Friday, November 3, 1967
PAGE 3
Homecoming Ends In
OLIPHANT AND MOORE PROVE VALUABLE IN ELON BACKFIELD
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By JOE LEE
David Oliphant (left) and Emery Moore (right) have
played some excellent football for the Christians this
year, Oliphant going full time at defensive halfback and
Moore having earned a starting post at fullback. Both
boys really came into starring roles as Elon toppled
Catawba in that 31-29 thriller, for Oliphant returned
a punt 57 yards for a TD and intercepted two passes,
and Moore rushed for more than 100 yards and scored
two of Elon’s four touchdowns. Oliphant is a senior
from Mooresvllle, while Moore is a sophomore from
Schenectady, N. Y.
Willianis Is Proving
Great Point Kicker
Withall the excitement
of Elon’s “NEW LOOK”
in football, one hardly
notices the hard work that
has been put in by the
baseball team this fall.
Coach Jerry Drake be
gan his fall workouts for
the Christian baseball
team on Sept. 19 with
forty-two candidates re
porting.
Last season the club
could manage only a mea
ger eight wins in its twen-
^-eight game schedule.
Out of these twenty de
feats, ten games were
lost by one run. Realiz
ing that no team should
lose that many close
games, Coach Drake has
emphasized hitting and
offensive base running
this fall. The team batting
average least season was
an anemic .216 percent.
Of course, the fall rost
er is far from complete,
with many prospects be
ing excused for various
reasons. Among those ex
pected on the diamond
next spring that are miss
ing because of varsity
tootball are; Bur gin
oeale, veteran of three
seasons as a pitcher; Joe
^inaca, sophomore trans
fer outfielder from the
niversity of Virginia
Uet s hope he helps the
naseball team as much as
has the football team);
na Dempsey Herring,
etterman third baseman,
hit .327 last year;
rank Mensch, sopho
more catcher, who is also
on the football squad. Al
so joining the baseball
team next spring will be
Shelton Stewart, Tom
Jernigan, and Tom Wat
son. These men are also
on the football team.
There are a lot of ques
tion marks which may de
termine heavily the out
come of the 1968 cam
paign. Joe Byrtus, first
baseman-pitcher under
went a knee operation and
is now recovering. Ed
Kirchgessner, a sopho
more starting pitcher;
Steve Bird, relief pit
cher; and Taylor Duggins,
starting short stop last
year, who batted .272 in
his sophomore season.All
are excused from fall
practice for academic
reasons.
Larry Collins, senior
pitcher from Jackson
ville , Fla., underwent
surgery on his left el
bow and saw only limited
action last year. Collins,
the only left-handed pit
cher on the staff, was an
outstanding chunker two
years ago, and hopes are
that he will return to that
form for the ’68 season.
The four starting posi
tions in the pitching rota
tion should produce a very
interesting battle. Vete
rans Burgin Beale and
Paul Amundsen could
possibly lose their jobs
to new prospects such as
Dave Snyder (Orwigsburg,
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Husky Perry Williams,
the big Elon blocking back
from Oxford, may go down
in Elon football history
as “True Toe Williams,
for he is gaining a repu
tation in his senior sea
son as one of the finest
place kickers in Elon Col
lege grid annals.
The big 210-pounder
had never tried place
kicking for extra points
until this season, and he
got his first test under
fire when he booted a
perfect three-for-three
to win the Presbyterian
game by a 21 to 20 count.
He then added one in his
lone try at Carson-New-
man, and on Saturday,Oc
tober 21st, four in four
tries at Catawba and add
ed in a field goal just
for kicks.
As a matter of fact,
Williams kickedfive-for-
five against the Indians,
but one of his extra points
did not count due to a
penalty against Elon on
one of his perfect boots.
Not to be denied, Will
iams just moved back five
yards and kicked good a-
gain.
Then, with only sec
onds on the clock, Will
iams put the frosting on
the cake for that Catawba
game when he kicked a
28-yard field goal to pull
Elon back in the lead at 31
I'o 29 in one of the most
thrilling games in Elon
grid annals.
An Idea of the value of
Williams’ educated toe
can be had from the fact
that Elon got only three
good kicks after TD’s in
ten games last fall and
only four in ten games the
autumn of 65. That means
that Williams, with a per
fect 8 for 8 in the last
three tilts this fall has
topped the output for two
whole seasons just past.
The laser beam could
well be the garbage dis
poser of the future. It
won’t grind, mulch or
burn; It will simply dis
integrate any substance
placed in its path.
ELON football]
Elon 28, Guilford 21.
Elon 13, Appala. 34.
Elon 21. Presby. 20.
Elon 7 Car.-New. 14
Elon 31 Catawba 29
Elon, 20 W. Car., 20
(Remaining Games)
Nov. 4-Newberry (A)
Nov. 11-Lenoir Rhyne (A)
Nov. 18--Frederick (H)
Tie
Bill Hits For Tying
Touchdown
For the fourth time this
season the Burgin Beale
passing arm pulled the
Christians from the brink
of defeat as he passed
the Elon eleven 73 yards
in exactly 52 seconds in
the final two minutes for
the TD and then the ex
tra point that gave a 20-
20 tie with Western Car
olina in the Homecoming
game.
With Elon favored to
win by a comfortable
margin and move into a tie
with Lenoir Rhyne for the
Conference lead, the
Christians had grabbed
the lead on a quick 53-
yard TD run by Gary
Jordan and then fell be
hind 7-6 when the Cats
scored in the second
quarter.
At that point Burgin
Beale threw the first of
his two TD passes for
the day, a 34-yard heave
to Jim Waller that put
Elon in front 12 to 7.
Western Carolina got the
first of two field goals
to narrow the lead at half-
time, and later the Cats
got a second three-point
er to go ahead again at
13-12.
With just 1:46 left on
the clock in the game.
Western’s Paul Smith
scooted 69 yards for the
goal, and Western led 20
to 12. The Homecoming
crowd started leaving the
stadium, and then Beale
went into action, complet
ing three straight passes,
the last a 20-yard TD
throw to Richard Mc-
George. Beale then threw
to Jim Waller for the
two-pointer that tied the
game 20 to 20.
It was another in the
long line of exciting Elon
Homecoming battles, so
many of which have gone
right down to the wire
for a decision. The tie-
score left Elon still sec
ond behind the LR Bears,
but it cost the Christians
their chance to move
ahead of the Bruins with
a win at Newberry this
week.
FIGURE FACTS
ElpiL W. Car.
17 First Downs 22
132 Yds. Gain Rush. 221
49 Yds. Lost Rush. 28
83 Net Yds. Rush. 193
31 Passes Attempted 34
16 Passes Completed 20
297 Yds. Gain Pass. 219
380 Total Yds. Off. 412
0 0pp. Passes Int. 1
0 Runback int. Pass 2
5 Number Punts 5
49.4 Ave. Yds. Punts 39.6
145 Runback All Kicks 89
1 Fumbles Lost 1
67 Yds. Penalized 5
SCORE BY PERIODS;
Elon 6 6 0 8 —20
W.Car. 0 10 0 10—20
Elon Touchdowns—
Jordan (53-run), Waller
(34-pass from Beale),
McGeorge (20-pass from
Beale). Extra Points —
Waller 2 (pass from
Beale). Western Caro
lina Touchdowns —Smith
2 (16-pass from Dalton,
69-run). Extra Points —
Brooks 2 (kicks). Field
Goals —Brooks 2 (31-
yards, 23 yards).