Friday, March 4, 1966
^ MASOON AND GOLD
PAGE TIiRF.K
High Point Rallies In Closing Half To Top Elon In Tourney
(•mleck Tops
Sion Scoring
for Season
Henry Goedeck turned in the
hiehest scoring average ever com-
^led by an Elon freshman as he
the individual scoring for
fte Fighting Christian cagers dur-
the 1965-66 season with 577
points and an average of a bare
■^jon above 24.0 points per
jgpie for the 24-game season,
which saw Elon win 13 and lose 11
games.
Goedeck was one of four Elon
cagers to average double figures,
with Bobby Atkins hitting 14.9, Bill
Bowes 10.8 and Richard Such 10.5
points per game for the season.
Goedeck also topped the rebound
ing with an average of 10.1 re
bounds per tilt.
The final individual and team
scorini’ for the 24 games is shown
below," with the names followed in
order by the number of games
played, the field goals, free throws
and total points:
GOEDECK HITS BUCKET IN TOURNAMENT (; \ME
Wi
Player
G
FG
FT
TP
Goedeck
24
222
133
577
Atkins
24
116
126
358
Such
24
98
56
252
Bowes
23
101
47
246
Van Lear
22
40
47
127
Denhart
22
46
33
125
Da\is
15
20
26
66
Pendry
11
13
7
33
Caddell
10
4
0
8
Ashworth ..
8
0
0
0
Other Players
13
3
2
8
ELON TOTALS
24
663
477
1803
OPPONENTS
24
683
442
1808
54
Panthers Defeat Elon;
Go On To Clinch Title
j Eloii (lage (jaiiies
The Fighting Christian cagers
played gallantly and well through
three quarters of the game, but
:hey fell victim to eight minutes
of “cold wave" play and dropped
an 89 to 75 decision to the High
Point Panthers in a first-round
;ame in the Carolinas Conference
tournament at Lexington on Wed
nesday night, February 23rd. The
Panthers went on to win the title
with wins over Catawba and Ap
palachian in the semi-finals and
finals.
The loss to the Panthers, which
left Elon with a record of 13 wins
and 11 losses for the year, was a
tragic ending to the Christian
hopes for a repeat of their Caro
linas Conference title of a year
ago. Twelve months earlier the
Cliristians had topped the Hi"h
Point cagers in the finals to win
the 1965 championships.
The first half of the tournament
contest was a close affair, with
the High Pointers moving to an
early lead, only to see the Fight
ing Christians rally with a fine
exhibition of clutch shooting and I
s^rab a 40 to 38 margin at the!
half-time break. j
It was six straight points by Co-i
aptain Bobby Atkins late in the
Christian
Scratch Sheet
By JACK DeVITO
In the last issue of the Maroon
and Gold, there was a column con
cerning the athletics in a small col
lege, with the college referring to
the over-emphasis of athletics,
scholarships and the influencing of
some coaches.
The small college that is affected
by such standards is the exception
rather than the rule. Large col
leges and universities have to put
a greater emphasis on sports for
financial and alumni support. Since
the small college cannot def>end
on athletics paying its ^ way, they
do have to cater to sports.
Elon, like most small schools,
cannot afford to build up athletics
to the point at which 1 would en
joy seeing them. The Carolinas
Conference limits us to only 35
scholarships, where twice as many
could well be used and might prove
adequate. If we had 40 football
scholarships, 15 basketball scholar
ships and 15 scholarships for spring
sports, then we would see our
Elon program improve immense-
•y-
Some people believe that ath
letic scholarships are unfair, be
cause the student is being sought
for his athletic prowess rather
than his academic ability. How
ever, the athletes at Elon have to
•Jieet an academic standard be
fore they can be given a scholar
ship. It would be nice to have
the star basketball player from
Western Carolina at Elon, but he
does not have the academic abil
ity to be enrolled at Elon.
