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Elon Cagers At Home For Three Pre-Holiday Contests
SiaiiffeuhergW'inner Of All-State
Qrkl Honors /4s Elon Season Ends
Bob Stauffenberg
Walking The
Clia!k-Lines
By BILL WALKEB
( RL>jp l:l()N‘s oma vetek v> (;uard
Bob Stauffenberg, Elon's bull
dozing fullback ace from Morea,
?a.. topped off a brilliant junior
eason by winning All-Conference
and All-State honors and gainin?
lonorable mention on the Asso
ciated Press Little All-American
quad.
The power-driven Christian full
back. who hails from Morea, Pa.,
averaged better than 4,5 yards
per carry as he rushed for 921,
yards on 201 carries in Elon'^i
en games this season. In so dn-
uig he shattered the old Elon in
dividual rushing record of 54.3
'ards set by R. K. Grayson in
1950.
In gaining a berth on the All-
itate team this year, Staiiffenborg
joined Sal Gero and Homer Hob-
jood as the only Christian grid-
cidrs to win All-State positions
since World War II. Goro twice
won Little All-American and All-
State p)sitions, and Hobgood gain-
i?d the All-State honor once.
In addition to Stauffemberg's
'lonors this fall, there were four
.^ther Elon grid stars who won All-
Conterence honors. They were
Glenn Varney, guard: Tony Car-
caterra, end; .1. B. Vaughn, tac
kle; and Whitney Bradham, half
back.
Glenn Varney placed on the All-
Conference squad for the third
straight year. He and Tony Car-
caterra wfcre each chosen on three
Conference honor squads selected
by Greepsboro, Charlotte and
Winston-Salem newspapers. Whit
ney Bradham was named at half
back by i the Greensboro, sports
staff, and J- B. Vaughn was listed
at tackle Jb'y the Charlotte sports
scribes. ''
Cage Squad
98-76 Victor
At Wofford
Guilford^ W afford And
McCrary To Play Here
Jimmy Crump
Jimmy a .sharp-shooting seiyAr guard, is the only letter
veteran reporting b.iifcck for out*-'1d^ duty witU the ChPBtian cagers
this winter. Cfui^p, who hails from Aberdeen, is a de;*dl.v set shot
and ranked^ am^g the top free-throw artists in America last sea
son. The Elor^-^i5rd. Who's top effort last *year was 33 points in
one game of the Parris [slanc( tournament,'roiled In 26 points in
Elon's opener ansd accounted for 59 points in the first three games.
Eion s cagers have opened their ^ • Congrats to Bob Stauffenberg,
e.v hardwood campaign wiU* who .ipade the AH-State team this
ree consecutive victories, aM' all' surprise to anyone
r« games have showed t^e ^
Cliristians in an impressive role.
the first half of an e'S^l vic- ♦ * ♦
Dn over Pfeiffer the Christians
»ere really hot, showing the pow-
:r which is rated their potential
bis year, although the second halt
liofttd the Christians faltering;
ind making mistakes that could
lave cost them the game.
Since that opening game the
hristian invaded enemy courts
r two victories, and in each case
ey displayed marked improve-
«nt over their opening battle at
ome. Last Friday night they cut
with an impressive- shoot-
g exhibition to topple th,e Wof-
ord Terriers down in South Car
ina by a 98 to 76 margin, and
en on Saturday they rtialked one
f the infrequent victories ovfer
IcCrary at Asheboro l>y an 81
0 76 count.
Tile Maroon and Gold toissers
ere to entertain the 6elmpnt Ab-
■> bisketeers on the local court
Everybody who has the slightest
interest in basketball is keeping
his or iier eyes turned-toward Kan
iSas, where the ‘‘famous' or, as
some of his opponents put it, in
famous" Wilt Chamberlain has
become a sophomore and thus
ready to lead the Jayhawks to the
NCAA crown. “Wilt the Stilt , be
fore he had ever played a. varsity
game, was rated on the No.
All-American in five national polls
and hitherto Uttle known Kan
sas is rated the nation’s No.
team. It's an amazing tribute to
“the Stilt."
