Friday, December 1, 1967
REID THIS
Elon’s Cat Car
One builds a float for
Homecoming, I suppose to
bring further glory to one’s
group.
That a bunch of outdated
alumni see and appreciate
the creation may be sec
ondary. The old grads just
happen to be a necessary
evil for Homecoming. So
was Western Carolina’s
Catamount football team.
Maybe this is realistic
if not proper perspective.
This klunky relic return
ed to the campus in for
an astonishing discovery.
Mercury’s Cougar is run
ning a sorry second to a
model freshly outshopped
in Elon Players - Alpha Psi
production line. I preview
ed the 1967 model of the
Homecoming Cat Car. I
doubt if there will ever be
another quite like it. It
took two days, including an
all-night headed by John
ny Autrey, of Gibsonville,
to produce it. The pilot
model was equipped ani
mated cherubic device on
top.
At this point, I leap up
and salute these ingenious
young folks. I’ll also point
my nose due east if more
respect is necessary.
These people came up with
a float representing a Cat
amount in exquisite fash
ion. It was the feline whis
kers. Come to think of it,
they were evident at that.
“How’d you think of it?”
I asked Nancy Boone.
“Oh,” she said with re
markable modesty, “It just
sort of happened.
1 think a brainy fellow
by the name of David Scott
designed the thing. I’m not
certain Mr. Scott applies
his mental capacities as
avidly to English 321 as he
does to originating a cat
car.
“We thought we’d use Di
rector Ed Pilkington’s VW,
so we would not need a
frame,” sophomore Suzy
Smith, of Alexandria, told
me.
“Then we fabricated the
cat from cardboard,” said
Peggy Ferguson, of Dur
ham.
“Where’d that come
from?”
“Mr. Snyder, of at Fold
ing Cartons . . .”
“What’s his first
nams?”
“I don’t know. All I know
is he’s an angel.”
That reminds me. I found
a flaw on top of the cat
car float that escaped the
judges. Ed Pilkington
should have known better.
He just may be guilty of the
theatrics : cardinal sin:
miscasting.
I mean New Englander
Jim Gillespie playing an
gel?
Some families act as if
church is a convention—
they send only one dele
gate!
Elon Cagers
At Guilford
The Elon basketball
team, which travelled into
Kentucky last week to par
ticipate in a two-day pre
season tournament at Cum
berland College, opened its
home season here with
Wofford on Wednesday
night of this week, but re
sults were not known at
press time for this issue.
The Christian basketeers
will travel to Guilford to
morrow night for their first
Carolinas Conference test
of the new season and will
then take to the road to
meet Atlantic Christian a-
way Monday and Lenoir
Rhyne Wednesday. Next
home tile is with Camp
bell here Saturday, Decem
ber 8th.
TWO FATALLY HURT IN WRECK
m
Joe White (left) and Marty Covington (right), two
Elon College freshmen from Sanford, were fatally in
jured in an automobile accident which occurred near
Sanford in the early morning of Saturday, November
18 th.
Beale And McGeorge Leaders
(Continued from Page 3)
14tn of the year. It also
extended Beale’s total of
fense mark to 3,550
yards, and that is exactly
30 yards more than two
miles that the big bomber
has moved the ball while
playing exactly 26 games
during three seasons, ac
tually playing only 26
games.
Other all-time Elon rec
ords set this year by Beale
were all of the full career
variety. While completing
85 of 195 passes for 1,398
yards and 14 touchdowns
this season, the big boy
extended his 3-year career
totals to most passes
thrown with 562, most
passes completed with 264,
most passing yardage with
3,501, most offensive plays
to 707 and most total of
fense to 3,550 yards.
In addition to these six
all-time Elon marks,Beale
already has safety in pos
session nine other single
game and single-season
marks. His other single
game marks. His all-time
single-game records in
clude 37 passes thrown a-
gainst Guilford in 1966, 19
passes completed against
Guilford in 1966 and 50
total offensive plays in the
same game against Guil
ford in 1966.
