Friday, February 18, 1966
MABOON AND GOLD
R\-.E TIIRKK
Annual Carolinas Conference Tourney Set For Lexinglon
, ti
i i.lun cagi:rs topple Presbyterian and pfeii i eu
Four-Day Titular Event
Starts W ednesday Night
The Elon Christians are slated
to join seven other teams in the
Carolinas Conference in the twenty
second annual Conference basket
ball tournament, which will b'
held on the floor of the Lexington
YMCA from Wednesday through
Saturday of next week, with the
four days of tourney play to de
termine the Conference champion
for the 1966 season.
The Carolinas Conferemr, which
operated under the name of ttii-
North State Conference fioni its
founding in 1931 until after ihi- ad-
Eloii l)oM‘v;
Falcon Fe\
Herts 78-74
After blastini’ out to n 1 ■ iK>lnt
lead midway the second h; 'f, the
Klon ColU';;(' baski tccrs h ;d to
i'i;;ht tooth - and - toenail down
iJie stretch to hold b;n\ a de-
mission of some South Carolina icrmined flock of I’feiffc: l-'aJcons
Ciiristia:!
Sfratch Sheet
By JACK DeVITO
With the basketball season com
ing to an end in a week or so,
the Elon College Fighting Christ
ians are fighting for position in
the standings. Aside from league-
leading High Point, there are only
three or four games in the lost
column separating the second and
eighth placed teams. At this time
Guilford, Western Carolina, Ap
palachian, and Lenoir Rhyne are
fighting for second, third, and
fourth positions in the conference,
and Elon, Pfeiffer, Catawba, and
Presbyterian are fighting for the
sixth, seventh, and eighth posi
tions. One of these teams will not
make the conference tournament
next week. At this time, I am
sure the Elon five will make it.
Elon was five and four before
Christmas and so tar they are
six and four since that time. Al-^
though this does not show too
much improvement on paper, the
team has come a long way since
their opening victory over Wof
ford. Tommy Davis’ return to the
line-up has relieved the guard
situation somewhat, and Coach
Bill Miller’s freshman prodigees
are still improving each time they
take the floor.
Big Henry Goedeck is still the
fourth highest scorer in the con
ference. averaging about 23 points
per game, and 6-7 Bill Bowes is
averaging about 10 points a game
along with his improvement on
the boards. These are two of the
best freshmen in a conference
that is loaded with freshman stars
this year. If they progress, even
in an ordinary fashion, over the
next three years, they will be
outstanding in their senior year.
From the looks of the calibre oi
ball that this conference is pr^
ducing this year, Elon, along
other conference schools will have
to have their share of superstars
in the near future in
compete on the same level. These
two freshmen may be the start o
a collection of players that will d
called superstars in three or lou
years. . .. _
Getting back lO the Christians
as a team, I said that they have
improved. But, this does not mean
that we should expect miracles
when tournament time comes
around. Last year Elon won the
Carolinas Conference champion
ship with a good, experienced
team that had Jesse Branson, who
was perhaps the best basketball
player that this conference ever
produced. This year we have a
fair team with a lot of potential
,ind little experience. This does
not mean that it cannot again win
the conference championship, but
iiie odds are much greater. It is
difficult to lose five lettermen due
to graduation one year and come
back to win anotner championship
..le following year.
I am definitely sure that our
basketball team gives everything
possible in every game it plays,
but sometimes this is not enough.
In many cases it takes
produce a championship, and 1
' hink that Elon will be a champ
ion in the near future. , ,
iJven though I have stated that
' ' ;.vo scencs above present some of the ac ion in t-o rcccnt Elon v;.:o)nes on the floor of
le I::'oi A'limni Memorial Gymnasium. Shown left is a shot from the Elon 7 _to 51 victory ow
■csb '. i.ih 3Iue Stockings on Wednesday night, Februar> 2nd, wuh ^uch (•'» a^^^
■lavi-:. (20) in the Elon white uniforms battling with Presbyterians Ken
Oiristiaii Gridders To Play 10-Gaine
s
liediilc During ’66 Football Season
Topplei
.(iLlnut'rf
Eloii Cajje Games
Elon 97, Wofford 73.
Elon 66, A.C.C. 91.
Eloii 87, Pfeiffer 96.
Elon SB. Erskine 58.
Elon 61, Lenoir Rhyne 58.
Elon 61, High Point 73.
Elon 80, Appalachian 73.
Elon 54, A. and T. 77.
Elon 54, A. and T. 77.
Elon 88, Guilford 68.
Elon 79, Wofford 69.
Elon 80, Guilford 96.
Elon 79, Campbell 53.
Elon 85, ACC 74.
Elon 71, Catawba 75.
Elon 69. Campbell 64.
Elon 59, High Point 88.
EIon-Frederick (Snow).
Elon-Catawba (Snow).
Elon 75, Presbyterian 74
Elon 92, West Carolina 106.
Elon 78, Pfeiffer 74.
Elon 73, Appalachian 81.
p b lowest Carolina, Home.
