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»sd«y. October 10, 1956 MAROON AND GOLD PA.GR THREE Catawba Will Be Elon Foe For Homecoming Tilt RIl iJAJJDS KOI ( »R\2 A(;AINSi A!»PAI U:IH\IN Walking The Clialk-Lines By BILL WALKER 19 ;o 0. 19 to 6, 19 to 7! VH- cant we find a new num- t,/.comb.nation. In a majority of -.a- football games, that num- ‘r 19 seems to crop up and to „ld the fate of the Christians in ^ way or another. In the past j,;„eon games of this season and •he Christians have either :r lost on that magic and ’etin-.es ill-omened number 19. Leu k at just a few of those gres of the past year and a halt, year the scores with that 19 tabbing into print were— Elon 0, Appalachian 19. Elon 6. Newberry 19. Elon 0, Catawba 19. Elon 19, Western Carolina 6. Elon 19, Guilford 6, •\i if five of those 19-pointers ;:e not enough, the old 19-7 com- llnation has bobbed up twice in four early games this year. Re- ';mber— lEloa 19. Appalachian 7. Elon 7, East Carolina 19. That figures up to exactly 50 ;en‘. riding on that number 19, t;ch made its appearance rather dJenly and emphatically last fall l;r being absent from all Chris- grid games for a full five ar;. In fact, until last fall, there • been no 19 appearing in any ther Elon scores since 1950, Maybe we should just nick- the team the “Ninetenners,” mething like the “Forty-niners” California history fame. Did I ‘.ar an objection? Oh, well, it ! a good idea, but here at Elon d have to check with a ho.'jrd censors before we could change ; name anyway, and there’d al- ays be the conflict with so many i favorites in the music world, loh as “When You Were Sweet -iteen," “On a Bicycle Built r Nineteen,” “Nineteen For Tea,” t cetera, et cetera, et cetera. + ♦ ♦ School spirit seems to be a new '.'.odity which the student of .on have found in the last two eir-i, and let’s not let it die. Let’s behead the cheerleaders and make it the biggest thing on the campus. * * + Homecoming comes up in just over a week, being slated for Fri day and Saturday of next week, so we want to make it the best one ever. We can be sure that our team will be doing its best to make the Homecoming games with Ca tawba a victorious one, and we stu dents can do our part by remain ing on the campus that weekend to support the Christians in their play and to show the old grads a glad hand welcome. As has been in all recent years, there will be a parade with a contest for the best floats. The winning float will be worth $25 to some organization which produces the winning idea, and there will also be the annual dormitory decoration contest. It will be intereseing to see what the boys in Carolina and the girls in Virginia can do m competition with inhabitants of the older resi dence halls. » » » Intramural football got under way this past week, with a new set of rules that make the game so different that unless you are playing in it it is hard to tell what’s happening. Coach Sanford intro duced the new free-pas.s style of rules to curb the injuries that oc curred all too often during the Calhoun-Young era of touch foot ball. ♦ ♦ ♦ For the information of some nit wit “dumn-dumn” of an announcer St the home football games in Burlington, the name is Bob Stauf- fenberg and not Stauffenberger. Oh, well, what’s, the difference. He’s still the best fullback to be found anywhere around these parts. And when one sees how the Morea mauler stuffs a football down the gullets of so many of Elon’s football enemies, it might be quite appropriate to re-name the big boy entirely and call him “Stuffenberg.” Or still better, when one sees how he knocks the enemy griddars quite stiff and cold, then the announcer might leven call him Bob “Stiffenberg.” Cl Seek Revenge For Year’s Defeat The action shot abov^. which '.vas snapped in the heat of tlie vi»;:ariou^ grid l>a*Me v :tli Ai)i;.ilj- chian, shows little Kerty Iliehards ‘‘t ^ ung the cornei'” fut* one of his'quick dashes iiito 'ju-'niy territory. This was ius" one of n\-:ny sacli ball-carrying sorties la •. i -h- K1'u m tli *' f-oregr^'a.id another Elon, ideniicy not known, is blocking an Apj>aljpi»!.in t’cKK^d quitj out ot th^.