, and the lanky Stone pulled
Elon up to a bare two-point de
ficit at 75-73 just one minute
before the end, but foul shots
boosted the L«noir Rhyne lead.
P09. Elaa (73) Lenoir Rhyne 7’)
E/oii TnimjAes Guilford
(hi Quakers’ Own Court
l^i rales 1 ake
(la^e \ ictorv
At Greenville
F—Maddox (27
F—Juratic (18)
C—Stone (12)
G—Hamrick (6)
G—^Mazzilli
Barker (10)
Ortmyer (17)
Wells (25)
Propst (20)
Cornwell (5)
Baseballers
Bef^in Drills
This Week
The Elon baseballers, who will
he defending the North State Con
ference diamond title this spring,
have already begun preliminary
workouts and will be ready foi
intensive practice with the return
;o the campus for the spring
quarter.
Coach Doc Mathis has already
met with fiis baseball candidates
and laid down conditioning rout
ines for the boys who will be seek-
ng positions in the spring sport.
The pitchers will probably work
regularly, possibly indoors on
cold days, in an effort to condi
tion their arms.
fhe Christians will have veter
ans available for every position
except first base, and It is posr
sible that Coach Mathis may switch
one of his veterans from another
position to handle that assignment
if no satisfactory youngster Is
found. Reports are, however, that
a number of capable rookies will
be seeking a position at the initial
sack.
is
Half—Lenoir Rhyne 36, Elon 35
Elon subs — Walker 2, Packard
8, Whitley, DeRiU, McIntyre, Cit
ty. Lenoir Rhyne subs—Hassell
Buff.
Strong point of the squad
once more expected to be found
on the pitchers’ mound, where four
senior stars will be available. All
four of the hurlers won All-Con
ference honors last season, and
two of the group claimed All
State berths. There will also be
two other All-Conference boys on
hand for duty, one of whom won
an All-State berth.
The East Carolina Pirates kepi
their "home floor jinx " working
as they chalked a 92 to 80 defeal
against the Fighting Chriftians in
Greenville on Saturday night, Feb
ruary 12th. The Pirate win evened
the score for Elon's earlier 76-64
victory on the Elon court.
The two North State rivals en
tered the game in a tie for third
place in the Conference standings,
but the defeat moved the Pirates
'to third and dropped Elon to
fourth spot for the first time thi;
season.
The Bucs got away to a hot
start in the first ten minutes, when
Don Harris paced his team to a
24-18 margin, and Carvel Nichols
took over the lead as Coach How
ard Porter's outfit waxed even
hotter in the second period. The
half-time score was 58-38.
Ronnie Mazzilli, Elon freshman
guard, was top man for Elon in
hat half, but it was Ed Juratic
who led a gallant Christian rally
the closing periods. Juratic
banged in 22 points in the final
half as Elon outscored the Pirates
by a 42 to 34 margin, but the 20-
point half-time deficit was too
great to overcome.
Juratic topped the Elon scor
ing for the night with 24 points,
but game scoring honors went to
the Pirates’ Carvel Nichols with
31 points. Coach Porter used his
substitutes only sparingly, and the
starting five Pirate players did all
the scoring.
Po«. Elon (80) East Carolina (92)
F—Maddox (15) Harris (23)
F—Juratic (24) Nichols (31)
C DeRita (7) Mendenhall (11)
G—Whitley (18) Thomas (14)
G—Hamrick (2) Heath (13)
Half—East Carolina 58, Elon 38.
Elon subs—Mazzilli 15, Stone 1,
McIntyre, Packard, King. East
Carolina subs — Akins, Hales
■Tames, McArthur, Solomon.
striking a blazing pace from the
first whistle, the Ehin Christians
hit six straight floor shots and
added a pair of perfect free throws
in the first three minutes as they
defeated the Guilford Quakers 93
to 69 in a North State Conlerence
cage battle in Quakertown on
Tuesday r;ight, February 8th.
Co-Captain Dave Maddox led
',his early drive by lhe Christians.
The big boy from Alabama drove
for four field goals and sank four
fiee throws in a personal scoring
lampage that gave him 12 points
in the first three and a half min
utes, and his teammates joined
I liirn in widening the margin
It was 4-0 in the first 15 sec
onds, both scores coming on driv
ing hooks by Maddox, before Bill
Atkins dropped a long push for
Guilford’s first score. Atkins hit
the first six points for the (Quak
ers, but he could not by his lone
efforts match the hot pace of the
.10 ■ losjers.
Ed Juratic, who was a demon
under the defensive backboard all
night, joined Maddox in the first-
half offensive for the Christians.
It was Elon by ten points at 42-32
at half-time.
Juratic and DeRita hit five
.straight points to give Elon a 15-
point lead as the second half
.opened, and that lead climbed to
nineteen points at 61-42 midway
tthe final period. The Elon reserves
played most of the final quarter,
with Jimmy Crump and Bobby
Tinrmons as pace-setters.
Dave Maddox had 22 points, 18
of them in the first half, to lead
both teams in scoring for the
night. Other Elon leaders were
Juratic with 20 and Whitley and
DeRita with 12 and 11 points.
Bill AtUns, the Quaker ace, had
21 points for the game, but 13
of them came from the free throw
line. Fine defensive play by Hank
Hamrick and Ronnie Mazzilli held
Atkins without a field basket in
the final half.
Pes. Elon (93) GulUord (69)
F—Maddox (22) Schmidt (9l
F—Juratic (20) Atkins (21)
C—DeRita (11) Dowd (7)
G—Hamrick (8) Hemric (6)
G—Whitley (12) Minor (16)
Half—Elon 42, GuUford 32.
Elon subs — King 2, Stone 4.
Mazzilli 4, Timmons 4, Crump 6,
McIntyre, Citty. Guilford subs—
Roan 3, Burgess 2. Jarrett 5, Gor
don, Teachey.