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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, Virginia 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-Southern Conference foot- snagged 15 apiece; and Stoudt, who Tech's 240-poun<J senior, Don crown when his closest pursuer, piDiiits was set by another VMI ball team. caught 13 though he sat oat three Oakes. teammate Don Kern, also went Halfback Don Kern and guard games. scoreless. backfield star, halfback Johnny Sixty-nine ballots were cast and Mapp, in 1953. Dyer's total of 72 Lou Shuba, who abetted Dyer But should the passing fail, the on a basis of five points for a first- Kem finished in second place greatly in carrying VMI to a 7-2-1 honor team could still take care with 6 points. No other conference was the highest recorded since team vote and three points for a Mapp's great year. record, were the other Keydets of itself on offense. Its four blocks second-team vote, Rakowski ended player was within hailing distance' Final conference scoring leaders honored. gained more than 1,500 yards afoot with 187 points, Whittier with 172, of the top two, Virginia Tech's this fall. The powerful Campbell for the 1960 season: Np single team, however, domi- Oakes with 169. Terry Strock winding up third with had rushed for 552 yards with a nated the all-star squad. Virginia VMI's Lee Badgett also made a 42 points. G Td Pat Fg Tp game to go; Stoudt ran for 423, Tech, The Citadel and Richmond strong bid for All-Southern hon- Rounding out the top ten were Dyer, VMI 10 12 0 0 72 each landed two players in the Kern for 278, Dyer for 256. ors at center, amassing 169 points Earley Eastburn of The Citadel, 38; Kern, VMI 10 10 8 0 68 lineup, Furman and George Wash- Actually, the All-Southern back- Bradley Fowler of Furman, 36; in the voting to Garrison's 189. Strock, Va. Tech 10 7 0 0 42 ington one apiece. field probably wouldn't have to do SECOND TEAM Warren Price of Virginia Tech, 34; too much on offense, for the line, Eastburn, Citadel . 10 6 2 0 38 The complete All - Southern ENDS—Dick Willard, VMI, and Tony Carmignani of Furman, 32; which averages 208 pounds from ^ team: Danny House, Davidson. Earl Stoudt of Richmond, 31; and Fowler, Furman . 10 5 6 0 36 end to end, is mighty on defense. ENDS — Bob Coolbaugh, Rich- TACKLES—Don Oakes, Va. Tech Tom Campbell of Furman and Price, Va. Tech 10 5 4 0 34 In the 240-pound Zeno and in mond, and Andy Guida, George and Bob Buffman, Richmond. Dick Willard of VMI, each 30. Carmignani, Fur. 10 5 2 0 32 the 205-pound Whittier the for- Washington. GUARDS—Bill Haeberlein, VMI, Between them. Dyer and Kern Stroudt, Rich. 10 5 1 0 31 ward wall boasts tl^e heart of a TACKLES—Allen Whittier, Va. and Wayne Woolwine, William & tallied 140 points, or more than Campbell, Fur. 10 5 0 0 30 ; line rated as the best in Virginia Tech, and Harry Rakowski, The Mary. Willard, VMI 10 4 6 0 30 Tech football history. Zeno also Citadel. CENTER—Lee Badgett, VMI. GUARDS—Shuba, VMI, and Mike made the 1959 All-Southern. BACKS — Warren Price, Va. ball. Despite the fact that Kentucky game with 8:10 left the first half Rakowski (230) and Garrison Zeno, Va. Tech. Tech; Stinson Jones, VMI; Earley has been edged out of the South- and settled the attack. CENTER—George Garrison, The (200) were the strong ihen in a Eastburn, The Citadel; and Roger western Conference title for the Newman, a 6-4 senior playing atadel. line which figured greatly in The Hale, William & Mary. last two years a row.. his first collegiate game, racked up BAQKS—Dyer and Kern, VMI; Citadel's 7-2-1 season. Shuba (19^) HONORABLE MENTION From Kentucky, the basketballers 20 points to lead the game's scor- Earl Stoudt, Richmond, and Tom was an all-the-way man for the ENDS—Bill Gilgo, The Citadel; fly to Pennsylvania to take on ing. VMI line and its inspirational Campbell, Furman. Joe Poist, William & Mary; Jim highly touted- Penn. on Saturday. leader. Joe Gedro led the Keydets' scor- Air-Minded Look Farr, Va. Tech. The Quakers have 6-5, All-Ivy It's a team with an air-minded Both Guida (6-2, 188), who came ing with 14, followed by teami^iate TACKLES—Martin Caples, VMI; League forward. Bob Mlkvy, and Gene Lazaroff with 13. look, something inescapable with on powerfully in the closing stages Glenn Bowman. West Virginia; three sophomores, J. D. Graham, of George Washington's 5-3-1 Kentucky hit 28 of 87 field goal Dyer at quarterback and such Bemie Vishneski, Va. Tech; Pete Sid Amira, and John Wideman, campaign, and Coolbaugh (6-3, attempts for 32.2 per cent, VMI talented receivers as Coolbaugh, Wasilewski, G. W.; Ron Hitch- who set all kinds of scoring records 195) matched their offensive connected for 18 of 67 for 26.9 Guida, Kern and Stoudt among cock, The Citadel. for the freshman team. thoiie present. genius with defensive derring-do. per cent. GUARDS—Bob Sizer, Richmond; Next Thursday, the Keydets will In all, Kentucky had 66 rebounds Dyer, a poised holdover from the This year's All • Southern was Bob Soleau, William & Mary. open the home season against chosen in co-operative balloting to VMI's 47. 1959 All-Southern, rewrote the con- CENTERS—Charles Lanasa, W. Davidson. Norm Halberstadt,. an among conference coaches, news- Kentucky led 31-26 at the half. ference record books this year. Va.; Don Christman, Richmond; 18.6 marksman last year, is ex- paper sports writers, and radio-TV Bob Barbiere, George Washington. pected to lead VMI's band of sportscasters by the wire services MAJOR BOWL GAMES BACKS—Tommy Edwards and sharpshooters. Captain Frank Oley, and the Southern Conference ROSE BOWL (Jan. 2)-Wash- Davidson Defeats Jerry Nettles, The Citadel; Jol^n a top notch defensive ac^, and Joe Sportswriters Association. ington (9-1) vs. Minnesota (9-1). Traynham, VMI; Terry Strock and Gedro will be at forwards for the Exoept for Guida, Stoudt and ORANGE BOWL (Jan. 2)—Navy Soccer Team, 5^1 Don Vawght, Virginia Tech; John Keydets. Dick Fravel will start at (9-1) vs. Missouri (9-1). Caracciolo and Bill Hardy, George center and Gene Lazaroff, a fine The VMI soccer team traveled SUGAR BOWL (Jan. 2)-Mis8. Washington. playmaker, will team with Halber- out to Davidson, North Carolina, S, C. Standings issippi (9-1) vs. Rice (7-3). Special "Wild Card" defensive stadt at guard. Weldon Edwins, a for the final game of the season, COTTON BOWL (Jan. 2)—Ark- substitute: Carmep Pomponio, terrific shooter, will see plenty of only to meet defeat at the hands Final ansas (8-2) vs. Duke (7-2). i of the Wildcats, 5-1.