Thursday, March 26, 1959
MAROON AND GOLD
f^1 TTfc -H 11 . ' PAGE Timr.B
Squad To Be Busy During Spring Vacation
Nine Battles Fort Lee;
Plays Lejenne Tourney
B.O.B, Girls
Grab Title
In Play Day
The Beta Omicron Beta sorority
basketeers posted a strong bid fori
the girls collegiate championship ;
of North Carolina when they
^ turned back varsity t«ams from
I Wake Forest, Salem, Greensboro'
I and Elon colleges in a girls' bas-^
]cetbaU play day tournament here
last Saturday.
The B.O.B. outfit, which had
I ' previously won the Elon campus
Ititle, entered its team as a unit
[in the play day event, which was
[held in both morning and after-'
poon sessions at Alumni Memor
ial Gymnasium last Saturday. The
^'ake Forest lassies finished sec-
oiid, Salem C«Uege third, Greens
boro fourth and the Elon All-Star
(V'arsity fifth in the tournament.
I In gaining the tournament title,
|the B.O.B. sextet defeated Wake
Forest 15 to 14, turned back Sa
lem 23 to 17, downed the Elon
|M1-Stars 25 to 13 and whipped *
Greensboro College 16 to 10. Mar-
tha Langley, who racked 46 points
■ fin the four games for B.O.B., was
j Individual high schorer tor the
' r.y’s play.
Other games played saw Wake
Forest defeat Greensboro 20 to
8, Blon 27 to 23 and Salem 22 to
18: while Salem defeated Elon 14
tc 12 and Greensboro 19 lo 12;
a'nd Greensboro posted iu lone
victory over Elon by a 16 to 10
margin.
(Continued on Page Kour)
S^EMOR VETEIUNS WITH ELON BASEBAIJ. SQUAD
m.
TONY CARCATERRA, SENIOR OUTFIELOEB
DON UCHOK. SEVIOR INFIELDE*
Calling The
Sports Shots
By JIMMY ELDER
I Two of the senior veterans who are counted on for regular duty with the Fisjtiting Christian base-
i bailers durrn? this 19o9 campaign are pictured above. They are Tony Carcaterra, left, an All-Con-
ference and All-State outfielder from Inwood, L. I., N. Y„ who is beginning his fourth and final .sea
son m an Elon uniform; and Don Lichok, right, a veteran infieldvr from Brackenridge, Pa , who
I ha^ been a regular for the past seasons art second base. Carcaterra posted a .358 batting average
; ast season and tied with GU Wa ts for the runn-batted-in leader.shjp. The big boy also tied for the
I lead m doubles and homers an I paccd the club in triples. Lichok. whose main strength lies in his
! glove work, batted .250 for the year with Elons 1958 Conference champions.
Diamond Squad Has 10 Letternien
:oach Graham L, “Doc" Matllis, strong athletic program is sup-
the rotund and jovial cage men-1 posed to raise school spirit, to
tor for the Elon College Chris-1 strengthen student pride in the col-
tUns for the past decade, has lege and to spread the name of
sabmitted his resignation to Pres^
ident Danieley, effective on June
1st, and this resignation ends one
of the most successful coaching
tenures in the history of the North
State Conference,
fCoach Mathis’ over-all record
the ten basketball seasons re-
^veals an enviable 162 wins and
118 losses, and his teams have
won top North State Conference
lafrels in 1956 and gained the
championship of the Carolinas Dis
trict of the NAIA in 1952, 1956
•»d 1957. By virtue of ths three
A district titles, the Christians
went on to Kansas City for the
n*tional tournament in each of
representative
-O^istrict 26.
■ file retiring coach also coached
Elon diamond squad for three
years, beginning in 1954, posting
an [over-all mark for thosa three
s^ons of 47 wins and 18 losses,
and his hoys added another North
State championship in 1954.
flit last two basketball seasons
have been something short of sen
sational for the Davidson College
graduate, but the feeling in most
liprters is that the record of
thKf two seasons had little or
- w effect in bringing about his
kesigaatioB.
action taken by Coach Ma-
raises several pertinent ques-
fl* regarding the future of ath-
at the college. First of all.
Is (Uiere any trend toward de-em-
PlWiiis of athletics on the campus.
Cflrtainly there have been rumors
[- to [that effect. The administartive
officials say that there is no de-
6T.phasis, and actually there has
little evidence of such.
■ 3 in turn brings up the ques-
whether de-«mphasis, if it
to «ome, would be good for
th- school as a whole. I believe,
** us time, under existing condi-
'■hat it might be of benefit,
phe understanding is that
Elon College through the several
media of communications.
