Friday. NovertA^r H, iMu
PACE THRSB
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Field Goal Gives Last-Second Victory Over Cats
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Elow Faces '
I^^diaiis And
Boars Away
The Ohristian gridders take to
the road again for the next two
games as they invade South Car
olina this weekend for a meeting
with.vJhe Newberry Indians and
fHen trek^5ve»iVv?ird-. to Hickory
ne^.y/fei fpr Xhe annual engage-
Witlf tbe tiwoir ^lij’ne Bears
•'TK€,'19P1 iKa%to'Then cliWes with
the Presbyterian game on the Elon
home field on November 17th.
The Newberry game, played on
the Indians’ home field tomorrow
night, will throw the two top back-
field men in the Oarolina’s Con
ference into a head-on collision
as Elon’s George Wooten and New
berry’s Tom Gorman lead their
rival elevens into action. Wooten
has led the conference in indivi
dual total offense all season, and
Gorman is his closest competitor.
Following the Newberry invas
ion this weekend. Coach Georgy
Tucker will bring his gridders
back home to begin work for the
always crucial battle with the Len
oir Rhyne Bears After a slow start
this fall, the Bears have been gain
ing momentum as the season pro
gressed, and the battle in ffick-
ory on Saturday night, November
12th could be the toughest of the
year for the Christians
OLD DOMINION STARS AUE ELON BL'WAKKS .VI’ HALFBACK
Wooten Boots 3-Pointer
In Honieeomiiig Triumph
Homecoming must truly be|
George Wooten’s day. for the slen-i
der Christian backfield star fr*m
Ifemlet has for two years in suc
cession pulled victory from de
feat in the closing seconds of the
annual battle before old grads. i
Latest of tlje almast miraculous
snatches for victory and glory
came last Saturday afternoon when
Wooten, after most of the old
grads had given up hope, booted
a 30-yard field goal in the clos
ing two secoads of play to give
the Christian gridders an 11 to
9 win over a stubborn crew of
Western Carolina Catamounts.
Elon Football
HOW IT HAPPENS
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DAVID ‘PROPHET’ MARSHBURN
The |>ine-tingling victory over
Western Carolina in the annual
Homecoming grid battle here last
Saturday sparked a renewed in
terest in the 1961 football season
on the campus, but the fact re
mains that the grid campaign is
nearing its end, and it disposes
one to remark on the fact that
seasons come and go in sports
just as they come and go on the
lists last year and both of them
due to have worn the Maroon and
Gold again this year, for Jug Ir
vin went out on a seemingly unde
served eligibility ruling, and Ken
Smith dropped from the scene aft
er an off-season injury that would
not heal in time for him to play
this winter..
However, the word from Elon’s
huge Alumni Memorial Gymnas-
calendar. jium is that Coach Bill Miller has
One day you look out of the| some very fine prospects, and the
window and see the colorful leaves | Christian cagers may five fans
of autumn on the trees, and al-,of the Conference and state plen-
most the next day you may look ty to see, read and talk about be-
from the same window and see
snow faUing, and the cheeiftng
thought then is that spring will
come again with its budding leav
es.
In the same fashion, Elon sports
—snd sports everywhere—change
too. One week you find yourself
seated in a chilly stadium cheer
ing the football team as it moves
up and down the gridiron, and al
most before you know it you find
yourself in a warm and cozy gym
nasium voicing encouragement to
the basketball team on the hard-
•wood court.
All of which reminds that the
1961 football season is aproach-
ing its end, and it is sad to re
member thJtt “Old Mother Luck”
ha« seemingly frowned on the Eton
gridders through much of the year,
with academic troubles, injuries,
frequent penalties and just plain
errors such as fumbles to plague
Coach George Tucker’s boys all
too often. Howe»er, there have
fore the upcoming basketball cam
paign is ended. There is a nucleus
of seasoned players, bolstered by
several newcomers, and it may be
no idle dream that the Christians
will bid for Conference laurels.
Such letter veterans as big Dew
ey Andrews, a 6-6 junior center,
Gary Teague, a 6-4 junior for
ward; and a guard nucleus that
includes Bill Morningstar, Roland
Miller, Leroy Myers and Barry
Hodge, gives Coach Miller exper
ience to build around In addition
there is Phil Cheek, a capable re
serve from last winter.
Newcomers include such prom
ising players as Jesse Branson, a
6-7 forward; Howard Andrews, a
6-7 lad who plays either for
ward or center; Reid Hughes, a
6-8 center; Sonny Smith, a 6-4
forward; Dave Winfrey and Ron
Dinhart, a pair of freshmen
guards; and Arthur Davis, a new
comer at forward.
