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November 9. 195j
MAROON AND GOLD
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hristians Tackle Lenoir Rhyne At Hickory Saturday Night
Eloii Seeks
Upset Win
Over Bears '
Elon Eleven Is Winner
Orer W estern Caroluui
t
By BILL WALKER lElon's touchdowns and handed off
After going winless in their first to Kerry Richards for the final
six starts, Elon's Fighting Christ-Und clinching tally,
ans came out of their slumber and. Elon threatened from almost
out of the North State Conference
cellar all in one motion as they
[■(imped to a decisive 19 to 6 vic
tory over the Catamounts of VVest-
ejn Carolina before 1,500 Home
coming fans in Burlington Mem-
rial Stadium on Saturday night.
October 29th.
The Christians, who have sel
dom if ever lost a Homecoming
-,ame in the modern era. were a
("etermined crew as they lined up
0 face the Catamounts, They
uere determined to keep the win-
ling tradition alive.
Richard Bradham. regaining the
firm he displayed at The Citadel
,‘arlier in the season, guided and
laced the Christians to victory,
'le quarterbacked what seemed to
oe a perfect game, scored two of
(he initial play of the game as the
Western Carolinians fumbled on
the first play from scrimmage
Glenn Varney recovered for thr
Christians on the Catamoun
thirty-two. and Elon drove to th
■one-foot line before losing th.
ball on downs.
HOW IT
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HAPPENED
(jirl^i’ Teams
Seek Volley
liall Honors
Elon
Western Carolin,"’
10
First Downs
217
Yards Gained Hushing:
15i
10
Yards I,ost Rushing
10
207
Net Yards Kushins
11:
3
Passes Attempted
2
2
Passess Completed
0
39
Y'ards Gained Passing
0
’46
Total Yards Scrimmage
149
1
Opp, Passes Intercepted
i
4
Number Punts
5
28.5
.\ve. Distance Punts
33.2
116
Kunback .All Kicks
52
1
Fumbles Lost
t
49
Y'ards Penalties
6(1
SrOKlNG SI!A1MAK\
Elon
7 6 0 6-
-19
(^UAIMKKBACK IS MK H liAIl’HOVKI)
Fjiiy Carcaterra, a towering freshniijn from Inwood. Long Island.
, Y., stands taller and taller out on the left flank of the Elon line
the season iiears its end. The big 6-foot 4-inch youngster, who
j p> tlie scales at a rugged 200 pounds, really hit his stride against
Ihe .\pprentice School eleven last weekend when he grabbed three
Inrward passes for a total of 33 yards. One of the three catches
lame in the end zone to complete ai; 18-yanl touchdown play. The
|ig freshman also contributed a brilliant diving catch in Elon's 19
I 6 victory over Western Carolina the preceding week.
Five teams are
>rs in the girls' volleyball tourna
ment. now being sponsored by the
Women's Athletic Association,
with Second Floor W'est gaining
an early lead in the rounci-i-obin
Olay. The final honors will be
settled in a single-elimination
tournament, which is under the
management of Janet Crabtree,
Officials for the games in tourn
ament play include Betty De-
Lancey, Shirley Presnell, Margaret
Stafford, Elizabeth Shoffner. Mar-
quita Robertson, Mary Ann Turner,
Faye Weaver and Doris Gaddis.
The participating teams and their
players are listed below:
third FLOOR WEST — Doris
Gaddis, captain, Kathryn Lambert,
Sara Shelton, Dot Mauldin, Norie
Luce, Elizabeth Goodway, Mary
Ann Turner, Marquita Robertson,
Nancy Williamson and Faye
Weaver,
SECOND FLOOR WEST—Mary
Wade Smith, captaian, Joyce My
ers, Ruth Lloyd, Nell Clark, Ruth
Hicks, Pat Coghill. Jean Coghill,
Helen Blanchard, Martha Lang
ley, Lannie Wright and Marie
Stone.
LADIES HALL — Louan Lam
beth, captain, Betty Flynn, Bar
bara Pond, Ruth Douglass, Char
lotte Williamson, Mary Hawkins,
Shirley Womack, Bobbie McBane
and Betty Boswell.
day STUDENTS—Polly Payne,
I captain, Katrine Frye. Onita Frye,
be said that thisj.tween two of the Christians who watson, Betty Hedgepeth.
W. Carolina 0 6 0 0— 6
Elon Touchdowns — K, Brad
ham 2, Kichards. Points .\fter—
battling for hon- Kinsley (placement). Western Car
I olina Touchdown—Poindexter,
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It looked like a failure of the
Elon offense, but not for long.
