Friday, December 14, 11162
MAROON AND GOLD
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Elon Grabs Overtime Thrriller From ACC Squad
j Dewey Aiitlrew Has Top
Score In 83-82 Victory
Squad
111 67-65 \^ m
At W olford
AN.) V/i>iFRE3 i'Ol’ S..
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Combining sharp shooting and
tight defensive play in the pinches,
:he Elon Christians turned back
the W'offord Terriers 67 to 65 at
Spartanburg on Wednesday night,
December 5th, and ran the Elon
victory string to three consecu-
live ;»ames of the new season.
Dewey Andrew, te big enior pi-
vol star for the Chritsians, tossed
in 21 points for the Christians,
jetting 20 of his counters in a first
lalf drive that sent Elon to.,,^he
I Jressing rooms with a ten-|Wint^
iprtal and a 35-25 lead at half-
time. I
Tlu' I’errier defenders began col
^ap.Mng into the pivot and dou-i
blc-ieaming the Elon center in the ’
final half, but Bill Morningstar ‘
anr] Ttolana Miller unlimbered'
Elon's long range guns from tht-
outside and kept the Christians
-ut front down the stretch.
With Miller sinking seven and
Morningstar six buckets from long
ran^c, the Eon cagers maintained
a ?ix to eight-point edge through
nos! of the final half. The Ter
riers made a desperate effort to
catch up in the closing minutes,
but the rally fell short.
intinued cn l aye i*ou'
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By DON HINTON
Talking Sports
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Elon QinutPt
Tops Falcons
By 64 To 46
Driving and jumping for ten
points in the final seven minutes
of action. Dave Winfrey paced a
.detch drive that gave the Elon
cagers a 64 to 46 victory over the
_ Pfeiffer Falcons in Alumni Me-
Before talking about basketball, to open the 1962-63 campaign, and morial Gym here in the season
let me pass out a few additional then they journeyed down int* opener on Saturday night, De
its of recognition in football. The South Carolina to turn back Wof-
962 Fighting Christians ended ford in a thriller on the Terriers’
heir tall season with a fine 7-3 own floor.
i Devvcy Andrew, pictured left above, and David Winfrey, shown,
i right, were the top scorers as Elon grabbed two early-season vic
tories on the Christians’ home floor. Winfrey, a shifty and sharp-
si noting sophomore guard from L iiii.sville. Ky., dropped in 17 points
to pace the Christian attack in a to 46 win over Pfeiffer here
on Saturday night, December 1st; and Andrew, ?. 6-G fcnior center
from Snow Camp, bucketed 21 counters lo lead the way in a 83
to 82 overtime win over Atlantic Christian barely two nits later.
With
DAVID ‘PiiOFHET MAKSH]*.'. RN
ark and certainly deserve rec-
gnition.
Of course, the Lenoir Rhyne
ame was something of a let-down
or most of us, but after all it’s | holidays,
10 disgrace to lose to a team which
anks in the very top of tlje list
1 the nation’s small-college teams
nd we must remember that for
|ive years we’ve not even seen a
■inning season. So, with all that
0 think about, this 7-3 record
his fall deserves plenty of honor.
It's been full five years, too,
ince we had seen the Christian
ootballers in the upper ranks in
hampionship, and it’s good to note
ur Maroon and Gold gridders fin
hcd in the runner-up spot this
ear. Surely, all the boys deserve
an extended handshake of con-
“ratulations.
Although scores were not avail
able at this writing the Christians
were facing several other tough
encounters prior to the Christmas
including battles away
on
cember 1st.
After moving out quickly to an
8-point lead in the first five min
utes, the Christians found their
shooting aim to be somewhat er
ratic as they barely played the
Falcons on even terms through
the remainder of the half and went
to the dressing room with a 26 to
18 lead at intermission.
The Falcons cut the lead even
with Belmont Abbey and Guilford
and a home lilt with Lenoir Rhyne
here this week. Closing out the
pre-Christmas play will be a eon- '°wer than that at points in the
test with the Frederick Lions in second half, but big Jesse Branson
Suffolk this weekend. Andrew literally swept
This is a veteran cage squad;the backboards on rebounds, and
which we are watching here this I "'infyey paced the final^ half scor-
season, a combination which
ing drive that netted the decisive
victory margin.
The sumnnary.
Gridders (^lose (.anipaign
With 31-6 Frederick Win
I A frisky and hot-shooting pack
of .\tlantic Christian Bulldog.-. i j
forced the Fighting Christians in- '
to an overtime before the Elon
quint could grab an 83 lo 82
\ ictory in a Carolinas Conference
tussle on the Elon court here on
Monday night, December 3rd.
The first half was off to a gloomy
start for the Christians, with the
ACC cagers jumping into an eight-
l''i'nt lead in the early monu'ntj
Minutes after the early display
of Bulldog shooting, Howard .An
drew got his eye set for the bas
ket. and Bill Morninjistar added
his driving skill to cut the -ore
to a 17-12 Bulldog lead.
