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Christian Baseball Spuad Opens 1963 Season Next Week
WiLL DIKECT ELON'S SPI!IN(; SPOH'l'S
COACH JACK vS.\NFORD
Baseball
(OACH GARY MATTOCKS
Track
Four of the five athletic coach-
"• on the Elon sports staff will
be busy with spring sports dur-
v\'* the 1963 season, which gets
liti'lerway in the near future.
^'ach Jack Sonford. pictured top
’' !. will be back at a familiar
"‘'•sij^ment as he directs the
‘■^•’•istian baseball squad through
' rugged 36-game schedule. The
mer University of Richmond
ur-sport athlete, will be direct*
■ 'X Christian diamond squad
*r the sixth time, and he faces
' big rebuilding problem this
ling, for he has only eight let-
r veterans. Coach Johnny Wike,
• pper right, will once more be di
eting the Elon golf squad» and
“ Coach Sanford he faces a re-
uilding task, since several mem-
^rs of last year’s powerful links
^am will be missing. Coach
‘ ike’s golfers topped the Con-
rence in regular season play
•it spring, although the Christ
ens missed out on the title in
lie Conference tourney, which
»as won by Appalachian. Coach
.ary Mattocks, shown lower left,
«ill handle the Elon cinder squad
i’>r the third consecutive season,
and he will have a fine nucleus
of track veterans around which
0 build his team this season.
The Christians finished third in
the annual Carolinas Conference |
jneet last season behind the strong |
Lenoir Rhyne and Catawba i
squads. The 1963 cinder outfit will |
be built around nine lettermen
irom previous years. Coach Bill
Miller, lower right, has charge of
tennis again this spring, but re
ports from his corner of the gym
nasium are that prospects for n
team appear dim indeed. '
Elon Nine Has Practice Contest
W ith Wahe Fore
qii'id Monday
Heavy firing in the baseball wars|'
PACE STAFF
Cinder Team
Faees Nine
Ti’aek Meets
COACH JOHNNY WIKE
Golf
COACH I5HX MHXFR
Tennis
Elon Golfers
Will ReJ)uild
TIiis Season
The Elon College golf team, wliich
for several ycari ha:? ranked among
the leaders in the Carolinas Con
ference, is faced with a rebuilding
problem this spring, for Coach
Jolmny Wike has only one letter-
man who is a definite candidate for
the Christian links squad for 1963
competition.
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GOLF
SCHEDULE
Mar. 25—High Point, away.
.'lar. 26—Catawba and
A.C.C., home.
Apr. 1—Pfeiffer, away.
Apr. 5—High Point, home.
Apr. 8—East Carolina, home.
Apr. 16—Pfeiffer, home.
Apr. 22—Appalachian and
Campbell, home.
Apr. 25—A. C, C., away.
Apr. 26—East Carolina, away.
Apr. 30—Catawba, away.
May. 2—Appalachian, away.
May 7—Guilford, away.
May 10—Guilford, home.
May 13-14 — Conference
Tournament, at Boone.
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Talkiii« Sports
DAVIU
With
yi-HFT' ’V\RSIi;U RN
Well, it seems that bad weather
and consequent interference with
chances for practice, has been the
major feature of winter football
workouts for the past few weeks,
and the same bad weather has also
nterfered with the early season
drills for the Fighting Christian
oaseball squad.
Coach George Tucker took his
boys over to Catawba on Saturday
afternoon for what has become a
traditional spring season scrimmage
with the Indians last Saturday, and
reports from that scrimmage ses-
ion are that our Christians showed
up pretty well in spite of the few
chances they have had for rough
work in recent weeks.
There were both old and new
members of the Christian squad
who showed good performances in
the scrimmage with the Indians,
which was not played this year as
a game-type affair. In some years
the Elon and Catawba outfits play
ed this scrimmage as a regular
game, with scores just as in the
fall season, but the emphasis this
spring was on performance and not
on winning a victory.
There were both old pros and
newcomers who showed good stuff
in the drill with the Indians. Among
the old pros in the backfield were
Willie Tart, Clayton Johnson and
Gordon Cox, with such hard-hitting
vets up front as Cameron Little,
Joe Berdosh. Ronnie Bell, Dan Kel
Carolina and Thomas from Auburn.
