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Christians Play Host To Catamounts In Final Home Game
FIGHTING CHRISTIAN GRID SQUAD PLAYS STRONG CAT SQUAD SATURDAY
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Invaders Offer Rugged
Test For Elon Eleven
Time Out
With Ted
By TED FIELDS
The Fighting Christian football squad, which faces the Western Carolina Catamounts in Elon's
final home game of the season at Burlington Stadium at 2 o’clock Saturday afternoon, includes
many new faces this fall. The Elon players, with positions and pictured left to right above, are as
follows: Tom Breese, fullback; Bob McLean, halfback; Dick Smith, quarterback; Mike Little, half
back; Doug Foley, halfback; Gene Stokes, guard; Wayne Mahanes, halfback; Byron Ingram, full
back: Frank Ciamillo, halfback; and Ed Thrower, halfback. SECOND ROW — Jim Short, halfback;
John DalCin, end; Captain Tunner Brosky, center and guard; Don Szydlik, tackle; Paul Brutch,
iiUback; Jim McClure, guard; John Koenig, end; Tom King, center; Carrie Warren, guard. Bob Al-
'interr.T, end; and Don Miller, guard. THIRD ROW — John Wargo, end; Lionel Benzi, halfback;
I'o.iy Markosky, end; Bob Overto.i, fullback; Jim Buie, halfback; Martin Lapan, guard; Ed Fitzgerald,
nJ; John Gozjack, end; Jim M»ore, end; George Komorowsky, end: Dick More, fullback; and Joe
uprdosch, tackle. BACK ROW — George Wooten, quarterback; Charlie Maidon, quarterback; Ken
neth Cooke, halfback; Gordon Whitaker, guard: Larry Stephenson, tackle; Tom Hayes, tackle; Bill
Campbell, center; Charlie Rayburn, tackle; Bill Fades, guard; Barry Staebler, guard; and Dean
Yates, tackles.
One of the toughest tests of a
tough season looms for the Elon
Christians when they play host
to the Westitrn Carolina Cata
mounts in Burlington Stadium on
Saturday afternoon, for the lads
from Carolina's high hill country
have shown tremendous power thus
far this season. The game marks
Elon’s final appearance on the
home field this year.
In previous years the Cata
mounts have been what sports-
writers refer to as "cousins" for
the Fighting Christians, for the
Maroon and Gold grldders have
chalked 11 victories against a
single victory and one tie in thir
teen clashes with the Western
Carolina eleven, and the Christian
fans during rough seasons have
always said, "Just wait, we'll take
the Catamounts."
There appears no cousinly rela
tionship this fall, and neither the
Elon coaches and players nor the
fans are looking ahead to this
meeting with Western Carolina this
weekend as an opportunity for a
face-saving victory. The Cata
mounts of 1959 are quite definite
ly the finest team In sports an-
itals of their school, and they are
ranked among the finest small-
college squads In the entire South.
The Catamounts suffered a;i
opening-game tie by Catawba and
lost a close 14 to 12 battle to the
Appalachian Mountaineers, but
Coach Dan Robinson’s boys have
■iwept to four victories in other
tilts, and the victories came by
scores which indicated there was
no fluke In the outcome.
The Catamount attack is paced
by Bobby Cooper, a very fine quar
terback, who has led the North
State Conference in total yard
age through most of the season.
Against this power-house combo.
Coach Sid Varney will depend
heavily on the passing arm of
Charlie Maidon, who has run neck-
and-neck with the Cats’ Bobby
Cooper in the race for Individual
honors in total offense and pass*
ing. However, the real test In the
weekend tilt may be whether the
youthful Elon line can match mus
cles successfully with the heavy
and veteran Catamount forward
Wall.
