FRIDAY, JANUARY 12, 1968
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By JOE LEE
For years Elon stu
dents have been hearing
about the new gym and
swimming pool that is to
be built. I suppose that
students for years to
come will be hearing this
same song and dance. It
sounds more like a brok
en record than a plan» It
is hard to understand why
five or six years of plan
ning has resulted in ab
solutely nothing concrete.
In a discussion with
one Elon student he re
lated to me that his fa
ther (Elon grad) had re
ceived a letter from the
School asking for a do
nation to be used for the
construction of a swim
ming pool. The father was
delighted to contribute to
the building of a pool be
cause he too realized the
need for such a facility.
However, the father lat-
learned that his con
tribution and the contri
butions of other alumni
uad been used for other
purposes.
The present gymnas-
jyni is adequate for the
;>aslcetball team but that
about as far as it
goes. When the basketball
practicing no one,
I mean no one. is
allowed on the floor of
Th reason,
ne dressing rooms are
“nbehevably antiquated,
high school gyms
twpi facilities. A
weive - man basketball
earn completely fills a
room inthepre-
fonfh n™' •however, the
crm^ players have to
their *em selves and
these
The
team I t^^ack
the wrestling team
and the boy’s and girl’s
PE classes also have to
use these rooms.
Elon does not need a
gym to seat 8,000 or 10,
000 people, but Elon is in
dire need of a physical
education gym. The
school has a serious ob
ligation to provide to the
student the best educa
tional facilities. This ob
ligation is just beginning
to be realized.
The students need a
gym with varied athletic
equipment that is avail
able to them whenever
they want to exercise.
This certainly is not the
case now. A student is
lucky if he can get in the
gym once a week. (Sun
day afternoon) An ef
fective intramural pro
gram cannot be planned at
Elon for fear the basket
ball team will suddenly
want to practice, and even
the wrestling team rates
only a corner for work
outs when the basketball
team is practicing. A new
physical education gym
would solve many of these
problems which now pla
gue the Elon sports pro
gram.
Elon also needs a foot
ball stadium. Under the
present set up the school
has to rent the Burling
ton Municipal Stadium for
each game. The money
that the school has lost
over the years by paying
rent would certainly have
made a sizeable payment
on a new stadium. Elon s
football program is on the
way up. With is in mind
a new stadium with pro
per dressing facilities
and proper equipment to
handle athletic injuries
would certainly enhance
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Bobby Atkins (left) and Richard McGeorge (right)
swung into action with the Fighting Christian basket
ball squad when the Elon cagers renewed their cage
warfare following the Christmas holiday period. Both
Atkins and McGeorge had been injured and had missed
the pre-holiday play. Atkins, a senior guard from Mount
Airy, averaged better than 14 points per game two sea
sons ago but missed playing last season when he was out
of college. He had sustained a broken hand in Novem
ber and did not play in any of Elon’s eight pre-Christmas
games, seeing his first action against Winston-Salem
State and A. and T. McGeorge, who had a brilliant
football season, joined the cage squad after Thanks
giving and then sustained a dislocated shoulder which
kept him out of all except a very few minutes before
Christmas. He also saw heavy action in the two games
with Winston-Salem and A. and T. and racked 18 points
against the Twin City team.
Elon Toppled Twice
In Holiday Tourney
The Fighting Chris
tians ran into a pair of
hot-shooting cage squads
in the Holiday Festival
in Winston-Salem on the
final weekend of the
Christmas holiday period
and dropped a 90 to 63
decision to the Rams of
Winston-Salem State Col
lege on the night of De
cember 29th and then lost
to the strong A. and T,
Aggies by 79 to 66 count
on the following night.
The Twin City Rams,
who were ranked seven
th in the small college
ranks for the entire U-
nited States, hit on a red-
hot 52-6 per cent of their
floor shots for the night
against Elon and then on
the second night of the
Festival battled the Num
ber One Kentucky Wes
leyan cagers hard before
losing to the Kentrucky
team by a single point.
Henry Goedeck hit nine
field buckets and three-
for-three at the charity
stripe for 21 points, and
Richard McGeorge bang
ed in 18 points as the
only other Elon player in
double figures. Gene
Smiley had 28 and Bill
English 25 to pace the
Ram assault.
(Contx.iLied on Page 4)
High Point
Is Winner
By 67 To 63
The Fighting Chris
tians cagers played one
of their best games of the
year against the High
Point Panthers on the
Elon floor on December
9th, but one cold quarter
proved fatal for the Chris
tians as High Point pull
ed out a 67-63 victory in
the Conference clash.
The Elon quintet grab
bed a quick lead and pac
ed the Panthers through
the first ten minutes,hit-
ting well on shots and
playing fine defense a-
gainst the speedy visitors,
but the Pointers pulled a-
head at 20-19 on one of
four three-p'int plays
which they had in the first
half and grabbed a 52-34
edge at the intermission.
The Christians came
back strong after the half
and tied the count at 46-
all and were ahead brief
ly at 50-48 after eight
minutes of play, but tow
ering Jim Picka unlim
bered his 6-10 frame and
led the Panthers in a win
ning drive down the stret
ch.
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Elon Downs
Wofford ‘5’
By 66 To 61
Deadly accuracy from
the free throw line pro
vided the deciding points
as the Elon Christians
turned back the Wofford
Terriers 66 to 61 on the
Wofford court on January
3rd. The win was Elon’s
second over Wofford this
year and broke a seven-
game losing streak for the
Christian cagers.
Henry Goedeck, who hit
on eight of ten shots from
the floor, paced Elon to
and the Christians went
on to lead by a 32 to 27
margin at half-time, but
the Terriers pulled up
close in the late stages
of the game, and it was a
pair of free throws by
Tom McGee that clinched
the win for the Christians.
The Terriers had pull
ed within three points of
the Christians with less
than five minutes remain
ing, but McGee cooly sank
both his charity shots on
a one-and-one chance,
and the Christians pulled
back safely ahead to win
the battle.
McGee, who hit for 18
p:iints, was Elon’s top
scorer for the night, but
Goedeck was only one
point behind with 17
counters. Tommy Davis,
who dropped in eight of
nine free throws was also
in double figures for Elon
with 10 points. Elon hit
on 20 of 23 free throw
chances during the game.
THE LINE-UP:
Pos. Elon (66) Wofford (61
F. Davis (10) Reed (6)
F. Bowes (8) Payne (11)
C .Goedeck(17) Pegram(12)
G. McGee (18) Hendrix(7)
G. Atkins (3) Littlefield(13
Half-time: Elon 32, Wof
ford 27.
Elon subs—Marshall 2,
McGeorge 4. Caddell 4.
Camel Five
Grabs Win
From Elon
The Campbell College
cagers moved out front
early in the game and de
feated Elon’s basketeers
92 to 73 on the Campbell
court on December 13th
in a game which closed
out the pre-Christmas
play for the Christians.
Johnny Marshbank,
veteran Camel forward,
set the pace for the Camp
bell quint as it moved to
an 18-14 lead in the first
ten minutes, with the bi,
boy getting ten of th.
Camel points in the drive.
Marshbanks continued
to lead the way as hi
team led 43 to 32 at tht
halftime, and he finished
with ten field goals and
six free throws for a
26-point total for thi
night, leading both teams
in scoring. Three other
Camels hit in double di
gits for the night.
Henry Goedeck, Elon’s
big center, paced the E-
lon scoring with 17 points,
trailed by Noble Marshall
with 14, Tom McGee with
13 and Tommy Davis with
11 counters. Bill Bowes
grabbed 12 rebounds to
lead the Klon cagers on
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