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The bad weather has been ;>s
great a plague to spring baseball
practice as to the grid workouts,
hut Coach Jack Sanford and his
boys are working at every oppor-
unity in hopes of bettering last
year's 16-15 record. The baseballers
ill know .something after they
clash with the Wake Forest Deac-
in a practice game next Mon
Frank Ciamello, a letterman from
Oceanside. N. J., is the only let
tprman sure to be in com|>etition
with the Elon squad that f^ces a
*TJgged schedule of fourteen meets
Bobby West, of Durham, who play
ed Number One last year, is
school, but he awaits a ruling on
fais academic status, and it is pos-
^'Me that he will not be available.
^J»ily other member of last year’s
•squad on hand is Billy Harding, of
Emporia, Va., but Coach Wike hasMgy, Tommy Mitchell, Charlie Strigo
a number of other linksmen who 1 g^d others
are promising prospects, some of|
them having shown some clever
shotmaking in intramural compe
tition.
Included in this group are Graeme
Shull, of Charlotte; Gordon Cox, of
'Winston-Salem; George Wooten, of
Hamlet; Wallace Vaughan, of Hen-
i«rson; John Gregory, of Richmond,
Va.; Jim Brown, of Portsmouth,
Va.; and Danny Hall, of Leaksville.
But there were also several new
comers who displayed promising
ability, among them Ed Wheless
and Robin Cobia at quarterback and
Sonny Pruitt and Clyde Huff at the
halfbacks. Among the newcomer
standouts in the line were Jerry
Rowe and Morris Thomas, former
Asheboro High stars, who trans
ferred to Eloo, Rowe coming from
Christian nine going to Winston-
Salem on Monday afternoon to face
[he Wake Forest Deacons in a prac
tice battle that opens a rugged 1963
diamond campaign for the Elon
baseballers. The Christians will
meet Wake Forest later in another
■iractice tilt on the local field.
In addition to the two practice
battles with Wake Forest, the Ma-j
roon and Gold ba.seball outfit also,
faces a schedule that includes
thirty-three regular-season battles
ind a possibility of three games in
ihe first annual Carolinas Confer
ence tournament, which will be
filayed in Lexington early in May.
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BASEBALL SCHEDULE
Mar. 21—N. Y. I',, home.
iMar.22—N. Y. U., home.
.Mar. 23—N, Y. U., home.
Mar, 26—High Point, away.
Mar, 27—'Lenoir Rhyne, home.
■Mar. 28—Guilford, away.
.Mar, 30—\V. and L., home,
.Apr. 1—Catawba, away.
3—W. and M., home.
4—W'. and ,M., home.
5—Williams, home.
6—Williams, home, (dh)
8—Catawba, home,
9—Pfeiffer, away.
.Apr, 15—Fort Lee, away,
Apr, 15—Noire Dame, at
Fort Lee.
■Apr. 16—Fort Lee, away.
Apr. 17—Appalachian, away,
Apr. 19—Newberry, away,
.Apr. 20—Newberry, away.
.Apr, 22—W. Carolina, home,
(dh),
Apr. 24—Pfeiffer, home.
Apr, 26—A, C. C„ away.
Apr. 27—East Carolina, away,
Spr. 29—Ij'noir Rhyne, away,
.Apr. 30—Hi^h Point, home.
■May 1—Guilford, home.
May 2—A. C. C., home.
May 3—East Carolina, home.
May 6—Appalachian, away.
May 8—Tourn., Lexington.
May 9—Tourn,, Lexington.
May 10—Tourn., Lexington
May 14—Campbell, home.
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The regular season battling gets
tmderway next Thursday, when the
C hristians play ho.st to the invading
Violets of New York University in
the first of a three-game series. The
scries, after opening on Thursday,
will continue with other battles on
the Elon field on Friday and Satur
day of next week. .
•K'itv Drikf. a .senior veteran with three seasons of Elon mound
ex|)erience, may be the pace-setter for the Fighting Christian mound
staff durin.s; tho upcoming baseball season. The stocky lad, who hails
from Greensboro, has been a letterman pitcher since his freshni.in
aa;on inil i.s one of three letter hurlers listed on Coach Sanfon]'-. (Ii:i
■1 rcisKi'. ;;;h I- monogram chimkers in camp this .sea.son are I^fty
Everett and Toy Erlandsen, both of whom are expected to draw heavy promise
duty with the mound corps.
The Elon College track squad,
which will work under the direc
tion of Coach Gary Mattoclcs for
the third time this season, faces
toufjh schedule of nine meets,
only two of the meets being sched
uled for the Christians’ home field
at Burlington Memorial Stadium.
