Thursday, December 4, 1969
Maroon and Gold
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Basketball Preview
MARSHALL RETURNS FOR FOURTH SEASON:
Elon guard Noble Marshall is beginning his fourth
season as a member of the Fighting Christians cage
squad. The 6-0, 170-pound senior from Roanoke, Va,
is a tenacious defensive player who also found time to
average 8.7 points a game for the Christians last year.
School Spirit
Affects Team
By RICHARD YOUMANS
Every year the quest
ion arises-Where is our
school spirit? But per
haps this year, Elon’s
school spirit has been the
best in the past several
years.
According to Webster,
spirit is the feeling, qual
ity or disposition char
acterizing something; it
is a supernatural being
held to be able to enter
into and possess a per
son. Se we can conclude,
that school spirit need not
be boisterous but need on
ly be our inner feelings
towards a particular
thing.
Coach “Red” Wilson
stated, "I can’t complain
about our school spirit
this year. We have had
good support at home
games; it comes natural
when a team is winning
but the real test for school
spirit is when a ballclub
is losing.”
School spirit should not
only come from the stu
dent body but also from
the administration and fa
culty members. Coach
Wilson pointed out that the
basic reason for inter-
scholastic activities is
“to unify the student body,
and a school can only have
a unified school spirit
when administration per
sonnel, faculty members,
and students are unified.
We should all be proud
of Elon.”
Wilson feels that the
main reason why Elon’s
school spirit has been ex
cellent this year is be
cause of the cheerlead
ers. “They are perhaps
the best in a long time and
they really put their heart
and soul into their eff
orts.” Asked how school
spirit could be improv
ed, Wilson stated, “I
would like to see a more
unified togetherness a-
mong the leders in the
student body. Also, good
publicity never hurt a
team or a student body.”
School spirit is vital to
an athletic team. It can
either make or break a
team and is a definite
psychological factor con
tributing to the team’s
success. Have you ever
seen a championship team
with inadequate support?
Not hardly. This is per
haps the main reason why
Elon was able to defeat
Lenoir Rhyne, while play
ing the game away. Pep
rallies were held and
everywhere one looked
there were signs and ban
ners, letting the team
know that the students
were behind them for the
championship game in the
Carolinas Conference.
Diana Kuhnert, Elon
junior from Lodi, N.J.,
stated, “this year’s
school spirit was fairly
good but not as good as
it could have been. There
really has not been any
improvement over the
past several years.”
Asked about the import
ance of school spirit to a
team. Miss Kuhnert said,
“it is very important,
since it pulls the team
together and gives them
an emotional buildup for
the coming game.”
Katie Patrick, Elon
junior and cheerleader,
gave her overall opinion
on school spirit as, “the
school spirit has been
better than previous
years, yet it could be
improved, I think that we
would all like to see more
persons from the admini
stration and faculty taking
an active part in school
activities.’* In relating
school spirit to the ef
fect it has on a team.
Miss Patrick said, “spi-
By GARY DEAN
The Elon Fighting
Christians cage quintet
opened its 1969-70 cam
paign Friday night, Nov.
28, against the Western
Carolina Catamounts in
the first roundof the Bur
lington Civitan Tourna
ment held in Elon’s
Alumni Memorial Gym
nasium. Friday night’s
second game featured the
contest between the Guil
ford Quakers and the Ca
tawba Indians. Winners of
the Friday night games
were to advance to the
finals on Saturday night.
A consolation game for
Friday night’s losers
preceded this champion
ship contest.
Coach Bill Miller, be
ginning his 11th season at
the Christian helm, finds
himself with somewhat of
a rebuilding year. Gone
from last year’s 21-8
squad are former stars
such as forwards Henry
Goedeck and Steve Cad-
dell, center Bill Bowes,
and guard Pete Johnson.
However, the Christ
ians have several top
flight performers return
ing with which to form a
nucleus. Heading this list
are forward Richard Mc-
George, swingman Tom
my Cole, and guards No
ble Marshall and Tom
McGee. Other prominent
returnees from last
year’s team include for
wards Robbie Hicklin and
Gomes Coming
Dec. 6 - High Point -
home
Dec. 8 - Lenoir Rhyne -
home
Dec. 10 - Atlantic Christ
ian - away
rit definitely helps a team
in preparing for a ball-
game, and at the same
time it makes a game
more exciting.”
What does all this come
down to? Simply this—
nobody can instill school
spirit into another in
dividual. It must come
naturally to a person, you
either have it or you don’t.
If you do possess school
spirit, let it be known
and heard by others, but
if you do not possess it,
you are missing one of the
most exciting activities in
your college life.
Bill Wallace, and center
Pat Berry.
Although two promising
newcomers, Jesse Par
rish and Ron Graham,
have dropped out of school
since September there are
several other boys who
could see considerable
action. Among them are
center Larry Trautwien,
transfer forwards Bob
Pingley and Gary Brown,
and guards MikeMeach-
am and Matt Saunders.
The strong points of
this year’s club will be
the greater overall team
speed and improved de
fense. The greatest weak
ness, at least at first,
will be the lack of an ex
perienced big man to go
with McGeorge on the
front line.
The Christians have
been working hard since
Oct. 15 in preparation
for the rough 23 game
schedule. The Christians
play their usual rugged
conference schedule as
well as non-conference
clashes with Campbell,
Western Carolina, and
Head Coach Red Wil
son; “I can’t complain
about our school spirit
this year.”
A&T.
The conference should
be fairly evenly balanced
this year with Catawba,
Guilford, and Lenoir
Rhyne picked as the teams
to beat. The Christians
should be ratedasadark-
horse and could quite pos
sibly walk away with the
conference crown at the
Conference Tournament
Feb. 25-28 in Winston-
Salem.
Cheerleader Katie Patrick shows a great deal of
school spirit.
Basketball Roster
PLAYER
HEIGHT
WEIGHT
AGE
CLASS
HOMETOWN
Richard McGeorge
6-5
230
21
Sr.
Roanoke, Va.
Tommy Cole
6-3
165
18
Soph.
Burlington, N.C.
Noble Marshall
6-0
170
21
Sr.
Roanoke, Va.
Tom McGee
6-1
170
21
Sr.
Deer Park, N.Y.
Pat Berry
6-7
220
21
Jr.
Norfolk, Va.
Robbie Hicklin
6-4
185
20
Soph.
Burlington, N.C.
Cary Brown
6-4
180
19
Soph.
Shenandoah, Va.
Bill Wallace
6-4
185
21
Sr.
Huntington, W, Va.
Larry Trautwien
6-8
210
18
Fr.
Richwood, N. J.
Mike Meacham
5-10
155
22
Soph.
Burlington, N.C.
Bob Pingley
6-3
180
20
Jr.
Ft. Royal, Va.
Matt Saunders
6-2
180
18
Fr.
Philadelphia, Penn.