* play. Other Ehn plujcrs may be recognized by numbers in the background. ]et Power h hi C hristki ii A thick As Apps Go Down By 19-1 Ey SQUARE EDMUNDS The Elon Christians displayed the essential qualities that go in to a solid team victory when they defeated the App.ilachian Miun- taineers 19 to 7 on Saturd.iy night September 29th. The game was the Christians’ opening North Statj Conferenc encounter and was played on the Apps' home field at Boone. The Christians, a touchdown un derdog at the start of the game, combined excellent running, block ing and a tough defense to stop the Mountaineers cold. The Elon line pliy was the most dominant factor in the contest, and Coach Sid Vamey employed two Tires of equal strength to keep the Moun taineers confused throughout th-. contest. El-nn’s ".leinen broke through the App line time and time again and smashed the Mountaineer backs iead in their tracks, bogging down ’he Appalachian offense almost en- ■tirely throughout the game. On of fense, large holes were ripped in the Apps’ line to enable the Chris tian backs to rip through for 223 yards in net rushing during the battle. The first period was a score- ess one, but early in the second luarter the Christians struck twice' H>n long scoring jaunts. The first Eton HOW IT HAPPENE'I A.ipalachia.-i 15 First Downs 9 :’.38 Yards Gained Ru-'iins 1S5 l."> Yards l.O'-^t Rushing; 31 Z23 Net Yards Enshinm K>2 S Passes Vtiempted 9 t Passes Completed 11 7t Yards Gained Pas'n,i 2r» 237 Net Yards Sorimma.^e i:i 1 Oop. Passes l.:‘errepted 1 12 Kuo’:a'k l"t. l»ai-i'» IS ■’ Nu-*ibt*r F'iu*s 4 31.-. Ave. Yards Punts 19.3 19( K-inback All Kicks 79 .5 Funi(>les I^ost t (!5 Yards Penalized 77 e By Periods— Elon 0 13 0 6 -19 At>|>aliohian 0 0 0 7— 7 Elon tou:hdown;i — W. Brad- Iiam (punt return 41), Careater- ra (pass from .Smith 50), Stauf- fenberg (run 2). Points After- Humphries (1 placement.) Appa lachian touchdown — Beaver (run ?J. Point \^;er — Kiiler (i placement). + '4'* ♦ came art'll’ the 'Vu^'s ’■ hjU:-* ' the Christians on a drive at th? Mountaineer 11-yard line. Tl\e Apps took over there and were held at bay by the hard-charging Elon forwards. After a penalty the Margin nome tcani punted from the one. I Br.'-'-’h.-jm. Mr? s! jffed Eton halfback, n itod far bis 1 brilliant kick returns, gathered in the punt on tlie Mountaineers 41- lyard line aud swunj^ in behind 'some fine blocking as he romped 'for the first score of the game. The ' ' i j ! ')int kick was wide, and t)ie j led 6 to 0. ,)pa’jchia!i received and, aft'-n* H-.l.jinj^ !be ball for just eight oljyj without in:)ving it very f.ir '(>j war.i, :^Iected t^') gamhi'? on a fOurDi-down play. The gamble failed, and Elon took over just at tr'd-field. One play was enough for Elon, 01 on the it play twm scrim- jmag-e diminuitive Dick Smitli am- Ibled back and hit Tony Carcaterra '> "''.yard scoring pass.. Tlie pi-'i wai for ten, and Carcai.erra it the rest of she way. Jim '(urn.;’ilies kicked the extr,» paint, md ih.; Chilstiaris led li> to 0 at "'v? -niid pr-riod v'as anotlicr scoreless one, but early in the jt'oui'^li quarter the Mounlaineers rolled out a 75-yard drive fm- th:;ir I '):'■* so'jre. The Mountaineer sec- I md-string unit of backs in I the gume, and they rolled to pay- Idii-^ i.i jjst f;-?n JC'. Beaver I scared the towci’dov/n, ind W)iit- I,. One of EIoh's oUlo.! : !>i.ti'r i o?t ritonll civalfu . .* ii lj? ic ' no^^ed wlion ‘ I . ; mm, ('hris- • nr- 111.- • .11 ' '.i( nvba liidiaiis in iiie U'G Uouiv'com-' I . ’I’': * ;; :.ru* •> fu'd- d Jor 'Jni'itiL-J ’ri S in.