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Elon Topples Guilford 15 To 6 In Annual Grid Tilt
Priielte Ra«*es 83 Yainls
For Cliiicliiiijl Toiididown
1
Spotlighting
The Fighting
Christians
By TOM CORBITT
Predicting football conference
standings is a dangerous game.
.fore the so-called experts,
thi" -ports .writers, are reluctant to
make' positive statements, else they
;hoii- :rt staus in a flurry
ot npsets.
Aftt-r the
Atlantic Coast Confer-
er,c- action of September
Smith Barrier, Sports Eklitor of the
Gri -lioro Dail-' Mews, proclaimed
that he might do well to turn his
prediction of two weeks earlier up-
Even though Wheless completef*
9 of 16 passes for 122 yards and t\v^
touchdowns, the Elon passing in
:he Emoi'} and Henry game was
"not up t'l par" with the Christ
ians' showin;? in their last two
games last fall. This, say Coach
Tucker, rriav be attributed to mud
: 1 i in cur own Caro- ] Rc.x Ilarrif
linas Conference the experts are
not in complete agreement in the
predictions for the season.
Pre-Season Predictions
Jack Horner, of the Durham Her
ald in Street and Smith’s ‘‘Foot
ball Year book" lists Elon in the
spot in the Carolinas Conference,
followed by Appalachian, Catawba,
Lenoir Rhyne, Western Carolina,
Newberry, and Guilford in that or
der. Horner notes, however, that
“the Christians are sure to receive
keen competition.” At the same
time. Horner suggests “if Wheless
picks up where he left off, Elon
will be a shoo-in.”
Herman Hickman, of the Win-
ston-Salem Journal, after attending
practice sessions at all the con
ference schools, liked the attitude
of the Bears of Lenoir Rhyne and
on September 19th picked LR to
win the Carolinas Conference. That
night LR opened its 19G4 season
with a 17-0 loss to Wofford, its first
loss to the South Carolina school
since 1957. Hickman made the in
teresting assumption that “Elon't
weakness may be over confidence.”
Moses Crutchfield, an associate
sports editor of the Daily News and
an Elon alumnus, suggests Elon
1
19th,; dy field conditions at Bristol and tn
timing, always present in the firs'
football game of the season.
Tucker did note that Ekl Wheless
Fred Stewart. Clayton Johnson
bTAKS LEAD CliHlSTl (.UN) AD
The Elon Christians had to over-
■iime their own miscues as well as
!ie traditionally stubborn Guilford
defense as they turned back the
iuilford uridders 15 to fi in ;
'arolinar Conference football battle
m the Guilford field last Saturd.i'
ftcrnoon, September 2fith.
The victory, which was Elon's
; cimd in two vnmes this .season
■:i I th. il first in the Carolin.'is O
Crence race, was the twt'nty-
'",hth triumph for the Christian
M a traditional rivalry that date-
■ 'tk to l:U9. P^lon has now won 2S.
11 and tied three in the annual
'■.tiles with Guilford.
':liin
now IT ll\l>l*KNKI>
Guilford
Elon Foothal
ed senior rnrl r - co-captnins lor tne f igntin^ Lnrisuan "n.icieis .,ui
ne start cn their infi4 football can.paig i as th.'v defeated th" Em'jiV and Henry W at
"n the oocner .jnd fh "'. m t ,ic’i'>i*y n r 'he tiuil'ord (jLiakoi'> at (lUilford in the second
cannau’n. Johnson, who is playing hi ^ fourth y.-.ir in .in Elon football uniform, graobe!
must be regarded as ‘‘the No
contender for this year's champion
ship.” Crutchfield made this ob
servation after seeing all the Con
ference teams.
In pre-season interview of this
siibject. Coach Tucker would ack
nowledge little and concede nothing.
The Christian coach said then that
"we are good enough to beat any
body on our schedule, but we also
have enough weaknesses that we
can lose every game we play.”
After viewing the Emory and
Henry game, Coach Tucker called
the Christians’ performance ‘‘the
best opener for us in five years,
and felt “we have never been this
far along offensively and defens-
ixi’ly at this stage of the season.
According to Tucker, the Emory
and Henry win “put the team over
a big hurdle.”
