Friday, October 18, 1963
MAROON AND GOLD
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Eloti Gridders Grab 16~13 Win Over Mountaineers
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(.'Iii'i8tiaii8 III Top Spot
III (.’oiifeiTiioe Slaiuliiio:;^
The F'iuhting Christians of Elon,
li\ed up to their fighting name as
:hey forged to the front three times!
tu turn back the Appalachian Moim-
aineers 16 to 13 in a Carolinos
Conference grid battle at Burling-1
"'1 Memorial Stadium on Saturday'
ight, October 5th.
The Christian victory, which upset,
'ho pre-game prophecies of many
!■' the sports ex|>erls, broke a .strini'
of five consecutive Mountaineer xii.
'ories over Elon in the series, and
■I ■•lisci shot the Fighting Christians
to the lop of the heap in the bitter^
iiiie for Conference laurels. i
Elon Fooihall
. he t'.va Elon touchdowns in one of the most satisfyin ‘ grid \ ictories of recent years, (he fine 16 to 13 tri-
•iph over Appalachian on Saturday night, October 5th, ,ri,' lectured in the pair of pictures above. Fred Stew-
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Spollightiiig
The Fighting
istiaiis
By TOM CORBITT
, Elon's bulldozing sophomers fullback (wearing
ross from the one for Elon's first score and a 6 to 0
: the background after handing off to Stewart on the
1 halt the big Christian fulll)ack. The final Elon touch
' tlie game is pictured at the right, with Willie Tart
■id for the I'i.e-yard journey to pay-dirt. Appalachian’s
nands on the speedy Christian halfback.
■ I’ pictured at the left he hammered
. . .'M V/ik'lcs^ '.sumjer 12 in dark jersey> is shown
... i.;h:;s ■ )3 in white .jerseyi fails as he tries
'.V,:, v.’hlcii ')rouyht the Christians from behind late
nir...-r sprinting untouched around Elon’s left
i*!v Harbin in white ,'ersoyi was unable to get
Come Blow Your Horn
El^ r,' - > ictory over Appalachian
October 5th was truly some kind of
wonderful. Appalachian has been
growing tremendously in recent
\ears. and the state-supported
school now boasts an enrollment of
nearly 4„500 students. It has seemed
that her dominance over Elon has
grown with the school. Prior to this
year’s game, the Apps had defeat
ed Elon five years in a row. Last
year they dedicated Conrad Stad
ium 'seating capacity 10,000) while
soundly defeating Elon 27 to 12.
Appalachian arrived at our cam
pus this fall as tops in the Confer
ence with a 2-0 record. Among the
App players were 22 lettermen, in
cluding one Little All-American. In
their first three games the Apps
had allowed their opponents a net
of only 54 yards average rushing.
The Appalachian 89-piece band came
with the team, and the welcome
line it formed as the Mountaineers
came on the field dwarfed Elon’s
51-piece band.
Elon was truly the underdog, for
Coach Tucker’s offensive line-up in
cluded five sophomores. On defen
sive five sophs and one freshman
started. But once the game started.
Appalachian diminished in size. De
fense dominated the game, but Elon
drove 40 and 74 yards for scores.
One of the Apps scores came after
a pass interception and a run to
the four, and the other was on an
81-yard pass. Take away the two
long plays, and Appalachian could
not have scored.
When the final gun sounded, Ap
palachian's top-ranked team had lost
to lowly Elon 16 to 13. But the win
Christians
I victory and a student victor}’ lor
;;lon, ranking with the Western Car-
' 'n game of IflBl as the finest foot-
■'■■\11 game of the past 'hree y-ars,
I express no rah-rah tender.cies.
I’m just proud of my school.
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Elon Is Number One
iJy virtue of the “upset" win
over Appalachian. Elon College is
^ow tops in the Carolinas Confer-
nce and will remain so, at least
intil after the Catawba game next
week. In fact, the chances are that
the Christians will remain .so long
fter that time. Prior to last week
end, the Conference standings look-
d like this:
Won I.ost Tied
Elon
Catawba
\ppalachian
West Carolina
Newberry
Guilford
lenoir Rhyne
Our Christians had a pair of non
op battles with East Carolina and
Carson-Newman before facing Cat
awba, and the two non-titular bat
tles offered Elon's freshmen and
sophomores some valuable exper
ience. Surely it would be a wonder
ful gift if this football team could
iresent the college with its first
Conference championship since 1941
as a sort of Diamond Anniversary
present. It could very well do just
that.
Praise Be To Linemen
Too often football glory rests pri
marily on the heads of the backs,
but that victory over Appalachian
was first of all a team victory and
then a victory for the Elon line.
was no nuke, for the Christians Whenever Stewart Tart^ Johnson^
for'Pruette or Burnette plunged tor
Elou i'eani i’ia vis
The Fighting Christians will take
part in two straight “Homecom
ing” celebrations, for they go to
Salisbury next weekend to battle
the Catawba Indians in the Cat
awba Homecoming Day battle,
and then the Christians retnr>i
home to face Western Carolina in
Elon’s own Homecoming contest
two weeks hence.
