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\ Wednesday, November 8, 1950 MAROON AND GOLD PAGE THRER Lenoir-Rhyne Will Be Next Home Football Foe X • Elon To Seek Revenge For Defeat Last Year JV A A Plans For Sports And Socials ELON GETS FIRST SCORE AGAINST HIGH POINT The Women’s Athletic Associa tion, at its last regular meeting held on Monday, October 30th, made plans to invite the girls’ hockey team of the University of North Carolina to visit Elon and I'Ax: the Maroon and Gold stick- viiciders on an early December c— . ^actice is continuing in hockey luj both the freshman gym classes cuu for the members of the up- jit. -lass Hockey Club, and plans c rapidly taking shape for the aiiiiaal meeting of the freshman upperclass teams soon after jiic-.iksgiving holidays. Pijns were al.=o discussed for the sale of football programs at the lemaining games of the sea- so; . and it was voted that the WAA should hold its next social gathering in the form of a Christ- L.ris party. Jeanne Pittman and Aleane Cici.ivy v.'ere elected as official £ii.i;ates to rei-resent the Elon \v.4A at the state convention of iiie Women’s Federation of Col lege Athletics, which is to be held F.t Duke University on Saturday, Aovember 18th. a % (Photo Courtesy Dally News) Pete Marshburn (50) is shown as he dived head-first over the High Point line for the first touchdown in the Christians’ “Big Pa rade” of last Thursday night. Frank Tingley is at the extreme left, watching to see if the ball is over, and at the right on the ground is Sal Gero, (48), with the bandaged hand, and Mike Moffo, (34), both watching Marshburn fly through the air. The High Point players, ti'ying futilely to stop Marshburn’s plunge, are Pryor (30), Lloyd (33), and Burleson (49). ' MARSHBURN LEADS FOOTBALL SCORING Eight of Elon’s football stars have had a share in the scoring in the first eight games of the season, which have shown the Christians rolling to 187 points against 106 points for all oppo sition. They are running be hind last year’s blistering pace, which showed them with 254 points against 53 in the first eight games. However, the op position has been tougher this season. Pete Marshburn is leading the way with 48 points, with R. K. Grayson as runner-up with 36 markers. Sal Gero follows with 25 points, while Lou Ro- chelli and Fred Biangardi boast 24 counters apiece. Bob Lewis has contributed 18 points, and Frank Tingley and Archie Brig- man have each scored 6 mark ers. Two Teams Are Knotted In Tag Loop As the final week of Elba’s tag- football season got underway, the Oak Lodge-Carlton House and the I.T.K.-Vet’s Apartment out fits were deadlocked for the lead ership of the loop, each with a record of three wins and no loss es. However, one of the Oak Lodge- Carlton House wins was under protest from the South-Sigma Phi combination, and the matter was i .Kler consideration of the Intra mural Council. The protest was to Le decided at a meeting yes- ‘erday, but the results had not i «en announced at press time. Tht play-off battle between the ’ finners of the first and second • lalf schedules is planned for Thursday afternoon of this week, Lut there is still a possibility that Oak Lodge-Carlton House, which won the first half, may clinch toth halves and render a play-off unnecessary. Maroon And Gold Eleven Trounces High Point’s Panthers By 41 To 0 By JOE SPIVEY I Christian defense held High Point Tingley and Marshburn moved to to 116 yards running and 41 yards'the thirty-four, and R. K. went The Fighting Christians lived | through the ozone. Elon was not j “all the way” from there for the STANDINGS (Through Nov. 2) W. L. Ave. Oaif-Carlton 3 0 1.000 ITK-Vets Apts. . . 3 0 1.000 South-Sigma Phi .. 2 1 .667 Da.v Students 1 2 .333 Aorth 0 3 .000 Vet’s Court 0 3 .000 up to all advance press notices in Albion Millis Stadium at High Point last Thursday night, when they trampled a hapless Panther eleven 41 to 0. The stunning North State Conference win placed High Point in the doormat position in the league and zoomed the Christians into a tie with Ap palachian for first place. The score was not the main toa- ic of talk, however, for the second- to-none running of Elon stellar tailback pair, R. K. Grayson and Lou Rochelli. It was “all the way, R. K.,” as he reeled off dazzling touchdown sprints of 40 and 34 yards and added a third score on a 1-yard end run. Then it was "through the Panther crew” for Lou, as he twisted 49 yards for one touchdown and circled end from the two for another. Not entirely overshadowed by these two were Pete Marshburn, who dived over for the first score, Frank Tingley, Fred Biangardi, Gary Farmer* and Joe Parker, all ripping off long gains; and defen sive honors went to Hank DeSi mone, Sal Gero, Bob Marshall, Jim Snow, Bob Reece, Ernie Gero and Bill Renn. High Point’s honor men were Lloyd, Bovender and Kimball. Elon