Friday, November 18, 1966
PAGE THREE
Elon Loses 28-6 Grid Game To Newberry
New Records
Established
During Game
Elon Cagers
Op en Season
At Wofford
With the Christian football season
coming to an end this week at Fred
erick, the sports fans of the Elon
campus will now turn their interest
and enthusiasm to basketball, which
gets into full swing immediately fol
lowing the Thanksgiving holidays with
the Christians meeting the Wofford
Terriers at Spartanburg, S. C., on
Tuesday night, November 29th.
The Christians then trek back
homeward and join the Guilford, A.
and T. and Catawba quintets in the
second annual Gate City Classic in
Greensboro’s Coliseum on December
1st and 2nd, after which Coach Bill
Miller’s boys will conclude their first
week of action by meeting Pfeiffer in
the first home tilt on Elon’s floor on
Saturday night, December 3rd.
This crowded first week opens an
Elon cage schedule, which shows four
additional pre-Christmas games, three
of which will be played on the home
court over in Alumni Memorial Gym
nasium. These home tilts are with
Atlantic Christian on December 5th,
Lenoir Rhyne on December 7th and
Appalachian on December 14th. The
other pre-holiday battle shows the
Christians at High Point on Dec. 10th.
The cagers take a Christmas break
from competition from December 14th
until January 4th, when the Wofford
Terriers will come to Elon to open the
final portion of the schedule.
The only lettermen back for duty
with the Christian cagers this winter
are sophomores and juniors, for
there’s not a senior on the entire
Christian roster. The veterans on hand
include Captain Tommy Davis, a jun
ior guard from Leaksville; Henry Go-
edeck, soph center from Central Islip,
N. Y.; Bill Bowes, soph forward from
Virginia Beach, Va.; Dannie Joe Pen
dry, soph guard from North Wilkes
boro; and Steve Caddell, soph forward
from Rocky Mount.
With such a scanty nucleus of let
termen on hand. Coach Bill Miller
must rely heavily on a corps of fine
newcomer prospects. Among these
newcomers are James Andrews, 6-5
forward from Sewell, N. J.; Rick
Hare, 6-4 forward from Camden
N. J.; Tom McGee, 6-1 guard from
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lElon Cage Games;
Nov. 29—Wofford, Away.
Dec. 1—Gate City Classic.
Dec. 2—Gate City Classic.
Dec. 3—Pfeiffer, Horae.
Dec. 5—A.C.C., Home.
Dec. 7—Lenoir Rhyne, Home.
Dec. 10—High Point, Avi-ay.
Dec. 14—Appalachian, Home.
Jan. 4—Wofford, Home.
Jan. 7—^Lenoir Rhyne, Away.
Jan. 9—Campbell, Home.
Jan. 12—A.C.C., Away.
Jan. 14—Catawba, Home.
Jan. 21—High Point, Home.
Jan. 28—Catawba, Away.
Jan. 31—Erskine, Away.
Feb. 1—Presbyterian, Away.
Feb. 4—West Carolina, Away.
Feb. 6—Pfeiffer, Away.
Feb. 8—Appalachian, Away.
Feb. 11—Presbyterian, Home.
Feb. 15—Pembroke, Away.
Feb. 18—West Carolina, Home.
Feb. 20—Campbell, Away.
Feb. 24—Guilford, Greensboro.
Mar. 1, 2, 3, 4—Conference
Tonmament, Lexington.
NEWBERRY BACK DIVES OVER ELON DEFENDERS
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George Taylor, hard-driving Newberry halfback, is shown above as he somersaulted over a pile of scrapping
Christian lineman to score Newberry’s second touchdown in the Parents’ Day battle that saw Elon go down to a
28 to 6 defeat at the hands of the South Carolina eleven. The TO was one of two which Taylor scored for the
winners, both on 3-yard drives and both coming after Newberry recovery of Elon fumbles or pass interceptions.
Three of the four Indian scores came as “gifts” on breaks deep in Elon territory.
Eight Seniors Play Final Grid Game
Eight senior football players on the
Elon College grid squad will be play
ing their final game on college grid
irons when the Fighting Christians
invade Eastern Virginia to battle the
Frederick Lions in the final contest on
Elon’s 1966 schedule.
The three senior ends who say fare
well to the autumn sport include Pete
Jarvis, a 6-4 and 190-pound offensive
starter from Burlington; Gene Brewer,
a 5-11 and 185-pound defensive regu
lar from Mount Olive; and Mike Ray,
a 6-2 and 185-pound reserve flanker
from Burlington. Jarvis has already
set new records for pass receiving this
year and is battling down the stretch
for the Conference leadership for the
season and for a new Conference re
cord.
