Wednesday, December 13, 1950
MAROON AND GOLD
PAGE THREE
Eton Football Stars Win Post-Season Honors
Three Home
Cage Games
Within Week
Tiae Fighting Christian cager^
will be at home for three games
within the next week to wind up
their pre-ChristmajI schedule.
The three home games coming
up include a return engagement
wil'.i McCrary Eagles here Thurs
day night, a battle with the At-
lan.ic Chrisjian liuUJogs here
next Monday and a clash with the
Trey State Teachersf ropi Ala-
bar.ia here next Vuesday night.
All three of these games prom
ise pieniy oi tiiiuis lor the stu
dents and home town fans. The
semi-pro McCrary team always
puts on a great battle, and the
Atlantic Christian outfit split
with the Christians in two thrill
ers last season. This game marks
the opening of the North State
Conference season. The invasion
of the Alabama outfit will give
the Maroon and Gold intersection
al test, the first and only one of
the season.
Spying On Sports
by
JOE SPIVEY
Write “finis” to another chap
ter in the history of Elon foot
ball. The Fighting Christians
eked out a 6-0 win over the Guil
ford Quakers on Thanksgiving
Day to end the season with an
over-all record of seven wins, two
losses, and a tie. The Confer
ence record stands with six vic
tories, one loss, and one tie, and
it was good enough to give the
Christians second place in the
league: An admirable record in
any circuit!
• * *
Might as well pass out a few
orchids while on the subject of
football. Individual bouquets to
Big Sal Gero, Hank DeSimone,
R. K. Grayson, and Pete Marsh-
burn, who gained berths on the
All-Conference team.
A ll-Campus Grid Squad
Lists Intramural Aces
Sal Gero Named On AP’’s Little-American;
Other Elon Aces Gain All-Conference Ranking
North State
By SHAG MYERS
The South-Sigma Phi Beta
combination set the pace in win
ning positions on the All-Campus
tag-football team for 1950, despite
the fact that it failed to win the
championship of the Intramural
League.
Finishing as runners-up to the
powerful Oak Lodge - Carlton
House grid squad, the South-
Sigma Phi club placed five men
out of nine on the honor team,
which was chosen by a vote of
the members of the Intramural
Council.
The championship aggregation
from Oak Lodge and Carlton
House copped three of the re
maining posts on the All-Campus
team, and the other post went to
the ITK-Vets’ Apartment combi
nation. The honor squad as a
whole numbers a crew of fast-
moving stars, men who can han
dle the ball in clever style.
Parks Stephenson, of Oak-
Carlton, and George Etheridge
ITK-Vets’ Apartments, gained the
nod at the ends. Both are rangy
and speedy and can grab passes
with the best.
The tackle and guard posts go
to a pair of powerful boys who an-
rhored the middle of the South-
Sigma Phi line, the chosen pair
being Henry Borneman and Char
lie Bishop, both of whom won
posts on tiie All-Campus team a
year a^o.
The center position goes to
Tubby Johnson, stocky and fast-
moving pivot of the championship
Oak-Carleton combination. This
honor climaxes the college ca
reer for Johnson, for he complet
ed requirements for graduation
jI the end of the fall quarter.
The 1950 all-star backfield in
cludes three boys from the clever
South-Sigma Phi offensive group
in the perosns of Wally Burke,
Len Fesmire and Joe Durso.
Worth Womble, of Oak-Carlton,
rounds out the honor backfield.
A great big room-full of roses
to the boys in the line. They are
the unsung heroes of football.
Seldom getting the credit they
deserve, always taking the hard
knocks, but always playing their
hearts out to pave the way for the
backs. Those are the boys who
make or break a team, so take
a bow, linemen!
# *
Had a lengthy talk with Ath-
lethic Director Pierce, and he
wishes me to pass along a bit of
advice, which concerns our fine
gym. Here’s where we can help
to keep OUR gym in good con
dition and still enjoy using it.
As students, we know that
smoking, eating and drinking re
freshments are strictly prohibited
on the main floor, which includes
he bleacher seats. The trouble is
that most visitors don’t know it,
but we can tell our guests and at
the same time set an example by
abiding by the rules which govern
the behavior of spectators.
Coach Pierce reminds us that
the gym is OURS, and it is up to
us to see that it is taken care of.
He states further that new meas
ures will have to be envoked if
we don’t assume the responsibil
ity that is ours.
