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Wednesday, September 26, 1951 M A P O O N AMD GOLD PAGE THREE Appalachian To Be Christian Foe For Homecoming Game Ancient Rivals Had Tie TO LEAD GRID SQUAD AGAINST APPALACHIAN Spying On Sports by JOE SPIVEY Football, like the inevitable ’ ■ eshman, has hit the college ■rnpuses, f.nd baseball is being i-hed off the sports pages of t!’.e morning paper. Even the -..eather man has gotten into tlie pii'it of things and given us some )L weather. Monday-morning- ,' .irterbacks are back in vogue, .'v'l the crj'stal gazers are bub bling over with predictions. Elon College is no exception, rnd the Fighting Christians, with Iwo non-conference tilts under lheir belts, are seeking to wrest c.way the North State Conference crown from last season's champs :n up Appalachian way. Chances k good for the Christians to l,etter the 7-2-1 record of- last ear. With 21 lettermen returning d lots of promising frosh ma larial on hand, the Christians lould be in the Conference tus- ; '.e right down to the wire. With the advent of the year’s coming inter-collegiate schedule, we must bear in mind one import- nt item at all contests—SPORTS MANSHIP. fn our possession at the present time is the Messick Sportsmanship Trophy. We certainly want to K-’ep it, and it’s up to each stu- ( nt to be a lady or gentleman at • I games. Back our teams, but I u’t belittle the visitors. News for Non-Varsity Athletes: \ e can still shine, even though t'-e crowd and rewards are small. "" e answer is Intra-mural ath- J.-tics. We bave an excellent set- i\3. and all games are supervised. Ttipetition is keen; football is . ’readj* underway. Here’s hoping ■■'nr~3bi‘ftiito”ies and social organ izations field a team this year. * ♦ ♦ Present .nd Former Elon Ath letes in the News: Pete Marsh- liurn, last year’s football co-cap tain, is coaching at Ramseur; ave McClenny is still at Liberty; I 'u Savini is starting his second ; ?ar at Jacksonville; Jack Annas, I fensive star on last year’s foot- I ill team,is stationed in Lackland, V^xas, with the Air Force; Bob Marshall, big tackle on last year’s football squad, is in the Air Force and on his way to t'le frozen North; Jack Mitchell \ ho is now in school, closed out a successful year with the Greens boro Patriots baseball team; dit-! lo for Scott Quakenbush. Botli Mitchell and Quakenbush played basketball under the Maroon | and Gold colors. Lefty Taylor, ane of the star pitchers on the Elon nine, played with the Bur lington Bees this summer. Bill Hyler, one of the top Elon golfers. ^ took second place in an amateur j tournament held at Ocean View, Va., this summer. Archie Brig- man is still unattached. ♦ * * Little All-America Bob Miller of Emory’s present back-field said to Little All-America Sal Gero of the Elon forward wall after the nitial contest for both teams, “It was the first game I ever played in which I heard the bells ring on every play.” He went on to ex plain that he had been racked ,!ard several times during his play ing career, but the Elon boys were hitting every time he lugged the ball so hard that he saw stars and Iieard bells ringing. Pat Spurgeon, fullback on the Emory and Henry eleven, paid another compliment (or was it a compliment?) by saying that he thought the team from Morris- Harvey, who went on to take the National Little-College Champion ship a couple of years ago, was about tops in the way of competi tion; now his opinion is that the Elon team is at least on a par with the M-H outfit. ' ♦ ♦ » Speaking of that Emory and Henry game, the people that for ever bemoan the lack of old-fash ioned rock-’em-sock-’em football would have had no complaints at this encounter. Just cast a glance at the injury list for both teams. It was just, plain “guts and mus cle” from the first whistle to the final gun, with no team asking or giving any quarter. ♦ ♦ ♦ Coach Jim Mallory is shown above, talking things over with the three Fighting Christian grid .stars who will lead the Maroon and Gold outfit into action again :t Appalachian here on Saturday night in the annual “Homecom ng” battle. The Christian leaders of 1951 in the above picture are Raleigh Ellis, of Suffolk, Va., Sal Gero, of Hatbcro, Pa., and Frank Tingley, of Thomasville. All three of the Elon leaders are sp.