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Thursday. May 14. 195> MAROON AND GOLt PACK THJtKI ^ Pirates Blast Elon llopesFor 1959 Baseball Championship Tracksters Win Close Meet Over High Point The Elon Christian tracksters' could manage only five first places A gi„j ties for two others m their riLliUidlUCC with High Point at Buriiag-i ton Stadium on April 28th, but strength in the weight evenU and points picked up on seconds and thirds enabled the Christians to defeat the Panthers 67 to 64 in n close meet. Eddie Burke, who set new Elon records in both hurdle events, topped the Flon scoring with 12 points, gained on a first in the hurdles and ties for first in the high hurdles and high jump. Other first-place winners for Elon were Carl Fmller in the shot, Dick jlsre In the discus, Hank Car mines in the javelin and Bill Lib by in the hundred. The summary: 100 YARD DASH; Libby (E), Suitt (HP), Droze (B). TIME: 10.4 YOl NG PITCHERS WrAJ C3 : 1)1 HI\; SEASON 220 YARD DASH; Suitt (HP), Droze (E), Gregg (E). TIME: 22.75 jtecs. 440 YARD DASH: Simmons (HP), Stuckey (E),- Moore (E). TLME: 54.5 secs. 880 YARD BUN: Dean (HP). Harrell (E), Surratt (HP). TIME: 2 noins. 4.75 secs. MILERUmJ: Vert (HP). Daniels (HP), McLean (E). TIME: 5 mina. 8 2 secs. TWO-MILE BLTV: Vert (HP), Daniels (HP), Plaster (S). TIME: , llmins. 17.3 secs. I HIGH HURDLES: Tie for first 1 by Burke (E) and Hackney (HP); [third Gregg (E). TIME: 15:15 i secs. I 220 YARD LOW HURDLES I Burke (E), Hackney (HP). Gregg 1 (K). TIME: 25:15 secs, j HIGH JUMP: three-way tie by Burke (E), Hackey (HP). Short ,(HP). HEIGHT: 5 feet 6 inches. BROAD JUMP: Short (HP), Hackney (HP), Gragg (E). DIS TANCE; 19 feet 9 inches. POLE VAULLT: Short (HP), Carnaines (E), Stuckey (E). HEIGHT: 10 feet 10 inches. SHOT: Fuller (E). More CEi. Guthrie (E). DISTANCE; 41 feet 11 1-2 inches. DISCUS: More (E), Brosky (E), Fuller (E). DISTANCE: 115 feet 0 inches. MILE RELAY: High Point. TIME: 3 mins. 35.3 secs. Downs Elon Cinder Team The Apprentice School cinder- ^ men grabbed off eleven firsts in! fourteen events as they defeated the Christian track squad 86 to 36 in a dual meet at Newport News, Va., on Saturday, April 25th. Only winners for Elon were Eddie Burke in the high hurdles, Larry Gregg in the broad jump and Tjnner; Brosky and Dick More in the dls-1 cus. The summary: ^ 100 YARD DASH: Wunder (A)'g«.» and Selfe (A) tied tor first; Gregg (E).TIME: 10.8 secs. 220 YARD DASH: Whiteside (A), Gregg (E), Droze (E). TIME 24.4 secs. 440 YARD DASH: Whiteside (A). Harrell (E), Kolesha (A). TIME: 53.8 secs. 880 YARD RUN: Spencer I.' r East Carolina Defeats Christian Outfit Ttvice The Ea.st Carolina Pirates bloat ed Elon's hopes (or a Mtird CM>- .sccutive North State champion- ^ ship tu smithereens with a pair , '. j,” of decisive basebnU vlctorieb, i«- ^ V'j ' vading the Klon home field on April 2Sth for a terrific 11 to 1 wiu and afding a 7-3 deoijiion on the Ptratn Held at Greenrille last Saturday. May 9th. ■ i . The ChnsUanji ouUut Uie Plr- in the first of their two meet- * ings on the Elon field the last B«8«baU Schedule B. Steppe (A). D. Steppe (A). TIME: 2 mins. 11 secs. _ MILE RUN: Spencer (A), Plas-, „ • u, • t ter (E) Bell (A) TIME: 4 mins. Jo'’'’ '^an Benschoten. of Southern Pines, left, and Roger Knapj), of Verona, Pa , right, a pair of youngsters on tlie Elon pitching staff, have proven valuable performers for Coach Jack Sanford’s diamond crew this spring. Van B'niichoten, who chalked three coiMt'cutive victorie- in t!v early season, suffered his first loss of the year as Elon split a double-header at AU;uitic Chiistian la.st Fri- i day afterno«m; while Knapp, wh^o has appeared in seven games, shows one win and no looses dur- h\g the seasr.n 46 secs. TWO-MILE RUN: Cook (A), Jell (A). Jones (A). TIME: 11: min3. 