This quick rundown of Crist-
been bright moments, even in de-iian cage prospects promises plen-
Jeat, and then came last Satur-|ty of both height and speed.
day% fine last-s«cond victory over; * • •
the Catamounts. Otie may hope HATS OFF DEPARTMENT: Te
A pair of Elon backfield stars from the Old Dominion have been liie bulwarks of strength in the
Christian Grid play during the 1961 season. Wayne Mahanas, lefl. a junior from Madison, Va., and
Marvin Crowder, right, a senior from Clarksville, Va, have been starters at halfback in most of
the Elon games this fall, and each bas turned in some fine work m tlie ball-carrying department. Ma-
lianes, who plays equally well at either right or left halfback, played high soiiool football under
the coaching of Carroll Reid, a speedster wlio s arred on Elon grid ^uads of a dec .do ago. Crowder
played his first two seasons of college ball at Wingate Junior Ccllege and then transferred to
Elon a year ago for his two final seasons of c«;iege competitio;i. vlahanes picked the Homecoming
battle with Western Carolina for one of !iis best gqmes of the yea.-, reeling off a pair of 22-yard
sprints in the drive that sent him into paydirt with Elon's louchdO'.. ,i against the Catamounts.
Three Tourntiments Set . . .
Christian Cagers Face Tough Tests
During Coming Basked] all Campaign
Althvugh three football games
remain on the cards for the 1961
grid campaign, attention of Elon
sports fans has already been at
tracted to the upcoming 1961-62
basketball season, which gets un
derway before the end of Novem
ber.
Coach Miller must rebuild his There are several newcomers
squad around new stars. I who hnve shown plenty of power
With Irvin and Smith missing, in e:ulv-sea.son drills, among them
Coach Miller still has six letter!Jesse Branson. Sonny Smith, Ar-
veteran.' back as a nuclues for thisifhu- Davis ,ind Ron Dinhart, for- game
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season, among them Dewey An-'—ards; Howard Andrew and Reid
drew at center, Gary Teaaue atjHiirhes. a; the center slot; and
Coach Bill Miller, who is start- Bi!l Morningstar, Rn-'r>nve Winfrey, a fine guard. Phil
ing his third year as head coach land Miller. Leroy Myers and Check, h ri'si'iv** guard of
for the Christian hardwood boys, Barry Hodge at the guard posts, 'last ye-ir, is also back.
tJiat the fortunes of Elon football
may bright^ in remaining games
of the season..^-a^Mist Newberry,
Lenoir ,Rhyne ariU -Pcesbjrterian
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, So mucjii^or football! Lel’s-tlonk
ror a few "moments of basketoall,
for we’U soon be seeing and hear
ing plenty of action on
ketball court. It i« to note
that the Christian eagers will be
playing Ubb y«ar without tw* of
la.'t season’s brightest stars, b9t|i
of whom Ut the AU-CoaleMMe
Gary Teague and Dewey Andrews,
who will serve as co-captains of
the Elon cage aqaAdL
To tha £lon cheerleaders for a
footj^ s«iison. ■.
And most of all to ttie footbaM
team which ftaged that fine dou
ble rally to defeat the Catamowits
In the Homecoming tOt.
And for sow, I say to yen “Auf
ffiedersekMi Ws aim > NacMaa
BASKETBALL SCHEDULE
Nov. 28—Pfeifer, away.
Dec. 1—Wofford, home
Dec. 4—ACC, home
Dec. 7—Wofford, away
Dec 9—Belmont Abbey, home
Dec. 11—Guilford, home.
Dec 14-16—Fort Lee, 'Vourney
Dec. 19—Cumberland, away
Dec 20—Cumberland, away
Dec 277-29—Lejeone Tourney
Jan 4—ACC, away
Jan 6—East Cai>olina, Away
Jan 9—Pembroke, home
Jan 13—Catawba, borne
Jan 16—Guilford, away
Jan 20—Hig:h Point, away
Jan 27—Catawba, away
Jan 29—Campbell, home 6
Feb. 1—High Point, home
Feb 3—West Carolina, away
Feb 6—Pfeiffer, h«me
Feb 8—Appalachian, away
Feb 10—East CaroUna, mm
Feb 12—Pembroke, awaj
Feb. 17—West Carolinat home.
Feb 21-24—North State Team
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has just announced tough sche
dule that include twenty-foar
games aad calls for the Maroon
and 'Gold basketballers to partici
pate in three tournaments,, two of
West Carolina
First Down.s 11
Yards ain Ku.shinic 187
Yards Lost KushinK 23
Net Yards Ru.shini[ 164
Pas.ses Attempted 7
Passes Completed 1
Yards Gain Passing g
Total Yards Scrimmaffe 172
Opp Passes Intercepted
Runback Int. Passes 0
Number Punts' 7
Ave. Yards PuntK
Runback AU Kicks
Fumbles Lost
Yard.s Penalties
Score By Perlbds:
Elon 0 0 8
West Carolina 6 0 0 3 9
Elon Touchdown—Malunas (22-
nin) Extra Points—C;iements 2
(30 yiirds). Western Carolina.
Touchdown—R. Henderson (4-run)
Field Goal—Stayton (27 yards).
