Wednesday, December 12, 1951
MAROON AND GOLD
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PAGE THREE
Elon Football Aces Honored As Grid Season Closes
Elon Cagers
Take Three
Early Games
The Elon College cagers are
away to a fine start on the 1951-52
season, with a record of three wins
in five starts for the first two
weeks of the campaign. This bet
ters the mark of the past two sea
sons and promises better things
ahead.
HANES 68, ELON 61
The veteran Hanes Hosiery
quint came from behind in the
second half to defeat the Elon
Christians in the season opener
here on Monday night, November
26th. Elon led 38-35 at lialf-
.Pos.—Elon (61) Hanes (68)
r—Gaither (6) Anderson (9)
F—Hall (8) Paxton (5)
C—Haithcox (12) .... Halpern (13)
G—Kendall (11) .... Pailadino (12)
G—Hawkins (10) Loftis (5)
Score at half—Elon 38, Hanes
35.
Elon subs— Packard, Gauldin
'(21, Rakes (2), Atkinson (6), Musten
4), Cooper. Hanes subs—Harris
■2), Greer (8), Hampton (9),
Jlartness (2), Smith.
ELON 58. NORFOLK NAVY 57 ;
Ben Kendall’s free throw with
seven seconds left to play gave
Jilon a 53 to 57 victory over the
iVcrfolk Navy Fliers at Norfolk on
Friday night, November 30th.
Pos.—Elon (58) Norfolk Navy (57)
F—Cauldin (1) Blatcher (18)
F—Gaither Johnson (4)
C—Haithcox (12) Richards (2)
G—Kendall (18) Tomlin (23)
G—Hawkins (12) Howard (8)
Scoi'e at half—Norfolk Navy 31,
Elon 27.
Elon subs—^Atkinson (2), Mus
ten (2), Hammond (3). Norfolk
JN’avy sub—Lewis (5).
ELON 72, ATLANTIC NAVY 61
The Elon cagers pulled out In
front in the first quarter and
vas never headed as they defeat
ed the Atlantic Fleet Service
Force quintet 72 to 61 here on
Monday night, December 3rd.
Pos.—Elon (72) Atlantic Navy (61)
F—Kendall (17) Schlicher (5)
F—Hall (5) Wigton
C—Haithcox (13) Noble (6)
G—Musten (6) Imhoff (17)
G—Hawkins (8) Harrison (7)
Score at half: Elon 37, Atlantic
Navy 28.
Elon subs—Gaither (3), Gaul-
din, Atkinson (14), Cooper (6).
Atlantic Navy subs—Wheeler (10),
Iverson (3), Schroeder (13), May
nard. Spredeman.
PRESBYTERIAN 63, ELON 49
The Presbyterian College quin
tet rolled in the last half to defeat
Elon 63 to 49 at Clinton, S. C.,
last Thursday night.
Pos.—Elon (49) Presbyterian (63)
F—Hall (2) Groninger (15)
F—Kendall (8) Hawkins (8)
C—Haithcox (11) HiU (7)
G—Hawkins (9) Blewett (3)
G—Musten Nye (8)
Half-time score— Presbyterian
30, Elon 26.
Elon subs—Gauldin (3), Gaither
13), Atkinson (3), Packard (1),
Cooper (1), Rakes (6), Mitchell (2).
Presbyterian subs— Carter (14),
Spying On Sports
by
JOE SPIVEY
The Fighting Chri.^tian football
reason is in the record books, but
the sting of the defeat by the cel
lar-dwelling Guilfordians will re
quire a long time to heal. It was
no fluke. The Quakers were def
initely up for the game, and they
took advantage of every break to
win the final 1951 game..Notably
absent from the encounter were
the Elon cheerleaders, which
caused no end of comment from
those in the press box. Visiting
newsmen were asking where they
v/ere.
