Tuesday, November 20, 1951
M A R o O r >l AND GOLD
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Eton Will Meet Guilford On Wednesday Night
Oak-Carltoii
Wins Campus
Grid Honors
The Oak Lodge-Carlton House
lag-football outfit made a clean
sweep of ail honors in the intra
mural gridiron season during the
1951 fall season, copping the
championship of tiie uitramurai
league during the regular cam-
patgii and then aefealed a strong
Ali-btar outfit chosen from all
other teams in the league in a
thrilling 25 to 12 battle unaer tay
Iight£.
The Oak-Carlton grid combina
tion, built around a strong nu
cleus from last year s yovveri.ui
team, was strengthened by a num
ber of new men, aud the lads iroui
llie eastern edge of the campus |
swept through the regular league
season in impressive style.
They were then matched against
the All-Stars in the season finale,
which was played as a night con
test on Tuesday night of last
week. This game was put on with
all the trimmings, with public ad
dress alily handled by 'Scoop
Scott, wbo furnished tnem music
lor the occasion (even including a
spirited rendition of the National
Anthem preceding the kick-off),
and with sponsors for each of the
teams presented on the field at
lialf-time.
j.ae champions proved that
their titular victory in the regular
season was not a fluke w'hen they
pushed over four touchdowns to
gain their 25 to 12 decision over
the picked players of the loop.
This win, however, was not with
out its thrills, and the Oak-Carl
ton combine had to come from be
hind in the final half to win.
Oak-Carlton tallied first in the
opening quarter when lienry
Hoppe tossed a pass to George
Etheridge for a touchdown, and
Sonny Addison slipped through
the line behind some perfect block-
fast
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Christians And Quakers
Clash To Close Season
Elon’s 1951 football season will
pass into history after Wednesday
night, when the Fighting Christi-1
ans battle their old rivals from
Guilford in a Thanksgiving Eve (
contest in Greensboro. The game
. as originally scheduled for
-hanksgiving afternoon, but it
■' as changed when the stadium
proved unavailable at that time.
This is the twenty-ninth renew
al of the oldest football rivalry in
liie North State Conference, and
r.o holiday battle among the
South’s smaller colleges has
packed more intense rivalry be
tween the contending teams. The
■Jope-sheet always goes out the
window when the Christians and
Quakers meet, and the underdog
outfit has more than once pulled
an upset.
Neither of the two teams can
win a championship this fall, for
the Elon Christians saw their title
hopes go up in smoke after an ov
erwhelming defeat by Lenoir-
Rhyne, and the Quakers have fail
ed to win a game in the Confer
ence. However, that is all the
more reason why the Quakers
want to win this game from Elon.
An upset win for them now would
redeem many of the losses suffer-
jd so far.
The Quakers almost pulled one
Elon Football
Spying On Sports
by
JOE SPIVEY
Well, the Conference champion
ing to tally the extra point. This ^ football has virtually slip-
gave the champs a 7 to 0 lead, but;
the margin was cut in the second,
quarter when Sammy Nelson in-1 the Christians. The only hope
tercepted one of Lefty Taylor’s | left is an upset by Catawba on
Tag-Football Aces Honored, As .
ALL - CAMPUS SQUAD IS ANNOUNCED
Three strong tag-football squads
garnered all the berths on the 1951
All-Campus honor squad, with
the championship combine from
Oak Lodge-Carlton House again
showing the same domination that
characterized its play on the field.
The champions placed five men
oC nine, with the strong outfits
the custom inaugurated last year, with the ITK-Vets Apartment club
was chosen by a vote of the mem-: last fall.
bers of the Intramural Council. The other line posts show Al
Speed was the keynote in the, Bryan, stocky and tough little
choice of the All-Campus group ] Sigma Phi center, at the pivot
this year, but the honor squad also | position, flanked on each side by
boasts plenty of height in key
positions and a rugged toughness
that stood out in the play of the
various individuals throughout the
passes and romped fifteen yards
for a touchdown. Try for point
failed, and Oak-Carlton led at
half time 7 to 6.
