September 26, 1956
MAROON AND GOLD
PAGE THREE
Elon Opens Conference Season With Mountaineer Battle
Bdscballers
4( Practice
For the first time in several
,,rs tlie Elon baseballers are get-
in fall practice, with Coach
li Sanford reporting about 35
omond candidates participating
, the drills that are being held
•.ee times weekly. The sessions
lil continue so long as weather
'rmits-
The squad includes a large group
freshmen and other new can-
dates, but Coach Sanford has a
acieus of nine lettermen working
Three of the last year’s let-
ermen, Jack Henderson, Tony Car-
.nerra and Joe DelGais, are out
football and unable to make
fall practices.
The monogram winners on the
U squad include Bobby Sharpe,
alcher: Mac Payne, first base;
n Lichok. second base; George
!!en, shortstop; Clem Johnson and
Vaylaiid Medley, outfielders; and
.Ibert Watts, Bill Ross and Fran-
.e Goss, pitchers. Watts has been
howing ability with the stick, and
,;ch Sanford stated that the
Jht- handed flinger might switch
, the outfield or do double duty
hen not on the mound.
HOST OF VETERANS LINEMEN ANCHOR ELON FORWARD AJ.l. IN 1956
Christians Tackle Apps
At Boone On Saturday
Eloii Football
FIoii 12, Alabama State 13.
Elon 53. Apprentice School 7.
(Remainios tiames)
Sept. 29 — Appalachian, away.
Oct. 6 — East Carolina, home.
Oct. 13 — Presbyterian, away.
Oct. 20 — Catawba, home.
Oct. 27 — West Carolina, away.
Nov. S — Newberry, away.
Nov. 10 — Lenoir Rhyne, home.
Nov. 17 — Guilford, home.
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Walking The
Chalk-Lines
By BILL WALKER
No less than sixteen veteran linemen are back in Maroon and Gold grid togs this fall and serve
as an anchor of strength for the Elon forward wall, and practice and early games have sten the
letter forwards carry most of the burden for Coach Sid Varney's squad. Fifteen of the monogram
forwards are pictured above. Lef to right, they are as folows. SEATED FiJONT — Chuck May
nard, guard; Tony DeMatteo, gu rd; ar;d Joe Smith, guard. SECOND ROW — Lynn Newcomb,
center; Sonny Martin, center; Jack Henderson, end; Glenn Varney, guard; Mai Bennett, eud; and
Pat Cafasso, tackle. BACK ROW — Eddie Bridges, end; Tom Shepperson, end; J. B. Vaughn, tac
kle; Bob Kopko, tackle; Ed Davidson, tackle; and Tony Carcaterra, end. Ladson Cubbagc, big tac
kle. was not in uniform when th? picture was made.
Its football time in Dixie, and some infamous character named
looks as if it's going to be Elon “Dumn-Dumn" they went out to
. the rampage in the North State Highway 70 to wait. You guessed
r.ierence. The Fighting Chris-',it, for two hours later they arriv-
j.’.i will open their Conference ed back on the campus to find
'r.'.paign on Saturday night-w^hen the team already in bed. Just goes
-iy invade the mountains of Ap-jto show you that you should be
lachian at Boone, and if the particular whom you list to. Why,
two games are any signs of
...gs to come, then some of the
c.uerence favorites had better
A out.
The Christians broke open their
ten days ago against the
eachers’ of Jacksonville State
own in Alabama in a contest
.'lich saw the Elonites" come out
. the short end of a 13-12 heart-
eaker.
Eton's Little All-American can-
daif. Bob Stauffenberg, carried
big share of the pay-load for the
hrUtians as he gained 131 yards
jm his fullback slot. Statiffy,
.10 we think to be the finest ftiU-
aci to 'oe found anywhere, team-
up with hajfbaclcs Whitney
radham and Kerry “Nub" Rich-
» and tackles J. B. Vaughn
Pat Cafasso to literally scare
pants off the highly-favared
'Teachers.”
Ho*ev«r, in spite of the fact
hat several players are liseed as
vitstanding, it was a great team
ffort, and the entire Christian
tad deserves much credit for
lat fine showing down in ’Bama.
t was easier going this past week-
cd against the Newport News Ap-
tentice School in a gawie which
"w many of Elon’s reserves get-
"g a chance to display tbeir tal
nothing else, in this case the name
alone should have been enough to
make you think twice.
