FRIDAY. JANUARY 17, 1968
maroon and gold
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Elon Splits LR Cage Battles
SCENE ON ELON BENCH AS CHRISTIAN QUINT WINS HOME CONTEST
Christian ‘5’
Tops Camels
By 72 To 66
With rugged Richard
McGeorge setting the
pace, the Elon College
eagers moved out front
late in the first half and
held the lead until the
end as they turned back
the Campbell College
Camels 72 to 66 in a non
conference battle on the
Campbell court on Jan
uary 7th.
The Elon outfit had one
nights of the season as
the Christians hit 27 of
48 shots from the floor
for a 56.3 percentage
mark during the game,
with the fast moving Elon
floor game penetrating
the Campbell defense for
many close shots.
Topping the Elon at
tack and leading the scor
ing for the night for both
teams was Richard Mc
George, who racked 12
field goals and four free
mrows for 28 points.Bill
oowes, only other Elon
player in double figures,
had eight floor baskets
3nd three free throws.
the LINE-UPS
Pos.Elon (72) Campbell(66)
^•McGeorge (28) Wise (20)
Bowes (19) McRae (10)
p *^oedeck (9) Faulkner(4)
Marshall (3) Waicus(lO)
Cole (8) Walker (8)
„ Half-time: Elon 37,
Campbell 31.
l^lon subs — Johnson 5,
addell. Campbell Subs—
*'gle 6, Chambers 6,
Smith 2.
The above scene on the Elon bench during a recent home court cage battle
presents an interesting study in individual expressions. The expressions of the
various players vary from the enthusiastic applause by some to the calm and
confident repose of others, and it is especially interesting to study the express
ions on the faces of Coaches Twig Wiggins and Bill Miller at the extreme right
of the picture.
Richard McGeorge Is Named
for All’Anierican Grid Team
(Picture on Page 4)
Richard McGeorge,E-
lon’s great pass-grabbing
end, was named as one of
the 22 Kodak All-Ameri
ca team members in A-
merica’s college division
of play for the 1968 sea
son. The team was chosen
vote of more than 1,000
members of the American
Football Coaches Asso
ciation under sponsorship
of the Eastman Kodak
Company.
This marked the first
time the Kodak Company
has sponsored a college
division All-America,al
though it has been spon
soring a similar selection
for the major football in
stitutions since I960.
Richard McGeorge,
Elon’s 6-5 and 220-pound
junior end from Roanoke,
Va., as one of two North
Carolina players honored
on the 22-man squad,
which featured offensive
and defensive teams, ihe
other Tar Heel player was
Doug Wilkerson, 240-
pound middle guard for
North Carolina College.
No other North Carolina
players even gained hon
orable mention.
McGeorge, who was
named as end °n the of
fensive unit, brought to
Elon the eighth All-
American honor since
1949. Other Elon play
ers who have won All-
American honors includ
ed Arnold Melvin (1949),
Sal Gero (1950 and 1951),
Tony Carcaterra (1958),
George Wooten (1961),
Willie Tart (1963) and
Jerry Rowe (1964).
In making the an
nouncement of the Kodak
All-America selections,
it was pointed out that
players from the South
and West dominated the
offensive team, while
players from the North
dominated the defensive
combination.
A fleet offensive back-
field is led by hard-run
ning Darwin Gonnerman,
North Dakota State sen
ior, whose rushing rank
ed high in the nation; a-
long with halfbacks Amos
Van Pelt, of Ball State;
and Carol Garrett, of New
Mexico Highlands, and
quarterback Terry Brad
shaw, of Louisiana State.
The offensive line.av-
eraging better than 230
pounds, featured Elon s
Richard McGeorge and
William Parks, of Long
Beach State at ends;Jim
Kohleer of South Dakota,
and Chad Brown, of East
Texas State, at tackles;
Julian Nunamaker of Ten
nessee Martin, and Ray
Hickl, of Texas A. and I.,
at guards; and John Sch
midt; of Eastern Michi
gan, at center. McGeorge,
Kohler and Bradshaw are
juniors, with all others
seniors.
Doug Wilkerson, of
North Carolina, at Middle
Guard, anchored a defen
sive line which also av
eraged 230 pounds. Other
forwards named to the
defensive unit were Bob
Quackenbush, of Baldwin-
Wallace, and All Whitte-
man, of New Hampshire,
at tackles; Jim Felts of
Wittenberg, and Fred
Dryer, of San Diego State,
at the ends; with Jim
Ferge, of North Dakota
State, and Bill Bergey,
of Arkansas State, as line
backers.
The four players named
to the defensive backfield
were William Thompson,
of Maryland State; Russ
Taylor, of Boston Uni
versity; Irv Hunt, of
Fresno State; and Ron
Overbay, of East Tenne-
see State. Wilkerson,
Taylor andHunt were jun
iors, with all others be
ing seniors.
Wins Home
Tilt; Loses
Road Game
The Elon Christians
gained a split in two
home-and-home games
with the Lenoir Rhyne
Bears as the Maroon and
Gold cagers put four men
in double figures and
staged a second-half
comeback to defeat the
Bears 73 to 65 in a battle
on the Elon floor on Sat
urday night, January 4th.
That game, first for
the Christians after the
Christmas holidays, was
sweet revenge for a 59
to 56 loss suffered at the
hands of the Bears in a
tilt played at Hickory on
Wednesday, December
11th,
ELON WINS 73-65
The Christians were
trailing at the halftime
break of the second bat
tle played on the Elon
floor on January 4th,but
the Elon cagers took the
lead for keeps after five
minutes of the second half
when Henry Goedeck hit
an inside shot to gain
the front 40-39. This ov
ercame the 34-31 half-
time deficit.
Richard McGeorge
gave Elon a nine point ad
vantage with five minutes
left in the game. The
Bears went into a press
ing defense in the final
two minutes and cut the
Elon lead to five points
at one time, but Goedeck
sealed the victory with a
follow-up bucket with 45
seconds left.
Tommy Cole, sharp-
shooting freshman guard,
led the Elon scoring with
17 points, with McGeorge
and Goedeck hitting 15
points each and Bill
Bowes racking II count
ers. Bill Davis topped the
Bears with 19 points,with
Jim Davidson and Dana
Olson also in double fig
ures.
THE LINE-UPS
Pos. Elon (73) LR (65)
F. McG (15) Davidson(ll)
F. Bowes (11) Davis U9)
C. Goedeck (15) Mills (8)
G. Marshall (8) Olson (15)
G. Cole (17) Long (4)
Halftime: Lenoir Rhyne
34, Elon 31.
Elon subs — McGee 7,
Caddell, Berry. Lenoir
Rhyne subs — Aberna
thy 8, Daugherty.
LOSS BY 59-56
In the final game play
ed prior to the Yule sea
son vacation and prior to
the layoff for final ex
ams, the Elon basketeers
suffered through a “cold
first half” and could
never catch up with the
Lenoir Rhyne cagers,
who won a 59- to 56
victory on the LR home
floor.
(Continued on page 4)