Wednesday, October 24, 1951
MAROON AND GOLD
PAGE THREE
Christians Meet Catamounts Saturday Night
Student Tickets Good For Battle
To Be Played On Reidsville Field
Basketball Schedule Announced
Elon Cagers Will Play 30 Games
Seventeen Games On Home Floor
King Football is still on the I
throne in the sports world, but
Crown Prince Basketball, making
its appearance on the Elon camp
us for early practice last week, I
grabbed off a big share of sport-
light as Coac^ Doc Mathis an
nounced this week a fine 30-game
schedule for the Fighting Chris-
itan cagers.
The Elon cag-e schedule gets un
derway on November 26th and
continues until February 23rd,
after which the Christian basket-
eers will swing into the North
State Conference tournament,
which is carded for a third
straight time in Statesville. The
touniament dates are February
28th and 29th and March 1.
The new schedule for the Fight
ing Christian hardwood outfit is
unusually attractive for the local
fans, for Coach Mathis has sched
uled seventeen of the thirty
.-contests to be played on the Chris
tians’ home floor in beautiful
Alumni Memorial Gymnasium.
Only three of the home battles
•vtill be played before Christmas,
a period which finds the fans of
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ELON CAGE GAMES
The complete 1951-52 basket-
liaU schedule for the Elon cagers
is tabulated below, beginning in
late November and ending late
in February.
jfov. 26—Hanes Hosiery, here.
Dec. 1—Norfolk NAS, away.
Dec. 3—Atl. Serv. Force, here.
Dec. 6—Presbyterian, away.
Dec. 7—Erskine, away.
Dec. 11—Lynchburg, away.
Dec. 17—A. C. C., away.
Dec. 18—Citadel, here.
Jan. 2—Hanes Hosiery, away.
Jan. 3—^McCrary, here.
Jan. 5—Lynchburg, here.
Jan, 9—Appalachian, away.
Jan. 12—Catawba, here.
Jan. 15—Presbyterian, here.
Jan. 17—McCrary, away.
Jan. 19—Lenoir-Rhyne, here.
Jan. 21—Norfolk NAS, here.
Jan. 24—Erskine, here.
Jan. 26—Catawba, away.
Jan. 28—W.C.T.C., here.
Jan. 29—W.C.T.C., here.
Feb. 2—East Carolina, here.
Feb. 4—High Point, here.
Feb. 6—Appalachian, here.
Feb. 9—East Carolina, away.
Feb. 11—High Point, away.
Feb. 13—A.C.C., here.
Feb. 16—Guilford, here.
Feb. 21—Guilford, away.
Spying On Sports
by
JOE SPIVEY
The thump of leather on the backs practicing passes, ball-
Feb. 23—Lenoir-Rhyne, away
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this area too busy with holiday
preparations for much basketball,
fcut there will be nine home games
during January, with five home
contests during the first three
weeks of February. Five of those
home games during January and
February will be Saturday night
contests, a fact which augurs well
for good crowds.
'However, the number of home
games and the time of playing
those games are not the only
good features of this 1951-52 bas
ketball schedule; for Coach Math
is has lined up a fine array of
teams to furnish the opposition
for his Maroon and Gold five this
winter.
Sixteen of the games are North
State Conference affairs, includ-
.ing home-and-home battles with
• each of the other eight teams in
Vthe Conference. There are also
two games each with Erskine,
Presbyterian and Lynchburg
Colleges, two games each with
i lanes Hosiery, McCrary Eagle;
and Norfolk Naval Air Station
and a single tilt with Atlantic
Fleet Service Force, sometime
called the Serv-Lant team.
hardwood and the swish of nets
as a basketball goes through the
hoop was heard last Wednesday
as Coach Doc Mathis started pre
paring his charges for the com
ing basketball season. With many
veterans from last year's roster
reporting back, I think Doc will
be looking to the future with an
optimistic eye.