That game with Catawba at Sal
isbury next weekend could be quite
a battle, for the Indians loom as
one of the strongest contenders
for the Conference grid honors, and
they will be going all out in an
effort to avenge a 15-0 defeat in
flicted by the Christians in their
annual meeting for Elon’s Home
coming alumni here last fall.
There will be added interest
in the Elon-Catawba s^ame due
to the fact that the two teams
are the chief contenders for the
conference title, each of them
undefeated in loop play.
Saiiiord Has l>asei)allers
III Off-Season Workouts
Klon
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Klon 6, Frederick 7,
Klon 14, Kniory-Ilenry 15.
Fllon 2.S, (iuiltiird 7
Klon l(i, Appalaehlan 13
Fl(in 0. Fast ('arolina £
Oct. 19—Tarson-NeHinan, away.
Oct. 26—('atawha, awa,v.
Nov. 2—West Carolina, home.
Nov. 9—Ni-wberry. iiuay.
Nov. I(>—Kenoir Khyne, away.
which !.‘nd ;i with Stewart banging
Irom the two. The kick failed,
and i;lon led 6 to 0.
.Appalachian ’I'hc Mountaineers knotted the
While King Football rides the
sports throne during this autumn
.season, old King Baseball has stuck
his head into the Elon campus pic
ture as Coach ,Iack Sanford sends
'wenty or more diamond hopefuls
hrough a month of more
season drills.
The crack of bat and horsehide
has been echoing out at College
Field three afternoons per week
^ince mid-September, and Coach
Sanford stated this week that he
■)lans to continue the work until at
least the last of October, ^
There are a number of letter vet-
-rans in togs and working regular
ly, but several of Coach Sanford's.
liamond outfit of last spring are
■vorking with other sports at this
Mme of year, and two of the Christ
ian basehallers of last spring are
out of school this fall, both being
lue to return in time for action in
he spring.
Letteinian Dan Kelley is with the
football squad this fall, along with
reserves Joe Dawson and Alex Bur
nette; and letterman Danny Hall and
reserve Sonny Smith arc working
with the Elon cagers. Letter sec
of off- ond-sacker Gary Taylor is workin.g
this fall, and letter outfielder Carl
ton Highsmith is on a six-months
service tour. Both are due back for
action when baseball rolls around
The Christian pitching corps looks
unusually strong this fall, according
to Coach Sanford, who lists no le.ss
than four monogram veterans out
ind chunking the ball around. Mono
gram hurlers on hand from last
spring are Southpaws Lefty Everett
SOPH LINEMAN PROVES VALUE
netted 114 yards rushing to
the Apps, and Elon collected 14 yardage, you may be sure that some^
first downs as the Mountaineers got
six'4 It was a team victory, a band
Christians Face
Eajjles Iti Game
The Christian grid squad moves
west this weekend, trekking over
the mountains to battle the Car
son-Newman Eagles in .Jefferson
City, Tenn., in a non-conference
contest. The game is set as an
afternoon battle tomorrow, one of
the few daytime games for the
Christians this fall.
This week's game marks only
the second meeting between Elon
and Carson-Newman on the grid
iron. The first meeting of the two
at Burlington last fall resulted in
a thrilling 22 to 20 win for the
Tennessee eleven. Another close
tilt is expected this week, for the
Eagles handed Emory and Henry
its only loss by a J to 0 margin.
one in the mighty App line gave up
their positions by methods other
than tender love and care. Special
recognition should go to fellows like
Tommy Mitchell, Randy Warren,
John Gozjack. Joe Dawson and oth
ers for great play up front. Sonny
Pruette gets special citation for
fine ball carrying.
Elon Drops East Carolina |
Saturday night’s game with East|
Carolina last week was probably the
last grid meeting of the two old
rivals. East Carolina dropped out of
the Conference when the loop
schools dropped their sports aid
to 22 scholarships. By contrast. East
Carolina has 60 such grants this year
and will have 70 next year. She is
currently trying to gain admission
to the Southern Conference, and
the Pirates’ win over Wake Forest
this fall indicates that they are
ready for the bigger loop.
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F'irst I>owns
Yards (iain Hushin -
H arris I^»st Knshini;
Net Yards Hushing
I’asses Attempted
”> l*asses ('ompleted
^•1 Yards Gain Passing
181 T(»lal Yards Scrimmage
1 0pp. Passt»s Intercepted
0 Runback Int. Passes
3 Number Punts
43.3 Ave. Yards Punts
33 Kunback All Kicks
1 I'u nbhs Lost
0 Yards Penalties
Score By Periods:
Klon 0 60 ID—U;
\ppalachian 0 6 0 7—13
Elon Touchdowns—Stewart. (2-
run), Tart (1-run). Extra Points—
Ferrell 2 (placement). F^ield Goal—
Ferrell (23-yards). Appalachian
Touchdowns—Hayes (I-run), L. Har
bin (81-pass from Saunders). F.xtra
points—Saunders 1 (placement).
