taiDAY. FEBRUARY 28. 1969
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fff^O SCENES AS CHRISTIANS CLOSUD HOME SEASON WITH WIN OVER CATAMOUNTS
Elon In Overtime
Win Over Newberry
After coming from be
hind to tie the score at
73-all on a last-minute
basket, the F ighting
Christian cagers ripped
the cords for thirteen
points in overtime to turn
back the Newberry In
dians 86 to 78 in a Caro-
linas Conference battle
at Newberry on February
20th. It was the eleventh
straight win for the
Christians.
The homestanding
Newberry outfit had grab
bed a six-point edge in
a tightly contested first
falf, and the Indians were
still ahead by two points
and had ball possession
with only thirty seconds
left in the game.
At that point Pete John
son stole the ball, and then
with just twenty seconds
on the clock, Tom McGee
hit from the top of the
key to pull Elon all even
at 73-73, The Indians held
the ball for a last-second
one shot attempt, but the
shot failed to drop and
forced the game into
overtime.
Tommy Cole took over
for Elon at that time and
hit five straight points
for the Christians, in
cluding one three-point
play, and the Christians
were off to the races in
the overtime. The
Maroon and Gold outfit
hit 13 points while New
berry got five, and the
victory was won.
The Christians put five
men in double figures for
the game, which was play
ed without the services of
Captain Bill Bowes.
Bowes missed the game
due to the death of his
mother last weekend, but
he is expected to return
to action for the Guilford
game on Saturday night.
Big and rugged Richard
McGeorge hit nine of
twelve field goal shots
and added three free
throws for 21 points to
pace the Elon attack, and
he also pulled down 18 re-
(Continued on page 4)
The two pictures above represent action scenes from Elon’s final home game of
the 1969 basketball season, a battle which netted a decisive 96 to 73 win over the
Western Carolina Catamounts. The three-column picture at the left portrays
Elon’s Tom McGee as he fired an underhand shot at the basket from between two
unidentified Western Carolina players. Closing in with his back to the camera is
Western Carolina’s Captain Gene McConnell (Number 25). The two-column picture
at the right shows Elon’s Henry Goedeck in tight defensive action against Western
Carolina towering Greg Kinman (Number 23).
Christians Down Catamounts
By 96-73 In Last Hojne Game
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Elon To Play Ten
Grid Games During
Coming 1969 Season
The Elon College foot
ball squad will play a ten-
Same schedule during the
'upcoming 1969 grid sea
son, according to an an
nouncement from Coach
Red Wilson, who ex
pressed pleasure at
rounding out a full list
of ten games for the first
time in several years.
The Christians have
played only nine games
for the past two seasons,
^ fact which had a tre-
'nendous effect on the
Various individual rec
ords which were set by
the Elon grid stars.
Xhe Gardner-Webb
College gridders from
Shelby, who are just mov
ing up from the junior col
lie ranks to full four-
year college status will
fill the vacant spot on
the Christian schedule,
meeting the Maroon and
Gold outfit in the final
game of the season on
Elon’s home «eld.
Other games on the 1969
Christian pLoms
elude the same nine team
t£t were played during
Z past 1968 campaign.
(Continued on page
With ten of the Fight
ing Christian cagers
sharing in the scoring, the
Elon basketball squad
grabbed a decisive 96 to
73 victory over the West
ern Carolina Catamounts
in the final home game of
this 1969 season played in
Alumni Memorial Gym
nasium on Saturday night,
February 15 th.
The triumph over the
tall Catamounts was the
tenth consecutive victory
for Coach Bill Miller’s
boys, and it also gave Elon
a sweep of the two-game
series with the Western
Carolina squad for the
first time in four years^
for the Christians had
previously topped the
Cats at Cullowhee.
The win also clinched
for Elon the second spot
in the Carolinas Con
ference and with that
honor the second seeding
in the annual Conference
tourney, which got under
way in Winston-Salem s
huge colosseum on Wed
nesday night of this week.
Henry Goodeck and
Richard McGeorge were
the top scorers for Elon
in the victory over the
Cats, with Goedeck set
ting a new all-time Elon
field goal mark while
schoring 27 points to top
the attack. McGeorge
trailed Goedeck with 21
points for the night, with
Captain Bill Bowes com
ing in with 11 points for
third honors.
The game proved to be
a close and hard-fought
battle through most of the
first half, with the visiting
Catamounts leading
through the early min
utes, but with Elon qi^
coming to the fore
early baskets by Goedeck
and Steve Caddell.
The Cats stayed in the
fight until the closing
minutes of the half, with
the teams swapping the
lead nine times in the
last five minutes before
intermission, with Elon
finally surging to a 47-42
lead at the break.
The Christians surged
ahead by ten points in the
first five minutes of the
second half and coasted
home with the 23-point
final margin, which cam^e
as great climax for Elon’s
home campaign.
THE LINE-UPS
CAGE GAMES
Elon 79, L.M.U. 78.
Elon 104, Cumberland 117
Elon 79,
Elon 74,
Elon 94,
Elon
Elon
Elon
Elon
Elon
Elon
Elon
Elon
Elon
Elon
Elon
Elon
56,
73.
72,
83,
97,
106,
75,
81,
76,
65,
Wofford 63.
High Point 87.
A.C.C. 76.
L. Rhyne
L. Rhyne
Campbell
A.C.C.
Catawba
Guilford
78,
Pos.
G.
Pos.
Elon (96)
Goedeck (27)
Caddell (5)
Bowes (11)
Johnson (2)
Cole (9)
W
Carolina (73)
Wittman (18)
F. McConnell (13)
C. Kinman (19)
G. Brown (5)
G. Wright (5)
Half-time: Elon 47,
Western Carolina 42.
Elon subs—McGeorge
21, McGee 9, Marshall 4,
Berry 3, Hicklin2. West
ern Carolina subs—
Brinkman 4, Haskell 2,
Litz 5.
March 9, 1830—The first
company to use “Trust Com
pany” as part of its title was
the City Bank Farmer’s Trust
Company in New York which
was chartered on this date.
59.
65.
66.
89.
74.
94.
Campbell, 97.
High Point 94.
Wofford 60.
Pfeiffer 58.
Catawba 66.
A.S.U. 64.
Elon 53, Presbyterian 51.
Elon 76. W. Carolina 71.
Elon 67, Appalachian 65.
Elon 65, Presbyterian 54.
Elon 82, Pfeiffer 70.
Elon 96, W. Carolina 73.
Elon 86, Newberry, 78
(Remaining Games;
Feb. 22 - Guilford (A),
Feb. 26-30 - Conference
Tournament
MARCH BIRTHDAYS^
March 1,1872—The Yellow
stone National Park was es
tablished,
March 4, 1789—The Con
stitution of The United States
became effective after ratifi
cation by nine states.