March 5, 1970
Maroon and Gold
Page 3
Chr^ti^is Down High Point
By RONALD WARREN
and DAVID DUNKER
Elon’s Fighting Christ
ians rolled to a decisive
victory over High Point’s
Panthers in the first
round of the Carolina’s
Conference Thursday
night. After a cold first
half from the floor, Elon
launched its winning at
tack offensively and de
fensively in the second
half.
Elon began the ball-
game using a box and one
defense with Noble Mar
shall handling the assign
ment of containing the
Panther’s Danny Witt,
leading scorer in the Ca
rolina s Conference. High
Point in the early part of
the game utilized a sag
ging zone converging on
Elon’s RichardMcGeorge
attempting to thwart E-
lon’s ability to score un
der the basket. High Point
jumped to a quick 4-0
lead. Elon’s first point
was scored on a foul shot
by Trautwein, The Fight
ing Christians fell be
hind 6-11. A 3 point play
by Tommy Cole set up by
a fine assist from Mar
shall broke the ice for the
Elon squad. Elon, unable
to connect from the out
side, looked inside for
lay-ups and easy baskets
to stay in contention. High
Point, cold also from the
floor, kept the lead dur-
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Due to early dead
lines, The Maroon and
Gold was unable to
cover the remainder of
the Carolinas Confer
ence tournament in this
issue.
In earlier Carolinas Conference play, Elon’s Ri
chard McGeorge and Guilford’s David Smith put on
quite a dual under the backboards. Guilford’s Jerry
Crocker looks on.
Students Rate Profs
Tennis Team Opens
Spring Practice
St. Louis, Mo. -(I.P.)
-Student evaluations will
be added to the criteria
used by the St. Louis
University committee on
academic rank and tenure
in making decisions on
faculty promotions and
granting of tenure.
The committee’s act
ion was announced re
cently by the Rev. John
W. Padberg, S. J., chair
man of the committee, in
a letter to all full-time
ranked faculty members.
Father Padberg said
the committee on acade
mic rank and tenure sees
the decision as “an op
portunity of enlisting
more members of the
University’s advance
ment in excellence. ’
He said the committee
also viewed it, in part,
as a response to the con
cern voiced at the Presi
dent’s Faculty Confer
ence in September that
“the quality of teaching
and its improvement
should be amatter of con
tinuing concern.”
The student evalua
tions will be taken into
consideration along with
the evaluations of two of
the faculty member’s col
leagues, his dean and his
department chairman
which are submitted to the
committee on academic
rank and tenure which
makes the decision on
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Tennis practice is offi
cially underway for the
current season, and
Coach Jerry Tolley has
taken over the reigns as
head tennis coach.
Coach Tolley succeeds
Coach "Twig” Wiggins
as head tennis coach,
since Coach Wiggins has
taken over the top posi
tion as golf coach.
Returning from last
year’s team are: John
Walton, Mel Pearce, Jim
Ellington, Bryon Wall,
Larry Russell, David
Tyre, Robert Parr and
Tom Hobbs. New players
Include: George Rorrer,
John Parr, Steve Patter
son, Bob Palmer, Mike
McDougal, Barry Wood,
and Matt Saunders.
Tolley stated that, “in
order for us to have a sue-
Drake Predicts Good Season
By RICHARD YOUMANS
The Elon College base
ball team has started
their practice sessions
for the upcoming season
under the leadership of
Coach Jerry L. Drake.
Practices began in the
winter-term for pitchers
and catchers, and for
the past week or so, all
the potential baseball
candidates have either
been practicing in the gym
or on the baseball field,
depending on the weather.
Since the turnout for
baseball is very high this
year, Coach Drake made
his first official “cut” on
Saturday, Feb. 24. After
the initial cut had been
made. Coach Drake then
had to analyze the re
maining candidates and
make his final cut, leaving
the boys who will repre
sent Elon College in base
ball for the 1970 season.
Elon’s main asset will
be its speed. Last year’s
squad led all small
Schools in the entire na
tion in stolen bases;
stealing 41 out of 49 at
tempts. Hitting is one of
tbe ^main goals of this
year’s squad. Last year’s
overall team batting
average was .196.
