■’’ucsclay. November 24, 195i
FOUR VETERAN LETTERMEN WHO WEAR ELON UNIFORMS TIILS SEASON
BILL PALKOVICS
Time Out
With Ted
By TED FIELDS
PAGE THR£K
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Lenoir Rhyne Tops Elon
50-15 In Season Finale
Elon Cage Games
ROB BELL AND l^DDIE BURKE
C. G. HALL
Four of the six letter veterans
who form the experienced nucleus
for the new Elon cag:e squad are
pictured left and above. Bill Pal>
kovics, left, is a senior ?uard from
Elizabeth, N. J., who came to the
Christian camp last winter after
junior collegre play at Edwards
Military Institute.
Rob Bell and Eddie Burke, left
and rig:ht in the renter picture,
arc two of the veteran tall boys
who are back for 1959>60 duty.
Bell» one of the two seniors on
the roster, calls Hillsboro his home
town. He played freshman ball
at Wake Forest and then played
service ball for Paris Island Mar
ines before coming to Elon two
years ago, when he was a letter
regular. He did not play last sea
son. Burke, standing 6-6. is a juo-
i.*r n*ntcr vlio came to Elon after
vlnT>incr AU-Sate high school hon
ors at BurHngton's Williams High.
He was second high scorer for
Elon last winter.
C. G. Hall, right, who was an
All-State high school guard at
Murehead High of Lenksville, is
another junior letterman and is
one of the smallest players on the
Christian squad this winter
With Season About To Start...
Meet Elon’s Fighting Christian Cagers
I After heaping laud and honor boys up and break the nervoua
or Elon’s defensive line, I woke tension which some of our big boys
up Sunday morning, November exhibit.
•tli. to read that Newberry had * * *
crushed Elon 56 to 21. How soul- Being afflicts with old age and
lefreshing it is to tell the world: chronic conditions of gout, arthri-
of a great improvement and theo
(to have a rude awakening to
*eality.
iThe Newberry “home run” plays
cut Elon to shreds, but to be per-
.^tly honest, however, we played
Newberry without the services of
Jiree of four regular tackles, and
Wf had to play Captain Tunner
toosky in a tackle slot.
i^As I bright spot from the New-
1?*rry game, Elon’s rushing game
looked great in the movies, and
.^th a couple of breaks we could
liave scored at least two more
touchdowns. That would have made
file score look better (n H free-
l^orlng contest, but that would
lot have sti'oped the Newberry
^tfit from s^rlng against us
I'm wruine this column before
ttc Lenoir Ithyne game, due to
•E early press time for the Thanks-
Siving Issue, and it's probably for,
best that I am. I'm sure Stas-
'ich Is going to furnish us some
>ugh Bear-meat for the Cbrl.«-
ins to devour.
Coach Bill Miller’s, basketball
quad Is rounding into shape, and
Within two weeks it should be in
*op condition. We’re going to be
k the running for the Conference
ponors this year, or so it appears
to me. Coach Miller ran his squad
b two scrimmage games against
Camp Lejeune Marnes, and,
llthough the Christians dropped
oth decisions by narrow margins,
he boys looked good. Camp Le-
[Jeune is probably the tougheat
earn they’ll see all year, with a
tartlng five composed of ex-col-
*86 players, some of them hav-
og been outstanding performer*
college basketball.
Coach Miller is going to show
a good numin« team, a Seod
p»rt-bpeik, with perhaps ti>e
Or Weakness in rebounding. Some
bf otur veteraas stlU show aigns
of "shell shock” from the past
*0 seasons, but I think Coach
tis and other octogenarian ail
ments, my only form of athletic
participation for the last few years
has been ping-pong or table ten
nis, as the experts call it. Sudden
ly, I am robbed of the only outlet
for my displaced aggresion. "Come
on, Administration! Give us our
ping-pong tables back.”
