FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1967
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By EDDIE OSBORNE
The “New” Elon
Christians furnished ex
citing but disappointing
entertainment for their
fans when they played host
to the hill-billy eleven
from Appalachian two
weeks ago in the second
game of this 1967 sea
son, for the Christian fans
were disappointed when
they lost 34 to 13 after
topping Guilford in the ex
citing opener.
The Apps might have
won the game, but they
found that the Christians
were no tender babies in
combat, for several of the
Mounties hadto limpfrom
the field with battle
wounds at one stage of the
game or another.
It was pleasing that in
spite of the cold night,the
Memorial Stadium was
packed with another rec
ord crowd of spirit-filled
fans, and this spirit was
matched by the Christians
as they put up a hard fight
against the Mountaineers.
A bright spot in the play
for the Elon fans was when
Burgin Beale handed off
to Joe Rinaca on a re
verse that netted a touch
down and lighted the
scoreboard with the first
six points of the night.
Lloyd Kanipe’s try for
PO'nt failed, and the Apps
came back to tie the score
and go ahead at 13-6 by
half-time.
Beale continued to
shine as he broke away
for one long gainer on
ground and passed to
Richard McGeorge for a
OCC.'JIIU.
the Apps themselves roll
ed in the final half to
notch the final 34 to 13
margin. Shining brightly
once more on defense for
Elon was Lloyd Kanipe’s
big white 53 at the line
backer spot, and others
of the Elon linemen were
hitting hard all the way.
The Christians travel
led down into South Caro
lina last weekend to bat
tle the Presbyterian Blue
Hose in the first of three
battles on the road, and
this week Coach Red Wil
son will lead his Maroon
and Gold legions over the
mountains into Tennessee
for a clash with the Car-
son-Newman Eagles.
Maybe Dr. Danieley
should try his fortunes
again with a dream about
those Tennessee Baptisp,
for his dream about Guil
ford proved highly pro
phetic.
It was truly heartening
to see the very fine stu
dent body spirit for the
two opening battles with
Guilford and Appala
chian, and one hopes that
the same strong support
will be accorded to me
Fighting Christian grid
ders throughout the re
mainder of the season.
The Greensboro paper
declared that a thud
was heard as
off the victory cloud on
the night of the Appala
chian battle, but let s get
the student body and the
football team combined
to bring down others ot
Jimmy Waller (left) and Richard McGeorge (right)
have started at the offensive ends in Elon’s early-
season grid battles this fall, and the two sophomores
form one of the finest pass-catching combination on
the flanks to be found in the Carolinas Conference.
Waller, who stands 6 feet tall and weighs 184 pounds
comes from Winston-Salem and played freshman ball
at Clemson before transferring to Elon. McGeorge,
who is 6-4 tall and weighs 202, comes from Roanoke,
Va., and was a starter for the Christians as a fresh
man last fall.
New Players Show
Power On Diamond
The fall baseball prac
tice, which has been in
progress for the past sev
eral weeks under the di
rection of Coach Jerry
Drake, has brought about
several question marks
for the 1968 campaign,
some of the questions
pertaining to the physical
condition of players and
others concerning prob
able regulars.
There is one question
whether Larry Collins,
senior letterman pitcher
from Florida, will return
to his old form of two
years ago when he was an
outstanding starter on the
mound for the Christians.
Larry underwent elbow
surgery in the summer of
1966 and saw only limited
duty last spring. There
are no other lefthanded
pitchers on the roster.
There is also a ques
tion whether Joe Byrtus,
a letterman first base
man, will be fully re
covered from knee sur
gery last summer. Byr
tus has played some fine
baseball in the past two
seasons, andCoachDrake
is hoping that the Virginia
boy will be ready to full
blast.
There is also an in
teresting battle In pro
spect for the four regu
lar starting pitching
posts, with the possibil
ity that either Burgin
Beale or Paul Amundsen,
starters last spring,
could lose their regular
turns to promising new
comers to the Elon mound
staff.
Among the fine new
comers showing form in
the fall workouts are John
Austin, a very fine right
hander from Greensboro,
who starred in Ameri
can Legion ball; Dave
(Continued on page 4)
Elon Faces
C-N Eleven
The Elon football squad
treks westward over the
mountains into Tennes
see this weekend and will
meet the strong Carson-
Newman Eagles in Jeffer
son City, Tenn., in a Sat
urday afternoon game.
This game marks the
sixth meeting between the
Fighting Christians and
the Eagles, and Elon will
be seeking to even the
series count in wins at
3-all in this week’s game.
The Eagles toppled the
Christians here last fall
by a 14 to 0 margin.
the Conference grid
squads off their Cloud
Nines.
Elon Rallies
For Victory
By 21 To 20
Once more the Fighting
Christians used a fourth-
quarter comeback for vic
tory as Richard Mc
George grabbed a Bur
gin Beale pass in the end
zone with 5:40 left in the
fourth quarter to upset the
favored Presbyterian
Blue Hose 21 co 20 in
a Carolinas Conference
grid battle in Clinton, S.
C., last Saturday after
noon.
The Christians scored
first and moved to a 7-0
lead with six minutes left
in the secondperiod,mov-
ing 51 yards as Beale
completed three passes to
McGeorge for a total of
37 yards and Emery
Moore dived over from
the one, with Perry Will
iams kicking good.
With less than two min
utes remaining before
half-time, the PC eleven
topped a 52-yard drive
when Dan Eckstein bucked
five for a score, which
netted a 7-7 tie at the
break. The Hose then
came right back on the
first play of the second
half for a Kirtland to
Eckstein pass that went
54 yards to a go-ahead
TD and a 14 to 7 count.
Elon threw a bomb of
her own five minutes later
when Beale tossed to Mc
George, who raced 78
yards for a touchdown,
Williams again kicked
good to tie the score at
14-all. Moments later
Presbyterian moved a-
head again on a 78-yard
aerial bomb from Kirt
land to Billy Cooper, but
the kick failed to leave
the score 20-14 and set
the stage for the Elon
rally.
With the Christians
moving 58 yards for the
winning TD, Beale keyed
the drive with a 14-yard
run and two passes for 28
and 8 yards to McGeorge,
the last one caught in the
end zone. Perry Williams
booted his third extra
point of the day to five
Elon the 21 to 20 vie-
torv
Elon FACTS Prg^
19 First Downs 12
147 Yds. Gain Rush. 84
32 Yds. Lost Rush. 36
115 Net Yds. Rush, 48
31 Passes Attempted 27
13 Passes Completed 15
221 Yds, Gain Passing 280
336 Total Yds Offense 328
4 Opp. Passes Interc, 1
3 Runback Int, Passes 0
6 Number Punts 6
36,5 Ave. Yds.Punts 37.3
94 Runback All Kicks 75
1 Fumbles Lost 1
34 Yds, Penalized 91
SCORE BY PERIODS:
Elon 0 7 7 7 —21
Pres 0 7 13 0 —20
Elon Touchdown—
Moore (1-tun),McGeorge
2 (73-pass from Beale,
8-p:tss from Beale. Ex
tra Points—Williams 3
(kicks). Presbyterian
Touchdowns—Eckstein 2
(5-iUn, 54-pass from
Kirtland), Cooper (78-
pass from Kirtland). Ex
tra Points — Horne 2
(kicks).