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Wooten Sprint
Gj^^rge Wooten Paces
Vffense In Six Games
E^N halfback DUIVES against CATAWBA
Elon Football
Elon 13, Gnilford
'■ Im :jO, Apprentice 0.
George Wooten, ace quarterback
for the Christians, who stood out
in Elon’s victory over Catawba
last Saturday, grabbed the big
share of the honors for the Elon
eleven during the entire first half
of the 1960 season, according to I ^FF*'^'n*ce u.
statistics compiled after six games} Appalachian 33.
had been played from the ten- Carolina 14.
game schedule. | Elon 0, Tampa 21.
The sophomore speedster, who' *'*®" Catawba 12.
gained All-State honors while play-1 (Remaining Games)
ing his high school ball at Hamlet,! 29—West Carolina, away,
moved the ball almost half of a I ^^'e»’berry, home,
mile in the six games against Lenoir Rhyne, home.
GuUford, ApprenUce, Appalach-I 1*—Presbyterian, away."
ian, East Carolina, Tampa and!
Catawba with his record showing i assignment at quarterback
more than 300 yards gained on s«Phomore season, Wooten
passes alone. j proven himself one of the fin
Wooten topped the Christian Passers in the North State Con-
squad in total offense and passing, and in Elon College grid
was tied for third spot in rushing. He has completed 24 of
He was also a fine performer on Passes for 310 yards including
defense during the early-seasoi i Pass,
contests, and he lugged the ball lugged the ball for 206 yards
.... o. p...
tions punt returns and kick-off re-,'ng failed to give sufficient pro-
turns. He also led the Christians on pass plays, he had to
^take 125 yards in losses to give
in scoring
Already, after moving into a
Talking Sports
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DAVID ‘PROPHET’ MARSHBURN
Elon Wim By 13 To 12
In Homecoming Contest
Hitting one of the high spots
in Elon's more than half a century
of football history, winged-foot
George Wooten really swung Into
orbit as he grabbed an errant Ca
tawba field goal attempt and
sprinted from de^ in the Elon
end zone on a goal-to-gopl touch
down dash to give the Christians
a 13 to 12 victory over the Indians
in the Elon Homecoming battle
here last Saturday.
With barely fifteen seconds to
go and with Catawba seeming
ready to boost stiU higher a 12 to
7 lead over the Christians, many
of the all-too-scant Elon Home
coming crowd had left the stands
when the tide of victory turned
on Wooten's one-in-a-milllon scor
ing sprint.
Scoring Dash Is
New Elon ({(‘(‘ord
HOW IT HAPPENED
C9*«wb»
born Catawba defense in last * Pictured above as he drove for yardage against ttie stub-
to 12 victory for Elon after a thriiiintr i Homecoming battle, a game which produced an 13
g last-second touchdown sprint by quarterback George Wooten.
Tampa Gridders Defeat
Elon Bj 31 To 0 Count
The Tampa Sjartans, packing in the first quarter, with the first
Truly, the days of miracles are ci,;eless and rolled down field to
not over, and the miracle in this ags several scoring threats of
case lay in the flying feet of .uir OAn. Twice the Elon outfit
GeorjB VTooten, Elon’s great as within the Tampa ten yard
line, but the final punch was miss-
quarterback, who lugged a Ca
tawba field goal attempt back
from deep in the end zone on a
108 yard sprint into touchdown The Maroon and Gold footballers
land to give the Christians that
thrilliig 13 to 12 victory over Ca-
both weight and speed, unleashed
powerful running attack that
rolled for five touchdowns and a
31 to 0 victory over an Elon Col
lege eleven which fought stubborn
ly all the way in a battle on Phil
lips field in Tampa on Saturday
night, October 15th.
The first Tampa score came
after a double exchange of punts
Cox HaU Is
Top Combo
111 Grid Play
tawba in our Homecoming day
battle last weekend.
It was a play in a million, and
one commentator declared that it
would probably not happen again
in 10.800 games. One might see
a goal-to-goal return of an inter
cepted pass or even a field-length
return of a punt or kick-off, but
spectators at last Saturday’s game
rosy have seen something, the like
of vyhich they will never see again.
