Friday, October 14, 1960
MAROON AND GOLD
Cotciwba Will Be Elon Foe For Homecoming Tilt
PAOK THim
jEJon Gridders
Meet Tampa
This Week
The Fighting Christian gridders
who art now all even with two
wins and two losses for the 1960
campaign, left last night for sun
ny Florida, where the Maroon and
Gold eleven will meet the Um-
vtrsiJy of Tampa Spartans in
Tsmpa on Saturday night.
The game this weekend will
mark Eton’s first meeting with the
Tampa outfit, but it does not mark
tb« first visit to Florida for a
Christian grid squad. Three times
in past years the Christians have
played mighty Miami, and it may'
surprise some Elon students to
Inow that Elon holds one victory
over the Miami Hurricanes.
The Christians first met Miami
en the Hurricane home field in
J928, and Coach Peahead Walk
er’s Elon team chalked a 21 to 18
victory in that game. It is inter
esting to note that Elon scored
Ithree touchdowns without a first
down in that game, scoring on two
blocked punts and a return of an
terceptcd pas, kicking all extra
[lints lo win the victory.
Othei: Elon invasions of Florida
ame in 1940 and 1941, when the
VETEIUNS STAND OUT L\ ELON S EARLY GRID BATTLES
tTriuf'•
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Christians Seek Revenge
For Last Year’s Defeat
Highlighting the Homecoming
Dy for the Elon College students,
a'umni and fant will be the an
nual l^tv-Catawba grid batUe,
marking the renewal of one of
Elon’s oldest and bitterest foot
ball rivalries. The game is carded
for Burlington Stadium at 2
j’clock on Satudray afternoon, Oc
tober 22nd. and promises plenty
of entertainment for the Home
coming crowd.
The tw’o old rivals have met
twenty-four times on the gridiron
since the rivalry was begun more
:han thirty years ago, and the
North Slate Conference rivals are
all tied up in the series. That tact
alone would make this 1960 meet
ing one of the hardest fought of
the entire series.
The records disclose that the
Elon and Catawba elevens met
for the first time back In 1928,
and since that time both the
Elon Foolball
Elon 19, Guilford 7.
Elon 30. Appn'nllrr 6.
Elon 13. Appalachian 33.
Elon 8. East Carolina 14.
(RemalninK Games)
Oct. 15—Tampa, away.
Oct. 22—Catawbst home.
Oct. 29*—West Carolina, away.
Nov. 5—Newberry, home.
Nov. 12—l.enolr Rhyne, home.
Nov. 18—Presbyterian, away.
played turn-about for the next four
years, alternating victories from
year to year. Catawba won the ’38
encounter 20 lo 6, Elon took the
1939 battle by a 7 to 0 count, Ca
tawba grabbed the victory in 1940
by 13 to 0 margin, and Elon cap-
lured a thriller by an 8 to 7 score
Talking Sports
o n.
With
DAVID ‘PROPHET’ MARSHBURN
When our Elon Christians were Elon game in years. The pass from
^cieated 33 to 13 by the Appa-, George Wooten to Jim Short ac-
Uthian Mountaineers, with the*counted for a 45-yard gain from
maintaining for another
their ranking as a title
/cat in the North State Confer
ee, it was a perfect example
a fired-up team winning the
Week after week the teams that
tkle tile opposition with a lired-
spirit and eager to go are the
^ams that win the games, but it
I'med that the Elon outfit lack-
that fire and drive which it
! shown in two earlier games
Miast Guilford and Apprentice.
Df course, there was a difference
the opposition, but the fire
emed lacking somehow.
On the opposite side of the field
la.s an Appalachian team which
definitely “up" for the occa-
on, a strong-factor in the Mount-
pcrs’ fired-up play being the
midfield to the Appalachian six,
but the actual throw was much
longer than the gain indicated,
for Wooten had faded back at least
twenty yards behind the line of
scrimmage, and he brted the ball
a full 70 yards in the air.
