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LLOYD KANIPE, CENTER-GUARD
Christian
Scratch Sheet
By JACK DeVITO
Well 1 did it again. In my last against Catawba in the final eight
two columns I predicted that the! seconds of the ball game when
Elon College Fighting Christians Catawba, leading 12-0, tried a
would improve their record, and | field goal that fell short int*
so far this season the Elon eleven
has won one game and lost five.
Therefore. I will try to make this
column as painless as possible
for me and no tmake any pre
dictions for the coming football
games. The only constructive
point that I can make about our
football team thus far is that
nothing else can happen to it to
big down our attack, for every
thing has happened to it already,
including penalties, injuries, fum
bles, interceptions, and blocked
punts.
The football game at Carson-
Newman, which Elon l»st 18-0,
was the Christian’s worst defeat
since Lenoir Rhyne drubbed them
27-0 in 1962. TTiis season’s five-
game losing streak is the longest
one since the 1959 season when
the Christians won the opening
game of the season and proceed
ed to lose the next nine ball
games. Also, this is the first time
since the 1955 season that the
Elon team has been shut out in
more than two football games.
The Carson-Newman game also
provided another unusual point in
the blocking of two •onsecutive
punts of Joe Dawson’s by the
Eagles. Previous to the blecked
punts in that game, Dawson had
punted successfully 92 times with
out having any blocked, and the
Elon team had not had any punts
blocked in 230 tries. It is statistics
such as these that makes me feel
certain that not too much more
can happen to the Christians this
season to stall tieir attack.
There is a good possibility t-hat
the Elon team will win the Home-
wming game against Western
Carolina for the Christians have
not lost a homecoming game since
the 1959 season (that was a lean
ysar). Homecoming has always
fWTushed plenty of excitement to
‘he Elon football fan.
Back in the 1960 homecoming
SsiTie, Elon quarterback George
"ooten scampered 108 yards
Wooten’s awaiting arms.
The following year Wooten wa;
the homecoming hero again after
nearly being the goat, .'fter hav
ing fumbled the football abau
four or five times, Wooten kicked
a 30-yard field goal with only two
seconds remaining on the clock
to give Elon an 11-9 viciory over
Western Carolina.
Quarterbacks must have a
knock for the excif’ni m't-minute
heroics, for in the 19G1 home
coming game. Ed “Strawberry
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TWICE N AMED
BILL MIELE. FUIJBACK
No; in many football moor- h^- R.' i-’ st'
•nen in one game as were slated for starting duty against the Ca-
av/ba Indians at Salisbury last Saturday afternoon, and the same
•iree frosh stars will probably get the call for opening offensive duty
/hen the Fighting Christians entertain the Western Carolina Cata-
.'ounts in the Elon Homecoming battle at Burlington Stadium to-
norrow afternoon. The three first-year head-hunters shown alwve
ire Lloyd Kanipe, of Charlotte, a fine center who also doubles as a
guard; Bill Miele, of Irvington, N. J., a hard-driving fullback; and
‘ es Gilliam, of Burlington, a tackle who came to Elon from Western
'.amance.
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It is a powerful and dangerous
pack of Catamounts who come
down from Carolina’s high hill
country tomorrow as Western
Carolina battles the Elon Christ-
i i.ins in Elon's annual Hompcomlng
, grid battle, which is set for 2:15
o'clock tomorrow afternoon in the
;iurlington Memorial Stii liuni.
Coach Don Robin.son has sixteen
ttormen as a nucleus for this
IP65 Western Carolina coni'oina-
tion, and they well reni-.iabiT
their sensational rally in the clos
ing minutes last year that gave
them a 21 to 20 upset victory over
I'on's Carolina? Conference
 lampions. That memory i:. till
iweet to them, and they'd be
■ eady to go whole-ho’ jfLur an-
^ *’‘,“r win tomorrow.
it Elon alio has somo inomo-
rii . of that game at Cullovvhee
t year, and surely Coai-li Gary
Mattocks and his boys would like
0 erase the picture of thit de
feat with a victory of their own
in this 1965 Homecomin; tilt The
Elon veterans remember seeing
a 20 to 0 lead vanish in a few
scant minutes, and they will be
'lally as determined to win.
