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MAROON AND GOLD
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1946
CHRISTIANS, GUILFORD IN 14-14 TIE
IT SAYS HERE
By ED MULFORD
Up in the press box various sports j
"Writers and radio men from through
out the state expressed amazement at
the fine effort of EIom’s football team
in the Guilford game. Previous to the
start of the game, Charlie Slate of ra- |
dio station WBIG, predicted a 48-0
victory for Guilford.
The Fighting Christians fooled them
all, and had Jim Murray not been
hurt early in the third period Elon
might have emerged with a victory
instead of a tie. In our opinion Mur
ray is one' of the hardest plunging
backs we have seen and Quarterback
Russell called a perfect game.
Four victories and a tie is an ex
cellent record for the team’s return
to the game after a four year layoff,
and we see a good chance of better
Getting back to the Guilford game,
it vi’as decidedly one of those ‘‘moral
victories” and it begins to look as if
the Quakers never will gain a victory
over an Elon grid eleven again. Last
time Guilford won was way back in
1932. So "congrats” to every Joe
on the football team . . . “You’re a
bit of all right.”
Basketball becomes the issue now,
and our five opens its season tonight
at Danville. The opposition is the
Danville Independents and the game
should be Elon's initial victory of a
good season. Rumor has it that big
Randolph Brown from Hillsboro is
playing for the Danville' team. Randy
hits close to 7 feet tall, but we still
like the Christians. Cherry Point,
things in sight. Of course we aren't i whicb plays here December 11th and
predicting any conference champion'
ships for quite a while. As long as
Catawba puts out the dough to bring
in players of the type they had this
year, they are going to be plenty
hard to beat.
12th, should offer more opposition.
The conference championship in
basketball is not beyond the realm of
possibility, but it would not be sen
sible to make any predictions. Let’s
wait and see what the others have got.
T raditional
Contest Ends
In I^adlock
Girls Sports
By BETTY BENTON
We came across an
article in ai self, and his real personality is re-
back issue of the Appalachian paper vealed.
the other day. This article quotes
some stati.stics put out Jay Vassar Col
lege on the class of 1912. After 25
years,. 69 per cent of the 229 grad
uates had been married. Among the
One reason that competitive ath
letics contribute so much to person
ality is, that a person expends two or
three times the normal amount of
GRACE AND RHYTHM are displayed by these high-stepping majorettes,
who performed with Elon Band at Ho mecoming game which Elon lost to |
Lenoir-Rhyne College, 14-13. Look a t that charm and poise! Left to right, i
girls are Mary Lou Silva, Barrington. R. I.; Elizabeth Apple, Elon College;
and Virginia Rebick, Franklin, Va. H omecoming Day was November 16, fea
tured reception of returning alumni in gym. a “Powderpuff Bowl” game
between freshman and upperclass girld. (which resulted in 6-6 tie), and the
big game between Elon and the Bears. Gr-r-rr!
Cagers Play Opener
Tonight At Danville
Football Teaim
Wins 7-6 Tilt
From T roopers
CU. nillVllg Viit .. rr’T-.rw
Phi Beta Kappa, or high scholastic 1 energy used m solitary pursuits. The
group, only 61 per cent had married. | stimulus of competi ion urges p -
If the gM had been a beauty, or ers to their '‘^m^st exertion This
in the May Court, etc., her chances use of energies tends to reduce one
showed 80 per cent. If she happen- of the chief causes of emotional and
ed to have been on the hockey team mental tension, of fears and worries.
her chances were 90 per cent.
Athletics have a t'ositive character-
Studies of personality' have shown | building value. The energies of youth
that competitive sports make a major
contribution toward the development
of an effective personality. Girl
athletes may not be brilliant conver
sationalists, but they learn some of
the lessons of teamwork and sports
manship.
Mechanics of conversation are sup
posed to help one become a popular
person, the article advises joining
group activities,’ especially competi
tive games. In the excitement of the
game, in the' concentration on the
play and the rule, one forgets him-
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Elon opens its 1946-47 basketball January 16: Lenoir Rhyne at Hick-
season tonight, at Danville, where = ory.
must have outlets, and sports provide
outlets in a social, wholesome fashion.
This article from the Appalachian
paper gives each one of us something
to think about, especially wife more
intramural games coming up soon.
The regular basketball competition i
will not begin until after Christmas.
However, there may be a few warm
up games before that time.
The volleyball games which have
not been played up to date wiH be
played either Monday or Tuesday of
next week.
the Christians tangle with the Dan
ville Independents. The schedule in
cludes 22 games, half of them at
home, with the first conference game
on January 15, at Appalachian. Elon
will be at home for three games be
fore the Christmas holiday, meeting
Cherry Point on the 11th and 12th,
and playing a return game with Dan
ville on the 19th.
THE SCHEDULE
December 7: Danville Independents
at Danville.
December 11; Cherry Point at Elon.
December 12; Cherry Point at Elon.
