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Friday. November 2. 1962
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Scenes On Field And Sidelines As Fighting Qiristians Gain Homecoming Win Over Catawba
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Actio~was”ot *Tnd ~heavy i)ti the field, and the tension was terrific on the sidelines and in
the stands as the Fighting Christians battled to a well-earned 15 to I) victory over the Catawba
Indians in the annual Elon Huniecoming grid battle in Burlington Memorial Stadium on Saturday
afternoon, October 20th. In the furious battling pictured at th« left. Clayton Johnson (27). Eli.n
Halfback, is fighting forward with the ball as his mates clear the way. Other Elon players shown
blocking for Johnson are Burl Clements Ul). Joe Berrtosch (6J) md big Charlie Strigo (77). Shown
center is Coach George Tucke.-. passing a bit of advice to Clayton Johnson as both watch the acti-m
on the field. One of the crucial plays of the contest, pictured ri^ht, came when Wayne Mahan-
es (22). in Eton's dark j»rsey. tackled Bucky Pope with such ferocity as to cause Pope to fum
ble the ball, shown sailing through the air on the Elon four yard line. Thi.s tackle and resuuant
fumble halted a dangerous Cat-awba threat.
Our Fighting Christian gritWers fine running and defense in the
swing into a really crucial porti>>*: backfield. and David UuUis li^is
of their 1962 faotl»aU cwapaiga | also showed well on defense. Up
this weekend, when they will en
tertain the Newberry Indians in
a game which the Elon eleven
needs badly to win. both from the
standpoint of standing in the Con
ference and for the overall suc
cess of the season.
This 1962 football season, which
has shown the Fighting Christ
ians to be a much improued out
fit, finds the Maroon ami Gold
gridders with two nMwe Conference
tilts remaining. Following the New
berry engagement here tomorrow
night, the Christians will he host
to the powerful Lenoir Rhyne
Bears here next Saturday night,
November 10th.
While this was writtoo ^rior to
the battle with Western Carolina
and with the outcome ot that
unknown, victories over N®wJ»rry
and Lenoir Rhyne would certainly
brand the 1962 seasa* a success.
If victory were attained at CuUo-
whae, the Christians cauW tie for
the Conference title with wias aww
the Indians and Bears, which wouW
mean a tren»e«4ou3 cwwehack far
the Christians this fall.
Regardless of the outoooae of
the Western CaroUaa game, wlas
over Newberry and Lenair Rhyne
would still amount ta a fin* come
back this faU, and a ctosiai wta
over Frederick Colle(a in th« fin
al battle of the year aa Navamber
im would oro*« tha achiaweme^t
These late-season gwacs
partaot »o lha taa«a as • wi
but they are e»»aH3. as iiaj»rUot
to individual stars af tha FightiM
Christians, far AU-Ca»lere«ce
even greater hanors naaat
termioed by the ouMsaa»» ot thaaa
1 games with Newherry, Laaoir
Rhyne and Freioriek.
Thare ara saweral at tha Etoa
players who couUl he Uv
paat-saasoa ha»art, Oaarga
fiont big Tommy Mitchell has done
a fine job in his freshman season.
There are eight seniors on the
Christian roster, all of whom will
Christian Eleven Defeats Cataivha
By 15 To 0 In Homecoming Battle
By BILL BASKERVH.L
The Fighting Christians of Elon
College literally scalped the Ind-
be fighting extra hard in the late- .'ans of Catawba College 15 to 0 at
season games to finish in a blaze Burlington Memorial Stadium, Oc-
of glory. Among the senior who
complete their Elon service this
fall are George Wooten, Burl
Clements, Wayne Mahanes, Jim
Moore. Howard Amer, Dean Yates
Don Amos and Gene Stokes.
With football nearing its close,
there is a new sports campaigj
brewing over across the street m
Alumni Memorial Gymnasium,
where Coach BUI Miller has his
basketballers working hard in
preparation for the opening of the
cage season, now only a month in
the future.
The Christian cagers boast a
fine veteran nucleus from last
season, among the tettermen on
hand being Dewey Andrew, How
ard Andrew, Sonny Smith, Jassa
Branson aad Reid Hughes, all of
them tall stars at the inside posl-
Hoas; and Btl! Momingstar, Ro
land MUler and Dave Winfrey,
three sharpshooters from the out
side.
