Wednesday, December 16, 1953
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FLATT IS NAMED
ALL-C()\1 ERENCK
John !*latt, Elon’s hard-run-
! ning halfback from Kokomo,
: Ind., was named to Ihe All-
' Conference grid squad for the
I North State loop, being chosen
i for the honor by vote of the
I Conference coaches and an-
I rounced in the Greensboro
Daily News.
The big C hristian .back, who
I was co-captain of the Maroon
I and Gold eleven in his senior
season, was the only member
of the Klon squad to rate the
all-star squad. Revell Morrison,
sophomore fullback from l^eaks-
vfHc. was given honorable men
tion.
The All-Conference squad was
dominated by East Carolina and
Catawba, the Pirates getting
seven and the Indians five posts
on tl>e 22-man list. Appalachian
and I.enoir Rhyne each had
three men, Guilford got two and
Elon and Western Carolina one
Cdgers SIioic Oifensive
Ability In Early Games
Grid Letters ‘
Are Atvarded
To 20 Men
SEEING SPORTS
with
GARY SEARS
Dear Santa; ' everlasting ball, for 15c gets
Everyone seems to be writing pretty expensive at times. The
letters to you. and so 1 thought; ;>aske'oiall team would like an-
Ihat I would ,ioin,them and send! :ther successful year and to go
along my yearly letter too. I know; to the finals in the Conference
that you'll be awfully busy, but' loi\’nament. Speedy Langston
1(1 like for you to bring a few would like another "Speedy Lang-
presents for some of my friends
All-Campus Grid Squad
Lists Intramural Stars
Four strong tag-football squads ’I'aomas. speedy North-Carlton
.here at school. I know for sure
■ that Coach Sid Varney would like
nothing better than to have a
I winning team, and possibly the
1 Conference champlonsliip next
ijear in football. For Coach Doc
: Mathis to have a successful year
in his debut as head baseball
coach. He has a lot of good ma
terial to work with. For Co-Capt.
Jack Malloy a berth on the All-
Conflerence team, which would
enable him to finish his college
ston" to help him carry the load
of school work he's trying to carry
this year. Luther Conger wants
two victories over East Carolina
when baseball rolls around—real
bad Santa. Sherrill Hall would goujh. The honor squad was named
;arnered all the berths on the
195,3 All-Campus honor squad,
■vith 'tlie championship North-
Carlton combine from North
Dormitory and Carlton House also
leading the field in the number of
honor players. The champions
placed four men out of nine, with
East Dorm and ITK-South gaining
two posts each and Sigma Phi-Vets
placing one man.
The North-Carlton outfit placed
two of four men in the backfield
and also picked up two other
places in the line. Sigma Phi-Vets
;ind ITK-South each placed a back
field man. while East Dorm claim
ed two positions in the forward
wall. One line post went to ITK-
like a berth on the All-Conference
team. Leon Long wants his "two
front teeth”—really Santa, ’cause
he lost them in intramural foot
ball.
Joe Harvey would like a new
.set of golf clubs. He’s the golfing
Senior as is “Bo" Small, who
by members of the Intramural
Council.
Speed was the keynote in choice
of the All-Campus backfield,
which lists Joe Harvey and Danny
'tars, along with Nick Thompson,
if ITK-South, and Don Johnson,
of Sigma Phi-Vels. There were no
lepealers in the backfield from
previous all-star squads.
Teamed at the ends on the
*ionor group are Leon Long, lanky
North-Carlton flankman. and Bob
Bergan, who anchored . the East
Derm eleven at one end. Phil
Carter, speedy and aggressive
ITK-South pivot, was named for
center: and flanking him on each
idc in the guard or tackle spots
are Terry Thomas, of North-Carl-
ton, and Curtis Young, of East
Dorm.
Two of the nine men honored
for their 1953 play are repeaters
from previous years. Leon Long
wa.s an All-Campus end for the
Oak-Carlton combine two years
ago, and Terry Thomas was listed
lor all-star honors at end last
vcar while playing for North
The award of football letters to
wenty members of Elon's 1953
;iiid squad was announced last
'cekend by Coach Sid Varney.
The list, one of tlie shortest in
recent Elon football history, in
cluded eight players who had pre-
' i'lusly earned letters and twelve
new monogram winners.
