Richmond Times-Dispatch from Richmond, Virginia • 34

Spiders Rout Tribe 3618 Keydets Edge VP I 6 to 0 SixMarks Broken BySloudl eeder's TD A cri a I Decisive in Rain Mud By SliHlcy linlfe Sitortt M'n'i ROANOKE Nov VMI overcame mud ram and Virginia Trch Thursday to nwr a j-0 heforr a broc ncumnnia-WinK crowd which at pame-timo was cstimatofl at 20(m0 Py sh start of the fourth quarter more Ihiin half had BwIpt whn had Nyn sliifiM (led for cover the 57th f''" hallhark to end nvmih renewal rf the aerie anrl el- irtuinrt In hi oll Iwtn Horn have Tech and VMI sret fr thf i under nWe Uonmni weather from Mitchell 'rnHUhl ml ion then hit Jones in the end nine fnndion ith a prrf tly leed pass It va cold Ran penn laJN ffr try fori rg at rrid-mojring game I time the nun wav decidedly Continued nnJPage 1 nnt penile By halftime the mud was so deep that hardly a Wono lh 0 0 Vrq-nio V-lilfliV 5 fronTRoidffTpoi YVi-jonrs paw rwnhatsnt was recognizable m-rdi eveept friends By Rosroe Versatile Earl Stoudt held the spotlight from start to finish -which was an agiiling two hours and S3 minutes in is uuing yesterday at City Stadium us ihe I'niversity of Richmond trounced William and Mary IUi-18 in a Soul hern Conference football circus Ihnt roncludrd the PHil season for both teams It was the career-ending performance fur the 22-ycar-old all-eisilerence halfback from 1-anraoter I'a and he gave the Indians a crowd of 8(XX) and the Spiders In particular a spectacular show they'll re-memlier by rewriting six major marks in Richmond's grid record honk Carrying 32 times for 191 yards and scoring four of his I club's five touchdow ns Stnudl I et single-game records for I most yards gained rushing Imost TPs scored and mast (mints scored (26 with two extra mints) The Herculean effort enabled It'iff I'Niitii coach would possibly had Hiclimond'a K1 Merrick (iri mares at Spiiler Action Rut T-rftrl Stoudt's Performance Was Pleasing By ail odu the heavy slippery going should have been death 20tll 111 Ol oPI'IPS to Kevdet passing and speed Bolh Coaches Praise Mitchell Continued on Page 39 Col 1 "elf I'lumi bv Hand KM Spiders' Earl Sloudt Steps Over Tribe's Eric Erdossy (60) for Gain Six-Yard Run Came on First TD Drive No 33 Is Richmond's Larry Deco but it hardly ever was when It mimed Reeder Turns Passer VMI took mmmanl from the start armed early in the second quarter when Ken Preder who has won a great deal of his fame as a reeeiver turned surprise passer and then Milled hark to make the lead stand up by winning a battle of gooey attrition The Kevcet TD came 1:33 into the second quarter on a five-yard halfback run-pass aerial from Reeder to Stinson Jones to cap a 43-vard advance which had been kept alive mostly by Bobby Mitchell's passing It was the season's first and last pass for Reedrr who at that point had lit catches for the campaign hut he carried out his pitching mission with admirahle aplomb and aenirary William 'ondMary 0 lT Richmond Id I 3 Sloudl 1 run (Stoudt kick) Hillon 31 past from Rideout (Sloudl kick) Holt S3 run (pass (ailed) Sloudl I run (Hillon pose from Rideout) Sloudl 2 run (pais failed) Hole 54 pass from Henning (pass failed) Weaver 30 pass from Henning (pass foiled) Sloudl I run (Vann pan from Rideout) ivelv with surprise pitehouts and rullhack DeWitt Worrell with the draw Worrell picked fp 21) yards In Ihe first half and was the game's top rusher with 42 Jones had 33 18 the first half Gerald Robhitte with 'JR was Tech's No 1 rusher Tech quarterback Warren Price was put under constant pressure by the VMI lino only no one could he quite sure because of the mud who whs striking the most effective blows It looked to tie tackle Bill Hoelil guard Gil Minor and linebacker Bill Torna- liene There was a mob scene at midfield at the start when Tech marched out its 13 seniors for the coin loss DEW "Sally" Miles of Tech who has been a party to Gobbler-VMI games for more than half-a-century said that while the vveHthr was pretty horrible Thursday remember games played in snow sleet and hail" Hit Staff CnrrriHilrnt ROANOKE Nov 23 Winning