Wednesday, October 11, 1950
MAROON AND GOLD
PAGE THREE
Spying On Sports
by
JOE SPIVEY
■''"Biausncs uepaxuneru: Jvor uiements, and a few workouts are
those who are figure-minded (not being held for an exhibition game
the two-legged variety), I hereby, later on this month. Prospects
disclose some interesting results
of the first three games played
by the Fighting Christians in re
gard to rushing averages of our
fine backfield:— R. K. Grayson,
the "Thomasville Terror,” has
toted the pigskin 35 times, gained
274 yards and has an average of
7.8 yards per carry; Pete Marsh-
burn has run the ball 40 times,
gained 160 yards and has an av
erage of exactly 4 yards per car
ry; Frank Tingley has heisted the
leather 13 times for 93 yards and
a 7.1 average; Lou Rochelli has
carried 3 times, gained 27 yards
and averaged even 9 yards a clip;
Archie Brigman has moved the
ball 10 times for 149 yards and an
average of 14.9 yards each trip;
Fred Biangardi has hammered
through 7 times for 25 yards and
an average of 3.5 yards; Gary
Farmer has carried once for 4
yards; Joe Parker once for 10
yards; and Bob Lewis romped 18
yards on two end-arounds.
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Guilford could take a lesson
from the Fighting Christians on
the “Brotherly Love” angle. It’s
a fact that the brothers are here,
or have been, but you'll have to
make a personal check on the
“love” angle. On the football
squad, there are the Gero broth
ers, Ernie and Sal, along with
the Farmer boys, Gary and Har
ry. Bob Reece, regular end, is
the brother of Luther Reece, who
saw action with the Chrisians last
year on the gridiron. Two years
ago Claude and Garland Gentry
sported the Maroon and Gold col
ors in football.
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Major Item: Do you know how
a major college team gets to be
classified as such? Well, the ma-
.lority of their games must be
played with major teams. Now
the problem is, “Who picked the
initial major teams?”
♦ ♦ ♦
Lou Savini, former football and
Ibasketball star at Elon, is coach
ing at Jacksonvile. and his team
has won three straight this sea
son. Lou also coached Jay-Vee
basketball during his last year at
Elon
Speaking of basketball. Coach
Doe Mathis had his hopefuls over
a few days ago for uniform meas-
look good for Elon to take the
North State Conference cham
pionship this year.
* * *
Intramural football is under
way, and so far, there have been
good turn-outs. For you students
who do not participate in varsity
athletics, this is your chance to
_ i get a little exercise. All games
are supervised, and the competi
tion is keen, with a lot of fun to
be had by all.
Catawba To Be Homecoming Foe
Old Rivals To Battle
% .
For Returning Alumni '
The latest word from the var
sity football practice field is a
new nick-name for the offensive
squad in scrimmage. Those who
run this squad against such stal
warts as Gero, Marshall, DeSi
mone, Snow, Erickson, Reece, and
Johnson lovingly refer to it as the
“Suicide Squad.” Small wonder!
♦ + +
Orchids and Onions Dept.; Or
chids to the band for their fine
showing at the games and the pep
rally. Orchids to the cheerlead
ers for their spirit and pep at
the games. Onions to those who
do not cheer. Nothing peps a
team up more than some good,
loud cheering from their own
student body. Let’s do our part
from the stands, and I’m sure the
team will do its part out there
on the field.
* * *
BACKING THE BOYS WHO CARRY THE BALL
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A new and peppy Elon spirit seems in the making this year, and much of the credit is due to
one of the finest crews of cheerleaders in the recent history of the school. The cheerleaders, all
dolled up in their new sweaters and monograms, are shown above. Left to right they are
KNEELING; Jeanne Pittman, Delores Hagan, Martha Berry and Betty Joyner.
STANDING: Oscar Holland, Patsy Milam (Chief), John Truitt, Jane Peterson and Charles
Johnson.
Mountaineers > Come From Behind
ToTiePowerfulElonl4Tol4
Just received a tele.gram from
WAA Plans
For Dancing
And Hockey
By JOE SPIVEY
That dazed expression on the
faces of the Fighting Christians
last week and that searching look
in their eyes did not mean they
were looking for a lost dime. In
stead, they were looking for piec
es of their broken hearts, for that
game with the Appalachian
Promotion of a square dance' Mountaineers up at Boone on Sat-
Ersel G. Moleskin (collect, of project, a party for freshman urday night, September 30th, was
course) with his latest predictions gijig an,j tentative plans for the ^ heart-breaker.
for the next games in the North annual field hockey battle be-^ Going into the final minutes of
State Conference. Ersel did pret- tween the freshmen and the up- the game, after dominating the
ty well with the games of Sept. perclassmen have ocupied the at- play throughout the earlier por-
30th weekend. He had three tention of the Women’s Athletic tions of the battle, the Christians
right, one wrong, and threw the Association, according to Jeanne'held a 14 to 0 lead. Then, by
tie out the window. Here are his pittman, president of the Asso-|some strange quirk of fate, Appa-
latest choices of winners for the ciation.
weekend of October 14th: Cataw- j girls’ athletic group spon-
ba over Appalachian . . . Lenoir- ^ square dance meeting at
Rhyne over High Point . . . (.jjg gymnasium last Wednesday
W.C.T.C. over E.C.T.C. . . . Naval
Apprentice over A.C.C. . . . Elon
night at 7:45 o’clock, when all
students were invited to attend)
lachian came back and threw
some desperate passes which
netted two quick touchdowns and
a tie count.