It is likely that ninety-nine of
every one hundred of the Elon
tans had given up the game for
lost, and many people had already
'eft the stands and missed the
play of a lifetime, but there was
still one miracle left. Truly, as
roore than one person said,
Somebody Up There Must Love
Ihe Fighting ChrisUans.”
» *
It was such a glorious comeback
after the disastrous 31 to 0 defeat
which our Christians had suffered
at Tampa the previous week.
Coach Tucker had warned his
^ys about how big and rugged
and tough the Tampa Spartans
^ould be, and when they took the
ield down in Tampa they found
‘hat the coach had truly told the
truth.
By the same token. Coach
uerta. who directs the Spartans,
wd warned his boys that Elon
^ould give them toruble, point-
ng out that Elon might be just as
°“8h as had Western Carolina,
another of the North State Confer-
1"'^® teams, which had beaten
ampa 28 to 8 earlier this season
.nove westward into the Carolina
i.i country this weekend to tackle
-le Western Carolina Catamounts ^ powerful crew of tag gridders
.1 another tough North State Cjn cox House, featuring a dead-
-rence encounter. The Cata- jy passing attack which has aver-
mounts are always tough at Cull- better than forty points per
awhee, and they will be especially game, was setting pace In the in-
ougli thas week on the occasion of tramural tag football loop after
I’estem Carolina Homecoming. weeks of the season.
This game will mark the third fj-onj south of the rail-
.V... K,„ tracks has rolled in imprts-
sive fashion in posting four con
ime this season that Elon has
played a Homecoming battle, li
.vas Homecoming Day when the
Jhristians met Appalachian, and
then came our own Homecoming
;ast weekend. Let’s hope that Elon
can spoil the day of return for
the Catamount alumni next week-
;nd.
Spartan touchdown coming on
one-yard plunge by Bill Mitchell
which climaxed a 56-yard drive
The kick was blocked, and Tampa
held on a 6-0 lead at the end of
the period.
owever, the Spartans never let
8»t reaUy started as the
Partans hammered to an early
® and stretched it in the final
)Uarter.
ant tbe game statistics
th-,4 ^°'*ever, would indicate
gridders desenre
th* c ® effort against
!>Prfrt.ns, particularly in the
pv In that period the
** held tb« Spartau
The intramural program is ofi
.0 a rousing start for the tall
luarter, with tag football furnish-
..g the highlight of interest and
ith a golf tournament as a side
light. Congratulations are due to
Joach Johnny Wike for the fine
.manner in which he has gotten the
aii intramurals started, working
vith Eddie Clark and Roger Knapp
student assistants to creat
-nuch interest and spirit.
From the talk of the student-
jjth those playing and those spec-
.iting. the intramural progra;;-
■lis year is going to create more
participation, spirit and enjo>-
’.cnt that it has done in several
1. years. This certainly seems to
- the tendency in tag football, in
iiich the boys from over at Cox
ouse have grabbed an early lea
The Cox outfit with the leade.
hip and fine play of Jim Levine
landing out, have been undefeat-
d in their first four games.
The fine crew of athletes ove
in Cox House are already hoping
for a sweep of campus sport-
honors, although one wonder,-
whether one group could sweep
(titles in aU sports. Only time will
answer that question, and perhaps
such a propect might arouse added
spirit and Interest on the part of
students in other dormitories and
organizations.
secutive victories without a de
feat, turning back Carolina by a
36 to 0 count, defeating Sigma
Mu Sigma 20 to 16, outs«»ring
Kappa Psi Nu 60 o 34 and topping
the Savages 47 to 2.