The outfield will have
three returning letter-
men: All-Conference Mel
Cliborne, Joe Rinaca, and
Richard Smith. Both Cli
borne and Rinaca, saw
much action last year,
while Smith was platooned
with Mike Spillane, Elon’s
captain during the 1969
season. Rinaca led the
team last year in base
hits with 26, while Cli
borne had 24. Joe Simp
son, from Greensboro, is
also considered a good
prospect.
The infield will also
have three returning let-
termen: Bob Godfrey at
first base is being chal
lenged by Jimmy Herri-
gan, a freshman from
Milford, Conn. Herrigan
is considered a better
than average prospect,
since he can also play the
outfield and catch, plus
being a good hitter. Jim
my Friesinger, another
returning letterman, will
be at second base but is
getting competition from
Terry Williams. Will
iams must improve on his
defensive play and Fries
inger is one of the best
second - baseman in the
Carolina’s Conference.
Shortstop is the big gap
that Coach Drake must
concern himself with,and
will most likely have to
go with the inexperienced
players. Jim Morris,
considered a good glove
man. Curly Hazlette,
from Fort Royal, Va., and
Marty Bonnett are all
fighting it out for the
starting position. Third
base is also somewhat of
a concern for Drake,
since returning letter
man, Ron Brown has suff
ered a broken wrist but
should be able to play a-
gain in several weeks.
Brown is being challeng
ed by both Jim Arrington
and Marty Bonnett.
As far as catchers are
concerned, letterman Don
Brady is back and is con
sidered one of the best
receivers in the con
ference. Brady hit .169
last year and is being
challenged by two oth
er candidates: Jerry
Ward, considered one of
the finest hitters ever to
come out of Alamance
County and Jim Herrigan.
The pitching staff will
have five returning let-
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cessful season, the big-
men must come through:
namely, Walton, Pearce,
and Ellington; and we
must also receive help
from Rorrer and J. Parr.
As far as the practices
are concerned, Tolley
said, “There is much in
terest and enthusiasm
this year that may have
been lacking in previous
years.” “We have pur
chased new uniforms and
equipment, and even pre
game warm up clothes that
the players have never
had before.”
Practices are held
from 2-5 p.m., Monday
through Friday, and any
one interested in trying
out for the tennis team
should contact Coach Tol
ley.
The tennis schedule is
as follows:
April 7 G’boro Col
8 High Point
10 *Gard.-Webb
>. 15 Guilford
% 18 At. Christian
21 *G’boro Col.
f 22 *High Point
£ 23 *Guilford
3- 25 *At. Christian
* 27 Gard.-Webb
29 UNC-G
May 1-2 Tournament
(High Point)
Intramurals
Tournament
Scheduled
By RICHARD SMITH
The regular season
for men’s intramural
basketball has ended.
Coach Jerry Drake,sup
ervisor of men’s intra
murals, hopes to get the
play-offs for the cham
pionship tournament un
der way within a few days.
Due to the fact that the
gym will be tied up during
the evening hours for the
next three weeks,Coach
Drake said the tourna
ment might be held at the
Elon Elementary School
gym. Another possibility,
according to Coach
Drake, the turn-out for
the games was quite im
pressive. He stated that
86 games were played
within a 5-week span.
During regular season
the 3 divisions, composed
of 19 teams, were the
Fraternity Division, “B”
Division Fraternity, and
Dorm and Dormitory Di
vision. The type of sche
dule in each division was
a double round robin, each
team playing each other
twice.
To be eligible for the
play-offs, a team must
have at least a .500 per
cent regular season re
cord, which means a team
must have won at least
as many games as it lost.
The following teams
will compose the play-off
tournament: Fraternity
Division - T. K. E., Sig
ma Phi, and the Independ
ents; Dorm Division -
Moffitt A-1, Smith B-1,
and Smith A-1; and “B”
Division - Carolina A-2,
Moffitt A-2, B.H.B. A-2,
and the Commuters. The
play-offs will be a single
elimination tournament.
According to their re
gular season records,the
3 teams favored to win
the tournament are either
the Independents, T.K.E.
or Moffitt A-1. The In
dependents, captained by
Bob Rinker, rely on Dave
Goodman and Scott Hill
for their inside scoring
and rebounding. Charles
Woody and Jim Friesing-
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Don Brady, Elon senior
as the Elon catcher, will
again this year.
and in his fourth season
be behind the plate once