This group ot veteraa ca8®rs
packs both height and speed, with
four of the Christian vets standing
from 6-6 to 6-8 in height, which
,means a huiwarii rf' straa^th un
der the backboard* on both re
bounds and tap-lB buckets. That
trio of guards represents some of
the fastest and best dribblers in
the Coaference, and any one at
theta is capable of goh>s high- iato
double figures with push and
Jump shots from the outer ranges.
tober 2(Kh in a battle which thrill
ed Elon's 1962 Homecoming
crowd.
Elon quarterback George Woo
ten. who has a knack for scoring
late In a game, especially against
Catawba did it again as he twist
ed and spun into paydirt from two
yards out with only 17 seconds
remaining in the game. Wooten’s
pass to Dan Kelley for the two
point conversion sewed things up.
The Christians scored initially in
the first quarter when halfback
Wayne .Mahanes cracked over from
the one after a pass interception
by Jim Moore had put Elon In
scoring position.
The Interception by Moore, which
came on the Catawba 12-yard
line, was his second of the year
and it played a big part in put
ting the ChrtstiaBs In front T-0
with 3:01 left in the first period.
Moore moved to the five after
the interception, and three plays
later Mahanes scored. Wootea
kicked the extra point.
The hidians were stopped time
after time in the first half as the
Elon defense dug in. Drives to
the 36 and 37 were stifled, and
in the fourth quarter a brilliant
goal line stand by the Christians
thwarted a Catawba attack on the
four.
The second quarter which saw
neither team able to move the ball
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HOW IT HAPPENED
Eton
12
181
6
175
8
2
10
185
1
5
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47,3
52
1
45
Catawba
It
171
12
159
13
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l»6
365
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2
45
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strong to repaat the hanars^h^-
vKOn last year, aad hath- tWHte
Tart aikd Waym liahanea ha4.e
shined brttktJy 1» S»*es this sea
son. Up ft-ont there are several
Inqb who ace alaa hidding
hoaars, tha laa4era kal*®
aoA Jim Moara, tactte* Chariie
Sirig* aa« llawari Aimer mi
guards Catneroa Uttle aat Ron
•ie BeU.
SlMcial amtlaa is ^ ^
t0 tha -nr‘—
foraed for the ChrteUaM thia fall.
Gordoa Cat ha* t»r»e4 ‘ 1« »•«■«
Ek>a Football
Klaa M. AMKtaUea •.
BIm» CMMard \
Elaa IS, AMMiwkla^ tl.
eiaa S*. Canaa-Nevaiaa i*.
Uta n. CataUaa U.
Rtaa IS. C»awha %
14. Vait CmmKm U
*a«aW«| CmmbI
Nav. S—Heirberry, h»»i
Ifav. !•—UMlr ShrM. h—aa.
Na«. 11—TraMek.
First Downs
Yards Gala Rushlnc
yards Lost Rushing
Net Yards Rushing
Passes Attempted
Passes Coraplated
Yards Gain Passiac
Total Gains Scrinuaage
Opp, Passes Intercepted
Runback Int. Pawwa
Number Pants
Are. Yards PiMta
Runback All Klck»
Fumbles Lost
Yards Penalties
Score By Periods:
Elon 7 e •
Catawba • • •
Elon Tonchdowns—Mahanes (1-
run), Wooten (2-rua). Extra points
Wooten 1 (placement), Kelley
3 (pass from Woolea.
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consistently, was highlighted by a
Willie Tart quick kick of 74 yards,
which put the Indians in a hole for
the rest of the period. The half
ended with Elon leading 7 to 0.
The Tribe took the opening kick-
off of the second half and immed
iately marched to the Christian 22
yard line. However, a tough Elon
defense held on downs, and check
ed the Catawba attack. The rest
of the third period was a seesaw
battle in which drives by both
teams were of no significance.
The fourth frame saw another
Indian drive stifled. Bon Crouse hit
Grover Smith on a pass play that
vent to the Elon 12. After two
)lays the Tribe had moved the
iiall to the four and had a third
and one situation. However, they
lost a yard on third down and were
stopped for no gain on the fourth
and final down.