In the last four years there has
bwn at least one Elon athlete
listed in “Who’s Who In American
^lieges.” That, is one of about
'0 athletes per year, and that is
® good percentage when one con
siders that the other five or six
students each year picked for this
group were selected from about
t.OOO students. Athletic scholar-
Elon’s big Henry Goedeck, wearing Number 45 in the dark uni-
DMii above, is pictured as he leaped into the air and fired a two-
,oimer into the bucket over the outstretched arm of High Point’s
Jim Picka (.14) in the heat of the Carolinas Conference tourney battle
K'tween the Christians and Panthers at Lexington on Wednesday
U ht, Fel)ruary 23rd. The Panthers won the battle by an 89 to 75
jount after overcoming a half-time lead held by JElon^
Elon Grid Outfit Gets
Tough Winter Practice
ships have given opportunity to
many students who could not ordi
narily have offorded a college edu
cation, and one should realize that
the scholarship committee does not
hand out $20,000 or so worth of
scholarships without serious con
sideration.
1 have heard some students crit
icize some professors for “help
ing” athletes, but one should also
realize that many professors are
rather harsh on athletes just be
cause they are athletes. Prejudices
among professors is a common re
action, just as it is among other
groups of people. There a.e '. C;'.
few students at Elon who can
honestly say that they have never
received a good grade which came
as a result of charity.
ontlDued >
The sounds of shoe leather and
i ;skin and the popping of helmets
,nd shoulder pads is echoing over
he Elon College practice fields
these days as Coach Gary Mat-
"ocks and' his assistants send about
;5 Fighting Christian footballers
.hrough a rugged series of winter
irills.
Catamooiits
Topple Eloii
By 87 To 75
Athletes Make
Honor Averages
Varsity athletes did well on
the academic honor roll which
appears elsewhere in this is
sue of the Maroon and Gold, for
no less than five wearers of the
Block “E” were listed among
the 159 students on the dean’s
list for the fall semester. In
addition there was a sixth ath
lete, who is expected to play
baseball this spring but has not
yet earned his monogram.
The varsity athletes on the
fall term dean’s list included
Zack Broadway, Mackie ^''den,
Wesley Gilliam and Darrell
Morgan, aU of whom were mem
bers of the Fighting Christian
football squad; and Tommy New-
some, a letterman cateher from
the baseball squad. Th«
letter baseball player on the list
is Alan Groh, who is counted an
excellent prospect this spring.
first half that pulled Elon up to
a 33-43 deficit late in the opening
half. Then Henry Goedeck hit a
free throw and Richard Such a
field goal to give Elon a 36-34
lead with 1:49 remaining. The
score was later tied twice before
Tommy Davis scored at the buzzer
for an Elon 40-38 lead.
The lead switched hands four
teen times in the next eiglit min
utes of the final half before Hi”h
Point broke away from a 55-all
tie and moved quickly to a ten
point advantage and widened that
le::d to fourteen points at the
final gonj^.
Henry Goedeck, Elon's big All
Conference center, topped tiie Elon
attack with 29 points, but he had
to yield the individual scorin>!
honors for the niqht to Hi'ih Point’s
(lene Littles, who banned home 14
.“^ieM coals and 12 free throws for
a 40-point total.
In addition to Goedeck, other
leaders for the Elon cagers were
Bobby Atkins with 16 and ’^ill
[Bowes with 13 points. Chris Lind
sey had 21 points to join Littles in
leading the Panther scoring.
The line-ups:
I’o'i. KIi/T (7i) II!’h I’nint ('*9)
F—Vai Loar (1) M'-Dermolt (-1)
F—Bowes (13) Lnwenthal (4)
Elon 97, Wofford 73.
Elon 66, A.C.C. 91.
Klon 87, Pfeiffer 96.
Klon 66, Ersklne 5H.
Klon 61, Lenoir Khyne 58.
Klon 61, High Point 73.
Klon 80, Appalachian 73.
Klon 54, A. and T. 77.
Klon 54, A. and T. 77.
Klon 88, Guilford 68.
Klon 79, Wofford 69.
Klon 80, Guilford 96.
Klon 79, Cam|>beM 53.
Klon 85, ACC 74.
Klon 71, Catawba 75.
I'^lon 69, Campbell 64.
Klon 59. High Point 88.
Klon-Frederick (Snow).
Klon-Catawha (Snow).
ICIon 75, Presbyterian 74.
F^lon 92, West Carolina 106.
Klon 78, I’feiffer 74.
Klon 73, Appalachian 81.
Klon 76, Presbyterian 69.
Klon, 77, Lenoir Rhyne 62.
Klon 75, West Carolina 87.
Conference Tourney
Klon 76, High Point 89.
C—Goi'deck (29) Picka (5)
G—Atkins (16) 1 ittles (40)
G—Denhart Lindsey (21)
Half-time: Elon 40, High Point
38.