The All-Stars went ahead at 12
to 7 early in the third period
when George Nall whipped a bul
let pass to Charlie Gibson, who
made a circus catch as he stepped
into the end zone. The play was
“Turkey Day” when the Indians
tangle with the Bears from Lenoir
Rhyne at Hickory. That would
throw the race into a tie, but,
confidentially, I believe we can
start tossing orchids to the Bears.
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The only bright point from the
Christian’s view was the fact that
good for twenty yards. This lead
v/as short-lived, for Leon Long tail-back Lou Rochelli surpassed
leaped high to spear a long Heni-y
Hoppe pass on the All-Star four,
and Sonny Addison circled right
end for the score that sent the
champions outf ront 13 to 12.
Two other Oak-Carlton scores
stretched the lead. Buchanon
blocked an All-Star punt late in
the third period, and Charlie Bur-
rus recovered in the end zone.
The final score was on another
scoring toss from Hoppe to
George Etheridge, who speared
the ball in the end zone.
The line-ups:
Pos. —Oak-Carltou
E—Etheridge
All Stars
Gough
Grant
Bryan
Taylor
Gibson
Nall
Lake
Nelson
Campbell
G—Painter
C—Sears
T—Coyner
E—Long
B—Addison
B—Levine
B—Hoppe ; *
B—Taylor
^ Sgore by periods:
Oak-Carlton 7 0 12 &—25
All-Stars 0 6 6 0—12
Oak-Carlton scoring: Touch
downs—Etheridge 2, Burrus, Ad
dison. Extra point — Addison.
AU-Star scoring: Touchdown
Nelson, Gibson.
Substitutes; Oak-Carlton Bur
rus, Buchanon, Kennedy. All-
Stars—Garber, Golden.
the 1,000-yard mark in total of
fense for the season. Rochelli’s
offensive total is now 1,185 yai-ds.
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Here are some thumb-nail in
terviews with a portion of the
Christians that saw action in the
Lenoir Rhyne game. Fred Bian-
gardi: “They had a good down-
field blocking team. When they
pull, they really block.”
Sal Gero: “If we had gotten the
jump, I think we could have
beaten them. They got the jump
and kept going.”
Jack Christy: “They did every-
beaten Carolina
great ball club.”
Fred Burmeister: “Best ball
club that we played against all
year.”
Charlie Atkins; “They did ev
erything right, and we did evei'y-
thing wrong.”
Bill Renn: “We got beat by a
superior ball club, but we played
one of our poorest games of the
season. We really appreciate the
support from the home fans.”
Lou Rochelli; “Lenoir Rhyne
was at their best, and we played
our worst, I guess, but I believe
we are a better ball club than we
showed Saturday night.”
Mike Moffo: “They must have
a jinx on us. It happens every
year.”
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I must quote Dean Bowden to
sum up the works for your re
porter;
“At the end of the first five
minutes, I thought that it can’t be.
At the end of the half, 1 said I
don’t believe it. At the end of
the game, I thought that it just
isn’t so. I do believe that the
and
that night. At from East and Sigma Phi Beta! season.
each getting two of the other
four posts.
The Oak-Cai'lton outfit placed
two of the four men in the back-
Cield and three of the five places
in the line, while East placed two
of its fleet-footed backfield stars,
and Sigma hi Beta claimed two
of the All-Star line positions.
The honor group, in keeping with
George Etheridge and Leon
Long, who teamed at the ends for
the Oak-Carlton crew, claimed
both the flank positions for the
champions. Both tower well over
Mx feet, and both have the speed
that gets them downfield under
passes. Etheridge was the only
repeater from last year, having
gained the honor while playing the league.
Pete Garber, a rugged tackle from
the same Sigma Phi combine, and
Sonny Addison, a fleet-footed star
from Oak-Carlton, who played
backfield and was named at guard.