In his first varsity game the
lanky Negro star broke the Kansas
record tor both offensive and de
fensive play, getting 52 points
and 31 rebounds. Sort of a bad
night, don’t you think? Rated al-
ilonday sight, but results as the greatest basketballer
hat battle were unavailable at
his writing. They will be at
orr.e tor three straight games
gainst Guilford. Wofford and **:-
”^rary, and they could use uiiited
udent support. Lei's wind up this
pre-Christmas campaign i« suc-
‘esiful style. ^ ^
* *
I see by the papers that East
Carolina is still winning at home
The Pirates turned back‘McCrary
Caiawba down there at Gr^n-
ville last week to mai-ntain that
' liome court jinx.” I just ■wwndar
sometiaies how long those Pirates
Can Iteep that ‘‘ji«K” • workiag.
of all time, the 7-foot “Stilt (nay
have Uttle trouble breaking a great
number of other records.
CommenUng on the big Kansas
boy’s play, Coach Frank IMcGuire
of ihe University of North Caro-
Una, has offered three ideas to
prevent the Kansas sophomore
from running wild in the sconng
column. McGuire suggests: (1)
■Don’t play Kansas. (2) If one must
play Kansas, then by aU means
get the opening tip-off and hold
the ball for a tie. (3) Let the air
out of the ball
merry CHRISTMAS
Sinking nine of their first ten
;hotS in an impressive shooting
display, the EHon College Chris
tians rolled for a 98 to 76 victory ■
over the Wofford Terriers in Spar
tanburg, S. C., last Friday night.
The Christian Cagers* showed'
tremendous improvement in the
victory over Wofford, moving the
ball and shooting much better
than they had in the season-op?n-
er against Pfeiffer. They s-ioing
out to an early and BMsted
V 54-33 margin at half-time. The
Christian starters went back af
ter the half to widen the margin,
and Coach Mathis played out the
final ten minutes with his re
serves.
Dee Atkinson, Elon's jumping
jack forward and center, topped
the Christian attack with nite
field goals and nine free throws
tor 27 points, bat he had three
of his mates hitting double fig
ures. Ed -Juratic racked 19, Jim
my CrCump hit for 17, and Earl
Stone posted 14 points. The squad
hit on 30 of 39 attempts at the
free throw line.
Donnie Fowler led the Wofford
attack with 19 points, closely fol
lowed by Earle with 18 and Tem
pleton with 14 counters. The Ter
riers also hit on 30 charity at
tempts during the game.
The line-ups—
pos.—Eloo (98) Woffonl (76)
F_Atkinson (27) Templeton (6)
F-DeRita (2) —- Carpenter (14)
C_juratic (18)
G-Crump (17) Fowler (19)
G_BuUa (3)
Half-time - Elon 54 Wofford
33
Elon subs ~ Stone 14. Hargrove
4. Carcaterra 3, Rickover 3, Tur
ner 6, Stout. Wofford subs—Earie
jl8. Hart *, Barbee 2, WrightseU
Comte.
Elon Defeats Guilford
In Final Grid Contest
' (EDITOR'S NOTE: Sure foot
ball is tons eone, but the first
issue of Maroon and Gold since'
Thanksgiving must record lor
po^Hty tha't victary o»e# Guil
ford that ended the season.)
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With big Bob SUuftcoberg play
ing the major role in-a mud bat
tle. the Elon Christians closed out
their 1958 football campaign by
defeating the Quilford Quakers in
their traditional encounter in
Burlington Stadium on Saturday
night betore Thanksgiving.
The Invading Quakers surprised
tlie scant crowd and threw a bnef
threat at the Christians when they
drove deep into Elon territory af
ter receiving the first kick-off,
but the Elon forwards rose up at
that point and tossed the Gail
ford t>aelt» fof-successive losses
of fen. nine and twenty-seven
yards, and Elon took over at the
Guilford 33-yard marker.
From that point it was a quick
tlirust for Elon’s first touchdown.
Bob Stauffenberg got ten. anu
Kerry Richards whipped a pass
to Whitney Bradham for 20 yards
to the ttiree. Stauffenberg got
one, and Chariie Maiden kept for
the 6 to 0 score.
The ChrisUans scored- agate
shortly before the half after Wliit-
ney Bradham returned a GniUord
punt to the Quaker 36-yard line.
