tPlOAY. MARCH 28. 1969
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JJifoF LETTERMEN INFIELDERS FOR FIGHTING CHRISTIAN SQUAD Ninth IlHling
Camel Rally
Wins Battle
Burgin Beale Signs
Eagle Pro Contract
Burgin Beale, Elon
College’s great passer,
who set more than twen
ty Elon records and who
topped most of the pass
ing and total offense
marks for the state of
North Carolina during his
four years of play with
the Fighting Christian
gridders, has signed a
free agent contract with
the Philadelphia Eagles.
Terms of the contract,
which was signed at
Beale’s home in Dan
ville, Va., last week,were
not revealed. However,
it does assure that the
brilliant Elon passer will
get his chance in the pro
grid ranks. He is to re
port to the Eagles at the
beginning of 1969 drills
this summer.
Beale played four years
with the Elon Christians,
the first two years as a
“T” quarterback and the
last two as a Single-Wing
tailback, and in the four
seasons he passed and ran
for a total of 5,633 yards
to lead all North Caro
lina college gridders in
yardage.
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Two of the letterman infielders who may play key
roles for the Fighting Christian baseball squad this
spring are pictured above. Ron Brown, pictured at
the left, is a 5-foot 11-inch third baseman from
Baltimore, Md., who won his block “E” as a fresh
man. He never really got into his hitting stride, but
he is expected to be much improved this spring.
Jimmy Friesinger, pictured at the right, is a 5-foot
9-inch junior from Greensboro, who has been a regu
lar starter at second base since his freshman year.
Friesinger topped the regulars at the plate last spring
with a .292 average and proved himself one of the
best glove men in the Conference.
Christian Grid Squad Closes
Period Of Winter Workouts
The Campbell College
baseballers staged a
rousing 4-run rally in
the ninth inning to turn
back the Fighting Chris
tian baseball team in the
opening game of the 1969
season, played on the Elon
field on Saturday, March
22nd.
Donnie Oakes, Elon
freshman pitcher, drew
the opening mound job for
Elon and allowed the
Camels only two hits in
the first eight innings,
but the visitors got to
Oakes for three hits and
four runs before he was
relieved by Dewey Capps
in the ninth.
The Christians had
opened the game in fine
style as they plated five
runs in the first three
innings. An error, walk
and single plated one
run in the first; a walk
and two singles got two in
the second, and three sin
gles plated twt) in the
third.
Co-Captain Jerry Mid-
kiff and Harold Newcom be
each had two singles to
lead the Elon hitting in
the opener, while Ed At
kinson topped the visiting
Camels with a double and
single.
THE SCORES:
R. H. E.
Campbell 6 5 2
Elon 5 8 3
Walker, Moody (5) and
Hagen; Oakes, Capps (9)
and Brady. LP - Oakes.
burgin BEAL GETS PRO CHANCE
The Elon College foot
ball squad wound up its
winter grid workouts with
a full-scale scrimmage
game last Saturday, and
Coach Red Wilson ex
pressed himself as well
pleased with the drills
that had been in progress
for more than a month.
The Christian gridders,
with thirty-five lettermen
slated to be back from
the 1968 squad that end
ed the season with a 4-5
record in the win and loss
columns, will be a more
experienced outfit than
tiiat which carried the
Elon colors last year.
Coach Wilson and his
assistants, although ham
pered at times during the
winter sessions by bad
weather, have driven the
Christians hard and have
made fine progress inset
ting up the multiple of
fense that will charact
erize the Elon squad next
fall.
The Christians have
confined their offensive
play to the Single Wing
offense for the past two
seasons since Coach Red
Wilson became head
coach, but during the
coming season the tlon
gridders will mix their
attack, running at times
from the “T” Formation
and the Pro Set as well
as from the Single Wing
formation.
The close of the winter
drills found Jim Waller
and Dennis Everett, both
lettermen from last fall,
running at the offensive
end posts. This does not
mean that Richard
McGeorge, Elon’s All-
American flanker of last
season, will not be play
ing in the 1969 campaign,
for McGeorge missed the
winter drills due to bas
ketball.
A quarter of sturdy let
termen were operating at
the offensive tackle and
guard slots, with 220-
pound Harold Smith and
210-pound Dean Plott
working at the tackles and
with 235-pound Steve
Helms and 198-pound Bob
Stevens working at the
guard positions. Helms
and Stevens were start
ers last fall, and Smith
started part of the sea
son. Plott was a strong
reserve as a freshman
and should be much im
proved.
The center position ap
pears up for grabs, vnth
lettermen Larry Holder
and Jim Ramsey having
operated there during the
winter drills, along with
Steve Croshaw, a fine
sophomore prospect, who
is new to the squad.
Holder played blocking
back in the single wing
last fall, while Ramsey
was a reserve at the pivot
position.
The quarterback posi
tion in the “T" and Pro
Set formations, which
would probably become
the tailback when the
Christians operate in the ,
Single Wing, showed two
top candidates during the
winter sessions, with let
terman Jackie Greene and
transfer student Jimmy
Arrington as chief con
tenders. Both boys are
excellent passers and
runners, and Greene did
the kicking for the Chris
tians last fall.
The running back posi
tion has had four boys
operating there during the
winter workouts, with
Emery Moore and Ronnie
O’Brien, both of them let
termen from last fall,
holding the edge. Moore
played fullback last fall,
while O’Brien operated
mostly at wingback in
the Single Wing. The other
two contenders are How
ard Pope and Donnie Put
nam.
The flanker back posi
tion has also seen Ronnie
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