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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1967 PAGE 3 Elon Tops Newberry Outfit THOMAS AND MENSCH ARE BIG BOYS IN ELON FORWARD WALL SPORTS SPOTS By EDDIE OSBORNE Doug Thomas (left) and Frankie Mensch (right) have been big boys in the Elon forward wall during this 1967 grid season, big boys in size and big boys in per formance. Thomas, a sophomore from Asheboro, is a younger brother of a former Christian captain and weighs 220 pounds on a 6-1 frame. Mensch, also a sophomore and a native of Siler City, stands 6-2 and tips the scales at 210 pounds. Thomas is a starter on offense and sees frequent service on defense, while Mensch has had most of his duty so far this fall with the defensive unit. This Saturday the “New Look” Elon Christians travel to Hickory to bat tle the Lenoir Rhyne Bears, and Coach Wilson is prepping his very fine team with its “Fearsome Foursome” of backs and hard-hitting linemen for a rugged test against the experienced and power ful Bears. The Bears currently hold first spot intheCar- ollnas Conference, but the Elon eleven is pressing ^ose behind, and every body will be giving their all for a win that could clinch title honors. Along with Elon’s Fearsome Foursome” backs, Elon can also show two other highly feared ffcrformers in Jimmy jailer and Richard Mc- tjeorgc, noted through out the Conference for th(nr fine pass grabbing. The Lenoir Rhyne out- nt is led by the passing Jack Huss and the Wwer running of Wayne “Gil and Toby Morgan, and those boys are strong reasons why the Bruins ave been floating on loud Nine as they set ®c pace in the Confer ence race. The word here, however, is that the ‘Kristians are going to Want a black cloud over G Bear’s campus and .ampen the enemy spir it has been more than half Ion a century since E- Put her first Chris tian grid team on the gridiron, and since that time Elon has faced the Lenoir Rhyne Bears in thirty-eight games. In the long scries the Bears hold the edge in victories with 20 wins, but Elon has seen some bright moments. Several times the Elon elevens have chalked de cisive victories by scores such as 39-0 in 1921, 48- 6 in 1922, 26-6 in 1928, 20-7 in 1930, 20-0 in 1935 and 38 to 0 in 1936. There was a time, especially after World War II when times were not so rosy, and the Bears also roll ed for top-heavy wins in the early 1950’s, but mod ern Elon fans like to think back to two glorious wins in 1957 and 1963, that last one by a 40 to 7 score. The game this week end will put Elon s de fensive team to its fipt test against a rival sin- gle-wing type of play,and the power-laden Bears will be a rugged test in deed. Always powerful, the Bears have several times rolled for heavy yardage against Elon. In 1958 the Bears had 511 yards in total offense and that same year set the record for most first downs against Elon with 24 of the ten-yarders. However, that 1963 win for Elon netted the top aerial performance of the series, with Ed Wheless throwing five touchdown Beale Passing Arm Is Big Elon Threat The letters “B. B.” stand for Burgin Beale, but they could just as well stand for “bread and butter” or “bacon and beans” in the Elon foot ball picture for this 1967 season, for the rifle armed Danville boy has been both bread and but ter and bacon and beans for the Christian gridders all this season. The statistical figures bear witness to the tre mendous part which Beale has played in Elon’s foot ball fortunes all season, for in Elon’s first six games he completed 54 passes, including eight TD completions and an other sensational throw which set up the winning field goat at Catawba, all of this despite the fact that the defense has ex pected passes and had red-dogged” Beale all season. That means that at least nine of Elon’s scores have resulted directly from passes against the Bears. After viewing these fi gures from past years and studying the ability of the rival teams this fall, the game tomorrow night should be the “Game of the Year” in the Caro- linas Conference. Burgin Beale passes,and that s an average of one score in every six throws. Such an average surpass es even the 1 -for-8 aver age which has been the boast of the undefeated N. C. State eleven. Beale’s touchdown passes have come from varying distances, with the shortest TD throw being for 8 yards and the longest for 73 yards. His throw which set up Perry Williams’ winning field goal at Catawba was for 41 yards in the final 17 seconds of the game. A quick rundown of the Beale scoring aerials shows three TD passes against Guilford, for 47 and 18 yards to McGeorge and 41 yards to JoeRina- ca, that last being in the final 51 seconds to win the game. (Continued on page 4) elon football\ Elon 28, Guilford 21. Elon 13, Appala. 34. Elon 21, Presby. 20. Elon 7 Car.-New. 14 Elon 31 Catawba 29 Elon, 20 W. Car., 20 Elon 24 Newberry 0 (Remaining Games) Nov. 11-Lenoir Rhyne (A) Nov. 18--Frederick (H) Beale Hits On Passes For 2 TD’s The Fighting Christians threw up the strongest de fense of the year, and Burgin Beale’s passing arm was in fine form as the Elon gridders turned back the Newberry In dians at Newberry 24 toO last Saturday night. The first shut-out win of the year kept the Chris tians in second spot in the Carolinas Conference, hot on the heels of the Lenoir Rhyne Bears, and it means that this week’s clash with the Bears at Hickory will be for the Conference championship. The Newberry battle was only four minutes old when Beale threw a 35- yard TD pass to lanky Richard McGeorge, and Perry Williams kicked good to give Elon a 7-0 lead. Moments later Lloyd Kanipe tackled an Indian runner in the end zone for a safety and a 9-0 Elon margin. Only moments before halftime the Burgin Beale “whip” was deadly again, and he lined a pass to Jim Waller for Elon’s second TD from ten yards out, and Elon was ahead 15-0 at the break. The homestanding New berry gridders rallied slightly in the second half, but Perry Williams put Elon on the scoreboard again in the third quar ter with a 38-yard field goal and an 18-0 lead at the three-quarter mark. Coach Red Wilson was using subs freely in the closing minutes of the game, and James Ross, a freshman wingback sprinted into the end zone from five yards out to count the final touchdown of the night. The Indians threatened only once during the game, driving to the Elon ten one time before be ing thrown back by theE- lon defenders. Elon push ed to the Newberry one on one drive but lost the battle on a fumble. SCORE BY PERIODS: Elon 7 8 3 6 — 24 New. 0 0 0 0 — 0 Elon Touchdowns; Mc George (35-pass from Beale), Waller (10-pass from Beale, Ross (5-i'un). Extra Points: Williams 1 (kick). Field Goal— Williams (38 - yards). Safety — Elon (tackle by Kanipe). 9}: FIGURE FACTS Elon Newberry 22 First Downs 12 230 Yds. Gain Rush 105 42 Yds. Lost Rush 66 138 Net Yds. Rush. 39 20 Passes Attempt. 12 125 Yds. Gain. Pass, 36 313 Total Yds. Off. 75 2 Opp. Pass. Intef, . 0 4 Number Punts 5 27.3 Ave. Yds. Punts 33.6 43 Runback all kicks 52 2 Fumbles Lost 0 77 Yds. Penalized 75
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