Seven of the ten meets will be
I'ither dual or triangular engage
ments. and five of these will be
against Carolinas Conference foes.
I'he other teams to be met In dual
competition are the Hast Carolina
i’irate.' and the Washington and
Lee Generals. In addition to these
dual and triangular meets, the
Christians will also compcte in the
Davidson Relays and the annual
Carolinas Conference meet,
t^oach Mattocks has a veteran
H i 'ii.s ot eif;ht lettermen from
previous years, around whom the
Christian cinder squad of 1963
will be built. In addition, there
a''t’ a number of other fine pros
pects who saw service in meets
last spring, and otber talent will
lobably develop from freshman
candidates.
TRACK SCHEDULE
.\pr. 2—Guilford, away.
.Apr. ,5—High Point and
Guilford, away.
Apr, 9—High Point, home.
.\pr. 23—A. away.
Apr. 27—Davidson Kelays,
away,
Apr. 29—East ('aroilna, home.
Ma.v 1—\V. and L., away.
May 3—Catawba, away.
May 11—Conference Meet, at
Greensboro.
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Carl
erals. Ihe Williams College outfit ford faced a sea.son with Uwer '
from ,\ew England, the William erans, for he has only eight letter-
.aid .Mary Indians, the East Caro-! men on his 19(i:! roster, llis squad is
lina Pirates, the Campbell College | v.-ell stocked with veteran catchers
',,'amels and the Irish of Notre I and pitchers, but he has only one
Dame. .'>11 except Notre Dame will
i.sit the Elon cainpus during the
.ear, Elon ni?ets the Irish at Fort
Lee.
Twenty of the thirty-three regular
season battles will be played on the
Christians' home field, furnishing a
: ich diamond menu for baseball en
thusiasts among the Elon students
and faculty. The Chri.stinns will
spend their .spring holidays at Fort
Lee, where they face two battles
Other outstanding college squads! j^e Fort Lee Travellers in ad-
included on the Elon .schedule this . .u - i -.i. v. .
... 1 dition to the smgle game with Notre
spring, in addition to the regular
!ay at Winston-Salem, and will know
still more after a three-day home
stand with New York University
the last of next week.
Our Christian nine meets some
truly impressive opponents this sea-
in New York University. Wil
liam and Mary, Williams College
nd Washington and Lee here at
home, and the Chri.stians will also
tangle with Notre Dame in a game
it Fort Lee during spring holiday
season. Along with the outsiders
the Chri.stians will al.so have their
usual quota of games with .such
Carolinas Conference foes as Lenoir
Rhyne, Catawba, Guilford and oth
ers. East Carolina and Campbell are
pair of non-conference teams who
appear on the schedule.
This 1963 Christian nine is faced
with the loss of a number of fine
stars, but with several old vets and
some of the newcomers showing
promi.se of coming through with
fine performances, the general feel
ing is that the Elon diamond squad
of this spring should improve on
last year’s record and perhaps rank
with some fine Maroon and Gold
teams of other years. Mike Little
is on hand to round out a fine four-
year career behind the plate and in
the outfield, hoping at the same
time for a chance in the pro fields
of New York or the California area.
Other old-timers on hand include
Phil Cheek, Ken Cook, Pete Crook
and Danny Hall, with experienced
Carolinas Conference opponents, in-
Dame there.
elude the Washington and Lee Gen- .Vot in many years has Coach San-
letter infielder and a single letter
outfielder ready for duty. Missing
from last year is the entire regular
infield and two of the regular out
fielders.
The veterans on hand kiclude
Mike Littln, Phil Cheek and Pete
Crook, catchers; Jerry Drake, Lefty
Everett and Roy Erlandsen, pitch
ers; Ken Cook, infielder; and Danny
Hall, outfielder. There’s a good pos
sibility that Mike Little may move
to the outfield, and Pete Crook may
see duty at third base, but other
leplacements must come from new
talent.
Bovender, who showed
a year ago, and
Clayton Johnson, speedy halfback
with the football team, are the
h ading candidates for the sprints.
Bovender has been clocked in 9.9
scconds for the hundred, and John
son may hit the ten second mark
this spring.
