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( Wednesday( November 7, 1951 MAROON AND GOLD PAGE THREE Conference Grid Crown To Be At Stake Saturday Night Spyirifr On Sports by JOE SPIVEY I lake it for granted that every- Justice ... I think so . . . What one has heard of the Bob Lewis did Mr. Kifkland think? ... I bet “rhubarb” in regard to liis eligi bility. Seems that it was perpe- tratad by one “Chubby” Kirkland, athletic director at Catawa Col lege. Bob played in a JayVee game in his first year at Elon un der a ‘Gentleman's Agreement” between Mr.Kirkland and “Gealle- nian Jim” Mallory, of our own beloved institution. 'Tis reported that Bob played against the Ca tawba Jay-Vees after Mr. Kirk land told Coach Mallory that to use players in Bob’s category would be O. K., and to forget about it. + ♦ + Mr. Kirkland himself forgot about it until a very opportune moment, presented itself. The opportunity: Catawba about to meet £ion . . . Elou undefeated an tile conference . . . Catawba imdeieated in tlie Conference. . . . Lewis caught two touchdown passes against East Carolina . . . i_.ewis definitely a threat to Indian conference aspirations . . . Lewis played in a JayVee game . , . i^ewis loses one year of eligibility . . . this year . . . this game . . . Hail the Conquering Hero! . . . Kirkland wins ciiampionship for Catawba . . . contract renewed. ♦ ♦ * Scene: Salisbury . . . Place: The Catawba gridiron . . . Teams; Elon and Catawba . . . Score; 21-14 with Elon tiie victor . . . Who scored the T. D. s for Elon? Two substitute ends for Lewis, who was unable to play . . . liesult: A very chagrined Mr. Kirkland . . . I was in the press box wiien Mr. Kirkland started throwing the phone all over the press box each time Elon scored . . . Poetic Bob Lewis Ruled ‘^Out’ Of Football Bob Lewis, Elons great pass- catching end, has been ruled inel igible for further gridiron play imder Maroon and Gold colors. The ruling came from the execu tive committee of the f^orth Slate Conference and was announced last week in a letter from the Con ference secretary. It applies only to football and does not affect games in which Lewis had already played. Athletic Director Gordon Kirk land, of Catawba, protested Lewis iSot three days before the Elon- Catavvba game, charging that the big Wilmington boy, who came to Elon from Wilmington Junior College, had only two years of eli gibility and had already played both prior to this year. The Elon coaches believed that Lewis was entitled to four years of play, since the Wilmington col lege has no football team, but they held him out of recent games while waiting a ruling. Actually, Lewis has played only one season jprior to this one, the protest be ing based on a Jay-Vee game in which he played two years ago by ^n “agreement” of Catawba and Elon coaches, a game supposedly not to be considered. Lewis had caught 14 passes for 27 j yards tiiis season and led the Slate in pass-catching yardage when he was protested. Fast eiiough to be 220-yard champion of the Conference, his loss robs iiian of a potent aerial threat. it’s unprintable. * + * W'hile I'm on the subject of the Catawba game, it was certainly a gratifying surprise to hear all the cheering from ' the Elon students who made the game. Why can’t it happen at home? + * * On the other side of the picture, it sounded pretty awful when the Catawba students and fans started booing Sal Gero when he asked !> question on a damaging penalty. Better not to yell at all than to make with the Bronx cheer. * ♦ One thing to compliment the Catawba aggregation on was the tine band they put on the field. Wonder if it will ever happen again at an Elon game with an Elon band? + ♦ The Christians are over four of the six hurdles in the conference race, and there are only two more to go. The supreme test will come in the Lenoir Rhyne game, but cellar-dweller Guilford can’t be entirely ignored. The Quakers threw quite a scare into the Elon eleven last year before bowing 6-0. The Lenoir Rhyne game prom ises to be the battle in the North State Conference, however. With such ball carriers as the Robinson Twins and Steve Trudnak lugging the leather for Lenoir Rhyne, and Lou Rochelli, Frank Tingley, and Fred Biangardi hauling for the Christians, the offensive fireworks will explode. The game is at Hick ory, but many students have made plans to make the trip. The team will need the support, so let ’em have it! , » qi ■ - ♦ * ♦ Anybody play blocking-back in the single-wing system? There must be a jinx on the signal-call ing slot. Ernie Gero opened the season for the Christians and was side-lined with a broken leg in the Norfolk Navy game. Marvin Moss took over commendably, but he missed the WCTC game with a sprained ankle. Jack Christy filled in, and he did a fine job. Try to stay in one piece. Jack. + ♦ ♦ You know, we have some beau tiful trophies reposing in some remote places around the campus. Seems a shame that we can’t show them off to visitors and the like. Here’s a good chance for some club or organization to take over a w'orthy project of building or buying a trophy case to be put in either the rotunda of Alamance or the lobby to the gym. * ♦ * From the spectator’s point of view, the WCTC game was just as thrilling and wide-open as any