coac John McKenna and loser Jerry Cla borne each quickly pul his finger on hat liid been most responsible Thursday for fi-0 in over Virgin a Terh -Bohhy Mitchell the weather conditions Mitehell was liienomenal" said McKenna afterwards threw remarkably well early in ihe game" said Claiborne "That's where they i rally got the jump on us" McKinna summed up his team's win with was a fine over-all performance" Said Clnlnmnr a loser in his first game against VMI "they did a good job of ptepar-ing for us" I I TIIE WIN was VMI' 20th of the scries Tech has won 32 five games have ended in ties Mitchell not only imssed well early hut he also Used Stinson Jones elfrc- einic5- Dispalrl) Statistics Wm 1 Mary Richmond First dawns 1 1 2S Rushing yordaqt Ilf 219 Passing yardage 193 143 Passes 9 3 1119 Passes intercepted by 1 1 Punts 4 44 3 40 Fumbles Iasi 3 0 Yards penalized 11S 133 Friday Nov 21 1961 34 SP0RTV1EW Bv Chauncoy Durden Timcs-Dis patch Sports Editor Wlial It Was Was War MILITARY TRAINED COACHES such as Col Earl Biaik maintain that football of all team games comes closest to war in strategy mobility and purpose To those roaches football Is simulated battle Yesterday at City Stadium the Richmond and William and Mary squads were having no truck with simulation They played the real thing for wdiat Ihe 701h football game between those old rivals was was war period That-no-holds-barred war waged by Richmond and William and Mary saw three Joe Teefcy and Don Thompson of Richmond and Cal Whealton of "foul out" in the first half and bi-ought on whai must have been a game record for number of penalties called hy officials Twenty-four limes referee II "Bird" Hooper stepped off penalties At olher times penalties were refused and on two occasions there were offsetting penalties In brief it was hard pounding and rugged g)ing at City Stadium At game's conclusion and the extended time from opening kickoR until the final play was two hours Rnd 33 both coaches Richmond's Ed Merrick and Milt Drewer expressed dissatisfaction (to put it mildly) with the officiating "The officials took the game right-away from declared losing coach Drawer the officials gained more ground than any back" By stepping off a total of 2-17 yards in penalties the officials did edge great back Earl Stoudt in ground Stoudt in leading Richmond to its 36-18 victory rushed for 194 yards and pnssed for 32 yards for a total offense of 226 yards Merrick's succinct description of the officiating: "It was the worst officiated game I've ever seen" But what could the )oor officials caught in the middle of a genuine football war do? For as Bunn Hackney the Southern Corlerence's supervisor of officials said as the piling on flying eilmws clipping and facemask tackling continued "The only thingx they've overlooked are roughing the kicker and ignoring a fair catch 9 0 0 0 0 Richmond's Best Ever Offcise Green Bay Stops Lions Byl7to9 DETROIT Nov The Green Bay Packers mostly stuck in thick mud except for two touchdown drives took a firm command in the National Football League's Western Division race Thursday with a 17-9 victory over the Detroit Lions The Tackers pushed over their winning touchdown on Jim Taylors one-yard run on the tirst play of the final quarter and opened their lead to 2j games over the second-place Lions Pvt Paul Hornung on holiday leave from the army added a field goal in the final 38 LJ' 4 A Now tompfmlu DcWitt Worrell Follows Mocker -John Tniynhuin to Pick Muddy Yardage Against VFI Yesterday Generals Win 33-20 With Rally pelted the 55-Continued Page 33 Col 1 Grid Standings AFL RESULTS Buffalo 14 Standings DIVISION PIS Op 3 I 4H 340 17 4 1 591 309 561 BETWEEN THE MANY PENALTIES the smallish crowd 8eponk watched an offensive show by both teams Richmond's was a sustained punishing offense lerl by Stoudt William and Mary's was a long-strike offense with senior halfback Roger Hale and sophomore halfback Charlie Weaver the quick "strikers" Richmond was out to make Stoudt's final game a triumphant last bow And the Stoudt fella staged as fine an all-round performance