Playing their final game at tackle
will be the two co-captains of this
1966 Fighting Christian squad. They
are Mackie Carden, a 6-2 and 200-
pound offensive starter from Durham;
and Joe Robinson, a 6-0 and 200-
pound defensive starter from Rocking
ham, who played his high school ball
at Hamlet. Both boys played their
freshman ball elsewhere and then
transfered to Elon.
Another Christian line star who
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BIGGEST MAN ON ELON SQUAD
Elon Football
Elon 12, Emory and Henry 14.
Elon 13, Guilford 35.
Elon 2, Appalachian 8.
Elon 6, Presbyterian 21.
Elon 0, Carson-Newman 14.
Elon 39, Catawba 26.
Elon 0, West Carolina 34.
Elon 6, Newberry 28.
Elon 14, Lenoir Rhyne 22.
(Remaining Games)
Nov. 19—Frederick, away.
i.
The Elon Christians played smash
ing football against Newberry when
they smashed one Conference record
and seven all-time Elon marks for pass
offense, but they also played a sort of
“give and take” game along with their
record-smashing attack as they “gave”
the ball away on crucial plays and
“took” a heart-breaking 28 to 6 de
feat at the hands of the Newberry
eleven before a Parents’ Day crowd
of about 2,500 people.
It was the offensive blunders of the
Christians which triggered the first
three Newberry TD’s during the after
noon tilt, for loss of a fumble at the
Elon 7-yard line and interceptions of
Elon passes at the Elon 42-yard line
and the Elon 23-yard line which set up
the Newberry scoring opportunities in
the first half, and the Indians were
quite ready to capitalize on these
breaks.
Elon
HOW IT HAPPENED
Newberry
14
First Downs
17
147
Yards Gained Rushing
214
14
Yards Lost Rushing
10
133
Net Yards Rushing
204
31
Passes Attempted
10
14
Passes Completed
5
160
Yards Gained Passing
48
293
Total Yards Offense
252
1
Opp. Passes Interc.
3
0
Runhack Interc. Passes
6
5
Number Punts
7
35.0
Ave. Yards Punts
35.4
98
Runback All Kicks
60
2
Fumbles Lost
0
59
Yards Penalized
79
Score By Periods:
Elon
0 6 0
0—6
Bobby Ferrell, a junior guard from Cary, is the biggest man on the Elon
College football squad this season, listed on the Christian roster at 245
pounds, but there’s a whisper around the campus that the big boy from Cary
might just possibly push the scales to 275 or 280 pounds, especially after he
had surrounded a nice juicy steak. Ferrell has done much of the placement
kicking for Elon during his three years on the squad and has been a regular
starter as an offensive guard this fall.
Newberry 14 7 7 0—28
Elon Touchdown—Williams (50-
run). Newberry Touchdowns—^Taylor
2 (3-run, 3-run), Dufford (2-run),
Carlton (7-pass from Kirkland). Extra
Points—Castles 3 (placement).
* * *
It required only two plays for
George Taylor to bull over the first
Newberry TD after the Indians recov
ered an Elon fumble at the Christian
seven, and a successful kick sent the
Indians ahead 7-0 after barely four
minutes of play in the game.
The first of three Newberry inter
ceptions of Elon passes came on the
Elon 42-yard marker, and the Indians
moved quickly to the shadow of the
goal, with Taylor again bucking over
from the three and Joby Castles kick
ing good for a 14 to 0 lead with
three minutes stUl left in the first
period.
Another interception of an Elon
pass, this time at the Elon twenty-three
and with a return to the seventeen, set
off the third score. Neil Dufford
sprinted to the five for a first-down,
but it required four plays before
Dufford plunged in from the two, and
a good kick shot the Indians ahead
21 to 0 with four minutes left in the
half.
Magically at that point, the Elon
offensive began clicking as Burgin
Beale moved the ball mostly on passes
to Pete Jarvis and Gary Jordan from
the Elon twenty-two to mid-field, and
from there fullback Perry Williams
broke off tackle and streaked 50 yards
for an Elon touchdown, cutting the
margin to 21-6 at halftime.
The early third quarter brought the
only “earned” score for the winning
Indians, who took over at their own
9-yard marker and moved the ball 91
yards in thirteen plays, with Benji
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