V.M.I. SPORTS CADET

PA«E SIX THE Mn CADET, LEXINGTON, VIRGINIA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1958 Sport Shorts Defensive Outfit Thine lads Down Davidson Proves Strongest By DIZ AND DAF DEBERRY And W&L In Easy Meet Lexington. Nov. 6—A check Diz and Daf don't mean to be plagiarizing, but as has of VMl -statistical doings Keydets To M^et been recently pointed out there seems to be an unusual num- shows the Keydets to be the ^Laddie' Scheu ber of fine on the national scene this year. It's state's most formidable de- W&M Again gping to be right rugged for the various authorities to pick fensive outfit. Most of the ttieir Q-Back for the numerous AA teams. credit for the 17-game un- Meets Keydets At Big Six The Big Ten has three outstanding no. 1 backs. Dale beaten string can go to the de- Bethlehem, Pa. — Sopho- Lexington, 5 November — VMI's H^ckback has provided both the inspiration and generalship fensive antics of the VMI lads. more Bob Scheu, Maplewood, Thinclads came bouncing back ijpr a darkhorse Wisconsin team. Iowa's has In 1957, undefeated but with a N. J., moved to the front in this week to win another victory. tie in' the ten-game slate, the liyed up to his pre season rating in A-1 fashion in leading three Lehigh offensive sta- This time it was Davidson of Keydets gave up only 101 points, North Carolina and Washington Iowa's No. 2 ranked Hawkeyes to an up to now undefeated tistics as a result of his fine an average of ten a game, while and Lee of Lexington. The score season. (The 13-13 tie with the Air Force Academy is the scoring 201. Their average margin play in the Engineers' 35-14 was 20 for VMI, 64 for W&L, and only mar to date). In Columbus, Ohio State coach Woody of victory, then, was ten points. victory over Bucknell, last Satur- 65 for Davidson. The biggest sur- Hayes always comes up with a fine field general and Frank This year, the opposition has got- day. prise of all was that the squad of Kremblas is no exception, Northwestern's 18 year old baby, ten just 57 points in seven games. Two touchdowns gave Scheu the W&L has finally broken their win- Dick Thornton, may be the best of them all. an average of only eight, wihle the scoring leadership with 20 points, less streak, while beating a fairly Keydets have 185. The VMI av- and his 92 yards total offense well rated team from out-of-state. DIXIE takes a back seat to no one in production of crage is 26 a game. enabled him to pass team Captain The Keydets are looking better quarterbacks. Clemson's Harvey White, Carolina's Jack Cum- THIS IMPROVEMENT in de- Charles Burger with 315 yards to every day, but they still have a , mings, Virginia's Reece Whitley, Wake Forest's fense and in scoring is a good .part Burger's 271 yards. The left- lot of room to improve after their and N. C. State's Cacovic are all liable to be under the center of the reason VMI Coach John Mc- handed passing con- last defeat by William and Mary. for some scribe s dream team. Kenna says "Right now, we're a tinued as the number one passer, The Thinclad^ again faUed to win better ball club than we were a first place in the meet, th^t being Mississippi State's , Tulane's Richie Pettibone with 20 completions in 44 attempts year ago." and 258 yards gained. taken by Davidson McBride. Mc- and although we hate to admit it, Tech's Biilly Holsclaw might Last year, the opposition gain- As a team ,the Engineers main- Bride postea a new record for the make Uie grade. ed 2585 yards passing and running, tained their statistical advantage 4.15 mile course, beating i)e- Tombe's old record by some 26 Both the service academies have fine split-T quarter- an average of 258 a g.?me. The in all departments over their op- seconds. His time was 22^ minu- •icks-in Joe Tranchini and Joe Caldwell for J^Iavy and Army season ,they have collected only ponents. 