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MAROON AND GOLO
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Elon Loses C-N Battle, 28-7
OLIPHAIST AND BONNETT ARE STANDOUTS FOR ELON DEFENSE TEAM
Elon Is Now Given
New NAIA Listing
The alignment of col
leges in District 26 of the
National Association of
Intercollegiate Athletics,
which was formerly de
signated as the Carolinas
district, has been com
pletely reorganized, and
Elon is assigned within
a completely new group
of colleges.
This was revealed in
a recent announcement
which stated that District
26 is now arranged on a
completely new geogra
phic basis, which has re
moved such traditional
NAIA opponents as West
ern Carolina and Appa
lachian from the same NA
lA district with Elon.Also
missing will be such NAIA
opponents as Newberry,
Presbyterian and Erskine.
The announcement of
the new district assign
ments was made by A.O.
Duer, executive secre
tary of the NAIA, who
stated that the new a-
lignment of districts af
fects more than 100 NAIA
institutions from Texas
to Virginia. He declared
that the new alignment
is completely geographic
and that it will disre
gard racial lines com
pletely.
“These changes, effec
tive for the 1968-69 com
petitive year, follow many
years of careful planning
and are now a reality
in which we can all take
‘^eep pride. As in the past,
an leaders in these new
districts will have equal
opportunity to share in
planning and administer
ing district qualifying e-
vents and other functions
of the district. Confer
ence affiliations will not
affected.
“The NAIA Executive
Committee, which adopt
ed this program after re-
ceiving 3. recommen-
dation from its National
Research Committee,
deeply appreciates the
cooperation of our mem
bers in the eight geo
graphic districts which
are affected by this pro
gram. It will provide e-
quality of opp'ji'tunity for
each athlete and team for
our national champion
ships, which in turn are
qualifying events for Pan
American and Olympic
Trials,” added Duer.
Dr. Charles Morris,
athletic director at High
Point College, has been
appointed Chairman of
District 26 by NAIA Pres
ident, Dr. Eldon W. Gra-
ber of Bluffton College
(Ohio). C. E. Gaines,ath
letic director at Winston-
Salem State College,has
been appointed Vice
Chairman of District 26.
Both appointments are for
the period of one year,
and the normal elective
process will take place
after that time.
The new District 26
will now include all mem
bers in North Carolina
between Route 221 and U.
S 1 District 6 will
include all NAIA mem
ber institutions in West
ern Virginia, those in
North Carolina located
West of Route 221, and
institutions in South Car
olina. District 29
include members in East
ern Virginia and those in
North Carolina East of U.
S . 1, The College of
Charleston, the Eastern
most school in South Car
olina, has been placed in
District 29 so that
Dixie Intercollegiate Ath
letic Conference will have
five members inthatDis-
''^'('continued on page i)
Key figures in the Elon College defensive picture
are David Oliphant (Number 21) and Marty Bonnett
(Number 10), pictured above, who have long been regu
lars in the Fighting Christians' defensive backfield.
Oliphant, who at times has hit opposing players with
all the force of a wild elephant, has been a defensive
starter for three years; and Bonnett, who has an eagle-
eye for enemy passes, is now in his third season as
a defensive backfield man. Both boys hold Elon all-
time records. Oliphant holds several all-time Chris
tian marks for kick returns, and Bonnett last fall
set an all-time Elon mark for most pass intercep
tions in a single game.
Elon Eleven Meets
Indians In Contest
The Elon Christians and
the Catawba Indians will
renew an ancient rivalry
in Burlington Memorial
Stadium on Saturday af
ternoon for the benefit of
Elon’s large group of
Homecoming Day alumni,
with the Elon gridders
seeking to continue the
series of thrilling Home
coming wins over the In
dians.
Two years ago the
Christians rolled for a
39 to 36 victory over the
Catawba gridders in a
battle at this same Bur
lington Stadium, with
Burgin Beale running for
one touchdown and pass
ing for two others in the
thrilling victory.
Last fall the Christians
toppled the Indians 31 to
29 in an equally thrilling
battle at Salisbury,when
Elon’s Perry Williams
booted a late field goal
to give the Elon eleven
the victory after one of
the most thrilling offen
sive battle s of the sea
son. ^ .
The Elon - Catawba
rivalry dates back to
1928, with the Christians
holding a two-game ad
vantage in the overall
series, Elon showing lo
wins against l-l for
Catawba and with two
games having ended in
ties.
Several of the games
have been among the most
thrilling in Elon grid an
nals, including the 1960
Homecoming tilt here at
Elon when George
Wooten, Elon’s Little All-
American quarterback,
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INJURED
Don Crews, who was
the top sprinter on the
Elon track squad last
spring and one of the
finest threats atwingback
for the Fighting Christian
grid squad this fall,has
been sidelined for the re
mainder of this 1968 foot
ball season due to a hip
dislocation. His speed
will be sorely missed by
the Elon eleven.
Eagle Aerial
Scores Top
Elon Eleven
By BILL WALKER
The Eagles of Car-
son-Newman College,
forsook the swampy mire
of Burlington Memorial
Stadium last Saturday
night and rode the air
waves to four rain-soak-
ed touchdowns that gave
the Tennessee team a 28
to 7 win over the Fight
ing Christian gridders.
Dale Rutherford, very
fine Eagle quarterback,
refused to let rain and
mud deter his passing
game as he threw four
scoring passes to his
lanky ends, split end Tom
Jones taking three scor
ing aerials and tight end
Greg McCall grabbing the
othei.
The Elon eleven moved
to an early lead when
Ronnie O’Brien took a
Carson-Newman punt and
raced 55 yards for a
touchdown after 4:30 of
the game was gone. Gro
ver Helsley kicked good
for an Elon 7-0 lead.
Late in that first quar
ter, however, the Eagles
evened the count when
Rutherford threw an 18-
yarder to Jones, with Da
vid Pitt kicking good.
Barely one minute into the
third period Rutherford
tossed a 42-yard Jones
pass over the Elon sec
ondary for the 14-7 lead.
Late in the third per
iod the Eagle quarterback
completed a 52-yarder to
Jones and in the fourth
period a 33-yard toss to
Greg McCall, with Pitt
kicking good each time for
the final 28-7 margin.
The only bright spots
in the Elon play came in
the sporadic passing of
Burgin Beale, who com
pleted 13 of 33 passes
for 134 yards. Beale had
to overcome the soggy
weather and a hard-
charging Eagle line in
his passing.
Figure Facts
Elon C-N
14 First Downs 11
101 Yards Gain Rush 100
76 Yards Lost Rush, 23
25 Net Yards Rush. 77
34 Passes Attempted 28
13 Passes Completed 18
134 Yards Gain Pass.259
159 Total Yds. Off. 336
1 Opp. Passes Interc. 2
46 Runbacklnt. Passes 25
12 Number Punts 10
31.4 Ave. Yds. Punts 35.8
101 Runback All Kicks 73
0 Fumbles Lost 2
55 Yards Penalized 100
SCORE BY PERIODS:
Elon 7 0 0 0 -7
C-N 7 0 14 7 - 28
Elon Touchdown — O’
Brien (55-punt return).
Extra Point — Helsley
(Kick). Carson-Newman
Touchdowns — Jones 3
(18-pass from Rutherford
42-pass from Rutherford^
52-pass from Ruther
ford), McCall (33-pass
from Rutherford). Extra
Points — Pitt 4 (kicks).