In previous games in the series,
which began back in 1933, Elon
chalked five successive victories
prior to World War II. The rival
ry was not renewed until 1950,
and since that time Elon has won
six of eight games, losing In 1952
and tying in 1954. The Christians
turned back the Cats 15 to 6 last
fall for one of the three victories
which Elon credited on the right
side of 1958 ledger.
liWere this a society column,
«ould sing loudly the praises of
Sion's Homecoming. Speaiung
I icannot heap laud and honor, bu4(
C*n only voice congratulations to
«Vi football team. To answer the
•Jwhy” of the inevitable cynic,
I jmust say that few teams with
equally inexperienced manpower
ij^ld have given Presbyterian
luch a whale of a game as did
Oui Elon team.
|lf you read the sports pages
of the daily papers, you know
that there are some powerful high
•chool squads in the Piedmont
of North Carolina this year.
On these teams are some outstand
ing football players, and many
of them are senidrs. Where are
these potential All-Americans go
ing to college? How extensive is
Elon’s recruiting program among
"local" boys? These two
.J^esiions keep haunting me, and
II feel that they need answering.
There is a tradition here at
Elon, whether it is true or false
I cannot say, that a basketball
player once tried for a scholarship
here at Elon. He was big and
raw-bonej, just a country boy,
and it is said that the coaches
told him he was just a little slow
and that Elon could not use him
To shorten the story, he went to
Wake Forest, made the team, made
All-American and went on to pro-
>ssional basketball. But Dickie
Hemric couldn’t make it here at
Elon.
While I refill my pen with lit
erary acid, let’s talk about Elon
ports. I have often wondered,
ind the question is often asked
ihy so many of our athletes hail
'rom northern states. I feel no
twinge of sectional pride when I
ask this question, but I wonder
why our enlistment program is
so weak in the local area when
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Presbyterian Mars Elon Homecoming
With 27 To 6 Win Over Christians
Elon Grid Records Are
Listed For Full Season
hristian Quint Faces
ough 25-Game Season
[Although King Football still
holds the sports throne, basketball
Is just in the offing and attractr
ing forward looking sports fans,
and lovers of the cage sport on
tht Elon campus will have a fine
program of entertainment this
(tinier as the Elon Christians bat
tle through a 25-game season.
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CAGE SCHEDULE
Dec. 2—Pembroke, away.
!Dec. 5—Wofford, away.
! Dec. 7—Norfalk Division, home.
[ Dec. 10—Guilford, away.
' Dec. 12—Wofford, home.
: Deo. 14—Norfolk Division, away.
‘ Dec. 17—High Point, away,
j Dec. 28—Lejenne Tourney.
. Dec. 29—Lejeune Tonmey.
Dec. 30—Lejenne Tourney.
Jan. 6—Pembroke, home,
i Jan. 9—East Carolina, away,
i Jan. 11—Appalachian, away.
' Jan. 13—A. 0. C., home.
' Jan. 16—Catawba, home.
Jan. 23—West Carolina, home.
[ Jan. 27—Lenoir Khyne, home.
Jan. 30—Catawba, away.
Feb. 3—Bi^h Point, home.
Feb. 6—West Carolina, awar.
Feb. 8—A. C. C, away.
Feb. 10—Appalachian, home.
F^ 13—East Carolina, home
Feb. 18—Lenoir Rhjw, away.
Feb. 20—Gailford. keoM.
The Christian basketball sche
dule, just announced by Coach
Bill Miller, calls for a full slate
of 16 North State Conference
games plus six regularly-schedul
ed non-conference contests and
three days of participation in a
Christmas tournament at Camp
Lejeune.
The six non-conference battles
include home-and-home battles
with Pembroke State, Wofford and
with the Norfolk Division of Wil
liam and Mary. The Christmas
tournament at Camp Lejeune will
keep the Christian cagers in con
dition for the post-holiday drive
for honors in the North State
loop.
Coach Miller, who assumes the
Elon cage coaching post for the
first time this season, has had
his hardwood squad working hard
for the past month, first on con
ditioning and more recently on
tactics designed to place Elon back
in the thick of cage competition
in this area.
He has six lettermen back in
togs from last year, including Ed
die Burke, Bill Palkovics, Marsh
Oakley, Steve Wall, C. G. Hall and
Cecil Wright, along with Rob Bell,
who won a letter two seasons ago
Bolstering this letter group Is
fine crew of freshmen and junior
college transfers.
