fYjiny. December 11. 19B4
MAROON ANO GOLB
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Elon Gridders Gain 1964 Conference Championship
(Jirislians (-lincli ('nnvii
111 7-7 Tie With Bears
The Elon College ,'oothall squa
had to prove its right lo the Kicht
ing Christian name by coming from
jehind to tie the U'lioir lUiynt
^ears 7 to 7 in Burlington Stadium
on Saturday night, November 14th.
coring in the final moments of the
;irst half for the tie that clinched
for Elon her first Conference grid
title in twenty-three years.
• • •
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l^iioir Khyne
i
Spotlighting
The Fighting
Christians
By TO.M CORBITT
The Fighting Christian football squad, which won for Elon her first unshared Conference grid champ-
! ionship since 1941 while posting a very fine 8-1-1 record for the 1964 grid campaign, is pictured above.
• ho.-.' ,)icuii\d, lott to right by rows follows: FllONT ROW — Ralph Mizelle, manager; Gary Jordan,
j.i i(j Geiury. Tom fJrown, Clayton Johnson. H. L. Robinson, Tyrone McDuffie, David Oliphant, Walter
u:!;?, Miclvcy Hughes, Dickey Hughes, Jerry Hogge and Bill Mason SECOND ROW — Ken Harper, trainer
: and manager: Carey Metts, Bobby Ferrell, Ron Foresta, Lamar Clark, Ray Wilson, Randy Warren, Zack
,Jioad..way. Sonny Pruette. Spencer Davis. Stewart McDonald. Perry Williams. Eduie Hinkle and D.iw
.11. Till D I'lOW — Jerry Holmes, manager; Alex Burnette, Joe Robinson, Burgin Beale, Scott Crabtree,
Ah.lcss, Aiorris Thomas, Lee Johnson, Tommy M.tchell, Pete Jarvis, Richard Williamson, Darrell Mor-
^,.11, L.iarles Alligood, Gene Brewer and Coach George Tucker. B.ACK ROW — Doug Amick. Fred Stewart.
,.y iIowl'. Mike Ray, A. W. McGee, Frankie Briley. Dale Ward, Itex Harrison, Richard Lee, Mackie
,i ,e:;, Gene Higgins, Gary Karriker, Larry Smith, Coach Alan White and Coach Gary Mattocks.
Elon Defeats Wofford By 65 To 64
The Elon College 1964 football ported their teams through long
season is now a matter for the'losing years,
record books, for the Fighting
Christians compiled an 8-1-1 rec
ord, the best ten-game season rec
ord in the history of the college.
This record gave the Christians the
undisputed championship of the
Carolinas Conference, an honor
which has evaded the college for
the last 23 years.
Elon dominated the Greensbo «
Daily News 1964 Carolinas Confer
ence All-Star Team, placing six
players on the 22-man team. On the
Daily News All-State team, one
Fighting Christian is listed and an
other received honorable mentio
In a truly remarkable “Cinder
ella story,” for the first time in
the history of the college, an Elo..
player was drafted by the National
Football League, and the selection
came on the fifth round of the se
lections.
In team and individual statistics,
the Christians dominated the con
ference. and. after supposedly los
ing a bowl bid with a 7-7 tie against
Lenoir Rhyne, the Christians came
back to defeat Frederick 48-7 in
the final game and closed the sea
son in a blaze of glory.
Yet, despite this record, it has
been said in some circles that in
1964 the Christians were a disap-j
pointment. It has been said thati
the team lacked spirit. Supporters
of this theory tell us that the team^
was never really “up” for any of
the games. Others have said that
there was friction on the team.
Another belief is that several of'
the players did not play as best
they could.
At the beginning of the season,
it was felt by many that Elon was
destined for a bowl game. Thus the
loss to Western Carolina and thei
tie with Lenoir Rhyne were disap
pointments. It may be that ourl
hopes and aspirations were set tooj
high and were unobtainable. j
It is more likely, however, that
these accusations are untrue or at
least involve theories that deal with |
intangibles which can never be
proved. It is even more likely that
such statements are unwarranted
and based on purely personal prej
udices.
