MAROON AND GOLD SPORTS
Elon Seeking third
I'm felling you
BY ROCKY SILEO
A confrence championship this
year will put Elon on a pedestal with
Catawba for all-time North State
laurels. Since 1932, the Indians have
won the coveted title six times and
tied once, while our Fighting Chris
tians have brought home the bacon
five times. Without being too op- ,
tomistic, I believe our boys can do
it this year. We have a fine ball
club which, barring further injuries,
should get stronger as the season
rolls on. .. especially when such stal- '
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wart performers as Murray, Causey
and Gentry get back into action.
What is it? .. .Dominick, Drew,
and- Gane officiating Alamance
County High School football games.
. . . and varsity cage performers.
Drew, Gane, AndrewS, Hopkins and
Kampman already working out
earnestly in the gyai. .-don’t tell
me the ol’ boys are worrying about
starting berths?
Humble- ajpologies. . . in the last
issue I stated that Charley Donato
captained the ’41 eleven, but that
great distinction went to two men.
Co-Captains Bernie Dare and Jack
Boone... Boone, incidentally, comes
back to Elon tonight as an enemy
agent.. . The former Elon great is
now serving his first season as assis
tant coach at E. C. T. C.
If you haven’t read; the latest
Sporting News you might be inter
ested and amused to know that
Barney Poole’s eighth season of col
legiate football... which brines to
mind the oft-repeated question—Is
college ball on a profesional or am
ateur level? .. .For obvious reasons
Barney must be much happier at
or Miss, than he would be in pro
fessional circles.
Our choice for most valuable play
er in the American League is Papa
Joe Gordon of the Cleveland Indians
Besides playing his usually superb
defensive game, the former Yankee
star has just completed his best
season at bat, having walloped his
all-time high of 32 homers and 124
runs batted in while boasting his
1947 batting average some 30 points
to .285.
Orchids to Steve Walker, the bril
liant field captain of the varsity
baseball team who was recently
awarded the Intramural Siportsman-
ship trophy for his fine performance
in intranmiral activities last year.
Some students seem unimpressed
over our football team’s record to
date, but on the other hand our foot
ball team has yet to discover we have
a rooting section in the stands. The
cheering at the Atlantic Christian
game was pitifuj. Let’s help the
cheerleaders and back this ball club
of ours. Maybe sitting together in
the stands will help things consider
ably.
Girls To Begin
Intramurals
The first meeting of the girls’
Intramural Council was held Tues
day, September 28, with Miss Hope
Pate in charge. Plans were discuss
ed for tennis tournaments to be held
in October.
Representatives to the Council
for the year are;
1st floor — Ladies’ Hall — Betsy
Melson.
2nd floor — Ladies’ Hall — Jackie
Gaskins.
2nd floor — West Dorm.—Jeanne
Pittman.
3rd floor — West Dorm. — Jean
Harris.
Delta Opsilon Rappa — Evelyn
McNeill.
Beta Omicron Beta — Evelyn
Moore.
Tau Zeta Phi— Elizabeth Jerni-
gan.
Pi Kappa Tau — Dorothy Jones.
All girls interested in participat
ing in tennis tournaments are re
quested to see their representatives.
Instruction for beginners in tennis
will be held each week with Miss
Pate instructing.
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From E.CT.C
Game Tonight At
College Park
Kickoff At 8:00 o’Clock
By ROCCO SILEO
Elon will be seeking their third consecutive win over E.C.T.C. at
8; 00 tonight in College Park.
The Fighting Christians defeated the Pirates two seasons ago at
Elon 13-7, and then journeyed to Greenville last year and came with
a 7-0 victory.
The last meeting of these confer
ence rivals was strictly a deefnsive
tussle. Heavy rains caused a slick,
muddy field which stalled the of
fensive thrust of both clubs consid
erately throughout the tussle.
Lou Savini, reconverted to end
this year after a season at the tail
back post, provided the lone tally
with a beautiful 32-yard off-tackle
touchdown jaunt "
The Fighting Christians enter- the
■„ u i tonight with a win and a loss
There will be two separate leagues two conference starts
this year-the National and Amer- ;
, lean. Each team will play the opposi- ,a„tic Christian two weeks ago 13-7
guard and tackle ' ^ respective league twice and although the score doesn’t indi-
on,.pound : , cate it, the Fighting Christians were
. meetmg m the playoffs. 1 ^ greatly superior ball club. But
Men’s Intramuals
Get Underway
The opening of the men’s intra
mural program was delayed last
week due to the inclement weather.
However, the schedule got under
way Friday afternoon as Vet’s Court
and North met on the intramural
field.