There were some students who
were majoring in table tennis, and
now they find themselves facing
a change in major because of the
missing tables in the Student Un
ion. The commuters of our insti
tution found that ping-pong was
the only way In which they could
enter into the campus life. Now
these days students walk glumly
about the campas, feeling alone,
left-out and mistreated.
This is only a rumDr, but I
heard that a ffw day student'J
were feeling despondent over
the situation that they were ac
tually beginiiiiiB to spend frc*e per
iods in the library Thi.s consti
tutes a rebellion, a revolution. Can
it be said that scholarly interests
have displaced the thrill of a hard-
fought ping-pong match?
Just think. Administration, this
may cause serious reverberations
in the world of college life. Oh
well, I guess we must make some
great sacrifice In order that the
torch of learning may never be
extinguished. I shall be proud for
the rest of my life that I gave up
my plng-poqg so that learning
might survive.
ALL-AMERICAN
After a cros»-up in Uncle Sam's
mailing system, the revelation that
Tony Carcaterra made AU-Amer-
ican end on the squad selected by
the Williamson Bating System last
fall, swelled the total of Elon'!
football AU-Amerlcaas to three
Arnold Melvin made It la 1949,
Sal Gero won the honor in 1930
and 1991. and Carcaterra ]oUed
ler will be able to loosen theltlw select group last falL
With football gone from the
stage and with King Basketball
due to take over the center of
interest on the Elon campus with
in the next ten days, it is well that
Itie Elon faculty, student body and
fans get acquainted with the boys
who will carry the Fighting Chris
tians hopes on the hardwood floor
this winter.
Coach Bill Miller, who takes
^er as head coach of the Chris
tian cagers for the first time this
season, brings with him a tine
record from his former post at
CampbellsviUe Junior College in
Kentucky, a post where he had
one of the top-ranking junior col
lege quintets in America last win
ter.
Coach Miller started drills for
his cagers in October, and the in
tervening weeiu have seen the
Cbristian roster weeded down to
fourteen boys who will carry the
load through, a rugged 23-game
schedule. The schodale opens with
a brace of games away with Pem
broke on December 2nd and with
Wofford on December 4th, the
first home game being with the
Norfolk Division of William and
iMary on Monday night, Deeem-
ber 7th.
The fourteen boys who now com-
orise the Klon basketball squad
include six lettermen. Tl»e ar»
(nra last year's mediocre squac
and the lxth is from the team o
tw" years ago. There are also bi.i>
new men. ol ihem hi*^'' ■
come down w'tu Miller frouj
Kentucky aiio lii'li.na The Indi
vidual players «r» pre»entod in
the following briKt nketchet, «r
ranged in aiph»’>eiical otdet.
DEWEY AND tKW — Andrew
who hatU from snow Camp, w
an 18-year-old fre*.iman forward
who stands S-S tn height and
weighs 210 pounds He played out
standing ball for Ell WhlUey Hlgf
School here in Alamance Owdit
and Is a clever shot with his back
to the basket. He needs improve
ment in defense.
BOB BELL — Bell, who was a
regular forward two years ago,
did not play last year. He is a
25-yeai^old senior letterman from
Hillsboro, standing 6-4 In height
and weighing 190 pounds. The
Hillsboro boy played freshman ball
at Wake Forest and then came to
Elon after a stint of duty in the
Marines, during which he played
for the Parts Island Marine quin
tet. BeU Is a fine shot and a ms-
ged man off the boards.
WAA Maps
Volley Ball
Loop Plans
The campus volley ball cham
pionship for girls is right down
on the line under plans mapped
by the Women's Athletic Associa
tion and announced by Mrs.
.leanne Griffin, who heads up the
girls' athletic program on the Elon
campus.
No less than eight teams are
battling for the campus volley
ball title, which was won last year
by the Beta Omicron Beta sorority,
but the B.O.B.'s got away to a
flying start in defense of their
crown as they swamped Third
Virginia 48 to 21 in the opening
day of play in the new volley ball
league.
