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Wednesday, October 10, 1951 MAROON AND GOLD PAGE THREE Late Scoring Splurge Brings Victory Over Appalachian Spyin^y On Sports by JOE SPIVEY Elon Eleven Defeats Mountaineers For First Time Since 1941 Season Athletic Director J. L. “Jet”. management, however, all the Pierce has gone to Carolina—but | lights wei’e cut off at both the only in the capacity of a graduate student, for Coach Pierce is work ing on his Ph. D. degree. Well, they have always said that one never gets too old to learn. ^ ♦ It seems tlaat victories over Appalachian are getting to be quite expensive, even if they are highly enjoyable. Everyone knows what happened to the col lege kitchen on Homecoming night, just when EIonites were in high glee over the great victory over the Mountaineers, and now comes the information that a vic tory ever Appalacliian was associ ated with the last time the dining hall burned. That was back in the winter of 1942 when fire de stroyed the old dining hail that adojned West Dormitory, and tlie Elon basketball team had to "leave without breakfast the next morn ing on a trip to Boone, where the Christian cagers defeated Appa lachian the next night. ♦ ♦ ♦ Sal Gero, our own Little-Amer- ican representative on the grid iron, brought along his own cheering section to the Appalachi an encounter. Included were his mother, brothers and friends from the old home town of Hatboro, Pa. Sal gave them plenty to yell about, loo. ♦ ♦ ♦ Your reporter came upon the scene of the Homecoming game with a great deal of optimism; for, at first glance, it appeared that great throngs were lined up around the stadium fence wait ing to get in for the game. A) second look, however, revealed that they were some of the hun dreds who were taking advantage of the splendid view of the pro ceedings without paying a cent. I could scarcely blame those in dividuals themselves, but it cer tainly cuts off a great deal of Norfolk Navy and Appalachian games before members of the press could tabulate the results and get their stories ready and call them to their various papers. The hired help only shrugged bis shoulders when a reporter from the Norfolk newspaper complain ed that he could not read his story in a dark telephone booth, and there was the insolent suggestion that the visiting sports writer strike a match.” I ask you, “Is that the sort of treatment that Elon a«id her guests should receive after pay ing close to $200 in rental fees for the use of the stadium?” If they start turning off the lights any sooner after the games are over, somebody had as well expect some lawsuits for broken legs. I guess the solution would be for the college to begin issu ing flashlights to all patrons as they enter the gates. * * ♦ Seriously, however, it seems that a plausible solution would be for Elon to bring her games back to the ball park here at home. The cost for staging the game would certainly be much less, and 1 venture to say that the attend ance would be just as great in most cases. Profits from most of the home games are negligible as it is, so let’s bring them home! ♦ ♦ ♦ The people at large in Burling-, ton are not responsible for this deplorable state of affairs at the stadium, for many of the Burling ton citizens have contributed gen erously to the college and have supported it in many ways.' 4 change of policy on the part of the stadium management seems in order, or else the college should lay matters right on the line before responsible persons. ♦ ♦ ♦ Elon’s basketball team was dealt badly needed revenue from the ^ severe blow with the loss of Hank Hamrick to the armed college, all because the stadium management refuses to put up canvas along the wire fence. One of the hired help at the stadJum was asked where the canvass curtains were that have at times blocked the view of this outside audience. In sincere manner, he only replied that the people got mad if the curtains were put up. Now, I ask you if that isn’t a shame? Maybe the Eloa administration should just let the whole crowd in, free to avoid any hard feelings! ♦ ♦ ♦ To top off aU the discourtesies that Elon has suffered at the hands of Burlington’s stadium forces. Hank, who left some days ago at the call of his draft board, played both basketball and base ball. He was All-Conference pitcher in baseball for two years and won All-Conference honors in basketball during his freshman season. ♦ ♦ * Genial Jim Mallory had just cause to raise his hat in glee at the close of that Elon-Appalach- ian game. For him it was the first grid victory over the Mountain eers since the start of his coach ing career at Elon back in 1948. It was also the first win for Elon (Continued on Page Four) By JOE SPIVEY The Appalachian Mountaineers were loaded for bear when they invaded Burlington Memorial stadium on Saturday night, Sep tember 29th, but the deer-like running of Carroll Reid, Frank Tingley and Lou Rochelli, plus the bull-like rushes of Fred Bi- angardi were just too much for the invaders, who went back to the hills of Boone with an empty sack and the short end of a 20 to 6 score. The boys from Boone were never able to get the scoring range consistently, for a Christian line that was stubborn as a mule in defense of its own goal refused to be bulged when the chips were down. The Appalachian defend ers were stubborn too, but Elon's offensive blockers cleared way at just the right moment for the scampering feet of Tingley and Reid and the driving legs of Bian- gardi. Fred Biangardi, the “Bayshore Bulldozer,” ploughed all up and down the field, reeling off two touchdowns and giving free rides to would-be tackles in Appalachi an’s black jerseys. Biangardi, a 215-pound junior fullback, put the Christians out front with his first touchdown that came after four minutes of play. That first score culminated a short drive that started from the Appalachian 20-yard line, where All-American Sal Gero had re covered a Mo\intaineer fumble. On the first play after the recov ery, Lou Rochelli flipped a pass that fell incomplete, but with “it at first you don’t succeed” in mind, Lou faded back and hit Bob Lewis on the twelve. Bian gardi then bulled through guard for eight to make it first down on the four, carrying several of the visitors on his back. An offsides penalty set the Christians back to the nine, but Rochelli got three and Biangardi was not to be de nied as he crashed through the line for six yards to score stand ing up. The opposition fell like ten-pins as Elon copped six big points, and Gero made it 7-0 with his boot from placement. That was all the scoring for the first half, but not all the excite ment. The Mountaineers moved the ball everywhere on the field except over the goal. The Elon defense, led by Gero, Renn, Wid- difield. Farmer, Lee Burmeister TWO TOUCHDOWNS FRED BIANGARDI Fred Biangardi, the “Bayshore Bulldozer,” really lived up to his nickname as he spearheaded the Elon offense in the Homecoming battle against Applachian. The big Elon fullback hammered over with two of the three touchdowns that gave victory over the Moun taineers. jnd Greenwood, refused to give ground when it counted most. The lone Appalachian score came early in the third quarter when the Mountaineers pushed across a tally after three minutes had passed. Ray Triplett racec • « « HOW IT HAPPENED Elon Appalachian 8 First Downs Id 112 Net Rushing Yardage 122 18 Passes Attempted 14 8 Passes Completed 6 71 Passing Yardage 57 183 Total Gains Scrimmage 179 1 Opp. Passes Intercepted 2 32 Runback Int. Passes 49 42.5 Ave. Yards Punts 32 3 Opp. Fumbles Recovered 1 50 Yards Penalties 45 ♦ ♦ * the opening kick-off back to the thirty-four from his own one- yard line. Les Hardin got eight Triplett made it first down on his own forty-five, and then Steve Gabriel passed to Carl Clarke for first down on Elon’s forty-five. It was then that Jack Groce Appalachian’s All-State back, lived up to advance notices and I gave the App supporters some- : thing to yell about. After grab bing three yards on a line play Groce slipped through tackle on a quick-opening play, picked up some timely blocking and raced 42 yards for the Mountaineer touchdown. Groce himself at tempted to add insult to injury when he tried the placement, but Joe Widdifield broke through from his tackle post to block the kick for point, and Elon clung to a slim margin by a 7 to 6 score. The boys from Boone threaten ed again early in the fourth quar ter when Bob Etheridge intercept ed an Elon aerial and ran it to the Elon thirty-five. On the first play Groce gained five, and two plays later he raced 21 yards to he Elon four. Widdifield made the tackle, and the same husky tackle met Groce again two plays later. Two running plays had failed to make the goal, and Wid difield and Renn banged Groce for a two-yard loss. An attempted pass fell incomplete, and