FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1967
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By JOE LEE
GOEDECK IS BIG ELON THREAT
Successful athletic pro
grams are hard to come
by. They don’t just all of
a sudden happen, and they
are not just all of a sud
den successful. Of course,
in order to determine
whether an athletic pro
gram is successful or not
there are many things to
be considered. A leading
dictionary defines “suc
cessful” as — having
success; ending in suc
cess; prosperous; fortu
nate. This definition has
little meaning when talk
ing about athletic pro
grams.
My thoughts on a suc
cessful athletic program
are centered more a-
round the word “mean
ingful.” I think three ma
jor questions must be an
swered before a program
can be considered a suc
cess of not. (Ij Is the
Elon athletic program
meaningful to the partici
pants? (2) Is the Elon
athletic program mean
ingful to the students?
(3) Is the Elon athlctic
program meaningful to
the school?
The participants in
Elen’s varsity athletic
program number over
100. This means that one
out of approximately ev
ery 10 male students en
rolled at Elon is involved
in a sport of some type.
Is the program mean
ingful for the people who
participate? I think not.
Elon’s athletes are treat-
i;d like second-rate ath
letes. They have second
class facilities for either
practice or play. In some
cases they get second
class equipment with
which to play, and in the
fninor sports the athletes
get little or no coaching.
Little wonder it’s hard
to instill pride in Elon
athletes.
Does the Elon athletic
program answer the sec
ond question? I think an
athletic program has a
very serious obligation to
the student. I think this
obligation should be
shown in the form of a
meaningful intramural
program. The Elonintra-
inural program is on the
way up, thanks to the
new director and his as
sistants. However, I think
the program should be
widened to include more
students, both boys and
girls.
Now what about the
third question? 1 think
this question can best be
answered by asking an
other question. Does the
athletic program make
money for the school? The
crowds at the football
games this year certainly
were the largest in his
tory. The larger the
crowds the more the cash
registers jingle, and the
more the cash registers
jingle, the happier the
school administration
seems to be. As long as
Elon athletic teams win,
people will pay to see the
Christians perform. To
school officials, I suppose
this means a successful
athletic program.
As everyone knows
Elon is in the middle of
a building program. The
athletic program (varsity
and intramural) is in dire
need of new facilities. 1
know there are plans for
some new athletic facil
ities on the drawing
boards, but how long are
they going to stay there.
All I have heard is talk.
There are many other
facets of the Elon College
athletic program about
which 1 would like to talk.
But since my space is
limited, I will follow this
column with another on
the “Elon College Ath
letic Program.”
Elon Topples
Wofford 59 To 55
I he Christian cagers
overcame a cold shooting
spree and hit on crucial
points in the final two m in-
Wes to turn back a stub
born Wofford Terrier
club in Elon’s first home
game on Tuesday night,
November 29th, by a 59
to 55 margin.
The Terriers led
through the early min
utes, and the lead chang-
eleven times be-
ore Elon edged out a 35-
lead at half-time.The
f ^®tians then led most
the final half, but Wof-
rallied to lead by one
ith two minutes left at
35-54, with
hitting
two
Bill
free
Bowes
throws
to shoot Elon ahead for
keeps. .
Henry Goedeck topped
the scoring for Elon with
16, with Steve Caddell,
Tom McGee and Bill
Bowes all hitting double
figures. Jimmy Little
field paced the Terriers
with 18 counters.
The line-ups:
P Elon (59) Wofford (55)
F. Bowes (10) Payne (11)
F.CaddelKl l) Hysong (1)
C. GoedecW 16) Pegram (12)
G. McGee (12) L-Field(18)
G. Davis (9) Hendrix (9)
Half-time: Elon 35,Wof-
Tord 34.
Elon sub — Marshall,
Wofford subs — Reed,
Lentz 4.
