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Fridiy. November 11, 1960 MAROON AND GOLD PAOB THRBK — -- - A nr Lenoir Rhyne To Invade Elon Stronghold Saturday Night Gridders Meet »■ I\ Ju Next Week f The Fighting Christian grid- ders will close out their 1960 football campaign by invading South Carolina o;i Friday night of next week for a battle with the strong Presbyterian Blue Stockings, and Co'ach George Tucker’s boys will be seeking to close out the year with a win The battle with the South Car olina outfit will ni^rk the final appearance in an Elun uniform for four seniors on the Elon squad, inducing Co-Captasi Tony Markosky, end. Don Szyd- lik at tackle, Jim McClure at guard and Bob Ove'ton at full back. PAIK OF SOPtlOAIDRES ARE LEADIN'; ,AJ)iS ATTACK BURL CLEM£ Wooten Stiil Leads Total Offense Race George Wooten rushed and pass ed for a combined total of 129 yards in pacing the Christians to their win over Newberry and be came the second Elon back to gain more than 100 yards in a single game this year, Burl Clements having gained 108 yards the prev ious week against Western Caro lina. The big night against Newberry boosted Wooten’s total offense for the year to 573 yards, including 205 yards in rushing and 368 yards in passing in eight games, an av erage of 71.6 yards per game. This figure keeps Wooten among tbe total offense leaders in the North State Conference and the NAIA Caroiinas district. Burl Clements and Ken Cooke, both sophomores, are all tied up in total yards gained rushing for the year, each having carried for 209 yards this season, but Cooke has carried less times th.^n Clem ents and is pacing the Christian squad in average yards per carry, having gained an average of 5.5 yards each time he has lugged the ball. Hats off and congratulations to John Gozjack holds the individ- Coach George Tucker and his ual leadership for the Christians Fighting Christians for that fme in both punting and pass receiv-j^nd well-deserved victory over the ing. He had a bad night against'Indians last weekend, the Newberry eleven, due to a There was nothing k V m Christians Face Bears In Final Home Contest The big bad Bears of Lenoir Rhyne will come to town this week end, invading tbe stronghold of Elon's PiightinK Christians for the final game of Elon's 1960 gridiron | campaign, and the Maroon and' Gold gridders and fans would likel nothing better than to spoil the spotless record of the high-flying gridders from up Hickory way. The invasion by the Bears brings one of the nation’s mightiest foot ball combos into town, for Coach Clareflce Stasavich’s outfit finish ed last season as Number One in the NAIA standings, and this fall the Bruins haye held the top rank ing much of the time, with a slip now and then to second spot. The Lenoir Rhyne outfit, seeking once more for the national NAIA crown, has proven a point-hungry crew, and the Bears have been rollingf up high scores, having trampled Georgetown of Kentucky 63 to 14 in one recent game, all of which means that the Christian defense faces a rugged job on Sat urday night, for certainly the Elon gridders want no such scoring an tics against them. Elon F'oothall Finn 19. Guilford 7. Klon 30. Apprenilcr 9. Elon 13. Appalachian 33. Elon 8. East Carolina 14. Elon 0. Tampa 21. Elon 13. Caiawba 12, Elon 6. Wrst Carolina 41. Elon 7, Newberry 0. (Remalnins Games) Not. 12—Lenoir Rhyne, home. Not. 18—Presbyterian, away. present-day students, who are fam iliar with the recent scores, to know>that Elon holds the lead in the series, for the Christians show sixteen wins and Lenoir Rhyne fifteen in the thirty-one previous contests. Elon started with a bang, roll ing for six straiglit victories in early contests. The Christians chalked a 39 to 0 win in 1921 and then added a 48 to 6 victory in 1922 over a Lenoir Rhyne team which that same season suffered •ULLBACK Talking Sports \yith i)A/lD i’ROi'HET’ MARSHBURN leg injury, but he has an average of exactly 37 yards on 32 kicks. He has caught 8 passes for a total of '75 yards. ■ onllnued on P’ee four’ miraculous about that win. for it came on just plain old hatJ-nosei football, with the Christians quite definitely playing their finest game of the 1960 season. Catamounts Roll Over Elon Gridders 41 To 6 Unleashing a power which had remained pent-up and strictly po tential all season, the Western Carolina Catamounts struck with furious precision as they rolled for a 41 to 6 victory over the Elon Christians in a North State Con ference grid battle at Cullowhee on Saturday night, October 29th. \ Playing before a Western Caro lina Homecoming crowd, the two ir.n S ?f> 138 *« now IT HAPPENED West Carolina 17 297 10 287 13 6 112 399 First Downs YarJs Gain Rushing Yards I>ost Rushing Net Yards Rushing Pass»s Attempted Parses ^om’>leted Yards Gain Passing V-.r^s Gain .Scrimmage TIio congratulations are due to Coac!i Tucker and his assistants loi- tiie strategy which switched John Gozjack back from end to 1 t d.'iensive halfback post and n* Vi m King to the defensive ■ d position, for the two changes CiulfcJ in the finest display of 3ass de;ense shown by the Maroon ■:;d Gold gridders this fall. Ho’vover, the defense showed u;t as much improvement against e Ir.dian’s ground game as it did ■’ the air assault, with the rh.i t an linemen and lineback- •i ho', i ng the Newberry backs on_* f their lowest totals of the oiT or. the ground. What looked ?