Few people realize it, but after
a game, the gym is used at 8
o’clock the next morning. The
seats are pushed back, and floors
are cleaned for classes. The task
of cleaning is made much simp
ler by observing a few rules of
tidiness and by telling our guests
to lend their cooperation at the
games.
* * ♦
Sal Gero 1950 All-State, All-
Confernece, has been awarded the
highest prize of all in small col-
'yge football competition. Big
’al v.'on a berth on the Little All-
Vrr.erican squ.-jd. This is the
irst time in Elon’s gridiron his
tory, that she has had a player
named for such an honor. Hats
off to Sal! He’s Elon’s man of
Team Lists
Four Elonites
Four of Elon’s outstanding foot
ball stars of 1950 were honored
with positions on the All-North
State Conference grid squad,
which was announced on Novem
ber 22nd through the columns of
the Greensboro Daily News. Two
other Elon grid men were listed
in the honorable mention group.
The four All-Conference posts
accorded to Elon were equally
divided between the line and
backfield, and the number was
exactly double the honor posts
won by the Fighting Christians
a year ago.
The Christian aces named to
the team included Sal Gero, at
tackle; Hank DeSimone, at guard;
Pete Marshburn, at fullback; and
R. K. Grayson, at tailback. A
>ear ago the only Elon men hon
ored were Arnold Melvin, tackle,
and Claude Gentry, end. Honor
able mention this year went to
Bob Lewis, end, and Mike Moffo,
center.
Tv.’o of the four Elon players
honored with All - Conference
ranking this season will have a
chance to repeat next year, for
Gero is a junior and Grayson is
a sophomore. Both Marshburn
and DeSimone are seniors and
have played theii final season in
Maroon and Gold colors.
ONE OF AMERICA'S FINEST
GIRLS AT MEETING ,
The Women’s Athletic Associa
tion was represented by two dele
gates and several other members
at the meeting of the N. C. Ath
letic Federation of College Wo
men at Duke University late in
November. Delegates were Jeanne
Pittman, WAA president, and
Aleane Gentry. Others were La-
cala Wilkins, Patsy Milam and
Miss Ruby Adams.
The morning was spent in reg
istering and in an open meeting,
followed by a picnic luncheon at
noon. The afternoon program was
divided into group meetings and
closed with a business session and
election of officers.
SAL GERO, ALL-AMERICAN
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By JOE SPIVEY
The Fighting Christians wound
up a successful 1950 gridiron sea
son by defeating the Guilford
Quakers 6 to 0 in the annual Tur
key Day game, wnich was played
in Burlington Memorial Stadium
before an estimated 2,500 fans.
The final score was surprising.
A glance at the statistics dis-
clo,/id that each team gairiisd
well over two hundred yards,
Guilford holding an edge in rush
ing with 276 yards, while Elon
ground out 203 yards afoot. In
the air the Christians had a
slight margin, but not enough to
make a difference in the sluggish
ly played affray.
Both offensive units were able
to move the leather anywhere be
tween the two 20-yard strips,
but from there to the double
markers proved to be no-man’s
land. The exception was in the
second period, when R. K. Gray
son lobbed a pass to Joe Erickson
for the day’s lone score and the
scant margin of victory.
The Christian touchdown drive
got underway midway of the sec
ond period after a Quaker punt
to the Elon thirty. Led by the
buU-like rushes of Fred Bian-
gardi and the elusive running of
Lou Rochelli, the Christians
moved steadily to the Quaker elev
en. The drive seemed doomed
like the others when Grayson
was thrown for an eelven yard
loss, but not so. Two passes fell
incomplete, and then Grayson
dropped back on fourth down,
dodged two tacklers and cut loose
from the forty to Joe Erickson on
the five. Erickson grabbed the
pigskin there and scampered un
molested for his first tally of the
year. Sal Gero’s kick was wide,
but the six points proved just
enough.
Guilford came roaring back,
v/ith revenge in mind, and took
advantage of Elon’s vulnerability
to a wide pitch-out play to move
the ball almost at will. The
Quakers moved lo Elon’s 13-yard
line as the half ended, and after
Grid Award
By Theatre
The Elon College football squad
was entertained by the Para
mount Theatre in Burlington on
Monday night of this week, when
Manager A1 Alston presented Sal
Gero, Elon’s Ltitle All-American
tackle, with the theatre’s annual
trophy as “Elon’s most valuable
performer of the season.”
