FEBRUARY 16, 1968
maroon and gold
Elon Swamps Cats 92 To 73
^C.CED ACTION wm o^EsfEHN o«oT7^ Gocdsck Tops Elon
Attack In Triumph
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SPORTS
SPOTS
By EDDIE OSBORNE
Lion’s lommy Davis may be down on the floor, but he is definitely not out of the
rugged action as he fights to hang onto the ball against two of the Western Carolina
Catamounts during Elon’s 92 to 73 victory on the Elon court on Saturday night, Feb
ruary 3rd. Noble Marshall is the other Elon player, who is watching the struggles
of Davis from his seat on the floor.
Elon Grapplers
Down Guilford
In Meet Here
The Elon College grap
plers turned in three falls
out of nine individual mat
ches and added four wins
by decisions or forfeits
as the Christians rolled
for a 31 to 8 victory
over the Guilford Quak
ers on the Elon mats
here on Monday night,
February 5th.
Tom Jernigan and
Ralph Moore, both of
whom are undefeated for
the season, got two of the
falls for Elon, and Phil
Larrabee added the other,
while Gary Dean and Da
vid Oliphant won Elon de
cisions. Johnnie Cooper,
of Guilford, also got a
fall in his match.
The summary:
123 POUNDS; Dean (E)
decision over Blue.
130 POUNDS: Cooper
(G) failoverShirley.(time
6:02)
137 POUNDS: Oliphant
(E) decision over Ben-
bow.
145 POUNDS: Larra
bee (E) fall over Still
well. (Time 3:50)
152 POUNDS: Jerni
gan (E) fall over Nor
man (Time: 3:50)
160 POUNDS: Carroll
(G) decision over Franks.
167 POUNDS: M. Hugh
es (E) won by forfeit
177 POUNDS:B.Hughes
won by forfeit.
UNLIMITED: R.Moore
(E) fall over Nichols.
(Time 0:40)
People are passing the
big showcase in the foyer
of the Long Student Cen
ter with new gleams of
joy and some degree of
surprise on their faces
as they view the recent
addition to the showcase.
Yes, you have guessed
it, the subject of the joy
and pleasant surprise is
the picture of the newest
proposed building for E-
lon College, a new struc
ture that is soon to rise
outside our so-called
brick jungle.” It is a
new and modern gym
nasium which is destined
to be of tremendous ben
efit to Elon’s athletic pro
gram.
It is true that Elon has
long had one of the lar-
gest gymnasiums in the
conference, but its size
'*'as primarily provided
for basketball crowds,and
the new gymnasium pic-
^red in the foyer of the
Student Center will do
niuch to eliminate the
crowded atmosphere of
activites in the present
Alumni Memorial Gym on
Saturday and Sunday af
ternoons.
Everyone likes a little
exercise, but everyone
has the same idea at
seemingly the same time,
and this has presented a
problem in the effort to
crowd large numbers of
boys playing basketball
on the floor of the pre
sent gym at the same
particular time.
The present juniors and
seniors may find them
selves at a slight disad
vantage, for it is under
stood that the new gym
nasium will not be com
pleted and ready for use
until they have graduated,
but the new structure will
be a great benefit to the
members of the current
freshman and sophomore,
who may get a chance to
try out their muscles in
the new facility.
The new physical edu
cation building will con
tain a regulation size in
door swimming pwol, all
of which will eliminate
the necessity to play in
the naturally created wa
ter holes around the cam-
^^^t will also furnish a
new full-size gymnasium,
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Balanced offense which
put five Elon men in dou
ble figures paid off with
a lopsided 92 to 73 tri
umph over the Western
Carolina Catamounts
here at Elon on Satur
day night, February 3rd,
when the Christians hit
a brilliant 60 per cent
of their floor shots for
the win.
Henry Goedeck and
Tom McGee were the big
guns in the Fighting
Christian assault, with
each of them hitting on
nine of fourteen floor
shots, with Goedeck fin
ishing with 24 points and
McGee with 21 counters.
