Wednesday. Febniary 13. 1957
MAROON AND GOLD
PA(» TURBB
Christian Cagers Play Away For Final Title Drive
^iou Quintet Downs Cats jtsr a mr of kamh.y r IN Two Tournaments Set
For Tenth Straight Win
striking quickly and with devas-|
, powefc the Christian cagers
the Western Carolina
Catamounts 90 to 66 here last;
Saturday nigiit and laid a firmer I
crasp on the runner-up spot in|
^ North State Conference cage,
ilci. The Catamounts could have!
uTct the ChrisUans for the second |
^ by winning that game, but
the Elon tossers knocked that hope
in the first five minutes. j
phe rivals were knotted at 2-2
in the first minute, but Dee Atkin-
»r. and Jimmy Crump pushed the
Christians into a 16-4 lead at the
live minute mark, and Ed Juratic
paced a drive that netted a 37-16
lead ten minutes later. The half-
time saw the Christians leading
47 to 18.
^he Elon starters continued their
drive in the early moments of the
^vind half, and within eight min-
5ev Elon was leading 70 to 37.
At that time Coach Mathis pulled
hu senior stars and opened up the
Cfcristian bench, playing the final
SCORING
Player
S
fs
ft
tp
Atkinson ...
22
170
126
4«6
Crump
. 22
140
122
40:;
Juratic
?,2
117
87
321
DeRita .... _ ....
?,1
61
85
207
Stone
. 22
63
55
181
Stout
IR
20
37
77
Turner ....
19
12
20
44
Bulla -
21
15
12
42
Carcaterra
19
13
8
34
M'atts _ .
10
11
7
2*
Way
9
11
5
27
Robertson
6
4
3
11
Rickover
R
4
2
10
Harerove
5
2
2
6
Other Players
_ 3
0
0
0
Elon Totals
22 642 569 1953
Opponents ..
22 553 429 1535
The line-ups:
Po8.—Elon (90) W. Carolina (66)
twelve minutes with a line-up con-|F—Atkinson 18 .... Bowen 11
eisting largely of freshmen and F—Stone 10
sophomores. They finished out the
90-66 win.
|Big Ed Juratic, who tipped in
several rebound buckets, topped
the Christian scoring with 20
piints, but he received able assis-
from Dee Atkinson with 18
tnd Jimmy Crump with 16 points.
Bill Bowen had 11 to top the Cat
amounts and was the only visitoi
'inldouble figures.
... Magiolo 6
C—Juratic 20 Shields 8
G—Crump 16 Pryor 9
G—Stout 2 Holcomb 4
Half-time — Elon 47, West Car
olina 18.
Elon subs — Way 6, DeRita 8,
Carcaterra 1, Watts 6, Bulla 2,
Turner 1. RdVertson, Rickover.
West Carolina snbs — City, Ray
4, Jones 9, Wilson 7. Williams 8,
Swartzel. Kirby.
Walking The
Chalk-Lines
By BILL WALKES
Intramural basketbaU man-1 has taken its place on the Amer-
lepr..; met last week and decided lean sports scene, and true to
form it has also taken a big sp6t
tgers met last week and decided
to]hold a tournament, which will
j^iljde the top four teams from
e»ch league. Teams which *p-
pti. definitely sure of berths in
tht tourney are the Footbrawlers,
Veterans, North Dorm, Carlton
fcaie. Tidewater, I. T. K. and
■iia Mu Sigma outfits.
Jrhe Christian cagers, in the
Hioli of the scrap for honors in
the North State Conference, wound
up their home play last Saturday
•ight and will be away from home
f»r four games in these final two
(kecks of the regular season. They
To Close Cage Season
There’s nothing like a bit of f imily feuding to lend spice to a ?ood basketbal game, and that s
exactly what happened when th ? Elou Christians and the Catawba Indians tangled on the floor
of Alumni Memorial Gymnasium here on Saturday. February 2n i. It was Paige Stout. Elon s steady
senior guard, and Pete Stout, a rugged Catawba guard, a pair oi cousins from neighboring Haw
River, who furnished the family f .'ature. The photographer got ai in'.erestine' shot when he caught
Elon’s Stout fellow (in white above) throwing up a rugged deEensive block against his Catawba
cousin, who is dribbling the ball Paige Stout, who broke into the Elon starting line-up in recent
weeks, has proved a valuable as ^et in Elon’s 10-game winning st re^k.