other brand of football to be found in the country. Long pass es, scoring threats, and broken- field running were featured throughout, and the final score belies the excitement which was present. North State football has been vastly underrated, and it is my opinion that Southern Confer- ance second-division clubs would io well to hold tfieir own against Ti:;ny of the North Staters. Why don’t the people attend the games? How far is up? * * ♦ Whether we win, lose or tie, let's be good sports. ROCHELLI LEADS STATE IN TOTAL OFFENSE l*„ i. i Elon And Lenoir-Rhyne Elevens Play For Title Elon Football Elon 14, Emory and Henry 20. Elon 37, Norfolk Navy 7. Elon 20, Appalachian 6. Elon 34, East Carolina 20. Elon 21, Catawba 14. Elon 23, W.C.T.C. 0. Elon 13, Newberry 12. (Remainin.gr Games) Nov. 10—Lenoir-Rhyne, away. Nov. 22.—Guilford, away. Lou Rochelli, Eton’s triple-threat ace. is now leading all backs in North Carolina collegiate ranks in total offense, having run and passed for a total of 963 yards in six games this season. His closest rival for ground gained on combined running and passing is Alex Webster, of N. C. State, who had gained 791 yards in seven games. Rochelli has handled th e ball 161 times during the season to average almost exactly 6 yards per play, while Webster has had 190 plays and has averaged only 4.2 yards per try. Rochelli is als o leading the state in total passin g yardage, with 43 completions in 83 trials for a total of 719 yards, which is more than 250 yards ahead of Dickie Davis, of Wake Forest, w'ho paces the North Carolina “Big Four” with 461 yards. Rochelli has also joined with Bill Blackstone for a joint kicking avei'age of 39.9 yards on 48 kicks this season. Christians Roll Over Catamounts To Keep Conference Record Clear By JOE SPIVEY Mix one triple-threat tail-back with one line-plunging full-back: add a blocking forward wall and a leather-popping defensive line, and the result is a 23 to 0 shut out of the Western Carolina Cata mounts by the Elon Fighting Christians at Reidsville’s Kiker Stadium on Saturday, October 27th. Loa Rochelli and Fred Biangar di were the chief ingredients that went into the cooking of WCTC’s goose, as the Christians won their fourth straight in North State Conference competition and their fifth straight against all comers. Rochelli, noted mainly for his deadly passes, became “Mr. Out side,” as Fred Biangardi took over the role of “Mr. Inside” to gain the bulk of the 290 yptds racked up by the Christian offensive foursome. One long Rochelli pass to Bill Blackstone did set up one score. The first quarter saw a threat by each team, but not a single one materialized into a tally. The Christians penetrated to the Cata mount eight the second time they had their hands on the ball, but a pass interception by Henry put out the fire. ' After five minutes and ten sec onds of the second quarter, the Christians were finally able to lo cate their scoring punch. From the West Carolina 32-yard line, Fugate puunted out-of-bounds on the WCTC forty-five. From * 4= ♦ HOW IT HAPPENED Elom WCTC 17 First Downs 10 290 Yards Gained Rushing 125 23 Yards Lost Rushing 52 267 Net Yardage Rushing 73 IS Passes Attempted 27 6 Passes Completed 11 99 Yards Gained Passing 156 366 Total Gains Scrimmage 229 1 Opjj. Passe.> Intercepttsi 3 5 Number Punts 8 47.2 Punting Average 30.9 1 Fumbles 0 0 Opp. Fumbles Recovered 1 55 Yards Lost Penalties 70 * ♦ ♦ there the Christians rolled up their sleeves and went to work. Biangardi got five, Rochelli picked up four more, and the “Bayshore Bulldozer” made a first down on the Catamount thirty-four. Joe Parker lost one, and a Rochelli to Balckstone pass fell incom plete. The next play saw Rochel 1; plant the leather under his arm and squirt into the defending sec ondary behind some beautiful blocking. Thirty-five yards later he was in the end zone, and Elon led 6-0. Sal Gero made it 7-0 with his point after from place ment. The third quarter opened with a determined effort on the part of the visitors to tie things up. Frank Parker recovered Biangar di’s fumble on the Christian 17 yard line to pul West Carolina in a throatening position. Two plays later Singleton passed to Brown to put the ball on the Elon ten. An Elon penalty on the next play moved the ball goalward to the Christjian five. Sal GJ.-o broke through to throw Single ton for a four-yard loss on the next down, so Singleton took to the air again to pick up the loss on his pass to Brown. Rogers ran the ball to the Elon three on che following down, and Single ton was stopped cold on fourth down. The Elonites breathed a sigh of relief, but not for long. There was an official’s flag on Jie ground, and the two teams lined up once more. Henry took the ball on a reverse, and with a host of blockers, set sail around hi.s own left end. Bill Renn, Elon line-backer, broke through the screen to nail the ball carrier, and the Christians took over. In the last minute of the third quarter, the Christians started rolling from their own thirty-one, and were never stopped until the goal line had been crossed. Bian gardi passed to Bill Blackstone to get the fireworks underway, and “the BuU” plunged for nine to the Catamount forty-nine. Rochelli, on an attempted pass ran for eleven more, and Frank Tingley