December 19; Danville Independ
ents at Elon.
January 8; Hanes at Elon.
January 10; McCrary at Elon.
January 15; Appalalchian at Boone.
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COMPLIMENTS OF
£LON SODA
SHOP
ELON "B" SQUAD
SCORES 36-0 WIN
OVER VETERANS
January 18; Catawba at Salibury.
January 22; McCrary at Asheboro.
January 25; Hanes at Winston-Sa
lem.
January 28; A. C. C. at Wilson.
January 30; Appalachian at Elon.
February 1; Catawba at Elon.
February 4; High Point at High
Point.
February 7; Lenoir-Rhyne at Elon.
February 11; Cherry Point at
Cherry Point.
February 12; Cherry Point ;>!.
Cherry Point.
February 15; Guilford at Elon.
February 18; High Point at Elon.
February 20; Guilford at Guilford.
Feb:^ary 21; A.C.C. at Elon.
February 24-26; Tournament.
Elon’s football season ended in a
blaze of glory. Thanksgiving Day at
Memorial Stadium when they tied a
highly favored Guilford eleven at
14-14. Scoring in the first and sec
ond quarter, the Christians 1-ed at
14-7 until the fourth stanza, when
yfhe Quakers tied the game up.
Guilford scored first when Gor
don went 58 yards on a reverse on
the third play from scrimmage. Pow
ell’s kick was good and the score be
came 7-0. But Elon came right back
with an 80 yard sustained drive that
coupled with Castura’s extra point
kick tied everything up. Fred Clay-
tor and Jim T^urray were the shining
lights in the drive, as first one and
then the other blasted through for
yardage. Claytor finally plunged over
from the 2.
Elon took- the lead in the second
quarter when Manzi blocked a Guil
ford punt and Agresta fell on the
ball on the 30 yard line. “Flinging
Fred” Claytor immediately passed to
Savini on the 15 who ran the rest of
the way for the touchdown. Castura
(the toe) made it 14 to conclude Elon’s
scoring for the day.
Guilford had the edge i* the second
half, but the Elon line held time after
time and kept the Quakers from scor
ing all but once. The score came
in the early portion of the fourth
quarter when Kerr sneaked over from
the one yard line. Maultsby’s kick
tied the score. The Quakers were
Bobby Harris went 5 yards for the
touchdown, Steve Castura added the
extra point and Elon College defeat
ed the 325th Glider Regiment of Fort ■ , .
Bragg by a 7-6 score. Elon's fourth «ght back threa ening a few moments
victory was scored in this manner Mf^r, bu Ejon s line rose up and
at the college ball park on Thursday,
line.
November 21st.
Although the Christians led in first
downs 14 to four, and racked up a 1
good deal more yardage than the blue- j
shirted boys from Fert Bragg, the
winning score actually came in the
late moments of the final quarter.
Fort Bragg scored in the third quart
er on a pass from Adam9 to Long on
Elon also made an admirable stand
on the six yard line in the third pe
riod when they halted the Guilford-
ians for four straight downs.
Art Faircloth, Guilford’s All-State
back, had 6 or 7 passes dropped by
potential receivers which was a de
cided set back to the Quakers’ second
half drive, but he was also smeared
fourth down from the seven yard , , , ... i, .
line. Fortunately the extra poi.t for huge losses several times by E^on s
was missed, and this later proved to
be the margin of rictory.
It remained for Fair-
; cloth to pull the ‘‘cutie” of the year
„ .. ^ ^ J ^ J I however, when he calmly hid the ball
Buddy Ferneyhough and Fred Clay- ,,ehind his back, and strolled into
Rolling over their lighter oppon
ents and scoring almost at will, the
Elon College “B” team defeated the
Winston-Salem 'Veterans, 36-0 on No
vember 19 in a football game at Elon team was ooncerned.
Park. The spunky but outmanned
Vets couldn’t get started against the
Christian eleven and were unable to
threaten during the contest.
Elon made its first touchdown in the
Homecoming Is Spoiled
By 14-13 Loss To Bears
Homecoming Da*’, Nov&mbef 16,
was a sad occasion as far as Elon s
The
Christians lost to the Lenoir-Rhyne
College Bears, 14-13. What really
made the tears flow copiously from re
turning alumni, faculty, and student
opening quarter, when J. B. Martin rooters, however, was the fact that
plunged over from the one-foot line. Coach Perry s Fighting ris lan
A 35-yard run by Harris was good for
the next score, and halftime found the
count 12-0.
The Christians added two more tal
lies in each of the last two quarters,
McCracken plunging from two-yard ] a touchdown in
stripe and Ferneyhough running end ' ’ '
for 35 yards for the third-quarter
scores; Fulton crossed the goal on a
pass from the 'Vets’ 30-yard line; and
Brande ran through tackle from the
one for the final touchdown. None of
Elon’s extra point tries was good.
eleven ran rings around the visiting
team, steamrolled ’em, stomped on
’em, and did everything in the Dook
but win the game.
ny and Bobby Harris, gave the Chris
tians their second touchdown, when
Harris raced over from the one on
the next to the last play of the half.
