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Wednesday, October 26, 1949
MAROON AND GOLD
High Point Will Be Homecoming Football Foe
Old Rivals Will Tangle
On Friday^ ISovemher 4
BRIGMAN RACES FOR LONG GAIN AGAINST NEWBERRY
The Fighting Christians, after |
battling Pirates, Indians and oth
er foes of human nomenclature 1
through the early season, will em- I
bark into the realm of wild ani-l
mal hunting when tl:ey tackle I
the Purple Panthers of High
Point College in the annual Home |
Coming, battle, slated for Burling- ;
ton Stadium on Friday night, No
vember 4tli. I
This game will match the two |
highest scoring teams in the;
North State Conference, since j
both of the ancient rivals have j
rolled up at least one top-heavy j
score during thryear. The Chris
tians smashed their all-time scor
ing record with an 80 to 0 vic
tory over the Edenton Marine
Flyers, and then High Point
trumped that show when the
Panthers rolled over Pope Field
107 to 0.
The High Point squad started Christian alumni,
slowly this year, but Coach Ralph j The rivalry between Elon and
James has brought his team along High Point has always been a
nicely in mid-season, and the I spirited one, and past perform-
Elon coaches and players are all! ances and sporting odds go out
set for a tough night when the at the window when their
old rivals, tangle for the enter
tainment of the home-coming
NAVAL APPRENTICE
IS NEXT OPPONENT
The Fighting Christians in
vade Virginia this weekend to
meet the Newport News Xaval
Apprentice School in the sev
enth battle on the Elon sched
ule. This game will mark the
first out-of-state appearance for
the Elon eleven this season and
will give alumni in Eastern
Virginia a look at Mallory’s po
tent outfit.
The Navy club is reported to
have a strong club this year,
but the Christians will enter
the game with the odds in
their favor. Elon played one
of its better games last year
against the Newport News outfit
and won by a 37 to 12 margin.
Archie Brigman ^Number 28 in against the Newberry Indians.; backs, are crowding in on the
i light jersey) is shown above asjHance (Number 26), Newberry' free-wheeling Elon backfield star
he raced down field for a long tackle, and Whitaker (Number 33) iin an effort to push him out of
gain to set up an Elon touchdown i and Norris (Number 20), Indian bounds.
teams
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Christian Eleven W ins
From Neivberry 26-12
I'm Telling You
Probably the best reason The
Fighting Christians are enjoying
their most successful post-war
football season is the minimum
amount of injuries sustained by
the varsity eleven thus far.
Through the first five games this
year the casualty list has been
comparatively skimpy, with prac
tically no serious “hurts” to any
member of the varsity squad.
Coach Mallory lost Mal Mc
Cracken, a fine defensive half
back, who suffered a broken hand
early in the season, and was with
out the services of Lou Savini for
the better part of the early sea
son. Savini, however, has been
on the sick list for the past two
years. A chronic shoulder ail-
mest has forced the burly fullback
and key passer into limited ser
vice duty.
Nevertheless, from the opening
Edenton Marine game to the
Newberry tilt, the Christians have
drilled and have met the oppon
ent almost intact,—a feat which
undoubtedly has the coachinj
staff bubbling over with joy.
doubt if there is anything more
heart''.varniing to a coach than to
see his entire congregation phys
ically sound week after week to
meet the enemy.
Last year things did not run off
so smoothly. Jim Murray, a pow
erful running fullback in ’46 and
’47, broke an arm in pre-season
workouts and missed the entire
season. Then Jack Spivey, Elon’s
best triple-threat in many a moon
was forced out of action with a
shoulder separation, missing many
important battles. Other key
players who were missed no end
in the various tilts last year were
Guards Manzi and DeSimone and
Ends Gentry and Kozakewich.