covered thirteen yards on a re verse. Biangardi and Tingley got twelve more on four palys and from the WCTC 13-yard marker, Rochelli scooted around his own (Continued on Page Four) Oak-Caiitoii Still Leads Grid League By GEORGE ETHERIDGE Only one game stands between the Oak-Carlton tag-football squad and its second successive campus championship, and the lads from the eastern edge of the campus can clinch the honor by either 'ying or defeating the Sigma Phi Betas in their lone remaining game. Until this game is decided, there is still a mathematical and judi cial possibility that the East Dorm outfit could tie the Oak- Carlton combine for the crown. The figures show that the East Dorm squad has dropped three games, while Oak-Carlton has only one defeat to its credit. How ever. one of the East defeats has been protested, and if that pro test is allowed, then East would get to replay a tilt lost to Sigma Phi Beta earlier this year. This protest decision has been held up by the Intramural Coun cil until after the Oak-Carlton and Sigma Phi battle is played, since an Oak-Carlton win in that game would make the protest de cision needless ■ and of no possi ble bearing on the Championship Should Oak-Carlton lose to Sig m3 Phi, that would place two de feats against {he defendihg cham pions. Then, if the East-Sigma Phi game were ordered replayed and East happened to win, the East and Oak-Carlton teams would be tied with two losses each. The crucial game between Oak-Carl ton and Sigma Phi was scheduled for Monday of this week, weather permitting, but no results were available at press time. One of the best-played and most exciting games of the season was that in which Oak Carlton defeat ed East 6 to 0 in their third meet ing of the year la.st week. The Oak-Carlton touchdown came in the closing minutes of the first half, when Gerry Sears made a sensational catch of Henry Hoppe’s pass into the end zone. Sears was falling as he made the catch Neither team could score in the remainder of a see-saw battle. I The Fighting Christians will load up their bear guns and take off for Hickory this weekend, and their quari-y on the “big game" hunt will be none other than the big, bad Bears of Lenoir-Rhyne. It will be very definitely the big game of the year for the Ma roon end Gold grid legions, for their hope for the 1951 champion ship of the North State Confer ence will ride on the decision in this Saturday night encounter at Hickory. The Elon and Lenoir-Rliyne out fits enter the game with identical Conferent;e records, each having chalked victories over four North state foes this fall, and each team has won five victories in six starts against all opposition. The Fighting Christians, in ad dition to their grim determina tion to clinch the Conference leadership, will be after revenge for a 42 to 13 walloping tliat the Bears dished out on Elon’s home field last year, and some of the ::hristians remember that 19 to 7 upset two years since when Le noir-Rhyne broke a seven-game winning streak for the Elon out fit. The Lenoir-Rhyne series has al ways been a bitterly contested Jne, but the Elon record *shows a long lead in the series that started in 1921, for the Christians have ■ecorded victories in fourteen of the games, while the Bears can show but eight wins. However, it is a black spot on the record that Elon has failed to win a single 2ame from the Bears since World Kar II. There were six Elon victories in i row to start the series, for the Christians rolled to victory by 39 to 0 in 1921, chalked a 48 to 6 win in 1926, eked out a thriller 7 to 6 in 1927, rolled again to win 26 to 6 in 1928, triumphed 13 to 7 in 1929, and then added a 20 to 7 victory in 1930. Lenoir-Rhyne finally broke the string with wins in 1931 and 1932. The local records do not show the score of the 1931 game, but the count in 1932 was 12 to 7. After this Elgn came back strong and won six more in. a row, scoi’es being 7 to 0 in 1933, 13 to ill 1934, 20 to 0 la 1933, 33 t,o 0 in 1936, 27 to 6 in 19S^, and 14 t* 6 in 1938. The Bears copped again in 1939 by a 10 to 0 margin, but Elon won 8 to 6 in 1940 and 13 to 0 in 1941. Since World War II the Bears have won five in a row, winning 14 to 13 in 1946, 13 to 0 in 1947, 13 to 0 in 1948, 19 to 7 in 1949 and 42 to 13 last year. STANDINGS (Through November 1) W. L. Pet. Oak-Carlton 9 1 .900 East 7 3 .700 Sigma Plii 3 5 .375 North 3 7 .300 Day Students 1 3 .250 South . 0 4 .000 Elon Cagers Are Working The Christian cage squad, which faces a tough thirty-game sched ule, is already working in an ef fort to get ready for the opening contest against Hanes Hosiery .here on Monday after Thanks giving. Assisting Coach Doc Mathis with early practice is Jim Akers, former William and Mary star. Coach Mathis "^111 have nine lettermen from last year’s squad as a nucleus for this season. The lettermen back are Larry Gaither, Husky Hall, Billy Rakes and Ned Gauldin, forwards; Don Haithcox and Bob Lewis, centers; and Dave Mondy, Nelvin Cooper and Ben Kendall, guards. Reserves who saw service last year are Jack Mitchell, Scott Quakenbush and Bill Blackstone, and promising newcomers include Don Packard, Jack Musten, Dee Atkinson, Wade Garrett, Robert Lamley and Jim Cooke.
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