Friday, 'October 16. 1959
maroc^ and gold
PACtS TfiBBB
11 osbyterian Football Squad Will Be Elon Homecoming Foe
Invaders Are
THEY HAVE PLAYED OUTSTANDING ROLES FOR CHRISTIAN ELEVEN IN EARLY GAMES
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Vnheatcn In
Four Games
The powerful Presbyerlan Col
lege Blue Stockings will furnish
the compe Itlon for the Elon Chris
tians in tne annual Elon Home
coming game, which will be play
ed in Burlington Memorial Sta
dium at 2 o’clock Saturday after
noon, and the big team from the
Palmetto State may be the most
powerful foe on the Elon schedule
this fall.
The Christians, who have chalk
ed only one win in five starts this
fall, have faced some mighty fine
backs in John Meroney, of Guil
ford, Gary Whitlock and Jackie
Drawdy, of Wofford, Ansel Glen-
denning, of Appalachian, and
Ralph Zehrlng and Jim Speight,
of East Carolina, but they may be
confronted with a pair of back-
field aces this weekend who can
top them all.
The Presbyterian offense is
paced by Bobby Pate, named
"Back of the Year” In the South
Carolina Little Three last fall, who
runs from a halfback post, and
by Bob Waters, a very fine quar-
lerback. Pate and Waters have
•split the South Carolina "Back of
the Week” honors three times this
fall, with Pate setting the nod
twice and Waters once, with the
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Pirates Top Elon Eleven By 31 To 8
Time Out
With Ted
By TED fields
"Sometimes I feel that we funds, influence alumni or build
should investigate and re-evaluate
the true worth of atliletics."
Note that I'm quoting a com
ment which one seems always to
hear during a losing season, for
every so-called campus "campus
philosopher” always contemplates
such an inquisition and feels called
upon to comment.
Strange as it may seem for a
sports editor to admit, these phil
osophers sometimes present some
valid arguments, and one of their
better arguments is this:—“If the
purpose of big time football is to
gain recognition for the school,
thus Inducing a higher calibre of
students to enroll in the school,
then why is the administration not
doing something to improve this
vital contribution to the school’s
welfare?”
This disgruntled feeling is gen
erally manifested through hang
ing coaches In effigy or some other
equally self-edifying pastimes of
the philosophers. From the ex
tremely mature manner in which
these philosophers so discreetly
present their arguments, we may
deduct that we are dealing with
superior Intellects. Iiet us there
fore attempt In our humble fash
ion to cope with their argument
Some naive scholar once said
that college athletics were de
signed to provide the student with
athletic ability an opportunity to
obaln an education and to pay for
this opportunity by providing
Dth«r students with entertainment
while watching him perform. This
seems to me to be an excellent
defense of an athletic program
We cannot deny the facts and
pretend that Eon has a football
power-house, or « chance for
championship squad. We cannot
imply that otjr program U any bet
ter than the programs of other
coHeges in our conference. We
caa, however, point out the fiUacy
ia tie antl-atWetic argument.
The athletic program is not
"gimmick.” designed to ral*e
The three players pictured above have played outstanding roles;
for the Christian gridders in their early games of the 1959 season.
Charlie Maidon, far left, sometimes called the Cary Comet for his,
brilliant work at quarterback, tops the Christians in passing and
in total offense, having completed 30 of 61 passes for 424 yards
land two touchdowns in four games to lead in passing and, despite
a minus yardage In rushing, leading total offense with 405 yards.
Don Szydlik, center, junior tackle from Brackenrldge, Pa., has
been a bulwark in the line play in afl five games. Bob McLean,
right, the Rockingham Rambler, has been an outstanding performer
in the Elon running game and has also led in pass receiving in
most of the early battles.
Elon Football
prestige. Those poor souls who
feel that the sports program is
such a device must be those who
fail to see the value of any utility
Football has not degenerated
Rather, it is the attitude of the
spectator that has lost all per
spective.
A little knowledge is a danger-
9us thing, and spectators have
been victimized by this pitfall.
Television and other media of
communication have given Joe
Spectator a taste of the best in
professional athletics, and he now
feels qualified as an expert on
athletics in general. He expects
his favorite college team to per
form as proficiently and as col
orfully as the pro team that spends
halt a million dollars per season
The student spectator, proud
creature that he is, feels it to be
ImperaUve that Alma Mater al
ways field a winning team. But
why? Does he think that there
will be a notation attached to his
diploma to indicate the 1959 won-
and-lost record.
Let’s be reaUstlc. The average
students get back exactly what
they give to the athletic program,
and aU too often what they give
js nothing.
You ask for a change? Allow
me to make a suggesOon. When
ever any of you feel that your
team is not producing as it should,
then try walking to the Registrar’s
office and asTc for your transcript.