Western Carolina punted on lir?t
down, the kick going short to the
Catamount twenty-five. Tom Shep-
4
aiking The
Clialk-Liiies
By BILL WALKER
Hiding a iwo-game winning
'itreak and beginning to laok like
tlio grid power that the Christians
v\ere supposed to be this season,
Klon's grid squad will swing into
ilu* west on Saturday to battle the
I.enoir Hhyne Bears in their
twenty-seventh annual footbalJ
^ame.
I'he Christians will have to en-
iM the game as underdogs to the
j^ears. who are currently leading
the North Stale Conference race
pnd boasting a mark of six wins
and a tie for the season, but the
Maroon and Gold gridders re
member that they defeated the
s; me Bear eleven last year and
elieve they can do it again.
riie comparative scores, made
Dy Elon and Lenoir Khyne against
ihe same opponents this fall, gen-
• • •
VAST HKl IN SCOUKS
39, l.fiioir Rhyne 0.
28, l.enoir Rhyne C.
I.onoir Hhyne 6.
26. Leooir Rhyne 6.
13. Lenoir Rhyne 7*
20. Lenoir Rhyne 7.
won. score
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liicliard Biaahani. sophomore quarterback from Sumter. S.C.. h;i:^
.(■emingly hit fill s’ride in the Cluistians' two mo.st recent game.s,
which netted decisive victoi'ies over the Western Carolina Cata-
person and Whitney Bradham did ^nounts aiid the .\pprentice School Shipbuilders. The younger of the
the brunt of the running from Bradham brothers found the magic touch with his passing in
there to the one. from where Rich-^f||ggg games and used a whip-lash arm to roll up more passing
yardage in the two contests alone than in all of six preceding games
this season. Against the Catamounts and Shipbuilders he com
pleted 9 out of 15 passes for 158 yards, two of the tosses against
Apprentice School being good for touchdowns. In six earlier games
he had completed only 11 of 42 passes for 140 yards. The Elon
quarterback also plunged for two TDs against Western Carolina
on keep plays.
Never let it .
Ijear's Fighting Christian football have stood out in _
Itea.Ti is one to break a tradition, all season
Whitney Bradham
Ithe tradition of winning the Elon
I Homecoming game. Certainly the
I Christians showed no symptoms of
[kuch a thing, for they started from
[ the opening moments of the Home-
■ coming battle to capitalize on
I every “break," and they did just
I that all night as they moved al-
j most at will against the Western
I Carolina team.
Richard Bradham seemingly
I fou.id himself at quarterback and
[ teamed with his brother Whitney,
?nd with Tom Shepperson, Kerry
Richards and Sonny Martin to put
as fine a bickfield performance
Elon fans can remember in
^any a day.
The Elon line, which saw three
new starters against the Cata-
®«iints, played its best game in
keeping the Cat backfield in check
■tost of the night. Only exception
*as for a few moments in the
second quarter when Western Car
olina pulled a double reverse that
Mught the entire Christian squad
suard. The ^lay carried
*'*'t-nty-one yards to .set up the
^'aUmount touchdown.
Honors as Elon’s “Back-of-the-
'Veei" for that Homecoming game
13 late October must be split be*
and Sonny Martin. Whitney ran
back a punt 50 yards in the second
quarter that eventually set up an
Elon score, quite definitely the
finest run of the year for the
Christians. With good blocking and
a lot of shiftiness and drive, foi
which Whit has been known this
year, he appeared a sure bet to go
all the way until he slipped and
fell while evading a would-be
tackier. Sonny rates for his fine
all-round offensive and defensive
work in the backfield throughout
the Western Carolina game, and
more especially for the 14-yard
gallop which set up Elon's “insur
touchdown" in the final
quarter. On this run six of the
Catamounts had their hands on
him at one time, but they cauld
never bring him down until he
reached the two-yard line and set
up the score.
Joyce Askew, Rosalind Toney,
Dorothy Whitson and Barbara
Spinks.
delta upsilon kapha —
Joyce Perry, captain, Janet Crab-
ti-ee. Carolyn Abernathy, Frances
Knight, Ann Dula, Evelyn Fritts,
Sis Beckwith, Betty Franks, Betty
Sue Ammons, Pat Chrismon. Betty
DeLancey and Jackie Williamson.
Myron Winslow, who left Elon
,to enter naval air training, has
recently quaUfied as carrier pUot
upon completion of a s^ified
quota of take-off.ss and landings
on one of the big Navy n«t-tO|>s.