Tbese Calii mount gridders have
>en frequent Homecoming foes
- the Elon sqund, and they have
urely proven to be worthy foes
in recent Homecoming appear-
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Blocking Two Punts
Carsoii-Newinan Defeats
Elon By 18 To 0 Count
Elon Grid Sc|uad Shows ‘Youth’ Look
Eloii Football
By JACK DeVITO
The Carson-Newman Eagles
provided their home fans a Home-
omin? gift by defeating the Hon
lootball team 18 to 0 in an after
noon contest at Carson-Newm'-r
in Jefferson City, Tenn., on Sat
jrday, October 16th.
Elon on their own three yar_
Elon
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HOW IT H.APPENED
Carson-Newman
SCOTT CR.ABTREE
Scott Crabtree, senior center
and linebacker from Durham,
has been twice named “Christ-
ian-Of-The-Week” for his bril
liant defensive play, for he first
won the h*nor in the Guilford
game and again selected after
another fine performance in the
Christians’ 11 to 7 loss at Pres
byterian, where he recovered
tie fumUe that set up the Elon
touchdown and figured in a big
share of the tackles on defense.
First Downs 16
96 Yards Gain Rushing 211
32 Yards Lost Rushing 5
)1 Net Yards Rushing 206
11 Passes Attempted 19
2 Passes Completed 9
:0 Yards Gain Passing 83
84 Total Yards Offense 289
I 0pp. Passes Intercepted 2
0 Runback Interc. Passes 7
7 Number Punts 5
25.7 Ave. Yards Punts 31.0
J Runback .All Kicks 101
0 Fumbles Lost
;0 Yards Penalized 86
Score by Periods:
Elon 0 0 0 0— 0
Carson-.N'ewman 0 4 7 7—18
Carson-Newman Touchdowns —
Dek»zier (2-run), Flora (4-run).
Extra Points — Rich 2 (kicks).
Saleties — Chrisman blocked
punt into end zone; Pair blocked'
kick into end zone.
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The Eagles attack provided a
strong defense in the first half to
score two safeties and a very
strong offense to score two touch
downs in the second half of play.
This was Carson-Newman’s fourth
consecutive win after an opening
loss to Western Carolina, and
fhis was Elon's fourth consecu-
.tive loss after an opening win
over Emory and Henry.
Despite yielding the football to
the Christians only six times in
the first half and gaining 160
yards, the Eagles only managed
four points in that half in scoring
two safeties.
After Benny Booher’s punt put
line, the Christian offense coulu
not get rollinT, and Elon wa
forced to punt on fourth down
With Joe Dawson punting from
his own end zone. Dale C^irism?'
guard for the Eagles, blocked th
punt, with the ball rolling out o
the end zone for a safety.
On the next series of dow.-v-
Elon's gridders again had th»ii
backs to the wall, via an 18-yar.
loss by quarterback Burgin Beale
and the Christians were forced
to punt from theh" six yard line
This time it was Carson-Newma:
end Tommy Pair who blocked one
of Dawson's punts for the secon:
safety of the half, The two blocker
kicks were the first for Joe Dav,
son. who had never had a pun
blocked in 92 attempts in the pas
three seasons).
In the second half the Eagles
put together sustained drives of
36 yards and 80 yards scoring two
'ouchdowns and kicking two extra
points. After an interception of a
Beale pass by Larry Sharpe, the
eleven from Tennessee had first-
-and-ten on the Elon 36-yard line
Ten plays later, picking up three
first-downs along the way. Sobb;.
DeLozier scored from two yard'
out. A penalty on the extra- poin
try put the ball back on the 1?
yard line and then Eddie Rich
converted with a 35 yard extra
point.