~ '■4^. * * *
It goes without saying that
bolcking is one ot the key funda
mentals in football and that a
football team is only as good ^
its blcking. This year the block
ing is at least 100 per cent better
than it wast last year. You can
single out Joe Erickson as being
instrumental in lifting the team
Watch for detailed news on In-
By ROCCO SILEO
blocking to its present level. The
190-pound transfer from Wake
Forest ,being ineligible last year,
confined his playing to the Jay-
vees. This year Jarring Joseph
has paved the way for many long
runs with his deadly and timely
blocks. - His able understudies,
Hal Johnson, Harry Farmer and
Jack Christie, have also turned in
good jobs.
♦ * *
tramural all-star games we hope
to successfuly run off for Chips
Chabalko’s benefit. The game
will be played under tte lights at
the College Park in the near fu
ture.''
SPEEDY BACK
PETE MARSHBURN
Pete Marshburn, veteran full
back for the Fighting Christians,
has been one of the leading
ground gainers. for Elon in the
first five games of the 1949 sea
son. A powerhouse on the at
tack, Marshburn has averaged
around seven yards each time he"
carried the ball from scrimmage
this season. He accounted for
one touchdown and helped set up
another for the Christians in the
victory over Newberry.
By JOE SPIVEY
It was just another case of
“Lo, The Poor Indians,” when
the Fighting Christians got
through scalping the Indians
of Newberry in the Battle of Bur
lington Stadium on Friday night,
October 14th, for the golden-jer-
seyed Elon eleven unlimbered all
its weapons in rolling to a 26 to
12 victory over the invading Red-
men.
The game offered more than a
fair resemblance to the Indian
wars of old, for the driving tack
les of the Chrisians cracked like
musket shots, and the Soutk Car
olina Indians filled the air with
passes that zipped through the air
like arrows from a bowstring.
Indeed, few painted braves ot
yore ever shot their arrows with
more deadly accuracy than did
Hank Witt, clever Newberry pass
ing ace. Only the closeknit pass
defense of Elon and the butter
fingers of Newberry’s receivers
kept Witt’s heaves from doing
more damage. As it was, he zip
ped one touchdown heave over
the ^lon goal line.
The hostilities opened with a
dazzling play by Archie Brigman,
Elon freshman speedster, who
took the first kick-off three yards
behind his own goal and ran the
gauntlet of Indian tacklers for
eighty-three yards to the Newber
ry twenty, where he was finally
laid low. Pete Marshburn hit the
line for ten yards, and Brigman
skirted left end on a reverse for
another ten yards and a touch
down. Reid missed the extra
point, but Elon was ahead 6 to 0
with the game less than a minute
old.
There was no more scoring in
the first quarter, but Newberry
was knocking at the Elon goal
line when the period ended. The
Indians had recovered a Christi
an fumble on the Elon twenty
and followed with a drive to the
five. Witt muscled over for t^o
yards at guard as the quarter
started and then handed off to
Billy Seigler, who smashed into
pay dirt to tie the score at 6-all.
It remained that way when Witt
missed his placement.
The Mallory men came back
with a roaring drive which sput
tered out on the Newberry nine.
Gero and DeSimone featured
some nice defensive play for Elon
just , there, and Witt booted high-
wide and handsome to the • Elon
thirty-three. Reece returned
eleven yards, and then it was
“Roll, Jordon Roll” as the Chris
tians started goalward. Brigman,
Barger and Biangardi battered
steadily down field and counted a
first down on the Newberry four.
From there Biangardi bulldozed
South Dorm
Is Leader In
Tag -Foothall
By GEORGE STANLEY
With three games remaining on
their schedule, the South Dorm
is undefeated and boasting five
consecutive wins for the year in
the tag-football loop. South's
last victim was the Day Student
aggregation, which fell by an 18
to 6 score last Thursday after
noon.
The Southeasterners counted
three touchdowns in the first
quarter and coasted in to victory,
while the Day Students counted
their lone score late in the game
on a long pass from Burke to
Clinton Horner, who made a spec
tacular catch in the end zone.
The defeat knocked Day Students
from the undefeated ranks and
left only West Dorm and East
Dorm with clean records.