And it is a fact that the pro
ponents of such views are the rea
son behind the common belief that
Elon lacks school spirit. Proponents
of such slurs falsely attribute this
lack of spirit to the performance
of the team.
These Saturday night and Monday
•norning quarterbacks and dis
gruntled members of the college
Community are incongruous with
*he record of other schools in the
®rea of school spirit. Notable ex-
fimples are the students of Wake
Forest and Guilford, wtiidi sop-
These members of the Elon Col
lege community are of the belief
that Elon should consider their
support, not only in athletics but
in all phases of education, a priv
ilege. Of such was the silent multi
tude ot 6,500 at the Lenoir Rhyne
game.
It is this disgruntled element that
forces us to continually stop an I
.•'.alu2te athletic programs. Among
these people, success is measure
in the absolute quality of the "win.”
These negaii.e thinkers reiect th”
jtatt-'m.;n; ”i* is not whether yo"
win or lose, but how you play the
jame.” These undesirables attempt
-.0 rmko colbge athletics a do-or-
lie proposition and a business.
The critics, the underminers and
the pessimists will always exist at
Elon and in society. Their derog
atory remarks will continue to dis
tract from that which is praise
worthy. But in 1964 these voices
from the lowest depths shall inherit
'he wind, for in 1964 the record of
Elen's chompionship football squad
will speak for itself.
First Downs
Yards Gain Rushing
Yards l^t Rushing
Net Yards Rushing
Passes Attempted
Passes ('ompleted
75 Yards Gain Passing
202 Total Yards Offense
2 0pp. Passes Interc.
3 Hunback Interc. Passes
S Number Punts
39.0 Ave. Yards Punts
43 Runback All Kicks
0 Fumbles I^st
S5 Yards Penalized
SrORK BY PERIODS:
Klon 0 7 I
Lenoir Rhyne 7 0 (
12
145
50
95
I
8
85
180
1
Z1
6
37.5
126
1
63
b^loi; Foothail
Richard Such laid up the clutch
ba.sket with barely 1:13 on the
clock as the Fighting Christian
cagers opened their 1961-65 basket
ball campaign with a nerve-tingling
Go to 64 victory over the Wofford
Terriers on the Elon floor on Tues
day night, December 1st.
The Christians had trailed by ten
points with less than seven minutes
left in the game, but Coach Miller's
boys put on a full court press that
effecti'.ely halted the Terrier scor-
ng and ga\e Elon a chance to nar
row the gap and set the stage for
Such's winning basket.
High - jumping Jesse Branson
spearheaded the Christians’ scoring
attack with 22 points, hitting 1.
of 13 from the charity stripe. Such
was the only other Christian in
double figures.
Hot - handed George Lyons of
Wofford took scoring honors, how
ever, canning 12 field goals and
four of five free throws for 23
points. He racked up 17 the first
half while the Terriers marched
Wheless Paces Attack
In 48-7 Frederick Win
#—7
0—7
Klon Touchdown — Strwart (5-
iin). Kxtra Point — Ferrfil (plarr-
iifnt'. L«?n(>ir Uhyne Toiirh-lown —
Vivian (.3-run). Kxtra i*olnt —
to a 36-34 halftime advantage Bud-j (placement).
' Hayes added 19 tallies for the' • » •
losers. ; The Chri.stians won the title, bul
\'\ .)\-Sl with 6:50 left in the titular finale did not go ac-
the game. Elon applied the full I cording to plan, for the fired-up
court press and the Terriers coulJ | Rears drove for a touch lown the
not cope with the pressure. T ip first time they got the ball, ham-
;i !nn.,d (inly five points during mering their way for 67 yards in
the remaining time while Elon was j barely 15 plays after receiving an
piling in 14 points.