In addition to that B.O.B. victory
over Third Virginia, two other
:;ames were played on the opening
day of volley ball action, with the
Tau Zeta's trampling West Vir
ginia 39 to 21 and the Delta U's
topping Second West 37 to 34.
There was no report on an open-
Jng-day game l>etween PI Kappa
Tau and Day Students.
Those games were played on
Thursday, November 12th, and ac
tion was slated to continue through
the week before Thanksgiving and
into Thanksgiving week, with
.gnmes played on Mondays. Tues
days and Fridays each week.
The championship will not be
decided before the Elon students
C G HALLHall, one of the Ipounds. The Burlington boy, take off for their Thanksgiving
smallest men on the at *i‘* * fliie .hot, but he needs to add | holidays on Wednesday of thU
EDDIE BUKKE — Burke, a 6-6 i 202year old junior guard from
junior letterman from Burlington, Leaksville. Hall won All-State hon-
carries a rugged 200 pounds and ors while playing guard tor the
has proved himself a fine shot Morehead High in Leaksville, fleld-
and an excellent rebounder dur- generalling the Tri-City team to
ing his two previous years at Elon. , the state title. He has won let
He was an All-Stater at center ters the past two seasons, and he
while playing for the WiUlams should play a lot of baU tbls year
High Bulldogs and played in the if he sharpens his eye for the bas-
East-West All-Star game after iiis ket to some extent.
senior year In high school. Burke
has shown a tendency to bo tense
In his ball handling, but added
self-confidence will make him
great.
RICHARD CONASTER — Con-
aster, a speedy freshman guard
from Burnside, Ky.. is one of the
five boys who came to Elon with
Coach Miller. He Is IB years old,
stands 5 feet 10 Inches tall and
weighs 163 pounds. He was one of
the leading scorers In Kentucky
high school circlcfl while iilayUiV
for Burnside Ilijth. bli> chief wea-i
HERBIE HAWKS — Hawks, an
other of Conch Miller’s “BIu
'rass Boy.-" from Kentucky, halls
:rom Louisville. Ky. At 21 years
old, standing 6-2 and weighing
170 pound.?, he was a regular
Kuard with the CampbellsviUe
Junior College team last winter
snd won a berth on the All-Ken
tucky Junior College squad. A
fine shooter, he averaged better
than 18 points per game in jun
ior college action.
P.Annv HODGE — Hodge li
a freshman guard from Burling-
Williams High. He is 18 years
pon being a deadly jump «bo
Conaster is also a fine driver.
2—Pembroke, away.
4—M'offord, uway.
7—Norfolk Division, home
10—Guilford, away.
12—Wofford, home.
14—Norfolk DIvLslon, away
17—High Point, away.
28—Lejeune Tourney.
29—Lejeune Tourney.
. 30—Lejeune Tourney.
6—Pembroke, home.
9—East Carolina, away.
11—Appalachian, away.
13—A. C. C., home.
16—Catawba, home.
23—West Carolina, iiome.
27—Lenoir Rhyne, home.
30—Catawba, away.
3—High Point, home.
6—West Carolina, away.
8—A. C. C., away.
10—Appalaehian, home.
13—East Carolina, home.
18—I>enolr Rhyne, away.
20—Guilford, home.
Breakaway "homeruns” of tbe
gridiron once more proved the
downfall of the youthful Elon
Christians as the Lenoir Rhyne
Bears, riding the crest as Number
One among America's small cot
leges, rolled for a 50 to 15 victory
over Elon in a North State Con
ference tilt on the Lenoir Rhyne
field on Saturday night, Novem
ber 14th.
Six times during the game the
Bears scored on iDng sprints of
better than thirty yards as they
chalked their eighth consecutive
win of the season and their 16tb
straight victory over a two-year
period. The victory guaianteod the
Bears at Itast a tie for the North
State crown, for only Catawba
now stands between Lenoir Rhyne
and the loop title.