The Christians moved
ahead for keeps at 5-3
after two minutes and
never trailed after that.
They were out front by
43-32 at the half-time
and they widened the mar
gin in the closing min
utes.
Following Goedeck and
McGee in the Elon scor
ing attack were Bobby
Atkins with 13, Tommy
Davis with 13 and Rich
ard McGeorge with 10
points. Goedeck and Mc
George led the Lion re
bounding.
This balanced attack
overcame the fine scor
ing of Western Carolina’s
Henry Logan, who bang
ed in a total of 42 points
for the night to main
tain his individual scor
ing leadership intheCar-
CAGE GAMES
Klon 74, Ga. Southern 73.
Lion 70, Shorter 52.
Lion 59, Wofford 55
Llcr; 66, Guilford 85.
Lion 67, At. Chris. 81.
Lion -iS, I.. Rhyne 68.
Elon 63, High Point 67.
Elon 73, Campbell 92.
Elon 63, W.S.State 90.
Elon 66, A, and T. 79.
Elon 66, Wofford 61.
Elon 64, L. Rhyne 72.
Elon 87, Campbell 68.
Elon 90, High Point 92
Elon 102, Catawba 88
Elon 96, Catawba 123
Elon 75 Appalachian 87
Elon 80, Presbyterian 73
Elon 92, W. Carolina 73.
Elon 78, Pfeiffer 82.
Elon 81, Appalachian 75.
(Remaining Gaines)
Feb. 17 — W. Carolina (A).
Feb. 21 -- Erskine (A).
Feb. 24 -- Guilford (H).
heb. 28 to Mar. 2 — Con
ference I'ournamcnt.
olinas Conference,
THE SUMMARY:
Pos. EIon(92)W, Car.(73)
F.McGeorge(10)McCon(4)
F. Atkins (15) Thomp.(3)
C. Goedeck (24) Witt.(17)
G. McGee (21) Logan(42)
G.MarshaII(9) Sapp (7)
Half-time: Elon 43,W,
Carolina 32.
Elon sub — Davis 13.
West Carolina subs —
Litz, Brown, Turbyfill.
Pfeiffer Five Wins
In Upset Cage Tilt
The Pfeiffer Falcons
broke away to an early
lead and went on to up
set the Elon Christians 82
to 78 in a Carolinas Con
ference cage battle on the
Falcon court on Monday
night, February 5th.
The Christians fell be
hind in the early minutes
of the battle and were
forced to play a futile
game of “catch-up” all
night, and erratic shoot
ing through much of the
battle foiled all efforts
by the Maroon and Gold
quintet to overhaul the
flying Falcons, who were
showing some fantastic
shooting.
Harry Comer, Pfeiffer
freshman, hit six straight
shots from more than 30
feet out, as he led the
Falcon scoring with 27
points for the night.Three
other Falcon players
were also in double fi
gures, with Jim Burk
hart hitting 18 points and
Dwight Hinnant and
Dwight Kincaid each
banging in 12 points.
The Christian cagers
also showed four men in
double figures, but it was
case of too little too late.
Henry Goedeck topped the
Christian scoring with 25
points, most of which
came in the second half.
Other Elon leaders were
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Christian Mat
Squad Loses
At Pembroke
The Pembroke State
wrestlers moved ahead in
the early matches and
then held off a determin
ed band of Elon College
matmen to win a 19 to
14 decision in a dual grap
pling engagement on the
Pembroke mats on Fri
day night, February 2nd.
The home standing
Braves won the three
opening matches on de
cisions and took the four
th on a decision for a
14-0 lead before Elon's
Tom Jernigan gained a
fall over Pembroke’s Tom
Cranfield.- Bill Franks,
Mike Hughes and Ralph
Moore then won decisions
in three late matches for
Elon. Elon forfeited the
177-pound match due to
injury.
The summary:
123 POUNDS: Goss (P)
decision over Dean,
130 POUNDS: Eisenhow
er (P) decision over Shir
ley.
137 POUNDS: Connell
(P) decision over Oli
phant.
145 POUNDS: Cranfield
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