Wednesday. November 6. 19T7
MAROGN AND GOLD
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Vewberry And Lenoir Rhyne Next Elon Foes .... May-Be!!
^ahnetto
\lAY Play '
ovcmher 9t/i
Newberry Indians from way
down in the Saluda River section
of South Carolina MAY invade
Burlington Memorial Stadium on
Saturday night for Elon’s next
fiK>lball game. The Word MA\ is
anphasized. since or.e can nevei
sure of anything in the future
more, especially it that future
peltains to football schedules. ;
lAs a matter of tact, and making
only sate statement at this
Coach Sid Varney and his
undefeated and untied Elon Chris
tens are expecting the Newberry
Indians to appear -on the Elo.i
scene come Saturday. There had
l^en no cancellation late today.
(Getting on more secure ground
:tiid spttalung of things which
happened in previous years, the
Elon and Newberry gridders have
met exactly a dozen times since
1B40, and the records show Eloii
Manning five, Newberry winning
3.\ and one game ending in a tie,
*i; of which means that Elon
needs a win this year to even the
series.
^he tie score came in the first
meeting back in 1940 by a 6-6
^uat, but Newberry won the next
game in 1946 by a 20 to 0 margin
Elon copped in 1947 3 to 0 on
Jbii Huyett’s field goal, but New
berry gained the nod in 1948 by
a^O-7 score.
^'lie Christians took over at that
point and chalked four consecu
tive wins over the Palmetto Start
ffcdians. Pete Marshburn and R.
K Grayson led the way for Elon
by 26 to 12 in 1949 and 13
to 7 in 1950. The true-toe kicking
ol Sal Gero gave Elon a close 13-
12 victory in the mud in 1951,
«nd Don Graf raced 71 yards to
a 20-14 triumph foi- Elon
in 1952.
[Since that time the Goddess
of Victory has smiled only for
Newbtriy, with the power-laden
Indians chalking decisive wins for
Iht past four seasons. Featuring
such fleet-tooted aces as Grady
Ba; Danny Brabham and Paul
Davis, the Indians rolled»for wins
by 33-6 in 1953, by 26-0 in 1954
Md by 19-6 in 1955. Last year
Newberry had lost all her aces
ipcept Davis, but Tyler Dufford
i>.'. rs Ai)^,iir ;jathe:m.\tic.vl axio.m th.vt ‘Two a wri.:;L:
m
One of the tried and true
matlieiiiatical axioms is that
*Hwo halves make a whole,” and
the four brave football squads
who have survived flu and in
juries and who have had the
courage to fare Elon*s Fight
ing: Christiaus this fall will
vouch for the fact that Elon’s
*‘two hahes make a whole lot
of trouble*' for all who contact
tile Christians on the gridiron.
Of course, in voicing the axiom
atic gridiron statement they are
referring to those two rugged
jiMiiors who are listed as halves
IB the Maroon and Gold foot
ball line«up. none other than
Joe DelGais, of the Long Island
DelGais clan, and Harry Faust,
one of the Pennsylvania’ Fausts,
who have played a whole lot of
halfback for Klon this fall. Lit
tle Joey DelGais, who fools ev
eryone by -tipping the scales at
180 pounds, mans the left half-
back position for Coach Sid Var
ney and qualifies well as a tri
ple-threat who runs, passes and
kicks. Harry Faust, who drives
with 185 pounds of power from
the right halfback slot, can also
rate a triple-threat description,
since he also runs, passes and
place-kicks occasionally for ex
tra points. Both boys can also
catch passes with adept hands,
and both can throw a mean
shoulder when a tackle is need
ed somewhere out in tthe wild
yonder of he Elon secondary.
Joe
Harry Faiisl
ii’s 1-2-3; Christians Count The Caiicellalioiis
1 - Cataivba
2 - Davidson
w. c. c.
Walking 1 lie
By BILL WALKEB
■We've got the flu!"