Strong combinations from South
Hall and CaroUna HaU were knot
ted for the runner-up honors in
•iiat first two weeks, each of them
having chalked three victories in
tour starts. The Kappa Psi Nu
>utfit, showing an even-break with
wo wins and two losses, was in
ourth spot, trailed in order by
he Packers, Sigma Mu Sagma and
HOW IT HAPPENED
Elon Tampu
7 First Downs 20
110 Yards Gained Rusbiiif 346
35 Yards Lost Rushinc 7
75 Net Yards Rnshlnc 339
14 Passes Attempted 14
6 Passes Completed 4
95 Yards Gained Passing 59
no Yards Gained Scrinunace 398
2 Opp. Passes Intercepted 2
6 Ranback Int. Passes 5
4 Number Punts 2
36.0 Ave. Yards 38.0
1 Fumbles Lost 1
60 Yards Penalties 66
Scere by periods:
Elon 0 0 0 — 0
Tampa 6 13 0 12—31
.Tampa Touchdowns — Mitchell
(l-mn), Terez (10-run), Llle (18-
nu), Williams (5-nin), McCullen.'-
(14-run). Extra Point — Tere* 1
(placement).
STANDINGS
IS
137
25
114
40
(Throurh October 20)
W. L. Ave
Cox House 4 0 1.000
South 3 1 .750
arolina 3 1 .750
Kappa Psi 2 2 .500
Packers 1 2 .333
'Igma Mu i 4 .200
avages 0 4 .000
Game Scores
he Savages.
The Carolina Hall squad, wihch
uffered its lone defeat at the
lands of Cox House, showed wins
South 6, Sigma Mu 0.
Carolina 12, Packers 6.
Packers 6, Sigma Mu 0.
South 52. Packers 6.
Carolina 10, Savages 0.
Kappa P.si 14, Savages 6.
Cox House 20, Sigma Mu 18.
Cox House 60. Kappa Psi 34.
Cox Housi! 3(1. Carolina 0.
Sigma Mu 16, Savages 12.
Carolina 30, South 6.
Kappa Psi 7, Sigma Mu 6.
Cox House 47. Savages 2.
South 38. Kappa Psi 26.
^ First Downi
' Yards Gain Rushlnc
i Yards Lost Rushlnc
Net Yards Rushing
Passes Attempted
Passes Completed
Yards Gain Passing
Total Gains Scrimmace 154
Opp. Passes Intercepted
Rnnback Int. Passes
Nomber Pnnts
Are. Yarffe Punts
Runburk AU Kicks
Fumbles Lost
Yards Penalties
Score by Periods:
0 0 7
Catawba 0 6 0 .
.Elon Touchdowns—Gocjack (9-
pass from Wooten), Wooten (100-
run with placement kiek). Extra
Point—D. Miller 1 (PUcement).
^■^•"'ba touchdowns — Kyser (J-
pass from Ball), Crouse (10-mn).
35.5
113
I
50
8—13
6—12
The spine-tingling touchdown
dash was not a one-man effort,
although Wooten used well the
speed that made him a fine sprint
er on the Elon track team last
spring. The other Elon players
were alert enough to throw the
blocks that cut Wooten into the
t:lear back close to the goal, and
then Jim Short and Billy LaCoste
threw the final key blocks that
sent Wooten winging into glory
din beyond the Catawba goal.
The Indians had moved out front
in the second quarter, with a di»-
That heart-stoppInK dash by
Georre Wooten, which came In
the final seconds to rive Elon
13 to 13 Homecomlna vic
tory over Catawba last weekend,
brourht back memories of a sim
ilarly thrillinf 14 to 13 Home-
comin* win over Catawba that
came In the final two seconds of
the 1956 csme on a pass from
Kerry Richards to Tony Carca-
terra.
However, t h e goal-to-foal
sprint by Georfe Wooten was
even more thrilling than was the
1956 victory play in that Woot
en’s scoring run set a new Eloo
record as the loucest t*nchdown
run In Chrlsilan football history,
looniest previoua'ifcorinc run by
an Elon player 'V*s Carroll
Reid’a 93-yard return ef an In
tercepted pass in the Emory and
Henry fame of 1951.
()N THE SPOT AT FUMBLE TIME
There were two Sparttan touch
downs in the second period, one
of them on a 10-yard run by Man
uel Terez, and the other within
moments afterward on an 18-yard
sprint by Jack Liles. Terez booted
the point after the third TD to
give the Spartans a 19 to 0 ad
vantage at half-time. Another
Spartan threat was halted when
Tyrone McDuffie intercepted a
Tampa pass in the Elon end zone.