Elon took over on her own five. With three minutes left to play, the Christians broke the game ivide open, driving 63 yards in rour plays to build up their slim lead. Reid took a punt on his jwn thirty-seven, and their' he and Tingley ripped off a first and ten in the Appalachian forty-seven Tingley then moved to the left )n a wide reverse and picked up ilockers to race 46 yards to the Appalachian one o« the longest run of the night. Bull Biangardi :ook it over on the next play, and Gero added the point to make the scoreboard read 14 to 6. The Elon fans breathed easier. Less than a minute later the Homecoming crowd saw the Christians add gravy to the meat. Biangardi’s kickoff was returned to the Appalachian nineteen, and Steve Gabriel tried a pass which sailed straight and true—but not into the hands of his intended receiver. Carroll Reid gathered the ball to him on the thirty-two and romped all the way unmo lested to ring the bell for the Christians. Gero’s kick was wii this time, but it did not matter. Elon led 20 to 6, and seconds later the game was all over and won for the Christians. FIELD GENERAL OF ELON TEAM IS MARVIN MOSS Marvin Moss, who came to Elon after playing high school foot ball at Burlington High, has moved into a regular job as field leneral for the Fighting Chi-istians this season. Playing the olocking back position in Coach Mallory’s single wing attack, the 190-pound sophomore has been showing improvement in both blocking and generalship as the season moves along. He was iividing time with Ernie Gero in the early games, but he has seen virtually full-time duty since the younger Gero suffered a broken ankle in the battle with the Norf oik Navy Fliers. Elon To Meet Catawba Next After Open Date Oak-Carlton Remains Undefeated To Pace Intramural Grid League WAA HOST AT ANNUAL WEINER ROAST OUTING By SOPHIA WHITE I the twof reshman hockey classes The Woman’s Athletic Associa- tion was host to about twenty-five girls at its annual weiner roast, which was held at Mooneloa on Wednesday night, September 26. The event served as a get-ac quainted meet, and plans were made to push forward with all activities of the association throughout the year. The girls are concentrating their attention at the present time on field hockey, which will be climaxed by the annual battle between the freshmen and up per-classmen. Plans have been made for a practice game between after- STANDINGS (Through October 3) W. L. Ave. Oak-Carlton 5 0 1.000 Sigma Phi 3 3 .600 East 3 2 .600 North 3 2 .600 South 3 2 .600 Day Students .. 0 4 .000 Lou Rochelli, who proved his ability in both running and pass ing last season, accounted for a total of 979 yards gain on 169 plays. He ran 84 times for 332 yards and completed 41 of 85 at 3:30 o’clock Thursday noon of this week. The WAA held a special elec tion last Thursday, October 4th, to choose a vice-president and secretary as replacements for of ficers who failed to return to col- passes for 647 yards, lege. The count of votes gave the secretary’s post to Virginia Jernegan, but an extra run-off election was necessary between Louise Spence, and Aleane Gen try for the post of vice-president. The run-off was scheduled Tues day of this week, but results were not available at press time. R. K. Grayson, speedy little Elon backfield star, averaged 5.8 yards each time he carried the ball last season. He carried 93 times for a total of 542 yards rush ing. He was on the All-Confer- ence squad. By GEORGE ETHERIDGE The Oak-Carlton tag-football combination, which carries the joint hopes of the Oak Lodge and the Carlton House, has become very definitely the team to beat n the battle for the campus grid title, and it appears that the lads from the eastern edge of the campus may repeat their cham pionship victory of a year ago. In fact, followers of intramural football on the campus are saying that the Oak-Carlton outfit, which has romped undefeated through the first round of play in the six- team intramural lo^p, is even faster and packs more power than the team that won the tag- Eootball crown last fall. The league-leaders have a lot of running and passing power in the persons of Henry Hoppe, Lefty Taylor and Leon Long, but much of the sucess of the team so far can be attributed to a superior defensive line that includes Guy floss, Charlie Burrus, Paage Painter, Gerry Sears and Bobby Coyner. This combination has leld all opponents to a total