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With basketball in the foresee-
TTIUXX k/CitCi aCC
able future, it bears repeating^ ■pgni Langston recov
what Elon’s Coach Mathis had to' ^ Christian fumble on the
Grid Squad Loses Close
13-12 Battle In Alabama
By SQUARE EDMUNDS . Dick Smith, Eton's smooth-work
The high-spirited Christians of r.g field general, moved for three,
Elon College, playing the under- ;ut a l.l-yard penalty nullified this
dog role, almost broke out in front
but went down by a scant 13-12
margin in Elon’s 1956 grid opener
against the Jacksonville State
Teachers in Jacksonville, Ala., on
Saturday night, September 15th.
Jacksonville State grabbed an
opportune break late in the fourth
quarter to set up her winning
vviiai. ^ - uicu a v/iinoviwim
say about this season. He once thirty-six, and two successive
play. Two plays later Smith hit
Eddie Bridges with a 21-yard toss
to the Jax nineteen, and runs by
Stauffenberg, Smith and Whit
Bradham moved behind good
blocking to the three. On second
down Joe DelGais plunged for the
score. Jim Humphries missed the
kick, but Jacksonville was off-side
The second kick for point was al
so wide.
said, “If Crump comes through
we’ll go to Kansas City again.
Of most teams this would be a
mighty optimistic statement, but
not of Elon. We lost three off last
year's squad, all of them starters
much of the time, but the return
ing “big boys’’ and returning re
serves, with the addition of a big
ex-Marine named Bob Bell, should
give Elon another powerful group.
There are also a number of
freshmen on the cage rolls, and
there is a fine boy on campus by
the name of Rex Hartley, who isn t
even on scholarship, who just
might be that other guard Coach
Mathis is looking for. With the
shooting accuracy of lads like Bell
and Crump and the rebounding
and shooting of Juratic and Atkm-
son, this boy Hartley might con
tribute the driving attack the
Christians need.
♦ * ♦
I wonder just what did happen
to E, C. T. C.’s first opponent of
the year. The first I heard was
tiiat the Pirates bad added Nor
folk Navy to their schedule as
Strictly for the informaUon of regular opening game, and
Ion's freihman, there U no East Norfolk Tars came down and
rolina in the North Stste Lasted g C T. C. by 4 20-19
'erence, but there is SK E. C. T. C. jno of the
Pirate publicity stories in a aUte
d.aily casually mentioned that “the
Pirates had lost a scrimmage
EtS.
’ood runs by the Gamecocks put
the ball on the Elon three. After
tailing on two downs, big Billy
Kicks, hailed by Jacksonville fans
js a potential All-American, plun
ged over for the touchdown that
ntade the final count 13 to 12. The
point conversion was no good, but
t was not needed.
The Christians had grabbed the
lead twice during the game, for
Elon scored first early in the first
quarter after Bob Stauffenberg,
Iruly the game's great star, had
plunged and raced deep into Jax
territory. It was only the second
play from scrimmage that Stauf
fenberg powered the left side of
the Gamecock line for that 42-
yard sprint to the JacksonviUe
twenty-eight to set up that first
Elon score.
♦ ♦ ♦
f East Carolina Teachers’ Col
_ This is a fact which» seems
slip the minds of students at
that certain eastern NortSt Caro-
liBa inautution, but #e' #ort’t let
4 I I. * » «
't slip ours, wUl we? I
The unsung heroes- (rf ,the wel
coming iggregatiott, which greet-
^ the grid squad on its return
Ala'oama, are Bob Orr. Bub
bles, the Keck sisters—Jertttle and
Oot—and “Under the Osfca" CMk-
ley. With plans to lead the t«*m
t-'e last mile or s* ot the Ntun
Wp, they weat out t*
but after a £nM*
game to Norfolk Navy.” All ot that
left the V. P. I. game last weekend
as “their opener," and they lort
that game too l»y 4 td^heavf oou^
That loss did n« surprise a»e vet>
much, since E. C. T. C. was play
ing away from home where tte
going is quite often tough. At
home they sometimes build up Um»
winning streaks, like that one m
CHALK-LINES --JPPs
basketball in their new gym.
(Continued oo Fage Four)
HOW IT HAPPEl«iI>
Jack.s«nville
First Dowiw
Yards Gain Ru-shine ISl
Yards
Net Yards Rushing
Passes Attemptwl
Passes Completed
Yards Gained Pas»u»*
Total Gain Scrimma*e
Opp. Passes Intercepted
Rnnback Int. Passen
Number Punts
Are. Ystrii ruata
Itoabaei All ilito
Fumbles Lost
far*
SCORE BY PERIODS
6 • « •—1*
• T •—
Jaokson»l«e • iv,lGajg
jaon T«ich4l(«ms -
(Btt* »>. Sta«ffe*ber» («i« «•
jacksooriDe Touchdowns —
2 (Run 1, KM !>•
Hicks (P»«n«e>'
♦ ♦ •
Elon
15
297
28
271
S
1
21
282
1
7
2
125
3
71
The Alabamans stormed back in
the second quarter and took a 7-6
lead at half-time. Carl Harrison
intercepted Kerry Richards’ pass
and returned to the Jax thirty-six.
