2, 1064 -I MAROON AND GOLD PAGE THBf 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.

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