After scanning the cryptic marks
that show your own scholastic pro
duction. you may find it a bit hy
pocritical to cast your scathing
remarks at a team which is giving
its best.
Instead of spending your energy
debasing our sports program, give
that same energy to supporting
and respecting our athletes for
their efforts and time they spend
to enterUin us. You may caU the
play* your armchair oo
Monday morning, bat api^aud our
t)oys on Saturday night.
Christians Drop Battle
To Apps In Loop Game
An inspired and fighting crew
Wilson failed on the plunge for
of Elon Christians came close to
upsetting the Appalachian apple
cart before going down to the
Miountaineer grid squad 19 to 8
In a North State Conference bat
tle at Burlington Memorial Sta
dium on Saturday night. October
3rd.
The invading Mountaineers,
which boasted consecutive and im-
presssive victories over Emory and
Henry and Western Carolina, en
tered the battle at Burlington in
a highly favored position, the ri
fle-like passes of Elon’s Charlie
Maidon and a stubborn Hon de
fense scrapped the Apps all the
way and came close to the upset
of the early season.
The white-Jerseyed lads from the
mountains managed two first-half
touchdowns for a 13 to 0 half-time
lead, and Coach Bob Breltensteln
must have breathed thanks to the
■‘old man” of Grandfather Moun
tain or some other hill country
deity as he sweated through
second half that saw Elon’s Ma
roon and Gold colors waving high
Appalachian took the opeAlng
kick-off and drove sixty-two yards
for a touchdown. A 15-yard pen
alty against Elon was a big help
In the App drive, which saw An
sel Glendenning and Glcnwood
Wilson as leading ground gainers
Bill Harvey, Mountaineer full
back, crashed over from the one
for the score, and Glendenning
kicked good for the T-0 margin
The second Appalachian TD
came after John Ponls pounced on
lan Elon fumble at the Christian
forty-eight, and the Apps moved
from there. Once again Old Man
Penalty raised his ugly head, and
for a second time a flfteen-3T*t‘dep
,galn»t B300 aided as the Invaders
moved to the one, where Glen-
weod WUson backed Tommy
point, bfil Appalachian had won
the first half 13 to 0.
The final half was a different
story, with the Elon Une smack
ing down the highly-rated Moun-
Elon 22. Apprentice 0.
Elon 0. Guilford 27.
Elon 0, Wofford 14.
Elon 8. Appalachian 19.
Elon 8. East Carolina 31.
(Remaining Games)
Oct n — Presbyterian, home.
Oct. 24 — Catawba, away.
Oct. 31 — West Carolina, home.
Nev. 7 — Newberry, away.
Not. 14 — Lenoir Rhyne, away.
Elon
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221
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HOW IT HAPPENED
Appalachian
First Downs 17
Yards Gain Rushing 200
Yards Lost Rushing 31
Net Yard* Rushing 189
Forward Passes Attempted 11
Forward Passes Completed 8
Yards Gain Passing 92
Total Yards Scrimmage 261
Opp. Passes Intercepted 2
Runback Int. Passes 5
Number Punts 5
Ave. Yards Punts 36.2
Runback AU Kicks 14
Fumbles Lost *
Yards Penalties 53
Score by Periods:
EloB # 0 9 8— •
Appalachian 7 6 0 6—19
Elon Touchdown — Komorowsky
(T-pass. from Maidon). Extra Points
McLean (2-polnter on pass from
Maidon). Appalachian Touchdowns
—Harvey (1-rnn), G. Wilson (!•
nin), Morrison (16-p«*s from T.
Wilson ). Extra Point* — Glen-
(placement).
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talneer ball carriers with reclUess
abandon. In fact the Apps never
moved the ball outside their own
25-yard line until the final two
minutes of the game, and during
the same period the ChrlsUnn*
were constantly knocking at the
Appalachian goal Una.
(OMrtlBMd «a rif* roar)
time. On two other occasions Elon
In the third quarter the maroon-
Jerseyed Elon outfit drove to the
Appalachian three and again to
the Mountaineer five, barely fall
ing short of a touchdown each
drove deep into enemy territory
without scoring, but midway the
final quarter Charlie Maidon un
leashed an aerial barrage that
rode all the way to pay dirt.
The Mountaineers had punted
from their nine, and the Christians
were off to the races. Bob Over
ton bucked for six, and Maidon
tossed to Bob McLean for nine
teen for a flrst-and-ten on the
App 23-yard line. There was
six-yard loss, but Overton ripped
for seventeen on the draw play
to the enemy eleven. Four plays
later Maidon nailed George Ko
morowsky with a 7-yard pass in
to the end zone. Maidon hit Mc
Lean with another pass for two
points, and the score was a very
tight 13 to 8.