The letter winners, divided by
class rank, included three seniors,
one junior, seven sophomores and
nine freshmen. Awards were made
to two ends, four tackles, four
guards, two centers, two quarter
backs. two left halfbacks. on«
right halfback and two fullbacks.
Players winning letters for the
third time included Co-Capiain
Dwight Dillon, of Martinsville, Va..
and Marvin Moss, of Burlington;
while letters were awarded for
the second time included Co-Cap
tain John Platt, of Kokomo, Ind.,
Mai Bennett, of Asheville, Gene
Williams, of Morganton. J. C.
Disher, of Winston-Salem, and Joe
Smith and Charlie Michaux, both
of Fayetteville.
Players winning the block “E '
for the first time included Nick
Theos, of Charleston, S. C.. Homer
Hobgood. of Oxford, Revell Mor
rison. of Leaksville, Jim Hawkins,
of Norfolk, Va., Pat Cafasso, of
Cedarhurst, Long Island, N. Y.,
Chuck Maynard, of Norfolk. Va.,
Glenn Varney, of Powell, Pa.. Bob
Kopko. of Monessen, Pa., Jerry
Akromas, of Larksville, Pa., Bill
Snyder, of Danville, Pa., Whitney
Bradham, of Sumter, S. C.. and
'erry Richards, of Mahanoy, Pa.
The Elon College basketball
squad, which lost all except one
Ilf its five starters of a year ago
has shown offensive slrength ip
playing five pre-Christmas games
but Coach Doc Mathis at times
ha;^ had trouble getthig his de-
:ense to click against the opposi
tion attack.
The Christian cageis :'jt an even
break in tlieir first foui’ conli.'l.-,
' .vhich included Ihe opener with
the Belmont Abbey Crusaders
;here, a pair of home-aNd-honie
|';ames wiHi .McCrary and a ' cmlest
jwtth Presljyterian Colli"-'.i‘ in
Soutli Carolina. They closed the
jiirc-holiday campaign by meetii'.'.
Belmont Abbey away on Monday
I of this week.
|Ci:i..M()NT .VBBKV XI. liLON 78
The Cliristian^ broke away to
.'in early lead and were f.ettinf.
Die pace at both the haii-iimc
and the three-quarter mark, only
'ji have Ihe strong Belmotil Ab
bey Crusaders come tiom behind
.11 tJie ciohing period to win an
81 to 78 victory in the opening
game here on Thursday. Decem
ber 3rd.
Bobby Timmons and Don Pack
ard. a pair of sharpshooting
guards, set the pace as Elon moved
out to a 21-17 lead at the quarter
and a slim 41-39 margin at the
half. Elon also led 57-53 at the
third quarter, but Belmont tied
it ^up at 69-all and swept to the
fnpnt in the final four minutes of
play.
Bobby Timmons topped the
Elon scoring with 22 points, while
Dave Maddox and Dm Packard
hit 14 and 13 points in the game.
Jack Underwood pace I the win
ning Crusaders with 21 points.
The line-ups.
I'os. Flon (78) ■ B'mont Abbey (81)
F—Malloy I2i Gaetano (17i
F—Gauldin (6) 'I'hebergedli
C—Maddox (14 Coll (7i
C!—Packard* (13i Marcil (10)
G—Timmons i22i Underwood (2p
Half: Elon 41, Belriont Abtey
Elon (^agc (dailies
Klon 78, Uclmont .Abbey 81.
Klon 77. MeCrary 67.
i:ion 63, I’resbytorian 82.
Klon 80, .McCrary 6,5.
Elon 65, Belmont Abbey 75.
(Remaining Games)
Jan. 7—Presbyterian, home.
•Ian. 9—East Carolina, away.
Jan. n—.\,('.C„ home.
.ian. in—t ita« a, hc;i:r.
Jan. 18—ilich i’oinl, l.inne.
,lan, :J3—Lei'iiiir KJiyne, home.
Jan. 27—.Appalachian, a.iay.
Jan, 30—Catawba, a'vay.
I'cli. 1—OuillDrcl. home.
l oll. 3—Aiipalachiun, home.
I rb. 6—W.f’.T.C., away.
