Friday, October 21, 1966
PAGE THREE
Catawba To Be Elon Foe For Homecoming
Ancient Foes To Meet
In Tilt Here Saturday
Elon Baseball
Nine Getting
Fall Practice
The Elon College baseball squad,
which has a new coach and many new
faces this year, has been putting in
plenty of serious work in fall practice
for the past three weeks and is slated
to wind up the autumn drills with a
full-scale Maroon-Gold game at 2
o’clock today.
Coach Jerry Drake, who assumed
the Elon baseball reigns this year, has
had more than 35 diamond prospects
working since October 3rd, among
them being seven of the eleven letter-
men who are back in school this year
from the varsity team of the past
season.
Lettermen listed on the fall roster
include Paul Amundsen, Sam Moon,
and Jimmy Daily, pitchers; Joe Byr-
tus and Ron Tugwell, first basemen;
and Marshall Montgomery and Bobby
Bulla, outfielders. Four other letter
vets are with the football squad this
fall, among them pitcher Burgin
Beale, infielders Dempsey Herring
and H. L. Robinson and outfielder
Ron Foresta.
Coach Drake expressed himself as
well pleased with the work of his
squad during the fall drills and men
tioned the possibility that Joe Byrtus
may be switched from first base to
the mound in seeking to fill the need
for a good left-handed pitcher. The
loss of southpaw Larry Collins due
to academic reasons left a glaring
need for a left-handed hurler.
In discussing the work of the Chris
tian nine this fall. Coach Drake point
ed out that Paul Amundsen and Sam
Moon, pitchers from last spring, have
been working to remedy shortcomings
that hampered this season. He also
mentioned Jimmy Dailey, a letterman
of two years ago, who missed last
spring’s play and is back out for his
nfial season eligibility. Dailey did
mostly relief before but looms as a
starter this year.
Freshman mound prospects men
tioned by the coach included Ed Kir-
chgessner, a big 210-pounder, who
throws hard and may bid high for a
starting call, along with Bill Adams,
Bryant Hinson and Chris Pecora,
all of them being right-handers. There
are several other young mound pros
pects with the squad.
Graduation and transfer took all
letter catchers, leaving reserve Tom
Fulcher to battle for the receiving
job with youngsters such as Drew
Coble. Marshall Montgomery and
Bobby Bulla are anchors in the out
field, with several promising per
formers among the freshmen.
Tugwell and Byrtus have been the
only lettermen infielders this fall,
and several newcomers have shown
promise. Other veterans, now out for
football will be available next spring.
VETERAN DEFENSIVE HALFBACKS
1
A pair of veteran defensive halfbacks with the Elon College grid squad
is shown above. They are (left to right) Ron Forest, a 175-pound junior from
Brooklyn, N. Y., and David Oliphant, a 160-pound junior, who is also a
sprinter on the Elon track squad. Both have been starters as defensive half
backs since their freshman seasons.
Christian Basketball Outfit
Will Be Lacking Experience
Elon Football
Elon 12, Emory and Henry 14.
Elon 13, Guilford 35.
Elon 2, Appalachian 8.
Elon 6, Presbyterian 21.
Elon 0, Carson-Newman 14.
(Remaining Games)
Oct. 22—Catawba, home.
Oct. 29—West Carolina, away.
Nov. 5—Newberry, home.
Nov. 12—Lenoir Rhyne, home.
Nov. 19—Frederick, away.
Basketballs have been bouncing and
ripping the cords over in Elon’s
Alumni Memorial Gymnasium for the
past few days as the Fighting Chris
tian cagers swing through early prac
tice for the upcoming 1966-67 hard
wood campaign. It will be a young
crew of cage warriors who carry the
Maroon and Gold into the winter
warfare this year, perhaps the young
est team ever to wear the Elon colors
on the basketball floor.
Coach Bill Miller, who enters upon
his seventh season as mentor for the
Fighting Christians in basketball, has
only five lettermen working in the
early-season sessions, and four of
those five lettermen are sophomores
and the fifth one is a junior who saw
very little service during his freshman
season. One might say it will be a
second-year team.
The only lettermen on hand and
working at this time are Tommy
Davis, a junior guard from Leaksville;
Henry Goedeck, a soph center from
Central Islip, N. Y.; Bill Bowes, soph
forward and center from Virginia
Beach, Va.; Dannie Joe Pendry, soph
guard from North Wilkesboro; and
Steve Caddell, soph forward from
Rocky Mount. Two other letter vets
expected back were lost because of
academic and health reasons.
In discussing the season prospects.
Coach Miller listed four newcomers
who are expected to see much service
with the Christians, including Tom
McGee, a 6-1 guard from Deer Park,
Long Island, N. Y.; Rick Hare, a 6-4
forward from Camden, N. J.; Jim
Andrews, another 6-4 forward from
New Jersey; and Noble Marshall, a
6-0 Virginia All-Stater from Roanoke,
who played his high school ball under
the coaching of Hank Hamrick, who
was himself one of Elon s all-time
great cagers. Other candidates for
the Elon Quint are still untried and
must be uncovered as the season pro
gresses.