^'iors this year and are playing their fourth season Score In Game Last Year 1951 FOOTBALL SCHEDULE Elon 14, Emory and Henry 20. Elon 37, Norfolk Navy 7. (Remaining Games) Sept. 29—Appalachian, home. Oct. 6.—East Carslina, away. Oct. 20.—Catawba, away. Oct. 27.—W.C.T.C., home. Nov. 1.—Newberry, home. Nov. 10—Lenoir-Rhyne, away. Nov. 22.—Guilford, away. Coach Jim Mallory was far from inactive this summer. He was player-manager for the South Boston baseball team, and “Genial Jim” led them to the league title. + * ♦ Doc Mathis, basketball coach and football line coach, led his Graham American Legion Juniors to the state finals, which they lost after a tough series. ♦ ♦ ♦ Remember, whether we win, lose, or draw, let’s be good sports Emory And Henry Eleven Is Wiiuier Over Elon In Bruiswig Grid Battle FINE SEASON EXPECTED IN TAG-FOOTBALL LOOP By GEORGE ETHERIDGE The groundwork was laid for operations of mien’s intramural ports on the Elon campus dur- ig the 1951-52 session at the fir.st r.'.eeting of the Intramural Coun cil, which was held last week to elect officers for the year and to consider the program of activi ties for the fall quarter. Deward “Scoop” Scott was named president of the Intra mural Council for the new year, with Tom Gough chosen as sec retary. They will head up the body that decides campus athletic policies for male students, while George Etheridge will direct the program as representative of the physical education department First sport on the agenda will be tag-football, with six strong teams representing campus units and combinations. Teams accept- Dorm, North Dorm, Day Students and South Dorm. A double round- robin schedule is planned. The defending intramural cham pions of Oak-Carlton will build once more around such tried star? as Henry Hoppe, Leon Long and Lefty Taylor, but Sigma Phi will field a powerful crew of experi enced tag gridders and may be the team to beat in the loop race this fall. Tom Gough, Elbert Lake and Billy Fritts are the only veteran performers for East, which must rely on much new material, North Dorm must also rely on new ma terial, with Sonny Morgan lead ing a team composed largely of freshmen. George Nall will lead the Day Students, who can draw on materijil from VJets’ Apart ments, and South Dorm is expect ed to have its usual powerful ag gregation. South has won the ing franchises in the Intramural tag-football league include Oak- league title three times in the Carlton, Sigma Phi Beta, East, past four seasons By JOE SPIVEY Maybe it was geographical con fusion that caused the Fighting Christians to drop a 20-14 decis^ ion to the Emory and Henry Wasps up at Bristol’s Municipal Stadium on September 1,5th. They left North Carolina to play a school located in Virginia, and the game was played in Tennes see. Then again it might have been too much of Little All-America Bob Miller and his cohorts Chick Davis, Creed Bruce, and Pat Spurgeon. At any rate, ' the Christians failed to avenge them selves of the shellacking they took last year, but it was no walk away for the Wasps. All the scoring was crammed into a bruising, battling, bust-’em, first half in a see-saw struggle, featured by some fine offensive and defensive play. Elon threat ened in the second half, but an alert Wasp defense put the stinger in e\^ery attempt. E'mory and Henry got past midfield only twice in the third period and not at all in the final quarter. In stead the Wasps were busy stav ing off the threats of “Big Jawn” Plztt and a host of other Elon backs. The scoring got started in the first period when Bill Blackstone's hurried punt went out of bounds on the Elon 38. Miller and Davis picked up three yards each, and Bunny Saltz came through with a first down on the Elon 23 Encouraged with such results Saltz got four more. Miller ther took a handoff from Davis, spurt ed into the open via the hole in he Wasp’s left tackle slot, and struck pay-dirt 22 yards later. Pa; Spurgeon split the uprights, and Emory and Henry led 7-0. The Wasp lead held, but no; or long. Shortly after the sec and period got underway, Elon’s own Little All-Ann,brican, Sal Gero, came out of the “Amen corner” and covered Miller’s fum ble on the Emory twenty-three On the next play an over-eagei Wasp defender tripped Bob Lewi; as he reached for Platt’s pass. In