+ ♦ ♦
On behalf of everyone, I would
like to pass out bouquets to Lou
Rocheili, tailback; Raleigh Ellis,
guard; Sal Gero, tackle; and Mike
Moffo, center; all of whom made
the Al-North State Conference
football team for the past year.
* ♦ ♦
Gero was made team captain
by virtue of receiving the most
votes, but there are some of us
who stillwonders why the great
pass-catching and defensive end,
Len Greenwood, did not make the
honor squad.
* + *
Sal can take another bow, and
a deep bow at that, for he also
made the Little All-American and
All-State squads. It was a repeat
performance for Gero in both in
stances, for he was on both honor
lists last season. Notably absent
(and we ask “Why?”) from the
All-State team was Lou Rocheili.
* ♦ *
Our argument for Lou is in the
statistic£(i department: Lou led
the whole state in total offense.
Alex Webster, of N. C. State, was
tops in the "Big Four” with 1,256
yards. Lou's total was 1,273
yards, which did not include pass
receptions.
Lou amassed 1,002 yards through
the air, while Webster had only
622 yards, and Red Smith, of
Duke, was only a yard in front
of Lou in the punting department
with a 40.65 average, while Lou'
had a 39.6 average.
In the passing department again,
Kissell. of Wake Forest, complet
ed 56 oto f 120 passes for a 46.6
average. Lou topped this with
his 62 out of 126 completions for
a 49.2 average.
yards every time that he handled
an impressive
the ball. Quite
record, I say.
+ ♦ *
We can hardly overlook Fred Bl-
angardi’s excellent record either.
The Bull gained 502 yards rush
ing to rank among the top five in
the state in this department. Fred
also developed into quite a pass
er as the season wore on. Fred's
record reads 16 out fo 22 pass
completions, with 7 out of 9 com
pletions in the Guilford game.
♦ + ♦
So much for football! Let’s
take a look at the basketball pic
ture. At this writing the Cliris-
tians have a ‘'won 2, lost 1" rec
ord. The victories came at the
expense of the Naval Air Station
in Norfolk, Va., which had won
six in a row previous to meeting
the Christians, and over the
Servlant team from the Atlantic
Service Forces of the Navy. The
loss W’as to Hanes Hosiei-y.
* * ♦
The Christians on the court
have come a long way since the
first pre-season scrimmages, and
things seem to be shaping up for
a fairly successful season. One
of the spark-plugs o£ last year’s
team, Hank Hamrick, of the Armed
Forces right now, is sorely missed;
but replacements in the form of
Bill Hawkins and Jack Muston,
who came up from last year’s
Wingate Junior College five, are
ably assisting the Christian cause.
♦ ♦ ♦
Dave Mondy, star guard of the
Elon hoopsters, is ailing with a
badly sprained ankle, but Coach
Doc Mathis thinks he will be in
shape for the first conference en
counter, or maybe earlier.
* ♦ *
Would I be sticking my neck
cut too far if I ask where the
cheer-leaders were at the Serv
lant game? As a matter of fact,
only a handful of students show
ed up. What is it? Why does
everyone disappear on the night
of a game? The coaches and
teams are certainly giving their
all, but we’re not. Let’s turn out
in full force and support the team.
They desei-ve it.
♦ ♦ ♦
And whether we win or lose,
Gero Once More On AP^s Little 'All-A mericcin;
Four Elon Stars Gain All-Conference Ranking
Husky Taclde
Moffo, Ellis
And Rocheili
Are Chosen
Four of Elon's outstanding
football players of 1951 were
honored with positions on the
All-North State Conference grid
squad, which was announced by
ihe Greensboro Daily News on
November 21st. One other Elon
man was included in the honor
able mention list.
The Christian stars named to
the All-Conference included Sal
Gero, a unanimous choice of all
coaches at tackle; Raleigh Ellis,
at guard, Mike Moffo, at center;
and Leu Rocheili, at one of the
backfield positions. Gero was the
only one of the four w'ho was a
repeater from last year’s team.
Fred Biangardi, Elon’s bruising
fullback, was on the honorable
mention list.
