Thursday, October 30, 1969
Maroon and Gold
Page 3
Christians,Cats Battle
Homecoming For Christians*
ELON'S EDUCATED TOE; Shown warming upontne
practice field is Elon's place kicking specialist Grover
Helsley. Grover, a sophomore from Richmond, Va.,
set a school record for field goals last year and is well
on his way to breaking his own record this season.
Besides handling the extra point and field goal chores
Grover also does the kicking off for the Christians.
The Elon Fighting
Christians, playing at
home for the first time
in three weeks, will take
on the Catamounts from
Western Carolina Uni
versity this Saturday af
ternoon. Gametime for
the annual Homecoming
affair will be 2:15 p.m.
in Burlington’s Memorial
Stadium.
The Catamounts of
Coach Bob Waters are off
to a fast start this year
as they have compiled a
record of five wins and
no losses as of press
time.
An explosive offense
has been the key to the
Cats early success. Di
recting the offense is
quarterback Don Dalton.
He is very capably as
sisted by backs Otis Mac
intosh and Gary Dotson,
ends Steve Spradling and
Paul Smith, tackle Da
vid Roberts, and guard
Dave Davies.
The formidible Cat de
fense is led by end John
Oh, Those Fabulous Mets!
By Richard Youmans
The New York Mets,
behind strong pitching
from Tom Seaver and
Jerry Koosman, defeat
ed the Baltimore Orioles
in the 1969 World Series,
and won their first World
Series Championship,
since entering the league.
This was the first year
that divisional playoffs
had to be played before
knowing who would win the
individual league pen
nants. The Baltimore
Orioles defeated the Min
nesota Twins in a three
game sweep to represent
the American League and
those Amazing Mets de
feated the Atlanta Braves
almost as badly as when
Gen. Sherman marched
through Atlanta to the sea
over 100 years ago.
The first game of the
world series was played
in Baltimore, Maryland.
The Orioles, behind good
pitching from Mike Cuel
lar, defeated the Mets 4-
1. Don Buford and Boog
Powell stood out for the
Birds, while Tommy A-
gee and Donn Clendenon
played well for the Mets.
Game number two was
also played in Baltimore,
but this time the Mets
defeated the Orioles 2-1,
behind the pitching of
Mets left-hander, Jerry
Koosman. This was the
turning point in the world
series, since the Mets
now had the confidence
and knew that if they could
beat the Orioles in their
home park, they could
surely defeat them in New
York, where fan support
has been phenominal
throughout the Met’s his
tory.
Monday was a day for
travelling and tension re
lieving, and then theN.Y.
baseball fans had their
long time dream fulfilled,
the Mets would be in a
world series battle at
Shea Stadium. The third
game was easily won by
the Mets, 5-0; Gary Gen
try receiving credit for
the win and Baltimore’s
Jim Palmer getting the
loss. Game number four
was also played at Shea
Stadium, where a crowd
of 58,000 fans watched
the exciting Mets defeat
the Baltimore Orioles
once again 2-1. Tom Sea
ver, Met right hander was
in a pitching duel with
Mike Cuellar throughout
the afternoon, and with
timely hits, the Mets took
the fourth game, and led
the series in games, 3
to 1.
New Yorkers and mill
ions ofother baseball fans
were in somewhat of a
shock. Could those A-
mazing Mets, after losing
the first game, take the
next four games straight,
defeat the Orioles in
N.Y., in front of the home
town fans, and win their
first World Champion
ship? Game number five
would tell the story. With
nearly 58,000 fans in Shea
Stadium, the Mets found
themselves behind 3-0
early in the game, when
Baltimore pitcher, Dave
McNally smashed a two-
run homer off Jerry
Koosman and was follow
ed by another home run by
Frank Robinson. The fans
soon began to wonder if
they were to be denied a
final victory at home. In
the bottom of the sixth,
the Mets, Cleon Jones
was awarded first base,
after Met Manager, Gil
Hodges, "proved ’ to the
umpires that Jones was
hit on the foot by the pre
vious pitch, showing the
polish stain on the base
ball. Then Donn Clenden
on came to bat and with
a 2-2 count, hit a home
run in the left field mez
zanine that closed the gap
to 3-2.