Elon subs—Such 8. Davis 8, Pen-
dry. High Point subs — Green 7,
Davis 8, Wall, Spirondopolous,
Tomlin.son.
Sanford Has Eleven Letternien Back
As Nucleus For Elon Diamond Scjuad
The Western Carolina Cata
mounts turned back the Fighting
FChristian cagers 87 to 75 in the
final game of the regular 1966 cam
paign on Saturday night, February
■ nth when Elon's big Henry Goe
deck dueled with Western Caro-
iina’s Henry Logan point for ^mt
in an individual scoring duel.
The rugged Elon freshman tut
ten field goals and eleven free
throws for a total of 31 points, ex
actly matching the Catamount
sophomore shooting ace, who also
bagged ten field goals and eleven
charity tosses for 31 points,
marked the second time this year
that Goedeck and Logan had
knotted for scoring honors, for each
of them got 35 points in an earher
clash as Cullowhee. ^
The battle on the floor of Elon s
Alumni Memorial Gymnasium,
which attracted the largest crowd
of the year to witness the Goe-
deck-Logan duel, proved to be a
close one through the first half as
the Christian cagers held the Cata
mounts to a five-point edge at 42-
37 at the half time break.
Actually the Elon cagers fought
hard al Ithe way and remain^
within striking distance until the
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The Christian gridders got in
some much needed skull work in
side while snow blanketed the
ground, learning a number of new
offensive wrinkles wiiich Coach
Mattocks hopes will better coordi
nate the Christian attack.
Since the snow melted and the
practice field dried sufficiently,
the Christians have been working
hard and getting in a lot of con
tact work, and Coach Mattocks
.id his assistants iiave expressed
pleasure with the improvement in
blocking, tackling and other funda- ]
mentals. These drills will continue,
until a planned winter practice |
game scheduled for Saturday.
March 19.
There are 21 letter veterans on
the Christians' winter roster, along
v/ith a group of last fall’s reserves
and a number of promising new
comers. The lettcrmen include
four ends, four tackles, three
guards, one center, one quarter
back. five halfbacks and three
'ut'.bacl's.
These letter vets on haul include
ends Pete Jar- i.s. Gene ’^re'.ver
Richard Williamson and Mike Ray;
tackles Bobby Ferrell, Joe Robin
son, Mackie Carden and Wes Gi!
Ham; guards I>ee Johnson, Lloyd
Kanipe and Gary Karriker; cente
Ray Wilson; quarterback Burgin
Seale: halfbacks Gary Jordan,
Dave Gentry, Ron Foresta, David
Oliphant and H. L. Robinson: and
fullbacks Doug Amick, Bill Miele
and Perry Williams.
Among the reserves who are on
hand from last fall are Richard
Lee Mike Lewis and Wayne West
on, ends; Buzz Ward, tackle; Sam
Storey, Dale Summers and Mickey
Hughes, guards; Johnny Talbot,
center; Wright Anderson and Dan
ny Moore, quarterbacks; and Jerry
Hogge and Andy Smith, halfbacks.
Newcomers reporting this winter
(Continueti od Page Foui i
The Fighting Christian baseball
ers show a talented crew of eleven
lettermen as a nucleus for Elon’s
1966 diamond squad, which will
face a rugged ^game schedule
which opens on Saturday, March
19th, and closes on Saturday. May
7th.
Coach Jack Sanford, who has had
his boys working in the gymnasium
since early February, has taken
advantage of recent improvement
in the weather to get the Christian
squad outside for drills. His letter
men nucleus includes one catcher,
four pitchers and six infielders.
With such concentration of ex
perience in the inner defenses, the
major problem facing the Christian
mentor will be in the outfield,
where he lost his entire force by
graduation or completion of eligi
bility. He hopes for help in the
outer gardens from a pair of prom
ising transfers.
Tommy Newsome, letterman
catcher from Burhngton, did mo
ot the receiving last spring and
holds the inside track there, with
help from reserve Ronnie Fitch
and newcomer Tom Fulcher.
Lettermen pitchers include sen
ior Herbie Johnson and soph Larr>
Collins, both lefthanders; Richarc
DIRECTS NINE
COACH JACK SANKOnn
Klon’s Baseball C^ach
Such, a junior rightsider; and
Jack Burtsche, a veteran reliefer.
