Wednesday, November 9, 1949
MAROON AND GOLD
PAGE THKEE
I'm Telling You
By ROCCO SILEO
Seven game statistics find the est high school basketbaU coach-
FighUng Christians sporting a re-[es to come out of the Northwest-
spectable 6-1 record, leading the^ern sector of North Carolina A
state in total points with 233 and few years ago and for many years,
ranking high in the nation in that according to Mr. Byrd, Professor
respect. Coach Mallory’s power
ful offensive combination has tal
lied at least three touchdowns in
every game with the exception of
the Appalachian tilt, in which the
Christians were handed their only
white-washing of the campaign.
The defensive unit can claim a bit
of glory, too. The crashing Chris
tians have held the opposition to
less than 50 yards rushing per
game and to 47 points in the first
seven games . . . R. K. Grayson
Colley was king of prep basket
ball in that sector, developing
championship teams at Pinnacle
and then at Rural Hall. One of
his most famous products, and the
one most familiar to us, is our
present basketball coach, “Doc"
Mathis. Mathis went on from
Rural Hall to become one of Dav
idson’s all-time greats. Mr. Byrd,
a fine cage mentor in his own
right, concluded our little discus
sion by saying: “Mr. Colley was
South Dorm Wins Football Title
Campus Champs Close
Campaign Undefeated
ELON'S TAG-FOOTBALL CHAMPfONS OF 1949
and Fred Biangardi, a couple of one of the toughest coaches to
established freshmen, have taken
over the scoring lead with 30
points each.
* * *
Lee Fones, who has returned to
Elon to complete work toward an
A.B. degree in Physical Educa
tion, was an All-Conference half
back while performing with power
ful Christian elevens in 1937 and
1938. According to Jayvee Coach
Joe Tomanchek, Fones was one
of the fastest and most capable
backs in the conference at the
time.
* ♦ ♦
Mr. Luther Byrd, professor of
journalism, faculty advisor to the
M&G, and Elon College publicist,
tells me that in Professor Colley,
Elon College has one of the great-
beat that I ever met.”
♦ ♦ *
The Christians will have their
hands full at Hickory Saturday
night where they will seek their
initial victory since the war over
the strong Lenoir Rhyne Bears.
In ’46, the bad Bears spoiled our
Homecoming with a 14-13 victory
over the Christians, although
Elon ran up 19 first downs to 8
for the winners. In ’47 and ’48,
the Bears beat the Christians by
identical 13-0 scores. Last year
Coach' Mallory’s club played fine
ball, but Lenoir Rhyne scored in
the early and closing minutes to
win. It’s going to be a close one
but I’m going to string along with
our Chrisians by at least one
touchdown.
ELON ALUMNI SELECT
ALL-TIME GRID STARS
'Lindsey J. “Hap” Perry, one of
Elon’s gridiron greats and a for
mer Christian coach, was named
honorary captain of an AU-Time
Elon football team, which has
just been chosen by an unnamed
committee for publication in a
series published in the Greens
boro Daily News.
Five of the twenty-two men
chosen for All-Time honors came
from the period from 1920 to
1930, two were named from the
period since World War II. All
others came from those teams of
the Thunderous Thirties. The
squad, as listed in the Daily News,
follows:
ENDS
Hal Bradley ’34-’37
E. S. Johnson ’19-’21
Wellignton Saecker ’37-’40
Norman Waters ’30-’33
TACKLES
Garland Causey ’37-’40
Charley Donato ’38-’41
Arnold Melvin ’46-’49
J. C. Whitesell ’21-’24
GUARDS
Curry Bryan ’38-’41
Claude Manzi ’46-’49
Albert Mastro ’34-’37
John E. Smith ’19-’2Q
CENTERS
Archie Israel ’34-’37
Rudy Walser ’31-’34
BACKS
Jim Abbitt ’34-’37
Jack Boone ’38-’41
Joe Caruso ’34-’37
Bernie Daher ’38-’41
Joe Golombek ’38-’41
J. Marks McAdams ’21-’24
L. J. Perry ’20-’23
Pete Williams ’31-’32
1949 FOOTBALL SCHEDULE
Elon 80, Edenton Marines 0.
Elon 33, A. C. C. 0.
Elon 0, Appalachian 14.
Elon 33, ECTC 7.
Elon 26, Newberry 12,
Elon 20, Catawba 14.
Elon 41, Apprentice 0. "
Elon 21, High Point 6.
Remaining: Games:
Nov. 12.—Len.-Rhyne, there.*
Nov. 24.—Guilford, Greens
boro.
(*—Night Games).
The South Dormitory tag-foot-
ball squad, which won the Elon
intramural championship for the
second straight year, clinched the
1949 title with a 12 to 2 victory
over East on Monday of last week.