Elon ruled the game complete
ly from start to linish except for
over Newberry (naturally) . . -'and learn the various square-the closing minutes of that fatal
Emory and Henry over Guilford, dance figures. This meeting was' last quarter. The Mountaineers
Weekend of October 21: Appala- planned to be repeated weekly, j were held to only seven yards
Chian over High Point . . . Elon with a possible cooperative meet rushing during the first half, and
Catawba (yes, sir) .
over
W'. C. T. C. over
. E.C.T.C. over Guilford . . .
Norfolk Navy over A.C.C.
♦ ♦ ♦
See you at the Homecoming
game!
with a faculty square dance club they gained only 74 yards for the
that has been planned by Miss whole game. Elon, in the mean
Lenoir - Rhyne I Adams, girls’ physical edu- time, ripped the Appalachian de
cation director. A special feature fenses to shreds as the Christian
of the WAA square dance project
will be an outdoor dance on the
afternoon of Homecoming Day.
The WAA staged a most enjoy
able party for the freshman girls
on the back lawn of Coach J. L.
Pierce, with about thirty girls in
attendance, including a goodly
backs romped for 279 yards.
The Christians drew first blood
in the second quarter, with R. K.
Grayson going over from the 3-
yard line after a sustained drive
of sixty-four yards. Sal Gero
converted from placement to put
Elon in front 7 to 0. Another
Two Teams
Undefeated
In Ta^y Loop
By GEORGE ETHERIDGE
The South Dorm-Sigma Phi
and the Oak Lodge-Carlton House
tag-footbaU combinations were
riding high with undefeated rec
ords after a full week of play in
the 1950 campus grid race, each
group having rolled up three vic
tories. - -
The South-Sigma Phi outfit
ELON WILL BATTLE
NEWBERRY SNDIANS
Co-Captains Pete Marshburu
and Joe Erickson will lead
their Fighting Christians down
into South Carolina’s Saluda
River valley this weekend to
put down an Indian uprising,
and the Elon grid warriors have
been priming all their weapons
in readiness for a tough battle
with the Newberry Indians.
The Christians defeated New
berry 26 to 12 last year down in
Burlington Stadium, and Coach
es Jim Mallory and Doc Mathis
have been pointing their boys
for a repeat victory this week
end. The Elon outfit needs a
win this year to take the lead
in the series with the South
Carolina outfit. Present stand
ings show two victories each
for Elon and Newberry, with
one game a tie.
The first meeting between
the two colleges came in 1940
when the teams battled to a 6-
all tie. There was no game in
1941, but the series was renew
ed after World War II. New
berry won 20 to 0 in 1946, Elon
copped the game 3 to 0 in 1947,
and Newberry took the 1948
contest 20 to 7. Then came
Elon’s win last year.
Cagers Will Play
Professional Five
Basketball comes early to the
Elon campus this year, with thig
Elon cagers breaking right into
the middle of the football season
to play an exhibition tilt with
George Glamack’s major league
professionals from Grand Rapids,
Mich., over in Alumni Memorial
Gymnasium on Tuesday night,
October 31st.
One of Elon’s oldest and bitter
est rivalries will be renewed w'hen
the Fighting Christians tangle
with the Catawba Indians squad in
the annual Homecoming Day bat
tle, Vv'hich is slated for Burling
ton Memorial Stadium on Satur
day night, October 21st.
The rival squads will enter the
1950 game all even as far as vic
tories go over the entire series of
fifteen games, so the contest will
assume additional importance as
the Christians and Indians seek to
gain the advantage in the series
as well as the victory for this sea
son.
Elon and Catawba met for the
first time back in 1928, and they
have met fifteen times since that
initial contest, the record showing
each team with seven victories
and one game tied. Some of the
games have been won or lost by
close scores, while others have
yielded overwhelming victories
for one team or the other. Re
gardless of the score, however, no
game on either schedule has pro
duced more spirit on the part of
the players nor more interest on
the part of the fans.
That first game back in 1928
was one of the close ones, with
Catawba winning 13 to 12, but
Elon got revenge the following
season when the Christians rolled
to victory 26 to 7 in the 1929 con
test. Catawba copped the 1931
battle 38 to 0, and there were no
more games until 1934, when the
two teams battled to a scoreless
tie.