8 secs. 120 HIGH HURDLES: Burke (E). CJregg (F.), Washington (A). TIME: 16.5 secs. 220 LOW HURDLES: Selfe (A), Nesbitt (A), Carmines (E). TIME: 27.4 secs. HIGH JUUMP: Adams (A) and Hooper \) tied for first; Selfe (A) and Burke (E) tied for third. HEIGHT: 5 feet 6 inches. BROAD JUMP: Gregg (E), Selfe (A), Gregory (A). DIS TANCE: 20 feet 5 inches. POLE VAULT; Williams (A), Gregory (A), tie forthird by Car mines (E) and Bragg (A). HEIGHT: 11 feet. SHOT: Spence (A), Savage (A), Fuller (E). DISTANCE: 41 feet. DISCUS: Brosky (E) and More (E) tied for first; Guthrie (E). DIS TANCE: 108 feet. mile RELAY: ApprenUce. TIME: 3 mins. 34.7 secs. Lenoir Rliyne Wins Triangular Meet Over Elon And Guilford Cindermen The Lenoir Hhyne Bears grab- four events, with Eddie Burke Knidlii (G), Hnmer (O), Plaster bed off ten fii-st places to tum leading the way with wins in botu (E). TIME: 11 mins. 44.7 wcs. back Elon and Guilford in a lri-[tlie high and low hurdles. Other, 120 HIGH HURDLES: Burke ^ angular track meet at Guilford on I Elon firsts were won by Ronnie!.-;), second tie between Wood-._ ' April 3(Jth. The Bears counted 75, Droze in the 100 yard dash and! ward (LR) and Cockrell (LR). points for fir^t, traUed by Elon 1 Hank Carmines in the pole vault, fourth Mjrsh (Gt. TIME: 15.7 sees, j Trailing Burke in the Elon point] 220 LOW HURDLES: Burke (E).i column was Gail Stuckey, who! Soule (LR). Bowers (G). Droae| placed second in the quarter. sec-.(E) TIME: 26 6 secs, ond in the pole vault and third, HIGH JUMP: Woodward (Lil).: in the broad jump. Stuckey also j Burke (E), tie third by Cockrell, ran anchor leg on Elon's second-|(LR) and Bailey (G). HEIGHT: Saturday in April by a 9 to 4 mar gin, but the Pirate* couplitd thair fiHir safeties with seven bases on balls to count their decisive win. Gil Watts, ace of the Blon staff, was the victim of the Pirates, who garnered seven runs ia a sacond- inning uprising. The East Carolina uprising in ^ the second saw the seven Pirate runners race home on two hit# and Qve bases on ball. Gary Hen son relieved Watts with two out in the big frame, and he worked ■ '•'V» ' Carcaterra and tieoson all ; ■ ■ .got two hits for Elon, but the Cliristian.s could never bunch their hits for more thau their single run in the fifth rack. Henson wag Uie victim of a mur derous batting onslought by the Pirates in the second meeting at GrpeaviUe, a game which saw the i',ast'c!irolina hitters blast fifteen liits while Larry Crayton, fresh man star, limited the Elon batters I to five single*. The Pirate assault I on Henson marked the stocky Elon I southpaw’s first defeat of thejuggj year after winning six consecu-1 • j steady ball the rest of the way, I hut the damage was already done ] E1«b 9. WlUUma S. Elon 8, WllUamit 1. Kbo 12, CaBir I*. Elon 9, Colby 6. Rloa-Darteiwtk (ruin). Moa 3, Fort Lee 1. Blon 11. F»rt Lee 2. RIm S, Lejeaa* 12. Khw t, Ithaea 4. tOofl S. Itluca 4. Eton 8. Lejenae 7. Klon 13, Hlgk Poiat Z. Klon S, Guilford V. R100-A.C.C. (Kaln). F>m 2. CaUw1>a S. RIon 1, Lcoolr Rhyne t. Rloa Z, West Carolina t. Elon 15, West Carollaa . Kkm 8. Hlfh PeUt S. Ekm 8, Leiiolr Rh,Tttr 2. HIdb 1. F.aal CarvllBa II. Elna II, Appalachian 7. FJob 7. Caiawba 8. Klon 8, AppalaoWan 8. fOoB 7. PtelfTrr 11. Elon 4. Pfeltter I. F.km T, A. C. C. 1. Eton 3. A. C. C. 4. Eloa 2. East Carolina 7. (Kemaiainc: Gam«a> May 15 — Guilluril, away. 'tive victories. Heniioo gave way to Arthur Thompson in the eighth, and Thompson retired the Pirates on two strikeouLs. The Pirate win at Greenville left Coach Jim Mallory's squad j with a 11-0 record in North State while the defeat left Elon with an 11-4 loo]) mark and only one game to play againat Ci«ll- ford at Guilford oo Friday of thU week. The score by innings follow: FIRST CAMS r h • 070 100 012—11 4 0 000 010 000— 1 9 2 Crayton and Watts; Watts, Hen son (2) and DelGais. SECOND GAME r h • Elon . . 000 OOO 011—2 i 0 Ea.it Car. . 