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Christians Win Over East Carolina
lUCHARDS CAKIUES :\IA1L UJAINST MOIMAINEKU FOES
Tfho'd a >1-“- "■
^X-not ti. fans-not me! Four
f -four siimes! A world cham-
Le cheers for the Durocher-
raen and their rooters, and our
eondolences to the Lopez-inen and
their fans. If-- all over now, so
'nuf =ai'!- ^
It repii '■'rt that there were
„ i[,- than 5.000 tootball en-
Ihu-' gathered at the Appa-
laohian pa^ure to witness the
jlon-Api) -rii: action on October
-Wouldn'! it be nice to see
a throng that small gathered
over at the Burlington sports em-
p„niim when our boys are hold-
i,i- forth there? Kven with sueli
an° attraction as our 20 to 6 vic
tory over East Carolina, w'e fell
far’short of tlie 5,000 figure in
our crowd.
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A major factor in contributing
to the appeal of a football game is
the color or atmosphere prevail
ing at the stadium. Such things
a; the crisp air (something that
we've had little of lately), the
bright green carpet of well-cared-
for turf glistening in the are or
sun light, the strains of band
music bouncing back and forth
across the field, along with the
great game itself matce Saturday
afternoon or evening a mighty
pleasant time to be in the stands
at the stadium.
♦ * *
In the past few years it seems
that one very important phase of
the color at Eton’s games has
not been quite up to snuff. It
loolts to this observer as though
the fault has been not with the
hard-working students who seem
to woric their hearts out each fall.
It seems, instead, that there has
been a lacli of cooperation and
backing on the part of the faculty,
and in saying this 1 speak of noth
ing other than the Elon Band. In
itiost respects our music faculty
leaves nothing to be desired, but
it has missed the boat in the past
in this instance of the band.
AU cannot be done by the stud
ents alone. A band should be one
of the brightest lights of the en
tire school and not of the music
department alone. Observers have
been watching band activities this
Jail with interested eyes, and re
ports are that things appear to be
different this year, Letv’s hope
that in due time we can have a
band to rival the best in the North
State Conference.
Azicther fine intramural pro
gram appears to be under way this
year. All those who can possibly
do so should make every effort
to participate fully in the pro-
fram. Last year through the ef
forts of Prof. Scott Boyd and the
intramural council we had one of
the best intramural programs Elon
lias seen in several years. If
Prof. Boyd and the intramural
council repeat their fine perform
ance we cannot fail to have an
other successful year.
Now let’s take a look at the sum
mer diamond exploits’ of some of
our campus ball players. First the
Major Leagues: Austin Brewer,
"ho attended Elon three years
2go, recently won his tenth game
of the year, limiting the Philadel
Phia Athletics to four hits. Brew
crs record, showing 10-9 for the
season and 4-1 for this year against
*he As, is outstanding for any
rookie. He yielded only three hits
as he shut out Philadelphia for
®>ght iimings, but weakened in
tte ninth, giving up a two run
liomer to Jim Finigan.
Now the Minors: Jack Mitchell.
3n Elon senior, reported to Shreve-
J'®rt at the beginning of the sum-
iner, but he played only exhi
bition games there and hit ,333
l.ater, he was sent to Augusta
'Georgia, to play in the South At
lantic League, Mitchell hit ,26J
^nd led the league in stolen base;
Dicjc McCarthy, sophomore, be
gan his first year in pro ball with
the Greensboro Patriots of the
Carolina League. The ninteen year
old outfielder had a good seassn
with a .297 batting average.
Bill Cayavec. sophomore, who
playted witli Burlington-Graham
of the Carolina League, was shift
ed to Iligli Point of the Eami-
league this year. Bill hit 12 hom
ers and batted .249.
Nelvin Cooper a veteran ball
player and graduate of Elon. was
teammate of Cayavec at High
Point and also hit .249.
Jack McKeon. anotiier one ol
our campus ball players, spent half
.lie season as reserve catclier foi
the Bur-Gra Pirates of the Caro
lina League. The parent organi
zation of the Lur-Gra team.
