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.
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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
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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.
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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!
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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!
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Do you know that football has its bootleggers? They are guys who carry
the ball hidden on the hip!
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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.