Lednesday, November 5, 1952
MAT?.OGN A'^’D GOLD
PAGE THREl
Lenoir Rhyne To Be Christians’ Next Home Foe
Elon Eleven Meets Bears
On Saturday Of Next Week
l AG-FOOTBALL CHAMPIONS OF EI.ON CAMPLig’
SEEING SPORTS
witth
GARY SEARS
flhcy're oft and runnins each
aid every afternoon in Alumni
(jyiii. Ves suli. I mean none other
the candidates tor Coaeli
Matins basketball squad.
than
w
Sure it’s the backs and ends that
get all the headlines but f^m
tackle to tackle it's these boys
that open the holes for the backs
to romp to stardom. That reminds
^ach Mathis has his aspirants me of a quite unassuming Elon
•nmaing. sljoottng. and drilling
or tlie fundamentals of the game.
Aiuays a contender in basketball,
well as other sports we find
that this year's basketball squad
will be no exception. Back for
another year will be Bouijcin'
Ben" Kendall, Ned Gauldin,
‘Husky " Hall. Bill Hawkins, "Dee”
Atkinson, aided and abetted by
such new standouts as Jack Mal
loy and Bob Burgess,
fone might recall that Burgess
was the Jellow that was an under
study to the now famous Dickie
over at Wake Forest. Bob
gridder. None otlier than “Mick
ey ’ Moffo. Real name of course
is ‘Mike" but since James Shaw
says “Mickey’’ we'll have to stick
with the Reverend.
“Mickey is playing his fourth
year of varsity football here at
Elon. Strictly an offensive center
and the fellow that helps make ^
tlie buck laterals and quarterback
sneaks pay off when precious
yards are needed. i
You’ll find Moffo one of the
most liked and most conscientious
r
Athletes Plek
\ a l ied Fields
A study of the schola.^tic major;
:)f varsity athletes at Elon College
reveals some interesting tads, foi
players on the squad. A good
decided that sitting on the bench j iQjg of hustle and drive,
1* . P9 place for him and at the ■ . ., .
_r , that s Mickey Moffo. Elon s All-
»,i!e time chose Elon at which to!
do his college work. Feel certain Conference center,
tiat Coach Doc Mathis is going | * ♦ *
to be well pleased with the decis
ion of Burgess to matriculate here| Intramural activities still going jhe major fields of study offer a
at Elon. Along the same line of strong with ping-pong tournament: fair index to the other interests ol
in full swing. With a little more Ihe Christian sports participants.
I The study, which was compiled
I by Prof. A. L. Hook, college reg-
, istrar, shov.s that physical educa
tion and business administration
has attracted the great majority
of the 78 varsity athletes Vvho
were included in the survey.
Prof Hook found that the var
ious fields and students taking
!hem incluc'ed 38 in physical edu-
.jauon, 21 in business administra-
Nelvin Cooper will assist Coach ii^n. 7 in mathematics, 6 in his-
Lou Doc Mathis as Jay-Vee basketball
and coach. Nelvin who performed
transfer students Doc has in the
fold Jack “Skillet” Mallory. Jack
from Lynchburg; Va., where
he attended Lynchburg College
and was voted to the AU-State
team. Well, December is just
^und the corner.
I Might be just a little early in
the year to sound the call for our
nominees for All-Conference hon
ors, but just can’t help sing the
praises of Bill Blackstone,
Kcchelli, Joe Widdifield,
co-operation from the council, Don
Merriman and Coach Pierce could
present to the students a much
greater program. How about all
intramural ci^mcil representa
tives being present for all of the
meetings?
Mike Moffo. This quartet has | for the past four
played the brand of ball week
alter week that puts them high
on our list as All-Conference ma
terial.
years, has completed his eligibility
lory. 2 in chemistry, and 1 eaclj
in Biology, English, philosophy
and Spanish.
The fact that almost 50 per cent
of the athletes are majoring in
as a player. Cooper hopes to' physical education indicates that
complete his requirements for ?■, least half of the youthful
graduation at the end of the Win-. =ports stars plan on coachin;
' teacihng as a life career.
and
.Uy colleague over at East Car-
a matie the remark that Elon
.'t have a band at the Home-
Hi.iing game. Sorry he missed
!i an outstanding feature and
|k.v wish that he could've attend
ee the Catawba game,
i'he band in white, the pretty
orettes in maroon, and from a
sti;dent body of some six hun-
i ed. is really a credit to Elon. A
'personal invite goes out to any
kJ all East Carolina students.