Branch Ric'rvey's Pitt^huigh Pir
ates, then shifted Jack to one ol
their Kansas ball clubs where he
finished the season.
Fred Biangardi, another grau-
uate of Elon, played in the Caro
lina League with Winston-Salem.
Semi-pro: “Speedy" Langston,
who led the Christians batting
last year with a .309 average, went
cn after graduation to play with
Norwood. Gene Laughhn. whc
Graduated along with Langston,
also played v.ith the Norwood
club.
Nick Thompson, with a .307 bat
ting average for the Fighting
Christians last year, was with
.Albemarle this past summer,
Bobby Greene hit a lofty .480
for Ossipee this summer. Green
led Elon in runs batted in, triples,
and home runs last year.
Bill Snyder hit an impressive
426 with a semi-pro club in Dan
i'ille, Pennsylvania,
Don Packard and Bill Armfield
played for Gibsonville during the
summer months and liit ,334 and
350 respectively.
Larry Doltlemyer journeyed
icme to play with the Elkton Blue
Sox. His batting average at the
,?nd of the season was .304.
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Elon Eleven
Takes Loop
Game, 20-6
By JOI'L BAll.KY
The lighting (’hristians, out-
v.i'iylied and outiumibered. rose up
in a mighty .'■how of team play
last Saturday night at Hurlington
Memorial Stadium to »ink the good
ship, "East Carolina" by a de
cisive 20 to a margin.
Throughout the Man:o the Jolly
Uogcr could be seen Hying at hall
mast in memory of the dying hulk
of the oncc prouncl vessel, which
\> as being tossed about savagely
on tlie waves of gridiron despaU'.
Thf invading Pirates, defending
I heir conference titl(“, were treat
ed with anything but respect by
the Maroon and (Jotd from the
the starting gun.
Taii-Football Grabs Intert st
111 Gampiis Sports Fiogram
With ITK and East Dorm chalk- intramural program announced
ing up opening-day victories, tag- plans tor an intramural track meet,
football grabbed the interest last to be held within the next tvvo
veek in the campus sports scene, weeks. He stated that about eig it
md action promises to be last events would compose the program.
,nd furious in the 4-team league uhich is likely to includc on y
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hat is operating this fall
The opening of the tag grid
campaign pushed fall softball out
jf the picture after the ITK boys
nnd the coml)ined Faeulty-Kappa
,^si outfits topped the race in the
softball battles that opened theja
year's intramural program.
Intramural officials, in com
menting on the off-season soft
ball play, mentioned a number of
he faculty for their play in the
loop, including Dr, Reynolds, Dr.
Cunningham. Professors Fo.x^
West, Boyd C.:; a:--.
[Secretary Gibbs.
Prof. Scott Boyd, director oi li.e
boys this fall. There were a num
ber of girls events in the autumn
meet last year.
The tag-football action got un
derway on Wednesday of last week
with ITK defeating East Dorm in
preliminary non-league battle
by a 12 to 6 count. It was a test'
game for the new grid rules in
vogue in the league this fall, whic+i
forbid the use of more than four
men in the defensive backfield.
The rule is designed to open the
ciefense and encourage more scor-
ling.
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Homer Hohiiood Anchor Oi Clinstian Line
Holding down the important
center position and anchoring
the forward wall tor Elon s
Fighting Christians of 1954 is
Homer Hobgood, a rugged 185-
poinider from Oxford, who earn
ed a regular starting position
this fall after two seasons in a
Maroon end Gold uniform.
Ilobgood was handicapped by
lack of weight when he joined
the Christian squad as a fresh
man two seasons ago, and that
first season saw him understudy
ing Mike Moffo, the rough-and-
tough Connerticnt lad who start
ed every game at center for the
Elon eleven during his l^Jur
years on the campus.
With Moffo graduated and
gone from the scene last year,
Hobgood split time at the pivot
assignment during the 1953
campaign. In the late season
games the Oxford hoy climbed
into a starling position, injuries
hi!, ing si'(eliiied both of his
competitors at the pivot posi
tion.
