FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 1, 1968 maroon and gold Page 3 Catawba Tops Elon 32 To 26 they fill important post in fighting CHRISTIAN LINE PLAY Christians Threaten All-Time Grid Marks K With five games al ready played and past the halfway mark of this 1968 football season, the Elon Christians and big Burgin Beale were both well a- head of the per-gamepace in the all-time Elon sta tistics for both team and individual passing yard age. The all-time Elon team mark for yards gained by passing during a single season stands 1,637 yards in 9 games in 1967, which represents an average of 181.9 yards per game. In five games this fall, the Christians have gain ed 1,189 yards by passing, which represents an average of 237.8 yards per game. After five games,Bur gin Beale had passed for a total of 1,127 yards this fall, which repre sents a per-game average of 225.4 yards per game, and once more that fi gure is far ahead of the all-time Elon mark of 152.5 yards per game set by Beale himself during the 1966 season. Beale at this stage of the season has thrown 149 passes, for an aver age of 29.9 passes per game, and that again is ahead of his own all-time average of 27.1 passes per game set in 1966. “is completion mark of 72 passes in five games shows an average of 14,4 passes completed per pme, and that too is a- nead of his all-time Elon average of 13.1 comple tions per game in 1966, Richard McGeorge,who as caught 31 passes in ne first five games of avera^^^® campaign, is eraging 6.2 pass atches per game, and “at is ahead of his all- cime per-game mark of pass receptions per game, but McGeorge is slightly behind his own all-time per-game aver age for yardage on pass receptions that he set last year. On the “No So Bright” side of the record led ger is the fact that in the first five games this fall the Elon defensive units had yielded 1,865 yards in total offense by the five opponents, an av erage of 373 yards per game, and that is far a- head of the all-time worst defensive average in all Elon history of 320,2 yards per game yielded to opponents in 1966. Part of this dismal de-. fensive picture is the fact that the Elon pass de fense has yielded to five opponents this fall an av erage of 216.8 yards per game, which is far worse than the all-time worst mark in Elon history, set when the Elon 1966 team gave up an average of 175.3 yards per game through the air. Also part of this dis mal defensive picture is the fact that the Elon defense has given up 151 points to the five oppon ents this fall, which is an average of 30.2 points per game. That is somewhat worse than the all-time record, when the Elon team of 1959 gave up to 10 opponents an average of 25.9 points per game in ten games. EMMA LAZARUS ■ Give me your tired, your poor. Your huddled masses yearnmg to be free. The wretched refuse of your teeming shore, Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed, to me; I lift my lamp beside the golden door.” The New Colossus: Inscription for ,heSl>tueof Liberty. Hew York Harbor ’*6 .V. ^ ... , . Doug Thomas, a rugged defensive line star from Asheboro, and Frankie Mensch, who hails from Siler City and holds the all-important pivot post in the Elon offensive line, have played important roles in the play of the Elon line during early season games of this 1968 season. Thomas, whose older brother, Morris Thomas, was a co-captain of the Elon gridders some years ago, has been a bulwark of Elon’s defensive play so far this fall, and Mensch has anchored the Christian offensive forward wall in the first half of this 1968 season. Elon In Tough Tilt At WCU Saturday The Fighting Chris tians take off into the high hill country of western North Carolina this weekend on a hunt for Catamounts, hoping to bag the football scalp of the Western Carolina Cata mount football squad in a battle which looms as a crucial one in the compe tition for honors in the Carolinas Conference in die 1968 campaign. There was a time in the early season when a clash with these Cata mounts of Western North Carolina did not loom as a really major test for Coach Red Wilson andhis Elon Christians, for the prophets listed the Cata mounts as the favorites for the