Ernie Kluttz proved the spark
plug in this all-important victory
for South, turning in a nice run
ning and passing show. Bill Hop
kins, leading scorer in the loop,
caught one of Kluttz’ passes and
dashed for one of the South
touchdowns, while Rocco Sileo
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Cage Squad
Starts Work
Even though King Football still
reigns over the autumn sports
scene, the Crown Prince is nudg
ing his way into the picture in
the form of early basketball prac
tice. which got underway over in
the old gymnasium this week.
Coach Doc Mathis, who takes
over the reins of the cage sport
this season, has had about twen
ty-five hopefuls working out sev
eral afternoons this week, and
practice will be intensified soon
as the Fighting Christians pre
pare for their opening basketball
engagement with Carolina at
Chapel Hill on December 1.
Six of the seven men who won
letters with the Christian quintet
last season are back on the camp
us this year, and five of them
have been taking part in the
early workouts. They are Nelvin
Cooper, Ed Drew, Don Haithcox
Larry Gaither and Leo Kamp-
man. Lou Savini is still out for
8AiGER LEADS
SCORING PARADE
With five games played and
the season half over, Bill Bar
ker, diminutive tailback, con
tinued to lead the scoring for
the Fighting Christians. The
“Burlington Bullet” had count
ed four touchdowns and 24
points to lead thirteen Elon
players who had contributed
The scorers, in addition to
Barger, with the points scored,
included Frank Tingley 19, R.
K. Grayson 18, Archie Brigman
18, Pete Marshburn 18, Fred
Biangardi 18, Carroll Reid 15,
Luther Reece 12, C. K. Siler 6,
Bill Lee G, Branch Bragg 6, Paul
Causey 6, and Bill Johnson 6.
Elon To See Its First
Hockey Tilt ISext Week
STANDINGS
(Through October 20)
Won
Lost
Ave.
South
.. 5
0
1.000
East
.... 3
0
1.000
Day Students
4
1
.800
Vets’ Court ....
.... 3
1
.750
Vets’ Apts
.... 1
2
.333
North-North ..
.... 1
3
.250
I. T. K
.... 1
4
.200
Oak-Carlton
.... 1
4
.200
South-North
... 0
4
.000
INDIVIDUAL SCORING
Player Points
Hopkins, South 37
Sileo, South 26
Gaither, South 13
Atkinson, Oak-Carlton 13
Gibson, South 12
Kluttz, South 12
Ingram, Oak-Carlton 12
Rakes, East 12
Temple, Vets’ Court 12
Horner, Day Students 12
By JEANNE PITTMAN
The new Women's Athletic As
sociation will introduce field
hockey to Elon College in a big
way on Thursday night, Novem
ber 3rd, when rival teams of
Eireshmen and Upperclassmen
will battle under the lights out at
tlie Elon Ball Park for the edifi
cation and entertainment of the
student body and general public.
The game, w'hlch is scheduled
for 8:30 o’clock, immediately af
ter the regular niglit football
workout, will be free to everyone,
and plans are complete for mak
ing it a gala occasion. The Elon
band will be there in full glory,
and supporters of the rival teams
will be sporting their colors to
lend some of 4;he glamor of “big
time” sports.
The “Red and Blue” signs, plas
tered on campus bulletin boards
in recent weeks, may have been
By JOE BRYSON j quite a riddle to most students.
The Elon Jay-Vees dropped a but the signs are all part of the
tough 7 to 6 decision to Catawba j plan. The Freshmen will wear
at Salisbury last Tkursday night.: Blue and the Upperclassmen Red
Elon led through most of the | for the game, and the girls from
game after a sustained drive and the two teams will stage an ad-
a pass from Roselli to Lewis net-' vance sale of tiny hockey sticks,
ted a Christian touchdown. | adorned with their team colors.
The Catawba youngsters finally' These little trophies will lend
overcame the Elon lead in the ^ color to the crowd, and the pro
fourth quarter on a pass to Elon’s ceeds from their sale will help
seven and a line buck by Chandge. foot the bill for girls’ athletics.