(liat wish to visit us and take a
fcicik at our own marching band, 1
we had two thousand students
iere, we could probably field a
la.i.d of at least one hundred peo-
>le.
Injuries—every week our hos-
tal Ust grows. “Big Jim” Platt
eems to be having his share. First
fas his foot, and then in the
-afawba game on his first play
i'om scrirhmage John comes up
f ith a shoulder separation. A pre-
t'ison prediction was, “As Big
ohn goes—so go the Christians."
■ ell. We’ve lost some that we
liouldn’t have but here's hoping
!'at our injured will be ready tor
|he next home game. Let's an
■ake a point to see the Lenoir-
‘hyne game here in Burlington,
est we forget last year’s score—
pile football squad wants this one.
I. Lost For Season; Bob “Sheepy’
peters, senior defensive flankman,
a fractured foot. ‘Sheepy''
playing his second season here
pt Elon after transferring from
^es-McRae Junior College where
■" Was a standout backfield per-
' irmet.
ter quarter.
PLATT SIDELINED BY SEW
Icta Tau Kappa and Alpha Pi Delta combined forces this year
o capture the ta“-footbali championship. The winning combina
tion is sliown in the above pictur.'. tlie winners including tleft to
ighti the following players: FRO 'IF ROW—Ted W'ebb, .Sammy Nel-
on. Bobby Stewart. Cooper Walk?r and Ralph Rakes. SECOND
ROW—Don Merrimon. Isaac Bra.xion. Gilbert Brittle and Stanley
‘Umch.
Eloii Football
Klon 0, Norfolk Navy 0.
Klon 0, Wofford 20.
Elon 13, Appalachian 7.
j:ian 9, East Carolina 25.
Elon 28, Little Creek 28.
Catawba 12, Elon 0.
VV,C.T.C 12, Elon 0.
(Remaining; Games)
Nov. 8—Newberry, away.
N*v. 15—Een. Rhyne, home.
Nov. 27—Guilford. Keidsviile.
Cutaivha Defeats Elon;
First Time Since 1948
By MIKE RAUSEO j
The same perplexing situation—j
inability to score after long sus-j
tained drives—proved once agiaii
to be the downfall of the fighting |
Elon Christians as they bowed to
an average but alert Catawba
team at Burlington Memorial Stad-1
ium on Saturday night, October,
25th. The victory was Catawba's
third North State Conference vie- i
tory against one loss and the first |
Catawba triumph over Elon in
four years. I
In football, there are only three |
ways in which a team can score—a
field goal, a touchdown, and a
iafety. And in that order the Ca
tawba Indians combined the three
for a 12 to 0 victory over the luck-
'ess Christians.
There was no scoring in the
HOW IT HAPPENED.
Catawba
First Downs
Net Yards Rushing
Passes Attempted
Passes Completed
Net Yards Passing
191 Total Yds. From Scrim. 203
I . Opp. Passes Intercepted 3
Runback Inter. Passes 71
_ Number of Punts
Ave. Distance Punts .
Yds. Runback All Kicks
Fumbles Lost
. Total Yds. Penalties
♦ + ♦
penalty would have given
Elon
11 .
97
15
6
94
3
3
31
87
2
20
11
159
8
3
43
7
31
24
0
50
The Fighting Christian grid
,-quad, which is swinging down
tiie home stretch of the 1952 sea
son. invades South Carolina this
weekend to meet the Newberry
Indians, but the Maroon and Gold
gridders have their big guns all
loaded for the “big game” of the
late season, which brings the big,
bad Bears of Lenoir Rhyne to Bur
lington Memorial Stadium on Sat
urday of next week.
The Newberry battle this week
is to be played on a neutral field
at Clover. S. C.. where one of the
civic clubs is sponsoring the ap
pearance of the Christians and
Indians in their annual contest.