Feb. 9—Guilford, away.
Feb. 11—llifth Point, away.
Feb. 13—Fast Carolina, home.
Feb. 15—A.f’.C., away.
Feb. 17*—I.enoir Khync. away.
Feb. 21)—W.C.T.C., home.
Ashebore on Saturday night, De
cember 5th, by a 77 to 67 count.
It was only the .second time in re
cent years that Elon had beaten
the Eagles on their own court.
The Christians held a slim 39-
38 lead at the half-time after the
two teams had staged a close
battle through the first half, but
Elon began pulling away in the
third period and stretched the
lead in the final quarter.
Dave Maddox topped Elon and
led the game scoring with 23
points, with Bobby Timmons chip
ping in 10 markers for the Christ
ians. James York and Bob David
son topped McCrary with 13
points each.
The line up:
Pos. Flon (77)
F—Malloy (5)
F—Gauldin I9i
C—Maddox (28i
G—Timmons HO
G—Packard (71
39.
Elon subs—Laffert> (2i Kieval
2). Mitchell (5i, Stone i2i, Dal
ton (41. Whitley (6), Hamrick,
King. Belmont Abbey subs—Dra-
McCrary (67)
Shoaf (12)
Allen 110)
York a 3)
H. Nance (6)
Davidson (13)
i Half: Elon 39, McCrary 38.
I Elon subs—Mitchell (5i, Borwn
|I4I, Lafferty (2i, Hamrick (2).
'Crump (31, Wliitley (1*, Dalton,
; McDaniel. McCrary subs—Routh
gon (41. Harding
Taglieri i5l.
I2i, .Mead (4i,l
(8i. Inman i4>, Hodges (li, D.
Nance. Henry.
77, MeCK\RY 67
I PRESBYTERIAN 82, ELON 63
i The Pre;.byterian College cag-
; ers had five men hitting doubts
A brilliant exhibitii n of defeated the Elon
play by lanky Dave Maddox (Christians 82 to 63 at Clinton,
proved the big feati re tor Elon g ^ Thursday night, Decem-
as the Fightin:4 Ch islians de- ! '
feated the McCrary Eagles at
(Continued On I’age Four)
ACTION I N ()I‘E.MN(; (AGE BATTLE
carrer in a blaze of glory. He’s a ^opes for a young "Sam Snead i
uilford Defeats Elon Bv 9 To 0
swell guy and deserves the best.
Santa. Hank Hamrick is a re
turned G.I., so bring him lots of
help to return to old form, when
he was an All-Conference per-*
former with the basketball and
baseball teams. Bobby Jones, Jim
my Dalton, and Bobby Stewart
signed pro baseball contracts—
We’d like to have some able re
placements for them, if they can
be found. Also bring us some .400
hitters to replace Co-Capt. Carroll
Reid. Charlie Schrader will be
the lone returning letterman on
the tennis team, and he’d like a Mr.
in the family. Stacy Johnson i
would like a tackle to go along
With his fullback. Santa. j Thanksgiving turkey when they.
.iniade the most of a pair of breaks Elon
Tlie Guilford Quakers copped
I all the dressing to go with their
HOW IT HAPPENED
think you could bring a
set of rules for football, too, in
eluding return to | o in their thirty-first annual
for we had some goo ® I j-hanksgiving Day gridiron meet-
men lost m one platoon obscu I y. Thursday afternoon,' 16
.....j 's
gaineij'fhe nod over the Christians i
in tl^jT North State Conference'i
gridii jn battle, and it was won'
on I^^bbs Field at Guilford as a': 36
I that it mi^ht be the final score
for neither team could show any
j offensive park during the middle
Guilford | periods. play being confined
book on "Learning to Serve" and
with a little help from Russ Bor
man Moseley would appreciate his
"E", as would the Juniors who
feel they deserve their white coat
peaters or is it jackets this year?
Mr. Boyd would like seven good
active members for his intramural
council in order to give the stu
ies. Bayard Hovesden and Skillet dents a well-balanced program
MalH.y, our tennis team could | Virginia Jernigan and Annie Vince
have another successful year. May would like two teaching cer-
Could you possibly bring Mai Ben-
*iett a new’ pair of track shoes?
