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Catamounts To Battle Eton In Homecoming Game
WaJking The
Cliaik-Lines
By BILL WALKI
OUAUTERlvUA :K J,U!J)KS F.].()N
noon date with the Catawba in-1
Off ;o the races and really mov
along the victory trail! That's dians. It’s another Homecoming
Fighting Christians, who arfejtest for the Christians, who thor-
'U1 among the nation's undeteat- oughly wrecked the festive ar-
college clubs at the mid-way rangements at East Carolina. Of,
*”jnt in this 1957 football cam-j course comparative scores do not
'S wonderful, that feeling|mean too much, but the Indians,
''p’have this year while travelling I really rolled against both East
-round with an aU-winning ball^CaroUna and Appalachian, and it ^
So let s all stay in behind looks like Elon will need to be
boys and keep ’em moving. Plenty sharp if they keep their,
, , » Conference slate clean. However,
'if you'll check the Chalk-Line pre-
iThe Christians made it three you’ll find that we are
Conference victories in a row as | right along with old Elo'
they devastated the Homecoming! prophesying a wir,
if the East Carolina Pirates.^ The, » » c
Elon backfield, led by the Morea ^ wORD TO THE WISE: Crows
itaraiider Bob Stauffenberg, . I
ivididuuci. never replace ponies ...»
romped and rampaged up an Charlie Maidon was
down the ^ ^ injured and missed most of the
fct the first a , u a er seve before the ECTC game, but
fal mistakes ear y m e secon gave a professional per-
balf. it took a stone-wa me o j^^mance as per usual . . . Dick
keep the game out o t le ire. g^adham didn't look bad either
Except for a couple of plays the,
quipping about I
entire second half was played deep refereeing at ECTC, I’ll have'
• A U iiri^Ir' rna i |
to say that it was the best all j
In Elon territory. However, the
Christians, led by the stellar per refereed game I’ve
From
formance of J^. B. Vaughn, only , , ,
seen almMt anywhere .
yielded one TD m that final half. , . ^ t _ I
yiimeu iic . , .. smokmg you can get cancer, from
»nd that came late m the fourth , . , . , , ,
inu uiai -• , . drinking you can get ulcers, from
oeriod with a number of Elon subs . .
peiiou vvnii a associating with other people you
can get Asiatic flu, and from
eating you can get ptomaine poi-
to Salisbury for a Saturday after-
soning. Look’s like the Lord
meant for us to live fast, die
young and make a handsome
In the game.
* * *
llf the East Carolina contest
was a good one for Elon, that
Presbyterian tilt on the home field
last Saturday night was even bet
ter, for this scribe believes that corpse . . . Lenoir Rhyne r^
the Christians turned in their peak minds me of the Rusian artificial
terformance of the year against moon. Like Sputnik, the Bears
th- Blue Stockings. There were ^re riding high, and everyone
fewer mistakes, of either omis- wants to see what they’re made
sion or commission, »n the part of, but in just about a month (like
of the Elon squad than in any Sputnik), they are due to come
game in the past several years. I tumbling down ... I predict about
:Th. Maroon and Gold gridders November 16th . . . Hollywood
seemed to move the ball almost j Kinsley finally goe his talented
•I will with an attack that was toe working, and at ECC (I beg
geared to short and sure gains, ^ your pardon, I meant ECTC) his
and the 37 points tallied by Elon j kicking could have made all the
siai the most the Christians have difference in the world . . . What
^o'va against a college team in j happened to the Tidewater Ter-
Jariy moons. Once more it was rors . . . Sure, Square. I’ve got
•o'! Stauffenberg who topped the j a cigarette; yes. Square, I’ve got
{Bf’i! offense, but the. Marauder j a lite; lung. Square? Ho! Ho!
was ably assisted by each of his
three backfield mates, all of whom
had total gains in running and
passing of more than 50 yards.
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Half-Time Show Will Be
Feature Of Grid Battle
The Western Carolina Cata
mounts. one of Elon’s traditional
North State Conference rivals, will
furnish the opposition for the
Fighting Christians when Elon ob
serves its annual Homecoming
Day on Saturday, November llnd.
and the game will be a highlight
for a full weekend of festivities.
As an unusual feature of Elon
Homecoming in recent years, the
Christians and Catamounts will
square away at 2 o'clock on that
Saturday afternoon, playing in the
afternoon to make it easier for
Elon's old grads who reside at
distant points. It is the first time
Elon has played a home game in
daylight in seven years.