However, he still viewed the gam^
viith his pre-season feeling of “‘cau
tious optimism.” “The team shov.?'!
enough strength to carry us al! th-
way, but we showed enough mis
takes to be beat I”
•At the beginning of the .season
Tucker would guarantee only two
things: “First,” he declared," wi-
are going to play defense: and
second, we are going to throw the
ball.
Strong Defenders
Following a study of the Emory
and Henry game films. Tucker and
his staff were more impressed with
the Elon defensive effort than with
the Christians’ offensive showing:
and it may well be that the suc
cess of the Christians’ bid for the
Carolinas Conference championship
will depend on the Christian de
fensive team.
The defensive unit lists Jerry
Rowe and A. W. McGee at ends;
Tommy Mitchell, Morris Thomas,
and Joe Robinson at the tackle
slots; Darrell Morgan, Randy War
ren, Zack Broadway, Larry Smith,
and Ray Wilson, at the guard po
sitions; Scott Crabtree and Joe
Dawson at the linebacker posts:
and H. L. Robinson, Lamar Clark
find Sonny Pruette ia the secondary
defense.
heless Tosses For Two Scores ^ i
is Christians Top ^/as])s 14 To 6
i' !T
1 'n
r.. & w
First Downs
10
IfiO
V'ards Gain Rushini?
115
)
Yards I>ost Rushing
42
' • y ^rds Rushin?
73
16
Passes Attempted
14
Pa s'*s Completed
8
122
Y'ards Gain Passing
76
277
Total Yards Offense
149
)
0pp. Passes Interc.
0
0
Hunhack Int. Passes
0
6
Number Punts
4
i4.2
Ave. Yards Punts
37.0
’5
Runhark All Kicks
100
0
Fumbles Lost
1
’0
Vnrds Penalized
5
»^'ORF
BY PERIODS
Klon
7 0 0
7—14
nnd
H. 0 6 0 0— fi
Elon
Touchdowns — Johnson
(5—
m 'V’ iess), .larvis (28 —
•V
'•'1 Wh''less). Extra Points—
...r-ll
•’ ilacrmentK Kmor\
and
h‘nrv
Tov h'lov-n — Arnold (11 —
nass from Bales).
* * * *
■.ilion. .loh'ison wis on the rer-ei\-
■n^ end nf t .)-v!ird t^uchdnwn pa-;-
a"-d Pete Jarvis di '
1 tremend’H's job tin offense and
described both the offensive and, Clayton Johnson, shown left, a fl-'ct-fnuted sen:or haliii:ck from Graham, and Jerry Ro»e, shown
defensive line play as “exceptional." right, a nigged senior rnd fro:-;' r’ co-captnins lor the Jightin>.^^Christian griddcis^ w ii -ot
Elon is blessed this season with away to a fine
perhaps the fine.st cr jp of fresh- Biistol. Va.
mT several ntwcnm^^^^^ of 'the new can.pai^n in b^.ie against
and several ot thes. "e^com^ addition to his f(K)tball. Johnson is aho a fine sprinter with the Christian track
will see much service before th .All-American honors at \sheboro High, played freshman ball at Caro-^
season closes. transferred to Elon, where he won his first letter al end last fall.
Apps Next Foe _ —^ — — “ ■
Tomorrow night the Fighting
Christians will meet .‘\ppalachiir
at Boone. Coach Tucker has ade
quately called this game “our big-
best stumWing block."
The Mountaineers, who are picked
by many to win the conference
championship, opened their season
September 19th vv'ith a decisive 20-6
ictor” over Newberry.
L-ist year Elon downed Appalachi
an 16-13 at Burlington. Prior to that
victory Elon had dropped five
traisht to .\npalachian, including
a 27-12 thrashing in 1962 as the
Mountaineers dedicated their beau
tiful, new 10,000-seat stadium.
In past years Appalachian ha."-
always passed a lot and featureo
a strong wide running game. The
Apps are also known for their
strong defense, and Coach Tucker
'eels the Christians will need to
score three touchdowns to win
Tomorrow night will answer a lot
)f questions about our football team
this year, and could well decide
the Conference championship. The
nswers w'll be found tomorrow
night not in the words of the “ex
perts,” but in the hearts of the Elon
College Fighting Christians of 1964.