After rains in the morning
threatened to mar the Elon Col
lege Homecoming, the power-
packed Presbyterian College ele
ven completed the job In the af
ternoon as they exploded for a
decisive 27 to 6 victory over Elon’s
youthful Christians before a sparse
Homecoming crowd of about 1,500
tans on Saturday afternoon, Oc
tober 17th.
• * *
HOW IT HAPPENED
Elon Presbyterian
12 First Downs 17
111 Yards Gain Rushine 231
26 Yards Lost Rushing 25
85 Net Yards Rusiilng 206
28 Passes Attempted 20
10 Passes Completed 9
116 Yards Gain Passing lt7
201 Total Gain Scrimmage 313
1 0pp. Passes Intercepted 6
5 Runback Int Passes 22
4 Number Punts 6
34.0 Ave. Yards Punts 29.5
126 Ronback All Kicks 14
0 Fumbles Lost 4
20 Yards Penalties 25
Score By Periods:
Elon - 6 0 0 0— 6
Presbyterian 7 12 0 8—27
Elon Touchdown — Maidon (1-
run). Presbyterian Touchdowns —
Hill 2 (32-run, 1-run), Pate (5-run),
Hampton (26-run). Extra Points —
Sease (1-kick), Nixon (2-polnter
run).
* * *
The victory was the fifth
straight for the Blue Stocking out
f4t, which maintained its high
rank among the nation’s small-
coUege elevens, for the invading
Palmetto State squad had held
fourth spot in the NAIA national
standings the previous week.
The story of the win was that
of a Presb>fte*-ian team which
made good on each of its four
scoring chances, trampling
lighting Christian eleven which
could capitalize on only one of
five great scoring chances. On
four other occasions the Christians
were in the shadow of the Blue
Stocking goal and failed to punch
across to pay dirt.
The Maroon and Gold squad
drove to the Presbyterian seven.
The one Elon TD came In the
first quarter when five successive
completed passes by "Chunkin’
Charlie’’ Maidon powered the
Christians to a first down on the
Presbyterian two. Bob Overton
plunged within a foot of the godl,
and Maidon himself lunged over
on the keeper. A pass for extra
points failed, and Elon trailed 7
to 6.
The Blue Hose had counted
first on an 87-yard drive midway
the first period, the big play com
ing when Bill HQl took a lateral
from Bobby Pate and raced 32
yards around end for the score.
Bill Sease kicked good, and Pres
byterian was off to a 7-point lead
The Stockings chalked two
scores in the second quarter, the
second of them coming with bare
ly twenty seconds left before half-
time. The first counter In this
period came on 81-yard drive, with
Hill plunging over from the one
The second came on a 76-yard as
sault, with Bobby Pate getting the
points from the five-yard marker.
The try-for-points failed both
times, and Presbyterian led 19
to 6 at intermission.
The Elon defense tightened in
the second half and held the South
Carolinians to barely three first
downs, but an intercepted pass at
mid-field set the Stockings off for
their final marker. Ronnie Hamp
ton, reserve halfback sprinted 15
yards for a first down and mo
ments later dashed 26 yards for
the score. Joe Nixon ran for the
two-pointer that made it 27 to 6
The rifle-arm of Charlie Maidon
was Elon’s greatest threat. He
completed his first six passes and
then ended up with 10 for 27 and
116 yards aerial gains. Jim Short
was Elon’s most consistent gainer
on the ground, with 35 yards in
eight carries, while Bob McLean
grabbed five of Maidon’s passes
Coach Sid Vamey, commenting
tipon the fine defensive play of
his Elon team in the final half
of the game, cited three of his'
freshmen linemen for their defen
sive work. He mentioned center
Tom King, who spent much time
in the Hose backfleld, along with
tackle Dean Yates and end John
DalCin for their fine work. Dal-
Eloii Football
Elon 22, Apprentice 0.
Elon 0, Guilford 27.
Elon 0, Wofford 14.
Elon 8, Appalachian 19.