Feb. 23, 24, 25, 26-ConfereDce
Tournament, Lexington.
Christian ^5’
8 PC
In Elon G ym
The Fighting Christian cagers
were coid as the ice that covered
the ground in the early minutes
but waxed warmer and warmer
as the game progressed to grab
I decisive 75 to 54 decision over
.he Presbyterian Blue Hose on the
Elon court on Wednesday night,
February 2nd.
The visiting Blue Hose opened
with a blazing attack that moved
to a quick 8-0 margin, and more
than thirteen minutes had passed
before Elon finally caught up at
.0-20 on a steal and lay-up by
Bobby Atkins. Thirty seconds lat
er Atkins hit a jumper to put Elon
ahead by two, but the Hose tied
it at 24-all before Atkins dropped
a charity toss to put Elon ahead
for keeps.
Henry Goedeck, Elon’s big fresh
man center, hit three straight
buckets in the closing moments
of the half to give the Christiaiw
a 33 to 26 half-time lead, and the
big boy continued his hot shooting
with 21 points in the second half
to post a game total of 32 points
The Elon College football squad hope to post a much improved
will play the same ten opponents record during the coming cam
during the forthcoming ISC') cam- paign.
paign as we met during the past The Elon grid card includes sev-
1965 season, according to the en Carolinas Conlerence battles
c/'edule released by Coach Gary with Guilford, Appalachian, Pres-
'lattocks. head coach of the Fi^ht- byterian, Catawba, Western Caro
ns Christian gridders. lina, Newberry and Lenoir Rhyne
The schedule calls for five games in that order. Battles with non
jt home and five away during
the season, with the home field
schedule exactly reversed from
that of the past year when the
Christians managed only two wins
in ten starts. Both Coach Mat
tocks and the Christian players
Elon Loses
ToMoiinty
Five, 83-71
The Appalachian Mountaineers
unleashed a quick scoring splurge
in early minutes of the game and
were never headed as the Mount-
ies posted an 81 to 73 victory over
the Elon Christians in a crucial
Carolinas Conference battle at
Boone on Wednesday night, Feb
ruary 9th.
The Christians opened on a cold
note in their shooting and failed
to match the early drive by the
Appalachian cagers, who moved
loop foes will be with Emory and
Henry, Carson-Newman and Fred
erick. The 1966 Elon schedule fol
lows:
Sept. 17—Emory and Henry,
away.
Sept. 24—Guilford, away.
Oct. 1—Appalachian, away.
8—Presbyterian, home.
15—Carson-Newman,
home.
22—Catawba, home.
29—West Carolina, away.
5—Newberry, home.
Nov. 12—l.«noir Rhyne, home.
Nov. 19—Frederick, away.
Oct.
Oct.
Oct.
Oct.
Nov.
teams several years ago, ciio.sc
its cage champs annually on the
basis of Uie rct^ular-season record
from 1931 until 1940,
won the titles in 1932.
:i'id 1938 and tied with Guilford
for the crown in 1934.
The title was first settled in a
post-season tournament in t.Wi 'Tea
,nd Elon did not win a tounia-lj ;;t
nciit titlo until l^i, when Kone> , 'o
1 ..its uiiu v,aiie;i Durns par.-'
.10 Llirisiiuiis lO ii.o cro-.a Tl'c
■-•drly tournaments were held at ^
lifeh Point Colle.;e from l. -ii u^i
til 1917, moved to Elkin YM^ A in
11-43 and I'.nO. was then htlll ai,
Statesville in 1950, 19jl and 1'Jj2
:nd at Winston-Salem in IS^.j
,i;.oe that time the meet has been'
,eld at Lexington YMCA eachj
spring. , , . i
ihe IClon capers, after reachni,
lie finals in 1950 and 1953, mm
a'^ed to win the tournament a
second time in 1956 at Lexington
when Dee Atkinson and Ben Ken
lall paced the Christians to Im
crown. They did not win the ti!lt
again until last year, when Klon
moved from a sixth-place season
;inish to a title victory over Higli
Point in the tourney final
The Christians lost heavily from
iiat championship team if last
year, among the losses oeing
twice All-American center Jesse
Branson, but Coach Bill Miller
ame back with a young team
hat has shown streaks of brilli-
nnce this year as freshmen Henry
Goedeck and Bill Bowes joined
vith the scanty nucleus of vets
n pacing Elon through the sea-
;on.
As of last weekend, with one
■veek of the regular season re
maining, the Christians were sev-
nth in the Conference standings
nd appeared to be assured of a
,pot in the Conference tour-ney
that is to be held at LCvington
lext week. Teams seemingly aa-
ured of spots in the tournament
next week included High Point,
Guilford, Western Carolina, Lenoir
Rhyne, Appalachian, Pfeiffer, Elon
and Catawba. Pairing! will be
made Sunday.
'(1 take a clo.'c 7^-74 \ it! ory in
a Carolinas Conferom i- b itle on
night,
the Elon court on Mo.
and Eloni''cbruarv 7th.
