tc^dnesday. October 12. 1955
MAROON AND GOLD
PAGE THREE
OINE I’LAY AM) ITS 4 IN IS' FOR ELON IIAI.FBACK
Paul Watts, a speedy senior halfback, is shown above as he raced around end for a substantial gain
jjapainst the Appalachian Mountaineers in the game played at Burlington on Saturday night, October
list but the single play in the App battle marked "finis" to the Elon grid career of the Taylorsville
I speedster. Watts sustained a broken collar-bone on the play and is out of action tor the remain-
Idir of the season. It marked the second straight year that he had fallen victim to in,iury. for he
Las out most of last season with a leg injury sustained in the opening game with The Citadel,
ihvinning letters in football, baseball and track last year. Watts became Elon's only three-sport man
of recent years.
(ihristiaii Basketball S|iiad To Play
Twenty-Five Foes In Coming Season
WHAT’S WRONG?
Missi.'.Jippi Southern trounces
Elon, The Citadel outlasts the
hristians, Appalachian hands the
Elonites a demoralizing defeat;
Isnd now—last, but not least—in
|lhe battle of the three-time losers
East Carolina chalks its first
win at the expense of the Maroon
and Gold eleven.
So it has been through the first
four weeks of the 1955 season, a
sfason in which sports prophets
!iad ranked Elon among the fav-
lorites in the North State Confer
ence. and it seems that the cam
pus question has become “How
fcadly were they beaten?” instead
■ t "Did Elon win?”
What's wrong? Is it the fault of
'he school? It appears that the
>chool has definitely done its part
■ind is meeting the athletes more
than half-way. The school quite
definitely has lined up here boys
"ho should be capable of playing
as good ball as any in the Con
ference.
WTiat's wrong? Is it the fault of
he students? Maybe partially, but
I doubt it. The student body this
year, even in the face of four suc
cessive defeats, has shown more
school spirit than was shown last
year with a team that was run
ner-up in the Conference.
What’s wrong? Is it the fault of
he coach? This, above all else,
I totally and 100 per cent doubt. I
eard the words of Coach Varney
tter seeing his team defeated at
^he Citadel, and he gave his boys
’ great hand for their effort in
'hat game. He was proud of them
nd told them so, declaring to the
'ooys, "You played your hearts
'’ut and deserved to win. If you
play the rest of the season like
you played tonight, we’ll go places,
wostly to the top.”
Now, tell me what can a coach
*^0? What would you do? Quite
often in practice a player or
?l*yers will drive and fight like
.Potential Little All-Americans,
'nd then comes the game, and
^®>r minds go seemingly blank
's they forget how to run - and
ackle and even how to hustle
'^at's a coach to do? Would you
’ut in a replacement who had
t
I The Elon basketeers will play a
lupged 25-game schedule during
the coming 1355-56 cage season.
According to a schedule released
this week by Coach Doc Mathis,
and the Christian tossers are al
ready getting in a bit of early
practice in preparation for the bat
tles ahead.
The schedule shows sixteen bat
tles with North State Conference
opponents, home-and-home con
tests with each of the other eight
i clubs in the loop. In addition to
(these Conference contests, the
' ' rlate includes two battles each
been doing worse in practice all j with Pfeiffer College, DuPont and
week? You tell me, and then we’ll I the McCrary Eagles and three
both know! ! games with Belmont Abbey Col
Walking The
Clialk-Liiies
By BILL WALKER
What's wrong? Is it the fault of
the team? Mayt)e, but not com
pletely. Sure. I know what you're
thinking, and it's true that the
boys looked far from good as they
lost to Appalachian, but one must
admit that—as bad as the team
looked that night—some of thei
boys played a good game. For thatj
reason you cannot condemn the
whole team. The boys who looked |
good against the Apps aren’t neces
sary the ones who looked good
in other games. Different boys
have had different nights to shine.
Well, what IS wrong? Whose
fault is it? Who’s responsible?
Maybe we ll never know, and then
again, maybe we will. Only time
will tell.
• • *
One thing is certain. Elon plays
host to Newberry here Saturday
night, so let’s all go out to Burling
ton Memorial Stadium and let the
team know that we’re still with
them and pulling for them to win.
Let’s stay behind the team and
let the boys know it's one for all
and all for one.
(Continued on Page Four'
Newberry Is Elon Next Foe
\
Indians l*Iay
Cluisliiiii ‘It’
On Saturday
jps Defeat
Elon Gridders
In 19-0 Game
By BILL WALKER
Elon's Fighting Christians could
do nothing right in taking a 19 to
0 "mud battle" defeat at the
hands of the Mountaineers of .Ap
palachian before a home-town
crowd of 6.500 that watched in
Burlington Memorial Stadium pn
Saturday night. October 1st.