dominated the whole con test, scoring four times in the first half and twice in the final half. The Mallory-men rolled to 101 yards net on the ground and 106 via the aerial route, while the once forced to punt. , „ o. The Crushing Christians had the Panthers by the tail from the start. High Point lost ground on her first two plays after the kick- off, and Gordon’s kick, almost blocked by Nester, was out of bounds on the Purple and White twenty-six. Grayson weaved through for eleven, Tingley added the same, and two plays later HOW IT HAPPENED Elon High Point 24 First Downs 12 401 Net Yards Rushing 116 106 Net Yards Passing 41 9 Passes Attempted 15 5 Passes Completed 5 0 Passes Intercepted By 1 0 Runback Int. Passes 9 0 Number Punts 4 0 Ave. Yards Punts 33.5 63 Runback All Kicks 121 3 Fumbles 1 90 Yards Penalties 5 * + ♦ Marshburr^ dived over guard for the touchdown. Gero had his only missed kick of the night, and Elon led 6 to 0. High Point was in Elon terri tory after holding penalty on Elon on the next kickoff, but Bob Marshall smashed Grissom back to the High Point forty-nine on a fourth-down gamble pass, and Elon was away again. Grayson, 4 /, • SMJ HE'S IMPROVIWe first of his three touchdowns. The extra point made it 13 to 0. Penalties failed to stop Elon on her next march, which featured a 40-yard aerial heave from Gray son to Bob Lewis on the Panther twenty-five. The first quarter ended, but the scoring didn't. Brigman, Marshburn and Grayson lugged to the one, and Grayson circled end to tally. Gero kickea to total up 20 to 0. Lou Rochelli ran “hog-wild” foi the next Christian touchdown. The Panthers had kicked to Elon’s fifteen, and Tingley, Ro chelli and Biangardi ate up the yaids as they tore down to the rfigh Point forty-nine. From there Rochelli wove his way be- iiind beautiful blocking for a touchdown, bringing the crowd to its feet with the beauty of his jaunt. Jack Christy cut down the last man barring the scoring path, and Gero’s kick was good again. It was 27-0 at half-time. Elon failed to get up steam with the second-half kick-off, and High Point took over on the Elon forty-five. The Panthers had to punt, however, and Grayson re turned to his own twenty-six. The Christians were on the way again! Marshburn completed a jump pass to Lewis to the High Point forty two, and, after a penalty, Rochel li tossed another to big Bob on the forty. From there Grayson was off to the races again, picking up lovely interference as he zoom ed 40 yards for his third TD of the evening. Gero kicked again, and it was Elon 34 and High Point still working on their zero. The fourth quarter capped the performance, with Joe Parker rac ing 39 yards on a wingback re verse to the High Point one. Ro chelli was off-tackle for the touchdown, and Big Sal Gero kicked his fifth point of the night to write “finis” to the scoring at Elon 41, High Point 0. There were other thrills, such as Gary Farmer’s 43-yard run at right end, but there was no more scoring. High Point threatened tVvic6, once laie in the first half when Bill Lloyd paced a drive to Elon’s nine, where the Christian defend^ ers • held. Again in thefinal per iod Lloyd paced a drive down field, with the Elon defense ris ing up when the danger point was reached. Spying On Sports by JOE SPIVEY The Fighting Christians con tinue to roll! Including High Point encounter, with eight games of the ten-game season under their belts, they had moved the pigskin almost a mile and three quarters on the ground and in the air, with a total of 2,948 yards from scrimmage. The powerful rush ing attack had netted 1,922 yards of that total, while 1,026 yards has come on pass receptions. If we add in Elon’s 869 yards on kick returns, we find that Elon’s backs have lugged the ball well over two miles this year. While I’m on the subject of pass receptions, I think it would be appropriate to mention tliat Bob Lewis has snagged 24 of Elon’s 62 completed passes cred ited to the Christians, and the lanky end has thus accounted for a cool 502 yards. The big boy from Wilmington is All-Confer ence material if anyone is. While Elon is considered primarily as “Tangerine, ground-gaining aggregation, the't back, and Bob Lewis was the glue-fingered end who was sent in to take a Gero pass on the next try. Well, Sal passed, but it was intercepted. Gero grumbled, “They knew it would be a pass when Lewis was sent in.” Jack Annas only laughed, saying, “It wasn’t that . . . They just knew you were the only triple-threat tackle in the Conference!” Ain’t it the truth? Sal has run the ball for a touchdown, has kicked all those extra points, and now he’s passing. In between all these chores, he plays some hunky-dory offensive and defen sive football. As far as I know, Gero is the highest scoring tackle in the Conference. Anybody who wants to know our nomination for Little All-American can instantly