That’s the new cry of the under
joined Davis as the star in New- dog in intiercoUegiate football,
berry's 40-14 win. During the past few months (and
|Coach Harvey Kirkland has an- especially in the past two weeks)
set of fast-moving backs, the flu has been blamed for more
t«ac all indications point to a tough cancelled games in one season
tor Elon on Saturday than has ever been cancelled be-
tkat is if nothing like flu and fore.
injuries and weather permit the Some at those cancelled games
glnie to be played. The Indians might have been due to Asiatic
ljd postpone one game in early flu, some were due to injuries,
-on due to rain. ar^ some might have been due
liristians Hold Edge Over
ppoiients In Grid Figures
Ihe tact that Elon’s Christians yards) per game in total offense
^e still among the 31 unbeaten compared with barely 157 yards
untied football teams in these' per game average for their oppo-
nited States of America is quite nents.
•a-ly understood when onie takes' The Christiains have fared some-
glance at the statistics fori what worse than usual n the field
four games which Elon has'of kick returns, tor they have av-
year. |eraged only 11.4 in punt returns,
The Chrislsians have gained well compared wiith 27.5 average tor
*^sr halt a mile in total offense j opponents, but they do hold an
the four games played thus far, j edge n kick-off returns, with an
fcid a check on the most recent' average of 20.3 yards compared
P-itisUcs tables 8f the NAIA .shows' an even 16.0 yards tor the
•it Elon is well toward the top i enemy teams. In total kick re-
wj ong .America’s small colleges in]turns, the Christians have return
*«veral phases of statistics, es-'ed 21 punts and kick-offs com-
Pecially in total defense and (le-]bined for 320 yards and an aver-
■> 0 against forward passes. I of 15.2 yards per game, while op-
The figures,show that in four!posting teams have returned 17
the Elon eleven has chalked kcks for 318 yards tor an average
' t'iirst downs aganst 34 for allU^
epponents, that it has gained 899' As has often been the case m
to lack of intestinal fortitude, which
nas always been called a basic
part of football.
An epidemiic of flu may be re-
gardecPas excuse enough to call
oft a game, but injuries can scarce
ly be called a legitimate excuse
for cancelliing any game. On the
j>ther hand, there is the widely
3
“Hup! dne! Two! Three!
If anyone heard the Elon Col
lege football squad barking the
above numbers out on the prac-
tjce field during the past two
weeks, then the chances are quite
rSorlii Dorm Deii:::iales
Campus f oothall Chase
The Nortth Dorm football lads
are still breezing along at the head
I of the pack in the gridiron race,
pacing the Intramural Tag-Foot-
; ball League with a brilliant record
of seven wins and no losses,
j . j Holding the runner-up spot in
good that Coach Varney and his standings was the Tide-
boys were not eountmg cadence m ^ ^^^k
signal drill, nor were they count-^^
ing toi the daily callSihen.cs, n them in order in standings
itead, they were eountmg t e can Friday, November
cellations which have come thick
and fast in the past fortnight, |
The epidemic of cancellations
attributed to ‘’flu and injuries”
and wtilch left the Christians
K!on r)ol!)all
expressed opinion lliat each school !■ Stood lip
twice in one week-
hould have enough players to j end, started on Wednesday. Oc-
field a team in spite of flu or tober 23rd when the Catawba In-
lina Hall. Those standings includ
ed eleven games played within
the two-week period since the last
Elon 25, Guilford 14.
Klon 21, Appalachian 6.
Elon 21, Eusl Carolina 13.
Elon 37, Presbyterian 14.
Elon-Catawba (Cancelled).
Elon-W.C.T.C. (Cancelled).
(Remalnini; Games)
Nov. 9—Newberry, home.
Nov. 16—Lenoir Rh^ne, away.
I previous issue of the Maroon andjscoring .wo each. Carmines was!
on the throwing end of four of i
Northerners posted four
and that includes third jdians called off their own Home- forfeit,
inquries, ana uiav mwiuuco — - j c i wins, unc lih;
and fourth stringers as well as J coming battle with I"'"" the two weeks of
the first twenty-two men.” jisbury, starting an Off
play. Their wins
agaiH’ 2 28-13 victory over Car
Before school got underway this on again, gone again” sequence ^ squeaker over
fall, the nation was warned about'which left virtually everyone diz^ Students in the week ending
the up-coming flu epidemic, and zy. October 24th, along with a 60-13
many organizations secured thej The Catawba ^«;^f_«Uation^ was
over the Virginians and
a I-O forfeit from the Day Stu
Christian ‘IV
HOPES To
Phiy Bears
The Elon Christians, still among
the nations undefeated and untied
football squads, HOP*: to meet
leii- ancient toes the Lenoir Rhyne
Bears, in the Bruin lair at Hic-
-.ory on Saturday night, Novem
ber I6th, in a game destined to
uecide the 19.')7 championship of
ti'ie North State Conference.