Roland Miller and Jesse Bran
son came into the game v, ii
twelve minutes left in the half'
and turned the tide Branson hall
been unable to slart because o |
a sprained ankle sustained in thi-j
opening game, but his rebounding
and Miller’s jump shooting help
ed the Christians to overtake the
Bulldogs and take a 40 tJ32 lead
from the floor at half-time.
The second half s'a ed vilh a
red-hot drivj '.i ■ t!..- ( Ii:-i tia.i...
who rolled to a 52-35 lead, but th.:
Elon outfit hit a slow shooting
streak at that time, and the Bull
dogs got hot to narrow the lead.
With barely forty second to go
in the game, the score was still
78 to 72 in favor of lUon, but suc
cessive steals and buckets by
Gene Stinson cut the edge to 78-70
and then came another steal by
Klon 64, Pfeiffer 46.
l.liin 83. A.C'.C. 82
F.Ion 67. Wofford 65.
Klon (ill, lirlmont .\bhcy 66.
Elon 70, Guilford 63.
(Itrniaiiiini; Caiiirsi
Dec. 12—Lenoir Kliyiie, home.
Dee. 1.5—Frederick, away
Dee. 27-29—Norfolk Tourney
Jan. 3—ACC, away
Jan. 4—Hast Carolina, away.
Jan. 7—.\ppalaehian. away
Jan. 9—Wofford, home
Jan. 12—Catawba, away
Jan. 15—('■uillord. home
Jan. 2(!—Catawlia. home
Jail. 3()—IliKh Point, away
Feb. 2—West Carolhia. home
I'eh. j—Pfeilfer, a«ay
Fell. 7—.\ppalaehian. home
Feb. 9—Fast Carolina, home
I'eh. II—Campbell, awar
Feb. II—Lenoir Kliyne. awa.v
Feb. 16—West Carolina, away
Frb. —Conrerence Tourney
.Icrry Ashworth and jumper by
Jerry Lawson to tie the count for
tiic Bulldogs at 78-all.
Tlie overtime started with Dave
Winfrey and Dewey Andrew add
ing single and double free throws
to move Elon ahead at 81-78, but
a minute later Jerry Lawson
scored on a jump shot, and Dave
Winfrey did the same for Elon to
leave the score 83 to 80. Another
steal and another Lawson lumper
(Continued r»r Piee houi
The honor teams have been ap
pearing, too. and Elon has had
listed three Christian stars in
George Woot«n, Burl Clements
and Cameron Little, with Wooten
and Clements repeating on the
first team and with Little gaining
* post on the second team. Wayne
•lahanes rated honorable mention.
The same three stars, Wooten,
dements and Little aLso won
berths on the NAIA’s All-District
team, with Wooten on the first
•leven and Clements and Little
on the second unit. It marked the
third consecutive year that Woot
en had placed on the All-District
squad.
• * * •
Basketball is no longer around
the corner. It's here, and our
Christians have broken out to a,
fine start by winning their first j
four consecutive battles. Judg-;
iog from the Elon play in these
early tilts, we may quite well
^ope to be on band when the an
nual Carolinas O»ofere*ce tourn
ament comes to end in late Feb
ruary.
The Christian cagers gave the
l>ome fans a pair of treats ia de
feating Pfeiffer ad Atlantic
Christian here M the home court
might furnish Christian fans many
thrilling moments. Only losses'
from last year's team were Gary f®*- Pfeiffer (46)
Teague and Leroy Myers, and' F—H. Andrew 7 Tucker 2
Myers saw very little service. ‘ p—Branson 14 Hottinger 8
Teague did heavy duty and win|(,_jj Andrews 11 Wynne 7
be missed this winter, but ‘here’s' McManus 17
good experience to take up the
G—-Miorningstar 5 Lentz 7
Half-time: Elon 26. Pfeifer 18.
Dewey Andrew won high honors
last year, placing on the All-Con
ference team 'after pacing tl’-
Continued on Page ftiur’
Elon subs—Davis, Miller 4.
Pfeiffer subs—Williford 2, Hedrick
5.
Fla.shing power on the ground
and timely thrusts in the air, the
Elon Christians rolled for a quick
lead as they overpowered a fight
ing crew of Frederick College
Lions 31 to 6 in the annual Lions
Bowl game, which was played in
Portsmouth City Stadium before
2,300 Tidewater fans on Saturday
night. November 17th.
With big Burl Clements driving
hard and with a brace of George
Wooten passes to Dan Kelley, one
for 34 and the other for 12 yards
the Fighting Christians needed on
ly ten plays to score after the op
ening kick-off. Wooten slashed
over from the one for the TD, and
then he booted the point to shoot
Elon out front 7 to 0 with barely
five minutes of playing time elap
sed.
There were two other Christian
threats in the opening period as
Elon moved to the Lion seventeen
and fifteen, but the first was halt
ed by a pass interception and the
second by a penalty. However,
Elon would not be denied, and the
Christians rolled for two touch
downs in a big .second period, both
of the scores coming on thrusts
by Burl Clements.