The next year introduced a ser
ies of three Elon wins in a row,
the Christians winning 32 to 0 in
1935, 33 to 13 in 1936 and 22 to 2
in 9137. The teams played turn
about for the next four years, with
Catawba winning 20 to 6 in 1938,
Ca-
The very name of George Gla-
mack stirs memories in the minds j Elon copping 7 to 0 in 1939,
iof thousands of North Carolina ^ tawba triumphing 13 to 0 in 1940
basketball fans, and a huge crowd and Elon grabbed a thrilller in
rolled over Vet’s Court 46 to 0, expected to pack the Elon gym ^ an 8 to 7 margin,
downed North 53 to 0 and|that night to see the towering:
trounced Vets Apartment-ITK 50 “Blind Bomber, who gained AU-
to 7. Matching this high-flying American honors while
club in wins, but not in scores.
the Oak-Carlton combination de
feated North 25 to 13, triumphed
over East Dorm-Club House 38
to 0 and then won from Vet’s
Court 19 to 0. I
East-
There was a break during
playing World War II, and Catawba moved
the pivot and setting scoring rec- ahead when the rivalry was re-
ords fro Tar Heel teams. ^sumed. The Indians won 40 to 0
Glamack’s professional outfiit, [ 1946^ 33 to 0 in 1947 and 35 to
like major league basebaU teams,'
is on a training trip to the South ^
and is working out at Chapel I running with a thrillmg 20 to 14
number of the new girls. Lacalaj drive late in that same quarter
Wilkins did several musical fell short when Bob Lewis snag-
numbers, and President Pittman
explained the WAA to the fresh
men.
Field hockey plans are now in
the indefinite stage, but the fresh
man girls are having a regular
class in the sport, and a club is
being organized to back the up-
perclass team in the annual bat
tle to be held later this fall.
1950 FOOTBALL SCHEDULE
Elon 12, Emory and Henry 33.
Elon 33, A. C. C. 6.
Elon 14, Appalachian 14.
Elon 21, ECTC 16
Remaining Games
Oct. 14—Newberry, away.
Oct. 21—Catawba, home.
Oct. 28—^W.C.T.C., away.
Not. 2—High Point, away.
Nov. 11—Lenoir-Rhyne, home.
Not. 23—Guilford, home.
ged an aerial on the Appalachian
2-yard line, only to be bounced
out of bounds. The half ended
before another play could be run.
The Christians unleashed an
other aerial and ground attack,
which ended when Co-Captains
Pete Marshburn hammered over
for the second touchdown to cli
max a 62-yard drive. Gero con
verted again to give Elon a com
fortable 14 to 0 lead.
“That’s the ball game,” the
fans thought, and many of them
started for the exits. Just then a
third-stringer by the name of
Steve Gabriel trotted on the field
wearing Appalachian’s Black and
Gold colors and began heaving
last-gasp passes. His first one,
tossed from his own forty, ended
deep down field In the hands of
Tom Hendrix, who was standing
in the Elon end zone, and Appa
lachian had scored. Bill Cross
split the uprights, and the score
stood Elon 14, Appalachian 7.
The Mountaineer followers be-
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Three other games saw ^
Club House win from Vets
Apartment-ITK 21 to 0 and then
roll over North Dorm 20 to 6, with
the Vets Court chipping in an 18
to 13 triumph over the Vets
Apartment-ITK combine.
The scores show the tendency
to high scoring all the way down
the line, but the touchdown pa
rade may be slowed down through
the rest of the season, since j
Coach Doc Mathis has requested'
varsity basketball candidates to ^
pass up the grid sport to avoid
possibility of injuries that could
handicap the cage squad.
Stephenson, of Oak-Carlton, is
pacing the individual scoring race;
with 49 points, far ahead of Burke,
of South-Sigma Phi, who has
counted 25 points. Bateman, Gib
son, Hopkins, Mondy and Fes-
mire, all of the South-Sigma Phi
outfit, trail in that order, all with
from 14 to 19 points each.
Hill.
win last season.
OVER QUARTER MILE GAINED THIS YEAR
STANDINGS
(Thronsh October 4)
W. L. Ave.
South-Sigma Phi 3 0 1.000
East-Club House 2 1 .667
Vets Court 2 1 .667
North 0 3 .000
Vets Apt.-ITK 0 3 .000
R. K. GRAYSON
PETE MARSHBURN
Pete Marshburn and R. K. Grayson, the two leading baU car
riers for the Christians on the basis of statistics for the first three
games of the year, have combined to advance the prolate pigskin
well over a quarter of a mile this year. In fact, the combined to
tal gains of the two shows that they have moved the ball 662 yards
into enemy territory this season, and that is just two yards more
than three-eights of a mile. Marshburn leads the way in total in
dividual gains for the year, with 388 yards. That total includes 228
yards on forward passes and 160 yards rushing. Grayson tops the
list in rushing gains, having hammered his way forward for 274
yards on the ground, and he added 5 yards on a pass to give him a
grand total of 279 yards. _