Reporting this fall with 185
pounds on a tough frame, Hob-
good stepped into tlie stafUng
jnlc and has seen almost full
time duty in the early games on
the 1954 schedule. Rated an ex
cellent hand with the hall and
a fine baeker-up when on de
fense, the Elon pivot star should
rate with the best in the North
Statk' Conferenc'e by season's
end.
Hobgood also plays baseball,
and last spring he was a regu
lar catcher in the early battles
played by the Christian nine,
which swept to the North State
Conference championship. An
attack of appendicitis sidelined
him in late season battles.
Kerry Richards (14), speedy little Elon halfback, who‘was an ot-
:cMse spark in the victory over E ist Carolina, is pictured above aii
he took off for a six-yard gam around right end against the Ap
palachian Mount;iincer.i ii. the game played at Boone on Saturday,
October 2nd, Bill Snyder (15), Christian ciuarterback, is shown in
'he background after making the liand-oft to Richards on the play.
I.'.ol) Stauffenberg (35i, Elon's freshman fullback, is shown in the
left foreground as he drives a shoulder block into the midriff of
;n Appalachian defender, Joe Garwood (30), Appalachian fullback,
■ s shown coming in from his linebacker position to make the tack
le, Tlic action show was caught by Tom Pitts, Winston-Salem Journ-
rl photographer,
Appaluchiuii Is Winner
Over Elon Footballers
The Appalachian Mountaineers, ~
playing before a Homecoming
crowd of 5.000 fans at Boone on
October 2nd, displayed surprising
power as they defeated the Elon
Christians 20 to 6 and chalked
their third North State victory in
a row. The Christians lacked much
of the sharpness shown in the
opener at The Citadel and could
never muster a sustained scoring
punch.
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HOW IT HAPPENED
Elon Appalachian
6 First Downs 14
121 Yds. Gained Rushing 239
23 Yards Lost Rushing 10
98 Net Yards Rushing 22S
6 Passes Attempted 10
2 Passes Completed 4
32 Yds. Gained Passing 46
130 Total Yards Offense 2T5
1 Opp. Passes intercepted 1
HOW IT HAPPENED
Elon
East Carolina
i 13
I'irst Downs
7
:?io
Yards (Jained Rushing
101
! 18
Yards Lost Itushing
16
192
Net Yards Rushing
85
1 7
Passes Attempted
18
4
Passes Completed
5
82
Yards Gained Passing
78
274
Total Yards Offense
163
5
Opp. Passes Intercepted
0
31 Runback Intercepted Passes 0
8
Number of Punts
7
30
Ave. Distance Punts
38.6
124
Yds. Kicks Returned
96
2
Fumbles Lust
0
60
Total Yards Penalties
55
Score
by Periods:
Elon
0 7 7
6—20
East
Carolina 0 0 0
6— 6
Elon Touchdowns — Richards,
Michaux, . Stauffenberg.
Extra
Points — Simpson 2. East
Caro-
Una
1
Touchdown—Boado.
* * *
Eloii Fool hall
Elon 13, Citadel 21.
Elon 6, Appalachian 20.
Hon 20, East Carolina 6.
(Remaining Games
Oct. 16—Newberry, away.
Oct. 23—Catawba, home.
Oct. 30—W.C.T.C., away.
Nov. 6 —Guilford, home.
Nov. 13—Lenoir Khync, home.
Nov. 20—Davidson, away.
17 Runback Intercepted Passes 0
5
31.8
105
2
40
8
25.5
79
4
15
Number Punts
Ave. Distance Punts
Y'ds. Kicks Returned
Fumbles Lost
Total Y’ards Penalties
Score by Periods—
Elon 0 6 0 0—
Appalachian 6 7 7 0 20
Elon Touchdown—Stauffenberg
.Vppa^aehian Touchdowns — Pen
nell, H. Lackey, Nifong. Extra
Points—Ollis 2.