With the game set tor the af
ternoon and with the Homecoming
j B.ill that night, the crowning of
I the Homecoming queen will fur
nish a feature of half-time cere
monies on the gridiron. The queen
has usually been crowned at tht
ball on Friday night in recent
years.
The football game Itself finds
the Christians meeting the "sur
prise package ” of the north State
Conference tor this season, for
the invading Catamounts were
! consigned by pre-season prophets
to battle the Guilford Quakers for
the North State cellar. Instead,
they have risen up and smacked
down both Catawba and East Car
olina. each rated among the pre
season favorites.
j The Christians and Catamounts
I have been meeting in football
since 1933. with a total of tv/elve
' sames played to date in the ser-
ies. The records show Elon with
; 10 wins and one tie in the twelve
games, with Western Carolina win
ning its lo'.ie game in 1952.
j The pre-War era showed Elon
winning by top-heavy scores, with
the Christians posting wins by 45
Charlie Maidon, a talented so >limore quarterb,ick from Cary, is director of field tratpgy for the
Elon Christians, who are still a nong the nation's undefeated teams as the season hits the mid-
point. The Cary lad joined the Christian football forces last fall after guiding his high school squad to 6 and 37 to 6 in 1933 and 1934.
to the North Carolina Class title the previous season, and le broke into the F.lon starting Ime-
up at mid season last year. Showing remarkable i>oise and passing well, IVIaidon showed promise
in that fir.-t season of becoming a tine quarterback. He has lived un to that promise rhis fall in
piloting the Maroon ar.d Gold gridders to successive wins over Guilford, Appalachian, East Caro
lina and Presbyterian,
Better than 80 per cent correct i Christians assumed the role of
(so far)! So here goes: Eloa 13. spoilers far the East CaroUoa
Catawba 7; Duke 7, N, C, State jiQ^^g^Qming celebration as they
6; Carolina 21, Wake Forest 0; ] administered a decisive 21 to 12
It could be a stiff test tor the'Colorado 14, Oaklahoma 13; Pitt | defeat to the home-standing Pi-
Cbristians coming up this week-121, Notre Dame 7; Illinois 20, rate gridiron crew at Greenville
end, for Coach Varney will haul | Michigan State 14; Slippery Rock Saturday, October 12th.
ti Maroon and Gold gridders over, 21, Geneva 20, | . • •
HOW IT HAPPENED
East Car.
First Downs
Yards Gain Rushing
Yards Lost Rushing
Net Yards Rashin*
Pases Attempted
Pases Completed
Yards Gain Passing
Total Gain Scrimmage
Opp. Passes Intercepted
Runback Int. Passes
Number Punts
Ave. Yards Punts
Runback All Kicks
J Fumbles Lost
5g Yards Penalties
SCORE BY PERIODS:
7 14
Elon To| )s East Carolina
21 To 12 In Pirate Lair !
Striking quickly and with amaz-^ In its earlier stages there were
ing speed and power, the Elon all indicaUons that this 1957 Elon;
Elou Fooli)ail
Christians Face
Catawha Eleven
The ChrUtian xridders, still
ridinjT out front in th« North
State Conference race and one
of the nation’s undi»feated teams.
will eo to SalUbury on Satur
day afternoon of this week to
meet the Catawba Indiaiut in a
2 o’clock enj^aeement that will
feature the Catawba llomecom-
in*.
The Catawba outfit is one of
ElonW oldest rlvabi, for the
('hrintians and lndian!i have
been meetinjc in football since.
1928, with a total of ZZ gamett
Xame^ in the Intervening: three
decades. The series records show
Elon 10 wins and Catawba 9
wins, with two eames ending
In ties.
This 1957 contest promises to
be one of the hardest fought of
the season, for Elon barely
nosed Catawba 14 to 13 last
year, when the two old rivals
tied for runner-up honors in the
Conference. The Indians show
ed their strenj^th by downinir
both Appalachian and East Car*
ollna by greater mari;:ins than
did the Christians af^ainst the
same teams.
in the play, but Elon won by 52
to 0 in 1939, 42 to 0 in 1940 and
28 to 7 in 1951, the final year of
Elon football until after World
War ir.
The series was resumed in 1950,
with Elon winning a 27-19 thriller
at Cullowhee and taking the 1951
}^ame at Reidsville by a 23-0 count.
The Catamounts won 12 to 0 in
1952. but Elon copped in 195H
by 13 to 7. There was a 20-20 tie
in 1954, and Elon was the winner
by 19 to 6 in 1955 and 26 to 6
There was a lapse of four seasons | last year.