The Elon Christians and the Ca
tawba Indians will renew an ancient
rivalry for the benefit of Elon’s
Homecoming alumni in a Carolinas
Conference tilt in Burlington Stadium
at 2:15 o’clock Saturday, with the
Elon gridders seeking to avenge a 21
6 loss suffered at the hands of the
Indians at Salisbury last fall.
The Elon-Catawba rivalry dates
back to 1928, with the two teams
all knotted up in the series at 14
victories each and with two games
having ended in tie scores. Several of
the games have been among the most
thrilling in Elon grid annals, notably
the 1960 Homecoming tilt here at
Elon when George Wooten, Elon’s
Little All-American quarterback,
raced 108 yards in the final eight sec
onds to give Elon a 13 to 12 win.
The Indians won the series opener
back in 1928 by a similar 13 to 12
count, and that game set the tempo
for years to come. After that opening
loss to Catawba, Elon won 26 to 7
in 1929. There was no game in 1930,
but Catawba won 38 to 0 in 1931
There was a lapse in rivalry until
1934, but after a tie in 1934, Elon
grabbed three straight wins 32-0 in
1935, 33-13 in 1936 and 22-2 in 1937.
The rivals split the four final games
prior to World War II, with Catawba
winning 20 to 6 in 1938 and 13 to
0 in 1940, while Elon copped wins
by 7 to 0 in 1939 and 8 to 7 in 1941,
with the latter win giving Elon the
Conference title. There were no games
during World War II, and Catawba
dominated the series right after the
war, when the Indians won 40-0 in
1946, 38-0 in 1947 and 35-0 in 1948.
A turn of the tide came at that
time, and Elon won three consecutive
thrillers by 20 to 14 in 1949, 26 to 12
in 1950 and 21 to 14 in 1951. The
Indians won 12 to 0 in 1952, and then
came a 21-21 tie in 1953. Elon won
36 to 12 in 1954, but Catawba re
versed the count 19 to 0 in 1955.
Elon grabbed a 14-13 thriller in 1956,
followed by a one-year break due to
influenza.
The Indians posted wins by 14 to 8
in 1958 and 21 to 8 in 1959, but
Elon then grabbed three in a fow,
first on Wooten’s thrilling dash in
1960, by 23 to 8 in 1961 and 15 to 0
in 1962. The Indians tied Elon for
the Conference title in a 12-7 battle
in 1963, but Elon’s champs of 1964
won 22 to 17, and then the Indians
took last year’s battle 21 to 6. This
week’s 31st annual meeting promises
plenty of thrills.
Presbyterian Is Winner
Over Elon In 21-6 Tilt
Power running and pinpoint passing
by the Presbyterian Blue Stockings
proved too potent for the Fighting
Christian gridders as they went down
to a 21 to 6 defeat before the Palm
etto State eleven in Burlington Stadi
um on Saturday night, October 8th.
BOTH OFFENSE AND DEFENSE
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HOW IT HAPPENED
Elon
Presbyterian
13
First Downs
18
129
Yards Gained Rushing
241
11
Yards Lost Rushing
15
118
Net Yards Rushing
226
25
Passes Attempted
19
12
Passes Completed
12
133
Yards Gained Passing
168
251
Total Yards Offense
394
2
Opp. Passes Interc.
4
28
Runback Interc. Passes
41
4
Number Punts
3
30.5
Ave. Yards Punts
31.3
98
Runback All Kicks
44
1
Fumbles Lost
2
40
Yards Penalized
35
Score
By Periods:
Elon
0 6 0
0— 6
Wes Gilliam, a 220-pound sophomore stalwart from neighboring Western
Alamance High, is one of the Elon Christians who goes both ways on offense
and defense. Gilliam, who has always been a bard-nosed competitor, plays
offensive tackle and middle guard and is one of the most valuable Christian
forwards.
Presbyterian 7 0 7 7—21
Elon Touchdown — P. Williams,
(3-run). Presbyterian Touchdowns —
Smith (34-pass from Kirtland), S.
Williams (4-run), Eckstein (23-run).
Extra Points — Reed 3 (Placements).
* * *
The Presbyterians struck early for
their first touchdown, moving from
their own thirty-two after the opening
kickoff on a drive that ended with a
34-yard scoring pass from Bill Kirt
land to James Smith, with Richard
Reed kicking good on the first of
three placements to grab a 7 to 0 lead.
The Christians came back for a
touchdown of their own late in the
second quarter after Mike Ray re
covered a fumbled punt on the Blue
Stocking 16-yard marker. The Elon
gridders moved to a first down at the
five, and Perry Williams scored from
there in two plunges through the
middle. Bobby Ferrell’s kick was
wide, and Elon still trailed 7 to 6 at
the half-time.
The Elon gridders moved the ball
well at times, posting 251 yards in
combined running and passing, but
the Christian defense was unable to
halt the power running of Eckstein
nor the deadly throv ” of Kirkland.