Thursday, December 14, 1961
MAROON AND GOLD
PAGE THKIB
Christians Topple Pfeiffer 78 lo 73 In Opening Cage Tilt
Gridders Close Season
By Topping P.C. Eleven
UP AND IN AS CllJllSi i.iiVS iiEl EAT WOFFOKD
The Fighting Christian gridders;
tacked a surprise ending on their,
1961 football season when
uptei the Presbyterian College I jj"
gri..\-:er= 22 to 16 in Burlington I jg,
Str^ium on Friday night, Nov-1
U iber 17th. It was Elou's thiril
win in the final tour games of the
year
Burl Clements and Wajne iWa-
hanes sparked an early ottensivc
thru-i. for the Christians, who tal
lied two touehdoH'ns in the first
quaiter unu another in the second
period for a 22-3 half time lead. The
Blue Stockings got a field goal in
the lirst quarter and added TD’s
in each of the final periods for their
final total.
HOW IT HAPPENED
Presbyteria:
iakiiig advantage of a Presby
terian fumble and a blocked punt
the Christians struck for their two
earlj touchdowns. John DalCin re
covered a PC fumble on the thirty-
eight, and Elon marched for its
first score, with Mahanes bucking
over from the two. A plunge for
point failed, but Elon led 6 to 0
On the first series of downs fol
lowing the kick-off, DalCin joined
end Dan Kelle.r in blocking a Bluf
Stocking punt, and Gene Stokes
recovered at the Presbyterian
tHenty-five. Marvin Crowder raced
sixteen to the three, and two plays
later Clements drove for the touch
down. George Wooten passed to
189
9
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240
0
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4
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1
20
Scorc
Elon
First Downs
^ ards Gain Rushing:
Yards Lost Rushing
Net Yards Rushing
Passes Attempted
Passes Completed
Yards Gain Passing
Toal Yards Scrimmage
Opp. Passes Intercepted
Runbackk Int. Passes
Number Punts
Ave. Yards Punts
Runback All Kicks
Fumbles Lost
Yards Lost Penalties
by periods;
8 0 0—22
Presbyterian 0 0 7 6 16
Elon touchdowns—Mahanes (2-
iin), Clements 2 (1-run, 3-run).
T-xfra points — Mahanes 2 (pass
Tm Uooten), Moore 2 (pass from
Woolen). Presbyterian touchdowns
-Eberhardt 2 (4-run, l-run). Extra
'oints—Hatfield, (kick). Presbyter
ian field goal—Hatfield (,34-yards'
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Mahanes for a two-pointer and
14 to 0 lead.
The lone Presbyterian score in
the first half was a 34-yard field
goal kicked by Ken Hatfield, but
this was-followed by an Elon 67-
(Contlnued on I>age Four.
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Talking Sports
With
DAVin TROPHET’ MARSHBURN
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Elon Quintet Is Winner
In Conference Contest
The Elon Christians, using their High, was the top offensive threat
b.g men to advantage under bask- for l>oth teams as he racked ten
came from behind in the sec- field buckets and added four poinis
10..S 7b to 73 in the opening «^ine of 24 point.-s
of the 1961-62
cage season at
Pfeiffer on November 28, and the
ory sent the Elon quintet off
fine itai'i in its quest for Caro-
linas Conference honors.
Big Dewey Andrew, Elon's home-
Its up and in with that basketball as big Dewey Andrew hits from short range in Elon's OJ to 6 i
,;ctory over the Wofford Terriers in Elon’s Alumni Memorial Gymnasium. The 6-6 Chcistia.i center,
ho averaged better than 25 points per game through Elons first three battles, racked 24 counters
in the first home game of the year with Wofford. The Elon player in the |)ack:groikd ij I aj-
Andrew, younger half of the Christian’s "brother act” for this season. Dewey Andrew, who won let-
-rs for the past two seasons, weighs a rugged 215 pounds this yeaf and has proved to be a toueh
competitor around the basket in early games.