Another pass that went from
quarterback Billy McDevitt to
Crouse for a 30 yard gain to the
Christian 3 was fumbled and Elon
defensive back Dave Mullis recov-
ared to end the final threat of a
Tribe scora.
The Christian score in the fourth
quarter wa^ set up on a 12-yard
punt return by Clayton Johnson
to the Indian forty-four. A 15-
yard penalty and crashes into the
line by husky Burl Clements mov
ed the ball to the 10 and a Christ
ian first d(»wn. Three plays later
on fourth ckown Wooten scampered
into the end zone for the final
Elon tally.
Tha victoiry was Eton’s second in
conference play against one set
back and was the Christians’
fourth win against two defeats in
overall play.
One of the special features of
the Christian play in tl)e Home
comiiui tilt included Willie Tart’s
tremendous 74-yard quick kick,
within four yards of “Jack R^h-
bil" AUitfs all-time Elon record
Christians Face Indian
h waders In IS ext Game
The Christians of Elon. haviaa
put down one Indian uprising two
weeks ago and having slain one
wild animal last weekend with suc
cessive triumphs over Catawba and
Western Carolina, will face anoth
er outbreak of Indian warfare this
weekend when the Indians of the
Newberry tribe invacW Burlington
vieinurial Stadium.
Chief threat for this ever-cUnw
erous Newberry tribe will be Tom
Gorman, a quarterback who shoots
passes with accuracy as deadly as
the redskinned warriors of old
shot their arrows, and the Chrnt-
ians will have to find some di-
tense to stop this aerial threat il
they hope to turn back tlu:t s*)coaj
Indian raid within a fortoigUt.
Proof of the deadly accuracy of
Tom Garman's bow-sling arm lies
in the fact that aerial attack show
ed ten completions in sixteen at
tempts for a total ol 154 yards
against Guilford last weekend in
a battle which the Indian’s won
by a 24 to 6 margin.
That very score of 24 to 6 against
Guilford indicates tha dange'-ous
power of the Newberry attack, foi
the Fighting Ctufstians had to
come from behind in tha fourth
period to tuni back the Quakers
10 to 3 in an early-season on
counter.
Other scores posted by the Ind
ians this fall also indicate the
rugged task which lacas Coach
George Tucker's outfit when they
South Carolina, for the Indians
roUed for a 14 to 3 victory over
Carson-Newman just one week be
fore the samt Carson-Newman
Eagles turned back Elon 22 to 20
io a battle her*.
Tha Newbarry squad rolled with
ease for a 27 to 0 win over a
all the way before the Christiaiu
sained a 15 to 0 decision, .ind
■ ic'i H irvey Kirkland's Red-
';im iti^ed a terrific battle be-
'nx‘ losing 4 bare one-point decis-
>n tl) power-laden Lenoir Rhyne,
:i.' Bears having eked a 2') to 19
A'in over Newberry a month ago.
The Indians do not rely entirely
iin Tom Gorman's passing, for thjy
bulldozed 264 yards on the ground
in last week’s victory over Gail-
fard. and they have some very
fine running backs. Among them
is Phil Orsini. who has averaged
6.2 yards per carry in most re
cent statistics, and Jim Cockrel'
who is rolling for a 5.7 average
each lint* he lugs the ball.
The meeting hare thia week.:n(l
will be the eighteenth meeting !)«■
tween the Elon and Newberry
teams, with Elon showing nino vic
tories against seven Indian w.ins
and one tie in a series that baguii
back in 1940.
o/ 78 yards for the loudest punt. -
Burl Clements and Wayne Ma-j Catawba squad which bailed hlon
banes piToved the top ground-j^ain- '
Lenoir Rhyne U
Final Home Foe
ers for the Christians, with Clem
ents lugging the ball 39 yards In 11
carries and with Maluites rushing
for 49 yards is 8 trias.
Bandits Pace Tag~Football League
The CaroliAa Bandits iatranural
foothall team, which is conftogad
of junior and Sreaior studaats faam
CaroUoa Hall, turned back Alpha
Pi OaH* 12 ta • * lin* 4eteos-
im eaatest on BUm’s iatraoiural
fiaJd last Wadn»siaji. Ostobar 34.
