Christians Hold N. C. Central To Lono Tally Hornets Sting Cross Town Rivals 21 6 BURLINGTON - The: Hon College "Fighting Christians" upped . their ? season record to 4-1 with a ' 50-8 pasting of the Nbrth Carolina Central Eagles, the; Fighting Christians scored in;, the first three periods as they , won their first victory over the Eagles in their - third v try before 4,200 fans. Elon scored the first time that they gained possession of the ball. Chuck ' Lindsey returned Eric Mines' punt 56 yards to the Fighting Christians a and 10 at the Eagles 11. In five plays, Elon was on the scoreboard on Bob DeFrenn's first of four touchdowns. The Fighting Christians led after the first period 7-0. In the second period. DeFrenn scored his second touchdown on a one yard run with 13:58 left in the half. The Eagles came right; back when defensive tackle 1 Randal Evans caused Elon quarterback Mike Currin to fumble at the Elon 8. After an incomplete plass ' play, NCCU quarterback Ahrin Cauthorn connected on Jul 8 yard ' scoring ipass . to Maurice Bassett, .? On" ihe attempted try for two points, Cauthorn's pass wai i in- -; complete. ' ' : :"--t The Fighting 'Christians i;. came back with two touch downs in the last two minutes after they blocked Eric Hines punt out of the, end zone. Currin hooked up with Roxic Bratton on a 33 yard touch down pass, and on a 13 yard pass to give Elon a command- ing 30-6 halftime lead. Elon piled up 20 third period points to the Eagles 2 thus giving them their 50 8 margin. DeFreen had runs of 12 and 2 for touchdowns. The vaunted Elon de fensive held v the J Eagles passers to 93 yards passing on 13 of 34 passes; They intercepted . 3 passes. ,,The Eagles backs rushed for 103 yards but Elon rushed: ifor 224 yards and passed for fContinued On Page ? 6J t7? Sfctfo In Sfioi7drjun. Sai. 9K ' THE KINGS AND QUEENS "Come Home With a Touch of Class" North Caror Una A&T football stars Dwaine Board (90) and Ellsworth Turner (10) take a break from their practice schedule to meet with Miss N. C. A&T Debbie Richardson (R) and ; Miss Black N. C, Angela Watson, as the Aggies prepare for homecoming .activities.' More than 20,000 persons are expected in Greensboro for the Univer sity's Homecoming (Photo by William Peeler).' y Number one ranked 1 South Carolina State, warmed up for; its showdown; match with Morgan State by whip ping winless ; Johnson C. Smith, 47-6 Saturday night in Charlotte while Morgan State kept pace with a hard earned , 14-0 victory over state-rival Maryland-Eastern Shore to highlight a full schedule in the Mid Eastern Athletic Conference Saturday. S. C. State increased its' overall record to 5-0 with its victory over Johnson C. Smith as Rickey Anderson scored three ' touchdowns. 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'December 3 in Richmond, Va, against the champion of ) the Central Intercollegiate' '"Athletic Association, (CIAA). - In other action involv ing MEAC teams Delaware State won its third straight game blanking Howard, 18-0 while N. C. A&T turned back Norfolk State, 21-14. In another non-con' ference . tussle Elon romped to a 50-8 win over North Carolina Central. Anderson, who rushed for 220 yards in 10 carries, scored three touchdowns on runs of 43, 84 and 53 yards to trigger the Bulldog offense against J. C. Smith. The Bull dogs jumped off to a 27-6 halftime lead and coasted to . the win. Anderson got the Bull dogs on the scoreboard in the initial period when he raced 43 yards to paydirt. Later in the period Jackie Reed cracked over from five yards out and quarterback Nat Rivers galloped 52 yards. Malcolm Montgomery missed his extra point attempt this season following Reed's score and the Bulldogs led, 20-0 at the end of the first 15 minutes. Midway the second stanza, Anderson electrified the crowd when he raced 84 yards to paydirt J. C. Smith got on the scoreboard before intermission when ' Ernest Williams plunged over from the one to cut the inter mission score to 27-6. - Anderson took up where he left off in the third quarter A swarn of Hornets from the south side of town, in- , vaded the Durham County Stadium - Friday : night, and left 1 Durham High School Bulldogs licking their wounds to the