Elon 8, East Carolina 31.
Elon 6, Presbyterian 27.
Eloo 8, Catawba 21.
(Remaining Games)
Oct. 31 — West Carolina, home.
Nov. 7 — Newberry, away.
Nov. 14 — Lenoir Rhyne, away.
The tabulation of Elon College
football records since 1909, begun
In the last previous Issue with a
listing of the team records for
alngle games, continues at this
time with a list of the Christian
team records for single seasons
The best season marks by Maroon
and Gold elevens follow:
Undefeated Season: 1957 — 6
wins, no losses, no ties. Two games
with Catawba and Western Caro
lina were cancelled due to flu epi
demics at those schools.
Most Victories: 8 — With 8-1-0
record in 1941 and 8-2-0 record
In 1949. Most Defeats: 10 — With
0-10-0 record in 1926. Most Ties:
2 — with 3-3-2 record in 1921.
Most Elon Points: 294 — In 10
games In 1949. Most Opponent
Points: 224 — In 7 games in 1924.
LITTLE TACKLES STOCKING END
If
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fbur, eight and eleven-yard lines,
only to have the drives blupted Cln blocked a Presbyterian punt
by an alert Blue Stocking defense.!to set up one Elon threat
Mike Little, number 27 in white Jersey above, one of Elon’s fresh
man halfbacks, is pictured as he prepares to launch a tackle on
Paul ■ Chastain, Presbyterian’s great senior end, who has just caught
one of Bob Waters’ forward passes for the Blue Stockings in Pres
byterian’s 27 to 6 win over the Christians In Elon’s Homecoming
game.
Least Elon Points; 7 — In 7
games in 1924. Least Opponent
Points: 29 — In 10 games In 1935.
Most Elon Touchdowns: 45 —
In 10 games In 1949. Most Elon
Extra Points: 24 — In 10 games
In 1949.
Most Elon Yards Rushing: 2,211
— In 10 games in 1950. Most Elon
Yards Passing: 1,587—In 9 games
in 1951. Most Yards Elon Total
Offense: 3,368 — In 10 games in
1950.
Most Elon Passes Attempted:
191 — In 9 games in 1951. Most
Elon Passes Completed: 101 — In
9 games In 1951.
Most Opponent Yards Rushing:
2,055 — In 10 games in 1955.
Most Opponent Yards Passing:
1,214 — In 10 games In 1950, Most
Yards Opponent Total Offense:
2,523 — In 10 games in 1955.
Most Opponent Passes Attempt
ed: 193 — In 10 games in 1950.
Most Opponent Passes Completed:
78 — in 10 games in 1950.
Most Pass Interceptions By Elon:
19 — In 8 games in 1953 and In
9 games in 1954. Most Pass In
terceptions By Opponents: 28 —
In 10 games in 1952.
Most Yards Elon Interception Re
turns: 324 — On 14 interceptions
in 9 games in 1951. Most Yards
Opponent Interception Returns:
383 — On 28 interceptions in 10
games in 1952.
Most Elon Punts: 64 — In 10
{ames in 1955. Most Opponent
Punts: 65 — In 10 games in 1950
and in 9 games in 1951.
Best Elon Punt Average: 39.4
yards — On 61 punts In 10 games
in 1951. Best Opponent Punt Aver
age: 36 yards — On 65 punts In
10 games In 1950.
Most Elon First Downs: 155 —
In 10 games in 1950. Most Oppo
nent First Downs; 119 — In 10
games in 1952.
Most Yards Elon Kick Returns:
1,066 — In 10 games in 1955.
Most Yards Opponent Kick Re
turns: 883 — In 9 games in 1951.
Least Elon Fumbles Lost: 6 —
In 6 games In 1957. Most Elon
■Fumbles Lost: 30 — In 10 games
in 1996. Most Opponent Fumbles
Recovered: 21 — In 10 games In
1956.
Most Elon Yards Penalties: #41
— On 75 penalties In 10 games in
1956. Most Opponent Yards Pe»-
altles: 608 — On 63 penalties in
10 games In 1959.