Six additional single
season records held by
Beale include most passes
thrown with 271, most
passes completed with 131,
most yards passing with
1,525, most total offensive
plays with 342 and most
yards of total offense with
1,624, all of them in 1966,
along with his best season
percentage of completions
Sports Spots
3)
Bill
and
(Continued from Pag;
Snyder, Bob Turner,
Mills, Chris Pittard,
Robert Monacellio.
Other intramural activi
ties throughout the year
will be volleyball, basket
ball, swimming, table ten
nis, pool andhandball. Pos
sibilities are that the cam
pus champions in these
sports will travel to other
schools such as Wake For
est and Carolina to play
their intramural teams.
Any student interested in
playing one of these sports
can sign the roster and
get rid of some of
table muscles.
his
with 51.2 per cent in 1965.
Richard McGeorge, who
must rate as one of E-
lon’s all-time greats at
end after only two sea
sons, now holds eight of
nine of the Christian pass-
catching marks, having set
all eight this year as the
forward half of the tremen
dous Beale-to-McGeorge
passing duo.
The McGeorge records
include single-game rec
ords of 10 catches against
Western Carolina and 179
yards on passes caught in
the Presbyterian game. His
single-season marks are
for 53 passes caught, 882
yards on passes caught and
8 TD pass receptions, and
his career marks show 101
passes caught for 1,515
yards and 11 touchdowns,
all marks being set this
season.
Gary Jordan, fine senior
punters, set five records
this fall. His marks for
most punts in a season
with 62, most punts in a
game with 10 against Len
oir Rhyne, best seo.son
average with 41.6 yards,
most punts in a career with
134 and best career punt
ing average with 37.9 yards
per kick.
Other individual marks
this year included 4 by Da
vid Oliphant, speedy kick-
return star, who 33 punts
for 312 yards and a total
of 38 combined punts and
kick-offs for a new season
records, along with a new'
career mark of 44 punt
returns. Emery Moore
set a new kick-off return
mark with a 100-yard run-
back against Lenoir Rhyne
and Marty Bonnett set a new
one-game pass intercep
tion record with 4 thefts
against Guilford.
Along with the individual
marks set, the Elon grid
squad as a whole set ten
new marks this fall. Of
fensive marks by the
team included most yards
pin on passes with 1,637
best average for punts with
41.3 yards, most yards of
kick-off returns with 797
on 29 returns for an aver
age of better than 27 yards
per return, and most run-
back of combined punts and
kickoffs with 1.157 yards.
I he 193 yards of kickoff
returns in the Lenoir Rhyne
game was also a new mark.
On the reverse side
the ledger were five
ponent records for most
punts in a game with 12
by LR, seasonal marks by
the opponents for most
passes thrown with 221,
most passes completed
with 109, most yards pass
ing gains with 1,637 and
best punting average for
season by opponents with
37 yards.
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wrong?”
PAGE 4
Wrestling Is
New Sport
On Campus
Introduction of wrestling
as a nev/ varsity sport on
the Elon campus will be a
feature of the winter
months of this 1967-68
term, with Coach Mickey
Brown and Prof. Paul Se-
bo working together as coa
ches of the Christian mat-
men in their introductory
season.
The schedule, which
opens with the Carolina
Freshmen here at 2 o’
clock tomorrow afternoon,
will feature a schedule of
five meets. Other meets
before Christmas are with
Guilford next Wednesday
and Duke on December
15th, both away.
Meets after Christmas
holidays are with Metho
dist College here January
5th, Pembroke away on
February 2nd and Guilford
here on February 5th. Ef
forts arc being made to
card a meet for an open
date January 12th.
In discussing the pro
spects for the new sport
at Elon, Coach Brown stat
ed that there are a goodly
number of very fine high
school wrestlers, including
several who have held state
championships at the high
school level, and he has
high hopes for a successful
season.
ARTSFLOWERS
(Continued from page 2)
this was not the case. Spe
cial plaudits should go to
Kathy Copeland, Dawn Le-
land and Bill Bradshaw for
their excellent performan
ces. Nancy Boone and Jim
Gillespie were fine as the
parents, and Neal Henning
made the most of a very
small part. I should also
mention that Wayne Sey
mour was responsible for
composing and recording
the charming background
music played before each
act.
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