Willie Tart, another gridiron
halfback ace, won the Carolinas
Conference championship in the
quarter mile last year and should
be even better this year. He will
hae able aid in the quarter from
Ron Lancaster, a letterman last
season. Other middle distance
stars are Hex Harrison and Bill
Mahaffey, a pair of football ends,
both of whom run either quarter
or half-mile events,
Roland Miller, one of the best
distance men in the Conference,
will run the mile and two-mile.
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EUm^s All-Tuup C(r^e Records
Two ’63 Aces Rank With Past Ehm Ca^e Greats
when Dewey Andrew closed outi ;y)int3, good enough to pu.sh hi.-1 14 .i or
his four-year varsity basketball ca-i career total to 1..39B in 100 games in
four seasons. He thus tjecame one
of six Elon basketball aces who
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reer. he had written his name high
in the ranks of Elon’s all-time cage
stars. As he shed his Maroon and
Gold uniform for the last time he
held three of Elon’s all-time indi
vidual records and had gained a
spot in the college’s "Thousand
Club" in career scoring as well as
a place among the (>0()-point scorers
for a single season
The individual records which Dew
ey Andrew holds for Elon are for
the best per-game scoring average
of 21.2 points for a single season,
along with the most free throws
made and most free throws at
tempted in a single game. The big
boy averaged 21.2 points per game
in his junior season, and this year
against Frederick he made good
on 17 of 19 free throw tries. Jesse
Branson is another of this year’s
team to move into the all-time rec
ords. When he pulled down 23 re
bounds against Pfeiffer, he tied Ed
Juratic’s old mark made in 1956.
Dewey Andrew paced the Elon
squad in scoring this season for a
second straight year as he hit 451
120 games, .Andrew with ttian seasons.
with All of the all-time Elon records.
have scored more than 1.000 points
during the Oiristian cage careers, j
His 615 points in his junior season
made him one of three Elon .stars
to top the 600-point total for one
.sea.son.
Eton's Thousand Club
The six Elon cage greats who
scored better than 1,000 points dur
ing their careers with the Christians
include Dee Atkinson, who ripped
the nets for 1,839 points in four
seasons, Ben Kendall with 1,653 in
four seasons, Don Haithcox with
1,4.56 in four seasons, Dewey An
drew with 1,398 in four sea.sons. Ed
Juratic with 1,306 in three seasons
and FYank DeRita with 1,061 in
four seasons.
.More interesting perhaps than the
total scoring is the per-game aver
ages of these six great stars for
their entire careers. Ben Kendall
averaged 14.8 points for 112 games
for the best mark. Others were with
their averages were Juratic with
14.7 for 89 games, Atkinson with
14 0 in 100 games, Haithcox
13 1 for 111 games and DeRita with
an even 10-point average in 107
games.
When Andrew hit 615 points dur
ing his junior season last year, he
became the third Elon player to
top 600 points for a single cam
paign. Jug Irvin, who banged in
S32 points in the 1960-61 sea.son,
holds the top mark with 632 points
The third star to top 600 was Don
Haithcox, who scored 607 points in
1952.
There are four former Elon greats
who have scored better than 500
points in a single season. Dee At
kinson bettered 500 points in three
different seasons, while Ben Ken
dall, Ken Smith, and Jimmy Crump
each hit the ji)i)-mark once. Six
Clu-istian sharpshooters had better
than 400 in a season, with Ed Ju
ratic topping 400 points three times
Other 400-point scorers have been
Jesse Branson, Dave Maddox, Jack
Malloy, Richard Conatser and Roney
Cates. Jesse Branson and Richard
both individual and team marks,
have been set within the past ten
years, the period since the era of
high scoring hit the basketball
courts of the nation. The all-time
Elon basketball records, for indi-
■iduals and teams, are given be
low:
ladividual Game Records
MOST POINTS: 39, set by Dee
Atkinson agaiast Western Carolina
in 1955-56
MOST FIEIX) GOALS; 18, set hy
Dee Atkinson against Western Caro
lina in 1955-56.
MOST FREE THROWS; 17, set
by Dewey Andrew against Freder
ick in 1962-63.
MOST FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS;
24, set by Dee Atkinson against
High Point in 1956-57
MOST FREE THROW AT
TEMPTS: 19: set by Dewey An
drew against Frederick in 1962-63.
most REBOUNDS: 23, set by Ed
Juratic against DuPont in 17955-58
and equalled by Jesse Branson
Jonatser are the only two players against Pfeiffer in 1961-62.
able to top 400 poinu in their fresh- (Continued Or Page Four)