Priday, October 1, 1966
IMBOON AND G0I9
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Elon Hosts Appalachian At Burlngt on On Saturday Night
Dawson Gets RUGGED SENIOR LINE STARS LEAD CIIRISI IAN (iRID SQUAD
First Weekly
^Star' Aivard
It was late in the third quarter,
and the Fighting Christian gridders
were still battling for their first
score against the Eniery and Henry
Wasps last Thursday night when a
wtiite-jerseyed thunderbolt blasted
into the Emory and Henry baclt-
field to blocli a Wasp kick and
single-handedly recover for an Elon
touchdown and a 7 to 0 lead for
the Christians.
That white-jerseyed thunderbolt
was Joe Dawson, one of Elon’s two
co-captains, who won All-Conference
recognition last year for his bril
liant play with the forward wall of
Elon's Carolinas Conference champ
ions: and as a reward for his TD
and all-round fine play against the
Emory and Henry outfit, Dawson
was named as the first “Christian-
of-the-Week” for this 1965 season.
This honor, which carried with
it a number of gifts from business
firms in BurUngton, will be given
weekly throughout the season
through the efforts of a group of
Elon alumni and grid fans, who
are working under the leadership
of Ed Welch, local business man
and civic leader. The player will
be honored each week, being chosen
by a screening committee, which
considers the all-round performance
of all members of the Elon squad
The honor for Joe Dawson, a
nigged 215-pounder from Sanford,
came not only for his feat in block
ing the Emory and Henry punt and
personally scoring the touchdown
Instead, it was given to him for a
truly outstanding all-round per
formance that contributed much to
Elon’s final 15 to 0 victory over the
scrapping swarm of Wasps from
the Virginia hill country.
The Dawson TD came at a mo
ment when the Fighting Christian
squad might well have been some
what frustrated, for the Elon eleven
had amassed an impressive edge
over the Wasps in first downs and
in total ground gained and had
still been unable to break into the
scoring column.
At the moment the Wasps were
backed up to their own 19-yard line
and had just been given a second
opportunity to kick due to one of
several off-setting penalties. The
Wasp kicker took the snap from
center, but he never had a chance
to get his repeat kick away as
Dawson came hurtling through the
middle of the Wasp line and block
ed the kick off to his right.
The Christian guard and lineback
er did not slow up as he blocked
the kick but plunged on the loose
ball inside the five and dived into
to end zone for the six-pointer. Bob
by Ferrell booted the extra point
a moment later, and Elon was safe
home with a 7 to 0 lead. That mar
gin was sufficient to guarantee the
win. but Elon later added a sec
ond TD for the 15 to 0 victory.
In addition to his scoring play.
Dawson played almost full time as
he went both ways on offense and
defense. He blocked and tackled
with the same cold fury that has
featured his play for the past three
seasons, and he also did the Elon
punting, getting away six kicks for
a 41.8 average, well above his last
season's average of 38.1 which he
had for the entire season.
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Christian Squad Needs
Victory In Loop Battle
The Elon Christians will be host
to the Appalachian Mountaineers
in a crucial Carolinas Conference
4rid battle at Burhngton Memorial
Stadium at 8 o'clock Saturday night,
with the Maroon and Gold eleven
needing a victory over the Apps to
stay in the race for another Con
ference grid title.
The Christians tied Catawba for
the championship two years ago
and (hen clinched an undisputed
Conference crown last fall, the first
for F:lon since 1941, but last week's
loss to Guilford put the Eltn grid
ders in a "must " situation in each
of their remaining loop games, a
)0.‘iition where the Christians liter
ally must have a win to remain
;n contention this season.
The Elon outfit had been highl;
favored in the Conference race in
the pre-.'icasnn prophecies, whik' thi'
Appalachian eleven was counted as
a dark horse in the race with its
young squad that is relying heavily
on sophomores and freshmen.
The Mountaineers, however, show
ed strength in turning back New*
Iwrry 10 to 7 in the oi>ening gam»
of the year and then battled a
strong Western Carolina outfit tootl*
and toenail Inst week before losing
to the Catamounts by the same 7
to 0 count that Guilford chalked
against Elon. This week's battle,
then, will pit two teams against
each other, both of whom ari- try
ing to rebound from a clasf d ’feat
last week.
Coach Carl Messere will throw a
\eteran backfield and a young line
again.st the Christians, while Cnach
Gary Mattocks will go with an -ill-
veteran combination and hope that
Elon's offensive crew can hit .stridj
to match the fine play of the Christ
ian defense.
Joe Daw.son, a fine guard and kicker, pictured left, and Morris
Thomas, a tremendous star at tackle, shown right above, are the
co-captains who lead the Elon College Christians in this 1965 football
season. Dawson, who hails from Sanford, is starting his fourth and
final season as a starter with the Fighting Christians, playing as a
guard on olfense and a linebacker on defense. Thomas, who comes
fiom Asheboro, is in his third campaign as a regular in the Christian
forward wall. Both Dawson and 'Thomas have been going both ways
on offense and defense, but Thomas Ls concentrating on defense this
fall as younger stars move into the starting posts at offensive tackle.