Gero and Ellis are both seniors
and have played their last game
in Maroon and Gold uniforms, but
Moffo and Rocheili are juniors
and will have a ciiance to repeat
In announcing the All-Confer
ence team of 1951, the Greens
boro Daily News also listed each
of the All-Conference selections
since the loop was formed in 1931.
Catawba has led in the number
of honor selections with 58 men
chosen, but Elon is right behind
v/ith 54 honor posts. Trailing in
order of men chosen are Lenoir-
Rhyne 45, Appalachian 42, Guil
ford 22, Western Carolina 14,
High Point 12, East Carolina 4
and Atlantic Christian 1.
To top it all, Lou averaged 5.5 let’s be good sports.
Winter Intramurals Include
Volley Ball And Basketball
By GEORGE ETHERIDGE
ALL-STATERS
Elon has had only two men to
make the All-State football team
within the past twenty-five years,
according to a list of the honor
teams since 1926. Joe Golombek
won the fullback post in 1938, and
Sal Gero has won a tackle post
in 1950 and 1951.
The records show that only
twenty North State Conference
players have been chosen for All-
State berths, with Catawba
claiming seven, Lenoir-Rhyne 5,
Elon three positions, and Guilford,
Western Carolina and East Caro
lina one each.
Only two North State Confer
ence men have ever made the
All-State two years in a row.
Carroll Bowen, of Catawba, made
the big team in 1944 and 1945, and
Elon’s Gero duplicated the feat
the past two years.
ALL-AMERICAN AGAIN
SAL GERO
Second Team This Time
Guilford Eleven Downs
Elon Christians 28-20
By JOE SPIVEY
Elon Cage Gaines
The Intramural Council has
planned a short schedule of vol
leyball, according to an announce-
raent from Scoop Scott, president
of the intramural group, who
stated that the most of the winter
Bondurant (7), Beaumont, Skinner,'quarter will be devoted to basket-
AIcQueen (1), Counts.
ELON 62. ERSKINE 45
The Christians rolled to a 62
to 45 victory over Erskine's Seced-
ers at Due West, S. C., last Friday
night. Elon picked up a 22-point
lead at half-time and coasted in
to an easy win.
Pos.—Elon (62) Erskine (45)
F—Hall (5) McCoy (1)
F—Kendall (11) HiU (3)
C—Haithcox (14) .... Robinson (7)
G—Hawkins (8) Gathers (20)
'G—Musten (3) Lankford (11)
*Half-time score—Elon 35, Er-
sVme 13.
Elon subs—Gauldin, Rakes (1),
Gaither (7), Mitchell (3), Atkinson,
Cooper (5), Packard. Erskine
subs—^Weaver, Minervini, Rune-
gar (3), Perry.
ball.
Seven teams are entered in the
volleyball league, and they will
I play a round-robin schedule, with
the top four teams in that sched
ule participating in a single-elim
ination play-off for the champion
ship.
The seven teams entered are
Sigma Phi Beta, captained by
Scoop Scott; Kappa Psi Nu, with
Dick Lee as leader; Alpha Pi
Delta, led by Lefty Taylor; Iota
Tau Kappa, with Isaac Braxton as
captain; East Dorm, led by Tom
jough nad Elbert Lake; North
Dorm, captained by Sonny Mor
gan, and Oak-Carlton, led by Ger-
i-y Sears.
The council members hope to
complete the volleyball schedule
within a week after Christmas
holidays to clear the floor for bas
ketball. Two games played thus
lar found Alpha Pi defeating
Kappa Psi and ITK taking Sigma
Phi into camp.
Since basketball is tiie most
popular intramural sport, nearly
two months of the winter term
will be devoted to the hardwood
game. Eight teams are expected
to comprise the basketball league.
Each of the four fraternities will
floor a team, plus teams from
Oak-Carlton, East Dorm, North
Dorm and Day Students.
