rnursday, October 16, 1958
MAROON AND SOLD
PAC.n THRKK
Quartet Of Veteran Backs Are OiiEstaiuling Threats Of Fighting Christian Backfield Corps
Calling The
Sports Shots
r.y JIMMY W.DER
Tour vficran backs furm the starting: backfield corps fur the I] Ion Christians this fall, and all
have rendered yeoman service in the Klon offensive in th« early so^tson ball sanies, teamiii? to
put Elon eut in front of all Conference opposition in over-all offense in the first three contests of
the 1938 campaign. The four Christian starters, pictured left to ri^ht ai>o\c. are Joe l>*l(lais. 185*
pound senior from Inwood. L.I., N. Y.. at left halfback; Harr>’ Fau*;t. 190-pound senior from Ma-
hanoy City, Pa., at fullback: Charlie Maidon. 190-pound junior from Cary, at quarterback: and
Bob McLean. 180-pound junior from Kockinj^ham, at right halfback. DeKiais. Faunt and Maidon
were regular starters with Elon s undefeated eleven of last sea'^on, while McLean was the num
ber Five back and saw much service with that all-winning outfit.
Appalachian Topples Elon Gridders
Several nights ago I paid a late will have to cope mainly with
evening visit to Elon’s Alumni their offense, led by fullbaeli Ray
Memorial Gymnasium in search of "the strongest tetam th.it Klon
the Christian sports staff, search-idersleeve, and we'll also be faced
ing in particular for the football with a huge Indian line, which
cnsching staff, since I needed a averages 218 pounds per man from
bi: of information and some per- end to end.”
tinent comments for this column.' On the North State Conference
I located Coi^hes Sid Varney picture as a whote, he believes that
and Bob Dunlap, along with for-, “Lenoir Rhyne and Catawba ap-
mer Coach Joe Bryson, who is now pear the strongest threats for the
grid mentor at E. M. Holt High Conference title.” Despite Elon's
School, enjoying a period of re- losses to Appalachian by 32-20 and
laxation in the equipment room Uo East Carolina by 14-6, he does
after a strenuous night drill under | not’believe either club a serious
the lights out at the ball park. | contender for the 1958 crown.
Since the trio seemed desirous; Commenting on our own Fight-
ot remaining undisturbed by any ing Christians, Newcomb noted
prying questions, they referred me that the shifting of J. B. Vaughn
ior information to a gentleman I to end after Harold Austin gave
named Lynn Newcomb, who will 'up the grid sport “for personal
be remembered as the rugged and reasons" appears just a temporary
outstanding center of that great j measure, and he does not feel
unddefeated Fighting Christian ‘ that the shift skould affect
eleven of laast year. Vaughn’s chances for Little All-
Striking with dramatic sudden
ness in the early minutes of the
game, the Appalachian Mountain !
oers grabbed a first-half scorin’j
lead and went on for an upset 32- 16
Klon
HOW IT HAPPENED
Appalachian
Lynn, who is better known on
the campus as “Gator,” is pres
ently doing a bit of practice teach
ing under the direction o£ Coach
Brj'son at the E. M. Holt High
School, is also doing a fine job
an assistant line coach for
Coach Varney this season, pass
ing on the curremt crop of Chris
tian forwards some of the know
how that he gained during four
fine seasons in a Maroon and Gold
uniform.
Sure enough, just as Coach Var
ney hid assured me, “Gator” was
the man with the information, and
proceeding in usual loquacious
manner, he willingly enlightened
me with bits of dope concerning
Elon’s upcomi«g battles with Pres-
Dyterian College this weakend and
"'ith Catawba the following Sat
urday.
Lynn described Presbyterian as
“^he stronjHsst team tlrat Elon
'^ill face this year. They have al-
ready beaten East Carolina and
f^noir Rhyne, two of the Nortn
State s better teams, and have
burned back Wofford is their own
onterenca,” Both P*fesbyteriau
Md Wofford are «iembe»s of the
-''uth Carolina “little Three”
^'•■iference, which also include!)
' Newberry I«4Iatu.
*-’wtinuing kis commeats, Coach
'“ A comb forecast a “very tough
S'-'ne” with Catawba in the an-
“ • Homecomrag Day grid bat-
in Burlmgton Stadium. “We
America and All-State honors.
Newcomb, like all of the Elon
coaching staff, is high in his praise
of freshman center Charlie Bos
quet, who ga^ed the starting nod
for the East Carolina game. He
said of Bosquet that “he is a boy
with fire in his eyes, a player of
great determination and ability.
Lynn also noted that two other
freshmen from Alamance County
schools have shown up impressive
ly. They are Mickey Walker, for
mer Mebane star, who saw much
duty against East Carolina, and
Benny Jones, the halfback who
came along with Bosquet from
Haw River. Also mentioned from
the first-year group was Luke Mal
loy, a rangy end from Connecti
cut.
In addition to Newcomb, anoth
er of last year's Fighti»g Chris
tians who is getting his coaching
baptism this year as a student as
sistant to Coach Varnrey and his
staff is Richard Bradham, work-
'ing as freshman backfield coach.