The Christians looked every way
but good in absorbing their third
straight defeat of the season and
that before the largest home crowd
in the history of Elon football.
The Mountaineers, who played a
good game, but definitely not a
"reat one. seemed to move at will
through most of the battle against
a Maroon and Gold outfit tha!
could never get completely or
ganized.
HOW IT HAPPENED
Elon
Appalachian
5
First Downs
13
68
Yards Gained Rushing
233
65
Yards Lost Rushing
33
3
Net Y'ards Rushing
190
Ifl
Passes .'\ttempted
10
3
Passes Completed
7
^0
Yards Gained Passing
72
33
Net Yards Scrimmage
262
1
Opp. Passes Intercepted
3
11
Runback I’cepted Passes
80
6
Number of Punts
4
38.5
Ave. Yards Punts
35.3
1
Fumbles Lost
1
11
Yards Penalized
80
Score
by Periods:
Elon
0 0 0 0-
— 0
Appalachian 0 6 7 6—19
Appalachian touchdowns—Kiser
2, Gills. Points after—Ollis (place
ment).
lege. The odd contest with Bel
mont Abbey is to be played on the
floor of the Lexington Y.M.C.A.
The complete schedule, includ
ing only regular-season games, fol
lows:
Nov. 30—Pfeiffer, away.
Dec. 1—Belmont Abbey,
at Lexington
Dec. 7—McCrary, away
Dec. 10—High Point, away "
Dec. 13—Guilford, away
Dec. 31—Belmont Abbey, away
Jan 2—DuPont, away
Jan. 4—Pfeiffer, home
Jan. 7—East Carolina, away
Jan 11—A.C.C.. home
Jan. 14—Catawba, home
Jan. 16—Belmont Abbey, home
Jan. 18—Appalachian, home
Jan. 21—West Carolina, away
Jan. 25—Lenoir Rhyne, home
Jan. 28—Catawba, away
Jan. 30—McCrary, home
Feb. 1—High Point, home
Feb. 4—West Carolina, home
Feb. 8—Appalachian, away
Feb. 11—East Carolina, home
Feb. 13—A.C.C., away
Feb. 16—Lenoir Rhyne, away
Feb. 18—Guilford, home
Elon Shons cll In Return
Of Kicks In Early (.(hitests
Despite the dismal record of
fcur consecutive defeats to open
the 1955 football season, the Fight
ing Christians have been shining
in one department this fall, tha;
being in the return of enemy
kicks.
The statistics sheets from the
battles with Mississippi Southern.
The Citadel. Appalachian and East
Carolina disclose that the Elon
gridders have brought 25 enemy
kick-offs ' and punts for a total
pf 488 yards, an average of almost
20 yards per kick.
A quick check-back to last
j ear's records discloses that in
this department the Christians
have improved this fall, for in the
first four battles last year the
.Maroon and Gold gridders had
only returned 22 kicks for 376
yards, more than 10?) yards below
the 1955 total in four game^.
Leading the squad in kick re
turns this fall, just as was the
case last year at the four-game
mark, is little Kerry Richards,
Richards, who averaged almost ex
actly 25 yards per carry in run-
backs last fall, was topping that
figure in the first three games this
fall, but he slipped back in last
week'f game at East Caroina.
when he had only one return for
12 yards.
The statistics thus far show
Richards with 8 runbacks for a
total of 187 yards, which gives
him an average of slightly better
than 23 yards per return. The
“Nubber” had one return of better
than 50 yards called back in the
Mississippi Southern game, which
would have put him well ahead of
his last year’s average.
Not far behind Richards in the
kick return field is Whitney Brad-
\:M liACk
KERRY RICHARDS
ham. who has brought back eight
kicks so far this season for a total
of 153 yards, an average of almost
exactly 19 yards per’carry. This is
far ahead of his mark after four
games last fall, when he had re
turned 5 kicks for 64 yards. Others
who have had lengthy kick returns
of 30 yards or better this fall are
Richard Bradham and Eddie
Bridges.
Senior Guards Lead Cappers
Ray Whitley and Ben Kendall,
a pair of hustling senior guards,
will co-captain the Elon College
ca.gers during the coming 1955-
56 basketball season. The two
have just been elected by vote
of members of the Christian
squad.