Last-Half TD’s Cliiidi
E!oh Win Fnmi Wasps
By ,IACK DpVITO
Elon's Fighting Christians came
back from a scoreless first half to
defeat the Wasps of Emory and
Henry 15 to 0 at Burlington Memori-
il Stadium on Saturday night, Sop
tember 18th, thus gaining their first
Christian
Scratch Sheet
By JACK DeVITO
Elon Football
Elon 15, Emory and Henry 0.
0, Guilford 7.
(RemainiDX Games)
Oct. 2—Appalachian, home.
9—Presbyterian, away.
Oct. 23—Catawba, away.
Oet. 16—Carson-Newman. away.
Oct. 3o_West Carolina, home.
Nov. 6—Newberry, away.
Nov. 13—Lenoir Rhyne, away.
Nov. 20-Frederick, heme.
The Elon College 1965 football
season was officially opened a week
ago last Saturday with the Christ
ians winning over the Wasps fronri
Emery and Henry by a score of 15
to 0. A week before that the Christ
ians had lost a heart-breaker to the
Camp Lejeune Marines by a 6-3
count, but this was a pre-season
encounter and did not count in the
Carolinas Conference race nor in
the NAIA collegiate standings.
The Emory and Henry game was
(illed with penalties, errors, bril
liant runs and an excellent display
of defense. In the first half the Elon
gridders could not get a sustained
drive going, but despite that fact,
the Christians showed seven first
downs and an abundance of yard
age gained. The Christians got as
tar as the Emory 20-yard line, but
Bobby Ferrell's attempted 37-yarcl
field goal fell short.
The Elon defense, which held the
Wasps at bay in the first half was
also responsible for the first Christ
ian score. Late in the third period
Co-Captain Joe Dawson blocked an
Emory and Henry punt, picked up
the ball himself and dove into the
end zone. The Christians' second
score, which occurred in the fourth
period, came as a result of their
only sustained drive of the night.
Big Fred Stewart, top ground gam
er of the game, along with Tyrone
McDuffie and Gary Jordan, account
ed for most of the yardage covered
during this scoring drive, with Jor
dan going over from the one for
the touchdown.
Although the Christians' offense
looked inconsistent against Emory
and Henry, prospecU for this sea
son once more assume a bright
hue. Twenty-three lettermen have
returned for this season, and this
experience alone gives Elon an ad
vantage over most teams in the
Carolinas Conference. The
line has an average weight of 200
pounds, and it has the sPfd to
so along with its brawn. In the
backfield we have an experienred
quarterback in Tyrone McDuffie,
who has shown that he can ^
and pass very weU. Along with Mc
Duffie are shree big and hard-run
ning backs in Fred Stewart, Gary
Jordan and Doug Amick.
The defensive team, better known
to Elon fans as the Comancheroes.
boasts an average weight of a lit
tle over 210 pounds, with 260-pound
Co-Captain Morris Thomas anchor
ing it from his tackle position or at
jentfci-^uard , to which he occas-
sionally shifts, Joe Dawson and Scott
Crabtree hold down the linebacker
jobs in excellent manner, and Ron
Foresta, Sonny Pruette and Dave
OUphant have the needed speed and
agility demanded of them in the
cornerback and safety positions,
Bobby Ferrell is the place-kicking
specialist, and he is doing fine
thus far, Joe Dawson, who averaged
,33.1 yards per punt on 55 boots last
season opened this new campS^
with a 41.8 average against Emory
and Henry. Dawson is ah-eady prof
iting from the national ruling that
punts into the end zone give full
yardage credit, even though the
ball is to be moved back out to
the 20-yard line, and with the bene
fit of this new rule he should easily
set a new Elon all-time record for
punting distance.
The only possible thing which
could affect this year's defensive
champions, our own Elon Christ
ians, from successfully defending
•heir honors won last year is lack
of depth. If there is a limited
amount of injuries, and if some of
the freshman and sophomore pros
pects come through, there is no
reason whv Elon's Fighting Christ
ians should not once more be called
the Carolina Conference football
champions.
• • • •
SPORT SHORTS - Congrats to
Co-Captain Joe Dawson, who was
chosen Christian - of - the - Week
after the Emory and Henry game
and given prizes by several mer
chants of Burlington. . .1 have
heard from some of his fnends
that Rex Harrison, former Elon
end star, has been placed on the
“taxi squad" by the LA Rams,
which means that he is on call
when needed and stiU getting paid.
(Continued On Pag*"
Marines Top Elon In Final Minutes
\ flurry of Leatherneck passes
in'! last-minute touchdown plunge
w I! 1 Brown, Lejeune fullback,
e the Camp Lejeune Marines a
) to 3 victory over the Elon Col
lege Christians before 10,000 excited
ans at Camp Lejeune Saturday
afternoon. September 10th. The gam.-
was a pre-.«ea‘on affair and noi
part of Finn's regul:ir se ..i
The Fighting (,'hristians, who ham
mered their way four times insid
the Marine 10-yard line during the
game, had gone ahead by three
points late in the third period when
Bobby Ferrell booted a 23-yar
field goal for the Maroon and Gol
eleven.