Bradham was a steady and reliable
quarterback during his four years
of varsity play. He is practice
teaching at Bessemer High School
near Greensboro.
Also listed as a new and, I am
told, a valuable addition to the
Christian football staff this sea
son is Arthur Pitts, who keeps
quite busy as Elon's new equip
ment manager, who spends much
20 victory over the Elon Christians 137
in a North State Conference grid 9
battle at Boone on Saturday night, 128
October 4th. 22
A lightning-like thru.st by Ansel 13
Glendenning, Mountaineer halt- 198
back, who scampered 79 yards tor 326
a touchdown in the first four min- 0
utes, gave the Apps an 8 to 0 lead 0
and sparked the white-jerseyed *
Mountaineers offense into a high- 30.i
powered exhibition that netted a 0
26 to 6 margin by half-time in- 75
termission.
This half-time margin was too
great for the Christians to over
come, and the Appalachian ele
ven went ©n to hand the Christians
their first North State Conference
defeat since 1956. The Elon out
fit had not suffered a loss in Con
ference play since Lenoir Rhyne
lopped the Christians in mid-No
vember two years ago,
Glendenning’s long sprint for the
openin’ touchdown came after
Ellin's initial drive had fallen short
of a first-and-ten at the Appala- . . .
Chian twenty-one. Bill Harvey got turned the corner at right end and
nothing on the Apps' first try, but ^ raced untouched into pay-dirt.
Tommy Wilson passed to Bob Ward
lor the two-pointer. j wili feature Elon’s annual Home-
The Christians rebounded in that i activities. It is the only
, fM’si per:p.\ for a touchdown.:battle on the scUedulc.
17 ,Cnarlie Maidon returned the kick- teams have met 22 times
243jOff 17 yards to the Elon forty, and giidiron since the rivalry
7 > Elon marched for five first downs; records sliow that
236 j in rapid succession, features be- ^'*^“ holds a two-game advantase
13 ing Maidon passes to Nick DiSi-j°''^*' Indians in the number
fi bio and Tony Carcaterra for!^^ victories. Since the first meet-
1011 twelve and ten yards and bob 19^6, the Christians have
Total (iain Scrimmage 337 [Lean’s 10-yard sprint at left end. j eleven wins, Catawba has
Opp. Passes Intercepted ijThe plunge for point failed, leav-,^*”® victories, and two sames have
(^atawha Is floiiiecoiiiiiig
Grid Foe For Chrisliaiis
One of Elon's oldest ami bitter- clo.>ic. with Catawba winning 13-
Oit football rivalries will be re-|l2, but Elon rc'lled for a 20-7
ncwed in Burlington Stadium on win the nex! fall. Catawba won
S.-turday afternoon, October 25th, the 1931 contest SI to 0. and the
when the Chrisiian? meet tlie Ca- two teams kied 0-0 in 1934, after
laxvba Indians in a bat'lle which
First Down>i
Yards Gain Kushins
Yards Los Rushing
Net Yards Rushing
Pii.sses Attempted
Passes Completed
Yards Gain Passing
Runback Int. Passes
Number Punts
Ave. Yards PHnts
Fumbles Lost
Yards Penalties
Score By Periods:
Elon _ 6 0 6
Appalachian ... 8 18 0
5-jing Elon trailing 8 to 6.
ended in ties.
whicli Elon copped three wins in
a row by scores of 32 to 0 in 1935,
33 to 13 in 1936 and 22 to 2 In
1937.
It was an even ipllt on the next
four games, with Catawba win
ning 26 to 6 in 1938 and 13 to 0
in 1940, while Elon copped wins
26 to 7 in 1039 and 8 to 7 in 1941.
There were no games during World
War II, with play resumed in
1946.
After the war Catawba moved
ahead with three straight wins,
copping by 40 to 0. 38 to 0 and
35 to 0 between 1946 and 1948, but
41 The second quarter was all an I games have shown over-
17.31 .Appalachian show, with the Moun-jvictories for one team
• taineers sweeping for threee touch-1 other, but most of the bat-
,".51 downs during the period. Bub ^''^^ have been close and hard- ^'on turned the tide with three
Morrison got the Apps' second TD meeting straight wins, 20 to 14 in 1949,
8—JO I on a 20-yard pass from Tommy ^80 when Elon scored; 28 to 12 in 1950 and 21 to 14 in
_ . 6—Jzlwilson, and Bill Harvey and Glen-i'" Catawba won 12 to 0 in
Elon Touchdowns; DelGais (l-iwood Wilson each couBtei TD'sThere was no game last 1352, and there was a 21-21 tie
run), Carcaterra 2 (44-pass from from the one-yard marker for the'^*^®*^’ cancelled due to flu. in 1953. It was Elon 36 to 12 in
Maidon, 7-pass from Maidon). Ex
tra Psints — Maidon 2 (One 2-
pointer by run). Appalachian
Touchdowns — Glendenning (78-
run), Harvey (1-run), G. Wilson
(1-ruii), Edwards (1-ron). Extra
Points — Ward 2 (One 2-pointer
on pass from T. Wilson).