Bill Perry is rangy end who at 20
is playing his third season of varsity
ball for the Fighting Christians. The
six-foot-one 185-pounSl Junior hails
from Reidsville where he was an
All-State performer. Bill is a good
pass receiver and a fine defensive
end.
layvees Lose Two
Coach Joe Tomanchek’s Junior
Varsity gridders suffered successive
loses, 6-0, to Lexington high school
and 13-6 to Greenbriar Military
Academy, in their first two games
of the season.
Dick Lee, paced the little Fight
ing Christians in the Lexington tilt,
but his fine running wasn’t enough
(for a scoring punch.
Standouts in the Greenbrier game
were Jeff Davis, rangy end, block
ing back Joe Erickson and C. K.
Siler, who carried the ball, punted
and passed well throughout the
game. The Jayvees’ lone tally came
on a pass iplay from Siler to Bryson.
Despite the defers, Coach Tom-
anchek was pleased with the per
formance of his squad, which prior
to the two tilts had had very little
offensive work.
GIRLS
WILL FOLLOW ANY MAN WHO
GETS A
CLIPPING
AT
ELON BARBER SHOP
Jerry Dominick has been converted to alternating „
posts after two seasons at the pivot slot. Last season the 205-^^plavoffs ! ’
Junior from Wayne, Pa.,was a kingpin in the big Elon forward wall., ^ ' l ’ t f-' ^ greatly superior ball club
Jerry has seen only limited action this season due to a recurring leg „. consis s o . when Coach Mallory’s outfit jour-
injury ^ Apts.-Day Stu- ^eyed to Boone last week, it was an
different story. Our boys
and Club House, Alpha Pi. The battled on even terms with the
^ ^ Mountaineers for a 7-7 first
Know Your Team
Gold tallied four times in the third
Several teams have been working stanza to turn the game into a rout,
out daily and are already boasting performance of our boys was
of their stars. Although there ap- changeable it was almost unbe-
pears to be no pre-season favorite, ^i^vable. The Fighting Christians
South Dorm with Hopkins, Parker, ^“oked great that first half; in fact
P’esmire and Klutz appears to be outplayed the bigger Moun-
the dark horse of the National ^aineers and should have chalked up
loop while East, defending champs "^o^e score,
might prove the powerhouse in the spite of the disastrous ensu-
American league. I '*^8 thirty minutes and the final out-
I come, the few loyal rooters who
Steve Walker, who led East Dorm - witnessed the tussle were reluctant
, to a co-championship with Oak to give up on Elon. They were well
Lodge last year was awarded the pleased with Jack Spivey’s triple-
Fullback Dave McClenny of
Goldsboro looked plenty good in the
Atlantic Christian game. The 185-
pound line plunger is a Senior ma
joring in Physical Education. This
XAA -.w jr
is Dave’s last year of football at, ing back has been plagued with var-
Elon. He played one year under ious injuries thus far this season, j
Horace Hendrickson before the war The six-foot Junior from Whiteville '
and the past two years since return- barks signals and is one of the best
ing to school. | punters on the squad.
annual Sportsmanship trophy for
^ I outstanding, all-around participation
I I in the Intramural program through
out the past year.
Men—let’s all turn out and sup-
! port our respective teams and have
[ a fine time this year. This is your
j program — enjoy it and remember
Hughett Braxton, 185 pound block ' to play a clean fair game.
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feels that student musicians can
render the college and the student
body a service by joining the band.
Interested students should come to
band practice Monday, Wednesday
and Friday nights at 7:00 o’clock.
The Team Needs Our Support
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STUDENTS
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Co I lege Park
threat showing. The freshmen tail
back, beautifully and without any
blocking, soloed down the sidelines
tor 35 yards in the first stanza, lat
er quick-kicked for 52 yards, and
in general spearheaded the Chris
tians until he was sidelined with an
Injury.
Hard running “Buz” Clayton
again looked very good on his jaunts
through center, while end Claude
Gentry, seeing action for the first
time this season, played an all
round bang-up ball game. Student
standout line performers were Mel
vin, Gentry, Gero, and Manzi.
Coach Mallory may send a
patched up line-up into tonight’s
tilt in quest of a conference vic
tory. Gero, Spivey, Marshbum and
Claytor all came out of the Appa
lachian game with minor injuries
and the amount of action they see
tonight will depend on the out
come of their injuries.
Tonight’s score? Elon 13, ECTC
0.
ELON College 1948 football schedule
EIGHT MORE GAMES TO WIN
Oct. 2 Appalachian * There (N)
Oct. ..9 E. C. T. C Home (N)
Oct. 16 Newberrry There (N)
Oct. 23 Catawba Home (N)
Oct. 29 Apprentice School There (N)
Nov. 6 High Point n^me (N)
Nov. 13 Lenior-Rhyne (jj)
Nov. 20 Open
Nov. 25 Guilford at Greensboro (|»