This pass was only one of many
thrown by the rival teams that
day, and the total of 53 passes by
the two teams came close to a
new record. Only game in Elon
football history in which more
passes were thrown was a battle
with East Carolina in 1951 when
the two teams threw a total of
55 passes during the game.
» » ♦ »
Enough of varsity sports for one
time, so let’s turn our attention
:oward the intramural program
which is taking shape right here
A pair of letter veterans who have played outstanding roles in Elon’s early grid battles of this 1960
season are big Don Szydlik, pictured left, a rugged senior tackle, and George Wooten, a rifle-armed
I'phomore quarterback. Szydlik, who halls from Natrona, Pa., packs 215 peunds on his frame and
has played fine ball on both offense and defense at the left tackle spot. He is now in his third sea
son as a regular starter with the Christian eleven. Geqrge Wooten, a slender passing ace from
Hamlet, was topping the Elon squad in total offense after the first three games of the season and
had gained high ranks among the backfield stars of the North State Conference. Wooten showed
226 yards on 15 completed passes in the three early games and was topping the Elon individual
SMring race with two touchdowns and four extra points. After understudying Charlie Maidon last
season, the Hamlet sophomore has already come into his own this fall as one of the top passeri in
the state. He threw one pass 70 yards ia the air for a completion on the .Appalachian five-yard
line, setting up one of Elon two TD's against the Mountaineers.
Appalachian Gets 33 To 13 Victor
Over Christians In Annual Battle
ft that they were celebrating 1 on our own campus, with Coach
o.-necoming that afternoon andjJohnny Wike as faculty
ere eager to-go full-speed ahead i and with Roger Knapp an le
the presence of a packed crowd’Clark as his studen^ as^istanU-
Appalachian, alumni.
Also driving the Apps was the
enfidence born of their upset
ctory over the Western Carolina
stamounts on the previous Sat-
rtay night, a victory which came
|*E an upset over a Western Caro
lina outfit that was supposed to
I law the best chance in the Con
ference this year of dethroning
Lenoir Rhyne from the loop
npionship.
The App spirit was boosted still
[C^rther when they took advantage
Striking with power on the
ground and with deadly accuracy
through the air, the Appalachian
Mountaineers maintained their po
sition as a title threat in the North
State Conference when they rolled
over the Elon Christians 33 to 13
before a packed Mountaineer
Homecoming crowd at Boone on
Saturday, October 1st.
The Mountaineers broke away to
a big lead with two touchdowns in
the first ten minutes of play, both
TD’s resulting directly from Elon
miscues, and this opening quarter
Avas a picture of things to come
as the big Mountaineer eleven
played virtually flawless ball and
the Elon eleven was guilty of re
peated errors of both omission and
.commission.
The first App touchdown follow
ed an Elon fumble on the Christian
thirty-eight. Elon was moving the
ball well after the opening kick-off
when Jim Short fumbled, and Don
Gardiner recovered for the Apps.
Four plays later Tommy Wilson
dived over from the one for the
score, after a 24-yard Wilson pass
and a 13-yard run by Sherrill Nor-
ac fwtba'l, basketball and base-'ville. Styles kicked good for a 7-0
ball, there will be *golf, tennis, lead.
Eton
0
101
39
62
27
11
115
• • •
HOW IT HAPPENED
Appalachian
14
165
3
16?
26
U
192
Already an interesting program
is taking shape, and Coach Wike
urges a fuTl par'.icipaiion by all
■ iudents. He is plar.ni.ig a variety
of sports to interest everyone. In
.'.ddition to the major oports such
First Doifns
Yards Gained Rushinx
Yards Lost Rushing
Net Yards Rushlnc
Passes Attempted
Passes Completed
Yards Gained Passing
177 Yards Gained Scrlnunafe 354
1 Opp. Pases Intercepted 2
Runback Int. Passes
Number Punts
Ave. Yards Pnnt*
Runback All Kicks
Fumbles Lost
Yards Penalties
Score By Periods:
Elon 6 0 0
Appalachian 13 7 7
Elon Touclidowns — Short (6-
run), Mlahanes (13-pass from R.