« * *
on second down Glendenning
other two Mountaineer scores ini°” Catawba campus.
that period. Bill Harvey's score!
came after Jack White aad Jerry ^
Raxter blocked an Elon punt and
recovered on the Christian twenty- ^
one. Two paasses of 17 and 26 j
yards from Tommy Wilson to Jer
ry Raxter set up the final App
score of the half.
The second half opened with
Elon scoring early. After an App
(Continued on Page Fouri
11954, Catawbft 19 ta 0 In 1955, and
That first game in 1923 was Elon 14 to 13 in 1956.
Campus Footl)all Season Is Under
The campus grid wars are in full
swin® with six teams in the run
ning for Elon's 1958 tag-football
title in a league which is operating
as the autumn feature of Coach
Jack Sanford’s intramural pro
gram.
Only two games had been play
ed in the loop through last week,
but th« action will be thick and
fast from now on through the
Fall Quarter. Coach Sanford plans
two games a day from Monday
through Thursday each week, with
each team meeting each other:
team in » double round-robin.
schedule. The type of play-off will
be decided by the vote of the
managers.
Bowery Boys, led by
Church.
The type of competition which
is slated for this tall was shown
when the Playboys toppled the
defending champions from East
Do«n by an 18 to 13 count last
week and the Tidewater outfit
turned back the Bowery Boy.s by
aa 19 to 9 score. The East Dorm
Elon Leads Conference
In Early Seasnn Gains
Despite the fact that the Chris- dowH, for th«y were in the Con-
tians dropped three of their fir.^t ference cellar in both total do-
four games, the Maroon and Gold fense and in passing defense, al-
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The six teams in
the league and
their managers include East Dorm,
managed by Pete Jones; the Play
boys, led by Bill Libby; Tidewa
ter piloted by Lester Dodge and
Don Lichok; the Vikings, managed
by Dick Moore; the Road Runne^,
directed by Yancey Ford; and the
Eloii Foolhall
Elon 14. Guilford 7.
Elon 16, Wofford 22.
Elon 20, Appalachian 32.
El»n 6, East Carolina H.
(RemaiBing Games)
Oet. 18 — Presbyterian, away.
Oct. 25 — Catawba, home.
Nov. 1 — West Carolina, away.
Nov. S Newberry, home.
Nov. 15 — Lenoir Rhyne, hame.
way
Grady crew won the title last year whil«
playing under the North Dorm
colors.
The Playboys, in chalking their
18 to 13 victory over the Eastern
ers, used passes for each of their
three touchdowns. Bill Libby pass
ed to Hudson and Geringan for
two of them, and Brinser tossed
to Geringan for the other. The
passing of Pete Jones figured in
-ull East scores, for he tossed to
Hawkins and Ivey for TD’s and
also pitched to Clark for the ex
tra point.
Hank Carmines was the pitch
ing star for Tidewater in its 19
to 9 triumph over the Bowery
Boys. The Tidewater tosser passed
to Toms, Wyrick and Price for
the three touchdowns, and he al
so connected with Bujan for the
extra point. Tuck counted both the
touchdown and extra point for the
Bowery boys, running 30 yards
for the TD and taking a pass from
Church for the extra point. A safe
ty counted the other two points.
•quad and its individual stars are
on top or near the top in a num
ber of statistics columns for the
North State Conferencs. and they
have rated well in the national
statistics for the National Inter
collegiate Athletic Association.
In figures rplaased last week,
which did aot include the games
of the past Saturday night, the
Elon gridders topped the entire
Conference in total offense with
gains in rushing and passing to
tailing 917 yards for an average
of 305.7 yards per game. '
The Christians gained the top
spot in total offense in spite of
the fact that tht^ failed to lead
the Conference in either rushing
or passing. They were third in
teara rushing for the saason, trail
ing Appalachian aad Catawba, as
the Christians posted a mark of
594 yards and an average of 198
yards per game on the ground
They were second In team pass
ing yardage wifti gaini la three
games of 323 yards for an aver
age of 107.7 yards per game in
the air.
It was in the defensive statis
tics tables that the Christians fell
though they were in second spot
just behind Lenoir Rhyne in the
rushing defense department. Le
noir Rhyne topped the seven Con
ference teams in both total de-
fen.se and rushing defense, al
though they fell off to fourth place
in pass defense.
The poor showing of the Chris
tians in defensive play came as
a result of the two games with
Wofford and Appalachian, for they
threw up a great defense against
Guilford in the opener. The Wof
ford passing attack riddled Elon’s
aerial defen.ses for a total of 223
yards, and the Appalachian ball
carriers gained 236 yards on the
ground against the Christians. The
Elon marks showed game aver
ages of 2S3.7 yards in total de
fense, 122.3 yards in rushing de
fense and 131.3 yards in passing
defense.
Charlie Maidon, the big Junior
quarterback, who directs the Elon
attack, topp»d the Conference in
Individual total offense after three
games with 30« yards oo 57 plays.
He also topped the Conference in
individual paaeing with 22 com-
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