Certainly Elon College has had
some excellent publicity through
it.s athlctic_program, but the sports
participation has seemingly failed
in the large part to improve stu
dent spirit or, to increase student
pride in the college.
The administration evidently
knows that the surest and best
way to earn the respect and loyal
ty of a student body is to provide
first of all a strong academic
foundation. When this is firmly
established, and circumstances
permit, there should then be a
strong athletic program establish
ed.
Does this mean that I as an in
dividual am advocating that we
do away with intercollegiate ath
letics altogether. Of course not.
Nevertheless, it might be good to
have a re-emphasis of certain mi
nor sports.
For instance, many schools
achieve a national reputation for
their excellence in the minor
sports. Rollins College in Florida
W)S annually excelled in golf, and
usually in baseball too; Abilene
Christian College has obtained in-
teraation^ repute iot its . track
stars, prominently. Bobby Morrow;
and the Uat goes on enolessly.
Why couldn’t Elon give scholar
ships in golf aau tennis, for in
stance, enabling us to compete
with the larger schools all over
The Elon College baseball squad,
: which is defending both the North
State Conference championship
and the title honors in the North
and South Carolina District of
the NAIA that were won last
rpring, shows a veteran nucleus
that includes ten letter nen, nine
of them from last year's fine
iquad and the tenth from the
Conference champs of 1957. but
Coach Jack Sanford still had his
problems as the 1959 campaign
got underway this week with five
home games against New England
teams.
Coach Sanford had more than
thirty men working out in the
early drills for this year’s titular
bid, but schoia.stic difficulties cut
a number of boys from the rotter,
and others have fallen by the
wayside as the spring workouts
continued. The most recent ros
ter for the Christian baseballers
the Southeastern United States, or, j
for that matter, all over the na-;
tion? :
Also prominent at this time is|
the question of who will replace j
Coach Ma'this, and one hears many!
names mentioned in connection
with the position. No names have
been revealed thus far, but Prej-
ideat Danieley has assured that a
coach will be found as quickly as
(Contlnuea on Page Four!
Schedule Is Set
For Net Squad
The Elon tennis team, which
will play this sprin* under the
direction of Coach Robert Dun
lap, will face twelve dual meets'
and will participate in the an
nual NoiHh State Confereince
tournament.
Cuach Dunlap has four let-
termen back from last year, in
cluding Steve Mauldin, Jim Ben
nett, John Lowther aod Ge«e
Rhodes. Others seeking position--
on the net squad ire WiUlam
Farries, D. C. Hirri*. Bad Bur
gess. Jim Walsh and Jack A«-
gea.
The schedule follows:
Mar. 25—East CaroHna, away.
Mar. 26—Atlantic Chris., away.
Apr. ^—Appalachian, home.
Xpr. 9—High Point, away.
Apr. 11—Pfeiffer, away.
Apr. 15—GulUord, home.
Apr. 18—East Carolina, home.
Apr. 2#—AUantic Chris., home.
Apr. 29—CniWord. away.
j(ay 5—Pfeiffer, home.
May 7—AppaJaohian, away.
May 9—High Point, home.
listed less than twenty-five men,
and from that group will come
the Maroon and Gold varsity this
spring. Those players are intro
duced to the campus fans in tlie
following sketches.
CATtHEKvS
JOE DELGAIS — A senior let-
terman who played in 1956 and
1957, DelGais did not participate
in the diamond sport last year.
fTs hails from Inwood, L. I., N. Y.,
stands 5 feet 8 inches tall and
weighs 175 pounds. He bats and
throw^i right. Also starred as a
bad, ,'ld man in football.
EDDIE HUGHES — A junior
from Burlington, Hughes is a
tr^insfer from the University of
North Carolina who sat out last
spring for eligibility. Standing 5
feet 11 mches, he weighs 174
pounds and bats and throws right.
DAVID TYLER — A junior from
Charles City, Va.. Tyler stands 6
feet tall and weighs 185 pounds.
He bats and throws right.
PITCHERS
GILBERT WATTS — A senior
letterman from Laurinburg, Watt^
is starting his fourth seaason in
' an Elon uniform. He won t)oth
All-Conference and All-State hon
ors in regular season last spring
and went on to win AM-American
listing in the national NAIA tour
ney. Watts is 6 feet tall, weighs
178 pounds and bats and throws
right. Can play either infield or
outfield when not pitching. Also
captain and guard in basketball.
GARY HENSON — A junior let
terman from Granite Falls, Hen
son is 5 feet 10 inches tall and
weighs 170 pound.s. He throws left
and bats right and can play out
field when not pitching.