This 3 to 0 lead by the Elon
gridders held up until the final min
ute of the game, and it ap()eared
midway the fourth quarter that the
Christians were going to widen the
margin. With about eight minutes
remaining in the final period the
Christians took a Marine punt on
the Elon nineteen and moved for a
75-yard drive to the Lejeune six.
Tyrone McDuffie, who turned in
a fine game at quarterback for the
Christians in his first offensive start,
passed the Christians on this long
jrive as he completed two 10-yard
jiassss to Fred Stewart and A. W
McGee and himself personally
lugged the ball 34 yards in four
carries. However, the Elon drive
bogged down with two incomplete
passes at the Lejeune six vard
marker and with 4T..) romainin,
on the clock
The Marines had not been able
to chalk a first down against the
rugged Elon defense in the last
half until that time, but they
gambled on fourth down and made
a first down by inches at the Ma
rine sixteen, and then Jim Laurent,
former Waynesburg College quarter
back, began connecting on passes
Laurent completed three succes
sive passes for sixteen, twelve and
twelve yard gains to the Elon 44-
yard line, and then came a 28-yard
pass interference penalty against
he Christians that gave the Ma
rines first and ten at the sixteen.
Laurent tossed for another first-
and-ten at the Elon four. From
there Hal Brown, 218-pound former
University of Maryland fullback,
-Killed into the end zone for the
touchdown. The extra point failed
out the Marines led 6 to 3 with
only forty-five .seconds left, and
the victory was settled.
The game, which was played in
’4-degree temperature and in 70
per cent humidity, showed the Elon
gridders holding a decisive margin
in yardage. The Christians chalked
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PETE JARVIS (;OES INTO .SI’ACh; Al I'KIt I’ASS
V
Pete Jarvis, a speedy junior end from Burlington, quite literally dived into space in ^ the above
picture as he put forth the supreme effort to catch the pass, and that ability to go all out is j^t one
reason why the 6-2 junior flanker, is one of the outstar>ding pass receivers in the Carolinas Conference.
Jarvis is a starting offensive end for the CJiristians for the second straight y^r and has gottra off
to a fine season as he seeks to top his last mark of 12 catehes for a total of 115 yards and two
touchdowns.
u (jiy (if Elon's new .sea.^on.
..ithou^ii Eiun racked ni . ,en
ir^t downs and controlled the foot
ball during much of the first half,
II could not get on the scoreboard
lue to a spotty offense and costly
penalties.
The closest the Christians came
to scoring in that first half was on
Elon's second series of downs, when
fine running by FYed Stewart and
Tyrone McDuffie brought the ball
from Emory and Henry's 4*i-yard
line down to the Wasp twenty,
where the attack bogged down, and
Bobby Ferrell moved in to try a
37-yard field goal that fell short.
• « «
HOW IT HAPPENED
F^lon R. and H.
19 First Downs 4
Z25 Yards Gain Rushing 8S
49 Yards Lost Rushing 11
176 Net Yards Hushing 74
15 Passes Attempted U
7 Passes Completed 3
87 Yards Gain Passing 47
263 Total Yards Offense 121
Z Opp. Passes Intercepted 2
25 Kunbark Interc. Passes 16
6 Number Punts 8
41.8 Ave. Yards Punts 36.4
77 Runl>ark All Kirks 56
0 Fumbles I»st 0
120 Yards Penalized 83
SCORE BY PERIODS:
Kion 9 0 7 8—15
Kmnry and Henry 0 0 0 0— 0
Elon Touchdowns — Dawson
(biorked kirk and recovered for
score), Jordan (1-run). Extra PointN
— Ferreii (placement), Jordan 2
(pass from .Stewart).
• •
A superb Elon defense held
Emory and Henry to two first
downs in that first half and held
the Wasps at bay on the Elon 16-
yard line when the visitors pre
sented their only serious scoring
threat of the night. The Coman-
cheros, Elon's celebrated defensive
unit, lived up to the reputation
which they established last year
by halting the Wasps cold there
and by limiting the Emory and
Henry eleven to 121 yards total
offen.se, including 47 yards by pa.s»*
ing, and to only four first downs
for the entire game.
The Christian defense also pro
vided Elon's first score, for in the
final minutes of the third period
Elon’s first score, for in the final
minutes of the third period Elon's
Co-Captain Joe Dawson blocked Ron
Bales' punt at the Wasp 11-yard
line and then personally picked up
the loose hall and dove into the
end zone. Ferrell convented after
the TD to give Elon a 7-0 lead.
The Elon offense must have taken
the hint from the defense, for in
the fourth period the Elon offease
aontrolled the ball for twenty-three
of the thirty-one plays and scored
one touchdown and added a two-
point conversion.
This Christian score occurred
when Ron Bales punted to Dave
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