Coaches Mallory and Mathis are
not taking the Newbery game
lightly, but both players and
coaches have their sights set on
ilie Lenoir Rhyne encounter.
The battle with Lenoir Rhyne
has been the deciding contest of
the North State Conference title
race for the past three years, with
the Bears emerging victorious in
each season to knock Elon out of
the race. This 1952 game can
claim no such distinction, for Elon
is already out of the running for
the Conference crown, but the
, Fighting Christi/ans remember
i well the trouncing handed out
by Lenoir Rhyne for the past three
seasons, and they aim definitely
at revenge in next weak's game.
The Lenoir Rhyne series has
been a long and bitterly contested
one, dating back to the 1921 sea
son.
Ta^ F (M)tball
Title Won By
F rat Cvomhiiie
By GARY SEARS
The tag football champions for
1952 have been crowned and in
he spotlight we find the veteran
TK-Alpha Pi combine. The
champions breezed through the
egular season and in the playoffs;
downed North decisively 25-0.
snd 28-0. j
Led by All-Campus stars Bob
Stewart, Sammy Nelson,
Mike Rauseo, the champs charged Christi-
.ip and down the field to give the^^^ Bears have met twenty-
Ainnevs plenty of offen.'ive punch. times on the gridiron, and
NJot to be.outdone Iko Braxton
Stanley Bunch, and Spider Webb
led the defensive line play of the
winning team.
Offense was the call of the day.
and North had its stars also. Ter
ry Thomas, Nick Charles, and
the records show that Elon has an
edge in games won. The Maroon
and Gold has waved in victory
fourteen times in the twenty-three
games, while Lenoir Rhyne can
claim only nine wins. However,
it is a black spot on the record
Sonny Carmichael threatened the; ^ gjn.
champs' goal line several times
but it was at this point that the
talwart defensive line of ITK-
.Alpa Pi held for downs.
The members of the champion-
gle game from the Bears since
World War II.
There were six Elon victories in
a row to start the series back in
the ’Twenties. The Christians roll-
The
Elon a first down on the Catawba
lust period, although Elon looked | one and a likely score. Tutterow
33 though she might explode any j had two incomplete passes, and
I'.inute. The Christians complete-''he Indians took over,
ly dominated this quarter with Catawba immediately kicked out
Catawba never penetrating beyond to their own thirty-four, but on
their own 45 yard line. j the first play Elbert Hall inter-
The visitors went ahead on the!j,gptg(j g Tutterow pass on the 20
magic toe of Harvey Stratton3^ ^wo
Stratton, whose field goal beat ^ .
Appalachian the week before,! penalties and a stout Elon defense
split the uprights from 13-yards forced the Indians to kick out
out to give the Indians a 3-0 lead fiom their own tour yard line.
jTiidway the second period. The;j;.jg Christians threatened tor the
ship ITK-Alpha Pi outfit included victory by 39 to 0 in 1921
Merrimon and Walker, ends; - g j^iumph in
Bunch and Braxton, tackles; Webb, ^^^^ They eked
guard; Rakes, center; and Stewart, ^ ^ 7 to 6 in 1927,
Rauseo and Nelson, backs. 26 to 7 in
The line-up for the runner-up, ^^^8 triumphed 13 to 7 in 1929
Xorth Dorm combine showed] ^ 20 to 7 victory
Morrow and Thomas, ends; Mea- iQof>
f i. J iy«5v/.
dows and Price, tackles; Winstead, Lgnojr Rhyne finally broke into
guard; Stringer, center; and
Charles,
backs.
Cashwell and Heath.
OFFENSIVE STAR
half ended with that score, and it
la^^t time. Tutterow ran fourteen
and
was evident that the Christians
were sorely in need of their two i'^ids to the Cataw a 0.,
injured backs, Lou Rochelli and passed to Luther Barnes to the
John Platt. j twenty-six. . On the next play Ray
After half time ceremonies, the!pjg,je„s intercepted another Tut-
Indians from Salisbury put on a
I Klutz, Carter and Binnie Luci
ano combined i.o spearhead a drive
which bogged down on Eton's
ihow of their own. Willie Rogers
recovered an Elon fumble on the
Elon 21 to set up the first touch
down of the game. Harold Carter,
the offensive star of the night, ran and on first down. Tut
for two and passed to Hoffe^ for|^^^^^ ^^g g„^ ^^ne
for a safety and the final score
of the night.