The Mets had come
this far and were not to
be denied. In the seventh
inning, A1 Weis, Met sec
ond baseman hit his first
home run of his career
at Shea Stadium over the
left field fence. The score
now 3-3, Cleon Jones
smashed a long double off
the left-center field wall
in the eighth inning,and
scored the winning run
when Ron Swoboda hit a
ball to left. Don Buford
tried to snag the ball, but
it hit the ground first.
Jones scored and the Mets
were ahead 4-3. After
successive errors by the
Baltimore infield, Swo
boda added an insurance
run.
The New York dream
came true, the Mets had
won the World Series and
now reign as baseball
champions for one year.
Is it hard to believe—
the N. Y. Mets as World
Champions?
Davies, tackle Ron Cob-
bledick, linebacker Mike
Biggerstaff, and defen
sive backs Jimmy Laugh-
ridge and Leslie Herrin.
If last year’s game is
any indication this should
be a high-scoring affair.
Last year the Christians
were victorious at Cul-
lowhee by a 35-30 score.
Job Opportunities
(Continued from page2)
stock in the company as
a bonus of offering all
employees the opportun
ity of purchasing com
pany stock below the cur
rent market value. Be
sides fringe benefits,
companies that offer pro
fit sharing plans should
be considered as better
than average possibili
ties.
Educational opportuni
ties is another important
consideration. Compan
ies are more than an
xious to have college
graduates on their staff
and many are willing to
send a person on to grad
uate school and finance
this education. This is a
sound business invest
ment by the company
since not only the indi
vidual will benefit from
his graduate work but the
company will also benefit
through better educated
personnel.
Promotional oppor
tunities should also be
considered. Nobody wants
perform the same re
petitive tasks from year
to year; it is human na
ture that we seek to bet
ter ourselves, not just
for larger salaries and
recognition, but self
pride and satisfaction.
The'se are the most fun
damental factors to be
Last Week’s Game
CHRISTIANS BOW
The Elon Fighting
Christians could do little
right and the Catawba In
dians could do little wrong
as evidenced by the 45-
21 Catawba victory Satur
day afternoon In Salisbury.
The Christians were pla
gued by seven pass inter
ceptions and two fumbles
that resulted in Catawba
scores.
The Christians took an
early lead in the first quar
ter on an 85 yard punt re
turn by Ronnie O'Brien.
Grover Helsley then add
ed the first of three con
versions. Catawba came
back and scored three.
touchdowns before Tom
Jennigan returned another
Catawba punt 69 yards for
a score late in the second
quarter. That left Elon on
the short end of an 18-
14 halftime score.
The Christians took the
second half kickoff and
drove it 63 yards for a
score, the last seven yards
on a fine run by Sam Key.
That put Elon in front for
the first time 21-18. Then
the bottom fell out for the
Christians as Elon mis-
cues led to the final Ca
tawba scores.
considered in applying for
future employment. No
factor in particular can
be said to be the most
important, but a company
with a combination of
these factors is most im
pressive. You have been
through four or more
years of college, put a
lot of hard work and hours
into your education, so
why not make some com
pany repay you for it.
Don’t settle for a job,
choose one.
10 Years from Now
(Continued from page 1)
It is interesting to note
that the fund provides
more money for the ex
pansion of number and
quality of the professors
and students, than it does
for educational facilties.
It is gratifying to know
that Elon College is more
concerned with education
than with the walls which
surround it.
Elon Senior Dies
(Continued from Page 1)
Alamance County. He was
a veteran of the US Navy,
served twelve months in
Vietnam and was a mem
ber of the Veteran's Club
at Elon College.
He is survived by his
widow, Mrs. Patsy Simp
son Harris of Burlington,
one son Wallace Leroy
Harris Jr. and one sis
ter, Mrs. Iris Hagwood
of Burlington.
i hls is not just another hole in the groundl By
the summer of 1970 this will be an Olympic size
indoor swimming pool. This is just part of the new
physical education facility. Also included in the new
building will be a teaching gymnasium, a wrestling
room, offices and classrooms, and other facilities.
This is located north of the present gymnasium.