of 17 points, while their offensive unit has piled up 100 points in five games. Despite Oak-Carlton’s undefeat ed record, the league-leaders have had no real pushovers. An out standing battle was that against the Day Students, which Oak- Carlton won by a 17 to 15 scoi’e, and the winning touchdown was- tallied with only one minute re maining on the clock. Another tough battle was that between Oak-Carlton and the strong Sigma Phi Betas, in which Charlie Schrader and A1 Bryan paced the fraternity outfit. The Sigma Phis held Oak-Carlton scoreless until the final quarter, when two quick touchdowns yielded the victory. The second round of play in the intramural loop got underway on Monday of this week, and indi cations were that the rangy Sig ma Phi outfit and a much-improv cd North Dorm squad may push the Jir3t-(ha]|f vnnners for the honors in the remaining games with a light and fast East Dorm crew not to be counted out of the running. The Fighting Christian grid squad has an open date this next v.'eekend after playing four con secutive weekends, but Coaches Mallory and Mathis and the boys themselves will welcome the week of rest before they start down the home stretch of late-season contests. The extra week will give the Maroon and Gold squad a chance to round into top shape and complete its plans before renew ing one of Elon's oldest and bit terest rivalries with the Catawba Indians. The Catawba battle will be played on Catawba’s home field at Salisbury on Saturday night, October 20th. I The Christians will go into this game with a one-game lead on the Catawba outfit in the matter of victories won since the series was initiated back in 1928, so the Mallory men will be battling to keep the Indians from pulling up into a tie in games won and lost. Elon and Catawba met for the first time on the gridiron back in 1928, and the records show that 'they have played sixteen times since that opening game. The score sheet shows Elon with eight victories, Catawba with seven wins and one game that ended in a tie. There have been a few games won by heavy scores, but in most cases the contests have been close and hard-fought, and no game on either schedule arouses more spirit among the players nor more interest on the part of the fans. That first game in 1928 was one of the close ones, with Catawba winning 13 to 12, but the Christi ans got revenge the next year when Elon rolled to a 26 to 7 vie toi-y in the 1929 contest. Catawba won the 1931 contest 38 to 0, and there were no more games until 1934, when the rival teams battled to a scoreless tie. The 1935 season introduced a string of three consecutive victor ies for Elon, with the Christians taking that 1935 contest by a 32 to 0 margin. The Elon colors' waved triumphant again in both 1936 and 1937, with the Christi- 1951 FOOTBALL SCHEDULE Elon 14, Emory and Henry 20. Elon 37, Norfolk Navy 7, Elon 20, Appalachian 6. Elon 34, East Carolina 20. (Remaining Games) Oct. 20.—Catawba, away. Oct. 27.—W.C.T.C., home. Nov. 1.—Newberry, home. Nov. 10—Lenoir-Rhyne, away. Nov. 22.—Guilford, away. ans winning by scores of 33 to 13 and 22 to 2. The next four seasons found the rivals playing “turn-about” in the victory column. Catawba won 20 to 6 in 1938, Elon took the game 7 to 0 in 1939, Catawba triumphed 13 to 0 in 1940, and Elon grabbed a thriller by an 8 to 7 margin in 1941. There were no games played during World War II, and Ca tawba moved out front with three victories in a row right after the war. The Indians won 40 to 0 in 1946, 38 to 0 in 1947 and 35 to 0 in 1948, but the last two sea sons have been happy ones for the Fighting Christians, with Elon claiming a 20 to 14 victory in 1949 and a 26 to 12 verdict last fall. Each team is built this year ak'ound a nucleus of stars from last season, and the 1951 contest promises to be as thrilling as any that have been played in the past. Each team dropped its opening game this year, Catawba losing to N. C. State on the same week end that Elon dropped 'a game to Emory and Henry. Each team then chalked victories in its next two games and showed promise of plenty of power in games to come. The Catawba offense is built around the sling-shot passing of Johnnie Coble, with Lope Linder as the Indian running ace, but Elon will match these two Indi an stars with the offensive threats of R. K. Grayson, Frank Tingley, Fred Biangardi and Lou Rochelli
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