The Fighting Christians went
down for their ninth straight loss
of the season against one victory,
but Coach Sid Varney's boys un
covered a potent attack of their
own as they rolled for 363 yards
tot.il offense against the nationally
ranked Bears. It was by far the
greatest offensive show of the year
for the Christians and was one of
the highest yardage totals against
Lenoir Rhyne in two seasons.
HOW IT HAPPENED
Lenoir Khyne
First Downs 16
Yards Gain Rushing 380
Yards Lost Rushing 40
Net Yards Rushing 340
Passes Attempted 12
Pases Completed 6
Yards Gain Passing 58
Total Gain Scrimmage 398
Opp. Passes Intercepted 1
Runback Int. Passes 3S
Number Punts S
feet 8 Inches and 169 pounds, U'
(Contlaued on Pag* Pour)
NEW FACES ON CIIPvISTlAN CAGE SQUAD
Among the newcomers to the Elon basketball scene this year are Coach Bill Miller himself, pic
tured at the right as he talks with three of the five players whom he brought down with him from
Kentucky and Indiana. The three players shown with Coach MlUer, left to right, are John Nekllc,
towering freshman center from fort Branch, Ind.; Kenneth Smith, a sharpshootiog forward; and
Gary Teague, a clever guard. Smith is a Junior who played for Miner’s strong CampbellsviUe Junior
College team last seaosn, hot Neldig and Teague are freshmen who came directly to Elon after
eompletlng their high school careers.
Elon
14
271
It
252
21
10
113
(65
0
0
6
39.7 Ave. Yards Punts 30.2
149 Runback All Kicks 193
3 Fumbles Lost 0
2.1 Yards Penalties 43
Score By Periods:
Elon 0 15 0 •—15
Lenoir Rhyne.. 14 14 14 S—50
Elon Touchdowns — McLean 5-
rnn), Overtoa (79-nin). Extra
Points McLean (Two-pointer oa
psss from Maldon), Woolen (Place
ment). Lenoir Rhyne Touchdowns
— Farmer 4 (46-nin, 50-run, 38-
run, 5-run), Kemp (35-run), White
(35-runback of Interception), Mo-
Clamroch (32-run). Extra Points —
Siramons, Farmer, McClamroeh
and Kemp (all tw»-peliiters M
runs).
• • ■
The Christians pounded out 252
net yards on the ground as they
tore through tbe Bruin forwards
time and again. This was 33 yards
more than Elon's combined rush
ing totals against Appalachian,
East Carolina and Presbyterian
this season. Coach Sid Varney was
well-pleased with the way his
bscks ripped the Bruin defenses.
Lee Farmer, Lenoir Rhyne's
brilliant tailback, was tbe top scor^
er of tbe night as he scored four
touchdowns for the victorious
Bears, three of his scores coming
on long runs; but Charlie Maldon.
Elon’s great quarterback, tacked
shining finish on his four-year
career as he ran and passed for
160 yards during the game.
The Cary Comet completed 10
of 18 passes for 113 yards and
had 47 net yards rushing in eight
carries for an average of almost
6 yards per carry. His 10 com
pletions ran his total to 76 com
pleted tosses in nine games for
the season, which far surpassed
his own Elon record of S3 com
pletions In a single season and
which may be an all-time Confer
ence mark for a single season.
The Bears grabbed a 14-0 lead
In the first quarter as Farmer
raced 46 and Richard Kemp 33
yards for Lenoir Rhyne touch
downs In that opening period, with
Tommy SJmmons running for a
two-pointer after tbe first score.
The Christians came back from
this early deficit when they scored
two ’TD’s of their own early In
the second period. Maldon led a
87-yard drive, which ended with
Bob MeLean going over from the
flve, and Maldon passed to Hc-
I«an (or the two-poiater. Bare
ly eight plays later Bob Overtoa
raced 79 yards tor another Elon
(C«atlmie4 an Pag* Fovr)