Such got the winning basket with
. ... ui the Terriers nok spv-
r“l mr.r.' -.hot.s before conceding.
They fired twice in the la.st 15 sec-
•’ .ail.
The line-upi:
The Elon College Christians.
ham,)ions of the Carolinas Con-
rence, proved their championship
■l.q«s in no uncertain style as they
'imb'-'led the Frederick Lions by
■joth air and land and posted an
overwhelming 48 to 7 victory over
the Tidewater outfit in the final
game of Elon’s 1964 campaign at
Frederick on Saturday, November
21st.
Ed Wheless. the red-head with the
Atomic Arm, wound up his Elon
career in style as blazing as his
hair when he completed 16 of 34
passes for 275 yards, with four of
his tosses going for touchdowns
One of his TD throws was an 19
yard bit of collaboration with speedy
David Gentry, a play which set a
new Elon record for the longest
pass play in Christian history.
Pos.—Elon (65)
F—Branson (22i
F—Such (101
C—Andrew I9i
0—A. Davis 8i
G—Winfrey (8i
Half-time: Wofford
Wofford (641
Oabtree O'
Lyons '2S
Pjgram li
Hnye.-; 11
Broome
35. Elon 34
Elon sub — Atkins 8. Woffort'
sub — Lemmons.
Klon 14, Kmory and Henry 6.
Klon IS, Guilford 6.
Klon 28, Appalachian 7.
Klon 9, Tamp Lejrune 7.
Klon 31, Carson-N'ewman 6.
Klon 22. Catawba 17.
Klon 20. West Carolina 21.
Klon 29. NewlMTry 6.
Elon 7, Lenoir Khyne 7.
..Ion 4S, Frederick 7.
and Lenori Rhyne was ahead 7 to
0 with 5:25 left in the first quarter.
Neither team could mount a sus
tained drive in the remainder of
the half, but the Christians recov
ered a Mike Campbell fumble at
the Lenoir Rhyne sixteen as the
second period was running out. From
the sixteen Elon moved the ball to
>aydirt in just five plays, with Fred
Stewart hammering around end
rom the five for the score. Bobby
Ferrell kicked good for the 7-7 tie
and the 1964 Conference title.
As far as the scoring went, that
was the ball game, for the tre
mendous punting by Elon's Joe Daw
son and Lenoir Rhyne’s Wayne Bell
sent both teams back deep into
their own territory time after time
during the game. Neither boy av
eraged 40 yards due to one bad
punt each, but both were really
putting a toe into the ball the rest
of the day.
The Christians got their only out
standing drive underway late in
the game after halting Lenoir
Rhyne at the Elon twelve and see-
Elon punt. 1 ‘''y 8°
The key play of thus scoring march | Starting from tneir own twenty,
was a fourth down pa.ss from Tom I the Christians elected to go for a
■Jrown to .Jerry Rhodes for 16 yards score instead of holding the tie.
to the Elon five, with Eric Vivian ... l j . »
, and they marched to the Bear four
■::: ■! , i ■. r-., ,..n h .pt; j,,
two carries. Ed Jovner kickH good, I 'Continued on Pag» Fouj-
THEY LEAD CHKISTIAN CA(;EKS
ANDREW GOES HP FOH BASKET
Elon
HOW IT HAPPENED
Frederick
21
First Downs
4
214
Yards Gain Rushing
91
'.0
Yards Lost Rushing
45
164
Net Yards Rushing
46
•^6
Passes Attempted
16
18
Passes Completed
3
283
Yards Gain Passing
11
347
Total Yards Offense
57
0
0pp. Passes Interc.