The South squad, reading left to
right in the above picture, includ
ed:
Front row— Charles Gibson,
George Stanley, J. C. Williamson,
Bill Askew, and Gurley Ritter.
Second row—Rocco Siieo, Bob
Taylor, Charles Bishop, “Scoop”
Scott and Dave Monday.
Third row—Larry Gaither, Buck
Craven, Bob Smithwick, Ernie
Kluttz, Phil Cothran and Henry
Borneman. Other members of the
titular outfit, not present for the
picture, were Bill Hopkins, Rocco
Donato and Dock Herring.
Elon Swamps ISaval Apprentice
41 To 0 For Sixth Win Of The Year
SIGNS PRO CONTRACT
Gene Stewart, a sophomore
from Greensboro has been signed
by the Greensboro Patriot pro-
fessioanl baseball club according
to a recent announcement.
Th« young slugger batted .367
as a first year man while holding
down the initial sack for the Fight
ing Christian championship nine.
Stewart, who throws right-handed
and bats from the port-side will
report to the Patriots In the spring
but there are possibilities that he
will be with the Christians for an
other baseball season.
BIANGARDI LEADS
IN ELON SCORING
Fred Biangardi, bruising
freshman fullback, climbed into
the lead in Elon scoring for the
season, with two games left on
a ten-game schedule. has
counted 36 points to lead six
teen Christian players who have
contributed to make Elon the
highest scoring team in the
two Carolinas. The Christians
show 254 points against 53 in
eight battles.
Scorers, in addition to Bian
gardi, with points scored, in
clude R. K. Grayson 30, Archie
Brigman 30, Carroll Reid 25,
Bill Barger 24, Frank Tingley
19, Luther Reece 18, Bill John
son 12, C. K. Siler 6, Bill Lee 6,
Braxton Bragg 6, Paul Causey
6, Claude Gentry 6, Lon Green
wood 6, and Bill Butler 6.
What, may I ask, are you doing?
I’m practicing time-out, coach!
Girls^ Hockey
Game Tonight
Balked by rain and cold in their
first attempt last Thursday night,
the Women’s Athletic Association
will stage the gala Upperclass-
Freshman hockey battle at 6:30
o’clock tonight under the lights
out at the Elon Ball Park, and an
entertaining evening is promised
to all.
Admission to the game will be
free to everyone, and the same
colorful plans mapped for last
week will be carried out tonight.
The band has promised to be there
in its full glory, and supporters of
the two teams will be wearing the
colors of their favorites.
Already the girls from the two
teams have button-holed their
friends and sold them the tiny
crosed hockey sticks of red and
blue, and it’s “woe be to the man
who forgets his colors tonight.”
Prceeds from the sale of the little
sticks go t the fund for support
of women’s athletics.
The mystery of “Who’s the mas
cots?” lends an added interest to
the program for tonight, for thus
far the girls have kept the identity
of their mascots a deep and dark
sectet, all of which brings up the
query as to “who said a woman
could not keep a secret?”
By JOE SPIVEY
The Fighting Christians of Elon
gained thir sixth victory in seven
starts this season when they swept
over an outclassed Naval Appren
tice eleven at Newport News, Va.,
on Friday night, October 28th.
The scoring started early and
continued all the way, the final
count mounting to 41 to 0.
The victory over the Naval Ap
prentice outfit added to the laur
els of the Christians as “Home
Coming Spoilers,”'for it was the
“old home night” for hundreds of
Ajjprentice School grads, who
were disappointed at seeing their
team virtually powerless against
the smashing play of Elon. It was
the third time this year that the
Christians have shattered home
coming dreams.
The Apprentices were able to
gain only seventeen yards rush
ing against the Elon forward wall,
while the Maroon and Gold run
ners rolled up 258 yards on the
ground. The air arm of the Ap
prentice attack was more sucess-
ful, with 110 yards gained on ten
completions in twenty-five at
tempts. Elon completed eight out
of twelve for 82 yards. The first
downs were 19 to 8 in favor of the
Christian invaders.
Coach Jim Mallory used every
man on the trip except the man
ager and the bus driver, and h«
might have used them if they had
been in uniform. However, the
frequent substitutions failed to
dull the power of Elon’s attack,
which netted one touchdown in
the first and third quarters and
a pair of scores in both the sec
ond and fourth periods.
R. K. Grayson, Elon’s freshman
tailback, turned in some outstand
ing running for the night, with
Bill Barger, Archie Brigman, Pete
Marshburn doing several bits of
fancy stepping. The linemen, too,
blocked and tackled in tune with
the great performance of their
backfield mates.
Midway through th« first quar
ter Elon took the ball on her own
thirty-six and marched sixty-four
yards, with Grayson going off
right tackle from two yards out
for the touchdown. Carroll
Reid’s placement was good, and
Elon led 7 to 0.
