FRIDAY, APRIL 18.1969
maroon and gold
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Christians Top Bulldogs, 5-2
Capps Pitches Win
In Rain-Swept Tilt
POLE VAIJLTER IS ONE OF TOP MEN FOR TRACKSTERS
One of the top members of the Elon College track squad this spring --tops in
more ways than one — is Ron Bolton, a sophomore pole vaulter from Greens
boro, who set a new Christian pole vault record of 12 feet in the very first meet
last year. Bolton later went even higher than 12 feet in the Davidson Relays
to better his own mark, but he did not get credit for a record due to the fact
that he did not win first place at Davidson. The Christian tracksters opened
their 1969 season with Atlantic Christian here last Friday, but results of that
meet were not in when the Maroon and Gold went to the printer.
Elon Blanks Methodist Nine
In Opener of Holiday Tour
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closing
The Fighting Chris
tlans chalked their third
win and their third shut
out of the year when they
turned back the Methodist
College nine of Fayette
ville by a 6 to 0 count
on Wednesday, April 2nd,
getting off to a winning
start on the four-game
Easter holiday trip.
Tom Jernigan, Chris
tian sophomore, got his
first mound start of the
year and pitched fine ball
for six innings, but he was
lifted for a pinch-hitter,
and Jim Ramsey finished
the game for Elon. Jerni
gan gave up five hits,and
Ramsey allowed three
m
the
safeties
frames.
The Elon outfit broke
the scoring ice in the third
inning when MikeSpillane
walked, stole second and
went to third on an in
field out, scoring on a sin
gle by Mel Cliborne. It
turned out that the single
run would have been
enough to win.
The Christians went on
to plate a solo run in the
fifth and then added two
runs in the eighth and two
in the ninth just to add
frosting to the cake. The
only Methodist threat
came in the eighth when
three straight singles
loaded the bases, but
Ramsey pulled out with
out a score when the fan
ned the third out batter.
Jim Friesinger hadtwo
hits, both singles, while
Cliborne tripled for the
only extra-base clout. H.
J. Newbome, Elon third
sacker, hit safety in his
seventh consecutive
game, having hit in every
game this season-
The line scores;
R. H, E.
Elon ^ ^ 9
Methodist 0 8 2
Jernigan, Ramsey (7) and
Brady; Henderson and
Capps. WP — Jernigan.
Drakemen Split Two Battles
With Wilminston Seahawks
„ . . _ . . j Wilmington i
Coach Jerry Drake’s
fighting Christian base
ball squad broke even in
a pair of diamond battles
J^th the Wilmington Sea-
nawks during a spring
holiday trek down to the
seaport city.
The Seahawks unleash
ed an early scoring bar
rage in the first of two
games, which was played
on April 3rd, scoring six
runs in the first two inn
ings and going on to win
a decisive 6 to 3 victory.
The next day brought a
afferent result for the
rakemen, who held a
special squad meeting
prior'to the contest, with
Co-Captains Jerry Mid-
*^iff and Mike Spillane
rallying their mates fora
P-easing 10 to 7 triumph.
In this second game,
the Christians hammered
out a total of sixteen base
hits, compared with their
much lower six-hit total
in the game played the
previous day. The hitting
of the Elon outfit was the
difference in the two tilts.
Lewis Demott and K-Citn
Brewer, a pair of new
comers to the Elon staff,
shared mound duties in
the first game; while Jim
Ramsey went the route for
his first win in the second
day’s battle. Joe Rinaca
and Jerry Midkiff paced
the heavy stickwork for
the Christians the second
day with four hits apiece.
The line scores:
(FIRST GAME)
R. H. E.
Elon 3 ^ °
Wilmington 6 11 3
Demott, Brewer (3) and
Brady; Harris, Johnson
and Payne, LP - Demott.
(SECOND GAME)
R. H. E.
Elon 10 16 4
Wilmington 7 7 5
Ramsey and Ward, Brady;
Eyer, Hester and Payne.
Coach Jerry Drake was
highly pleased when his
Fighting Christian base-
ballers battled through
the rain to defeat the At
lantic Christian Bulldogs
5 to 2 here on April 10th
to giv e Elon her first
Conference victory of the
new 1969 campaign.
Lanky Dewey Capps
went the route for Elon
in the battle, scattering
nine hits and fanning nine
batters while allowing
only two walks during the
rain-soaked contest. The
Christians themselves
got nine hits in grabbing
the win.
The Elon nine spotted
the visitors to a pair of
runs in the second and
third innings, but the
Christians came back
with a brace of runs of
their own in the fourth
to tie the score at 2-aIl.