Christian Cagers Have
Twenty Battles Listed
L,..
i?l face a rugged 20-game sche-
■Hule during the coming 1957-58
®ampaign, according to an an-
'■OTOncement from Coach Doc Ma-
who has guided his Elon bas-
ik-teers to a national NAIA tour-
rament berth in each of the last
lw» seasons.
1 The schedule, as listed by Coach
lathis, is somewhat shorter tkM
Eloa cards of recent years, but
s number of Elon’s foes of the
3st three or four campaigns re-
»ed to take on the Maroon and
i>l(l tossers this winter,
in discussing this difficulty in
scheduling games. Coach Mathis
pointed out that it was hard to
'‘Dderstand in view of the heavy
losses suffered by Elon from last
Jear's championship squad.
Six of last year’s (iight letter-
went out by the graduation
■■ '■Jte. including all five of the
■ular starters. Onltr lettermen
I i in camp this winter are Frank
the tall senior froai Brook-
and Larry Bulla, a clever
s^'PSuoiore front Ashefeoro.
: Elon
15
199
1
198
9
Among the top reserves return- *
ing are Buddy Way. forward, and 84
Rick Turner and Frank Itobertsoo,
guards. Bob BeU, who sat out last o
« n»W OTOS- V
282
vear tor eligibility, is a new pros
■pect. along with several promi^ 3
ing freshmen. Tallest of the fresh- 28.B
men is Eddie Burke. 6-6 Burling-, -
ton boy, j ,g
The schedule follows:
Dec. 4_Belmont Abber. home.
Dec. 7—Pfeiffer, awaj.
Dec. 12—Guilford, away.
Dec. 14—Pfeiffer, home.
Jan 4_Lenoir Rhyne, home.
Jan. 1—Appalachian, away.
11—East Carolina, away.
9
157
29
128
13
5
36
164
i
11
5
27.0
68
3
38
triumph mig’it surpass all scorings
records for the series, with the
Christians moving out to a 21 to
6 margin by the half-time after |
striking for three touchdowns with
a precision attack. The Pirates'-
.-allied, however, after the inter
mission. and Elon had to call on
a rock-ribbed defense to halt a
number of Ea,st Carolina threits
n the final half. 1
In fact, when the final count
of statistics was made, it was |
he sturdy defensive play by the
Christians which proved the fea- ^
tured of the win. The Elon de-
Elnn 25. Guilford 14.
Elon 21, Appalachian 6.
Elon 21. East Carolina 12.
Cion 37, Presbyterian 14.
Oct. 26—Catawba, away.
Nov. 2—West Carolina, home.
Not. 9—Newberry, home.
Not. 16—Lenoir Rhyne, away.
Lannie Wright, a ,'enior from
fenders had shown their mettle in Graham, is the new president of
the first minutes of the game Women's Athletic Association,
by halting the Pirates at the Elon
wenty-four after a Christian fum-
ile on the game’s first play from
scrimmage.
0—21
6—12
Elon
East Carolina — 6 0 0
Elon Touchdowas — C area terra
|(8-pass from Maidon), Maidon (1-
plunge), DelGals (l-plnn«e). Ex
tra Poinu - Kinsley 2 (place
ment), Faust 1 (placement). East
Jan. 13—Belmont Abbey, Touchdowns — Zehrin«
12-run), Slaughter (2-plun«e).
• • •
There were Elon reminiscences
of 1949 and 1951 as the Fighting
Christian gridders shacked botfi
the East Carolina grid squad and
the 10.000 Pirate alumni and fans
who packed the stands. The Clmv
tians won Pirate Homecomin« bat
tles in those earUer years by 33
W 6 and 34 to 20, and this year’;
victory was jt^t as decisive.
Jan. 15—A.C.C., away
Jan. W—Catawba, home.
Jan. 22—Hi«h Point, away.
Jan. 25—West Carolina, home.
Jan. 29—A.C.C., home.
Feb. 1—Catawba, away.
Feb. 5—High Point, home.
Peb. 8—West Carolina, away.
Feb. 12—Appalachian, home.
.^Feb. 15—East CaroUna, home
Feb. 20 Lenoir Rhyne, away.
Feb. 22—Guilford, home.
Feb. 26-Z8—Conference Tourney.
WAA Names
Wright As
New Leader
Maroon Scjuad Traiii|)les
Presbyterians, 37 To 14
Displaying one of the smooth- ter, climaxing a 79-yard drive
est performances in recent Elon ^ with a short plunge for the coun
football history, the Fighting ter. At the 11 minutes marie of
Christians moved like a piece of the second period Harry Faust
well-oiled machinery in trampling got the Elon second score, crack-
the Presbyterian Blue Stockings ing over from the one to top a
37 to 14 in Burlington Stadium 81-yard drive,
last Saturday night.
