SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1942 MAROON AND GOLD PAGE THREE alpha pis trounce eagles LEAGUE LEAD Rambling With CHARLIE MANN Trees have shed their leaves, the air has become cold and brisk the winds blow hard and cold and the intramural football season nears its end Long will the memories of its gridiron battles be remembered and as this scribe, some have memories they shall never forget. There have been argu ments and troubles that go with football, but it has been a very successful season. Unspected things have happened and underdogs have become win- ners. At the beginning of the season I. T. K. was the teajn rated as the power- i stopped. Their first game in which they crushed South North 29-0 added to the pre-season rating. All seemed well, but along came the almost unknown East Eagles with a team working like well-oiled machinery and upset the once mighty I. T. K. by the decisive score of 25-0. Down went I. T. K. and up came the Eagles who won victory after victory seemingly becoming stronger after each game. It seemed that they wouldn't be stopped but another team was looking ahead to the day that it would meet the mighty Eagles. Almost unnoticed Alpha Pi had been climbing to the top. Like a river rolling to the sea, it had rolled decisively over its opponents one by one Soon came the day and Alpha Pi faced the East Eagles, both with perfect re cords and both determined to keep its own so. They clashed in battle and the Eagles showing their usual sterngth scoerd at once. It seemed that it would be their game but when the final battle dust cleared. Alpha Pi was the victor. Another great team bit the dust. None but two undefeated teams could have fought such a battle and it will long be remembered. Long will be remembered the upsets and downfalls but, too will be re membered the classic battle between Kappa Psi and I. T. K. Rated the best an around game of the season to date, it was clean, hard fought from begin ning to end. Neither side was penalized, and the game ended after an ex tra quarter in a scoreless deadlock. It was as unusual as would be findin" a palm tree at the North Pole. Never be it said that miracles don’t still occur! We have strayed back through the past and presented a review of what is now history. Final pages of this history are yet to be written and we look forward to what the future holds. Completion will come after the semi finals and finals, and anything can happen in these. Strange things have happened in “last moments” and it will be worthwhile to keep an eye on the fianl intramural grid battles. ★ ♦ ♦ ♦ Out into the cold outside world we now stray for a few rambles among the haunts of sportsmen. First, we go to the big topic of the week: the annual Carolina-Duke grid classic. It is a game in which any and everything can happen and usually does. The two teams are rated about even with Duke having the edge in ground offense and defense, but Carolina controls the air and kicking. Duke will have three key men out and this may effect their chance of victory. To date Duke has scored 151 points to opponents 72 and Carolina 108 points to 76. Statistics say it will be an even battle but this is one game in which statistics have no part. It’ll be worth watching and should be full of excitement. j * + + * 1 What happens when two over-confident teams meet will be known when the dust clears from the battle between Georgia and'Georgia Tech. Georgia is rated number one in national standing and Georgia Tech number two Both coaches are worried about tlieir respective team’s great over-confidence. The over-confidence came to Georgia from last week’s crushing of Florida 75-0, and Georgia Tech is feeling its oats after the 42-7 victory over Ken tucky. It is an answer worth knowing. ♦ * * ♦ At last has been found a football coach who isn’t worried. Coach Denny Myers of Boston College isn’t worried about his team’s next three games. The team only meets Fordham, Boston University and Holy Cross. The team isn’t over-confident either. Just a perfect setup! * ♦ ♦ + ■■ ■ * w v > mm Alpha Pi Stages Last Period Scoring Spree Elon’s gridiron this year has been converted into a field for the training of students in mili tary tactics. This picture shows Corporal Nelson Snyder sending his pro teges through the mill. Reading from Corporal Snyder to the right, they are M. W. Ascue, Junius Peedin, Fred Patterson, Perry WheMess, D. B. Harrell, and Bud Brown. Alpha Pi Extends Winning Streak Playing the same kind of ball that has made Alpha Pi as high as it is, they downed the die-hard I. T. K.’s on Tuesady, November 3rd by a score of ] 3-0. It was a good battle all the way with Alpha Pi having a decided