Coach Breltensteln was squirm
ing on a very hot seat at that
point, but his Apps rebounded af
ter the next kick-off and a third
crucial 15-yard penalty hit Elon
to send the Mountaineers into
Christian territory. With barely
50 seconds left In the game. Tom
my Wilson lofted a 18-yard pass
to Bob Morrison In the end zone,
and the final score was written
19 to 8.
The Apps got the game after the
scare of their Hves, but Charlie
Maidon romped off with the indi
vidual glory as he completed 11
of 22 forward passes for a total
of 158 yard*. Bob Overton was
EloB’s top rusher, but Bob Mc
Lean caught four Maidon passes
for M yards. CapUin Tunner
OBraaky paced the fine defenatr*
play for the Ekm Une.
The Fighting Christians dropped
their fourth game in five starts
this season as the East Carolina
Pirates, usually a power-running
team, unleashed an equally strong
passing attack for a 31 to 8 vic
tory in the Pirate Homecoming
at Greenville last Saturday after
noon,
Ralph Zehrlng, East Carolina
quarterback, stole the honors from
Glenn Bass and Jim Speight, his
great running halfbacks, in the
game which was televised over
the Greenville. Durham and Wil
mington stations. It was the first
North State Conference game ever
shown on television.
Zehring connected on seven
passes of eleven for 139 yards,
connecting for two touchdown
passes during the battle, one for
52 yards to Glenn Bass and the
other for 23 yards to Jim Speight.
Speight got a second TD with a
5-yard smash, and Sonny Basinger
returned a punt 51 yards for the
other Pirate touchdown. Henry
Kwlatkowskl kicked a 16-yard field
goal in the third quarter.
The Elon gridders got their lone
touchdown in the second quarter
when Jim Short took a lateral
from Charlie Maidon and raced
four yards over the goal. Maidon
tossed to Tony Markosky for the
two-pointer which cut the Pirate
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HOW IT HAPPENED
Elon
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94
25
69
18
6
90
159
0
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42.2
133
4
35
East Carolina
First Downs
Yards Gain Rushing
Yards Lost Rushing
Net Yards Rushing
Passes Attempted
Passes Completed
Yards Gain Passing
Total Gains Scrimmage
Opp. Passes Intercepted
Number Punts
Ave. Yards Punts
Runback AU Kicks
Fumbles liOSt
Yards Penalties
Score by Periods:
Elon 0 8 0
East CaroUna 14 6 3
Elon Touchdown: Short (4-run).
Extra Points — Markosky 2 (Pass
from Maidon). East Carolina
Touchdowns — Speight 2 (5-run,
23-pass from Zehring), Bayslnger
(50-punt return), Bass (51-pasa
from Zehring). Extra Points —
Can>enter 2 (kicks), Beale (pass
from Zehring).
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lead to 20 and 8 at half-time in
termission. The Elon score came
after recovery of a Pirate fumble
on the East Carolina thirteen.
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Full Intramurals Schedulje
Is Planned For Fall Term
A fuU and varied intramural
sporis program Is planned on the
Elon campus throughout the fall
semester, according to C!!oach Jack
Sanford, who is faculty director
of the campus athletic activities.
Sports already underway Include
bowling, horseshoes and touch
football.
The bowling is a new feature
of the intramural program this
year, with play scheduled at the
Bowlarena on West Webb Avenue,
between the campus and Burling
ton, from 2 until 4 o’clock each
Tuesday afternoon.
Four teams were In action on
the first Tuesday afternoon, and
others are expected to join In the
popular indoor sport. The team*
will be of the coeducational type,
with both boys and girls eUgible
to compete on the same ti
Membership of each five-player
team i* to Include no more than
three boy* or three girl*. Player
group* are getting togtthcr aAd|
forming their own teams to play
together throughout the semester.
Horseshoe Tourney
A singles elimination tourna
ment is already started in horse
shoes, with thirty-two players en
tered. Among the competitors in
horseshoes, listed from top to bot
tom of their 32-man bracket, are
the following players:
Leroy Myers, Jerry Hembree,
John Neidig, Gary Teague. W. H.
West. A1 Capuano, BIU Holder,
Eddie aark. B. J. Arnold, Wil
liam CampbeU, John Kelly, Max
Clayton. Steve Mauldin, Larry
Teague, LesUe Brewer,
Thomas Patterson, Eari Miller,
Bobby Johnston. Jerry Isley, W,
W. Welch, Jerry Byrd, George
Wooten, John Ward, L. J. Gran
tham, Bruce Olson, Jerry Tillman,
Dick Purdy, Charles Hawkins, Bill
Miller, Tony Markosky, Gary Hen
son and David Edmondson.
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