Hicks was through to the Elon
thirty-eight, but a penalty set the
Teachers back. Then Fred Casey
flipped a pass to Harrison to the
Elon 36-yard marker, and there
was a first down on the twenty-
eight. Hicks bucked to the twen
ty-five, and Casey tossed to Carl
Harrison on the one. Hicks wa.'i
over on the plunge for touchdown
and bucked over for the extra
point.
As the third period opened,
Elon’s ' powerful offense swept 83
yards to go ahead again. Bob
Stauffenberg scored from the four
after he had teamed with Rich
ards, Bradham and Smith in chalk-
mg six first-and-tens in a row.
Humphreys was wide again on his
kick, and the score stood, Elon 12,
,Iax Teachers 7. Stauffenberg had
also crossed the Alabama goal line
earlier, but he lost the score when
Elon was penalized on th# play
g Midway the fourth period Wnit
4iney Braham was injured on a kick
jj I return and had to leave the game.
On the next play there was a fum-
j' ble on a hand-off from Smith to
241 Stauffenberg, and Jacksonville re-
5 covered to set the .starge f«r the
4n'wiail!lflg *C9t«,
Bob SUuffenberg. 200 pounds of
Kendall To Aid
In Cn^e Sport
Ben Kendall, one of la-4t year's
co-captains and ace guard for
llie Christian basketball team, is
back in college this fall and will
as.sist Coach Doc Matliis with
the hardwiH)d sport this year.
Kendall will work w'lth early
practice this fall and will also
work with the iiUiloir varsity
casers during the winter season.
Coach Mathis has planned to
start his cage SNtuad on early
conditioning drills in October,
getting ready for a strenuous
basketball season ju.«t ahead.
Five of last year's eight letter
winners are back in school this
fall, including Dee Atkinson, Ed
Juratic. Earl Stone. Frank De-
Rita and Jimmy Crump. Gradua
tion removed Ben Kendall, Ray
Whitley and Hugh Citty from
the 1956 Conference and NAIA
district champions.
Staking a first claim tor honors
in the North Stale Conference grid
race, the Elon Christians wiM trek
forth into the North Carolina hill
country this weekend to do battle
with a strong squad of Appala
chian Mountaineers. The game Is
set for 8 o'clock Saturday night
at Boone, and for the first time in
several years the contest wlil not
be part of the Apps’ annual Homo-
coming observance.
This Saturday night contest will
oe the sixteenth meeting tor the
Christians and Mountaineers on
file football'field, and more than
once the series has produced un
expected thrills for the tans. In
fifteen previous meetings, the
Apps hold an 8 to 5 margin in
games won, with two of the an
nual engagements ending in ties.
The IVJountaineers rolled in im
pressive style in the first Elon-
App meeting back in 1937, tor the
Mountaineers pounded out a 31
to 0 victory over an Elon team
that lost no other games that sea
son. In fact, a veteran sports wri
ter only last week classed the
Elon and Appalachian teams of
that 1937 meeting as two ot the
four finest the Conference has
ever produced.
The Christians bounced back in
the 1938 contest and evened the
count with a 14 to 6 victory, and
the 1939 engagement produced one
of the two ties by a 6-6 score. Elon
moved ahead in the rivalry with
victories in both 1940 and 1941.
The Christian win in 1940 was
by a 7 to 0 count, but Elon’s 1941
Conference champions grabbed an
easy 26 to 6 win over the Moun
taineers in the final meeting of
Ihe rivals before World War 11.
Both colleges were without foot
ball during the war years ot the
early 1940’s, but the annual .strug
gles were resumed in 1946 when
school and college coaching. Appalachian romped to an easy
Coach Joseph E. “Joe" Bi-yson, 40 to 0 victory. That set the tem
po for a four-year romp by the
Apps, who po.sted wins by scores
of 21 to 13 in 1947, 33 to 13 in
1948 and 14 to 0 in 1949.