edge in offensive power by their constant marches toward the goal only to have j I. T. K. throw them back. But in the I end it was Alpha Pi’s passing attack that told and not I. T. K.’s running one. The latter kept on the defense much of the game but did have the power to prove why they are tied for third place by at one time marching to the five yard line but couldn’t mus ter a touchdown past Alpha Pi’s de fense. At the very start of the first quar ter, Alpha Pi began to march only to have I. T. K. throttle them until Zod- da got wide open over the goal line and Tony Festa flipped a pass to him for first blood. However, the try for point failed. Thereafter for the rest of the quarter it was Alpha Pi but there were no serious threats for a touchdown. With both teams playing good ball, *. J . • I, 1 *. J u 1 4.- I second quarter was going into If anyone finds a stray wmgback or two around anywhere, please, noti- history as a scoreless one until Zodda ly “Doc” Newton. He is badly in need of a few to help along the N. C. State ’ team. It seems that Miami was a bit tough! * ♦ » » Do you know that football has its bootleggers? They are guys who carry the ball hidden on the hip! * * * * In parting we would like to impress upon you the great importance of this little thought; “Jumping at conclusions is very dangerous.” Rosco and Bosco Pick Kappa Psi-LT,K Play Stalemate Playing for third place in the foot ball league, Kappa Psi and I. T. K. (net in a game on Monday, that proved to be the most evenly matched of the season. The outcome after a regular game and an extra period ■were played, was a 0-0 deadlock. Both teams made their threats but neither could hit pay dirt. In the beginning it looked as if I. T. K. would coast to an easy victory, but with Kappa Psi constantly on its toes, she stalled I. T. K’s. marches each time. The second quarter was topped by a Kappa PsivJrtve in the last minute -which put them on the four-yard line, •where it appeared that they had ’ sure touchdown only to lose it by liaving the half end. This drive was featured by a beautiful completed pass from Nance to Kernodle. In the fourth period an I. T. K. rally was short lived when Kappa Psi intercepted a pass. Kappa Psi then began to move and it was a push up and down the field by each team with no serious threats.^ Leaders for Kappa Psi were Nance with his good kicking and passing, and Watts in the line, with his excel lent pass-reci|iving. The whole I. T. K. line played good ball and the back- field was led by Burns and Askin. The two teams will play again on Monday to determine third place. The lineups: I. T. K. Kappa Psi Allen LE Ollis Albrigjjt LT Darden Pohl C Basnight D’Antonio RT Gilliam Casey RE Watts Bums QB Hooper Askin HB Nance Kern HB Pollard Howard Fb Johnston connected with a long pass to Routh for another touchdown. The point was good to make the score 13-0. The remaining minutes of the half were played mostly in I. T. K. territory. So far it seemed that I. T. K. could not really get going as ^hey had done in previous games. But after playing most of the third quarter on even terms, it was in the last few minutes of this one that they began their first and only really serious march. This uprising went to the 18 yard line before the quarter ended. Burns and Askin led in these gains. With the ball on the 18, I. T. K. made another first down and went to the five before it bagged down and Alpha Pi took over. As had been done many times before in previous games, most all of the fourth quarter was played aronud the fifty yard Une after I. T. K. had made its bid. • For Alpha Pi, the stars were Routh in the line and Zodda and T. Festa in the backfield. I. T. K. was led by the backfield combination of Burns and Askin with Casey leading the linemen. With this win. Alpha Pi kept her undefeated record. The lineups: Alpha Pi I. T. K. Routh LE Allen Ridge LT AUbrigl;; Batten C Pohl Stolte RT Kidd Colenda RE Casey Zodda QB Bums Festa, T. HB Askin Malone HB Howard Ellington FB Kem If you have never read this column don’t feel dismayed; there are others like you. Now if it is your first time the gazers want you to know that any part of it that resembles anything known as good writing is purely un intentional and very accidental. The twins juil ask you to overlook any thing oft key and hard to understand. Of course this may mean just ignor ing the whole thing, but there may be a few intelligent words scattered about in the mass of jumbled junk. Please try to understand and you may be surprised at what you can learn from junk. Junk is valuable you know! The right iknd of junk! Bosco and Rosco really enjoyed their work this time but Rosco had all the fun. If