Sports
November 9,1995
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CLEUELAND
BLUES
Dave McKay
The 1986 NFL playoffs fea
tured a matchup of the New York
Jets at the Cleveland Browns.
The game went into double over
time, with a Matt Bahr field goal
finally eliminating the Jets. This
event inspired at least one 12-
year-old Baltimore resident to
take up sides with these old-fash
ioned warriors from Cleveland.
Nearly three years prior, this
same boy was heartbroken by the
sight of his Colts stealing out of
town in the middle of a snowy
night. But the Browns became a
worthy substitute... They even
conjured up memories of the old
Baltimore Colts, easing the pain
of their defection.
And now, my beloved
Browns are moving to my home.
Still, I cannot describe how
apalled and ashamed I am of my
hometown and the owner of the
dear Cleveland Browns.
Art Modell has embodied
all that is wrong with today’s
society. His money-grubbing
greed and disloyalty to the people
of Cleveland are simply deplor
able.
Does he think that Baltimore
can claim legends Otto Graham
and Jim Brown as its own? Never.
There will be half time shows
starring former Colts and pre
game awards ceremonies honor
ing Artie Donovan, Raymond
Berry, and Lenny Moore.
So now we have Arizona
Cardinals, St. Louis Rams,
Indianpolis Colts, and Baltimore
Browns. This is pathetic- the
league has got to step in and do
something.
My solution would be to
award expansion franchises to
Cleveland and Los Angeles, re
place all of the rightful identities,
and give the “expansion identi
ties” to the therfore unnamed
franchises in Arizona and India
napolis.
After all, the names, insig-
nias, colors, trophies, and histo
ries of these relocated teams be-
ong to their former cities. In
dianapolis and Arizona have no
Tootball heritage, and should cre
ate their own.
Besides, can you imagine
Johnny U. at a Baltimore Browns
game?
Elon wraps up season in tourney
Bob Grimmie
Staff Reporter
The Elon College women’s
volleyball team wrapped up its sea
son by finishing 1-2 at the Food
Lion/South Atlantic Conference
Tournament.
The Fightin’ Christians lost the
first game against Gardner-Webb
University. The women jumped
out to an early 2-0 lead with scores
of 15-9 and 15-5. However,
Gardner-Webb came back strong
to take three in a row, 15-13, 15-7,
15-13, to knock Elon into the losers
bracket.
Elon’s first opponent in the
losers bracket was Lenior-Rhyne.
The Fightin’ Christians, led by
Debbie Hall’s 15 kills, 15 digs and
two service aces, quickly disposed
of Lenior-Rhyne 15-5, !5-7, !5-4.
Senior Debbie Hall
earned
All-Tournament &
AIl-SAC honors.
Allison Gentry was
named
Freshman of the Yean
The ladies’ next, and last, op
ponent would be Catawba. This
was a back and forth game in which
the lead changed hands three times.
In the end however it was Catawba
that emerged victorious.
The final scores of the game
were 13-15, 15-7, 15-9, 10-15 and
10-15. Elon was again led by Hall,
Lisa Bumgarner and Allison Gen
try. Hall had 18 kills and 40 digs,
while Bumgarner added 13 kills
and Gentry posted 33 assists.
Andrew Brickey/The Pendulum
Head Coach Sue Leonard discusses her team’s strategy on the
sideline in a match earlier in the season.
Hair s efforts were recognized
as she was named to the All-Tour-
nament team. Hall, a senior, was
also honored as a member of the
first team All-SAC team. This
marks the third year in a row that
she has been selected to the All-
SAC team. She holds Elon College
records for digs in a career, 2,036,
digs in a season, 978(1995) and
kills in aseason, 662( 1995). Allison
Gentry was also honored as she
was named the SAC’s Freshman of
the Year.
I Elon inducts 5 into Hall of Fame
Elon’s 25th annual induction
ceremony into the Sports Hall of
Fame will honor five former Elon
athletes on Sat., Nov. 11. The cer
emony will be held in McCrary
Theatre beginning at 10:30 a.m.
This year’s inductees include
Wes Alexander, Prince Deese
(1977), Charlie Gamble (1977),
Randy Michaelsen (1980) and Eric
Smith (1982). The men contrib
uted a considerable amount to Elon
College athletics.
♦ Alexander served as Associ
ate Professor of Mathematics and
Chairman of the Mathematics De
partment for 14 years. He also was
Elon’s Faculty Athletics Represen
tative for 23 years and served as
President of the South Atlantic and
Carolinas Conference. He was in
ducted into the NAIA Hall of Fame
in 1991.
♦ Deese played football for Elon
as a running back. He was three
time All-SAC and the sixth leading
career rusher in school history. He
ran for over 2,700 yards in his ca
reer and scored 22 touchdowns.
Also, he was a member of the first
Elon team to attend the NAIA na
tional championship game in 1974.
♦ Gamble was an outfielder and
catcher for Elon’s baseball team.
In his final two seasons he hit .425
with 23 RBIs during 1976 and fol
lowed that up by hitting .346 with
10 doubles and 29 RBIs in 1977.
He also earned All-State honors
twice and was nominated for Aca
demic All-American in 1977.
♦ Michaelsen played as a defen
sive lineman for the football team
from 1976-1978. He earned All-
SAC and Honorable Mention All-
American honors in 1978. During
his career, he recorded 166 total
tackles, including 102 solos stops
and recovered five fumbles while
making four quarterback sacks.
♦ Smith was an outstanding
pitcher for Elon and holds the dis
tinction of tossing two no-hitters
during his career. He.recorded a
19-5 overall record from 1978-
1981, placing him at an all-sime
sixth among Elon pitchers with a
.792 winning percentage. He never
lost more than two games on the
mound in any season.
Following the induction cer
emony, the Fightin’Christians foot
ball team will kick off its 1995
homecoming at 2 p.m.
Information contributed by Elon's
Sports Information Department.
Swim club upsets Catawba
Catawba had previously de
feated the Elon’s swimming team,
124-48 earlier in the season. How
ever, last Saturday the Fightin’ Fish
upset their competitors, 91-90.
It had appeared that Catawba
would defeat Elon again but offi
cials discovered a scoring glitch,
which altered the outcome. Kyle
Habercroft swam well, nipping
Catawba’s ace swimmer in the 100
free style, therefore turning the meet
in Elon’s favor.
After coming off a great vic
tory, the Elon’s women continued
their win streak by defeating the
Longwood Lappers, 230-116. The
men fell short to their competitors,
140-185 at the Kourey Center Beck
pool.
Swimmer Kyle Habercroft led
the Elon swimmers as she secured
first place in five events (50 and
100-meter free style, 50-meter back
stroke, and two relays).
Several swimmers clinched
first place in two events: Brock
Pysz (50 and 100-meter free style),
Cathy Strong (200 and 500-meter
free style), Brent Schroyer (50 and
100-meter back stroke), Lynn
Maciolek (100-meter back stroke,
100-meter free style), and Rachel
Browne (50 and 100-meter back
stroke).
Elon will challenge Catawba
this weekend at Beck pool for its
second match-up this season.
Information contributed by Kyle
Torke, coach of the Elon Fightin ’
Fish Swim Club.
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Nov. 11
Elon Homecoming
(10:30 a.m. McCrary Theater-
Induction of Sports Hall of Fame)
ELON VS. WINGATE
Times-News Pre-Game Show 1:30 p.m.
Kickoff at 2 p.m.
Action aired live on 920 AM, WBBB
This week^s game is
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