With such stellar performers
as Ben Kendall, Dave Mondy, Don
Haithcox, Larry Gaither, Nelvin
Cooper, Husky Hall, Ned Gauldin,
and Billy Rakes shooting the
sphere, the Christians will be no
push-over for any opponent. Bob
Lewis is another letterman avail
able if a question of his eligibility
is settled happily.
Also bolstering the Christian
hardwood hopes will be Jack Mit
chell, Bill Blackstone and Scott
Quakenbush, all of whom saw re
serve duty last season and who
are expecting to see plenty of ac
tion in the coming season’s con
tests.
+ + ♦
It does seem early in the year
to mention basketball, but it will
not be long until the football gear
is stored away in moth balls, and
the crowds (I use the term loose
ly) will be headed for tke gym.
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Over at High Point, where foot
ball was dropped last year. Coach
Bob Davis has had his hopefuls
working out almost since the be
ginning of the current school
year. Looks like he’s planning to
avenge last year’s stunning upset
by the Christians in that overtime
contest on the local floor.
+ + ♦
Now, getting back into the
realm of football, it looks like the
North State Conference race will
go into a “foto-finish.” At this
mid-season point, it appears that
Lenoir-Rhyne is definitely the
team to beat in the title race, and
the Fighting Christians are still
smarting over that 42-13 shellack
ing handed them last November
by Mr. Trudnak and Co.
♦ * +
Back her.e at home, one of the
boys to watch is Lou Rochelli,
the triple-threat tailback of the
Fighting Chiistians. Lou is writ
ing the records anew here at Elon
and in the Conference. In filing
the All-Conference shoes of the
injured R. K. Grayson, Kochelli
aas done a commendable job and
we haven’t heard the last of him
yet. Who knows, he may be wear
ing a pair of All-Conference shoes
□f his own before this season is
forgotten.
* + *
Enough glory for the backs.
Why not extend here and now a
hearty pat on the back for the
hard-working line? They do the
dirty work and get the least
glory. I’m not intimating that the
ball-carrying job is a cinch, but
It’s the dog-tired, grimy linemen
that open those holes for the
backs to romp through on the way
to tomorrow’s headlines.
Take a typical practice session
or example. Here we find the
handling and punts. Over on the
;ther side of the field the men in
the forward wall are banging
heads on blocking and tackling
to make the coach’s strategy click
Next time you watch a ball
game, try taking your eyes off the
ball-carrier for just a moment
and watch the path being cleared
by some sweat-soaked lineman
As the back scores, just remem
ber that somebody blocked.
• ^ ^ ^
Man, get a load of those figures!
Mathematical figures that is
Against East Carolina both of
fensive units turned the record
books topsy-turvy. The Chtisti
ans racked up the amazing total
of 560 yards from scrimmage
Completed passes accounted for
313 yards, and the rest came via
the running attack. Together the
two teams amassed a total of 975
yards from scrimmage to top the
641 total for the Emory and Henry
game of last year.
Lou Rochelli topped his own
passing mark from the Catawba
game last year when he complet
ed eighteen of twenty-seven for
293 yards. Last year he made
good on nine of fifteen for 245
yards. He even bettered his rec
ord of the Catawba game for total
yards gained. In that game he
gained 269 yards, while in the
East Carolina battle he ripped the
turf for 72 yards to run his total
gains to 365 yards. Quite a feat
for such a small man!
♦ + ♦
While at that Western Carolina
game, remember that whether we
win, lose' or draw, let’s be good
sports.
Elon Football
N
CHEERING FOR THE CHRISTIANS
Elon 14, Emory and Henry 20.
Elon 37, Norfolk Navy 7.
Elon 20, Appalachian 6.
Elon 34, East Carolina 20.
Elon 21, Catawba 14.
(Remaining Games)
Oct. 27.—W.C.T.C., home.
Nov. 1.—Newberry, home.
Nov. 10—Lenoir-Rhyne, away.
Nov. 22.—Guilford, away.
Newberry Is
Elon’s Foe
Next Week
4l:
The Newberry Indians from
down South Carolina way -will in-
ade Burlington Stadium on
Thursday night of next week to
battle the Elon Christians in the
final “home game” of the 1951
season.