It was Elon’s fourth straight
victory of the season and kept the
Christians among the nation’s un
defeated squads, and further than
that, it gave Coach Sid Varney a
pleaV^K triumph ove,r a team
whlcli he formerly coached, break
ing a jinx which ha«i previously
denied the Christian mentor a win
against the South Carolina “Lit
tle Three” teams.
Bob Stauffenberg and Harry
Faust pacod the Elon attack,
HOW IT HAPPENED
Elon
17
263
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ua
12
6
Presbyterla*
members to fill the vacancy left
when Katherine Moseley resigned.
which broke loose for 23 points
in the second half, adding to the
decisive 14-0 margin th,»t pre
vailed at half-time,
Stauffenberg, battering ram
that he is, banged his way for 94
First Downit 9
Yards Gain Roshinje 149
Tarda U>at Riuhlnx 16
Net Varda Rushinc 133
Passes Attempted 20
Passes Completed 9
Yards Gain Passine 88
Total Gains .ScrimnuKe 221
Opp. Pause* Intercepted 1
Runback Int. Passes 0
Nomher Punta 5
32.4 Ave. Varda Punts 29.6
111 Runback All KJck-i 81
0 Fumbles Ixwt 0
85 Yards Penalties 35
SCORE BY PERIODS:
Fjlon ^ 7 16
340
7—*7
14—14
It remained, however, for the The election was held at a meet-
final half to bring Elon’s power- hgjj [„ ^est Dorm parlor on
rul defense its moments of Slory, ^ October 15th,
Three times within les.s than ten
„ 1- u J At the same meeting the WAA
minutes East CaroUna had first
lown at the Elon 15-yard Une, ’voted to pay the registration fees
the Christians for the officers who will attend
the conference at East Carolina
during the coming weekend. The
group also chose Lannie Wright
and Marion Glasgow as the two
official Elon delegates, who will
net yards and three touchdowns Presbyterian • 0 •
against a Presbyterian defense I g|oa Toachd«wns — Stanlfen
that had been set purposely to berc 3 (l-plnnte, l-plune) 11-
stop the bi« fullback, Harry Faust
and three times
halted the Pirates without a score,
once at four, again at the six and
third time at the seven-yard
markers.
The first Elon score came In
the opening quarter on a 76-yard
sustained drive. The Pirates had cast the WAA rotes allowed to
recovered an Elon fumble at the each school attending.
counted the other two touchdowns,
one on a 21 yard heave from Joey
DelGais.
Ronnie Kinsloy and Faust team
ed to boot five perfect placements
six if you count the one that paa from IMilLs), Webb (2-plHn(e).
was nuUified by penalty—and I Extra Point* — Webb 2 (place-
Tony DeMatteo added Elon’s oth- menO.
er two points when he racked
Elon 38-yard marker, but the
Christians halted the home team
Reports were heard on the local,
state and national con.stitutions
and txwk over at their own 2^ from Faye Conklin, Mrs. Jeanne
yard line. From there. Won march
ed for five first downs in a row
for the score. Featured in the
drive were three completed pa.ss
es from Charlie Maidon to Tony
(Continued on Page Fouri
Griffin and Ruth Geary, Refresh
ments were served by Katie Lang
ley and Sandra Keith, and the
meeting closed with a son£-fest
around tlie piano.
ran), Faust 2 (1-plunxe, 21-paas
from DelGais). Extra Pointo —
Kin,Hley 3 (placement), Faust 2
(placement. .Safety — (DeMatteo
tackled Benson in end zone). Pres
byterian Touchdowns — Leahy (8-
Tony Benson’s bones in the Pres
byterian end zone for a safety.
The Blue Stockings got their
The big third quarter brought
the touchdown pass from DelGais
to Faust, and DeMatteo's safety
two touchdown* against the Elon U>e ensuing kick-off to
Presbyterian, Stauffenberg add
ed the fourth touchdown in the
last minute of the third period
and then in the closing minutes
of the final quarter raced 11
through the middle to put the
creamy finish on the win.
reserves, with Dusty Mills pass
ing to Ted Leahy for eight yards
and the first score and with Kan
Webb bulling across from the two
for the other, Webb booted both
extra points
Stauffenberg got.f.lon’s first TD
J after 11 minutes of the first quar-
(Contlnucd on Page Four)