- i>n Sat- niL»h.. Oct- i:)tli. coming , a fliMi I; lo a \v:ioi.» :;c> ' '.‘ud of n .{>1 UoH) aid &> idi stu- . .'Ill ■'Mip two •■)!■! Tlv:>'-i I' ■,!! met ■eiity'lint's in :a' ;i idiron :iiice the rivalry was ■ more :''Mi of a (-Miiuiy ago, ; 'J :n Im'ds a m ■-!> ime i'l lin' si-i .'S, lo.spile ■■e lOS.i I VMS ;.-.Vst to fhe Indians. Tlie Kljji ,'ii:;l ’b i tiutfits .‘;iei for III,; fir i. lie D.iflt in and the . I'uords r >i- ti'.- .series lii.il :iC the tv.•^iifv-oiii' i^ames piaved siiiee tli.il Mmj LIk; Chrls- ans liave eine'ged yvinners ten j 'files, while the Indian:) ir.we won ;nine timt ;, with iwo gamus enfl- iiMi; in ties. Home :>f the games ha\e been ivvon or lost by clone score-., while i ) liers have yielded overvi helming mctoi!:ji for one ieani jr tl'i- other. I Regardless if tlie outcome, how- ir> K,iine-i on ei'hcr s.-liedule lia\e hrjught out moiL' iu’^ense ipii'it on the oart o£ the iiiuyers ror more hiferest on the >>art of the fan.s. The Cirsi game ijack in 1 '”;i was one of the close one.s, witli Cataw- lia winning the initial vict'iiy by a 13 to 12 .score, but Klo i got :;v, eet revenge I he following .year ‘ iK'n the Christiai# rolled to a IG lit 7 victory in I he 192i> con ies'. There was no game In I9:!0, and Catawha copped the 19.; I bat- Lle by a JH to I) count, after v/hich ■joother lap.se -iccurred that saw no more action until 1934 when ■he Christians and Indi.ms n-ittled to a scorele.ss tie. The following year inrj'odueed a series ot three Elon victories i:i ,-i row. with the Christians v. iniiim' :!2 to 0 ill 19:f5, 3:s to l.{ in I.CJii and 22 t ) 7 in 19;i7. The team.-i played tuin-about far the ne>it four years, alternating victorie'; from year !o year. Catawba won the 19:!8 encounter 20 to C. Elon to'.»i the 19.'19 battle by a 7 to I) count, Ca- tawlia grabbed the victory in liHO liy 13 U) U maiuin, and liloii cap tured a thriller by an 8 to 7 score It annex ihe North Stale cbam- Elon Fool ball ] Elon 1?. Alabama State 13. Elon 53, Apprentice School 7. (Kemaiiiin.? Gaines) I Finn 1!), .Vppalscfiian 7. I'.lon 7, East ('amllnn 1)). Oct. I.I — rreabyteriiin. away. Oct. 20 — Catawba, home. Oct. 27 — W*st Carolina, away. Nov. 3 — Newberry, away. Nov. 10 — Lenoir Kliync, home. Nov. 17 — Guilford, home. |iionshi)>. That was the final meet ing of the rivals until after World War II. The wai-lime cuitailmcnt brought a four-year break,- for Elon di.scontinned*ootljall Ihrough- init Ihe war years. However, when hostililies ceased on ihe war fronts, then football hostilities were re- Minii d here at home, and Catawba moved ahead with Ihree wins in succession. Tlie Indians i oiled over Elon 40 to 0 in 194G, 3ft to 0 in 1947 and 35 to 0 in 1918. There was a turn of the tide after tha', for Elon took throe in a row, winning 20 to 14 in 1949, 2fi to 12 in HI.TO and 21 to 14 in 1951, all lliree games being packed with thrills and intense rivalry. The Indians won 12 to 0 in 1952, and Ihen there was a 21-21 lie in 1953 as Coach Sid Varney as sumed Elon coaching reins. Two years ago saw the Chris tians top off llomeconiing Day with a 3(i to 12 vicl n’y over the Indians, but the Catawba outfit returned Uie compliment with a 19 to 0 win at Salisbury last fall. Elon will liH iH-eking revenge for that last year’s loss when Ihe teams tangle before that 194G Homecom ing crowd here ten days in the future. The (Catawba squad ranks as one of the leading teams in the North Stale Conference Ibis season, with one of the heaviest lines in the league and with plenty of heft and powei' among her backs. The Chris tians will be playing a non league tilt this week, but they will be try ing to regain winning ways in the Conference as Ihey host the In dians next weeJi. (Continued on Page Kouri Presbyterian Is Elon Grid Foe Hr This Week Seeking to get back on the vic- ry road, the Christian gridders 