Maroon Cage
Squad Downs
Vii’ginia Five
The Elon Christians rolled DeRita, each of them with
a big first-half lead and coasted ^ the
home with a 92 to 59 victory over Fighting Christian cag-
Sharp Shooting Brings
Victory Over Bulldogs
Paced by the deadly shooting of I boasted a 46-40 margin at inter-
Ed Juratic, Dee Atkinson and [mission. Frank DeRita bagged ten
straight points at one time during
the Hampden Sidney Tigers here
on Friday night, February 1st. It
ers topped Atlantic Chrislian 95
to 91 here on Wednesdsy night
on the sports scene right here
at Elon. where numerous Elon stu
dents have joined and some
cases made up entire line-ups in
the BurlSlgfon commercial cir
cuits.
Many of these commercial and
industrial teams in neighboring
3urlington have had fine records
against all competition for the past
two years, and this program has
combined with the intramural pro
gram on the Elon campus to give
non-varsity Elon students a real
, ichance to display their basket-
kii Hampden Sidney up in Vir-|ball talents. Listed below ®
in the first one this weekjaumber of the Elon players w o
and then go to Greenville tor sjare making a fine showing in the
one on Saturday nigtS. Next! industrial basketball world,
weelc there’s L»noir Rhyne ancy MuU MUes, Jack Sutton and Jer-
Juilford on enemy courts to dosflry Holt play with the Monarc
W pre-tournament battling. JlVIUls, a power house of state in
dustaial and YMCA baskatball.
Of course that tournam'int batrl Monarch has lost few games in
r-3 gets underway with'the an-1 the past two years and won as
a'. Conference tourney at . Leic-1 year’s city championship. Mai Ben-
gton two weeks hence, but it'll nett and Norman Fields have been
yi news that the Caroliaasl with Gilliam Tire Company,
HA1.\ tournar»ent will be pliyedueam which is second only to o
fcere in Elon’s Alumni Memorial I narch.
Gymnasium on Tuesday and Wed-I 'The Bill Price Buicks, a team
iesday, March 5th and 6th, with which is oomposed entirely of Elon
event to l)e sponsored by Hwj students, won last years Indus na
Burlington Jay-Cees. This tourney League crown and was runner-
" it- the best in the North St^teLp to the Mbnarchs in the city
against the best in South .C*o- race. Its members mclude bo
lina's ‘Litle Four,” with'tlie win-1 Bergman, Ron Bargman, ® ’
er going to Kansas City. Only [gill Oliver, Dan Porter, Sam Whi e,
The Hampden Sidney crew
broke out to a 6-0 lead in last
was the fifth straight win January 30th. to avenge an ear-
Coach Doc Mathis's boys and gave defeat on the Bulldogs' own i„ the Elon victory,
hem a 14-3 victory .mark for the
season. jijg game was not nearly as
close as that 95-91 score could in
dicate, tor the Elon cagers built
night’s game and led 8-4 at the^yp ^ igad early in Ihe second
three-minute mark, but Captain | half, and Coach Mathis cleared
Dee Atkinson and Earl Stone
caught fire at that point and led
FJon as the Christians counted 18
to 4 in the next five minutes, push-
his bench in the closing moments.
It was against the Christian re
serves that Atlantic Chrtstian nar
rowed the spread.
mg the Maroon and Gold quint to, While Juratic, Atkinson and De
22-12 lead after eight minutes. | Rita joined forces to keep the nets
that first half to keep Elon out
front, and Dee Atkinson sparked
the locals to a 17-point spread at
72-55 midway the final half.