His total would have
■ > I'll much hi,;;her exccpt (or some
'' ,.iic shootiii:; from ihe charity
.‘ipe, for he could sink only four
■ tiu.-,eL‘n from that point,
■fe^sc Branson, another Alamance
Irom E. M. Holt and
,'0«n pivot star from Eli Whitney Sonny Smith, a newcomcr to Elon
by way of Carolina, joii^; .1 with
Andrew in Elon’s red-hot linul half
Branson hit 18 and Smith l.T count
ers. the majority in the final half,
a.', the Christiai;' overcamo a 39-
' half lead which the Falcons had
■ lod :i the opening period.
Tile two teams battled neck-and-
ncck through the first ten minutes,
which ended with a knkotted 18-18
score, but the home-standing Fal
cons hit with deadly accuracy from
in the
quarter of action as tliey
ahead by nine points at
intermission.
Squad Naiiied
By (.Jiristiaiis
Appalachian, Presbyterian, Tam
pa and Wofford each placed two
men on the All-Opponents eleven n j '
which was chosen by the Elon secLd
Christians. The other three po.si-
tions went to Catawba. Guiltord
and Lenoir Rhyne, each of which tHo rh,-,- t-
placed one man on the team
Bobby ,Ioyner, ace passer for L f,
the Presbyterian Blue SLockin'^s ■ consecutive
was chosen by the Christian grtd-
ders as the best quarterback thev ^
faced all seuson. They’ teamed ^ f*Rht hard down
Wofford’s Bob Roma and Cataw- decision.
ba’s Jean Worthington as the best 6-8 Falcon for-
halfbacks they had faced, and scoring
Tampa’s huge Bob Moore was !" Conference, paced
named as the hardest fullback to ‘he Pfeiffer outfit
gfop Tn0 summflry;
These four great backfield stars TIr
were teamed behind an AllOp- p f Franks (19)
ponent line that included Ronnie - r!" * i Claypoole (9)
Fry, of Lenoir Rhyne, and Charles |
3ailey, of Tampa, ends; Ronnie
DuBose, of Presbyterian, and Joe
Bailey, (of Appalachian, tackles;.
Dave Lewis, of Wofford, and Frank i
Smith, of Appalachian, guards
ad Jack Holley, of Guilford
enter.
Well whatta way for the Fighting the individual total offense crown
Christian footballers to end their in the Conference, and within a
season. After it seemed that no few days after *this Lenoir Rhyne
ifgood breaks could come their way -^'in came the surprising anounce-
through most of the season, the ment that Coach Clarence Stasa-
slings of good fortune finally turn- v*ch was leaving L-R do accept the
led toward the Christians in the
[final game with Presbyterian, and
ihe result was one of the finest and
most spectacular games that the
Maroon and Gold gridders have
played in many a moon.
Off and moving early in the
game, the Christians forged an
|e.irly lead over the Blue Stockings
Presbyterian and went on to a
thrilling 22 to 16 victory, a win
which gave Coach George Tucker's
boys three wins in their final four
[Btarts. Burl Clements, Wayn4 Ma-
anes and Marvin Crowder paced
ithe Christian attack, with Dean
l ates, John DalCin and Dan Kelly
standing out in a bang-up defensive
iJine game. Yeah, boy, whatta fin-
(ish!
* *' *
It seems that a lot happened on
Ithe sports front in this area dur-
[ing the Thanksgiving season. Out
side of our Carolinas Conference,
3uke toppled Carolina for tise At-
l^lantic Coast crown, and then Wake
Forest downed Carolina on a last-
ninute field goal by Mickey Walk-
le*'. and the Elon interest in that
3cacon field goal was stronger in
I'view of the fact that Mickey Walk-
|f«r played his freshman season as
quarterback for Elon’s Fighting
'hristians, later dropping out to
[attend Wingate Junior College and
end up at Wake Forest.