Castura booted the point, and Le-
noir-Rhyne’s lead was trimmed to 14-
13.
Elon will never forget the last
half. Rolling over their opponents
time and time again, the Christians
made opportuBity after opportunity;
but each time it was a fumble, an in
tercepted pass, or a yard too short on
tor gained most of the yardage for
Elon and the entire line performed
well. Fumbles in the first half harm
ed the Christian cause, but in the
second half Elon began to function
like a real ball club and was clearly i
ihe curerior outfit. j
Lineups :
Pos.—Elon Fort Bragg {
LE—B. Perry Long
LT—Melvin Boyd
LG—Cornish Bennett
C—Domenick Salluci
RG—Manzi Watson
RT—Hoffman Shields
RE—Savini Goldy
QB—Russell Maskaluk
HB—Ferneyhough Noreen
HE—Claytor Adamo
FB—Agresta Sebek
Elon startled the Bears by scoring | fourth down which saw the sconng
the opening minute chance explode at the very gates of
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of play, Fred Claytor going 32 yards
on the first down after Andy Corn
ish had recovered a Lenoir-Rhyne
fumble. Steve Castura’s try for point
was wide, so Elon led, 6-0.
The Bears came right back. A 70-
yard drive' straight down the field
resulted in a ttfpchdown by Carlton on
a fourth-down end run from the Elon
eight, and F. Barger converted to give
his teammates a 7-6 advantage. As
the second quarter began, Lewoir-
Rhyne moved into scoring position
again, following a fumble by the
Christians on the Bears’ 47. A pass.
Miller to Painter, was good for 38
yards; and a minute later, on last
down again. Miller tossed three yards
to Stafford in the end zone. B, Bar
ger’s point made the count 14-6.
From that time on the Bears’ hard
ly knew what hit them. An 80-yard
1*1 Elon drive, sparked by Dave McClen-
victory. Elon tallied twelve first
downs in those last two periods; Le
noir-Rhyne made one—'but the Chris
tians just couldn’t punch over that
winning touchd®wn.
ELON’S RETURN TO
THE GRIDIRON
FULTON, McDIARMiD
EACH GET 13 RIGHT
the Christian secondary.
To single out any individual for
praise in the Elon lineup would be
difficult. The entire line hit hard
and the backs ran better than at any
other time this year. State papers
were lavish with praise for the Chris
tians’ effort and predicted better
things from the Perrymen In years to
come.
Lineups:
Pos.—Elon
LE—Savini
LT—Hoffman
LG—Manzi
C—Domenick
RG—Cornish'
RT—Melvin
RE—W. Perry
QB—Russell
HB—Agresta
HB—Claytor
FB—Ferneyhougk
Substitutions;
.
1946 RECORD
Elon
Opponent
Opp.
14
At. Christian
0
0
Appalachian
40
13
E. C. T. C.
6
0
Newberry
20
12
Erskine
0
6
High Point
31
13
Lenoir-Rhyne
14
7
325th Glider
6
14
Guilford
14
Won 4, Lost 5, Tied 1.
Thirteen isn't an unlucky number
for “Pokey” Fulton and Hal Mc-
Diarmid. That’s the number of cor
rect guesses they made to share the
honors in the Maroon and Gold foot
ball Contest for games of November
23, 28, and 30. "Pokey” oame. closer
to picking the exact scores «ian Hal,
but the difference was so little that
McDiarmid was awarded one of the
three free passes to the Paramount
Theater. Burlington, which were of
fered by Manager A. A. Alston as the
winning prize in the contest. “Pokey”
got the other two.
Fulton’s two wrong selections on
the fifteen-game list w.fre the El6n-
Guilford and Oklahoma-Oklahoma
Aggies tilt; McDiarmid. who also was
second in the first football guessing
contest held by the Maroon and Gold,
missed Elon-Guilford and Yale-Har-
vard. The Elon-Guilford tie was the
only game no oile was able to pick
right.
Tied for the third place, with twelve
correct choices, were seven men head
ed by Mackie McCracken, winner of
the last contest. Also picking twelve
right were Steve Castura, Ed Mul-
ford, Tom Burton, Deward Hooker,
Albert Haney, and Edgar Bullabough.
Guilford
Riddle
Garrison
Hanzel
Glenn
Sherrill
Withers
Roberts
McCormick
Maultsby
~ Gordon
Powell
Guilford — Phipps,
Nantz, O’Briant, Kerr, Winner, Fair
cloth, Moon, Branson. Elon—Causey,
Perry, Murray, Gentry, McCracken,
Darden, Hardy, Brownie, Harris, and
Brande.
Score by quarters;
Elon 7 7 0 0—14
Guilford 7 0 0 7—14
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