The wictory litarally fiUad tha
Bandits’ trea^ra cheat with ijlary
at they movad their sa«sa« recard
tA aif victories and aA dafaats dur-
jj^ lha year, a peoar4 which plac-
aa tliaaa at tha tap of the haap.
Led hy the able quarterhackiW
of Jeray Byerly, the ftavdiU teve
baaa aoored IM vUl wa duriW
regular-seaswt c«0WMin^, an4
that-laae scare caaM ia the 12 ta
• via afer 'Alpha H DeH*.
la this giM»a neither team was
Charlas Everatt, Al McDonald and
able to move the ball well
stM^g deieiyes that clashed
lM(VaaL and ^11 v:or»» c*a»c a»
bNAks of tha
fhe Bandist* scored o«»o of thPir
TOS on an iatercaplioo t* Al Mo-
DCMuld on « |iM« (ra« Bverljr
Clark, which w,^ daflacted t^
ead tone. Alpha « Qelt« scored
oM tha fiaal pUv ■( tha (icak HaU
on a I>as3 from Boh Stork to
Charles Sensers.
The r«»ster of teams in intramur
al foathall this f»U eeasjsted of
ei«ht teams frepa the don»s. ela*-
ses and frateraitles. Top raaklag
teaaas were the Baadlta eC Cara^
llaa flUU, led bf Jem »yert».
Joe Cote; and the Alpha PI Deltas
[eaturiag Paul Huey, Bob Stork,
^ha Gregory and Charlie Somers.
GAllaping home with third place
were the Horseman, a freshman
te#i« from Smith Dorm. Mders for
the Harsemaa were B. Denny. S
Si*k. and B. IfaeFaydan. The 91«-
ma Mu Teaot rallijed far fourth
plaoa aad a cJ^IM• W taunxament
competitioo, la(i by Jerry Drake,
Dick Purdy, and Kea Broda.
•The Braves and tha Cherry-
staaei, Freshman teams: teta Tau
"■HT~ last
ten ciMmpa; ^ *>•
(OMtMted «a Pa«a
The hl« had Beam ef Leaair
Rhyii* eome ta tawn ae»t Satar-
day nl*ht. November l*th. far
the final hasie game ol the Elea
feethaU seaaaa, aad there aaeaaa
aa e*eellea» pa«HbUlty at this
time that the CaxeHaa* Cealer-
epea tlUa WU ^ *■
ea«a ¥ tkali h«»in« Waale,.
U the ChrisOaa* aaa ^
Nawherry thl* weekend,
g, 11—■- Bhyae fv »k«
Canfereaee crewa hj
the Brala elerea here next
«eak. U ti the Hra* tiaae •
th|^ Maa **«■ *•
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The andefealed CWiaMaaa a(
i>M a elear elataa ta the
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Iiitraiiiurals
Offer Golf,
Horseslu)cs
The men’s intramural program
continues each day with siiipe-
thlng on the schedule. Even whae
the men’s Intramural football wa*
being played, other Elon intramur
al performers found time for golf
and horseshoes. During the wama
fall semester many of the golfers
have had a chance to get their
matches off.
The golf program has been »ar-
rowed down to two flights. The
first flight is the champion3*>‘P
flight, led by Danny Hall, 4 Juaior;
and Bill Hardy, a Sophomore. A
pair of able Freshmen ve lha
leaders of the >vecoqd (Ui(ht, which
is a single elimination among
Chuck Ward. Luke Q’Hara, and
Jerry Drake all members tf the
Junior clasa. The chaoaalw*il»
will ha decided before NovMnber
2nd.
The horseshoe program Is (|oy-
in( slowly because of varioiM% i*-
oonvei^Bcaa. Savaral af tha harsa-
shoe stara are toolMU Md haakei^
ball plagwra whaee playing time
ia liMitad. The horseshoe' compe-
tltian U IKree trateaal-
t^aa. Sii4M Mu *ad Si«aM
Phi Beta, each witt eight pUysfS.
>4nd Alpha « "dth ftfa
[plwera.
Jolvi Leaoh, sophontore. and laal
years irlBaers seeaas stura -ha
there (or the (laal t^, with
Oriffin aad Kea Luaapkia iMuhlMf
him hard. ' |i