The 19T50 game was a 14-14 tie,
with Appalachian coming from be
hind to score two touchdowns In
the final three minutes of play to
overcome a seemingly secure Elon
margin. The 1951 and 1952 cam
paigns saw Elon wiri twice by
counts of 20 to 6 and 13 to 7, and
then Appalachian won one of the
most thrilling games of the entire
series in 1953 by a 21 to 19 mar-
Tivo Coaches
Join Fionas
Sport Staff
Two new coaches were added to
the Elon College faculty and ath
letic staff for the 1956-57 session
bringing about a reorganization of
the intercollegiate athletic staff to
provide a different head coach for
each of the three major sports of
football, basketball and ba.seball
Coach John D. “Jack" Sanford,
who completed his Ph.D. training
at the University of North Caro
lina this summer, Is one of the
two new additions. He is to head
jp the physical education depart
ment, serve as director of athle
tics and as head coach of base
ball. A former 4-sport athlete at
the University of Richmond, he
was also in professional ba.seball
tor many years in adition to his
a graduate of Elon of several years
back, is the other new addition to
the Christian sports statf. Since
graduation here, he had a highly
!iucces.sful high school coaching ca
reer at Bessemer High near Greens
boro. He is a.ssigned as backfield
coach in football and will prob
ably assist with baseball and work
with intramural sports.
Coach Harry E. “Sid" Varney
and Coach Graham L. “Doc" Ma
this, who have carried the entire ^ featured all
coaching load at Elon for several attacks by both teams.
(Continued on Page Fouri | (Continued on Page Four)
Elon Gridders Show Speedy Attack
To Trample Apprentice By 53 To 7
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11 soft-spoken dynamite, was the
M
Player of the NiSht." fife rolled
for 131 yards on the ground, but
lie received able stid from Rich
ards, Whit Bradham, DelGais »nd
i^mith i* th» baU-lui«ins brackets.
Eddie bridges, Pat Cafas.so and J.
Displaying lx)tli speed and pow
er on the ground and flashes of
exceUence m the air, the Chris
tians trampled the Shipbuilders of
the Newport News Apprentice
School in Burlington Stadium last
Saturday night by a 53 to 7 score.
It was the first home game of the
year for the Christians and al-so
the. first win of the sea.son.
The Christians were a bit slow
in getting started, but they gained
momentum as the game progres.s-
ed. Nearly nine minutes were gone
in the first quarter before Bob
Stauffenberg plowed through the
Apprentice line for two yards and
the first touchdown. This .score *«a
set »p by a brilliant 62-yard punt
return by Whitney Bradham. The
kick Was short, and Elon led 6 to
0 as the initial period ended.
The .second quarter, however,
wm a different story as the gold
en-jerseyed Elon sqtiad rolled for
three toiichdowns in rapid succes
sion. SUuffenberg -set the stage
Cion
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4
37*
7
X
43
421
1
5
1
37
123
5*
B. Vaughn Were towers of strength with. a»-int«reep«oo « the Apf-
amans the Elon linemonf. all of prentice tweoty tbrefe. mom-
v-li»m turned itt excctteat #*rk. cuts liter lUrrf ltttb*rds scoOled
HOW IT HAPPENED
Apprentice
First Downs *
Yards Gained Ru-shln* #6
Yards Lost Ru»bine 4S
Net Yards Rusbing 21
Passes Attempted 16
Passes Completed 4
Yards Gained Pa-ssing SI
Net Yards Scriouange 52
Opp. PaJwes Intercepted 1
Runback Int. Pa.sses 55
Number PubU S
Are. Yards Punts 30-2
Runback All Kicks 113
Fumbles Lost 4
l^ards Peoaliaed 2#
.Scores By Perinds—
Eton 6 19 21 7—53
AppreaOce * • T •— 7
Elon Touchdown.** — StaufCen-
ber* (nu« 2. run 2-, Richards (run
6. run 34.) Smith (run 6), Kiitstoy
(run S), Hunjrphries (run 14), Grigpi
rwn *>. Potats after — Austin (3
placement), Kin.sley (2 pl»oen»e«t).
Apprentice Touchdown — Pres
cott (•interr,ej>Uon return 55). Point
after — Harrell (pJaceoicut)
* * *
to pay-dirt. Whitey Austin kicked
good, and it was 13 to 0 at 4:4,5
ot the period.
It was Richards again barely
five minutes later as the “Nub"
slipped off his own left tackle and
Umber-legged it for 34 yards
ithrough the Shipbuilders’ second
ary for the score. The kick was
bad to leave the score at 19 to 0,
but Ronnie Kinsley upped the half-
time margin to 25 to 0 when he
rammed the line for three and a
touchdown just forty seconds be-
for intermission. Jack Henderson
had set the stage with a fumble
recovery on the enemy nineteen.
The Newport News outfit brdke
into the scoring column soon after
half-time when little Jerry Pres
cott, ace of the Shipbuilder back
field corps, plucked a Kerry Rich
ards pass out of the air on A,p-
prentlce forty-five and hot-f««Bt-
ed 55 yards over the Elon goal.
Fred Harrell bodted the polnrt.
It Was Elon on the drive after
the kickoff, with Mai Bennett re
turning to (he Elon thirty-three.
(Cvntlflued on f^age Four) ^