get the reply. “It’s big Sal Gero.” Maroon and Gold crew is full 28’pgj^^g^ nose, yards ahead of all opponents in passing, and that is after playing Etjt k3arolina too! With 978 yards gained on passing against Elon, Thrift and Company surged out to pick up 324 yards of it for East Carolina. A1 Ludwig, first string guard, has a new nickname. Just call If_you want to know the reason, just look at that Hunger and thirst will be driv ing motives behind the Fighting Christians when they tackle the burly Bears of Lenoir-Rhyne in Burlington Stadium on Saturday night — hunger for revenge against the Bears for last year’s ■‘upset” defeat and thirst for tit ular honors in the North State Conference. This game with Lenoir-Rhyne marks the renewal of one of the oldest and most successful grid iron rivalries in Elon history, for the Christians and Bears have met twenty-one times since 1921, and the records show that Elon has won fourteen of the contests while losing seven. It is a sore spot, however, that the Maroon and Gold forces have not won a game from Lenoir-Rhyne since World War II. Elon won the first six games in the series, rolling to victory 39 to 0 in 1921, winning 48 to 6 in 1926, taking a thriller 7 to 6 in 1927, rolling again 26 to 6 in 1928, triumphing 13 to 7 in 1929 and adding a 20 to 7 victory in 1930. Lenoir-Rhyne broke the string with victories in 1931 and 1932. The score in 1931 is. not on record here, but the Bears won that year and added a 12 to 7 victory the ne.xt season. The Christians came back strong and copped six more wins in a row, winning 7 to 0 in 1933, 13 to 6 in 1934, 20 to 0 in 1935, 38 to 0 in 1936, 27 to 6 in 1937 and 14 to 6 in 1938. Lenoir- Rhyne copped again in 1939 by a 10 to 0 margin, but Elon won 8 tc 6 in 1940 and 13 to 0 in 1941. Since World War II the Bears have won 14 to 13 in 1946, 13 to 0 in 1947, 13 to 0 in 1948 and 19 to 7 last year. The Catawba Indians really like to live up to their nickname, for they have a^ gen-u-wine Indian on the team, who plays a bang-up game at right end. His name is Joe Oxendine, and he hails from Pembroke, down in Croatan land. Archie Brigman is the original hard-luck man on the gridiron. Arch shook loose for a 70-yard touchdown jaunt against A.C.C., only to have it called back on ac count of a rules infraction. Against Catawba Archie took a pass and scooted across the dou ble markers for another tally, and you can guess what happened. It was called back. Up at the Western. Carolina game^ Sal Gero kicked an extra point, but Elon was penalized '15 yards for holding. Sal moved Ersel G. Moleskin has resumed his sporadic correspondence, and this time the letter was not edged in black, as it was after that dis astrous weekend of October 14th. The crystal ball has been thor oughly cleaned, and the predic tions are coming through nicely. For the weekend of October 28th Ersel hit four out of five and retrieved his Egyptian sling shot from the pawnshop. The only miss was the Catawba upset of V.M.I. Here are the latest guess es: Oops! ... I mean predictions: For the w’eekend of November SPYING ON SPORTS nth . . . EMORV AND HENRY over Western Carolina . . . APPA LACHIAN over A.C.C. • ■ • EAST CAROLINA pver High Point . . . CATAWBA over Guilford .... and ELON over Lenoir-Rhyne (sweet revenge). For the weekend of Noveihber 18th . . . EAST CAROLINA over Atlantic Christian ■. . . CARSON- N-EWMAN over Western Carolina . . .. WOFFORD, oyer. High Point. See you at the . Letioir-Hhyne gftme! Pro Cagers Down Elon; J V s Win The Grand Rapids Hornets, touring big league pros, chalked up a 70 to 59 decision over the Elon Christians here on Tuesday night, October 31st, taking advan tage of experience and superior height to pull out ahead of Coach Doc Mathis’ silver-jerseyed boys.^^ The Elon Jay-'Vees won a thrill ing prelim from Burlington High by a 46 to 44 margin. Big Don Haithcox, Elon’s All- Conference center, got hot in the final half and topped the scor ing for the game with 22 points, while George Glamack and El more Morganthaler, towering All- Americans, rung 17 each for the pros. Dave Mondy and Ned Gaul- din w’ere runner-up scorers for Eflon. The line-ups: Pos.—Elon (59) Hornets (70) F.—L. Gaither (9) .... Towery (6) F.—Hamrick Brookfield (6) C.—Haithcox (22) .... Glamack (17) G.—Mondy (13) Doyle (4) G.—Cooper O’Brien (9) Half-time score: Hornets 33, Elon 28. , Elon subs: Gauldin (10), Kendal (3), Ussery (1), Hall, ^W. Gaither. Hornet subs: Morganthaler (17), McDermott (10), Novak (1), Nagy, Superunowicz, Miksis. 1950 FOOTBALL SCHEDULE Elon 12, Emory and Henry 33. Elon 33, A.C.C. 6. Elon 14, Appalachian 14. Elon 21, ECTC 16. Elon 13, Newberry 6. Elon 26, Catawba 12. ■; Elon 27, WCTC 19. ] Elon 41, High Point 0. Remaining Games November 11— Lenoir-Rhyne home^. , . • . Nov. 23.—Guilford, home.
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