cellar spot in the Conference standings and at the same time named the Elon gridders as a prime contender for the Conference title. There has been con siderable change since those pre-seasons pro phecies were voiced,how- ever, and after the 1968 season hit is midway point the Western Carolina gridders were still un defeated in Conference play and loomed as a real challenge for the ti tle. It is true , of course, that this was written be fore the Catamounts in vaded the lair of the Le noir Rhyne Bears last weekend, and it is quite likely *at the Bears may have marred the pre viously unbeaten record of Coach Dan Robinson’s Western Carolina outfit. However, if the Lenoir Rhyne gridders did roll over the Catamounts last |Elon Football Elon 66, Concord 12. Elon 21, Guilford, 10. Elon 26, Appalachian 70. Elon 17, Presbyterian31, Elon 7, Car.-Newman28. (Remaining Games) Oct. 26 - Catawba, H. Nov. 2 - W. Carolina, A. Nov. 9 - Newberry, H Nov. 16 — L. Rhyne, H. weekend, that will only serve to make the Elon task all the more diffi cult this weekend when they trek into Cullowhee to tackle the Cats in their own den. Billed ahead of time as suffering for want of a quarterback, the Cata mounts have come up this fall with a real sleep- _ er in the person of Don" Dalton, an unheralded star, who has averaged 156 yards per game in passing and has also come up with fine running to rank third in the Caro linas Conference in pass ing and fourth in total offense. This 6-1 Catamount passing ace from Hender sonville looms as a fit ting rival for Elon’s ri fle-armed Burgin Beale in the clash at Cullowhee this weekend, for Dalton has passed for nine TD’s in five games, which is one better than the eight TD tosses uncorked by Beale in 5 games. Dalton tossed four touchdown passes and hit 17 of 27 throws for a total of 288 yards to give (Continued on Page 4) See-Saw Tilt Feaiure At Homecoming By BILL WALKER The disaster-ridden Christians dropped their fourth successive foot ball game last Saturday afternoon, when the Ca tawba Indians turned back the Elon eleven 32 to 26 in the annual Elon Home coming battle in Burling ton Stadium. The Elon gridders had four pass interceptions, some of which set up fine scoring chances, but the Christians failed to cap italize on these chances, and these failures proved costly. . The scoring began when Emery Moore dived in from the one to top a 65- yard drive, but Helsley missed the point, and Ca tawba came back to get on the scoreboard as Ray Hardison hit Mike Rey nolds with a 10-yard pass, and Mike Strejc kicked good for a 7-6 lead. Elon came right back as Beale hit Richard Mc George with a 32-yard scoring toss, but the kick missed again, and Ca tawba added a second TD before halftime on a 31- yard pass from Hardison to Greg Singleton, and Stejc kicked for a 14- 12 lead. Catawba took the sec ond half kick-off but Elon held and then sent Emery Moore in for his second score, with Helsley kick ing for an Elon 19-14 edge. Three consecutive scores by Ray Hardison, all on short plunges, shot Catawba back ahead by 32 to 19 before Burgin Beale tossed a fine 55-yard pass to Joe Rinaca for a final TD, and Helsley kicked good for the final 26- 19 score. An Elon fumble marred the final chance for victory in the closing Despite the agonizing defeat, Elon had several outstanding players,with Beale passing for 238 yards, Moore running for 127 yards, McGeorge cat ching seven, Rinaca cat ching three passes, each getting a TD pass. Figure Facts Elon Catawba 19 First Downs 17 167 Yds. Gain Rush 155 33 Passes Attempt 20 17 Passes Completed 13 238 Yds. Gain Passing 178 405 Total Yds Offense 333 4 Opp. Passes. Int. 1 35 Runbacklnt. Passes 10 8 Number Punts 6 31.9 Ave. Yds. Punts 42.3 135 Runback All Kicks 118 1 Fumbles Lost 0 32 Yards Penalized 12 SCORE BY PERIODS: Elon 0 12 7 7 26 Catawba 0 14 6 12 32 Elon Touchdowns — E. Moore 2 (1-run, 1-run), McGeorge (32-pass from Beale), Rinaca (55-pass from Beale). Extra Points Helsley 2 (kicks). Cataw ba Touchdowns — Rey nolds (10-pass from Har dison), Singleton (31-pass from Hardison), Hardison 3 (1-run, 1-run, 3-run). Extra Points -- Strejc — 2 (kicks).

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