4
0
Runback Interc. Passes
66
3
Number Punts
8
34.3
Ave. Yards Punts
34.9
48
Runback All Kicks
122
0
Fumbles Lost
4
■)5
Yards Penalized
63
SCORE BY PERIODS:
Elon
13 21 7
7-48
above as he P Tuesday night, December 1st. The battle,
Terriers on the EIot ^ J g real cliff-hanger all the
Frederick 0 0 7 0— 7
Elon Touchdowns — Gentry 3 (7-
pass from Wheless, 6-run. 89-pass
from Wheless). Stewart 2 (13-pass
I from Wheless, 8-pass from Wheless),
1 AmIck (3-run), Pruete (27-run with
I fumble). Extra Points — Ferrell 6
(placement). Frederick Touchdown
— Putnam (H-run). Extra Point—
Kollowski (placement).
• • *
David Gentry, the fleet little
freshman halfback, had another
great day as he personally .scored
three of Elon’s seven touchdowns.
In addition to his 89-yard TD pass
from Wheless, Gentry also took a
7-yard scoring aerial and ran over
from the six to climax another Elon
scoring drive.
Fred Stewart, the big 220-pounder
who teams with the tiny Gentry at
the starting halfback posts for the
Christians, also had a fine day as
he closed out the season. Stewart
Falcons Upset Elon Quintet
The Christian cagers were off to to the Pfeiffer Falcons in a Caro-
a hot start but cooled to a marked Unas Conference battle here on Sat-
legree in later stages of the game night, December 5th. The up-
, J cQ cK falcons set Elon
as they dropiwd a 68 to 66 decision , . ... ,
■' oil to a bad start on its bid for
Conference honors for the new
campaign.
.Jesse Branson. Elon’s All-Amer
ican forward, dumped in the first
bucket seconds after the first whistle
:nd Howard Andrew and Art Davis
Coined Branson in building an 18-10
Klon margin in the first ten minutes
of the game, bul the eager Falcons
brought the Christian romp to a
halt as .Johnnie Miller and Larry
'.(■ntz collaborated in a Pfeiffer rally
\i'hich netted 13 points before Elon
got another field goal.
The best Elon could offer during
the Falcon sweep was a pair of
singleton free throws, and Pfeiffer
was ahead 23 to 20 with only five
; minutes left in the half. The Fal-
] ciiii.s went on to post a 31-26 edge
I as the first half ended.
I The Christians came back with
1 ;i gallant effort early in the final
I half, with liobby Atkins and Dave
Winfrey joining Branson in pulling
Elon to a brief lead at 4«-;w in the
I first five minutes after intermis-
; sion. but the Maroon and Gold cag
ers could not hold the edge. I*feiffer
quickly tied the count and moved
to the front to lead by seven at
and ('oach Francis Rssoc’s
hays staved off a belated Elon bid
to win the decision.
The Elon cagers put four men in
double figures, with Bobby Atkins
lopping the point column with 16
counters, trailed by Jes.se Branson
with 15, Howard Andrew with 14
and Dave Winfrey with 10 markers.
Uanny Carver led the winning Fal
cons with 19. followed by Larry
L«ntz with 16 and Johnnie Miller
vith 13 points.
(Continued on Pngr four.
Th- !''aJ"i- of Ihe ri:>htin^ Chrisja:’. c.igers. who have already
starteJ th, r hid for honors ir the n'W l“6!-r,5 basketball campaign,
are pictu. e I abo .e. They are Dave V/infrey, left, a senior guard from
Louisville, Ky„ and Jesse Branson, a l';wering .senior forward, who
hails from right here in Alamance County. Bran.son won All-American
honors last season and went on to the finals of the Olympic trials
in New York City as a representative of the NAIA colleges. Both Winfrey
and Branson are now starting their fourth seasons in Maroon and Gold
uniforms, and fans are pulling for them to make their final campaign
their best one.
The line-ups:
Pos. Elon (66)
F—Branson (15i
F—Such (4)
C—Andrew (14)
G—Davis (7)
G—Winfrey (10)
Pfeiffer (68)
Lawson (5)
Williford (6)
Carver (19)
Wynne (9)
MLlcr (16)
Half-time: Pfeiffer 3', xilon 26.
elon sub — Atkins 16. Pfeiffer
sub — 16.