♦ * •
The Appalachian gridders struck
with dramatic suddenness after
eight minutes of the first ctuartei
v.'hen Aubrey Elam broke oft
right tackle and raced 67 yard
to the Elon one, where the last
Elon defender brought him down
On the next play Ned Pennell
split the middle on a quarterback
sneak play for the touchdown. Jim
Ollis’ kick for point was wide, but
the Apps led by 6-0,
'he Christians tied the score
in the early minutes of the second
period when Glenn Varney broke
through to block one of Ollis
punts and set the stage for an
Eton touchdown. Ollis was kicking
from the App 33-yard marker, but
the ball bounced back to the
[‘.even, where Wayne Martin cov
lered it tor Elon. Bob Stauffenberg
scored in two plunges, but the
' !:ion kick .was wide and the score
1 emained tied at 6-al.l
The tie was short-lived, for a
cant three minutes later the
Vlountainecrs moved to the front
gain. An Elon fumble on an Ap-
•alachian punt was recovered by
he Mountaineers at the Elon 33-
ard marker, and the black-jersr
■yed Apps went from there for^;
he score. After chalking a first
lown on power, Ned Pennell whip-
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Elon gave an indication of things
to come early in the initial per
iod when the Cliristians launched
drive from their own 10-yard
line to the Buccaneer thirty-seven
as the quarter ended. The first
quarter was liighlighted by the
fine running of Elon Bob Stauffen
berg and the able quarterback
ing of the Christians’ Bill Snyder.
Kerry Richards, diminutive Elon
halfback, brought an enthusiastic
home crowd to its feet midway in
the second quarter, when he gath
ered in a punt at midfield and
scampered fifty yards to paydirt
behind excel lant blocking by his
teammates. .Tack Simpson split the
uprights for the extra point, and
the underdog Christians led by a
17-0 score at 7 minutes, 17 seconds
of the same period.
Elon again proved equal to the
occasion when a Pirate thrust car
ried deep into Christian territory
with minutes remaining in the sec
ond quarter, for Whtney Bradham
intercepted a Carolina aerial un
his own two-yard line and got to
the fifteen before being hauled
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Catawba To Be Eloii Foe
For Hoiiiecoining Contest
One of Elon's oldest and bitter-jtawba winning 13-12, ,but Elon
st football rivaries will be re-1 rolled for a 26-7 win the next fall
newed in Burlington Stadium on
Saturday. October 23rd, when the
Christians meet the Catawba Indi
ans in a iiattle which will climax
Elon's annual Homecoming festivi
ties.
The teams have met nineteen
imes on the gridiron since the
ivalry was begun, and the records
•■or the series show that Elon hold
one-game advantage over the
fndians in the number of victories.
Since the first meeting in 1928.
he Christians have chalked nine
vins, Catawba has eight victories,
ind two games have ended in ties.
A few games have shown over-
vhelming victories for one team
)r the other, but most of the bat
Catawba won the 1931 contest 31
to 0, and the two teams tied 0-0
in 1934, after which Elon copped
three wins in a row by scores of
32 to 0 in 1935, 33 to 13 in 1936
and 22 to 2 in 1937.
The next four games were split
evenly, with Catawba winning
26 to 6 in 1938 and 13 to 0 in 1940,
while Elon copped wins by 26 to 7
in 1939 and 8 to 7 in 1941. There
was a break in the play through
World War II, with play resumed
in 1946.
Following the war, Catawba
moved ahead with three .straight
wins, copping by 40 to 0, 38 to 0
I and 35 to 0, but Elon turned the
nes Lv7becT close and''har”d-l tide in 1949 and also chalked
fought, as was the contest
, ear at Catawba, when the Indiam :'V^re l.y 20 to 14 26 to 12
•ame from behind for a 21-21 tie -"'d 21 to 14 from 1949 through
11951. Catawba gained a 12 to 0
The first game back in 1928 was' nod here two years ago, followed
me of the close ones, with Ca-lhy la-f year’s tie battle.