FOOTBALL SCHOLARS
Tribute to the scholarship of
the Elon football squad lies in the
fact that ten members of the
Christian grid squad were on the
rxliolastic honor roll for the fall
quarter. Football men who aver
aged “B” on their courses includ
ed Fred Biangardi, Bill Black-
stone, Isaac Braxton, Fred Bur-
meister, Ernie Gero, Sal Gero, A1
Ludwig, Frank Tingley, Ted
Webb and Joe Widdifield.
Elon 61. Hanes Hosiery 68.
Elon 58. Norfolk Navy 57.
Elon 72, Atlantic Navy 61.
Elon 49, Presbyterian 63.
Elon 62. Erskine 45.
(Remainins Games)
Dec. 11—Lyncliburg, away.
Dec. 17—A. 0. 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.
Feb. 23—Lenoir-Rhyne, away.
An inspired Quaker eleven for
got all about advance press not
ices, which had made it the under
dog, and rose up to gain the vic
tory over Elon's Fighting Chris
tians in the final football game
of the 1951 season at Senior High
Stadium in Greensboro on Wed
nesday night, November 21st.
The Quakers looked like any
thing but the bottom team in the
North State Conference as they
ground out a convincing 23-20
win, defeating the Christians for
the first time since 1947.
The upset got underway on the
fourth play of the ball game. Elon
had received the kick-off, and
three plays netted only seven
yards. Bill Blackstone went back
into the kicking position for the
Christians, but before he could
get the boot off, Robert Shoaf
snifed his way through the line
to block the punt. A hurried
scramble, and Shoaf came up with
the ball and headed for pay dirt.
It was good for 23 yards and a
Guilford score, and Watson’s kick
from placement was good. Guil
ford was in the lead 7-0
The score remained that way
antil the closing minutes of the
-irst quarter. The Christians had
A'orked their way to the Guilford
iorty-nine, but a penalty pushed
the ball back to the Elon tliirty-
.:bur. A pass play and a running
play failed, and Blackstone kicked
;o Veiiuto on the Guilford twenty-
six. Watson got a yard, but the
*ext play brought the small and
completely chilled crowd to its
feet. Venuto went off his own
.■ight tackle, popped into the
Christian secondary, cut back to
ais left, and was off like a flushed
quail. Christy and Widdifield
,ook up the chase, but the Quaker
speedster raced seventy - three
yards for the tally. Watson again
kicked true, and the Quakers had
increased their lead to 14-0.
The second quarter saw the
aion team stopped cold again, and
Sam Shugart pounced on an Elon
fumble on the Christian fifteen.
Venuto again took charge of the
offensive fireworks and picked up
five to the Elon ten. On the next
play, he slashed over tackle to
score standing up. Watson con
tributed with the point-after, and
"he score read 21-0. ■
Seconds later the Quakers were
at it again. An intercepted pass
by Guilford on the Elon twenty-
seven was returned to the Elon
ten. In three plays Venuto had
carried to the Elon two, but the
Christians revived at this point
under the lead of Sal Gero, who
threw Venuto for a two-yard loss
on fourth down to halt the threat.
The Guilfordians unleashed an
aerial attack the second time they
got their hands on the ball. A
Jones-to-\\Tiitcomb pass was good!
for eleven yards and a first down
on the Guilford forty-five. Ven
uto got one yard on the ground,
and Jones whipped a pass to Top
ping that was good for forty-four
yards and another first down on
the Elon ten. From there Venuto
passed to Whitcomb for a fourth
touchdown. Watson ki*ked true
for the fourth time.
The Christians then began to
make a little noise. Two plays
after the Quakers had hung up
their fourth score, Fred Biangardi
passed to Marvin Moss on a play
that was good for sixty-five yards
and a T.D. Sal Gero booted the
ball squarely between the up-
I'ights, and the Quaker lead was
narrowed to 28-7.
The Quaker attack stalled again
after the kickoff, and the Chris
tians took over on their forty-six.
