FRIDAY. OCTOBER 20. 1967
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Elon Loses C-NBattle, 14-7
WILLIAMS AND JORDAN ARE SENIOR STARTERS FOR CHRISTIANS
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By JOE LEE
Why is it so hard for
athletes to remain scho
lastically eligible for four
years? Without having
checked school records
I would venture to say
that just about every
school loses a few ath
letes each year (and may
be even each semester)
to the battle of the books.
Why so?
Of course, there is no
one reason for this hap
pening that plagues ath
letic team s and gives coa
ches grey hair. The rea
sons are many but the an
swers can be boiled down
to one small six letter
word.
Each year the members
of the various sports hear
a lecture from their coach
on the subject of sacri
fice. He tells them that
the mere fact that they
^i^e playing football or
basketball or baseball,
tneans that they must
work harder and longer
®an the average student
no does not compete.
° statement could be
more true.
, ^*-^l®tes go to classes
*n the morning just like
other student on
e campus. But what hap-
^ns after classes is a
, ”®rent story. The regu
lar student has the after-
^®^ally, to do
“ he pleases. He can
one of the local pubs
soak up some of the
■averages offered. His is
an afternoon of choice,
but not so with an ath
lete.
The athlete’s after
noons are not his own.
They belong to the coach
and the team. After class
es and a good lunch (1
say good lunch because
I hear that the food in the
chow hall is better than
ever) the athlete has an
afternoon of hard work
ahead of him. He does
n’t have the choice of
goofing off or soaking up
suds, only an afternoon
of running and more run
ning. All this physical
exertion can only lead
to one conclusion, a very
tired and weary athlete.
It’s pretty easy for the
student who has been
goofing off all afternoon
to come back to his dorm
and begin studying. He’s
not tired and should be
ready to do some real
concentrating. But the
athlete is not quite so
fortunate. He has to fight
the battle between being
tired and studying.
Having participated in
sports myself and having
faced this problem many
times, I can say for a
fact that it is very hard
to study when you are so
tired that the only thing
you can think about is the
bed and the comforts that
it offers.
For the person who
doubts the veracity of the
former statement, try
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Perry Williams (left) and Gary Jordan (right) are a
pair of Elon seniors who have been starting backs in
each of Elon’s early grid battles of this 1967-68
campaign. Williams, a 21-year-old and 210 pound
gridder from Oxford, has played both fullbackand end
for the Christians in previous years, but he has been
starting at blocking back on offense and at end on de
fense for Coach Red Wilson’s outfit this fall. Jordan,
a 22-year old and 220-pound toughie is from Suffolk,
Va., and played flanker back in the T-Formation last
year, but he is running at fullback in the new Single-
Wing this fall.
Christians To Face
Catawba Tomorrow
The Elon Christians
travel to Catawba to
morrow to renew an an
cient grid rivalry with
WAA Plans
Activities
For Year
The Women’s Athletic
Association, operating
this year under the spon
sorship of Mrs. Janie
Brown, is planning an ac
tive year in the field of
girls’ sports, with a full
program of intramurals
and a number of “Gym
Nights” for the women
students.
The first “Gym Night”
was held on September
27th, with a large attend
ance that enjoyed an even
ing of basketball, volley
ball, ping pong and work
on the trampoline, and
other such programs are
planned. Volley ball will
be the first intramural
sport of the year.
Officers of the WAA
this year include Karen
Carden, of APO, New
York City, president;
Gail Summers, of Gib-
sonville, vice-president;
Susan Brown, of Faith,
secretary; Jane Crocker,
of Mayodan, treasurer;
and Emily Hall, of Cleve
land, reporter.
the Indian eleven, and the
game will be a crucial one
for the Christians, who
now show two wins and
a single loss in Conferen
ce play.
Coach Red Wilson’s
boys, who went out of the
Conference to battleCar-
son-Newman last week,
are faced with a “must
win” situation in this bat
tle with Catawba to retain
their chance for loop hon
ors.
The game marks the
thirty-second meeting
between the Elon and Ca
tawba gridders since
1922, with Elon holding a
li-14 edge in victories
and with two games hav
ing ended in tie scores.
The Christians whipped
Catawba 39 to 26 in a
thriller at Elon’s annual
Homecoming Day last
fall, and that means that
the Indians will be in a
revengeful mood for this
week’s tilt.
ELON FOOTBALL
Elon 28, Guilford 21.
Elon 13, Appala. 34.
Elon 21, Presby. 20.
Elon 7 Car.-New. 14
(Remaining Games)
Oct. 28-West Car (H).
Nov. 4-Newberry (A)
Nov. 11-Lenoir Rhyne (A)
Nov. 18-'Frederick (H)
Penalties Hurt
Elon In
Contest
Penalties cost Elon at
least three touchdowns as
the Fighting Christians
dropped a touch -4 to 7
decision to the Carson-
Newman Eagles over in
Tennessee last Saturday
afternoon, for a penalty
following a pass inter
ception set the stage for
one Carson-NewmanTD,
and penalties nullified two
long Elon runs that car
ried to the Eagle goal line.
Joe Rinaca sprinted 71
yards to pay dirt in the
early minutes, but the of
ficials ruled he had step
ped on the sideline and
called the play back 40
yards, and later in the
game Don Crews raced 76
yards, only to have the
ball brought back and Elon
penalized 15 yards for
holding. In each case Elon
failed to go for the score.
The Eagles intercepted
an Elon pass at the Chris
tian 20 in the final min
ute of the first quarter,
and a 10-yard penalty
moved the ball to the Elon
ten, withCarson-Newman
scoring three plays later
for the 7-0 margin. Elon
came back later in the
second period and tied the
score on 20-yard sprint
by Don Crews and a good
kick by Perry Williams.
Penalties and a total of
four interceptions of Elon
passes continued to
plague the Christians
through the rest of the
game, with untimelyfum-
bles also proving costly
as Elon lost the ball once
at the Eagle 22-yard
marker and again at the
Eagle 16-yard line.
A bright spot was the
fact that Elon’s defense
twice held the Eagles with
out scores on drives in
to the shadow of the
Christian goal, but the
Eagles drove 76 yards on
a sustained drive in the
final quarter on passes
and runs that gave the
home team the winning
TD in the 14 to 7 bat
tle. Another bright spot
for Elon was the kicking
of Gary Jordan, who kick
ed three times for over 60
yards. 4:
p, „ figure facts
Elon c-N
12 First downs 20
218 Yds. Gain Rush. 141
15 Yds. Lost Rush. 52
203 Net Yds. Rush. 89
24 Passes Attemp. 32
10 Passes Completed 16
79 Yds. Gain Passing 192
282 Total Yds. Off. 228
0 0pp. Passes Interc. 4
0 Runback Interc. Pass. 6
8 Number Punts 10
28.8 Ave. Yds. Ounts38.5
72 Runback All Kicks 86
3 Fumbles Lost 2
108 Yards Penalized 35
SCORE BY PERIODS:
Elon 0 7 0 0 —7
C-N 0 7 0 7 —14
Elon touchdown—
Crews (20-run). Extra
Point — Williams (kick).
Carson-Newman Touch
down — Medlin (16-pass
from Rutherford), Mc
Millan (2-run). Extra
Points—Pitts 2 (kicks).