terference ga\(e the ChUiSitianp a first down on the Emory eleven The next play brought 5,000 spec tators to their feet as 220-pount John Platt scattered around en on the winged feet of Mercury t( put the Christians back in the ball game. Sal Gero's placemen HOW IT HAPPENED Elon Norfolk Navy 19 First Downs 6 184 Net Rushing Yardage 0 22 Passes Attempted 13 12 Passes Completed 6 199 Pas.sins Yardage 118 383 Total Gains Scrimmase 118 3 Opp. Passes Intercepted 1 67 Runback Int. Passes 27 37.5 Ave. Yards Punt 31 110 Yards Penalties * ♦ * 55 SHINING STAR CARROLL REID One of the- shining stars of the Sion football squad in the two opening battles of the 1951 sea- ■ on has been Carroll Reid, the “Ashland Atom,” who exploded square in the faces of Emory and Henry and the Norfolk Navy squad. Reid raced 93 yards for a touchdown against the Wasps, and then he took over at tailback to score one touchdown and pass for another against Norfolk's “Flying -'ars.” vas straight and true, and the ball game was all tied up at 7-7. Apparently this served only to et the Wasps buzzing, because i’ey took the kick-off and pro- ':eeded to sting the Christians vith a 66-yard touchdown march. All but 15 yards was covered hrough the ozone, highlighted by Oavis’ pass to Walter Hankins, vhich was good for 51 big yards and a T.D Shortly afterward came a hotly iisputed decision by the officials, vhich proved to be a turning •)oint in the game. Emory and HTenry tried a short kick, which lal McRae deflected out of )ounds as he tried to field a low: bounder. The officials luled “il- egal practice” and gave Emory possession on the Elon thirty- hree. With the aid of penalties and ;ome fancy passing by Miller, he Wasps ground down to the Sion two, and Bruce took a pitch- out and hit scoring territory. Spurgeon found the slot and his placement made it 20-7, Emory ind Henry leading. The Christians, hurt consider- ibly by the loss of several first- itringers as a result of injuries, efused to say “Uncle” and head ed goalward. With Platt spear- 'leading a running and passing Irive, the Christians got as far )S the Emory twenty. At this in opportune moment, Humphries ntercepted Platt’s pass and took iff. He was finally hauled down by Mike Moffo on the Elon 40. Two plays later the tables were -eversed, and Carroll Reid gath ered in Davis’ pass on his own -.even, ran to his left, came back o the right and scampered goal ward. It was all the way and ’lory bound for the lanky Elon ,afety. Gero added the point and he Emory lead was sliced to 20-14 IS the half ended. The second half saw a real Fighting Christian eleven tryine valiantly to close the six point deficit. The fourth period openec with the ball on the Emory foui with Elon in possession. It was first and goal for the Christians, With Parker, Platt, and Ting- ley handling the offensive chores, the Christians strove to close the gap. They worked their way to the Emory nine on one occas ion. Meanwhile, Elon’s fine de- WAA Plans Girls Sports For Neiv Year By SOPHIA WHITE The Women’s Athletic Associa tion held its initial meeting of the new year on Monday night, Sep tember 17th, in the Psychology classroom, purpose of the meet ing being to acquaint the fresh men with the aims and programs 3f the organization that controls girls’ sports on the Elon campus. Discussion was held in regard to the organization that controls girls’ sports on the Elon campus. Discussion was held in regard ,0 the selling of football pro grams this fall, and the officers if the group requested the coop eration of all women students in selling the programs at the vari ous home games, Plans were also laid for a party for all WAA members, which will be announced in the near future, and it was voted that the WAA monograms will be awarded at a special meeting to Jeanne Pitt man, of Smithfield, Va., Lacala Wilkins, of Burlington, and Aleane Gentry, of Roxboro, each girl hav ing accumulated the necessary points for the letters. The officers for the women’s sports group this year include Sophia White, of Sanford, presi dent; Lacala Wilkins, of Burling ton, secretary; and Rachel Mat thews, of Chuckatuck, Va., treas urer. An election will be held in the near future for a vice-pres ident to succeed Anne Strole, who did not return to Elon this year. Virginia Jernegan, of