1535 in the seven games played, tes. respectively. Pittsburgh has not one but two, Ivan "The The Engineers have a balanced averaging just 219 each. Though Following McBride were VMI's scoring attack with 15 different Terrible" Toncie and Frank Kalieden. Syracuse's Bill Orange figures aren't available, a count of Braithwaite, McDougall, WUli^ms, men having scored, and 12 dif- has Chuck Zimmerman and Holy Cross has Tommy Greene. the yards gained against last year's and Drescher in that order. ferent players scoring touchdowns. Maybe Terry Brennan's. Irish have found the answer in George first team and those against the The Thinclads travel down to BURGER, Shaker Heights, 0., 1958 starters surely would show William and Mary this Sunday for Izo. continues to lead the ground gain- that the current'Keydets are more the Big Six meet there. This is Even the antiquated Ivy League has its share. Cornell ers, with 212 yards ,although he potent on defense. So far, no team what the Keydets have been wait- is being pushed by Fred Gross, has had a surprisingly strong year due mainly to the efforts has mounted a sustained scoring ing for, and they want revenge Meford Lakes, N. J., sophomore of senior QB Tom Skypeck. Harvard is fighting fiercely with drive of more than 15 yards a- for their previous defeat. Al- with 161 yards. Sophomore A1 gainst the VMI first eleven. though the Indians are good, they' isophomore Charlie Ravenel at the helm and coach Buff Richmond, Arlington, Va., has the can be beaten. This was clearly Donelli of Columbia is well pleased with his son's play at VMI has given up an average of best per carry average with 5.7 shown by their defeat at the hands quarter for the Lions. just 153 yards on the ground, rank- yards on 24 attempts for 137 yards. ing second in the Southern Con- of little Roanoke College on the The victory over Bucknell gave MOVING WEST of the great divide the Air Force, now ference on that count, and only 5th. The score was 25 to 32. the Engineers a 2-1-1 record in no 10 in the nation, is dbected by a fine triple threat man Rich 65 per outing via. the air lanes. Coach Waiter Cormack feels that Middle Atlantic Conference play Mayo. Nearby Colorado is beating the drums for its man of That's second in the Conference, the WilUsm and Mary squad has and a 3-2-1 overall slate. the hour — Boyd Dowler. Living up to last year's perform- too, and on total defense they lead, been broken, and that his boys want this one, and are willing to ance is Utah's Lee Grosscup. having surrendered only 218.6 a contest. go out after it with all they have. The wide open South West Conference contributes In last week's Virginia game, the Hoopster Team ••Dangerous" Don Merideth of SMU, Bobby Lackey of Texas, Cavaliers moved the ball into scor- the plsyejTs wbo Wfis quite dis- and Buddy Humphrey of Baylor. ing territory against reserves three Is Enthusjastie satisfied with the performance in- CALIFORNIA'S "Jolting" Joe Kapp has combined his times, but the first club went bt^ck dicates the enthusiasm and drive in to halt the drives each time and In three week's time, in of the team so far. This critical running talents with his slingshot arm to lead the Golden protect a 33-0 shutout. This week, which there were several soul, after rambling on about how pears to a winning season in the PCL. His m^ rival Wash- ihe VMI men seek to .extend their rather lengthy interruptions, the defense or offense could have ington State's Bob Newman who was 2nd in total offense last unbeaten streak, major college the varsity basketball team has been better, candidly said, "They year. football's longest, when they enter- whipped themselves into a shouldn't have even scored. Wc should be ashamed." There are bound to be others, but these few give a good tain an offense-happy Lehigh club fine-looking outfit. Coach in Lynchburg. RALPH LAWSON and Lee account of the talent that's spread around the country. Miller still holds to his pre-season Southard ^re leading the Keydets aspirations of getting the team in- this year as co-captains. Both of Borst Is Keydet to the Southern Conference Tour- these mainstays made All-Soulherii Once more we'll play crystal ball: ney in March. Conference last season and, as ARfvIV over Rice — Pittsburg was lucky. Standout In Line