Henry Goedeck, Elon’s big junior center, has racked
65 points in Elon’s first three games of this 1967-68
campaign, which gives him an average of 21.7 points
per game, well ahead of his 17.7 average which he posted
in his sophomore campaign a year ago. The big boy
from Long Island racked points for a 24-point aver
age two years ago as a freshman, and thus far in his
varsity career has scored a total of 1,111 ;x>ints in 54
games for a 20.6 average. He has thus been ahead of
his all-time average in the first three contests played
this season. Goedeck has won All-Conference recog
nition in each of his first two campaigns, and he bids
fair to repeat for this 1967-68 season.
Williams Kicks For
All-Star Grid Win
Perry Williams, sen
ior kicking star for the
Elon College grid squad
during the 1967campaign,
continued his starring role
when he kicked the East
All-Stars to a 10-7 vic
tory over the West in the
first annua! Sudan Shrine
Temple All-Star battle in
Raleigh on Saturday, No
vember 25 th.
Playing before a dis
appointing crowd of
slightly more than 7,000
fans, the Eastern All-
Gtars grabbed the win in
a fumble-marred con-
tes-t, which saw Perry
Williams and his educated
toe account for four of
the ten points chalked by
the winners.
East Carolina’s Jeff
Hughes grabbed a 63-yard
TD pass from Carolina’s
Jeff Beaver in the second
quarter, and Perry Will
iams kicked the extra
point. The Elon star
had already booted a 29-
yard field goal, and the
East held a 10-0 margin
at halftime.
The Western Stars
tried desperately to over
take that 10-0 East lead,
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Elon Takes
Two Wins
In Tourney
The Fighting Christian
cagers gave promise of a
fine 1967-68 season when
they travelled out to Ken
tucky and chalked suc
cessive victories over
Georgia Southern and
Shorter College to grab
championship honors in
the Cumberland College
Pre-Seasonal Invitational
Tournament, which was
held on Friday and Sat
urday of the Thanksgiving
holiday period.
The Christian cagers
turned back the Georgia
Southern cagers 74 to 73
in the opening round of
play at Williamsburg,Ky.,
and that win showed the
strength of the Christian
quint, for the Georgia out
fit has been the finest in
its area for the past seve
ral years.
Henry Goedeck, Elon’s
top scorer for thepast
two seasons, showed pro
mise of continued excel
lence when he hit 23 points
in the first game against
Georgia Southern and then
bagged 26 points against
Shorter to pace the Elon
attack in the Kentucky
tournament. On the basis
of these two fine scoring
efforts, Goedeck was
named “Most Valuable”
player in the tournament.
Elon 74, Georgia Southern
73'-
The Fighting Christian
cagers opened Elon’s new
basketball season with a
thrilling 74-73 win over
the Georgia Southern
quint in the first round of
the Cumberland College
Pre-Seasonal Tourney on
November 24th, with Hen
ry Goedeck hitting the
winning point from the
free-throw line in the fin
al two m 'nutes.
The Elon quintet moved
ahead and held the lead
all the way, although the
Christian margin at the
half-time was only a sin
gle point at 34-33. The
Christians also led all the
way in the second half and
staved off a Georgia rally
in the closing moments.
With Henry Goedeck
and Bill Bowes both
shooting and rebounding
well and with Tom McGee
banging in points with
deadly accuracy, Elon
moved to an 11 -point m ar-
gin in the final five min
utes and then had to hang
on desperately against the
Georgia Southern come
back.
Bill Bowes cleaned the
boards all night as he
pulled in 16 rebounds and
also contributed 17 points,
Goedeck, who topped the
game scoring with 23
points, added 10 rebounds.
McGee banged in 16
counters. Tom Wester-
field had 20 and Rick
Moore 16 to pace the
Georgia Southern cagers.
THE LINE UPS:
Elon (74) Ga. S, (73)
F. Bowes (17) Miller (7)
F.Caddell (9) Pritch.(2)
C. Goedeck (23)Moore (16)
G. McGee (16) Wester.(20)
G. Davis (8) Carmi. (8)
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