The Christians came back strong
ver the Packers o , o ^ quarter, and during
lOUth 36 to 6 and oyer t e av period the Elon gridders
0 to 0. South Ha , ws aimn moved twice to within the very)
5ne defeat from the aro shadow of the Spartan goal. One*
it, sohwed wins over the Maroon and Gold gridders
:igma 6 to 0, over the ac e Tampa three and
'2 to 6 and over appa again to the Tampa six, but they|
'8 to 26. could not muster enough punch
The Kappa Psi Nu gn ers. a across. Big plays of thej
■nough they show a J(» percent-
were a 16-yard
ge with two wins an two osses, Cooke and a Wooten I
ave displayed plenty of scoring
pass which carried 46
^h, rolling for an average o Spartan territory.!
etter than 20 poinU per gam^ Spartans unllmbered their!
n fact the Kappa Psi boys scor weapons again in the fourth!
50 poinU in the two g^es tney WlllUms]
lost, going down vfent six yards for the first of two
;0 to 34 and before South _ ^ quarter. Mika Mc-
lodiridual pace-setters for tne
CuUens ran fourteen for the Unal
three leading team* inclu score with time mnning out oa
iner and Myers for Oox House. the 31 to 0 margin,
Mbby and Clark for So»th HaU there was onl> enough Ume
nd Troutman and OUon for Car- left for Elon to receive the final
kick-off.
>lioa
astrous pass interference penalty
against Elon made a 34-yard Ca
tawba heave good on the Elon ten.
There was a one-yard plunge, and
then Ronnie Ball tossed to Fred
Kyzer in the Elon end zoae for
the TD that sent the Catawba out
fit into a 64 lead.
The Fighting Christians came
roaring back after the half-time
break, moving out on a 69-yard
drive, with the running of Marvin
Crowder and Ken Cooke and a
pass from Crowder to Jim Short
placing the Christians on the Ca
tawba nine. From th^re Wooten
passed to John Gozjack over goal,
and Don Miller kicked good for
Elon’s 7-6 margin.
Early in the fourth quarter Elon
stymied an Indian threat when
a Catawba field goal try wen wide,
but RonnJe Ball covered an Elon
fumble moments later on the
Christian 29-yard line, and the Ind
ians moved from there. Ronald
Crouse, reserve tailback, sprinted
ithe final ten yards at right end
to shoot Catawba ahead 12 to 7
midway the final period.
The Indians kicked to Elon with
less than two minutes left, and
Elon’s -lesperatlon passes lost
ground tnm the Christian twenty-
one b|ack ttthe three. Theto the
Indijhns took o’er and seem
Unedj to taUy a '^Ird TD. but it
onlW ^t the stage foV'the final
fieUd goal try and Wooten’s’ eiec-
trpfylng dash for the winning score.
. Marvin Crowder, Burl Clements
»nd Ken Cooke were the top
hreats In an Elon rushing attack
which faltered in critical mom
ents, and the usually dangerous
Elon aerial game failed to func
tion. It remained for some stout
defensive play by the Elon line to
Rain the big honors, with a fine
goal-line defense figuring heavily
in the long dash that climaxed the
game.
The Flrbtlns Christian nrldders,
shswinc an even-break record with
three wins and three losses for Me
season, will cet one of their rooctt-
est testa of the season this week
end when they Invade the Cara-
Ub* mouatatau to battle Western
Carolina’s CatamoonU In ibeir
own lair.
The rame. which ta set fsr Sat
urday nlxht, will be played aa a
hifhUclit of the Westwn Carallna
Hhm«e«valnc, woich means jK**
ithe Catamonnts wlU be prlmad
Dean Yates, husky sophomore tackle, has proven himself a real! for « Boitreaie effsrt Th« Cats
ball hawk for loose balls in the f rst six games of the I960 grid I rated «ne M the stniweat tea
(’hristians Face
Catamount Tilt
campaign, and the bdg 220-pounder from Mayodan is topping the
Christians In recovery of enemy fumbles. Yates has recovered three
fumbles thus far this sesson, all of them In crucial moments which
meant much to the Elon team.
In tb* Confereoae in early seaasa.
hare lost fear straicht loop garnet
to Appaladrian, Catawba, Baa(
CaroUna and Leoslr Bkjaa.