The winning play was almost
as sensational as was that wblch
Wooten had pulled a year ago,
when he grabbed an errant field
goal kick and raced 108 yards
for a touchdown in the final fif
teen seconds to win the I960
Homecoming battle from Catawba
by a 13 to 12 margin.
The winning field goal kick last
weekend was more pleasant to
Wooten perhaps, for the winning
play enabled the Chri.stian back
field star to redeem himself for
three fumbles which he had lost
to the Catamounts earlier in the
One of the fumbles had
Won IZ, GiMlford 8
Elon 12, Wofford 20
Elon 0, Appalachian 23.
Elon 20, East CaroUna 2E.
Elon 0, Tampa 13
Elon 8, Catawba S3
Elon II, West Carolina 9
(Remaining Games)
Nov. 4—Newberry, away
Nov. II—Lenoir Rhyne, away
Nov. 17—Presbyterian, home
set up the Cat touchdown, and
another had blunted an Elon
threat late in tiie game, but all
was forgotten when he split the
uprights with the last-second field
goal.
The invading Catamounts scor
ed first on a 35-yard drive after
recovery of the Wooten fumble.
Lew Bost. freshman fullback, rac
ed 20 yards to the Elon four, and
Ronnie Henderson raced over for
the TD, but Van Stayton missed
the kick for point, and neither
team threatened during the re
mainder of the half.
The Christian rebounded after
intermission, when Wooton Ignited
an Elon scoring drive with a 38-
kick-off return, and the Christian
scored in five plays. Wayne M«-
hanes, speedy halfback, dashe
two 22-yard sprints, the last o..^
going over the goal line to tie the
score, and Burl Clements bucked
over for the two points to put
Elon ahead.
Early in the final period the
Cats regained the lead, driving
from their own thirty-three to the
Elon twelve, where Van Stayton
booted a 27-yard' field goal on
fourth down to give his team a
9-8 edge.
This set the stage for the wij»-
ning Elon score. A Wooten fum
ble halted an Elon threat at the
Cats seventeen, but Elon regained
the ball with less than two min
utes left, and Wooten tossed two
passes complete to Clayton John-
so« and Wayne Mahanes, and Burl
Clements raced to the twelve. Two
line plays failed, and Wooten div
ed out of i)ounds with two sec
onds left to lull the clock. ’Then
came the kick that made Home
coming a success.
Burl Clements was Elon's top
gainer as he bulled bis way for
95 yards in 18 carries, Wooten
had 80 yards in runuing and pass
ing yardage and ran back six kicks
for a total of 119 yards lo addi
tion to lxK>ting the winning goal.
ru;;ei) tckles kea ^ elon line play
job^ well done d«rip^ this^^lMl, the tounvejre coming in Deoejnber.
' and the third late in; February
The Christian cagers, after com
piling a fine record last year, had
been doped to Jiave one. of tke
most powerful aqj^ad* ia Kloa
b^ketball' lustory Uiij vnater, bat
the unexpected loss of Ju« Brvin
and Ken Smith between seawns
proved . a severe Mew, aad m
Three lettermen tackles, who have been key figures in the Christiin lihe-play this fall are pictuMd
above. Left to right, the three are Dean Yates, a 230-pound junior frpm .Mayodan; Charlie Strig*, a
288-pound sophomore ,from Graham, artd Co-Captain Charlie Ray-bum, a 215-pound senior from N
arfolk, Va., , Yates and. Rayburn have Seen starters at tackle’"in m^st games tor the past two years,
most game« for the past two years.wMh the hefty Strigo as one of the top reserves. The big ‘Mphmore
from Graham is one of the heav-iest men playing collegc football lii America this season.
Elon Baseball
Squad Holds
Fall Drills
The Elon College baseball bas
completed a highly successful se
ries of fall drills, according to
Coac Jack Sanford, who had a
squad of more than 25 candidates
that included twelve lettermen
from last year’s strong team.
The lettermen on hand includ
ed three pitchers, two catchers,'
four infielders and three outfield
ers, and another letter veteran was
busy with the football team and
missed the off-season workouts.
The three letter pitchers includ
ed Jerry TiUnan, Jerry Drake
and Roy ErLandsen, all of them
being righthanders. Tillman had
a 3-1 mark in wins and losses
last spring, while Erlandsen had
a 2-1 aad Drake a 2-2 record. The
return of Mike Little and Phil
Cheek, letter catchers, gives plen
ty of battery experience.
■tlie letter infi^lders on hand
this fall included Jim Leviner,
first ba.se; Eddie Clark, seooad
base; Jimmy Holmes, iortstop; and
Jerry Pike, third base. Another
Wayne Mahanes. was sut for foot-
■letter infielder, third baseman
ball. The eitperleoced mon*graa
oiitflelden Included Steve Wall,
Leroy layers and Daaqy Hall
Otter caadidatea, most of them
newcomers, who were on the fall
#racMae ractcr, lochiried wnUw
Bates, Hirshal Grieves, Laurya4
'ContlRued on Pag* Fowl