Ihe second touchdown, late i —
the fourth quarter, was scored «
an 80-yard drive engineered by
Eagle quarterback Roy Flora
CaESon-.Newman took over on her
•wn twenty-yard-line, and eleve
plays and two penalties later-
Flora scored on a rollout to th
left sid« from four yards o.i!
Rich kicked the extra point, mak
ing the score 18 to 0.
The only sign of strength that
the Christians showed was a rug
ged goal-line defense early in the
hlon 15, Emory and Henry 0.
Elon 0, Guilford 7.
Elo* 0, Appalachian 9.
7, Presbyterian 14.
Elon 0, Carson-Newraan 18.
;..n>n 8, Catawba 21.
(Re.-nalning Gurne*)
Ort. no—West Carolina, home.
• n.'. fi—Newberry, away.
Nov. 13—Lenoir Rhyne, away.
Despite the fact that the Elon
College football squad boasts a
total of 23 letter veterans from
last year’s Carolinas Conference
championship outfit, the Fighting
Christian starting combos on both
''ense and defense are now show-
1,; a di.',«inctiy youthful tint, and
it appears that Coach Gary Mat-
ojks plans to depend heavily up
• 1 his youn;.^sters through the late
'.')i of thii 1"65 ca.Tipaign.
• et by bad brea’-s at times
)' which proved fatal i..
; -sful lo='^8 to Guilford.
Pre'byterian and
'ar-j.; v.Tian, Coaoh Mattocks
'lected h-) v/i k to shuffle his
BEALE NOW AT (^liAJ{ r!J{|{A(;K
f
line-up like a deck of cards and
decided to give youthful desire its
he started three first-
.ar freshmen within liis offens-
' eleven against Catawba.
Those three freshmen, complete
cwcomers to the Elon squad this
oar, include Lloyd Kanipe, a 220-
pound center from Charlotte, who
has already proven that he can
?o at guard as well as at the
pivot and who has also proven
his ability as a place kicker and
kick-off man; Bill Miele, a 190-
pound fullback from Irvington,
N. J., who runs with atomic
power; and Wes Gilliam, a 215-
pound tackle from neighboring
Western Alamance High, who has
shown himself a real head-hunter.
But those freshmen are not the
only youngsters who are getting
their chance for rugged action as
the season moves into its final
half, for Burgin Beale, a second-
year man who bohunked last year
and still rates as a football be-
:;inner, has moved in at quarter
back; and “Moose” Williamson,
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Coach Rill Miller has hlfl
Fighting Chrisfian cage squad
hard at work in preparation fofl
the upcoming )%5-IW season,
having started his squad to
work on a regular pgactlot
schedule on October l.5Ui. Ha
has fourteen men lifted on tiie
practice roster, including nJn4
freshmen.
The only lettermen on hand
are KAby Atkins, of Moont
Airy; Richard Such, of Sanford:
Tommy Davi.i, of I^eaksville;
and Charlie Van I.,ear, of Mart
insville, Va. Atkias and Such
are juniors, white Davis and
Van I^ar are sophomores. Only
other returnee from last year
Is junior John Nicks, a non-
letter reserre.
The freshman candidates in
alphabetical order of names in
clude Paul Amundsen, of Ken
sington. Md.; Bill Ashworth, of
North Bellmere, N. Y.; Bill
Bowes, of Virginia Beach, Va.;
Steve Caddell, of Rocky Mount;
Henry Goedeck, of Central U-
nni , V ‘ wno Iwhunked last
• ir -'’'-jn. joined three bonafide _ _
Hirst-yeai freshmen in the starting offwi.sive lineup as the second, ||p, n. y.; Sam Key, of Bur-
naif of a luckless Chri.stian season got underway, and he is expected lington; Mike Meachem, of Bur-
,0 direct the attack against the Catamounts in the Homecoming i lingtin; Danny Joe Pendry, of
tilt tomorrow. Beale, who was a pitcher with the ba.seball t«»am last^ Haj^es; and Steve Simmons, of
spring, also uses his piching arm well in tos.sing the pigskin. West Jefferson.