193;>, 1937- The two tc im.', pi
it tight
jlhrou"houl the lir;;t half, with the
'c.,(i : ' ii)j)in' on almost
O
nu.'
■ !i''
bu-ki'.. bii! Charlie Van
J a pan of quick bas-
t!.o ciic' (i! ;he half to give
j margin at the In-
i.jints proved just ex-
.1 1) for the win as the
li ■ Js each hit for 40 points
.le s( cond half The Christ-
lok advantage of five min-
)f frigid play by the Falcons
.ATny .hat fi.ial half and moved
) a 14-point edge rt 5844, but the
• iffer cagers made a fine come-
iL-k from that point and pulled
.iiin two points at 76-74 with less
ihan half a minute remaining in
the game. I’jnry Goedeck bagged
two fro, th'ows at that ix)int to
ice the Elon win.
Go'deok once more proved the
big gun for the Christians as he
hit 26 points for the night, run
ning his total to 93 In three Elon
"mes within five days. Bobby
r'ukins had 17, Richard Such 11
md Tommy Davis 10 points for
Elon. while Harold Williford to[>-
led Pfeiffer with 22 counters.
The line-up.?:
Pos. Elon (78)
F-Such (11)
F—Bowes (8)
C—Goedeck (26)
G—Atkins (17)
G—Davis (10)
Half-time: Elon 38
Pfeiffer (74)
WilMford (22)
Smith (7)
Lawson (18)
Courtney (14)
Worry (5)
Pfeiffer 34.
Elon subs — Van Lear 6, Dcn-
hart, Caddell. Pfeiffer subs —
Knapp 6, Lisk 2, Sherrill.
Pointers Win
Loop Battle
By 88 T 0:^9
GA\1E SCENE ON EEON BENCH
that led both teams. . lout to a 16 to 2 lead in the open-
Bobby Atkins had 17 and Rich-|jj^g period behind some red hot
ard Such 10 points for Elon, and 1 ^,y Qj| Sprinkle and
Bowes played a great '
Iiai icu ;
Bobby Atkins had
played a great re-ij^^^y j^gy
to share honors' cagers rallied from
iumph. Richard dismal showing of the early
Quillen had 16 and Ken Martin gtjn jrail-
Bill -- - -
bounding game to
for the Elon triumph.
Ken Martin jj,gy ^^g^g sfjn jrail-
U to show the way for the South j^y points at the half,
Carolina squad. -ind the Miller men were never
The line-ups: , able to come closer than eight
Pos. Elon (75) Presbyterian (54) homestanding Apps,
■ Such (10) Quillen (ib) gained revenge for a mid-
Bankhead (9) December loss to Elon on the
Allen (5) Elon floor. .
Martin (11) Henry Goedeck, big Christian
pivot man, topped both teams m
—V-/ ' shooting as he bagged 11 floor
Half-time: Elon 33, Presbyterian gnj g perfect seven for
seven from the charity stripe for
Van T.ear Den- 29 points, running his total for the
Elon subs - Van Lear jo
hart 2, Pendry 2, Ashworth, Ca points, and an average of 30.5
HpII Presbvterian subs — Reed 7,
(Continued From Page Three)
K—Bowes (5)
C—Goedeck (32)
G—Atkins (17)
G—Davis (7)
dell. Presbyterian subs — Reed
McLeod, Lown, Walther.
The above shot of Coach Bill Miller and Assistant Coach Dewey
Andrew was snapped during a recent Elon cage battle ‘^e f oor
of Elon’s Alumni Memorial Gymnasium, and th^e view is typica of
the close concentration the men who guide the Fighting Christian
cagers in action against their Carolinas Ckinference foes.
After roaring to a quick 10-
point lead, the High Point Pan
thers held the front all the way
as they rolled to a decisive 88 to
59 victory over the Elon Christ
ians on the High Point floor on
Saturday night, January 22nd.
The Christian shooters were
colder than the freezing weather
outside in the early minules of
the game, and a single ba ;ket by
Henry Goedeck after three min
utes of actio:i was the only score
Flon ccjUI i.iu ter in the
first bix ;--'nutcs, during which
the Paniher: ,::'".cd away to a 12-2
margin.
The Elon ca i'.; narrowed that
mar ’in sornewh U in late stages
o! that first half, but High Point
wns out front by a 38-32 edge at
the halftime break. The Christian.?
■ere unable to swap buckets w ih
Panthers early in the iinal
and with eight minutes left
llie game the High I'ointers
lield only a 59-51 margin, but
the Pointers broke loo.se at that
|X)int.
That late splurge by High Point
'netted 12 points in succe.ssion and
! moved the score to 71-51 and a
! ’0-point margin within a four-
Iminute period. The Panthers kept
i'he hot touch and added 15 addi
tional points in the closing four
minutes for the final 88 to 59 count.
Eugene Littles and John Davis
presented a “one-two” punch for
the Panthers and scored 60 of the
points for the winners, with Lit
tles getting 47 and Davis 23 for
the night, chalking a win that ran
the
naif,
(Contlnuei^ od P»ge Four)