Rebounding played a big part
with Earl
Stone joining wib Atkinson, Jura
I'.ic and DeRita in literally freez
ing the Bulldogs away from the
defensive boards. Juratic was top
man for Elon with 25 points, but
he was pushed by Atkinson with
24 and DeRita with 20 counters.
The line-ups:
Elon Case (Sanies
0
Elon
85,
Pfeiffer 81.
Elon
98.
Wofiord 76.
Dloa
81.
McCrary 76.
Elon
67,
Belmont Abbey 58.
F.lon
78, GuUtord 54.
Elon
87,
Wofford 69.
Elon
94,
MrCrary 79.
F.lou
53,
Lenoir Rhyae 59.
Elon
78.
Appalachian 76.
Elon
82.
High Point 83.
Elon
77. East Carolina 59.
Elon
79,
Catawba 66.
Elon
77,
Atlantic Christian 81.
Elon
92, High Point 62.
Elon 83, West Carolina 71.
Elon
95.
Atlantic Christian 91.
Elon
92.
llampden-Sidney 59.
Elon
91.
Catawba 70.
Elon
94.
PfeUfer 75.
Elon
86.
Appalachian 48.
Elon
92,
Belmoht Abbey 76.
F.lon
90,
West Carolina 66.
(Remainlns Games)
Feb.
12-
—Hampden Sidney,
Feb.
16-
-East Carolina, away.
Feb.
21
— Lenoir Rhyne, away.
Feb.
23—Guilford, away. ^
The Christian cagers arc on the
road for the next two weeks in
a stretch drive tor basketball hon
ors and for placement in two
post-season tournaments, the first
of the tourneys being the annual
North State Conference meet and
the other the Carolinas NAIA
tournament to be held here on
the- Elon floor.
Tlie North State Conference
tournament, which will include the
top eight teams in the nine-team
loop, will get underway in Lex-
iugton on Wednesday, February
27th. and will continue through
Saturday, March 2nd.
The Carolinas NAIA meet, to be
Iieid here at Elon on Tuesday and
Wednesday, March 5th and (ith,
will be a four team affair, in
cluding the tournament champions
from the North State and South
Carolina “Little Four," plus the
two other teams from the com
bined two loops with the best rec
ord against NAIA competition.
As this week gets underway,
the Elon basketeers were firmly
£.nchored in second place in the
North State Conference standings,
with Lenoir Rhyne still boasting
an undefeated mark in first place.
Sports dope made the Bears and
Christians favorites for the top-
seeded spots in the Lexington
meet.
Holding second spot in the North
Slate standings also gave Elon an
excellent chance to claim one of
the four places in the NAIA tour
nament, barring of course the pos
sibility that a complete “dark
horse" could win the Conference
meet. If such should occur, it
would greatly hurt Elon’s NAIA
chances. The Christians will get
credit for their two victories o\fr
Wofford in figuring the chances
for the NAIA meet.
The remainder of the Elon sche
dule called for Hampden Sidney
away last night and East Carolina
in Greenville on Saturday of this
week. Next weeks play will carry
shaking all night, the individual
scoring honors tor the game Went
to Jack Underwood, stocky little
Bulldog guard, who personally net
ted 43 p»ints during the fray on
sixteen field goals and eleven tree
Atkinson continued to hit as Elon
gained a 49-31 edge at half-time.
Coach Doc Mathis used his start
ers only four minutes after inter
mission. inserting a full reserve
crew with a 61-32 advantage. The
reserves most of them freshmen,'throws.
outscore’d the Tigers through the The Elon tossers moved out to
remainder of the game for the the front early in the game and
Pos.—Elon (95)
F—Atkinson 24
F—DeRita 20 .
J—Juritic 25
G.—Cramp 6 ..