The Apprentice eleven took the
next kick-off and ran into a de
fensive stone wall] Harwood’s
punt was good for only eleven
(Continued On Page Four)
STANDINGS
(Final For Season)
Won Lost Ave.
South 8
East 5
Day Students 5
Vets’ Court 3
Vets’ Apts 2
I. T. K 2
Oak-Carlton 2
North-North 1
South-North 0
1.000
.821
.714
.600
.333
.286
.286
.333
.000
INDIVIDUAL SCORING
(Season)
Player Points
Hopldns, South 57
Gaither, South 32
Sileo, South 27
Kluttz, South 20
Rakes, East 19
Horner, Day Students 18
Gibson, South 18
AlhStar Game
Is Deadlocked
By GEORGE STANLEY
South Dormitory’s Intramural
tag-football champions fought a
fine crew of Campus All-Stars to
a scoreless deadlock out at Col
lege Park last Thursday night in
a game, which was staged as a
“Bill Hopkins Benefit.” The
game, played in spite of cold and
rain, netted more than $20, which
was turned over to Hopkins, who
had been injured in the South-
East tilt earlier in the week.
Although both teams failed to
hit pay-dirt. South Dormitory
dominated the play by crossing
the mid-field stripe four times,
meanwhile holding the All-Stars
to a single first down, that on a
penalty. The All-Stars were a
constant threat, however, with Ed
Ellis, who played only briefly dur
ing the season, as the outstanding
player.
Ernie Kluttz, who is one of the
finest passers in the area—either
intramural or intercollegiate—was
once more the outstanding play
ers on the field. Early in the
fourth quarter he took Winstead’s
punt and raced fifty-five yards for
a touchdown, which was nullified
by a much-disputed holding pen
alty, inflicted against the Intra
mural champions. South moved to
the All-Star three in the closing Igast did carry one drive to the
minutes when Kluttz completed a five, but Kluttz stopped the march
By GEORGE STANLEY
South Dorm successfully de
fended their championship berth
in intramural football with a 12-2
victory over East Dormitory,
which was also undefeated going
into the fray. The triumph was
the nineteenth consecutive win
for the Engineers over a two-year
span.
On the second play of this hard-
fought tilt. Rocky Sileo intercepted
a Bill Winstead pass deep in East
territory to set up the initial
score. Larry Gaither tallied on a
pass from Ernie Kluttz after two
other passes failed. Kluttz missed
the conversion.
East took the kick-off and piled
up yardage, moving to South’s 20
on the strength of passes by BiU
Rakes and Winstead. ^^Bailey fea
tured the drive with a spectacular
catch of a toss from the trusty
arm of Winstead. However,
Kluttz promptly halted the drive
with his first of five intercep
tions.
Attempting to pass, Kluttz was
tagged for a big loss deep in
South territory, after which the
Engineers star passer was trapped
behind his own goal line for a
safety by Max Littlejohn. As the
second quarter started, Borneman
kicked to Rakes , who returned
the ball to the mid-stripe. Two
passes by Rakes went incomplete,
and the third was intercepted by
Sileo. East buckled down and
held South at this point.
Rakes then passed to Spec Har
per, and East had a first down.
Bill Hopkins, the league’s leading
scorer, suffered a froctured cheek
bone on the play and was forced
out of action. East moved down-
field as Rakes hit Art Fowler with
a pass, but again the drive was
broken up by a Kluttz pass inter
ception.
In the third quarter neither
team could move the ball very far.
long pass to Dave Monday, but
the Stars held and kicked out of
danger.
Thus, South remained unde
feated after twenty starts and
showed up well against a fine ar
ray of All-Stars. The victory
string represents th« best mark
ever posted by any athletic team
of Elon College. Questioned af
ter the game in regard to the
holding penalty, the All-Star who
drew the penalty denied being
held on the play, and the game of
ficial went on record as saying
that he did not see th'e entire
play.
with his third interception. In
the final canto, Kluttz and then
Charley Gibson both intercepted
passes deep in their own terri
tory to halt the fast moving East
combine. Kluttz tossed two pass
es from behind his own goal line
which fell incomplete and th«n
hit Sileo along the left sideline.
Sileo lateralled to Gibson who
dashed to East’s 16 before he was
stopped by Rakes. Kluttz then
passed to Gaither for South’s sec
ond score in the closing minutes
of the game.
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GRAYSON CRASHES THROUGH CATAWBA LINE
R. K. Grayson, the “Thomasville Terror,” really spread terror and consternation in Catawba
ranks when he grabbed the ball. He is shown above, going down beneath a pile of Indians after a
slashing drive through the Catawba line during th« historic battle at Salisbury, which Elon won 20
to 14. An unidentified Christian is at the bottom of the pile, while in the background may be seen
“Jolting Joe” Erickson (Number 40) and Bill Johnson (Number 26.) The Catawba players are uni
dentified.