tune of only one TD. The Hillside aggregation took advantage of a Bulldog . miscue and pranced 37 yards for their first' taDy,! then took command of a 65 yard march in their second drive to paydirt, which saw a 14-0 figure on the score board at the halfway mark. For the benefit of the record, the Hornets are now 4-2 and 2-0 in loop play while the "Dogs" are 12-4 and 1-1. Hillside mentor Brad pleased by the running of Vernon Harris in the first stanza as he went over from the seven and four yard markers and also squirming through' the middle for a two point conversion. , "But in the second half they carried it to us," Brad shaw remarked. "It's the same thing that has applied to them all years. They re a second half ball club. I don't know what happened to us. We had that 14 point lead, I guess we could have let down a little." The second half per formance of the northside gridders . wasn't enough to cause joy to coach James "Bumps" Elliott. "They just whipped us," he said. "I thought we had some, momentum in the second half and I don't think- losing our quarterback was the difference, v i .s "The usual things, noth ing different' he remarked. "These guys come out fired up for the third quarter all the time, no matter what you say." : 'if we can run it, we'd rather run' it man throw it," said Coach Willie Bradshaw. '"When you start putting it in the air, you never know what's going io happen." The DHS group got on the scoreboard with 2:38 left in the third . quarter as Matt Slaughter tossed a 26-yard aerial to Ricky Daye. Slaughter was hit immediate ly after the toss and injured his left shoulder. Daye's pass off a fake kick was incomplete. . . Jamison King found Lennie Currington again in the! fading moments of. the contest on a 30-yard scoring tOSS. -f.wv iv: .('; The Hornets are now 2-0 in the Big Seven Conference, all alone on the top rung of the league ladder but there are four more tough oppo nents facing the squad and who knows it better than Coach Bradshaw. In a doubleheader at County Stadium Friday night, Durham - meets Northern at 6:45 and the Hillsiders battle Chapel Hill at 9:00 p.m. Both are con ference contests llorcca-Stdo And ScsllV Ccrdfca Stcfo Lcadbg MEAC Grid Raco Last year Morgan State and Cnnth Tamlina .' Ktatn when he romped 53 yards to.v , finished in a dead heat for '; pay dirt for the Bulldogs' only third period score. In the final 15 minutes the Bulldogs got two more TDs. Defen sive ; end William i Parker! re covered a fumble in the end zone and Rivers sneaked over from the, one-yard line. Montgomery, missed the PAT from placement after River's TD. v ,,'' .. Morgan State scored touchdowns in the first and second quarters and played a stout defense in the second half against Maryland-Eastern Shore. Lloyd McCleave, who rushed for 150 yards in 29 carries, scored on a 13 yard run in the first quarter. Continued On Page 9 the Mid-Eastern Athletic Con ference football champion ship with identical , 5-1 league records. After vction Saturday ini the MEAC, these same two teams stand at the ' top of the pack in the league race and the right to repre sent , the conference in the Gold Bowl Ad.- bei played , Saturday,'.. December 3, , in Richmond, Virginia against . the champion of the Central Intercollegiate Ath letic Association (CIAA). : Morgan State came from behind in the second half to defeat North Carolina Central ," 35-25 in a I league game played in Durham while S. C. State was enjoying a 3f-7 non-conference victory over Alcorn A&M in Lorman, Mississippi. South Carolina State, ranked number two in the NCAA Division Two polls, is 3-0 in conference play and 4-0 overall. Mor gan is 1-0 in family competi tion and 2-1-1 against all opponents. . , m -other action involving f MEAC teams, Delaware State blanked Maryland-Eastern Shore, 22-0 in the only other league tussle. In non-conference play A&T got in the winning column under new coach Jim McKinley with; a shocking 44-20 victory over winless Johnson C. Smith. Howard had the week off. H0 DECODING NCCU "Eagles' VJ. DELAVJARE STATE "llornoto CnOrivririTT mm., 0'ICELLY , STADIlir.1 j J CAUTHORN SludsBb ... '3s' Adalls . . . S5W . 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