Alston praised the squad for its
fine record during the 1950 cam
paign, which included seven wins,
two defeats and one tie. Previous
winners of the Paramount Award
included Claude Manzi in 1947,
Claude Genrty in 1948 and Arnold
Melvin in 1949.
Coach Jim Mallory announced
that the coaching staff has given
special aw'ards to Mike Moffo and
Harry Farmer as the most im
proved lineman and back of the
season. Moffo starred as an of
fensive center, while Farmer was
a stand-out as a defensive full
back.
The squad has elected tri-cap
tains for the coming 19^1 cam
paign, naming two linemen and
one back as joint leaders of the
Christians for next year. They
are Sal Gero, tackle, Raleigh Ellis,
guard, and Frank Tingley, wing-
back.
Nationwide *
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Praise Given
Husky Tackle
Sal Gero, a husky 240-pound
tackle, who has been one of the
anchors in the Elon College for-
v/ard wall through three grid
campaigns, became Elon’s first
full-fledged All-American when
he was named by the Associated
Press as a tackle on the 1950 Lit
tle All-American.
Arnold Melvin, another husky
Christian tackle who graduated
last year, was named to the third
team of the Little All-American
a year ago, but Gero pushed the
Maroon and Gold colors higher
v/ith his first string berth this
season.
Eleven colleges from all parts
of the United States were repre
sented on the honor team, and it
is interesting to note that most
of the colleges that placed men
on the squad were much larger
in student enrollment than Elon.
In fact, only two of the eleven in
stitutions thuj^ honored were
smaller than Elon.
The first team players, with
the colleges and with the college
enrollment in parenthesis, in
cluded the following;
ENDS; Norb Hecker, Baldwin-
Wallace (1,951); and B. Callen-
dar, Louisiana College (846).
TACKLES; Sal Gero, Elon
(690); and Cal Roberts, Gustavus-
•\dolphus (1,291).
GUARDS; Jack Hawkins, Cen
tral Washington (1.529); and Ed
Douglass, New Hampshire (3,291).
CENTER; Charles Cope, Frank-
lin-Marsahll (1,300).
BACKS; B. Rowland, McMur-
ay (600); Carl Taseff, John Car-
.^oll University (2,165); R. Doyne,
Lehigh (3,707); and Robert Mil
ler, Emory and Henry (592).
Gero himself was naturally
much pleased with the honor ac
corded him, and one of his first
remarks was, “Now, I’ll have to
try to play better than ever next
year in order to live up to the
honor paid Tne.” With character
istic modesty, he attributed cred
it for the honor to the fine sup
port of his teammates and to the
excellent coaching he had receiv
ed.
This Little All-American honor
v/as not the only one received by
Gero last week, for he was also
named to a tackle post on the
Greensboro Daily News’ annual
All-State team, which was chosen
from all the collegiate institutions
in North Carolina. This choice
ranked the big Elon star with
the best from the entire state, in
cluding the aces of such larger
schools as Carolina and Duke.
intermission they continued to
knock at the touchdown gates.
Several times the Guilford elev
en was within the Elon ten, but
always the Christians held. The
final Christian threat was halted
at the ten, and Elon moved to
three first downs in a row in the
closing two minutes.
Lou Rochelli and Fred Bian-
gardi proved the individual big
guns in the Elon attack, with R.
K. Grayson chipping in some nice
work. Outstanding on defense
were Jack Annas, Bob Marshall,
Frank Tingley, Hank DeSimone,
Dick Lee and Ed Watkins.
V.N.C. Coeds
Defeat Elon
The University of North Caro
lina Coeds defeated the Elon girls
3 to 0 in a field hockey game
played at the Elon ball park la.st
Wednesday afternoon. It was the
first intercollegiate hockey game
ever played on the Elon field,
the first period.
The line-ups;
Pos.—Elon (0) Carolina (3)
L.W.—Cadell Jones
R.W.—Jemigan Latta
L.I.—Dyer Russell
R.I.—Rothgeb Merritt
L.H.—Grogan Cameron
R.H.—Pittman Verison
C.H.—Wilkins Shelton
L.F.—Spence Effinger
R.F.—Gentry Guthrie
C.—Milam Quesenberry
Goal-^Westmoreland, Teague.
Elon sub— Hughes. Carolina
subs—Jenkins, Presnell, McNeill,
Stribling, Wilson.