Miller). Extra Points — D. Miller
1 (placement). Appalachian Touch
downs — T. Wilson (1-nin). Ed
wards (22-pass from Styles). .Mor
rison (29-pass from T. WUson),
Jaynes (14-pass from Styles), Nor-
ville (68-run). Extra Points —
Styles 3 (placements).
ever, no games on either schedule
have brought out more Intense
spirit on the part of the players
nor more interest on the part of
the fans.
The first game back in 1928 was
one of the close ones, with Cataw
ba winning the initial victory by
a 13 to 12 score, but Elon got
sweet revenge the following year
when the Christians rolled to a
26 to 7 victory in the 1929 con
test. There was no game in 1930,
and Catawba copped the 1931 bat
tle by a 38 to 0 count, after which
another laps* occurred that saw
no more action until 1934 when
the Cliristians and Indians battled
to a scoreless tie.
The following year introduced a
series of three Hon victories in a
-’'i hii c'n right end and cut row, with the Christians winning
3Ck an a 63-yird jaunt to pay-[32 to 0 in 1935, 33 to 13 in 1936
'Con-inued pjge Fotir) (and 22 to 7 in 1937. The teams
Christians and Tribe have emef? i‘° ‘>>e North State cham-
ed as winners eleven times, while ’That was the final meet-
two of the annual contests ended
in tie scores.
Some of the games have been
won or lost by close scores, while
others have yielded overwhelming
victories for one team or the other.
ing of t.'-e rivals until after World
War II.
The war-thne curtailment
brought a four-yt'?,r break, for
Elon discontinued fotitball through
out the war years. However, when
Regardless of the outcome, how- ceased on the war front*.
>then football hostilities were re
sumed here at home, and CacAVba
.'moved ahead with three wins In
y
5
5
34.4
145
3
45
18
3
22.7
80
2
50
7—13
6—33
KICKING HIGH AND HANDSOME
horseshoes, badminton and per
haps others.
Already in the books is a fall
golf tournament, which will offer
two flights for player.s of varied
skills, and there's plenty of chance
fer everyone to get into action in
he tag football circuit. The whole
There was another kick-off, and
Elon moved to mid-field and was
stymied there. John Gozjack boot
ed ijeautifuily out of bounds on
frw» big breaks, breaks born designed for students
' 'moD miscaes, to push over ^^e not playing varsity sports.
iPair oI qutck touchdowns in the
l*3rly minutes of the game. Those
learly scoras can work wonders
Jlifting a team to the
he'ig'hls, aiWi from that time for-
l%ard it seemed that the Mountain-
[eers could do no wrong.
• • •
Finest .,EJon effort of the game
was a drive for the Christians
; initial touchdown, a drive which
was hiehlighted by one of the
longest forward p»ses seeo in »
and it is urged that more and more
students get out and get active
in one or the other of the campus
sports.
As the season moves along, it is
planned to give a full run-down
of intramural activities in the Ma-
room and Gold, and now unUl the
next issue rolls from the presses
here’s the “p*ophet” again signing
off and wishiag for all contentos
lo« tiempoa.
the Mountaineer four, but there
was a Christian off-side and the
kick was recalled. The repeat kick
was blocked, and the Apps moved
again from the Elon thirty-nine.
On the fifth play Eugene Styles
passed 23 yards to Sandy Edwards
in the end zone, and the Apps
had a 13-0 margin with ten min
utes gone
The finest Elon march of the day
followed, with Jim Short lugging
the kick-off back 20 yards to the
Elon thirty. Two passes by George
Wooten, to Short for 20 and to
Gozjack for 15 gave Elon two first
downs and placed the Christians
just past mid-field, despite a 15-
yard penalty. Wooten then towed
and Short legged it from there for
an Elon score. The kick was wide
and the soore remained 13-6 as
the quarter ended.