\en better was the fact that there was not a single senior in the Elon defensive usit, meaning that the s-me outfit will be facing Elon foes next fall. KEN COOK, "ALFBACK With sophomore quarterback Gjorge Wooten having paced the Christians in total offense througiout the 1060 footb ill campaign with his combined passing and rushing, two other sophomores have been among Elon's top rushers during the year. Burl Clements, sophomore fullback, showrt left above, and Ken Cooke, a sophomore halfback, pictured right, have each shown great power in lugging the ball during the season, and they are all tied up after eight games. | each with a 209-yard rushing total for the year. Clementi. whj i .hails from Richmond. Va., is a transfer from Iowa State, where he ! The Bears have won or been » 208 to 0 defeat at the hands of ! awarded the last five consecutive College of Bristol, ivorth State Conference football ® ] ities. but neither the Elon players hiKhest score ever •nor fanii can forget the 1957 crown American gridiron his- I */as given to the Bears after the Highest score on record was I Fighting Christians stomped Len- ° Tech loir Rhyne. A technical ruling by Cumberland University. I the Conference after Elon bad two games cancelled by Catawba and I Western Carolina gave the Bears I . le title. The Lenoir Rhyne series is the After these two wins In 1921 and 1922, the Elon Christians added wins by 7 to 6 in 1927, 27 to 6 in 1928, 13 to 7 In 1929. and 20 to 7 in 1930. Lenoir Rhyne finally broke into the win column down- With Defense Fenturinff . . . Elon Grid Squad Defeats Newiierr Taking “They shall not pass" a' their motto for the night and ap plying it to both ground and aerial game, the Fighting Christian grid ders threw up their best defense of the year and used it to gain a well-earned 7 to 0 victory over the Newberry Indians in a battle in Burlington Stadium last Saturday night. teams battled on even terms through the first quarter, with each team advancing twice into the other’s territory -without scor ing. The Catamounts drove to the Elon twenty two and thiry-seven on a pair of hreats, and then the Christians advanced to the Cata- niount thirty-four and nineteen in that opening period. Then came the break that Opened the flood gates. An Elon fumble on tl|e ChrisHian forlty started the Cats on victory road, with two 16-yard passes as the big plays on a scoring drive that ended with Jimmy Bryant sprint ing six yards for the first touch down, and Cecil Smith booted good for a 7-0 lead. A second Cat score came within minutes, with Western Carolina driving from her own forty after a fine punt return. Ken Morgan the Cats’ fine young quarterback raced ten yards for the seore, but Tbe v;:^tory over Newberry made ip in 3 large manner for the ve.-'-h Iming 41 to 6 loss suffered nvf ;ous week at the hands of the Wes'ern Carolina Catamounts. Althou'-i it came too late to do I Western Carolina much good, the 2 ICatarr .rj its finally reached their r:c‘_ent!ai against Elon, and it mu.st 4 32.5 89 1 15 HOW IT HAPPENED Klon Newberry 10 First Downs 8 219 Yards Gain Rushing 189 10 Yards Lost Russing 27 209 Net Yards Rushing 162 9 Passes Attempted 9 1 Passes Conopleted 1 12 Yards Gain Passing -3 219 Yards Gain Scrimmage 159 1 0pp. Passes Intercepted 0 19 Kunback Int. Passes 0 4 Number Punts 5 29.3 Ave. Yards Punts 26.4 12 Runback All Kicks 48 3 Fumbles Lost 4 25 Yards Penalties 15 Score by periods: Elon 0 7 0 0—7 Newiierry 0 0 0 0—0 ■he secondary and the pacement of Tom King on a defensive end post, limited Newberry to one com pletion in nine tries for minus ‘hree yards. The ground defense held Newberry to net 162, com- oared to a 22.5.*^ard average for the season. While the Christians were hacklin'{ the Indian offense, the Elon backs broke loose for 200 net yards in rushing to offer a y constant threat, and only a couple of tough breaks prevented Elon from scorinig other touchdowns. George Wooten, who rushed for 117 yards in 17 carries, led the Klon ground attack, but Burl Clem ents, Ken Cooke and Marvin Crow der all contributed some nice runs John Gozjack set up the Elon score when he intercepted a New- ‘ Continued on I’■" >tj ■ , iccond oWest in Elon grid history played freshman football. Cooke hajis from Hillsboro, was a squad I with thU week’s meeting the thirty-1® member last fall but saw little service. He was a fine half-miler | second battle in a series which be^'^ ^ rebounded with the Elon track team last spring. ,921 ^ surprise some ' ■ — 'wins in a row. I These six wins, gained under ; Coaches Peahead Walker and Horse Hendrickson, were by counts of 7 to 0 in 1933, 13 to 6 in 1934. 