Whitley, who hails from Win
ston-Salem, is starting his
fourth successive season in an
Elon uniform. He was a starter
at guard in most of the Christ
ians’ games last winter and was
one of the leading scorers for
the season. '
Kendall, a native of Kokomo,
Ind.. is also starting his fourth
Elon cage campaign. Init his
play was interrupted for the
past two winters by a tour of
duty with 4he U.S. Army. Re
membered by Elon fans as an
outstandl/ig jump shot and
driver. Kendall twice won All-
Conference honors as a fresh
man and sophomore.
The new Christian cage cap
tains will lead a squad that in
cludes tseven lettermen as a
nucleus. The lettermen, in addi
tion to the two captains, include
Ed Juratic, East Chicago, Ind.;
Dee Atkinson, Mount Airy; Earl
Stone, W'entworth: Frank De-
Rita, Brooklyn, N.Y.; and Ron
nie Mazrilli. Brooklyn, N.Y.
There are also a number of
eperienced reserve.s from last
year’s squad.
The Elon squad, which found a
number of breaks going its way,
could never capitalize on any of
them in any way except as an aid
in holding the App score down.
One of the breaks came when an
Appalachian touchdown on an
intercepted pass was called back
for a penalty.
The first quarter saw the oppos
ing teams doing virtually nothing,
the only threat coming late in the
period when the Apps reached the
Elon six with a first-and-ten. The
Christians held there as the sec
ond quarter began. However, they
were unable to move, and Tom
Shepperson punted out to mid-
field.
The Mountaineers moved from
there for the first score, with
Charles Taylor’s two passes to
Bob Poe for 14 and 10 yards figur
ing in a drive right back to the
Elon six. Jim Kiser, the Apps’
driving fullback, carried from
there for the score. Try for point
failed, and the score was 6-0
That was the intermission
count, for nether team could
move the ball effectively the rest
of the half. Only highlight as the
first half closed came on defense
when the two teams pulled three
interceptions on two plays. Jimmy
Moore intercepted Richard Brad-
haam’s heave at mid-field and
lateralled off. only to have Charlie
Michaux intercept the lateral for
Elon. Elon passed again on the
next play, only to have Moore in
tercept once more for the Mount-
ai neers.
In the early minutes of the sec
ond half the Christians dominated
play, moving once to the App 28
and again to the App 12, but on
neither thrust was Elon able to
score. After the Christian forward
motion ended at the twelve, the
Apps kicked to mid-field. From
there Elon started to move again,
but Jim Ollis intercepted on his
own thirty-four and raced 66 yards
for a second App TD, adding the
extra point for a 13-0 margin as
the third quarter came to an end.
It was early in the final period
that Jim Ollis intercepted again
and raced 45 yards for what
looked like a touchdown, but a
(Continued on Page Four)
East Carolina Defeats
Christian Eleven^ 13-0
The Fighting Christian gridders
were still seeking an effective
aerial attack as they went down
before the East Carolina Pirates
13 to 0 in a North State Confer
ence football battle at Greenville
last Saturday night, October 8th.
In a game played beneath murky
j.nd threatening skies and before
an East Carolina homecoming
crowd of 8,000 fans, the gold-
.ierseyed Christians flashed mom
ents of greatness on the ground
and threatened more than once
with their rushing attack. The
passing threat, however, was still
missing, and Elon suffered her
fourth successive defeat of the
1955 campaign.
Elon
13
231
41
190
11
2
40
230
0
fl
5
Eloii l^oothall
Elon 0, Miss. Southern 39.
Elon 18, The CiUdel 26.
Elon 0. Appalachian 19.
Elon 0, East Carolina 13.
(Remaining Games)
Oct. 15—Newberry, home.
Oct. 22—Catawba, away.
Oct. 29—West. Carolina, home.
Nov. 5—Naval App., home.
Nov. 12—Lenoir Rhyne, away.
Nov. 19 — Guilford, away.
HOW IT HAPPENED
East Carolina
First Downs 13
Yards Gained Rushing 290
Yards Lost Rushing 18
Net Gain Rushing 272
Passes Attemped 9
Passes Completed 3
Yards Gained Passing 35
Total Gains Scrimmage 307
Opp. Passes Intercepted 3
Runback Intercepted Passes 48
Number Punts 3
27.6 Ave. Distance Punts 41
72 Yards All Kicks Returned 17
1 Fumbles Lost 4
30 Yards Penalties 20
Score by Periods:
Elon 0 0 0 0— 13
East Carolina 0 7 0 6—13
East Carolina touchdowns —
Perry 2... Points after—Collier
Chowan Tops
J-Y Gridders
The Indians are on the warpath
again, and history majors and just
>lain Elon students and fans can
see the Indian Wars reenacted
'■■niU bcfoii' their eyes, and that
from a grandstand seat, when the
Newberry Indians invade Burling
ton Memorial Stadium at 8 o'clock
Saturday night for the sole pur
pose of lifting the football scalp
of the Elon Fighting Christians.
