V. M. I. SPORTS CADET THE VMI CADET, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1960 Three Keydets Letter To The Editor Cadet James A. Griffin have stayed with it is certainly a Box 372, V.M.I. good indication of both the desire Lexington, on the part of the men and the Dear Sir: appeal this sport holds. All Conference This is a belated letter of ap- I fully believe that if you are preciation for the fine way in able to put , soccer on the same which we were treated when our status as other sports in the inter- sQccer team was on your campus. collegia^ program it would not be Your personal attention to our long before you could hold your needs while on the campus was own with any of the groups with appreciated by all of us. whom you have sports relations. • Having been associated with soc- Once again I would like to thank cer as a sport for many years I you very much for our pleasant feel that your squad deserves a stay at V.M.I. great deal of commendation for Sincerely, the way that they handle them= Kenneth Babcock, selves. The number of men ..that Soccer Coach elected to try the sport and then Dyer Is Conference Scoring

SHUBA DYER KERN Leader, Kern Ranks Second compiling a 7-2-1 record and The "Mississippi gambler" com- Howard Dyer was the highest in- Campbell, who are juniors, it's conference championship. pleted 87 of 158 passes for 1,222 dividual scorer in Southern Con- an all-senior team. It has a Pen- Dyer, doing all his pointmaking Six Others yards, and eight touchdowns; ran ference football this year with a nsylvania flavor. Coolbaugh, Guida, on short plunges, scored at least for 256 yards, and led the confer- personal bag of 72 points, only six Rakowski, Shuba and Campbell all one touchdown in nine of VMI's Take Honors ence in scoring with 72 points. short lin the conference. are from the Keystone state. 10 games. Only Virginia Tech (leld Special—A three-man contingent The All-Southern offers him tar- Though he didn't score a touch^ The hottest battle for all-cpn- him scoreless. In addition, the All- from VMI's conference champions, gets aplenty. Coolbaugh, who led down in VMI's 13-12 loss to arch- ference berths was waged ^t Southern passing ace pitched for headed by pass-master Howard the conference in pass receptions rival Virginia Tech last Thursday tackle, where Rakowski and Whit- eight touchdowns. I)yer, was named yesterday to the with 35; Guida and Kem, who tier were hard pressed by Virginia at Roanoke, Dyer clinched the The conference record of 78 1960 All- foot- snagged 15 apiece; and Stoudt, who Tech's 240-poun