ARTHXm THO.MPSON — K
'sophomore letterman from Gra
ham (Alexander Vilson High)
Thcmpson is 6 feet 2 inches tall,
weighs 175 pounds and bats aad
throws right
! DAN MANGRUM — A junior re-
I serve from Virgilina, Va., Man-
jgrun is 8 feet tall and weighs
1178 pounds. He bats and throws
I right Was on last year’s squad
I but did not letter becauso handl-
apped by injuries.
ROGER KNAPP — \ sopho
more reserve from Verona, Pa.,
Knapp is 6 feet 1 inch tall and
weighs 178 pounds. He bats and
throws left.
AUSTIN COOK — A freshman
from Denton, Cook is 6 feet in
height and weighs 175 pound.s. He
bats and throws right.
(Continued on Page r'our)
For the Christian baseballers,
who opened their 1959 diamond
campaign by meeting three New '
England tSams in a real “Yankee
Week" series this week, the an
nual spring holidays that are set
next week will mean practicallj
nothing, for the Maroon and Gold
nine will face one of the busiest
weeks of the season while the
other students are away from the
Jiimpu!. on vacation.
The baseball squad will use the
holid.iy period for visits to two
of Uncle Sam's military posts,
where they will f.ice five games
during the holiday week. The dia
mond crew will leave here next
Monday for Fort Lee. Va.. where
hey have two games carded and
A ill then move on to Camp Le-
ieune to compete in a tournament
It the big .Marine ba^e.
The Christians will face the
strong Fort Lee nine on the Vir-
izinia army post on Tuesday and
Wednesday of next week. This
marks the second straight year
hat the Elon horsohide artists
haave tangled with the Fort Lee
:rew during spring vacation. Last
y’ear Coach Sanford’s boys played
Fort Lee three times and won two
out of three. The Chri.stians de
feated Fort Lee 16 to 7, dropped
a 10-4 decision and then copped
the series with a fine 6 to I vic
tory.
Immediately after next week's
two tilts at Fort Lee, tlie Chris
tians will trek southward down
the Carolina coast to Camp Le-
jeune, where they will tangle with
the Camp Lejeune Marines and
Ithaca University in a three-day
tournament. All reports are that
Camp Lejeune will field a power
ful outlit, and Ithaca comes south
with prospects of one of the strong-
Baseball Soiled
II le I
Mar. 33—-WUlia honif.
Mar. 24—WilliamH, hotur.
Mar. 33—Colby, home.
Mar. 26—Ciilby, home.
Mar. 27—Dartmouth, homr.
Mar. ,'il—Port I.ee. away.
Apri. 1—Fort Lrr. away.
Apr. 3—Lejrunc Tournament.
Apr. 3—lirjiMinc Tuurnanicnt.
Api. 4—Lejrune Tournament.
Apr. 6—Hixh Point, aw:iy.
Apr. 7—Guilfurd, home.
Apr. II—\. C. C., homr.
Apr. 14—('atawha. away.
Apr. 16—Lenoir Khyne, home.
Apr. 17—West CaroJina. hunic.
Apr. 18—West Carolina, home.
Apr. 21—Ilij;h Point, home.
Apr. 22—.\ppalachian. away.
Apr, 33—Kenoir Rhyiir, away.
Apr. 25—Kast ('arolina. home.
Apr. 28—Catawba, home.
Apr. 30—Appalachian, home.
May 1—Pfeiffer, away.
May a—A.C.C.. away.
May 5—Pfeiffer, home.
May 9—Ra.st Carolina, away.
May 15 — Guilford, a^^ay.
Elon Coach
Speaks For
Civic Group
Speaking to the Uuriington Ki-
wanis Club last Thursday night.
Prof. Jack Sanford, chairman of
the department of physical edu
cation at Elon Colelge, stressed
the problem of physical deteriora
tion on the national scale as he
est collegiate outfits in their area,,»Pol‘e on the topic of "Health and
The week following spring holi- I’hysical Fitness.”
days will abo be a busy one, with | In pointing out the lack of phy-
Lhe Christians opening their bid's^cal fitness In bc(h American
for a third consecutive North State
Conference title by meeting High
Point, Guilford and Atlantic Ch Is-
tisn in three loop battles. The
Christians go to High Pomt on
Monday after the holidays, meet
Guilford here on the home field
on Tuesday and then entertain
th»> Atlantic Christian nine on Sat
urday, April nth. Those three
games will go far in de'.ermlning
(Continued Op Page Four'
youth and adults, Sanford cited
statistics from the United States
armed services in regard lo the
number of men of military age
who have been found lacking In
physical abilities during and since
World War II.
He also described for the Kl-
wanians the physical education
program at Elon College, which
is designed to meet the problem
(Continued on Page Four)
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