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and Mike Best and righthander Roy
Erlandsen. Another monogram hurl-
er on hand is .lerry Tillman, a tall
rightsider, who was out of school
last spring.
Joining these veteran throwers in
mound workouts this fall are a
number of freshmen and transfer
prospects. Herbie Johnson, a fine
southpaw from Burlington, is here
IS a transfer from Wake Forest and
will be eligible next .spring. Other
newcomer pitchers are Jack Burts-
che, a righthand transfer from the
University of Illinois, along with
righthanders Jimmy Dailey, Rich
ard Chappell and Stan Hill and
southpaw W; vne Moore.
Veteran Phil Cheek, letter regu
lar. and reserve Mihon Gro.se are
both on han I this fall as catchers.
Al.so available for work behind the
plate is Pete Crook, a letterman
catcher, who played third base last
spring. Both Crook and Grose have
been working at first while Art
Davis devotes his time to basket
ball.
Lettermen on hand for infield duty
are Tom Piccininni and Comar
Shields, a pair of reserves, and work
ing with them around the inner de
fenses are .loe Ijee. Pete Coghill and
Mike Graffeo, a trio of reserves.
There are no letter outfielders in
the camp this fall, but promising
prospects are Dwight Gibson, a re
serve of last spring, and newcom
ers Owen Shields and Bill Clark. A
full corps of veteran gardeners will
1* back in the spring in Kelley, Hall
and Highsmith.
An alert Elon defen.sive unit,
which hti hard all night and which
Trabbed off three Appalachian fum
bles in a series of .self-made breaks,
keyed the Chri.stian victory. It was
two of those recoveries of loose balls
which .set the .stage for the first
two Chri.stian .scores, but it was old-
fashioned and hard-driving attack
that netted the final and winning
touchdown.
John Gozjack, Rlon end, bounccd
on a Dennis Saunders fumble at
the App forty early in the second
quarter, and Elon was off to the
races from there An Ed Wheless
pass to Dan Kelley for 13 yards
and a 10-yard smash by Fred Stew
art were key plays in the drive
i; score fl\e minutes later on a de-
lii; fensivo ^;cm of their own. Lanky
cepti'd a Whi'li'ss pass on the Elon
Larry Herbin lea|x>d high and inter-
45 and raced back 41 \ards to the
Elon four. Jim Hayes, hard-driving
App fullback, ripix'd to pay dirt from
there, and the .score was knotted
6-all at half-time.
Neither team coidd mo\e effectr
ively in the third i>eriod, but a
thrill - packed final quarter netted
three scores. Three minutes into
the final period Morris Thomas
pounced on a Jim Hayes fumble at
the App twelve, and three Elon
plays moved to the six. Then, on
fpurih down Ferrell booted a [lerfect
field goal from the thirteen, a 23-
yard true-toe effort that .shot Elon
to the four for a .second time by a
9 to 6 margin.
The Christians had little time to
jubilate, however, for the Mountain
eers rebounded within three plays
after the Elon field goal. Hie kick-
off went to the App 25-yard line,
but the Mountaineers wvre forced
back to the nineteen, from where
Dennis Saunders lofted a long aer
ial to Larry Harbin for an 81-yard
TD thrust. Saunders him.self kicked
good, and the visitors were out
front 13 to 9.
If the spirits of Rlon supporters
fell at that [X)int, it was not for
long, for the (’hristians proved their
"Fighting” qualities by coming right
back to gain the lead for the third
and final tinx;. This final score and
the victory came on a sustained
74-yard drive from the App kick-off,
a drive that was keyed by several
fine efforts by Willie Tart.
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GOES OFFENSE AND DEFF.NS
One of last year's reserves who has come through in fine style for the
Christian footballers this .season is Randy Warren, a hard-nosed interior
line star from Selma. Warren, who is a football sophomore, tips the scales
at a mere 200 pounds, but he hits with the power of a much heavier man.
He is listed on the roster as a tackle, but he can go at either guard or
tackle and can go on either defense or offense.
Congratulations Department
Congratulations and t>est wishei
go out this week to Charlie Strigo
and his bride of October 6th.
A similar thoughts to quarter
back Ed Wheless, who proudly an
nounced the birth of a son, Mich
ael Edward, on Tesday, October
8th. Ed reports that his wife and
(son are doing fine.
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Sonny Pruette, a speedy .sophomore from Roanoke Rapids, has grabbed
a share of the spotlight in Elon's e:irly grid battles this fall as he turned
in some fine performances on both offense and defen.se at his halfback
spot. After seeing only re.serve duty a year ago, Pruette started this fall
as a regular defensive man in the Christian secondary, but he moved
into the offensive picture with a bang when injuries sidelined speedy
Clayton Johnson, letterman junior Pruette has counted two TDs in early
games and has rushed for an average of almost five yards per carry.