Larrupin’ Lou Rocheili tossed to
Jack Christy for ten yards and a
first on the Quaker forty-four. A
penalty moved the ball to the
Quaker thirty-nine, and two plays
later, Lou hit Christy again for
thirty-five yards to the Quaker
four. Fred Biangardi cracked the
line for two, and on the next
play, the Bull went over. Gero
failed to add the point and the
score was 28-13.
Guilford gave up the leather
again shortly after the kickoff,
and the Christians rolled seven-
ty-five yards for a score. Rochei
li got three, completed a pass to
Biangardi for eighteen more, flip
ped to Moss for another twenty,
and turned it over to the Bull
Biangardi heaved an aerial to
Chri.sty for fourteen yards, and
two plays later he passed the re
maining twenty yards to Moss in
the end zone. Gero made good
Also Placed
OnAll-Statae
Sal Gero, a big factor in Elon
line play for the past four sea
sons, is still an All-American. The
240-pound husky from Hatboro,
Pa., who was named by the As,so-
ciated Press to the first Little All-
.\merica team last year, was
placed on the second team for
his performances during the 1951
reason.
Gero was one of two men from
last year’s Little All-American to
repeat this season. Bob Miller,
the speedy Emory and Henry
halfback, was once more placed
on the AP’s first eleven, while
Gero got the second team post this
fall.
The big Elon tackle was also
the only North Carolina college
football player to win an All-
American berth during the 1951
season, including members of the
■‘Big Four” and members of the
North State Conference. Several
North Carolina players, however,
were given “Honorable Men
tion.”
This marks the third successive
year that Elon has had a man on
the Little AU-America. Arnold
Melvin made the third team at
tackle in 1949, followed by Gero’s
first team choice last season and
his second team post this fall.
Jn addition to his All-American
honors, Gero also won a tackle po
sition on the Greensboro Daily
News’ All-State eleven for the sec
ond year in a row and repeated as
an All-Conference tackle in the
Nortli State Conference selec
tions.
The first team this year in
cluded both offensive and defen
sive platoons for the first time,
but the second team included only
eleven men.
The Little All-America of 1951,
grouped by units, is as follows;
FIRST OFFENSIVE TEAM
ENDS: Dale Bruce (Ohio Wes
leyan) and Haldo Norman (Gus-
tavus Adolphus).
TACKLES: Lester Wheeler (Ab
ilene Christian) and Robert Wil
liamson (San Francisco State).
GUARDS: William Chai (Col
lege of Emporia) and William
Dawkins (Florida State).
CENTER: Jack Hazlette (Sus
quehanna).
BACKS; Bob Miller (Emory
and Henry), Robert Flannagan (St.
Ambrose), Joe Pahr (Valparaiso),
Ralph DiMicco (Alfred).
FIRST DEIENSIVE TEAMf
ENDS: Jack Wilson (Randolph
Macon) and James Terry (Stephen
Austin).
TACKLES: George Young
(Bucknell) and Chester Lagod
(Chattanooga).
GUARDS: Charles Salmon
(Williams) and Vic Makovitch
(Western Maryland).
LINEBACKERS: Tito Carinci
(Xavier) - and Ken Spencer (St.
Lawrence).
BACKS: Jack Beeler (Wofford),
Norman Hash (Western Washing
ton) and Ray Renfro (North Texas
State).
SECOND TEAM
ENDS: Bernard Calendar (Lou
isiana College) and Holland Alpin
(Tampa).
TACKLES: Sal Gero (Elon) and
Nick Bova (Lebanon Valley).
GUARDS: Peter Pocius
(Maine) and Skippy Johnson
(Trinity of Texas).
CENTER: Gerald Wenzel (St.
Joseph of Indiana).
BACKS; Bog Heimerdinger
(Northern Illinois), Andy McDon
ald (Central Michigan), Bob White
(New Mexico Western) and Walter
the boot to narrow thing.? to 28-20. IKohanowich (Hofstra).