211 000 03—7 15 S Henson. Thompson (8) and Del Gais; Crayton and Johnson. with 54 and Guilford with 33 points. The Christians captured first in CaUing The Sports Shots By JIMMY ELDER Bmehnllers Turn Back Pfeiffer ‘9’ On the eve of May Day two a weeks ago I received a telephone call from Prof. Luther Byrd ask ing me if I would not like to meet new basketball coach. Bill Miller, who was to hold a session that night with the current crop of Bon basketball players With such an op^rtunlty Uius Master's Degree and be (juali- fied to teach In the Department of Health and Physical Education. But the president stressed above all that the new cage mentor must be “a committed Christian gen tleman.” As the president mentioned, he knew it would be difficult to find »u^ «. ..mp„ .. ». .PP.4.W the Big Four coache*. Dr. Danieley stated that he received a letter from a friend in Chapel Hill, for whom he had a, great deal of re spect, and this friend wrote that "Bill Miller is the kind of “an whom I would want teaching and coaching ray own children.’ This reconunendatipo was quit* sufficient for Dr. Danieley and the jidministrative committee, »o Wil liam Ralph MUler was selected, And froal this first meeting b^ tweea the aew coach and hiJ squad, it would appear that he doe* in deed have the fiacessary qualifi cations to suceeed Coach "Doc’ Mathij. Dr. Danieley then relinquished the platiorm to -Coach Miller, who to gain an acquaintance with the man who wiU guide Elon’s cage destinies during the coming year and probably the comiM years. Dr. Danieley introduced me to Coach Miller, and I Immediately found him to be a very personable and unassuming man. and I ad journed with the prefsident and the new coach to o»e of the claas- rooms in Alamanoe Hall, where the meeting was scheduled. President Danieley spoke brief ly about the process of choosing the new coach from among the 34 applicants lor tbe post. He **t forth the very stiff qiulificationB that the administrative cptnnilt^ tee wanted tak the new coach. He pointed oiit tlwt the t.ew coach musli have a reasonably good basketball record, he must be young, he must have at least (Continued on Page Four) Timely hitting behind the com bined pitching efforts of Arthur Thompson and Gary Henson gave the Elon Christians a close 4 to 3 victory over the Pfeiffer Pan thers here on May 5th. The win avesged an earlier loss to the Pfeiffer nine. Arthur Thompson, lanky rights hander, worked tlie first six and two-thirds innings and let Coach Joe Ferebee's outfit down with three hits, never more than one in any one frame. An error pair ed with a hit for two Pfeiffer rtms in the third, and three walks contributed to a third marker in the seventh. Henson came on in the seventh 1 a reliefer and allowed two hits in the final racks, but sharp field ing held the Panthers away from the plate. The fielding gem of the day was a brilliant stop by George Allen deep in the hole at short. The Christians pushed over sin gle runs In the first and third, and then came the winning rally for Elon in the sixth when a tri ple by Steve WaU and singles by Joe DelGais. Arthur Thompson and Don Lichok counted two runs. Ted Eaaes was top sticker fw Bon with' three singles in four trips, with Don Lichok contribut ing a triple and single for three tries. No Pfeiffer batter hit safe- ly more tttan once. Tbe score by r k e Pfeiffer M2 X» ® ° Elon 101 OOx-4 9 2 Staley and Bryson; Thompson. Henson (7) and DelGais. place mile relay team. The summary: 100 YARD DASH: Droze (E). Libby (E). Bowers (G). Mei-oney (G). TIME: 10.5 secs. 220 YARD DASH: Midgett (LR). Ranker (LR). Bowers (G). Droze (E). TIME: 23.5 secs. 44) YARD DASH: Midgett (LR). Stuckey (E), Moore (E). Ledge (LR). TIME: 54.9 sees. 880 YARD RUN: Bowman (LR). 5 feet 9 inches. BROAD JUMP: Barley (G), Moi-etz (LR). Midgett (LU), Stuc- kcy (K). DISTANCE: 20 feet 4 inches. I POLE VAULT: Carmines (E),l Fulton (G). Stuckey (E), Simpson I (G). HEIGHT: 10 feet 6 inches. SHOT: Saunders (LR), More' (E), Fuller lE), Guthrie (E). DIS-i Christian baseballers brokt TANCE: 41 feet 10 1-2 inches. I ^jth the Atlantic Christian DISCUS: Saunders Bulldogs at WUson last Friday .if- Carcaterra’s Double Is Key Hit Over Catawba Elon Squad Splits With Bulldog iSine Harrell (E), Weannouth (G), Mc- Blamroch (LR). TIME: 2 mins. j TANCE: 121 feet 7 inches, 12.5 secs. ' JAVELIN: Julian (LR), Car- MILE RUN: Bowman (LR),i mines (E), Renr jlla (LR), More Wagoner (G), Hardin (G), I»la.s-j (E). DISTANCE: 168 feet 2 inches, ter (E). TIME: 4 mins. 57.8 secs, j MILE RELAY: Lenoir Rhyne, TWO-MILE RUN: Bowman (LR), Elon. TIME: 3 mins. 39.7 sec*. (LR), Cox (G), Broeky (E). 