This renewal of the Indian wars
could well prove a severe test for
Coach Jim Mallory and his Elon
gridmen, for the Palmetto State
eleven has really put up stiff con
tests during the past two seasons.
Elon had to go all out to win 26
to 12 here in 1949, and last year
the best the Maroon and Gold
outfit could do was a 13 to 6 win
down at Newberry.
Those two Elon victories in the
past two seasons put the Fighting
Christians out in front in the
series with Newberry by a margin
of three games to two, with one
contest ending in a tie score.
The tie score came in the first
meeting back in 1940 by a 6-6
count. Newberry won in 1946 20
to 0, but Elon copped a 3 to 0
upset in 1947 on a 22-yard field
goal by Jim Huyett. The Indi
ans took the 1948 contest by a 20
to 7 margin, but the Mallorymen
took over after that meeting.
The Newberry team, under the
guidance of Coach Tuck McCon
nell, run from a tricky “T” forma
tion, which features Don Ardito
in the quarterback slot and Max
Dubose and Bill Cashion as the
Indians’ chief ball carriers. Elon
will match these backs with such
Christian aces as R. K. Grayson,
Lou Rochelli, Fred Biangardi and
Frank Tingley.
Always cheering for the Fighting Christians, the Elon cheer
leaders of 1951 are solidly behind the football team all its games,
and through their efforts student cheering has been much im
proved since early season. Kneel ng alone on front in the above
picture is Jane Peterson, head cheerleader. Left to right in the
row behind her are Pat Gates, Phillip Mjann, Dolores Hagan, John
Truitt, Betty Stafford, Carolyn Abells, Oscar Holland and Martha
Berry.
East Dorm Pulls Upset
In Tag-Foothall League
STANDINGS
(Through October 17)
W. L. Pet.
Oak-Caileton 7 1
.875
East 5 2
.714
Sigma Phi 3 4
.429
North 3 5
.375
Day Students 1 3
.250
South 0 4
.003
INDIVIDUAL SCORES
Player
Pts.
Etheridge, Oak-Carlton
54
Nels-on, East
31
Taylor, Oak-Carlton
18
Long, Oak-Carlton
14
Sears, Oak-Carlton
14
Gough, East
12
The E. W. Vickers Memorial
Trophy for the leading group in
men’s intramural sports went to
the Iota Tau Kappa Fraternity
'ast year.
By GEORGE ETHERIDGE
An inspired and improved tag-
! football outfit from East Dorm
pulled the upset of the year in
the Intramural League by defeat
ing the previously unbeaten Oak-
Carlton nine by a score of 13 to 6.
The East boys came from behind
in the last period to win.
The over-confident boys from
I Oak-Carlton scored in the second
period and led at half-time by a
6-0 margin. With six minutes re
maining in the fourth quarter this
lead was still good, and it looked
as if Oak-Carlton had wrapped
up its second successive Intra
mural football championship.
It was then that East went to
work. George Nall passed to Sam
my Nelson in the end zone for a
touchdown, but Nelson's try for
point was blocked to leave the
score tied 6-all. Time was run
ning out, and a tie seemed in the
making.
Oak - Carlton's Lefty Taylor
uncorked a long downfield pass
FIGHIING CHRISTIANS BOAST VETERAN ENDS
The Fighting Christian grid
;quad will take on an up-and-
clawing crew of Catamounts from
Western Carolina over in Reids-
ville's Kiker Stadium on Saturday
night of this week, and the Ma
roon and Gold football warriors
v.ill be scrapping to add another
victory to their North State Con
ference record for the year.
This Saturday night battle, even
though it is to be played in Reids
ville, is really a “home game” for
the Christians, and all Elon Col
lege students will be admitted to
the contest on their student tick
ets, just as if the game were
payed on the usual home field in
Burlington. Holders of Elon sea
son tickets will also find their
tickets good for the game.