An exchange of pass intercep
tions early in the second period
started the Apps off for a third
score from their own forty-one.
It took just four plays, three of
them lengthy passes by Tommy
Wilson. His third pass went 2» to
Bob Morrison on the goal line, and
Gene Styles kicked good to shoot
the Mountaineers ahead 20 to 6 at
half-time.
Early in the third qujfrter the
Mountaineers moved again, going
76 yards on four first downs in a
row, with Gene Styles pitchi».g
tn Oval Jaynes on a 14-yard pay
off pass at the goal. Styles kicked
his third extra point for the 27-«
aucceision. The Indians rolled over
Elon 40 to 0 in 1946, 38 to 0 in
1947 and 35 to 0 in 1948.
There was a turn of the tide
after that, for Elon took three in
K row, winning 20 to 14 in 1949,
26 to 12 in 1950 and 21 to 14 in
1951, ail three games being packed
with thrills and Intense rivalry.
The Indians won 12 to 0 in 1952,
and then there was a 21-21 tie
la 1953 as Coach Sid Varney as
sumed Elon coaching reins.
The 1955 game saw the Chris
tians top off Homecoming Day
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Elon Varsity ^
Cage Squad
One of the finest punters in North Carolina college circles and top
man in the kicking field in the North State Conference this year is
John Gozjack. the toe artlit from Tamaqua. Pa., who is weU on
his way toward setting a new Elon College punting record. In the
three early games against GuHford, Apprentice aid Appalachian,
the Christian flanker has botted fifteen Umes for an average of
42.2 yards per kick, and his average would have been well over
the 45-yard mark had it not been for a blocked kick in the Appa-
.laehian tilt. The tragedy of that blocked kick was that Goijack had
counter, but the assault was not just booted 45 yards out of bounds on the App four and had It
ended. Three minutes into the 1 called back for an off-side penalty. The existing aH-time punting
Is Working
Although basketball siason la
still two months away, the Christ
ian cage squad hras alread.' starts
ed regular worlfc under the direc
tion of Coacly^iu Miller, »io has
nine lette^-fen from last y ar as
a nucleujfts Vr what promises to be
one of thf 6i»,ronger teams n the
North State Conference uuring the
1960-61 campaign.
Ken Smith, a 6-5 junior forward
who was one of the finest scoring
)threats in tlve Conference last
year, will captain the Fighting
Christians during the coming sea
son. Eddie Burke, a 6-6 senior
[center, and Cecil Wright, a 5-10
senior guard, have i>een named as
alternate captains for the cageai
this year.
Other lettermen who are back
this year Include Richard Conat-
ser, a sophomore guard who top
ped last year’s Christians In scor
ing; Dewey Andrew, a ft-6 sopho
more center, who showed much
promise last winter; Herbie Hawks,
a fine senior forward; C. G. Hall,
speedy senior guard; Gary
Teague, a sophomore who was a
regular guard last season; and
Barry Hodge, a soiphomore who
lettered as a reserve guard.
Lettermen missing from last
winter include Rob Bell and Bill
Palkovics, who played their senior
seasons at forward and guard re-
cpectively; and Jolm Neidig, a
towering center, who was a fresh
man regular last winter but did
not oetum to college this (alt.
Newcomers who are most prom-
iaioc inchide Jesse Branson, a 8-7
center, and Mack Bowman, a
guard, who played with Alamance
CotBrty himh tehools last year;
Bill Momin**tar, guard from Vir
ginia; and Koland Miller, guard
45 yards to sh*rt
to the App »U. final period SherriH Morvilie cir-liiiark for Elon U an average of 39« yards set by Lou Roshelll in 1951. I from Indiana.