Wednesday, September 27, 1950 MAROON AND GOLD PAGE THREE Spying On Sports by JOE SPIVEY ^ouL^dii gui Oil v.iiri a uaiig— Orchids and Onions De^rt- for Emory and Henry—up Bristol ment: Orchids to the manager of way, but it is too early in the pres- , the Bristol Stadium and all his ent Pigskin Parade to be pessi-‘ cohorts for the wonderful cooper- mistic. Coach Jim Mallory has ation received by the press at the the material, and I believe the Emory and Henry game. (They team has the spirit. We mustn’t also expressed thanks for the ad- forget that the tussle with the vance publicity and our coopera- Wasps was no pre-season warm- tion). Orchids also to Elmore up. The Wasps haven’t lost a Saunders, freshman tackle, for regularly scheduled game during the past two seasons. Mallory had to find plugs for the two big holes left by Little All-American Arnold Melvin at tackle and his running-mate, Claude Gentry at end. Another loss was that of Paul Causey at the other end. Much credit should be given to Ed Watkins for his ability at tack le and to Bob Reece and Rob Lew is at end as they try to fill the shoes of their illustrious prede- essors, for it is expected that the boys will give a good account of themselves this year. Big Sal Gero played his usual bang-up game at tackle before he was pulled from the Emory and Henry game with an injured hand. ♦ ♦ ♦ Some sidelights on former Elon athletes are: Arnold Melvin is coaching over at Statesville. Claude Manzi, All-Time football great, is teaching history and coaching junior high football in Burlington. Claude also found time to get married this summer and is making his home in Bur lington. Paul Causey, former football star, is coaching at La Grange, and his team has won one and lost one so far this sea son. Ed Drew, last year’s basket ball captain, is coaching up at Emporia, Va. Gene Hardy, reg ular guard on last year’s football team, is at Siler City, teaching math and assisting with the foot ball chores. Gene has received “salutations” from Uncle Sam, but that’s all the news I have thus far. blocking a punt in his first colle giate game. This department can’t quite decide what to give Hoot Gibson for his great display in broken-field running when he took a lateral and scampered goalward in the same game. Pos sible backfield material. Coach. Onions to the person who threw the botye out of the stands at the Emory and Henry game. Regard less of the quality of our teams, let’s raise Elon’s sportsmanship to an all-time high. Attention, sports lovers! This column will have the services of a crystal gazer. An old friend of mine happened to be passing through Elon, and he dropped in the Maroon and Gold office with the prospect of a free meal in mind. You see, my friend has a soft spot in heart for dear ’ole Elon. This deep and sincere feel ing was brought about when Dr. Smith presented him an honor ary degree for scouting Catawba last year, and enabling us to de feat them. Mr. Byrd, our faculty advisor, reminded him that everyone worked in this section of school, so he reluctantly agreed to lend a hand. Recalling his sparkling success, I asked him if he would help me with some scouting and predictions this year, and he agreed to do so for a square meal. So, Ersel G. Moleskin (that’s his name, the “G” stands for Glut ton), that former triple threat (stumble, fumble, and fall), of (Continued On Page Four) SPORTS COVmiL PLANS TAG FOOTBALL BATTLES By GEORGE ETHERIDGE The first business on the agen- , „ I.- da for the Intramural Council The Intramural Council, which “ which was the election of officers, wnicn governs all men s sports on the t on Foc- ® , , ,. resulted in the choice of Len tes- Elon Christians To Go A-Feudin^ I Gridmen^Seek Revenge Over A.S.T. C. Squad fACt TO FACE V/iTH ELON S FSGHT.HG CHRSSTIANS The Elon College 1950 football SECOND ROW: Erickson, Brax-] Farmer, Biangardi, Snow, Lewis, squad, which goes to Boone this ton, Gibson, Dillon, S. Gero, i Blackstone, Marshall, Watkins, v/eekend to battle the vaunted Mountaineers of Appalachian, is shown above. The players (left to right), are as follows: FRONT ROW: Reid, Rhye, Dur- so. Pond, Bragg, Christy, Ludwig, Wooten and Schrader. Saunders, Parker, Lee, Tingley and Grayson. THIRD ROW: chelli, Kelly, G. Farmer, E. Gero, Reece and Johnston. BACK ROW: Coach Mallory, Marshburn, Ro- Coach Eanes, McGrath, Ruther ford, Renn, Annas, Hodgson, - McRae Ellis, Moffo, Ward, Barber, Brig' man and Rogers. FOURTH ROW: Greenwood, H. Pope, McRae and Coach Mathis. Absent when the picture was taken weer H. Johnson, DeSimone, Mc Cracken and Burmeister. Christians Stung With 33Tol2 Defeat In Battle With Virginians Elon campus, held its first meet ing of the year on Tuesday, Sep tember 19th resentatives in attendance. mire as president. with Wally ■.t, n K.,t ron.Burke as secretary. Worth Worn- With flll but two rep j xxroiitr gjjjj^ble, Lacy Ganes, and Wally BurKe were then named to membership on the rules committee. those present proceeded to map plans for a lively tag-football secretary. Worth Womble campaign for the fall quarter. ikiclKJ then named to membership on the AND THE MEN . . . committee. The group then proceeded to work on the membership and ten tative schedule for the tag-foot- ball loop, which was planned to consist of seven teams. The schedule was set to get underway sometime this week. Five of the league teams were designated at once, including Oak Lodge - Carlton House, North Dorm, East Dorm, Vet’s Court and ITK-Vet’s Apartment. The other two teams were to be formed by two combinations to be worked out from the four remaining units, none of which have enough to field a team alone. These remain ing groups include South Dorm, Club House, Sigma Phi Beta and Kappa Psi Nu. By JOE SPIVEY The Fighting Christians came away badly “stung” after the op ening game with the Emory and Henry Wasps in Bristol, Va.-Tenn., on Saturday night, September 16. Nearly 5,000 people watched Coach Conley Snidow’s “Wasp Nest” roll up an early lead, which was never relinquished, and the final outcome of 33 to 12 furnished a good indication of the work con fronting Coach Jim Mallory in his desire to build a championship team. Emory and Henry dominated the first half completely as the Wasps built up a 27-pOint lead. It all started when Marshburn fum bled the first time Elon had the ball. Barger had taken Miller’s punt on his own five and returned it to the twelve. Then came the fumble, and Frei recovered for the Wasps. Miller drove for five, and Spurgeon carried to the Elon two for a first down. At this point the Elon defense, led by Gero, Snow, Watkins and Erickson, smacked the Wasps back three times, but the hosts took to the air on fourth down, with Davis passing to Miller for the tally. Cubine made the placement, and the score stood at 7-0 with the game barely under way. Another Stingrer The Wasps landed another stinger ere the first quarter end ed. Elon had taken the Emory forty-five, but there the attack third quarter. Neither team bogged down, and the Wasps came could get its offensive rolling as bounding back with a surging the period opened, but midway ground attack that moved to the the quarter Emory and Henry Elon eight. Three times Elon took possession on her own forty- held, but it was not enough. Wil- six. There was another play and son plunged over his own right another touchdown. Davis raced guard from the one-yard marker to his right, leaped high and for another six points. Cubine ripped a 48-yard pass down the. Girls Sports Plans Made At Meeting By JEANNE PITTMAN The Women’s Athletic Associa tion, which sponsors girls’ sports on the campus, held its first meeting of the new year on Mon day night, September 18th, and outlined an ambitious program for the 1950-51 term. The first activity for the organ ization came last Saturday night! State Mountaineers, and gridiron when the girls sold the football'hostilities promise to be plenty programs at the first home foot-! hot when the two North State ball game with A.C.C. They will! Conference grid rivals square off continue to conduct the sales at I in their annual battle on Satur- home games, and they promise a j day night. smile with every sale. They point ■ The Mountaineers came down out that there will be many new j out of “them thar hills” last features in the program for each September, aching and smarting from an upset defeat at the hands The Association also sponsored of Guilford, and proceeded to blast a party for the freshman girls at Elon’s 1949 Conference titular the home of Coach J. L. Pierce hopes with a 14 to 0 defeat. The The Fighting Christian football boys. Just like the Martins and the Coys, Are Mountain bound, A-feudin’ ‘round. And they all vow That here and now They’ll get at Boone revenge so sweet For last year’s Mountaineer defeat. That is exactly the spirit with which the Maroon and Gold foot ball squad will embark this week for the Blue Ridge '‘Mountain stronghold of the Appalachian on Monday night of this week, giving the new girls a chance to get acquainted with each other and with the purposes of the or ganization. Plans have also been formulat ed for a number of clubs this year. Christians want revenge for that defeat, and they certainly want no second straight Appalachian defeat to mar the Maroon and Gold hopes for this season. With the two opening games of the season already out of the way. including a square dance club, the I Coach Jim Mallory and his assist- raced in again and booted square ly through the uprights to make the score read 14-0. The Christians started rolling after the next kickoff, with Marshburn, Tingley and Grayson carrying from their own twenty to the forty. There bad luck reared its ugly head once more, and a second costly fumble lost Elon the ball. On the very next play Miller broke loose, picked up some fine blocking and raced all the way for another score as the partisan crowd roared approv al. The scattering of loyal Elon- ites sat stunned. Was this the vaunted North State powerhouse? Cubine didn’t seem to realize it as he booted another point to swell the Wasp lead to 21 to 0 as the second quarter got under way. Wasps In The Air The fourth Emory and Henry touchdown came late in the sec ond quarter after an exchange of punts. Miller started the big punch when he returned Carroll Reid’s punt to the Elon forty-two field, a pass which Wilson receiv- in their season. field hockey club, the archery club, the basketball club and oth ers to sponsor the various sports WHO GUSDE THE and Henry kickoff and worked and three line plays carried to the her way to the Emory and Henry twenty-three. From there Davis unlimbered a pass to Hubbel for the score. A high pass from cen ter spoiled Cubine’s kick, and the scoreboard read: Emory and Hen- jry 27, Elon 0. The half ended there. It was almost the same story for the fifth touchdown in the ed with open arms for another score. Elon’s charging linemen blocked the point, leaving Emory and Henry out front by 33 to 0. Too Little And Too Late Elon found the way to the goal, but it was a case of too little and too late. After an exchange, of punts in the final period Elon had the ball on the Emory and Henry forty-eight. Marshburn dropped back and flipped a pass to Greenwood on the thirty-eight and duplicated this feat a mo ment later, with Tingley taking the pigskin for a touchdown ride. Reid’s attempt for the point was not good, but the scoring ice was broken. Minutes later, as the game neared its clos*, the Christians took to the air %gain, and Marsh- bum heaved an aerial to lanky Bob Lewis, which netted Elon’s second TD. This boosted the score to 33 to 12, and there it re mained when Reid again failed to convert. And that’s the way it to the bitter end. The WAA operates under the personal direction of Miss Ruby Adams, director of physical edu cation for girls. The officers of the association for the year in clude Jeanne Pittman, president; Jean Thompson, vice-president; Louise Spence, secretary; Sophie White, treasurer. The executive board is com posed of the officers, while the ants started this week brewing the magic for the Saturday invasion of the mountains. The aim is to develop weapons of atomic power to combat the long squirrel rifles of the Mountain Men. The Appalachian outfit packs a bit more weight