The entire backfield was chosen
from the Oak-Carlton and East
grid squads. Henry Hoppe and
Lefty Taylor, both standouts for
Oak-Carlton, were honored from
the league winners, while Elbert
Lake and George NaU win honor
berths for East Dorm. Hoppe and
Nall rated as the top passers m
Elon 14, Emory and Henry 30.
Elon 37, Norfolk Navy 7.
Elon 20, Appalachian 6.
Elon 34, East Carolina 20.
Elon 31, Catawba 14.
Elon 23, W.C.T.C. 0.
Elon 13, Newberry 12.
Elon 14, Lenoir-Rhyne 48.
(Remainins Games)
Nov. 22.—Guilford, away.
of the periodic upsets last
Thanksgiving, when the Christians
had to fight tooth and toe-nail for
a 6 to 0 decision. That game was
the eighteenth for Elon of twen
ty-eight played since 1919. Guil
ford has won seven, and three
ended in ties. Previous Elon-
Guilford scores follow:
1919—Elon 0, Guilford 7.
1920—Elon 3, Guilford 7.
1921—Elon 0, Guilford 0.
1921—Elon 7, Guilford 0.
1922—Elon 20, Guilford 6.
1923—Elon 7, Guilford 0.
1924—Game Cancelled.
1925—Elon 6, Guilford 0;
1926—Elon 0, Guilford 14.4
1927—Elon 31, Guilford 13.
1928—Elon 0, Guilford 7.
1929—Elon 6, Guilford 13.
1930—Elon 12, Guilford 9.
1931—Elon 19, Guilford 6.
1932—Elon 7, Guilford 26.
1933—Elon 13, Guilford 13.
1934—Elon 12, Guilford 0.
1935—Elon 65, Guilford 0.
1936—Elon 39, Guilford 0.
1937—Elon 39, Guilford 0.
1938—Elon 19, Guilford 0.
1939—Elon 28, Guilford 8.
1940—Elon 28, Guilford 0.
1941—Elon 58, Guilford 6.
1946—Elon 14, Guilford 14.
1947—Elon 0, Guilford 13.
1948—Elon 12, Guilford 0.
1949—Elon 33, Guilford 0.
1950—Elon 6, Guilford 0.
and then prints them. His re
marks about Coach Mallory are
nothing short of libel. And isn’t
it rather odd that Mr. Kirkland
should happen to think of Bob
Lewis just before the Catawba
game? Two Conference games
had been played prior to that
time, but maybe the fraternal feel
ing among fellow coaches didn’t
come strong enough for Mr. Kirk
land to inform his rival coaches of
Lewis’ questionable eligibility. I
think it w'as a good deduction that
Elon would remove two stumb
ling blocks for the Catawba Indi-
Lenoir-Rhyne Bears Sivamp Elon
48 To 14 In Championship Contest
thing right. We got beat by a 1 boys played a hard game,
better team.” they deserve a nice hand.”
Marvin Moss; “They have a
good team. Period.”
Bill Blackstone: “They outscored
us.”
Editor’s Note: / wondered why
we lost.
Bobby Rogers; “They beat us
good.’'
Hal MacRae: “It was a well-
played game by Lenoir Rhyne.
Our defense was spotty. If we
had had the ball more, we might
have scored more.”
Raleigh Ellis; “They love to
play that game called football.”
Bob Reece; “They could have
♦ ♦ ♦
The game with Guilford
Wednesday night will wind up
things for the season for the Chris
tians on the gridiron. A win will
leave the record for the current
year at seven won and two lost.
That’s the way I think it will end,
and a very enviable record it is.
♦ ♦ *
As for Mr. Lloyd Whitfield, who
is the capable Sports Editor for
the Teco Echo of East Carolina
College, I must remind him that
a good reporter gets all the facts
ans, and that Lewis would be in
strumental in this. He did, didn’t
he? You probably moaned while
the Pirates took a trouncing.