Women^s Si^rts
Council Formed
The council of the Women s
Athletic Association, which
sists Mrs. Jeanne Griffin in di
rection of the girls’ athleUc pr«v-
sram on the campus, is com
posed of repreaientatives from
each of the four sororities, mem
bers from both West Dorm and
Ladies Hall and a member for
the Day Students.
BepresentatiTes who make up
the 1955-56 council are Shirler
Pre-snell, Tau Zeta Phi; Frances'
Knight, Delta Upsilon Kappa:
Ruth Lloyd, Beta Omicron Beta;
Polly Payne, Pi Kappa Tau: J»ne
Ladies Hall; Kathryn
Lanibert. Third Floor West:
Martha Langley, Second Floor
West; and Bets/ Wat«>n, Day
Students.
ard Bradham plunged for the
score. Ronnie Kinsley kicked the
extra point.
After the ensuing kick-off, the
invaders found the Elon forward
V'all too strong, and they punted
from their own thirty-eight. The
punt went to the Elon fifeen.
where Kerry Richards handed off
t& Whitney Bradham. who was
off to the races as he got key
blocks from Pat Cafasso and Tony
Carcaterra. With beautiful faking.
Bradham returned the kick 50
yards before he slipped and went
down on the Catamaount thirty-
five.
A beautiful catch by Tony Car
caterra of a Richard Bradham pass
covered nineteen yards, and Elon
advanced to the twelve. The Cats
took over there as the first quarter
ended, but three plays later Homer
Hobgood intercepted a Tom Lewis
pass and set Elon moving at the
Western Carolina seventeen.
All the Elon backs shared the
ball carrying from that point as
the Christians moved once more to
the Catamount one, and for a sec
ond time Richard Bradham kept
and sneaked over for the touch
down, which gave Elon a 13-0
margin. I
After the next kick-off thej
Western Carolina squad cut loose
with its only offensive display of
the game. A double reverse car
ried the ball to the Elon fifteen,
and CharUe Poindexter drove
across from the six tor the lone
Catamount score.
The rains came during the sec
ond half and brought a slowing
down of the offensive play. In
tact the field itself was almost
Sigma Phi Sweeps Honors
III Iiitraniiiral Track i\leet
The Sigma Phi Beta tracksters i McCarthy
1921-Klon
192S—Klon
1H27—Klon
1928—Klon
1)29—Elon
11)30—Klon
1!(31—Lenoir Kliyne
not recorded.
1!)32—Klon 7, Lenoir Khyne 12.
11)33—Elon 7, Lenoir Khyne 0.
1934—Klon 13, Lenoir Khyne 6.
19.'!,')—Elon 20, Lenoir Khyne 0.
1,936—Klon 38, Lenoir Khyne 0.
1937—Elon 27, Lenoir Khyne 6.
1935—Elon 14, Lenoir Khyne 6.
1939—Elon 0, Lenoir Rhyne 10.
1910—Elon 8, Lenoir Khyne 6.
1941—Elon 13, Lenoir Khyne 0.
1946—Elon 13, Lenoir Rhyne 14.
1947—Elon 0. Lenoir Khyne 13.
1948—Elon 0, Lenoir Khyne 13.
1949—Elon 7, I.enolr Khyne 1!).
1950—Elon 13, Lenoir Rhyne 42.
1951—Elon 14, Lenoir Rhyne 48.
1952—Elon 7, Lenoir Rhyne 59.
1953—Elon 13. Lenoir Rhyne 27.
1954—Elon 14. Lenoir Rhyne 6.
made a runaway affair of the an
nual Fall Quarter intramural track
meet, which was held on Monday
afternoon, October 24th, with Dick
erally favor the Bears, but the
Christians rolled for a bigger mar
gin over Apprentice School last
week than did the Lenoir Rhyne
outfit in its early-season game
with the Shipbuilders.
The Christians hold an edge
pacing the fraternity lover Lenoir Rhyne in the over-all
winning total of 78.8Ueries. which dates back more
Eloii Football
Elon 0. Miss. Southern 39.
Elon 18, The Citadel 26.
Elon 0. Appalachian 19.
Elon 0, East Carolina 13.
Elon 6. Newberry 19.
Elon 0, Catawba 19.
Elon 19, Western Carolina 6.
Elon 51, Apprentice School 7.
(Remaining Games)
Nov. 12—Lenoir Rhyne, away.
Nov. 19 — Guilford, away.