20 to 0 in 1935, 38 to 0 In 1936, 27 to 6 In 1937 and 14 to 0 in 1938. The Bears copped a 10 to 0 win In 1936. but Elon closed out the pre-war years by winning 8 to 0 in 1940 and 14 to 0 in 1941. Thera was a break during World War II and Lenoir Rhyne has dominated the series since hostilities werk renewed after the war, with the Bears taking twelve of fourteen gams. E3on wins since the war were by 14 to 6 in 1954 and 20 to 7 in 1937, but Lenoir Rhyne chalked wins by 14 to 13 In 1946, 13 to 0 in 1947, 13 to 0 in 1948, 19 to 7 In 1949, 42 to 14 in 1950, 48 to 14 In 1951, 59 to 7 in 1952 , 27 to 13 in 1953, 28 to 0 in 1955, 27 to 13 In 1956, 36 to 6 in 1958 and 50 to 15 last fall. DMX IN ANCJJOnS ELON LINE I c 0pp. Pass^5 Tntercented I ) Tlunback Ii>t. Pasies NumVr Punts Ave. Yards Punts Runbark All Kicks Fumbles Lost Yar.^« Penalties Score hv periods: 0 0 fi 0—t*NN j 0 0 fi o-g| V, Carolina 0 13 12 16-41^ F,l0T ToU'-hdown - Clements (2-j -.t) Wes* Carolin.j Touchdowns —' . ^ ■ 2 (10-run, 14-run). Bryanl ;!>e stubcorn defense of the Chnst- .;-runi, Wilkes (4-run). Bass (9-run).' Elon Touchdown — Clements (3-1 run). Extra Point—D. Miller (kick). It was a win which belonged to | a great extent to the defense, fori former Elon head j jn intercepted Newberry! pass which set up Elon's lone | touchdown for the 7 to 0 victory,! and after the Christians gained I the lead they made it stick by i ■ .■a quite a thrill for Coach = d '•'a — ey lach, "ho is an assistant on the "e-ts.n Carolina staff this fall. .‘\s a r-, utter of fact, the Christ- T's th .Tiselves played a much ,‘er me against the Cata- M' ..lan the score would indi- a‘e fo;' the score remained a ■?c; jierj ie until only a few min- ;te.'.re the haif, but not even ed sufficient to halt the )0-' er ‘h own at them by the Cata- halting effectively every Newberry threat. The Indians fielded five of the six backs who rolled for a 56 to 21 win over Elon last year, but those fleet-footed Indians could not get going this year as the Elon line and backs tackled vie- •.;irk (16-pass from C | . finally broke through jously throughout the game to hold ' ■-.ti—Smith (kick). Bryant (pass), ;l,l , piss fail'^d for the points, a.i^ •he Cats led 13 tj 0 a‘ half-time. There were three scores m the third period, two by Western Car olina and one by Elon. The Christ ians counted first, with Burl Clem- a pjir of quick touchdowns just before intermission, and they kept up ' '-e assault until the final 41 to C margin was reached. 1 (Continued on Page Fourl Newberry to only 159 yards in total offense. The calibre of Elon‘s defense becomes apparent when one knows that Newberry had aver,aged 292 yards through seven That ■J'in over Newberry last previous gamae. ».'k ^;ve Coach Tucker and hlsj xhe Elon pass defense, bolstered 'by the switch of John G«ijack to nued 00 P®«e rouri ^ ■» has Rugged John DalCin, junior letter nar rrom Tamaqua anchored the Elan forward wall f'or h: aosition at center durmg this 1960 football campaign. The bi Pfnnsylvania boy, who trans ferred to Elon last fall after play after a stint in armed service, w • the 1959 team, but he was shlfte brief winter practice last vear an most games this season. to frtshman ball at Vlllanova and a In ■ pass-catcher at end on h- center spot during the •I a starter at the pivot in Plan Volley Ball Tourney The Women's Athletic Associa tion will Initiate its 1960-€1 Intra mural ipprts program with a vol leyball tournament, which is slated to get started before the Thanks giving holidays, according to an announcement from the office of Mrs. Jeanne Griffin, who directs the girls' athletic program on cam pus. Lulu Roberts, physical education major, will l>e the student leader for the volleyball tournament, which will feature entries from the various floors of the women's dormitories, along with teams re presenting the four sororities and the Day Student girls. Rules which wiy govern the vol leyball competition will be posted on tbe campus bulletin boards, and teams which plan to enter the race far the championship are urged to notify the tournament director at once. The Beta Omicron Beta girls clinched the volley ball champio', ship last fall, and they will be defending titllsts in this year'i I event, with all games played in Alumni Memorial Gymnasiuai.
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