♦ ♦ ♦
As for the rules being so “stu
pid,” 1 would venture to say that
some representatives from East
Carolina helped to draw them up.
Change ’em all big boy, Elon will
keep on beating East Carolina.
^
An apology is due to Mr. Crutch
field from Mr. Whitfield. He
knew as much about the deal as
anyone else, and I can safely say
that there was no cover-up. He
got the facts before he printed
Jiem, You should take a note of
this wise example.
* ♦ ♦
Whether we win or lose, keep
on being good sports.
By JOE SPIVEY
The Christians went up to Hick
ory on November 10th loaded for
Bear, but the gun mu.st have been
loaded with blanks, for the Lenoir
Rhyne Bears kept their confer
ence record unblemished as they
set the Fighting Christians back
to the tune of 48 to 14. It was
the Christians’ first loss in Nortli
State com))etitlon this season, and
the Bears went to the top of the
heap.
Despite the fact that Elon tail
back Lou Rochelli picked up 24
yards in 15 rushes, completed 9 of
22 passes, one for a touchdown,
and caught 2 pas.ses for 16 yards
to gain individual offensive hon
ors with a grand total of 174
yards and two touchdowns, as the
Christians led in gains, from
scrimmage with 303 yards to 299
for tlie Bear.s, but the score still
stands 48-14.
The Chi'istian defense crumbled
like the Walls of Jericho, and the
Bears poured through almost at
will to strike time and time again
through breaches opened by some
great interference. The Elon
offense slipped and stalled as the
pressure was on in this all-im
portant game. A good block
couldn’t be bought, and the Chris
tians never got out of hot water
for the first three quarters.
HOW IT HAPPENED
Elon Xenoir Rhyne
16 First Downs 17
131 Net Yards Rushins 290
25 Pases Attempted 3
12 Pas,ses Completed 1
172 Passing Yardage 9
303 Total Gains Scrimmage 299
1 Opp. asses Intercepted 3
6 Runback Int. Passes 22
37.4 Ave. Distance Punts 33
74 Punback All Kicks 148
50 Penalties 55
Penalties
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the early minutes of the game
when Jim Garrett set up the score
with a 26-yard run from a buck
lateral series, and Garrett him
self, carried 12 more yards for
the tally. Trudnak made the
point-after from placement to put
the Bears ahead 7-0.
The second score of the night
was also by the Bears, with Gar
rett plunging the last eleven
yards to climax a 47-yard drive.
Trudnak made good the placement
once more to run the lead to 14-0.
Still in the first quarter, Gar
rett scored for the Bears on a
22-yard run that came in the final
second of the first period. Trud
nak kicked again, and the score
read 21-0.
The Bears were held to one TD
in the second quarter, and that
Lenoir Rhyne asserted itself in 1 came when Trudnak hit the cen
ter for the final yard. Previous
to this, Trudnak had raced forty-
one yards to the Elon eighteen,
and Jerry Robinson carried to the
one. Trudnak missed the point,
but the Bears went to the dress
ing rooms at the half with a 27-0
lead.
The fireworks continued una
bated in the third quarter when
llie Lenoir Rhyne eleven pushed
across two more scores. The fir.st
one came after Trudnak had
moved the ball 33 yards on a run
that carried to the Elon twenty-
six. Four cracks at the Elon line
moved the ball to the five, and
Bill Robinette went wide for the
remaining distance. Trudnak add
ed the point to make it 34-0.
Reid fumbled the next kick-off,
and Gene Robinson recovered to
give Lenoir Rhyne the ball on the
Elon twenty. On the next play
Jerry Robinson cut inside right
end on a reverse and raced the re
maining distance untouched. Trud
nak converted to make it 41 to 0.
Elon finally came to life at this
point in the game. It was a 47-
yard drive that featured the run
ning of Fred Biangardi. The Bull
got things started with a seven-
yard plunge, and Frank Tingley
picked up two more. Rochelli
Hinlimbered the old passing arm
and connected to Greenwood for
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