With the 40-7 victory over Lenoir
Rhyne last November, there ap
pears to ha'v-e started a renaissance
if -eHool - )irit or. c .ti-ju-. ' i
|v..- ’
(Continued on Page four,
11
First Downs
6
Yards Gain Rushing
47
17
Yards Lost Rushing
4
Net Yards Rushing
40
:r
Passes Attempted
31
s
Passes Completed
9
Sfi
Yards (iain Passing
71
*»
Opp. Passes Interr.
1
Hunhack Int. Passes
47
Number Punts
4
(1 0
Ave. Yards Punts
36.3
Rimbacks -Ml Kirks
fi!
\
Fumbles Lost
0
111
Yards Penalized
61
By TOM CORP.ITT
The Fi-’htin'.; Chri.stian gridders
avenged three consecutive losses to
an old foe when they opened their
:fi4 :;ridirr,n campaign with a 14-6
ictorv O'or the Wasps of Emory
•i:! T^enrv College at Bristol, Tenn.,
'1 9.^turdav night, September 19th.
Elon scored early in the first
quarter, marching 76 yards in fif
teen plays after stopping the Wasps
on a fourth-and-one play on the
Elon 2.'? yard line, and after that
“arlv scor? the Christians were
ne'er to be caught,
Th» Elon defense provided the
kev to victory, halting three Emory
and Henry drives in Elon territory
' 0‘tii'’ un the Christians' sec
ond touchdown with the recovery
if a Wasp fumble of an Elon
.eit in ;he fourth quarter,
e .rtcrh-ick Ed Wheless led the
1 'ffense, 'Vh^less complet
ed 9 of 16 passes for \2i yards anil
I f 1- '■■-,1 inu"hdowns, but he
received -M.’ 'i'* on i e ■
‘ ,.1, t 2 ;m;- at Elon in
driving for 71 yards on 14 carr!-"-
T-ihnson was equally as
at the left halfback po-
THIS TKIO GUIDES FXO '' FOO'l’HA’ l- 1*‘)K 11 ,\ES
r
r . Flnn'i Fiehtin Christians this fall ar» the three coaches pictured
Guiding the gridiron starting his fifth season as head coach for the Maroon and
above Coach George Tucker, sho . mentor is Coach Gary Mattocks, pictured
Gold football squad Also starUng rations. Newcomer to the Elon football staff this faU is C^ch
right, who directs the during the summer to fill a vacancy left when Coach Johnny Wie
'pi tV)e sen'or co
captain .il.so gallo;x:d 21 yards for
he lont»e.st Christian run of th'.
day.
.U the end positions, Ttex H.jrri
son and Pete Jarvis abo playet'
sterling games. Harrison caugh'
four passes for 50 yards, while Jar
vis had two catches for 42 yards
one of which was a 28-yard touch
down throw from Wheless.
After receiving the opening kick
off, Elon failed to move the b:d'
and was forced to punt. Timm
Sarver returned Joe Dawson's pun'
3.3 yards for Emory and Henry tc
the Elon thirty-two. Four plav
later the Christians regained the
ball on downs and were touchdown
bound.
Starting from the 24-yard line,
Fred Stewart swept for 6 yards for
the Elon first down, and then on
first-and-ten Wheless threw to R'
Harrison for 13 yards and anothei
Elon first dov^ti to the Elon forty
eight. Burnette plunged for two
Wheless fumbled but gained a yard
and Doug .Amick drove for six. 0
fourth dow.-i from the Wasp for'v
three. Wheless got the first down
'in ,-i 4-yard kee))er play.
.\fter Johnson carried for two
-''f'v.-'rt slanted off tackle for eiyht
nd another first down. Whele -
then hit ,Jarvis for a 14-yard "iii”
to the Emory and Henry fourl'.-ei'.
Stewart carried for .'i yards .r’ '
Johnson gained four more, but th-
Wasp defense (ichtened, and
lost a yard. On fourth down Wh"l( .
hit Clayton Johnson over th middi
for the - eore. Bobby Ferrell . ddc' ■
the conversion to put Elon in fro-’
7-0. i
Emory ,-ind H"nry followed the i
Finn touchdown with .-i long march ■
downfield from the Wasp 30-yard i
line but lost the ball on downs to r
the rugged Elon defense on the i
Christian two. The Christians wore
unable to move the ball and were
forced to punt from the end zone
Gary Anderson returned to the Elon
40. and from there the Wasps
marchcd for their only score. Ron
Bales pas.sed 11 yards to Gary
Arnold for the touchdown, but a
oass attempt for two points failed,
leaving Elon ahead 7-6.