as any player could hope for in his finale In 32 rushes he gained 194 yards He completed two of three passes thrown for 32 yards He caught four passes from Mel Rideout good for 41 yards He returned three punts Tor a total of 23 yards He returned three kickoff for a total of 76 yards He intercepted a pass and returned 18 yards: He did the kicking off for the Spiders Four times he barrelled into the end zone for Richmond touchdowns and he kicked 1 wo! Buffalo extra points in as many attempts Small wonder Drawer sRid "Stoudt is a A steady rain on Pro YESTERDAY'S New York 21 EASTERN Houston WESTERN I tremendous back 'J ST LOl'JS Niiv 23- and lv pu-ted a 35-23 C'lfTiP-tMim-iiehind vii 'nry rurr Wa-hUig'iin t'nivprt ol St Lou TJiuedrfV t-i ut thr niche un frst all-wmnmg hra-on incc 1311 It wav a gifiic an IVfn a'-Mirla'iJ tncr ri)b di If -) tnc jear cndirs a wsbvy a tnumph J' trp fi-t time smcc the) lirz-iD lsi 7 41 251 393 DIVISION Pet FIs Op I'm a glad he' through as Ed Merrick) is sad he's through' Denver VVVV- 310 it? 310 Oakland 3 I 0 200 164 307 I can't complain about ofiene tiick in lSip The Ins fxtpndcil ibe two-season siring of 'del rats to 16 lUDhir-n Oh: lie Gummry aivd tne Genera K' ivient at-t'uk with touchdown lun- of v0 ami I yard- a Wa-hingt and lee V) ald on ii1 The cu: asbii'i-in's IimiI to 2M2 iut fir en of the first i if I'Vjt Lane hit Jur HiCiic an SO-yard scor-ng ias- Washrgion and Ixp continued to I'l'i a the second half a Steve SuM ilimgp'l i-ne fir a TP and Gummey id led J'J-jard romp Tne fietiHai-' powpr of'-et a -olid fort Rear q'-urter-xa llii rdeld w'aii if Irrtis's re lre Wa-hrgfon put on nr letter i-tli-nsve NFL YESTERDAY'S RESULTS 17 Detroit 9 Standings Prt PH Oe MO 279 141 700 240 301 700 719 193 44 149 242 400 19) 00 13 000 9 SCORES our Eighteen points ought to! win most if you play some defense But we couldn't hold Merrick blowing canary feathers from his mouth asked "What was our total yardage? This was the best offense we've ever had since I've been at Richmond" The Richmond roach said jes the offense was designed exploit Ftoudt's hard determined running but he kept a hole card-just in case Pitwwrq "We knew they'd be 'keying on he said "so we worked hard on trap plays designed to break loose our fullbacks" The Richmond fullbacks were and are sophomores Larry-Continued on Page 38 Col 1 Crern Boy Nrw York Louis Washington Green Boy Detro-t Son Francisco Chicoqo Boltanore Los Angeles MilHvsofa I 7 7 4 4 4 0 3 3 3 0 5 1 0 0 9 1 WESTERN DIVISION 9 2 0 HI 3H 17 4 4 00 317 309 4 1 554 345 17 5 5 0 500 214 311 5 0 500 711 22 3 7 200 17 332 2 1 1 300 17 303 31 vv Wiw 2t mo'qoa 7 eo a Ceoo IQ lrtor 1 AV rR MO" iO5ir 04 At I'M" krrK" P-sPj-g on VI Con'nied on Page G-i 1 si hoHrior- r--9-- CICADA HONORED Kelso Named Horse of Year Mf-sp-1 oi 09 F-e-o ve i tjirae 19 Oobo-o vs o- 'V Vo- A -pi IT- jr i Mo-- 4 JO-SO- II In-Mo-- S-ow W- (47 4iT vhjitir I imiUihII Monrll- T-iO-HO Mfluri 3 No-- 9 G'rT 0 UA SVl I O' S' A' K-" -V 'I A AO-W' O' N-ape- News I- H- 4 I GO juyol-sw A Tl I'SI-Je rrl i I (Mitbill ('s i-l 0S K-J-O" Vt Leo I I Ko---p'-o" tl lit VJ-4''II (Troho-" Su Sfw 4 A -v- 0 wfl Vd '-w to 'edi bo-ne H-e poh t-o" one rn to rr I i i ffi I A in- '-i ta ed! v1 -No-tti 4 -jH Rues k-'n Anesowi'-- 'T statiMii- 4 i As I 'i ft dO'CO'je 9 -i P-r-s 3 fro 9 The Crimson King Farm's ICiimson Satan winner of the Garden State Stakes and Pimlico Futurity was named jthe best 2-y ear-old colt o'er unbeaten Rilan and Janiur Satan polled 22 vote 10 anl one NEW YORK Nov 2T-ID-KeIo 4- ear-old celding from Mrs Richard DuPont's Bohemia Stable was named liore of the year for the second 'jice-ive year Thursday by Cicada the tops among the 2- rar-oid filiie and Harry A Love's Peal No 1 in the iferrchase flivisicn pions received all 33 votes Mrs Katherine Price' Carry Fack ws judged best of tbv colts and Christopher Chenerv'j- the Morrirg Triegraph and Datv Raciiijr Form Three rfher divisional rham- Generals' Stuart Voffp (II) Ticks I ji Fn Iloulr to In r-Yard Cain Wj-L An rniv-atra i-ior Yih TriuTph Ypa'rrrtay i 5.