This rally saw singles
by Joe Byrtus and H. J.
Newcombe along with a
walk and an outfield mis-
cue by the Bulldogs as Mel
Cliburne and Newcombe
scamper home.
The Christians got the
go-ahead run in the bot
tom of the sixth when
Jim Freisinger raced
home after an error by the
Bulldog third sacker on a
thrown ball from the
pitcher. Elon then added
a pair of insurance mark-
BASEBALL
SCHEDULE
Elon - Methodist (Rain).
Elon 5, Campbell 6.
Elon 2, W. Maryland 0.
Elon 3, Otterbein 0.
Elon 1, W, Carolina 3.
Elon 2, W. Carolina 4.
Elon 4, Catawba 7.
Elon 6, Methodist 0.
Elon 3, Wilmington 6.
Elon 5, Lynchburg 6.
Elon 10, Wilmington 7.
Elon 5, At. Christian 2.
(Remaining Games)
Apr. 10 - At. Chris. (H).
Apr. 11 — Camnbell(A).
Apr. 12 — Guilford (A).
Apr. 15 — Catawba (H).
Apr, 16 — Lenoir R(H).
Apr. 17 - Methodist (H),
Apr. 19 — Guilford (H),
Apr. 21 — Newberry (A)
(2 games)
Apr. 22 — High Point(H)
Apr. 24 — Lenoir R.(A).
Apr. 26 — Pfeiffer (H).
Apr. 30 — At. Chris. (A).
May 2 — High Point (A),
May 3 — Pfeiffer (A),
May 8-9-10-Tournament
at Greensboro.
ers in the eighth.
The line score: R. H. E
At. Christian 2 9 5
Elon 5 9 3
Keith, Baumgardner (8)
and Speight; Capps and
Brady,
Lynchburg Tops Elon, 6-5
The Lynchburg Eagles
upset the Fighting Chris
tian nine 6 to 5 in a morn
ing battle at Wilmington
on Friday, April 4th,with
seven Elon errors con
tributing heavily to the
defeat.
The Christians got a-
way in front with a pair
of runs in the second
inning, but Elon gave the
Eagles three counters in
the bottom of that same
inning when three errors
and a walk proved dis
astrous.
The Elon outfit moved
back ahead with another
brace of scores in the
third rack, erratic field
ing contributed heavily to
later Lynchburg rallies
that produced three addi
tional markers in late
innings. Bob Godfrey top
ped the Elon hitting with
two safeties in four trips.
The line score:
R. H. E.
Elon 5 8 7
Lynchburg 6 8 1
Capps, Oakes (7) and
and Watkins.
SPRING SPORTS SCORES
TRACK SCHEDULE
Mar. 31 — Campbell(A).
Apr. 11—At. Chris, (H).
Apr. 14 — Guilford (H).
Apr. 16 — Campbell (H),
Apr, 19 -Davidson Relays
Apr, 21 — Sand Hills (A),
Apr, 23 — Catawba (H),
Apr. 28 — Guilford (A),
May 6 — Conference Meet
at Salisbury
May 13 — NAIA District
Meet At Greensboro.
golf SCHEDULE
Elon 6, Catawba 18.
Elon 22 1/2, N’by 1 1/2.
Elon 11, Campbell 13.
Elon 18, Pfeiffer 6.
Elon 22 1/2, H.Pt. 1 1/2.
Elon 14, Pfeiffer 10.
(Remaining Meets)
Apr. 15 -- Pfeiffer and
Catawba (H).
Apr. 17 — Appalachian
and Guilford (H),
Apr. 19 — At. Chris, (A).
Apr. 21 — W. Carolina
and Guilford (A).
Apr. 24 — High Point (H).
Apr. 25 — Campbell (A),
Apr. 28 — Catawba and
Appalachian(A),
May 2 — At. Chris. (H).
May 5-6 — Conference
Meet at Cullowhee.
TENNIS SCHEDULE
Elon 1
Elon 1,
Elon 0
Juniata 6.
O, Dominion 6.
Pfeiffer 7,
(Remaining Meets)
Apr, 11
Apr. 16
Apr, 19
Apr. 23
Apr. 25
Apr. 28
May 1 ■
May 9 —
May 10 -
- High Point (H),
- Pfeiffer (A).
-- At. Chris.(Hi.
- Guilford (A).
-- At. Chris,(A).
- High Point (A).
- Guilford (H),
W. Carolina ( A).
\V. Caro!ina(A),