He's our “one man" gang in the
North State meet. Better still, why
>3ot bring him a few boys who are
willing to work with him in hav
ing a crack team on the cinder-
.■paths.
St, Nick, I know you’ll be loaded
down, but try to bring “Big John ’
Platt a real try-out in pro foot
ball. He’d really appreciate this,
and he proved his ability to the
Elon fans this past tall.
Also bring Bubber Barnes a
iootball season free from injuries.
ob Kopko would like a Spanish
look that he can understand and
Bob Westerman w’ould like an
engraved ping-pong paddle with
tificates and a school in Wyoming, •,
chili ,^Vind blasted an estimated j
1,00'.^chilled spectators. j
Tht game was largely a defen-
.sive battle, with neither team able j
10 get any sustained drive under-,
ay, iiut the grey-clad Quakers'
5
29.6
First Downs
I’ards Gained Ru-sliing
Yards Lost Rushing
Net Yards Rushing
Passes Attempted
Passes Completed
Yards Gained Passing
Opp. Passes Intercepted
Runback Int. Pas.ses
Number of Punts
Ave. Distance Punts
Ifll largely between the rival 30-yard
lines in the second and third
187
32
quarters.
Elon moved the ball into Guil-
ford terri'ory six times during the
game, but the furtherest penetra
tion was the Quaker 26-yard lino
at one point in the third period
A fumbled hand-off ended that
Elon threat, and Guilford kicked
I deep into Christian territory.
1 The final Guilford score came
61 Y'ards Runback All Kicks 13
in the closing two minutes of play
4 Fumbles Lost 0
50 Yards Lost Penalties
Santa we know that this is a time JisplaA'd greater alertness when. Score by Periods:
of the year when all should be ihdre ^as a loose ball on the o . .0 0. 0—i
I when Charlie Strider recovered
^^lan Elon fumble on the Christian
8-yard line, and Mac Privott rip-
of the year
bright and gay. We’re not selfish
and feel that one other school in
the N)orth Sta(te Conference is
looking for a gift- East Carolina
practically w'ent begging for a
bowl bid. They , failed in their at
tempts so they decided to be host
team in their own bowl game to
be played on January 2. 1954. They
invited Morris-Harvey from West
Virginia to be their opponent. Be
hind the scenes—Applachian beat
Morris Harvey by at least two
T D.’s: East Carolina beat Appa
lachian by four T. D.’s — Now
Santa, we know East Carolina is
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Oiped straight through the middle
field, I'ecovering four Guilford Scoring: Touchdown — on the first play for eight yards
bles during the fray, and two ot
these Christian miscues set up ,Goal—Slade. and a touchdown. The extra point
the two Guilford scores. j • « * I failed, and the final score was
Lesl^ Everett recovered the, with fourth down and goal toiwritten 9 to 0.
first o four Elon fumbles on the'go from that point, the Quakers Bill Rogers, Mac Privott and
Elon -'^-yard line early in the ^ called on Reuben Slad^ \ieirjcarl Jones were the top offensive
place-kicking artist, and Slade' ^ . . .. i-
, stars for Guilford, while Charlie
came through with a field goal. I
The kick was made from the 23-|St>ider proved best in the fight-
yard mark, from a slight angle ling Quaker line. Wayne Martin,
and into the face of a sweeping i [reshman end, turned in several
sparkling bits of defensive play
for Elon, and Joe Smith did a
fine job at guard for the Christ
ians.
first qi’^irter, and then came the
nearest thing to a sustained drive
tliat the winners could muster.
Bill Rogers and Carl Jones led
the Quakers to a first down on
the Elon eight, and Rogers car
ried to the six. but Wayne Martin.
Elon end, broke through to smear
Jones back on the seventeen.
wind.
The field goal sent Guilford out
front 3 to 0, and until the waning
minutes of the game it appeared
vith Belmont Ab-
A bit of fa t action in the sea on cage opener wit
bey shows Jack Mitchell'(23), Eon forward, going up for a re
bound with Belmont Abbey's tow'ring Jchnnie Coil. D;v Mad-
-inx (24) and .Ilm Laffeity (5i, oth- i- Elon player."; are i^?t lor re-
.Mead :21i, Crusaf’.i'r forward, is in the back
bound. whilL