Also outside our own Confer
ence during the Turkey Day per
■i iod was the Virginia upset of Mary
4^ land and the various high school
titular battles here in North Car-
«i3na, ir which Raleigh topped
reensboro and Charlotte in the
4-.\ play-offs and Greenville nip-
ed Sanford in the 3-A title game.
Perhaps the most interesting
football finale, however, was in
ur own Carolinas loop, with Rich-
rd Kemp leading a late rally as
enoir Rhyne nipped Catawba
to 7 in a game which saw Kemp
ush past Elon’s George Wooten for
position as head football coach at
East Carolina.
m * *
Football fans of the state have
\atched with interest as Roman
jabriel, N.C. State’s great quart
erback, piled up the All-Ameri-
jsn honors, but Elon fans were
more interested to see George
Yooten and Burl Clements, a pair
of junior stars for the Christians,
rab off All-Conference honors,
and Wooten added to this honor a
position on fhe All-District leam
r the NAIA and an honorable
'.I'.ntion for All-State. Dean Yates
and Ronnie Bell received honor-
.lole mention for the Ali-Confer-
ciice, so to all of these boys Its
'.ongratulations for a fine 1961 grid/-^=®^®' After scoring ten points in
’ tour minutes, the best they couici
L.0 in the next nine minutes was
-ungle field goal for two points.
. antime, the Terriers were pull-
g up and trailed by only 54-53 at
Elon Downs
Wofford ^5’
By 69 To 65
The Elon Fighting Christian
cagers bested the Wofford Terriers
in a hot shooting duel in the first
half and then called on a tight de-
i..ise to stave off late Terrier
tliieats as the Elon quint nosed the
Scuth Carolinians 69 to 65 here on
Friday night, December 1st.
Playing their first home game
ot the season, the Christians waxed
not and cold in their floor shoot-
i.ig during the game. After a first
.lalf that saw Elon on top 40 to
.;. the Elon tossers hit fast and
luiious as the final half opened
.J gained a 50-38 edge barely
iir minutes aft^r intermission.
It was then that “rapidly chang
ing temperatures” hit the Elon
I Elon Cage Games
season. i
* * * I
So, foothi'all pas«es from the
-rports scene and basketball is al
ready off and running to attract
jpectator interest. With wins in
heir first three games, the Figiit-
'ng Christian cagers appear to be
3 fine combination to carry the
Maroon and Gold colors. Coach
Sill Miller has plenty ot height and
speed in the line-up which toppled
Pfeiffer, Wofford and Atlantic
Christian in early battles.
Rugged Dewey Andrew, long and
lean Jesse Btianson and Sonny
5mith have proved to be a fine
, io inside, and "Blue Grass Man”
■^eague and Bill Momingstar have
oroved a smooth pair from the out-
ide. Several fine reserves have
ppeared in the early tilts, and it
ow seems that our Christian cag-
■rs may be hard to stop as the sea-
on moves along and the young-
iers gain experience. It should be
1 round and ready combo which
? fourteen-minute mark.
The visiting Terriers could nevei
'.:tch the Christians, but they kept
close down the stretch. Sonny
mith hit seven quick points to
.ill Elon to a 64-57 edge, but Ron-
j Russell paced a Wofford come-
;ick, and the big Terrier center
.it a three-pointer to pull within
0 points with eight seconds left
was then that Dewey Andrew
oounded for Eton's final four
point victory.
That final two-pointer ran Dewey
Vndrew’s personal total to 27
points for the night, good for the
..dividual high for both teams.
The line-ups:
Pos. Elon (69)
.—Branson (5)
'.—Smith (11)
’—D. Andrew (27)
v'c’ll be watching when they re- G —Momingstar (8)
le'l be watching when they re
turn from Christmas holidays and
tart the stretch drive.
Until then, it's "Happy Holi
days” to all of you.
Wofford (65)
Cubitt (12)
Lyons (12)
Russell (20)
Berry (177)
G —Teague (8) Cluff (2)
Half time: Elon 40, Wofford 36.
Elon subs—H. Andrew 4, Miller
2, Winfrey 4.