1 Out of the Conference aud out i the Old North State itself this eekead to battle the Presbyter- ^ Blue Stockings in Rock Hill, Tile game, which iis slated far I r.e-utral field at Rock Hill, marks '“J first time Elon and Presbyter- ^ ‘"as ever met in a regularly- -^duled football game, although two teams have met in recent I'Su's tr. off-season practice bat- ■23 to climax winter practice. Tr.e Blue Stockings are rei>orted iiy Eioa scouts as potentially, ^■:S, alihjugh they have suffer- cec.s;ve defeats in the past tiiree weeks at the hands of Clem- ^a, Wuiiord and DavWson. It Will i)e noted that two of tho.se defeats a; the hands of so-called teams. 1".ere is added interest in the sinie diie to the fact that Coach ' d Vamey, who directs the Chris- ■an taoiaail fortunes, was former- la aKLstant coach at Presbyter- ‘ 0 College, and he will be work- '•‘S extra hard for a victory iu the :irae coming up on Saturday aiglit. SWINGING HIGH ■WIDE-AND-HANDSOME AM) HEADED FOU TDLCHDOWrS C'tftr'oyo'ii Is Upset ijimieir 1*1 CiOntest nictured above driving ii combo against an iniaginjrv . omy defense. The lads, .ill of ;iiem Four of Elan’s top backfield meen are P gtauffenb ig, who is lugging the leather behoid the iiitoitei c-nce of Joe Dcl- lettermen, as pictured left to r^h m tue P chri.stians' .lutsumding back.s, not pictured here, are Kerry Rich- Gais Whitney Bradham and Blc ard u - ^^,hen the Maroon aid Gold gridder.-, inv^ad.- Sou'll ard,s' Dick Smith and Harry Fau All / Carolina this week to batUe ti>e P.e-^byter.an i.lu- Stockings. It was jolly well like a Loudon fog out iliere in the iJiirl.iigton itadium la.-;t Saturday night, and L’s still a mite ha/.y in the mo'ds ,r many who watched Uie deb.a- clo (Websler says I hat meaos a .suddeu di .aster) which ove.took the Klon Christians and their .{i id- iron hooes. VVhalever ha|i|H-ned, whv the j-if had ■iseii slightly in the late . of tho hati.le, the rec-rds di.sclosed Uial a newly arouse.l crew of liast Carolina i'lralei had risen in uiiexpecled slreiigtu od :,tiiicl; dawn Elon's ChrisUaf oy ;i 19 7 margin in a North ->tute Conference foolhall game. Th'i rc'ivilt wa.s ihat iiJon found herself dropped m unceremonious 1,'isiiion ijom her iirst-|)laee >ie in the North Slate race int'i a tie «ith v/icioiious Pirfites for third place in Uie league, e.'cii w/h '>"J win and one defeat. The Catawba Indians were still in first place A'ith iwo wins, ■■■.’iiii Lenoir Rhjne . power-laden )J*'ars second '.sit'i a single win. | The Christian giidd'os aicieii-; ,.d in hospitable mwid as itiey, iieated the visiting Pirates to 'lueej l,ig ■breaks" ihat meant the -ic-j lory. 11 If tru!- that the I’naLea were alert and ready for the “breaks” when they came, but each of them appeared i» '‘gifts” when viewed in comparison -'Ath I earlier play of the Klon 'eleven KInii l.’ 219 l(t 209 7 1 16 225 0 I) (i 24.R 59 5 nr. Score Klon IlOW IT IIAI'PPENKU Eait Carolina First Downs' 1* yardfc Gained RushinB 276 Yards L»..t Ru-shinR 22 ■ Net Vards Ru-shiiiB 254 l»a.sse(t Attempted 6 Passes Completed 2 Vards Gained Passing U Net Vards Scrimmase 265 Op)i, Pawse.* Int!rcepted 0 Run bank Int. Passes 0 Number Punts 3 Ave. Yards Punts 34.3 Ruiiback All Kicks ^ 30 Fumbles Lost 2 Yards Penaliwd 46 l$y Period.**— 0 0 0 7— 7 Kast Carolln.T 6 0 0 7—19 Elon touclulon — Smith (run 1). Point after — Kinsley (1 placement). East Carolina tonch- (l,»wi)s — Nash (run 6). Maynard (run 9), SpeiJtht (run 1). Point After — Matthews (1 place- rtienl). * ♦ ♦ The first score came in the final minute of the first quarter, after I an Elon quick-kick was blocked deep in home territory and re- ; covered for the Pirates by speedy Jim Henderson. It took just three plays from there, with Tommy Nash driving from ♦tie 6-yard mar- 1 (Continued on Page Four)
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