Last Wednesday, the, basketeers things look so far, they will make OHIO ST. over PURDUE — Buckeyes due and Boilermakers over- scrimmaged with Washington and i a repeat-performance this year heated. , This year, Jerry Borst is con- Lee, who, recently, dropped from This will l?e their last stab for NOTRF DAME over PITT ~ Even two quarterbacks won't help. sidered a sure bet for all-con- the Conference roster. They domi- successful season at VMI and the\ \VI.Sf:OXSIN over NORTHWESTERN — All good things must ference center. In three out of the nated the whole game tallying pla/i to make it a vicious >pne. eonio t(i an end. firs-t seven games, Jerry had the twenty more points than their op- As the situation looks now. 'ORNKI.L over BROWN ~ The Big Red are hungry. highest blocking average. Last ponents. A casual remark of one of (continued on page 8) LSU over DUKE — Duke's Bill Murray better start looking for a year, he was second team in both job. tl>e "Big Six" and the Southern Conterence. GEOIICJIA TECH over CLEMSON — South Carolina proved that the Tigers can be beaten. Jerry's proficiency in football VMPs Speedy Keydets MISSISSIPPI ST. over AUBURN — This Is the night the teddy dates back to 'the time when he bears have th< ir -icnic. Auburn — Good field, no hit! played football for Pitcairn High S^U' fr TICXAS A&M — Too much Merideth. School in Pitcairn, Pa. There he Picked Over Engineers WASH^Nfrro.V ST. over ORGEON ST. — The Webfoots blew their was All W.P.I.A.L. He also received the Outstanding Athlete wiith the wad against Cal. Bethlehem, Pa. — VMI, one VMI WILL BE basically the Highest Academic Average award. same team which appeared in He played football for Pitcairn for of the fastest football teams in Taylor Stadium last year, but one three years. the nation, opposes Lehigh's SCORING Coach Bill Lackonby considers Jerry is six foot, one inch, and Engineers with hopes of con- stronger defensively. At the out- weighs 210 poounds. He serves in Player TDs Convers. Attempts Conv. Made Pts. tinuing its two-year undefeat- set of the season the Keydets' back- a dual capaciity, being both co-cap- ed string, which has now field was labeled "the world's Throw Run Kick Catch Run Kick tain of the football team and the reached 17 straight games. fastest,' but injuries have set the Horner 5 0 4 0 0 3 0 36 ace center. He's considered es The two teams will meet this foursome to a twosome. Still run- Johnson 5 0 0 11 0 0 6 36 peciaUy durable, for he has never Saturday in the annual Jaycee ning, and at a fast clip, are hall- Brandriff 3 0 sustained any serious injuries. 2 0 0 1 0 20 Bowl game at Lynchbutg, Va., for back Sam Hox-ner (9.7 seconds for Jerry likes girls, but is wary of Nebraska 3 1 1 0 0 0 18 the hundred yard dash) and full- 0 hem. He considers his biggest thrill the Engineer's only game against back Pete Johnson (9.9 for the fivans 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 insports the past year when he a non-eastern opponent hundred). Homer leads the South- Kasko 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 played on VMI's team. He says his Lehigh will attempt to avoid be- 8 ern Copferenee in scoring with 40 bigfest goof is, '"I didn't die at ing number 18 in the fC^ydets Traynham 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 points, and has a rushing average birth." string, since they are already Ross 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 of 6.5 yards per carry, with 254 Jerry is a civil engineering ma- number eight, after . losing 12-7 yards gained, also tops in tlu' Keefer 1 I) 1 0 0 0 0 6 jor and hopes to go into con- last year. That was the l^tigiAeer's Southern Conference. ' struction work after graduation. only loss in nine g^mes as they SAFETY 2 Jerry has this to say about school captured the first Lambert Cup, The Keydets operate out of 2 TOTAL 22 9 11 1 5 6 152' ipirit: "^ool spirit has been emblematic of eastern sfliall col- /k (^.T ^nse, utilising ito 1st in S. C., 8th in Nation. (continued on pugo 8) lege football supremacy. (continued on page 7)