Elon 78, Pfeiffer 73.
Elon 69, Wofford 65.
Elon 82, A,C.C. 58.
(Kemaining Games)
Dec. 7—Wofford, away
Dec. 11—Guilford, home.
Dec 14-16—Fort Lee. Tourney
Dec. 19—Cumberland, away
Dec 20—Cumberland, away
Dec 277-29—Lejeune Tourney
Jan 4—ACC, away
Jan 6—East Carolina, Away
Jan 9—Pembroke, home
Jan 13—Catawba, home
Jan 16—Guilford, away
Jan 20—nigh Point, away
Jan 27—Catawba, away
Jan 29—Campbell, home 6
Feb. 1—High Point, home
Feb 3—West Carolina, away
Feb 6—Pfeiffer, home
Feb 8—Appalachian, away
Feb 10—East Carolina, ome
Feb 12—Pembroke, away
Feb. 17—West Carolina. h»me.
Feb 21-24—North State Tourn
G. Teague (4) McManus (6)
G.—Momingstar (8) Lentz (4)
Half-time: Pfeiffer 39. Elon 30.
Elon subs—H Andrew 2. Miller
Winfrey 5. Pfeiffer subs—Holt-
inger 7. Martini 9. Tucker 2. Wynne
2, Ryan 5, Johnson 6, Stealey.
Stricken With Illness . . .
Tom King, Fine Junior End, To Play
oot!?all For Elon Eleven
Tom King, a rugged junior end
for the Elon Chrisrtians. who miss-
except one gamo of :bj p.ii
season after undergoing ‘^rrycr’
will play no more football for fh-
Christians due to the fact that
physicians at his . home town of
Charleston, S.C., have discovered
Christian Stars
On Honor Teams
The Elon Christians placed
both George Wooten and Burl
Clements, junior backfield stars,
on the annual All-Conference
football squad, which was an
nounced recently at the Caro
linas Conference play for 1961.
In addition Dean Yates and Ron
nie Bell, Christian tacklke and
guard, were on the honor men
tion list for the Conference.
In addition to making the All-
Conference squad, Elon’s George
Wooten also won a place on the
All-District team which was
chosen from all of the NAIA col
leges In the two Carolinas. Woot
en also won honorable mention
for Little All-American and
for All-State honors as a result
of his fine play this Ml.
'a! the Christian flanker has tion under Maroon and Gold col-
?is of the spine. ors next season.
The Christian coaches, along with In notifying Coach George Tuck-
"tul.y a-.'I 'I'ldrnts nt Eloa and' er of his newly-discovered ailment,
sr'ri fans in tiiis areai^^*"8 stated that the trouble had
five been saddened by this an-j"" ‘'elation to football injuries,
t 11 1 j , , j , a''d the rugged Charleston star
nciuncement, for all had looked for- .
I regretted perhaps more than any-
war to seeing King back in ac-j^ng gijg that his gridiron days are
ended. He is to undergo surgery
in his home town in an effort to
arrest the progress of the spinal
ailment.
The loss of King after the Guil
ford game this fall proved a severe
blow to Elon football hopes for
the year, and he will be greatly
missed next fall. King played cen-
r for the Christians during his
first season and was an outii^nd-
ing linebacker, but he switched
to end as a sophomore and was
rated one of the finest defensive
ends in the Conference. He turned
in great defensive play ad caught
three passes as Elon topped Guil-
for in the 1961 opener in Septem
ber.
I*iiiitiiig Keeord
Mike Little, Elon kicking spec
ialist, got credit for the only new
statistical record by the Elon grid
ders during the 1961 footbal sea
son. The stocky Icicker punted 46*
times during the campaign for the
most number of punts during a
single season. Little broke his own
old mark of 39 punts which he set
during the 1959 season.
TOM KING
NO MORE FOO’TBALL
Wayne Mahanes, Elon halfback,
was the winner of the trophy (or
"Player With Moth Desire” at the
annual Burlinton Touchdown Club
banquet.