than does Elon, when the average is figured from the probable starting offeoaive line-ups. The figures give the and ’ Mountaineers a line average of 202 pounds, compared with Elon’s average of 195 pounds. However, the Elon backs average 175, com- council includes all physical edu- pared with 170 for their rivals, cation majors and representatives i The overall team average gives of the various dormitories and Appalachian 190 and Elon 188 sororities. pounds. FIVE CONFERENCE TILTS ON ELON’S HOME FIELD was ELON FOOTBALL The Elon football squad, which is expected to bid high for the 1950 North State Conference grid title, will for the first time in many years have five Conference championship games on the home field, a fact which could play an ifportant part in the final results of the North State titular race. . The Christians will meet eachl^®"'^®’ ° of the other eight teams in the 1 suits, since Western Carolina’si limited schedule materially af fected the result last fall. Ca tawba does not meet A.C.C., Western Carolina nor E.C.T.C.; Western Carolina will pass up Ca tawba, Guilford and A. C. C.; and A. C. C. has no games with Ca- '^COACH JIM MALLORY Coach Jim Mallory, who star red in football and baseball at Carolina a decade ago, heads up the coaching staff for the Elon football squad. This is his third season at the helm of the Maroon and Gold gridiron machine, which he guided to a record of eight wins and two losses last season. 1949 FOOTBALL RECORD Elon 80, Edenton Marines 0. Elon 33, A.C.C. 0. Elon 0, Appalachian 14. Elon 33, E.C.T.C. 7. Elon 26, Newberry 12. Elon 20, Catawba 14. Elon 41, Naval Apprentice 0. Elon 21, High Point 6. Elon 7, Lenoir-Rhyne 19. Elon 33, Guilford 0. COACH DOC MATHIS Coach Doc Mathis, who coaches the football line and directs bas ketball at Elon, is a former three- sport star at Davidson. He came to Elon a year ago, and in his first season molded one of the toughest forward walls that ever wore Elon colors to the football wars. ELLIS IS PREXY OF "E" MEN CLUB The “E” Men’s Club, which is composed of all Elon men who have won letters in varsity athletics, has just elected its new officers for the 1950-51 term, with Raleigh Ellis, of Suf folk, Va., named as president of the group to suceed Pete Marsh- bum. Marshburn directed the group last year. Other officers chosen at the same time include Hal Johnson, of Burlington, as vice-president; Sal Gero, of Hataboro, Pa., treasurer; Billy Rakes, of Fiel- dale, Va., as secretary; and Fred Biangardi, of Bay Shore, Long Island, N. Y., as sergeant at arms. Conference, with A.C.C., E.C.T.C., Catawba, Lenoir-Rhyne and Guil ford carded in Burlington. Only Appalachian, High Point and Western Carolina will have to be met on foreign fields. Appalachian and Lenoir-Rhyne are the only other teams in the Conference who play the other eight Conference teams. High Point, Guilford and E.C.T.C. each will battle seven of the eight Conference rivals, with High Point mising A.C.C. and Guilford passing up Western Carolina. The East Carolina Pirates do not meet Catawba. The other three teams will play only five games within the North State ranks, a fact that could play ia part in the championship re- DESTINIES COACH JET PIERCE Coach Jet Pierce, a member of the Elon College athletic staff for almost a decade, plays a double role as Director of Athletics and as an assistant coach of football. Coach Pierce played his collegi ate athletics at High Point Col lege, where he played football, basketball and baseball. 1950 FOOTBALL SCHEDULE Elon 12, Emory and Henry 33. Elon 33, A. C. C. 6. Remaining Games Sept. 30—Appalachian, away. Oct. 7—E.C.T.C., home. Oct. 14—Newberry, away. Oct. 21—Catawba, home. Oct. 28—W.C.T.C., away. Nov. 2—High Point, away. Nov. 11—Lenoir-Rhyne, home. Nov. 23—Guilford, home. COACH JIM EANES Coach Jim Eanes is the newest member of the Fighting Christian coaching staff. He is a native of Lexington, where he starred in high school football under .Coach Tom Young. He later played at Catawba, where he \fras named to the Little All-American Team w'hile playing guard and blocking back.