A. C. C. (91)
. . Widgeon 11
Whal^ 6
Marley 17
ifnderwood 43
fVsheboro. rw^
1 pacing the Christians against 1 QD oCOreP
ifler, the senior guard from T
G—Stout 10 Williams 12
Half-time — Elon 46, A. C. C.
40.
Elon subs — Stone 6, Gates 2.
Watts 2, Hargrove, Way, Bulla,
Turner. A. C. C. subs — Gregg
2, Hester. Hutchins.
final 92-59 spread.
Captain Dee Atkinson topped
the Elon attack with 23 points.
Other double-digit scorers tor the
Christians were Earl Stone with
14, Jimmy Crump with 12 and
Buddy Way with 11 points. Way.
a freshman from Sylvan High,
paced the reserves through the
late stages of the game.
Three of the invading Hampden
Sidney team hit in double figures,
including Ted Sheppard with 14.
G. I. Sayres with 11 and Captain
Doug Joyce with 10 counters. The
Tigers boasted an 11-5 victory
II,ark prior to their Elon invasion
The line-ups;
CaUiivha Is Turned Back
In ^Ground-Hof^ Tilt
thing about this tournament] Oscar Stephenson, (92, Hampden-Sid. (59)
the fact that it takes place dur-jdows and yours truly, , ’
104 spring holidays. 1 J. B. Vaughan is t -
♦ » » I the Johnston’s Oil Company,
The Elon basketeers celebrated
Ground-hog Day ’ by turning back
the Catawba Indians 91 to 70 on
the floor of Alumni Gymnasium
here on Saturday night. February
2nd. a victory which moved Elon
to second place and into the thick
of the North State Conference ti
tle race.
The Indians proved somewhat
annoying m the early stages of the
game, but there was just too much
F-Atkinson 23 ..— Putt 9 of Dee Atkinson and Jimmy
—DeRita 4 - Carter 4 Crump in the forefront ol the
Most people try to find some-laer of the first
one to take the blame for all bad! Industrial . gouse
►hrngs, and the weather is ^ ^fhalf
e^eption. Therefore, y»u miehtl runner-up m that
las well lay the blame for «U that There may be other Elon stu
liain on the footbal squad. Maybe j jgints. too, wit'o
jthe gridders brought it all on tojaiercial or industrial ball, but
Ikee? from meeting winter ^ames will give an idea what
|ti-e assignme^^ ^ I amateur cage ac-
Commercial league ^baskietballltion has in Elon sports
wi*h 28, Crump with 20. Jumtic
with 16 and Stone with 13 points
Woody Helfrich with 19 and
Sonny Clayton with 18 were lead
ers for the Indians, with Clayton
contributing a thrill tor the fans
on four successive steals and lay
ups within one minute during the
final half.
The line-ups:
Pos.—Eloa (91)
F—Atkinson 28
F—DeRita 6 ...
C—Juratic 8 Holcomb
G—Crump 12 - Joyce 10
G_Stout 2 Hawker 6
HaU-time — Elon 49, Hampden
Sidney 31. „
Elon subs - Way 11. Stone 14.
Turner 2, Carcaterra 3, Bulla 6,
Watts 5, Robertson 2. Hampden
Sidney subs - FenneU. Sheppard
14, Sayre 11. Martin S, Doddon 2,
Humphrey.
Elon attack as the Christians swung
ottt to a 39-29 advantage at half-
time and gradually lengthened the
lead.
Ed' Juratic and Earl Stone got
into the act too as Elon pulled
further ahead in the final half
to gain the 21-polnt spread at the
final buzzer. Atkinson finished
Catawba (70)
.. Earney 12
Hunt 4
C—Juratic 16 Cline 2
G—Crump 20 Helfrick 19
G—Stout 6 Clayton 18
Half-time — Elon 39, Catawba
29.
Elon subs-— Stone 13, Watts 2
Way, Carcaterra, Turner, Bulla
Catawba subs —> Fleming 2, Stout
11, Bryant 2, Smith.
