Friday,0 ctobe r 18,1968
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Presbyterian Tops Elon 31-17
COACH RED WILSON WITH ELON’S CO CAPTAINS FOR 1968 SEASON
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By JOE TEAGUE
Coach Jerry Drake’s
Fighting Christian base-
ballers are in the midst
of fall practice, with thir
ty-five players having
reported and staging a
stiff battle for starting
positions on next spring’s
varsity nine.
Coach Drake declares
himself well pleased with
the determination, hustle
and general attitudes of
the players, who include
ten letterman veterans
from last spring.
Beginning his third
year as head baseball
coach at Elon, Coach
Drake says, “We need
improved defense,mainly
plugging up leaky play in
the infield during criti
cal situations, and we are
trying to find three start
ing pitchers and at the
same time trying to im
prove our .194 squad bat
ting average of last sea
son during these fall
practice sessions.”
The Christian coach is
especially well pleased
with the fact that his Elon
diamond squad has won
three off-season practice
battles. The Christians
have split two autumn
games with the High Point
Panthers, having defeat
ed the Panthers 5 to 3 in
the opener and dropped a
7 to 2 decision to the
Pointers at High Point.
The third game produced
a 12 to 3 victory over a
strong semi-pro outfit
from South Boston, Va.
Dewey Capps, a let
terman pitcher, got cre
dit for the win over High
Point, although Coach
Drake used several
moundsmen against the
Pointers, including Roger
Slaughter, Capps, Bob
Caviness, Bill Bond, Don
Oakes and Gary Brown.
H. J. Newcomb had the
heavy stick for Elon as
he delivered a triple in
the bottom of the fifth to
drive in three runs.
The return engagement
with the High Point nine
was not so fortunate,with
Elon dropping a 7 to ^
decision and getting only
one hit off three Panther
pitchers. Ron Brown,
sophomore shortstop,got
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Coach Red Wilson, who directs the fortunes of the
Elon College football squad as head coach, is pic
tured above with the two co-captains of this 1968
Fighting Christian grid squad. The captains are
Lloyd Kanipe, of Charlotte, senior linebacker; and
Wes Gilliam (standing), of Elon College, a senior
defensive end, Kanipe was a co-captain las t year
and was honored with a repeat election for this fall.
In addition to the two elected co-captains, there has
been an appointed honorary co-captain for each of the
early games on the schedule, with Burgin Beale and
David Oliphant honored for the two opening games.
Elon To Host
C-N Gridders
The Fighting Christian
gridders face another
tough test when they play
host to the Carson-
Newman Eagles from ov
er Tennessee way in a
battle at the Burlington
Memorial Stadium at 8
o’clock Saturday night,for
the Eagles have shown
plenty of power in early
tilts.
The Eagles trampled
Catawba 34 to 14 and
then trounced Western
Carolina 28 to 7, and
Christian supporters can
remember that Western
Carolina romped on Guil
ford 35 to 7. That means
a tough game for Elon
this weekend.
BREAKS ARM
Larry Raines, star de
fensive back, suffered a
broken arm in the Appa
lachian game and is out
of action for the rest of
the 1968 season.
First Period
Again Fatal
To Christians
First quarters can be
fatal to Elon football for
tunes, and the Fighting
Christian gridders may
seek to have first quar -
ters eliminated entirely
after Presbyterian top
pled Elon 31 to 17 by
virtue of a 21-point up
rising in the opening per
iod, It was the second
consecutive game in
which that first period
had proven fatal, for the
Apps also scored 21
points in the opener to
down Elon the week be
fore.
Two long punt returns
and a home-run pass pro
duced the Presbyterian
TD’s in that opening per
iod, with Bob Hackle
scoring from the two af
ter a 30-yard runback
and with Dan Eckstein
dashing 58-yards with a
punt for the second score.
Bill Kirtland passed 45
yards to Hackle for the
third TD, with kicks good
each time.
The Christians hit the
scoreboard in the first
quarter with a 30-yard
field goal by Grover Hels-
ley to cut the score to
14-3 at one time, but
PC led at the quarter 21
to 3, and a PC field goal
boosted it to 24-3 before
Elon scored its first
touchdown on a 3-yard
plunge by Burgin Beale
to cut the halftime count
to 24-10.
Elon drove 72 yards
as the second half open
ed, with Burgin Beale
passes netting 51 of the
yards, and Beale himself
dashed the final three for
his second TD of the
night, Helsley kicked good
to cut the margin to 24-
17, but The Blue Hose
intercepted an Elon
pass at the Elon twenty-
nine, and on the next play
Kirtland passed 29 to
Eckstein for the 31-17
score.
Figure Facts
Elon PC
20 First Downs 12
119 Yds. Gain Rush. 142
35 Yds. Lost Rushing 9
84 Net Yds. Rushing 133
47 Passes Attempted 19
20 Passes Completed 9
293 Yds, Gain Pass. 179
377 Total Yds. Off. 312
1 Opp Passes Int. 4
20 Runback Int. Pass 14
5 Number Punts 8
40.8 Ave. Yds. Punts 47.0
176 Runback all Kicks 139
1 Fumbles Lost 1
35 Yards Penalized 47
SCORE BY PERIODS:
Elon 3 7 7 0 17
P.C. 21 3 7 0 31
Elon Touchdowns
Beale 2 (3-run, 3-
run). Extra Points —
Helsley 2 (kicks). Field
Goal — Helsley (30
yards). Presbyterian
Touchdowns — Hackle 2
(2-run, 45-pass from
Kirtland), Eckstein 2 (58-
punt return, 29-pass from
Kirtland), Extra Points—
Cruickshank 4 (kicks).
Field Goal -- Cruick
shank (28-yards).