New mound hopefuls include soph
omore Perry Williams and fresh
men Paul .'■m n:l ;.) ;.id .an
Moon, all ri.-^hthander ..
Elon Star Gets
All - Conference
Henry Goedeck, a big and ru"
ged 6-6 freshman from Cfr rn'
Islip, L.L, N.Y., became Elon’s
lone representative on the an
nual All-Conference cage squad
chosen at the end of the regu-
lar-season competitian in the
Carolinas Conference. The big
boy finished third in the Con
ference in the individual scoring
rac- for (he year. Other than
Gofdcck, Bobby Atkins won an
honorable mention on the All-
Conference roster for the Elon
cagers.
The complete All-Conference
outfit for the regular 1966 sea
sonal play showed in alphabet
ical order, R. D. Carson, of
Lenoir Rhyne; Dwight Durante,
of Catawba; Henry Goedeck, of
Elon; Tony Gray, of Appalach
ian; Gene Littles, of High Point;
Henry Logan, of Western Caro
lina; Charlie McConnell, of West
ern Carolina; Bill Murphy, of
Newberry; Bob Kauffman, of
Guiford; and Jim Wilcox, of
Appalachian. The group showed
three freshmen, two sophomores
two juniors and three seniors.
f i baseman Art Davis,
eoo:id basemen Gary Taylor and
Bobby Ellis, shortstop Comar
Shields and third ba.=emen H. L.
Robinson and Dempsey Herrin’
Newcomers are Alan Groh and Jo"
With no lettermen on hand for
garden duty, C^ach Sanford Is
counting heavily on Marshall
Montgomery, a transfer from East
Carolina; and Bobby Bulla, a
transfer from Carolina. Also on
hand is reserve Ronnie Tugwell,
wilh newcomer Tom Hauser.
Pitchers Richard Such and Larry
Byrtus, with Byrtus likely to see
outfield service.
Collins may play outfield when
not pitching.
i The schedule listed by Coach
Sanford follows:
Mar. 19—Pembroke, home.
Mar. 23—Williams, home.
Mar. 24—Williams, home.
Mar. 25—Campbell, home.
Mar. 26—Appalachian, home.
Mar. 28—3uilford, home.
Mar. 29—High Point, away.
Apr. 2—Newberry (I)ll), home.
Apr. 4—Appalachian, away.
Apr. 5—Pfeiffer, home.
Apr. 11—Wilmington, away.
Apri. 12—Wilmington, away.
Apri. 13—A.C.C., home.
Apr. 15—West Carolina, away.
Apr. 16—West Carolina, away.
Apr. 18—High Point, home.
Apr. 19—Catawba, awav.
Apr. 21—Campbill, away.
Apr. 22—Pembroke, away.
Apr. 25—I^enoir Rhyne, away.
Apr. 28—Guilford, away.
Apr. 29—U-noir Rhyne, home.
May 2—Catawba, home.
May 3—Pfeiffer, away.
May 5—A.C.C., away.
May 7—Presbytcrian(I)n).llome.
agers Trounce Bruins
In Home Tilt By 77-62
The Fighting Christian cagers
staged one of their finest single
half exhibitions of the entire sea-
;on when they outscorcd the Len
oir Rhyne Bears down the stretch
o grab 3 decisive 77 to 62 victory
)ver the Bruin capers in a Caro
linas Conference battle on the floor
if Elon Alumni Memorial Gvm
nasium on Wednesday night, Feb
ruary 16th.
Tlie Christians may have played
their worst half and best half of
the year on the same night, ac
cording to a comment by Coach
Bill Miller, for the Maroon and
Jold quint was simply unable to
find the bucket early in the game
and were trailing by 21 to 8 after
ten minutes of play, although they
lid pull up to only four points de
ficit at 33 to 29 at the half-time
break.
The Christians then came back
to tie the count twice early in the
second half, but the Bears broke
away to another long lead and
were ahead by as much as eight
points midway that final half. How
ever, Bobby Atkins and Henry
(ioedeck led a fine Elon drive that
knotted the count at 53-all and then
ahead to stay.
With Goedeck and Atkins banff
ing away with deadly accuracy, the
Elon cagers outscored the Bears
by a 22 to 9 margin in the closing
five minutes of the pme and grab
bed the final 15-point edge in the
final counting. Elon hit 48 to 29 in
that second half comeback.
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