The Christians drove 57 yards
for the first TD of this period, big
plays being a 13-yard run by
Wayne Mahanes and a 17-yard
HOW IT HAPPKNED
Elun
Frederick
14
First Downs
15
325
Yards Gain Rushinji:
220
20
Yards Lost Rushing
13
305
Net Yards Rushing
207
H
Passes Attempted
22
2
Passes Completed
5
46
Yards Gain Passlni^
92
351
Total Yards Scrlmmaj^e 299
5
Opp. Passes Intercepted 2
3ft
Runback Int. Passes
5
5
Number Punts
3
51.4
Ave. Yards Punts
37.8
23
Runback All Kicks
70
A
Fumbles Lost
0
Yards Penalties
0
Score
by Periods:
Elon
7 16 0
»—SI
Frederirk 0 0 0 06— 6
Elon touchdowns—Clements 2
(1 run, 4-run), Wooten (1-run)
Tmenty-Five Are Given
Grid Letters For 1962
Award of letters to twenty-five
members of the Elon College foot
ball squad for service during the
1962 grid season has just been
announced by Coach George Tuck
er. Eight of the group received
their first letters in football, and
eight of the award winners were
seniors, although one of them 1ia«
another year of eligibility.
The awards group Included six
ends, four tackles, four guards,
three centers, two quarterbacks,
five halfbacks and one fullback.
Grouped by classes, there were
five freshmen, three sophomores,
nine juniors and eight seniors.
This means that, barring academic
difficulties. Elon should have at
least seventeen lettermen as a nu
BeBrdosch (25-pass interception).
Extra points—Wooten 3 (1-place
ment, 2 on run), Go*jack 4 (p»ss-|cleus for next year’s team
es from Wooten). Frederick
Touchdown. Cross (8-run).
The eight seniors who received
letters included Don Amos, Gray,
Ga.; Howard Arner. Tamaqua,
Pa.; Burl Clements, Richmond,
Va.; Wayne Mahanes. Madison,
Va.; Jim Moore. Turtle Creek,
Pa.; Gene Stokes, Darlington, S.
C.; George Wooten. Hamlet: and
Dean Yates. Mayodan. Amos has
another year to play if he should
elect to return to school.
Other upperclassmen who re-
were Ronnie Bell, Leaksville; Joe
Berdosch, Mahanoy City, Pa.;
John Gozjack, Tamaqua. Pa.;
Clayton Johnson, Graham; Dan
Kelley, Darlington, S. C.; Camer
on Little, Roanoke Rapids; Bill
Mahaffey. Great Falls, S. C.;
Charlie Strigo. Mebane; and Willie
Tart, Dunn.
(Continued on Page Four;
ALPHA PI DELTA WINS CAMPUS GRID HONORS
I ■
, The Alpha Pi Delta tag football squad, which grabbed off top honors in the red-hot compeUtion
I ikal teamed the Intramural grid sport this fall, is pictured above. Those pictured left to nght in the
' oicture above. Those pictured left to right in the picture are as follows; FROI^T ROW— Jotm Greg
ory Bob Saunders, John Heed. Allen Tyndall, Burt Morrison. Bob Stork and CharUe Somers.
BACK ROW—Davis WllUams, Tom Wiggias, Tex Jones, Robert WiUis, Joe Albertson, Wayne
Pruitt, and Paul Huey.
sprint by Wooten. Clements ham-l
mered over from the one on fourth 1
down, and Wooten passed to John
Goz.iack for a two-pointer that shot ]
the Christians ahead by a 15 to 01
count with four minutes left in
the half.
That four minutes, however, was
was Wme enough for a third Elon
score. Scott Crabtree intercepted
a Frederick pass at the Lion twen
ty and returned to the thirteen to
.set up the score, and barely three
plays later Clements hit paydirt
with the touchdown. Once more
Grorge Wooten passed to Gozjack
for a two-pointer, and Elon went
out for the halftime with a 23
to 0 margin.
Neither the Christians nor the
Libns could score in the third per
iod. although the Frederick dom
inated play during the period and
twice penetrated deep into Elon
territory. Then Elon boosted her
margin to 31-0 when big Joe Ber
dosch intercepted a Lion aerial
at the Frederick 25-yard line and
spnnted over the goal. Wooten ran
oer for the two-pointer.
The Frederick score came in the
final two minutes of the game when
the Li«ns drove from mid-field,
with Jerry Cross sprinting eight
yards for the score. A kick for
the extra point was wide as Elon
chalked its 31 to 6 decisiaa.
Six of the ten boys who were named to the All-Campus squad at
the end of the tag-footbail campaign are pictured above. Left to
riaht they are as follows: FRONT row-Bob Stork. Alpha Pi; and
C^rUe Somers. Alpha Pi. BACK ROW-Kent Man^um. Smith
Braves John Gregory, Alpha Pi; Dick Purdy, S.gma Mu; and Lefty
Everett Carolina Bandits. Not present when the picture was taken
were four others who won ali-sUr honors. They included Joe Cote,
CarUna Bandits; David Dean, Smith Braves; Larry Schucker, Siij-
ma Mu; and Steve Sink, Smith Horseman