Hargrave Doivns
Jay-Vee Eleven
The Hargrave Miltiary Academy
wmplTely hTdden by the down-!grid squad turned back the Elon
pour during the third quarter, but junior varsity gndders by a 25
- . to 0 margin in a game played on
late in the final stanza Elon’s
Lynn Newcomb trapped Western
Carolina's Gordon Howell on an
attempted punt on fourth down,
and Elon took over on the enemy
eighteen. Paced from there by the
running of Sonny Martin. Elon
went to the two, and Kerry Rich
ards drove over for the score.
It was a well-played game for the
Christians, who featured the
Bradham brothers, along with Son
ny Martin, Kerry Richards and
Tom Shepperson in the backfield
?nd the play of J. B. Vaughn, Pat
Cafasso, Tony Carcaterra and
Glenn Varney in the line, along In
the Hargrave field last Saturday
afternoon, November 5th. The de
feat was the third in succession
for the Elon youngsters, who
fought Guilford to a scoreless tie
in the opening game of the season.
The Elon Jay-vees, who found
themselves stripped in mid-season
v/hen injuries forced wholesale
promotions to the Christian var
sity, were never able to muster
any real offensive threat against
the strong Virginia prep school
outfit. Several of the players who
participated in this game returned
in time to play with the varsity in
Sth“he linebacking of Lynn New- its sweeping 51-7 victory over Ap-
comb and Home HobgoOd. | prentice bchool that night. |
group for
points.
Runner-up honors went to the
East Dorm crew with 32.7 points
trailed by Day Students with 27 9,
Iota Tau Kappa with 11 and Alpha
Pi Deta with 5 counters.
Dick McCarthy alsio made a
one-sided affair of the battle for
individual scoring honors as he
counted 53.5 points^ far ahead of
Moss Beecroft, who had 25,3
points. Other leaders in individual
scoring incllud/^d Jerry Creech.
Oexter Smith, Bobby Boswell and
Bobby Green,
The smmary by events follows:
50-YARD' DASH — McCarthy,
Sigma Phi; Creech, East; Green,
ITK; Smith, Day Students, TIME
—6 seconds.
BROAD JUMP — McCarthy.
Sigma Phi; Boswell, Day Students;
Beecroft, Sigma Phi; Smith, Day
Students. DISTANCE — 17 feet.
8 1-2 inches.
HIGH JUMP — Beecroft, Sigma
Phi, Smith, Day Students; tie tot
third by Creech and Walker, both
of East, HEIGHT—5 feet 6 inches.
80-YARD DASH — McCarthy,
Sigma Phi; Creech, East; Smith
Day Studentss; R, Bergman, East
TIME — 8 seconds,
SOFTBAI^L THROW — Mc
Carthy, Sigma Phi; Green, ITK;
Boswell, Day Students; Beecroft,
Sigma Phi, DISTANCE — 373
feet.
SHOT PUT — McCarthy, Sigma
Phi; Beecroft, Sigma Phi; Law,.
Alpha Pi; Fields, Alpha Pi. DIS
TANCE — 33 feet 5 inches.
320-YARD RELAY—Sigma Phi
(Fields, Beecroft, McCarthy), Ea.st
(Creech, R. Bergman, Albert)
Day Students (Boswell, Smith
McCauley). TIME—29 seconds.
than 30 years. The two teams met
first in 1921, when Elon won 39
to 0, and the Christians continued
to roll for victories through six
consecutive games. Lenoir Rhyne
finally broke through for wins in
1931 and 1932, but Elon claimed
six more wins in a row before the
Bears slipped in another victory
in 1939.
The pre-war series closed out
in 1941 with Elon holding a mar
gin of 14 wins in 17 tries, but
Lenoir Rhyne turned the table
fter World War II. beginning m
1946 and chalking eight straight
wins. The Christians finally broke
through for a 14 to 6 triumph
last fall, and they will be going
all Out to repeat that win this
weekend.
Quaker Contest
Ends Grid Year
The annual Elon-Guilford grid
battle, long scheduled a» a
Turkey Day classic, will be play
ed on Hobbs Field at Guilford
College on Saturday afternoon
before Thanksgiving, hkin^in/;
to a close the Christians' 19S5
football campaign.
This 1955 battle, the thirty-
thir^ in a series that started
back in 1919, renews one of the
oldest smaU-college riTalrien in
all of Dixie, and Coach Varney's
Maroon and Gold warricni will
be seeking their twentieth tic-
tory ot the series.
The records thus far show
Elon with 19 wins, Guilfitrd With
19 wins and three games that
havie ended in ties. The Cb^(^
ians won last year’s ^aDie by a
2ft to 13 margin in a thrfUin«
battle staged is Bnrtinetoa Stad-
i