Tomahawks and blunderbusses
were the chosen weapons when the
Christian settlers of colonial days
battled the .savage Indians of yore,
but the victory this weekend will
be .settled with a prolate and in
flated spheroid of polished pig-
kin. and Elon's Christians are
busy this week perfecting their
Itechniques in the use of this
chosen weapon.
ELON-NEWBERRY .SCORtVS
1940—Elon 6, Newberry 6.
1946—Elon 0. Newberry 20 ..
1947—Elon 3, Newberry 0.
1948—Elon 7. .Newberry 20.
1949—Elon 26, Newberry 12.
1950—Elon 13, Newl»erry 6.
1951—Elon 13, Newberry 12.
1952—Elon 20. Newberry H.
1953—Elon 6. Newberry 33.
1954—Elon 0, Newberry 26.
• ♦ *
There is small basis for com
parison of the two teams in the
year’s scores, for the Newberry
and Elon elevens have yet to meet
a common foe this fall, but the
wild exploits af Coach Harvey
Kirkland’s redskin outfit against
other early foes indicate that Elon
will face a very rugged evening
indeed come Saturday night.
The invading Newberry outfit
hasa not fared so well against
other North St4ite foes, having
lost to Catawba and tied Lenoir
Rhyne in battles this season, but
, Coach Harvey Kirkland's lads
[beat Furman in the opener, and
last weekend the Indians walloped
the power-laden Wofford Terriers
by a decisive 18 to 6 margin.
There is plenty of warning to
be seen in Newberry's decisive
victories of the past two year.s
over the Elon gridders, for the
South Carolina eleven rolled for
five touchdowns in 1953 and rolled
for four scores last year, la each
game the Newberry defense was
such as to hold Elon's attack in
virtually complete check.
The Newberry baclcfield, rated
by many as the fastest small-col-
lege quartet ever seen on a North
and South Carolina field, will once
more have little Danny Brabham
calling the signals from the
quarterback slot, with fleet-footed
Paul Davis and Grady Ray running
from the halfbacks, and with jet-
driven Jimmy Haseldon driving
from fullback,
(Continued on Page Four)
The Christians had all the bet
ter of the argument in the opening
period, which saw the Maroon and
Gold outfit chalk three first downs
to one for the Pirates, but an early
Elon threat fizzled at the East
Carolina fifteen when a fourth
down pass grounded in the end
zone.
(Continued on Page Four)
The Chowan College eleven,
strong contenders in the North
Carolina junior college conference,
grabbed a 25 to 14 victory over the
Elon junior varsity at Murfrees
boro last Thursday night as both
teams flashed some brilliant of
fensive plays.
The Elon Jay-Vees scored early
when Bobby Joe Moser raced the
opening kick-off back past mid
field to start a drive. Joe DelGais
climaxed this early drive when he
sprinted six yards for the score
Ronnie Kinsley booted the point.
The Chowan outfit, paced by
Jackie Warren, a speedy halfback,
scored twice before Elon counted
again. Warren had runs of 72 and
65 yards for Chowan TD’s and the
junior college outfit put together
sustained drives for their other
two scores.
The Elon youngsters pulled the
count to 19-14 in the third quarter
when Bobby Joe Moser tossed a
jump pass to Tony Carcaterra,
lanky Elon end, who went eight
■yards for the score. Kinsley also
kicked the point after this touch-
down.
Elini To En^d^e
Cataivha Eleven
The Catawba Indians will be the
next North State Conference fee
for the Elon gridders, who go to
Salisbury on Saturday night, Oc
tober 22nd, to engage the blue-
jerseyed Indians in one of the
season’s outstanding contests.
The game will mark the twenty-
first meeting of the Elon and Ca
tawba teams on the gridiron in a
series that had its beginning back
in 1928. Since that time the Elon
elevens have claimed ten victor
ies, Catawba has won eight times,
and two games have ended In ties.
The Christians rolled to a de
cisive 36-12 victory over the In
dians In the “Homecoming” battle
here last fall, but pre-game dope
indicates that .the Maroon and
Gold squad will find tough sled
ding in their invasion of the In
dian camp this year. The Catawba
mitMt has been hitting a taM
pace in early games and is ranked
in the upT>er bracket in the North
State Conference standings.