Speaking .slightly stronger than
HOPE, the Christians PLAN to
1! somewhere around Hickory on
that night ten days henoo, when
they will be meeting Lenoir Uhyne
;or thj twenty-ninth time since
IJ'21. r,.'newing the second oldest
football rivalry in Elon annals.
Only or.e older is that between
the Christians and the Guilford
Quakers.
This Lenoir Rhyne series has
been both long and bitterly con
tested, with Elon holding at pres-
t'li: a very slight edge in games
won and lost. Of the twenty-eight
games played thus far, Elon has
won fifteen, and Lenoir Rhyne
has won thirteen. There have been
no tie battles. However, it is a
sore fact to Elon fans that tiie
I Christians have managed only one
I win since World War II.
There were six Elon victories in
.1 ro.v to start the series back in
Ihe Twenties, The Christians roll
ed to a 39-0 victory in 1921 and
chalked a 48-6 triumph in the
rext game in 19^2. They ekeJ out
a thriller by 7-6 in 1927, rolled
again by 27-6 in 1928, triumphed
13-7 In 1929 and added a 20-7
victory in 1930. “ 1
Lenoir Rhyne finally broke into
the win column with wins in 1931
and 1932. Local records do not
show the score in 1931, but the
Bears won 12-7 in 1932. After this
£:icn bourccd back strongly un-ler
Coaches Paahead Walker and Hor
ace. Hendrick Jjn and won six
more in a row, scoring 7-0 in 1933,
13-6 in 1934, 20-0 in 1935, 38-0 in
1936, 27-6 in 1937 and 14-0 in
1938.
The Bears copped another win
in 1939 by a 10-0 margin, but
Elon closed out the pre-War years
by winning 8-0 in 1940 and 13-0
in 1941. There was a break dur
ing World War II, and since that
time the Bears have ^lominated
the series, winning by 14-13 in
1946, by 13-0 in 1947, by 13-0 in
1948, by 19-7 in 1949, by 42-13 in
1950, by 48-14 in 1952, by 27-13
in 1953, by 28-0 in 1955 and by
27-13 last year. The lone Elon vic-
ttory since World War II came in
1954 by a 14-6 margin.
Neither the Christians nor the
Bears have lost a game to Nortth
State Conference opponents thus
far this season, and current stand-
I ings show the two old rivals tied
tthe TD passes tor Tidewater. |
Starrette topped the Day Students,
Aith three touchdowns.
In the other high-scoring con- ^ , , , . . ....
. .. ... ,, J for the loop leadership with three
ttest, the North Dorm crew rolled , ,
{ wins each. It should be a great
game when they clash in Hickory.
(Continuea on Page Four)
matched
in the
Catawba cancellation was
vvidely publicized flu vaccine. So the oft again angle, but Coach ^ forfeit from
don’t tell me that most coaches .Varney and other Elon sports au-
with foresight don’t play aU the thorities quickly ac9cpted an m- Tidewater outfit
■ angles.” It seems that ”“7 North Dorm efforts
them would have prepared tor,the ‘‘f ^ !pot!same tw^week period, also post
.such emergences through .he im- ^ ay Homecoming that ing four wins. Tidewater triumphs
"l""Ln one case, the state-“ad b^e^n vacated by Presbyterian.' were e7-39 over Day Students and
ment came out that “injuries and.That was the on again slant m
riu”
games, and I can't help but won „
der when injuries became a rec-ltilt, with publicity and program
0EUe7”excuse ’ tor canceUaUon.' materials being rushed to the Da-| Other victories durmg the fort
ies this mean that in the futurelvidson headquarters and with the' night just ended last Friday m-
will yell when a star Christians planning some big game eluded one win each by the Day
rushing tor an average of i recent years
the Elon gridders
■3rdi
’ 8 yards per games, compared j have
^ 502 yards for an average o£ Held of penalties than have theu’
5 yards per game for aU op-'opponents. The figures tor the
ents, and that it has gained;four games in early season s ow
■’ yards passing compared with! Elon with 27 penalties
126 yards In the air for'yards while the opposing teams
' opponents. The Christians have | have had only 12 penalties for
'traged almost 300 yards (298.5; 128 yaris
fared much worse in the
many teams
player is hurt and simply cancel
the games until he is able to ram
ble again?