Stauffenberg rammed tor 16 yards
and after a penalty Del Gaia.pais-
sd to Whitney Bradham to the
Quaker twelve. Stauffenberg hit
three times and scored, with Del
Gais plunging the point that made
the half-time score 13 to 0.
The final Elon counter came
midway the third quarter after
an exchange of kicks to the Guil
ford thirty. With Stauffenberg car
rying on five of eight plays, Elon
drove the (Juaker line for the
HOW IT HAPPENED
Elon Goiirord
First Downs
194 Vard« Gain Rushinc
13 Vard.s Lost Roshint
Net Yards Ru»hio*
Pases Attempted
Passes Completed
Yard-s Oaiii Pa.tsin«
Total Gains Scrimmage
Opp. Passes Intercepted
Number Pants*
Ave. Yards Punts
Raoback All Kiclu
Fuixfeble^ Lost
Yards Penalied
Score by Periods—
Elon 6 7 7
GuiUord .. 0 0 9
Elon Touchdowns—Maiden (mn
2), Stanffenber* 2 (ran 1. rwi 1).
Extra Pointe — DelCais (plun«e>.
Fjust (plunsr).
The Elon cagers will play for
:ie home folks in the final three
.ames of the pre-Christmas cam-
|i«ign, with stron? riv.il squads
! from Guilford, Wofford and Mc
Crary slated to furnish tlio opp >-
-.tioii in the three battles ovei in
•Vlumni .Memorial Gymnjsium.
The Guilford Quakers comc
j ever from Quaker Flats tomorrow
;p|ght to tackle the Christians in
the first game of the new North
State Conference campai.tjn. Klon
trampled the Quakers twice last
season in the march to the Con
ference crown, and the Guilford
.'-quad under a new coach will be
seeking revenge in tomonow
night's encounter.
The next home tilt will bring the
Wofford Terriers up fioni South
Carolina for a battle in the Elon
floor on Saturday night. Coach
Doc Mathis' boys rolled for a 98-
7(5 victory over the Terriers last
k\eek down In Spartanburg and
will be seeking a repeat victory
* this weekend.
] The Christians will then close
lout their pre-holiday play by meet
ing the McCrary Eagles here on
1 Tuesday of next week, and again
the Maroon and Gold squad will
! 'je seeking a repeat victory. The
j (Jhristians eked a thriller in Ashe-
I boro last Saturday by an 81-76
I In winning their first three
l.Uarts of the current campaign,
1 the Christians have posted an
average of exactly 88 points per
1 ^ame. slightly below the 89.7 points
they averaged in 32 games last
winter. They have held their first
three opponents to an average of
77.6 points, almost exactly the de
fensive average that was posted
by the Elon squad last season.
Dee Atkinson, who paced the
i.«choring for the Christians last
season hit the bucket tor 70 points
in the three games against Pteif-
fer. Wofford and McCrary, roll
ing for an average of 23.3 points
per game. In pacing the Elon scor
ing, the jumping jack center hit
for a 23.3 point average.
Atkinson also led the Elon scor
ing last season with 521 points
for the year. He also racked bet
ter than 500 points in his soph
omore season before leaving for
two year* of army duty. Irt his
^ first three games this winter, At-
3'kinson set a new all-4ime Elon-rec-
6(^'ord for free throws, sinking 24
jj free throws to give him a total
iof 386 charity points during his
' Elon career.
*i The free throw record up to
2 the opening of the current season
29 i was held by Ben Kendall with
_g' 365 free throws. Kendall also holds
the all-time Elon record tor field
Filoii (iaiiies
Elon 85. Pfeiffer 81.
Elon 98. Wofford 76.
Elon 81. McCrary 76.
(Remaining Games)
Dec. 5—Belmont Abbey, home.
Dec. 13—Guilford, home.
Dec. 15—Wofford, home.
Dec. 18 — McCrary, home.
Jan. 5—l.enoir Rhyne, away,
Jan. 8—.Vppalachian, away.
Jan 10—lligh Point, home.
Jan. 13—East Curnliiia. home.
Jan. 16—C. C., away.
Jan. 19—Catawba, away.
Jan. 23—McCrary, home.
Jan. 24—High Point, away.
Jan. 26—West Carolina, away.
Jan. 30—A. C. C.. home.
