FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1967
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Elon Tops Indians, 31 To 29
GILLIAM AND WILBURN PLAY STELLAR ROLES IN CHRISTIAN LINE
Wes GiUlam (left) and Dickie Wilburn (right) have
played outstanding roles as interior linemen with the
Fighting Christian gridders in the early-season grid
battles this season, with both boys doing double duty
most of the time on offense and defense. Gilliam,
who grew up in the literal shadows of the classic Elon
oaks, stands 6 feet and weighs 200 pounds. He played
his high school ball at Western Alamance. Wilburn,
also a native of the area, stands 5-10 in height and
weighs 202 pounds. He played his high school baU
at Williams High of Burlington.
SPORTS
SPOTS
By EDDIE OSBORNE
The Christians play
host to the Western Car
olina Catamounts this
Saturday for Homecom
ing. I guess those of us
who have attended Elon
for the past four years
can say with a bad taste
in our mouths that we
well remember past ex
periences with Western
Carolina.
In 1964 Elon won nine
out of ten games for the
Conference title. The
Season was filled with
honors, but there was one
bad apple which was a
loss at Western Carolina
to the Catamounts.
The game was rough,
and we know the moun
tain boys play that way.
However, Elon had two
touchdowns called back
and was penalized un
mercifully. The game
came to a finale with
Elon losing 20-21.
That is when the ’ole
Elon Christian spirit left
and the team wanted
Wood. Two seasons have
passed since that event
ful night with a loss both
years, and the stage is
Set for this weekend.
This year we will have
Catamounts here for
the battle, with hopes of
a revengeful victory over
the Western Carolina
^^Kittymounts.” The
Kitties” come herewith
an equal record of wins
and losses and Elon mat
ches them with the same
statistics.
Everyone will be look
ing for and hoping for a
victory over the Cats.
Yes, and it will be a
victory for the present-
day Christians and for the
Christians of yesteryear,
who will be returning to
the oak-shaded campus to
relive the days of rooting
for the home team. Let’s
show them some newborn
school spirit.
The Alumni of Elon
should see some changes
in the ‘•New” Christians
as they view them at
Homecoming. _ Even
though the alumni did beat
the Christians in a spring
season scrimmage.
Coach Wilson has whip
ped the team into fine
shape.
Elon’s past team known
by the alumni, was most
ly a passing team, but
today the “New” Chris
tians have a fine running
team. Even though the
Christians have suffered
defeat this year, the
Christians have topped
almost every opponent in
yardage.
With fine backfieldmen
such as Emery Moore,
Gary Jordan, Perry Wil
liams and Don Crews,
who can stop this Fear
some Foursome” from
gaining extensive yardage.
I think this Homecoming
game will be a great time
to show Western Caro
lina how the “Fearsome
Foursome” operates and
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BROKEN FOOT
noble MARSHALL
Noble Marshall, sopho
more guard with the Elon
cagers, suffered a broken
foot in a fall downstairs.
McGeorge Is
Breaking Old
Elon Records
Richard McGeorge,
Elon’s big sophomore and
from Roanoke Va., broke
two of Elon’s very old
all-time football records
when he caught eight
passes for a total of 179
yards and two touchdowns
in Elon’s thrilling win
over Presbyterian three
weeks ago, and the big
flanker will be a mighty
Elon weapon as Elon tack
les Western Carolina in
the Elon Homecoming tilt
tomorrow.
While pulling down the
eight Burgin Beale tosses
in the big win over PC,
two of them for TD’s, he
set a new single-game
Elon mark formostyard-
age on passes caught and
also posted a new all-
time Elon record for the
most touchdown passes
caught in a single season
by running his total scor
ing grabs to five this
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ELON FOOTBALL
Elon 28, Guilford 21.
Elon 13, Appala. 34.
Elon 21, Presby. 20.
Elon 7 Car.-New. 14
Elon 31 Catawba 29
(Remaining Games)
Nov. 4--Newberry (A)
Nov. 11-Lenoir Rhyne (A)
Nov. 18--Frederick (H)
Long Plays
Featured
In Contest
The Fighting Christian
gridders used the power
running of Gary Jordan
and Emery Moore, the
passing of Burgin Beale,
some great pass grab
bing by Richard McGeor
ge and some exceptional
defensive gem s to turn
back the Catawba Indians
31 to 29 in a wild-and-
wooly offensive battle at
Salisbury last Saturday,
with Elon once more
coming from behind to win
the victory.
The Indians were off to
a great start on two long
TD passes from Ray Har
dison to Tim Morgan and
Ike Hill and moved to a
14-0 lead in the first
five minutes, but Dave
Oliphant grabbed a Ca-
lawba punt and raced 57
yards in that opening
quarter for an Elon touch
down.
The speedy Oliphant al
so set up a second Elon
TD with a pass intercep
tion and return to the In
dian eighteen, and Gary
Jordan carried over in
three tries, with Perry
Williams kicking good to
tie the count at 14-all.
A third Elon TD before
halftime came when Mar
ty Bonnett intercepted an
other Indian aerial and
raced to the Catawba
eighteen again. This time
Emery Moore carriedin-
Lo pay dirt in four car
ries.
Elon’s recovery of a
Catawba fumble at the
Indian twenty-seven set
up a fourth Elon TD and
a 28 to 201ead, this TD
also coming on power
plunges by Moore, with
Williams kicking good for
a fourth time. The In
dians, however, would not
be denied, and tallied two
TD’s of their own to pull
within 28-26 range with
10:30 left on the clock.
This set the stage for
an exchange of field goals
in the final minutes. Bob
Corbitt kicked his three-
pointer from 27 yards to
put the Indians ahead at
29-28 with seven minutes
left, but Elon’s Perry
Williams retaliated with a
27-yard field goal just 17
seconds remaining, and
Elon had won another
thriller from Catawba.
(FIGURE FACTS FOUND
ON PAGE 4)