1^1^, ternoon In a North State Confer lence double-header, with Elon tak ing the opener by a 7-1 count and Henson Hurls Christians To Win Over Appalachian Tony Carcaterra blasted a two- run double to right field in the bottom of the ninth to give the Elon Christians a 7 to 6 victery over the Catawba Indians here on Tuesday, April 28th. The win revenged an earlier 3 2 loss to the Indians on the Catawba field. It was a .hard-fought gnme all the way. with Catawba gaining a short lead with a single run In the first, only to have the Chris tians rebount* for two marks In the bottom oi same frame, hut Catawba counted three in the third and two in the fourth to the BuUdogs taking the nightcap pgggin the lead and hold it until in extra innings by a 4-3 margin, ninth. Gil Watts, Elon’s senior ace and Indians were out front 6-5 top batter, came through with aj^^^ tlireatened U> score again 5-hit mound performance andj^jj^ men oo in the lop of the timely hitting as he turned l>acki Gary Hen.son went to tve Bulldogs 7 to 1 in the seven-, mound at that tim- a> the Inning opening game. The Eloa ^ gjjjtj, gf j, parade of Elon pitchers outfit delivered nine hits and gave forced Ray Oxendlne to Gary Henson, junior southpaw. field grounders. went the route on the mound as he pitched Elon’s Christians to an 8 to 6 victory over the Appa lachian Mountaineers here on April 30th. He scattered nihe Mountaineer hits along the routte as he won his six victory of the season without a defeat. The Christians got away to a 2-0 lead io . the early innings, counting one in the second and one i» the third. The Apps scored their first marker in the fourth, but Elon bounced back with sin gleton markers of their own in both the fourth and fifth. Henson was in trouble fpr the first nmy in the sev«nth when tbe Appalachian outfit loaded tKe bases and counted two run* on three singles and a walk after one was out, but the Eloa J«fty got the next two batters on In- The Christians iced the game in the eighth with four runs after o«e was away. A hit by Henson and walks to Joe DelGais and Don Lichok were followed by George Allen’s three-run double, and Al len counted on Tony Carcaterra’s sing’e. A three-run homer gave the visitors three runs In the ninth, but it was too little and too late. Carcaterra was top stick man for the Christians with four sin gles in five trips. Hensou had a double and single and DelGais a brace of singles. King, with two singles and a double, topped the visitor*. The score by ianlngs; . r k • Appalachian 000 100 203—® 9 2 Elon Oil 110 04x—8 .10 2 Bibber, Newton -(3), Lee (8) and Costner; Hensoa and DelGais. Watt* erroriess support afield. Big John Van Benschoten. Eton’s fine freshman lefthander, with a 3-0 record for th« veasao thus far, suffered his first defeat of the ground out to shori. The winning Elon rally came with one away In the final frame, with Don Lichok walking, George Allen slamming a double and (ill year in the final battle, but he | Watts walking to fill the sacks, carried the Bulldogs into extra inn- It wa« then that Carcaterra smack ing* before losing. The game, set led the game-winning double into for seven Innings, went nine inn- right field. The Indians out-hit the Chris tian squad, with Bobby Jarrett getting thre«-for-three in Cataw- fca'a 11-hlt attack on six Blon hurl- ers. Ted Eanes had three of Eton's ings befora Atlantic Christian could chalk its 4-3 win. The .score by innings; FIRST GABsi r h • 240 100 0—7 9 Olten hits, no other Christian hlt- A. 0 C OOO 010 0—1 5 1 Watts and Hughes; Atkinson jLjid Fulghum. SBC^ND GASK r fc e Eloa 001020 000—3 « 0 A. C. C 210 000 001—4 7 4 Van Benschoten and DelGais; 'Tyndall and IVlghum. ting safely more than once. Tbe wore by lonings: r he Catawba (03 200 000—8 11 3 Eloa 200 201 002—7 10 1 Schneider and Oxendlna; Knapp, Mangrum (3), . VaoBeodchoten (4). Cooke (3). Thompson (0), Henson (9) and Hughes. DelGais.