Cagei*s Roll
For Victory
At Pfeiffer
Maistaining the hot pace that
has characterized their play
thrdugh the past three weeks, the
0ton Christians rollad for their
seventh straight victory in defeat
ing the Pfeiffer CoHege Panthers
94 to 75 at Meisenheimer on Mon
day night, February 4th.
Jimmy Crump, who has hit a
fast pace most of the season, led
the way for the Christians in the|j.,gn to Lenoir Rhyne on Thurs-
win over the Panthers, hitting for Ljay night and to Guilford for the
34 points, which marked the high-^gason finale on Saturday night.
cst individual score of the sea-
son for an Elon player. Earl Stone _ , _
had set the previous high mark I IS
with 33 points against McCrary'
at Asheboro
In
Pfei
.\berdeen racked 11 field goals 1 »
and hit on 12 of 15 tries from UVer ADDS
the free throw line. This fine ex- • ^
hibition of free throwing was still Husky Ed Juratic was the big
ielow the 90 per cent pace which boy around the basket as the Elon
has kept Crump among the lead- Christians trampled the Appala-
ers In the NAIA ranks all the chian Mountaineers 86 to 48 in
seasos. a Conference cage battle on the
Right behind Crump for the! Elon floor on Wednesday night,
Christians was Captain Dee At- February 6th. It was Elon’s eighth
kinson, who counted an even doz-1 straight win.
en field buckets and three freel The score was quite one-sided,
throws tor 27 points. This total! but it took some .sharp shooting
gave Atkinson the all-time career by Juratic midway the first half
scoring record tor Eloa players, I to shake Elon out of a cold streak,
[running his total for four sea-j At that time the App« were lead-
sons to 1,675 points to top thejing by a 14-13 nargln, but the
1 old mark of 1,653 that had beenjoig Indiana boy pulled the Chris-
set by Ben Kendall. tians away to a 34-26 lead at in-
The Christians grabbed the lead termission.
at the start and led Pfeiffer all 1 Early in the .second half Atkin,
the way, moving to a 47-35 mar-Uon and Juratic joined forces to
/in by half-time a«d stretching the pump Elon into a 72-40 margin af-
spread to full 20 points fi»e min- ter fifteen minutes, and Coach
utes after intermissicyi. The Pan- Mathis finished out the game with
thers sliced the lead to 10 points leserves. The Elon youngsters led
mid-way that final half, but they I the Mountaineers through the late
could not halt the rampaging Elon minutes and widened the Christian
tossers. Ilead.
Richard Biddy, former E. M Juratic was tops for Elon with
Holt star, with 27 points and A1 23 points, with Atkinson hitting 16
Hasbrouch with 21 were the top and Crump 10. Dave Abernathy,
men for the Pfeiffer squad, which with 22 points, was the only Moun-
had previously dropped an 8.‘^1 Itaineer in double figures,
decision to Elon on the Christian The line-ups:
court. Pos.—EIod (86) Appalachian (48)
The line-ups: 1f—Atkinson 16 Abernathy 22
Pos.—Eloa (94) Pfeiffer (15)jF—DeRita 7 H»rton 4
F—Atkimson 27 Hasbrouch 21 j(^—Juratic 23 Mize
F—DeRita 7 Nuckols 10 C3—Crump 10 Bush 8
C—Juratic 8 Biddy 27 C3—Stout 4 WUllams 6
G—Crump 34 Petrea 7| Half-time — Elon 34. Appala-
G—Stout 5 —Bryant 6|chian 26.
Half-time — Elon 47, Pfeiffer j Elon subs — Way 2. Stone 8,
[Carcaterra 4, Watts 2, Bulla 6,
35.
Elon subs — Stone 9, Carcater-
ra 2, Watts 2. Pt^fer subs _p°»crtson 4. Turaer. Appalachian
Woodhouse 2, Tyson; 2", Gannan I ’“bs — Mize, Swift, Hiatt, Wyatt
Kiser. j I. Banner 2, Glendenaing.