Hage Four, THE HILLTOP Sept. 22, 1978
Mars Hill 14-13 LOSS TO ELON
DROPS LIONS TO 1-2
Elon, Mars Hill’s nem sis in the SAC-8,
continued its domination over the Lions
last Saturday night, but barely, in
13 victory in Meares Stadium. Sixth
ranked in the NAIA national polls Elon
trailed 10-0 at the end of the first half as
the Lions scored in the first quarter on a
two yard run by Roger Cruell and again
in the second quarter on a John Gul-
ledge field goal.
Early in the third quarter, however,
the Fighting Christians luck picked up
as they recovered a fumble on the Lions
nine yard line and took it into the end
zone three plays later. Seven minutes
later the Lions’ drive to the Elon end
zone stalled just short of the goal and
John Gulledge booted his second field
goals of the night.
The scoring was completed early in
the final quarter when Elon quarterback
Mike Currin hit tailback Bobby Hedrick
for passes of 29 and 20 yards and then
went to flanker Roxie Bratton for 14
which placed the ball on the Lions 1
yard line. Fullback Bob DeFrenn bull
ed it over from there for the final score
of the night. Mars Hill had one attempt
left as quarterback Mike Wooten moved
the Lions to Eton’s 20, but Gulledge’s
field goal attempt went wide with 5
minutes left to play.
The bright spot for the Lions was the
defense, which held Elon s vaunted
running game to 47 yards for the even
ing. Wooten hit of three of 18 passes for
31 yards and the Lions picked up 171
yards on the ground for a total of 202
yards compared to Eton’s 47 on the
ground and 117 in the air for 164 total.
In the previous week’s game. Mars
Hill came from behind to win over Liber
ty Baptist College in Lynchburg, Va. In
their first win of the season. Mars Hill
cashed in on two fumble recoveries to
overcome a 9-point halftime deficit and
register a 29-16 victory over the Flames
(that’s right. Flames).
In that contest the Lions scored on
runs by Kenny Phillips in the second,
quarter, quarterback Mike Wooten took
in it for two scores, and John Gulledge
kicked a 23 yard field goal to produce
the win.
Mars Hill is now 0-2 in the SAC-8 con
ference race and 1-2 overall. The Lion s
next game is against SAC-8 foe Gardner-
Webb this Saturday in Boiling Springs.
John Landi
Loves
His Movie
What brought on the TOGA craze?
The Movie Animal House is the guilty
party. Currently playing in Asheville,
the movie is a must if you like to laugh.
It will have you rolling on the floor and
laughing until you almost can’t take it.
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Dexter Fischer Looking
Cute In His Toga
(Photo by John Wood)
I^X^^andisTthe 27-year-old direc-
tor of National Lampoon’s Animal
S House, has a face almost engulfed by
shaggy dark brown hair, a beard, and
dark hornrimmed glasses. But some
where under there lies a brash exuber
ance that matches his frequently-wild
flilm And, like his film, John doesn t
shy away from raising his voice.
During a recent lunchtime interview
he was angry about attacks from crit
ics whom he felt were ill-informed, if
not patently corrupt. One critic — for
the San Francisco Chronicle — even
wrote an interview with Landis that
Landis swears he never gave.
“You have to realize that I have just
spent two weeks going all over the
country. 1 have met, I guess, by now
seriously — 250 local critics, journalists,
television personalities.
“At the end of two weeks — this hap
pened in Baltimore, Maryland — a re
porter asked me a stupid question, and
I realized, ‘I’m no longer going to be
charming.’ And I told him: ‘That’s an
asinine question. Go back and do your
homework. Don’t waste my time. He
was 80 upset. I’ve now decided the
policy is to be polite, but totally straight.
To soak up audience reactions, Lan
dis has taken to attending Animal House
showings. “It was wonderful to see how
different audiences understand differ
ent things. I’ve seen audiences respond
purely on a scholastic level, only to the
jokes concerning school, of which there
are many.” » . i
He likes to also point out that Animal
House, a picture about affluent white
college kids, is attracting large nunabers
of black viewers. All this sometirnes
leads Landis to pontificate about his
movie: "At first, I was concerned a-
bout how truly subversive the movie
is, but I feel much better about it now.
“The movie takes place in 1962,” he
explains. “1962 was a seminal year for
the United States. It was the last year of
the fifties. In the movie are hints of what
is to come: the sixties, which are pro
bably one of the healthiest times in our
country’s history.”
Festival Foresight (cont. From pg. d
Lunsford became concerned during
his college career, that his native moun
tain people were abandoning their tra
ditional way of life. “Our section, you
know has been slandered,” he onije
commented, “People had the notion
that it was somehow inferior.”
He dedicated himself to becoming
a one-man repositroy of folk-lore,
mountain tunes and ballads, stories,
and dancing. He supported himself
with many occupations during his
time, but none held sway over him like
music did. The results of his labor were
soon realized. Highlighting his career
were performances for president Frank-
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uscripts, and recordings to the sC
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lifetime, but this is the only one a
lowed to carry his name.
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