If £0, what is to happen to that
old-fashioned commodity called a
schedule? Unless some forfeit
rules are set up, then the little
formality of making a schedule
can just be thrown overboard. It
no such rules exist, then ’tis high
time steps were taken.
The real test of a great ball
club after aU Is its toughness,
its ability to meet its schedule
dates week in and week out, in
juries and all. Then, if it stUl
remains unbeaten, it has met the
test of a champion.
(Continued on Page Four)
hunting for that Saturday. Students, the Virginians and Car-
Then it was ‘ gone again” in the olina Hall. The Day Students top-
wink of an eye, for the Davidson! ped East in a hriller by 26-25 week
engagement lasted only a few downed East 26-20 that same week.
tor Coach Bill Dole noti- before last, and the Virginians
aours,
fied Oach Varney at the late hour
of 11 o’clock that Wednesday night
that the \iewly-carded Christian-
vVildcat tussle was off, along with
the cancellation of all Davidson
Homecoming festivities on the Da
vidson campus that weekend.
Coach Varney, reluctant to have
his undefeated and untied Elon
grid squad idle for that weekend,
sought manfully ta find another
opponent, but there was no oppo-
Inent to be found. Such being so,
(Continued on Page Four)
Attendance At Meet; Volley
Bali Highlight WAA Program
Attendance at the North Caro- held at Green.-tboro College,
lina Athletic and Recreation Fed-j The girls who attended the con-
eration of College Women, which yention at East Carolina attended
was held at East Carolina on various discussion groups and par-
Octol>er 18th and I9th. and the jticipated along with delegates from
launching of the annual autumn different colleges, receiving many
campaign for the campus volley I new ideas for the WAA program
ball title are recent'highlights for'on the Elon campus,
the Women’s Athletic Aisociation. j Louann Lambeth and Martha
The eight members of the WAA. Langley are the chairmen for the
who attended the sports meeting ai#umn volley ball program, which
at Greenville on October 18th and is planned by the WAA. and they
19th included Lanniie Wright. No- will receive lists of eligible piay-
rie Luce. Marion Glasgow, Mar- ers from each of the teams en-
tha Langley. Shirley, Sorrell, Jac- tered In the round-robin schedule,
kie Williamson. Oneita Frye. Jane' Seven teams are entered In the
Keck and Mrs. Jeanne Griffin, volley ball contest. including
tter The runner-up Tidewater out-l-who is faculty advisor for the groups from Beta Omicron Beta,
tit posted the, highest figure with WAA and head of the girls’ phy-.Beta Chi Epsilon, Tau ZeU Phi,
a well-played 67 to 39 victory overUlcal education program at Elon. jjelta Upsilon Kappa, Virginia
the Day Students. The Day Stu- a special feature of the gather- Hall, Day Students and West
dent score would have been enough ing was the selection of Elon as Dorm, The schedule got underway
to win most games, but not againstUports Day chairman for the com-Yesterday and will include three
the fleet Tidewater Terrors. ing year, which means that all days of play this week, wiith two
Five Tidewater lads shared in]colleges planning play days and days of play set for next week,
icoring ten touchdowns, with Buc-'similar events must contact the The round-robin play wiU follow-
ky Fleming gettting four and Lar-|Elon organization for clearance, ed by a single-elimination
,ry Gregg and Hank Carmines Next year's convention is to be [ment on November 13th and 14lh,
Top feature for the two weeks
Gif play Included th£ two top-
heavy .scores of 60 points or bet-