Suffolk, Va., was named manager of the hockey program for the fall quar ter. Five Make Good 111 Pro Baseball (Continued on Page Four) Five Elon students of last year were in professional baseball uni forms during the past summer, !:hree of them being members of he Christian nine that won its bird straight North State Con ference championship last spring. Austin Brewer, who made a great record as a freshman pitch er for Coach Mallory’s outfit, had an auspicious professional debut vvhen he led all pitchers in the North State' Yeague by winning 19 and losing only four for the first-place Hi-Toms outfit. Lefty Taylor, who broke into orofessional ball with the Bur lington Bees, failed to equal Brewer’s high mark, but he was n a higher league and was handi- ^apped by the fact that he played vith a cellar club. Scott Quaken bush, who made his debut with Greensboro, hit .246 in his first season. Two old pros, members of the Elon cage squad, who were in pro ball this summer were Nel Cooper, who hit .277 with Evans ville, Ind., and Jack Mitchell, who batted .317 with Greensboro No mountain feud, not even the historic Hatfield and McCoy conflict, has ever been more in tense than that blood vendetta that will be renewed down in Bur lington Stadium on Saturday night, when the Elon Christians meet the Appalachian Mountain eers in their annual head-knock ing on the gridiron. The conte.st, slated to be the climactic feature of Elon’s annu al “Homecoming Day,” will find the black-jerseyed warriors from the mountains defending the North State Conference champion- s):ip, which they won last fall, and the battle will be fought before hundreds of old Elon grads, back for their annual fling in the haunts of their youth. This same annual battle was the feature of the Appalachian home coming just a year ago this week end, and few will ever forget that hair-raising rally, which netted two Mountaineer touchdowns in the final two minutes and enabled the Appalachian eleven to tie Elon by a 14 to 14 score. That tie score gave Appalachian its Con ference title and knocked Elon out of a possible “bowl” bid. Some sage of old has said that “revenge is .sweet,” and Elon’s football squad believes that an cient adage to be true, all of which means that Coach Jim Mallory’s men will be fighting tooth-and- toenail this weekend to avenge that game of a year ago. The Moantaineers come here this week with a new coach in the person of Preston Mull, who stepped into the driver’s seat vi’hen Red Duggins was recalled to the Navy. Opposing Mull will be “Genial Jim” Mallory, who is now in his fourth year as director of Elon’s football destinies. Not since Mallory took over the Elon coaching reins has he been able lo lick Appalachian,' and he makes no bones about it in saying that this is the year for old scores to be settled. It will be a pair of fast-moving backfields in competition, and the decision may rest with the line that blocks and hits the hardest. It looks like from this corner that it will be the Elon forwai'ds who meet those conditions, for Appa lachian cannot match such offen sive aces as Sal Gero, A1 Ludwig, Mike Moffo and Raleigh Ellis, nor can the Mountaineers defenders match the sterling play of stal wart defenders like Gero, Joe Widdifield, Tom Haymore, Fred Burmeister, Harry Farmer and Dick Lee. Few Elon alumni and not a sin gle one of the. present-day stu dents can afford to miss this blood-tingUng conflict that will be unveiled on the gridiron down in Burlington on Saturday night. ELON WILL HONOR 1933 GRID SQUAD Thie EIou football squad of 1933, which won for Elon her first North State Conference cliampionshiii, will be honored at the Homecoming Day pro gram this weekend. Coached by Peahead Walker, this team started a string of four con secutive Conference titles for the Christians. Members of the squad who have been invited back include Captain Aubrey Winecoff, How ard Smith, Martin Ritt, Hunter Harrington, Herman Waters, Rudy Walser, Robert Stallings, John Troppoli, Ralph Neal, Paul Brawley, Wilbur Newsome, Richard Freeze, Walter Latham, Archie Walker, Sidney Gerring- er, Glenn Auman, Curtis Berry, Wilbur Smith, Archie Williams, James Bovard, John Jolley, Oka Hester, Paul Kametches and Clyde Rudd.
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