he only knew enough photography to take pictures through a teelscope he would really have a racket. While Rosco was studying the stars he dropped off to sleep and when he awoke his telescope had swung down to where it pointed at the Elon campus. Rosco, still half asleep, didn’t notice this and con tinued his work. He put down a few facts and then he began to realize things weren’t quiet right. Finally he realized that he was looking at trees, not stars, and then he saw that some thing still was strangely wrong. He moved the telescope from tree to tree and they all appeared the same. He studied and studied but he just could not understand the growth about six feet by one and ahalf that grew on the darkest side at the base of the trunk. Rather than admit defeat he went out to investigate and was sur prised again. Walking along he said. Hello, to someone and from the trees there came replies in real Eng lish. That did it. Rosco decided that stars were his business and trees with strange growths that talked were way out of his line. It still remains a mys tery to him but maybe someone can enlighten poor Rosco. After Rosco got back to work he found some very inteersting facts af ter forming his conclusions he pre sented them to his feminine secre tary for fast delivery to Bosco, be cause nothing can ump at a conclu sion faster than a woman, and news ust can’t travel faster than it can by tel-a-woman. Bosco didn’t have any trouble and went right to work on Rosco’s mes sage. After hours of translation he finally got it into a readable facsimile of English and now presents it to you. Kappa Psi over I. T. K. North North over South North. Alpha Pi winner of the Intramural football tournament. Well, folks there it is and please do not feel badly if the twins are wrong. They will feel bad enough for everyone. They rather think they should give their average for the past but . . . well . . . they think you readers ,will have more faith in them if you don’t know too much. They leave you now with the fol lowing debatable question. If blondes are dynamite, And reds T. N. T. What then would brunettes be? Oh. gosh! HEY The Gang’s All Here Elon Soda Shop Scoring three touchdowns in the final period to set a season’s record, the surprising and fighting Alpha Pis last week stepped into the driver’s seat in the closely contested intramu ral football race by virtue of a 27-6 victory over the hitherto undefeated East Eagles. On the first play of the game Zeiss- ner faded back and passed the pig skin to Coplin on a sleeper play for a touchdown. Whitaker blocked the try for the extra point and the Eagles led 6-0. In the setl>nd quarter the Eagles were trying to put the game away for keeps, but not with success Again and again Zeissner shot out hi« nai%es but for little gain. Finally, one found a resting place in the wrong hands when Ellington intercepted it and raced twenty yards for a touchdown. Placekicking Vic Zodda booted it sqaurely between the posts *’giving Alpha Pi the lead they never lost. At the half the score stood at 7 to 6. Third quarter and the teams see- ■sawed up and down the field. The Eagles threatened often but Alpha Pi, determined to hold its lead, threw UD a .defen.se that wouldn’t yield. Neither team was able to muster enough punch to score and the quar ter ended with Alpha Pi still holding its one point lead. In the final stanza Alpha Pi began rolling like an Army tank. Alpha Pi drove down to pay dirt and on a short pass from Zodda to Festa scored. Zodda again booted the extra point and Alpha Pi led 14 to 6. From then on it was Alpha Pi’s game as the Eagles could find no wav to stop them. Fighting with spirit and fire not seen before Alpha Pi rolled on to two more touchdowns. A touchdown olay was set up with the completion of a forty yard pass from Zodda to Colenda, with Zodda then passing to Colenda in the end zone for the score. The kick by Zodda was again good and Alpha Pi. led 21 to 6. They were not to be stooped and in the closing minutes of the game Zodda raced around his l°ft end for twenty-five yards for the final touchdown. For the first time Zodda missed the placement and the game ended 27-6. Zodda artd Colenda led the victors while Perry and Zeissner led the Eagle attack. “The Coke’s in” “That’s the happy greeting heard today when a new supply of Coke arrives at a cooler. Folks wait for it... wait because the only thing like Coca-Cola is Coca-Cola itself. Customers smile and start moving up to pause and be refreshed. "There’s a cheerful spirit about this way of accepting wartime restrictions. Morale is high.” iOTTlED UNDEH AUTHO«ITY OP THE COCA-COLA COMPANY »Y BURLINGTON COCA-COLA BOTTLING COMPANIT BURLINGTON, N. C.