Feb. 1—llamitden Sidney,'home.
Feb. 2—Catawba, home.
Feb. 4—Pfeiffer, away.
Feb. 6—Appalachian, home.
Feb. 1.—Belmont Abbey, away.
Feb. 9—West Carolina, hoi^e.
Feb. 12—Hampden Sidney,,
away.
Feb. 16—East Carolina, away.
Feb. 21—Lenoir Rhyn*. home.
Feb. 23—Guilford, away.
I goals with 644 and for total points
**!with 1.653 in his four years of
27.11 play.
Varsity Cage
Squad Tops ^
Pfeiffer Five
Raising the curtain on their 1956-
57 cage campaign, the Fighting
Christians hit a terrific early pace
and then fought off an enemy
rally to defeat the Pfeiffer Pan
thers 85 to 81 in Alumni Gymna
sium here on Wednesday night,
November 28th.
Hitting a pace that made them
look like potential world champs,
the Elon' basketeers rolled »way
to a 52-31 margin by the half-
time. At one point in that iniUal
half the Christians boasted a ^fat
26-point lead.
The Pfeiffer .squad bounced
back strong’ after haU-Ume, abd
began whittling away at the Elon
margin. Paced by Richard Biddy,
former E. M. Holt High School
star, the Panthers cut the margin
to four points at 77-73 with about
three minutes left on the clock.
The deadly outside shooting of
Other individual leaders In th. Cmmp and the clever work
86,
3' Elon scoring columns in the three
opening games this winter showed
Jimmy Crump with 59, Earl Stone
with 49, and Ed Juratic with 41
0—20 point*. 4
•— 0
of lanky Dee Atkinson nearer the
basket proved the feature in tlie
Elon play. Crump racked 8 floor.,
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The featJire of the game waSj
drFving“of* Bob Stauffenberg,
who ripped the Quaker defenses
tor a net ot 126 yards and ran his
reason rushing total to 921 yards.
Also featuring was the defensive
play of the Elm line, which held
Guilford to a net rxishing total of
minus 15 yards.
Elon Gridders Are Given
Letters; Captains Named
The award of 20 varsity foot- Charles Maiden, freshman quar-
PILOTS RETURN
Two of ; Uncle Sams Air Force
pilots, botfi former Elon students,
returned to the campus this quar
ter to complete work for gradua-
uon. They are Joe Weaver and
Tom Gough, each of whom were
in .schaot here before entering
touchdown, and Harry Faust drove!service. Weaver is a former var-
for the 20 to 8 point. | .sity baseball pitcher.
bull letters to members of the
Hon CoUege grid squad of 1956.
has just been announced by Coach
Sid Varney. The list included 17
who had previously won mono
grams, along with three who won
the block “E” tor the first time.'
Coach Varney also announced
that the Christian gridders had
leUcted Whitney Bradham, of
Sumter. S. C., and Ed Davidson
,',f Brackenridge, Pa., as co-cap
tains of the 1956 Elon football
t»am. The Christians used an al
ternating game-captain system
this fall and deferred .selection of
permanent captains until the sea
son closed.
The three new letter awards
went to Ronnie Kinsley, junior
rfuUback from Towanda, Pa.; Rich
ard -^Smith, sophomore quarter
back' from. Bracicenridge, Pa.; and
terback from Cary. Repeaters- In
the monogram list included eisjht
seniors, six juniors and three
sophomores.
The .senior letter winners are
Eddie Bridges, Morganton; Pat
Cafasso, Cedarhurst, L. I., N. Y.;
Ed Davidson, Brackenridge, Pa.;
Glenn Vamey. Powell, Pa.; Chuck
Maynard. Norfolk, Va.; Wayne
Martin, Morganton; Whitney Brad
ham, Sumter, S. C.; and Kerry
Richards, Mahanoy City, Pa.
The junior monogram repeaters
are Jack Henderson, Towanda,
Pa.; Robert Kopko, Monessen, Pa.;
Tony DeMatteo, Pottsville, Pa.;
Lynn Newcomb, Richmond, Va.j
and Joe Smith, Fayetteville. Soph
omore repeaters were Tony Car
caterra and Joe DelGais, both o!
Inwood, 1^. I., N, Y.; and J. B.
Vaughn, Graham. ■