Big John Platt, who i®k"i„ his first season in
has been the victim . ,-ygji by injuries all season, the big
, Maroon and Gold uniform^ p^o^^rexp'cted of him on the first
boy broke loose ^‘th aU We^P^ ^ explosion of runnini
play of the
Catawba game
Sver notice the beating that a only to
I'l-cmaa takes in a football game?
;;,fferan.w W in the form
of a S,
power,
.houlcier separation
that v.ill sideline him for at
least tv;o or thi'c
i-s weeks.
a first down on the seven. Then
Bill Kluttz found a hole and went
off tackle for the touchdown.
Stratton's extra point was good
and Catawba led 10-0.
Following the kickoff, Elon
threatened once again. Michaux
returned Crane’s kick from tlie
ten to the 34. Fred Biangardi and
Jim Tutterow teamed to bring the
ball to midfield. Tutterow then
passed to Hubert Cooper on the
Catawba 35, and Cooper was fin
ally run out of bounds on the
eleven. Two running plays
brought the ball to the five. Then
Stratton intercepted Tutterow's
pass in the end' zone and ran it
to the Elon 28. Catawba, which
was guilty of an offside penalty
at the scrimmage line, had the
penalty nullified when Walter
Harding ran from the bench in an
attempt to bring Stratton down.
Fred Biangardi, the old “Bull-
dozSer*’ himielf, was the work
horse of the Elon backfield that
night, although Joe Parker did
some nice running, and Jim Tut
terow had a number of fine plays.
J. C. Disher turned in an excellent
defensive game at end, with Fred
Burmeister and Bobby Rogers also
turning in bang-up defensive exhi
bitions for the Christians.
WP
BIANGARDI
FRED
President Leon E. Smith and
Prof. J. W. Barney were both
members of Elon’.s first football
squad back in 1909. The sport
was introduced that year but was
then abolished for ten years, the
next team being formed in 1919.
Fred Biangardi, Elon's semor
fullback, who earned the nick
name of “Bay Shore Bulldozer ”
way back in his freshman year,
missed the Norfolk Navy and
W'offord games this year because
of a rhubarb over eligibility, but
he has been an offensive star and
the real work horse of the Elon
backfield ever since he donned
the Maroon and Gold for the Ap
palachian encounter. He has been
busting the middle in his old-time
form in the last four games and
has averaged close to four yards
each time he lugged the ball.. He
has been the real, offensive star
of the Christians in spite of his late
start.
the victory column with wins in
1931 and 1932. The local records
do not show the score of that 1931
game, but the count lu 1932 was
12 to 7.. After this Elon came
 Jback strong under Coaches Pea-
t head Walker and Horace Ilend-
*^-^itickson and won six more in a
low, scoring being 7 to 0 in 1933,
13 to 6 in 1934, 20 to 0 in 1935,
38 to 0 in 1936, 27 to ti in 1937
' ;md 14 to 0 in 1938.
' The Bears finally copped an
other win in 1939 by a 10 to 0
' margin, but Elon won 8 to 0 in
1940 and 13 to 0 in 1941. There
was a break in the series during
World War II years, and since
the War the Bears have chalked
a .^J.xr-game winning streak of
their own. Their wins have been
by 14 to 13 in 1946, 13 to 0 in
1947, 13 to 0 in 1948, 19 to 7 in
1949, 42 to 13 in 1950 and 48 to
j?!®!! 14 last year. The last two over-
w'helming losses to the Bears are
the ones which rankle worst in
the hearts of the Elon gridmen,
and they are the ones that the
Christians will seek hardest to
avenge next weekend.
The Lenoir Rhyne game will be
the final one of the year in the
Burlington Stadium, for the final
Thanksgiving Day contest with
Guilford will be played in Reids-
ville.
The Student Christian Associa
tion had charge of two sucessive
religious chapel programs last
week, with Laverne Brady speak
ing on Wedne.sday and Louise
Bemis speaking on Friday. Each
told of her experiences last sum
mer with church caravan and
v/ork groups.