The Christians marched right back
with a drive of their own, but lost
the ball on downs at the one as
the half ended The Elon drive
featured a 21-yard run by Clayton
Johnson, a 15-yard run and a 10-
yard pass reception by Fred Stew-
ari, and an 11-yard pass to Rex
Harrison.
(Continued Om I*«xt four)
srOKK BY PKKIOnS:
Klnn 0 7 0 8—15
Guilford 0 6 0 0— fi
F;lon Tourhdowns — .larvis (7 —
nass from Wheless). !*niptte 83 —
run). F^xtra Points — Ferrell 1
(lilacement), .^mirk 2 (pass from
I’ruetto). Guilford Tourhdow-n —
Williams (4 — run).
Playing before a crowd of 4,noi
'ans that filled Guilford’s now Arm
field Athletic Center, the Chri.stian
actually had to come from behin''
'0 gain their victory, for the hird
'i?hting Quakers used an Elo’^
'umble to gain scoring position and
'hen rode the passing arm and
fleet-running feet of little Jimmy
Williams to the first touchdown o^
he game.
.Actually two Elon fumbles aw
1 pair of 15-yard penalties agains'
Elon helped the Quakers to thei'
■;core. The Quakers recovered thi
first Elon fumble on the Christian
twenty-nine and moved to the
Christian one-yard marker before
the Christian defen.sive team stif
fened and held. Then came the
F:ion 14, F:mory and Henry 6.
Elon . Guilford—.
(RrmalnInK Games)
Oet. 3—.VppaliK'hian. away.
Oct. 10—Camp I.ejeinie. home.
Oi't. 17,—( arson - Newman, home.
Oit. :!4—Catawba, home.
Oet. 31—West Caritlina. away.
Nov. 7—Nr«berry, home.
\m. 14—I.enoir Khyne. home.
Nov. 21—Frederick, away.
ii‘l Klen fiinilile on -i hand-off,
and Guilford recovered on the P'lon
four. The Quakfr.s were right back
j and knocking at the goal, and this
time .limmy Williams sprinted
•round ■' ;d for the Tl>. The try for
loint failed, and Guilford led only
r. to 0,
That score came in the first sec-
ond,^ nf the second quarter, and
Elon retaliated with a score of her
own later in that same i>eriod Only
moments after that Quaker .score,
Elon profited from a pa.ss interfer
ence penalty against Guilford and
moved to the Guilford five, hut the
Quaker defense held there. William.s
quick-kicked short to the Guilford
37-yard line, and Elon was off to
pay-dirt.
Sonny Pruette got the Elon drive
off flying with a 14-yard sprint at
end, and Ed Wheless passed tn Rex
Harrison for 14 added yards. Th"i
Wheless spotted Pete Jarvis in
side the end zone and whiplashe^l
•1 pass to the lanky end for an Elon
ID. Bot)by Ferrell booted the extra
Toint, and Elon was ahead for
keeps at 7 to 6 with 7:47 left in
the half.
A pass interception by l..amar
■’lark carried Elon to the Guilford
‘wenty early in the third period,
nd ano'h'T intercention by Guil
ford's F'red Palmore then set a
Guilford threal/^ Palmore intercept
ed the Wheless heave and raced
to the Elon eight before Rex Har
rison ran him down. The Elon de-
'ense held, and Ernie Vader.son's
try for a field goal for Guilford was
wide.
The Christians were backed up
deep at that time, but an exchange
of punts gave Elon the ball on her
seventeen after four minutes of the
final period, and it was from there
(Continued op Psrc F' o
lAiivis (;|':ts ki.on tok.iidowx
\ M
Pete Jarvis (number 80 in white jer.seyi is shown above as he
grabbed the t>all on a pass from Ed Wheless for the first Elon touch
down in the Christians' 15 to 6 victory over Guilford. T^e Elon end
grabbed the ball in the end zone almost from the snatching hands of a
Quaker defender.