No Western Carolina football
team has ever defeated an Elon
eleven, and Coach Jim Mallory
and Doc Mathis have groomed
their charges for this tilt with
the idea that 1951 is no tijne to
start a new precedent. This is to
be the seventh meeting of Elon
and Western Carolina in football
sinck; 1933, and the Christi^ms
have emerged victorious in each
of six earlier games.
The Elon teams of 1933 and
1934 started the .string of Chris
tian victories, rolling to victories
by 45 to 6 and 37 to 6 in those
two seasons. There were no
games for five years, and then
Elon chalked three in, a row in
1939 by 52 to 0, in 1940 by 42 to
0 and in 1941 by 28 to 7. Last
year’s game was the first renewal
since World War II, and Elon won
that game by a thrilling 27 to 19
margin.
Coach Tom Young’s Cata
mounts won their first game of
the 1951 season from a strong
East Tennessee outfit, but injur
ies and inexperience cost the
Catamounts successive defeats
from Appalachian, Presbyterian
and Catawba. It was then the
Catamount experience began pay
ing off, and Coach Young’s boys
rose up to smack East Carolina
down 34 to 20, ju.st exactly the
same score that Elon had in de
feating the Pirates.
Last year’s battle with the Cat
amounts was one of the most
thrilling of the year, and the game
[appears to be shaping up the
same way. The game marks the
first time that Elon has ever play
ed a game in Reidsville, so the
coaches and players have asked
that the student body plan to take
on last down, and Sammy Nelson
intercepted it and returned to the
Oak-Carlton forty. From there in this “home game” on a bun-
MSSM
,it took just two passes from
1 George Nall to Tom Gough and
Jack Jiames, with the latter scor
ing to give East the biggest up
set of the year so far and a chance
to stay in the running for- the
title. Nelson's try for point on
this touchdown was good, but it
v/as not needed.
dred per cent basis to give the
Elon players badly needed sup
port.
Fork Union Oowns
Jay-Vees 13 To 0
The Elon Jay-Vee grid squad
dropped a hai'd-fought 13 to 0
game to the Fork Union Military
Academy eleven on Saturday, Oc
tober 13th. The Cadets scored
once in the final minute of the
first half and a second time as
the last half ended.
Coach Mallory used this game
and an open varsity date to give
some of his youngsters much-
needed experience. Outstanding
for the Christian juniors were
Bryce Hurd and Leonard Morgan
in the backfield and Tom Hay-
more and Ted Webb in the for-
v»’ard wall.
^ (I,,. MnHh m-itp Conference has boasted a finer crew of ends than has tlie Elon
nv, ■ r '^^'^nr"no leL than five junior and senior lettermen have carried the burden of flank duty
ris lans, to exoerit nee the five old head flankmen average 6 feet 2 inches m height
this fall. In add.t,on to to right) are Howard McRae, Bill Black-
^^BorLewi" Leonard Greenwood and Bob Reece. Lewis and Greenwood have carried most of
throffensive load this fall, with Reece and McRae getting a big S'.are of defensive duty and Black-
stone carrying the brunt of the ticking for the Christians,
Len Fesmire, summer school
graduate from Madeira, Ohio,
was awarded the Vincent Kaslow
Memorial Trophy for sportsman
ship last year. The award was
voted by the Intramural Coun
cil.
Field Hockey
h Underway
On Campus
Field hockey is the sport of the
moment with the Elon girls’ ath
letes, the first formal game of the
year having been staged Tuesday
of last week between the 1:30 and
11:30 freshman gym classes.
The 1:30 class, coached by La-
cala Wilkins, chalked a 1 to 0 vic
tory in this tilt when Louise Mc
Leod turned in a goal after a sen
sational run from the 50-yard line.
The best of the freshmen are to
meet the upperclass team later in
the season finale.
In addition to the field hockey
program, the WAA is planning to
send delegates to the statewide
meeting to be held next month at
Appalachian. Aleane Gentry is
the new vice-president of the
WAA, a post vacated when Anne
Strole did not return to college
for the fall term.