Billings converted the extra point Each team will have its own
that gave the victory. | mascot and cheerleader, and the
Roselli, Joyce, Bragg and Lewis girls will be watching for colors
stood out for the Jay-Vees on of-[to gge just “Who’s For Who?” The
fense, while Dick Lee, Braxton j j^jentity of the mascots is a deep
and Rutherford shone on defense, and dark secret so far, a secret
Joyce sustained a bad leg injury ^^at will remain so until th« night
1949 FOOTBALL SCHEDULE
Elon 80, Edenton Marines 0.
Elon 33, A. C. C. 0.
Elon 0, Appalachian 14.
E^o« ECTC 7.
Elon 26, Newberry 12.
ELON 20, C.\TAWBA 14.
Remaining Games:
Oct. Zi.—Naval App. there.
Nov.. 4.—High Point, home.
Nov. 12.—Len.-Rhyne, there.*
Nov. 24.—Guilford, Greens
boro.
(♦—Night Games).
Elon Jay-Vees
Defeated By
Cataivha Team
in the closing minutes.
Pos.—Elon JV
LE—Cutchings
LT—Rutherford
LG—Braxton
C—Andrews
RG—Kelly
RT—Summers
RE—Durso
QB—Seay
LH—Roselli
RH—Chappell
B'B—Joyce
Score by periods:
Elon 6
Catawba 0
Catawba JV
Hamilton
Kepley
of the game.
The game itself will be played
under regular hockey rules and
officiated by officials with na-
Strickland! tional ratings. The two teams
Walker have been working out regularly
Doby! under the direction of Miss Ruby
Ritchie j Adartls, and some of the lassies
Oxendine can wield a wicked stick.
Pickens The hockey game will be fol-
Chandge lowed immediately afterward by
Horner! a huge pep meeting and bonfire,
Randall
0—6
7—7
Elon touchdown— Lewis. Ca
tawba touchdown—Chandge. Ex
tra point—Billings. Elon subs—
Lewis, Blackstone, N e s t e r,
Sharpe, Jernigan, Hodson, Webb,
Faust, Robertson, Milton, Coun
cil, Burmeister, Welborn, Free
man, Gero, Parker, Holt, Rogers,
Lge, Steed, Bragg, Kizer.
designed to improve the spirit,
and the yelling for the “Home
coming” football game with High
Point, which is scheduled for the
following night. The girls are
asking support for their own
game and promising , bigger and ‘
better support for the Fighting
Christian football squad.
Until Thursday night, Novem
ber 3rd, the battle cry of the girls
will be “Down With the Red” or
“Down With the Blue” and “Don’t
forget your shin-guards, sister.”
AND THEY WIELD A WICKED STICK
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Part of the girls who will intro
duce field hockey to Elon College
next Wednesday night, November
football. The only man missing 3rd, in a big night battle, are
is Chips Chabalko, who is critic-' shown above. On the ground in
ally ill in Norfolk, Va. One other!front, left to right, they are Ge-
letterman is working with the neva Cooper and Roberta Win-
squad, Lacy Ganes having won [ stead, both of the Upperclass
his “B” two years ago. team. Seated on the bench are
[Virginia Gray (Freshman), MaryiJean Bason (Freshman), Peggy
! Ann Wood (Freshman), Charlotte! Braxton (Freshman), Doris Tay-
iRothgeb (Upperclass), Jeanne j lor (Upperclass) Faye Branch
Pittman (Upperclass), Lacala Wil-1 (Upperclass), Dorothy Vernon
kins (Upperclass), Nancy Hop-. (Freshman), and Gaynelle Dyer
kins (Freshman), Jean Thomp-^ (Upperclass). The goal guard at
son (Upperclass), and Lois Valen- left is Rita Durham (Freshman),
tine (Freshman). In the back row ^ and peeping into the picture at
are Marjorie Matthews (Upper-^ the right is Zeda Grogan (Upper-
class), Lou Tuck (Upperclass). class).