The Virginian-Pilot from Norfolk, Virginia • 55

I Sunday Sept 17 1961 Maris Hits 57th Needs 4 One a Game in Next our Yankees 1 In Air Show SKeydets Spiders Top Trounce "1 NT I Reds Win 3 2 Marshall WVU 35 26 On Late Rally touch rl Nicklaus in Romp 1 in by by 14 A ootball: New York Buffalo Bills Chan Jack Nicklaus Easy winner i 0 Player Maris Mantle Ruth Eight pace opener Coach Milt In dians thin in depth had their chances in the first half but only once were they able to hit pay dirt TheTechmen were more alert faster and a more aggres sive team VPI outmaneuvered in the first half by the hustling Indians who appeared headed for an upset out rushed 262 yards to 143 with Price (81) Strock (64) and Perry (60) leading the way 3 3 0 0 0 till I I AXs Mar hall 14 315 73 4 13 4 35 1 fe I 3 3 1 I 4 1 1 1 i 1 3 That was the play that started the fireworks Strock scored from the six and Astor Sizemore kicked the point that put Tech ahead 7 6 Buddy Perry raced 18 yards for the second touchdown and Price followed with his long dash Roger Hale had put the Indians ahead 6 0 with 10 yard dash off left tackle in the second quarter Both teams made an unusual amount of mistakes even for an ab bl 4 0 3 0 4 13 0 4 10 0 3 0 0 0 3 13 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 10 3 0 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 11 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 Thaxton rushed for 29 I yards to lead the Indiana with i Dan Barton and Stan Penkus net ting 28 apiece Tech was penalized a total of 133 yards 85 The Indians offered a threat early in the first quarter when buddy Weihe fumbled punt and Hale recovered on the VPI 45 Penalties hurt I i a chances here as running by Pen kunas and Charlie Weaver car ried to the 27 where Tech held 63 YARD MARCH A poor punt by Strock late in liam and Mary moved it from the Tech 45 to the 24 had 1 to go for a first down on the 20 but Randall Ed wards made what may have been the key tackle of the game when he stopped Penkunsas short of a first down TECH TURNS TIDE Arnold Jones returned the next I Tech punt 27 yards to theVPI 44 The Indians with Barton do ing most of the work reached the 31 where the drive petered i out The story of success was (See Hale Page 4) Sports on Air TELEVISIONToday 1:00 NL ootball: St Louis Cards vs New York Giants Chan nel 3 1:00 NL ootball: Los Angeles Rams vs Baltimore Colts Chan nel 10 1:00 AL Titans vs nel 13 homers blasted No 57 in his sec ond time up against Lary The blond Yankee slugger belted a 1 0 pitch in the third inning off the roof of the second deck in right center about 360 feet from home The homer came in 151st game Ruth didn't hit his 57th until his 152nd game in 1927 Maris has four games left in which to tie or break mark under Commissioner ord ruling that it must be done in 154 decisions MANTLE HOMERLESS Lary held Mickey Mantle to a single in four at bats Mantle has 53 homers and has given up any hopes of catching up with the Ruth pace In his" other trips Saturday Maris walked on four pitches popped out and struck out He became the fourth man in major league history to exceed 56 homers in a season Ruth did it twice with 60 and 59 and Jim mie oxx and Hank Greenberg did it with 58 No National League player has hit more than 56 The magic number for their 11th pennant in 13 years remained at four New York can not clinch the flag any sooner than Tuesday night when the Yankees play a doubleheader at Baltimore The victory was Lacy's 27th See Yankees Page 2 Richmond 13 135 141 13 31 024 I 45 0 14 13 I 4 MORGANTOWN WVa i Mel Rideout the with the tireless arm passed Richmond to a 35 26 Southern Conference vic tory over down trodden West Vir ginia Saturday 11 was the Spiders first victojy i over the Mountineers in their eight game series West Virginia has failed to win a game in its last 16 outings I Rideout 200 pound junior who is expected to set conference scor ing marks this year kept the Mountaineer secondary off bal ance all afternoon with short spot passes to crossing ends RIDEOUT TRIES 31 His favorite target was halfback Earl Stoudt who also handled the bulk of the Spiders' ground garni West highly touted sophomore quarterback red (Colt 45) CoIva rd was a one man show for the Mountaineers The cocky 19 year old from the coal fields of Southern West Virginia ran and passed the Mountaineers to the highest score they have racked up since 1958 He galloped over for three touchdowns set up the fourth with passes and ran over for a two pointer Clumsy ball handling proved costly to West Virginia Three of six WVU fumbles set up Rich mond touchdowns The Mountain eers recovered only one Rideout threw 31 passes He completed 12 for a respectable 168 yards West Virginia on the other hand showed a strong running game I powering through with 200 yards i on the ground But the Mountain i ccrs completed only three tosses I of nine for 27 yards West Virginia started out like a i whirlwind On the second play of the ame halfback Jim Moss broke through tackle and galloned44 yards to the Spider 9 Two plays later Colvard took a short i lateral and went over Less than two minutes later Col vard took a punt from the stalled 1 Spiders swept wide to his right and galloped 68' yards to score The Mountaineers virtually hand Stalls Virginia WVU 13 300 37 3 9 3 4 33 5 46 7 35 (kick (kick Rideout monopolized play to take a 6 0 lead the Techmen made all their points in the space of 3 minutes and 41 seconds of the third quar ter 1 William and Mary an alert football team in the first half made many mistakes in the final two quarters and the Gobblers were quick to take advantage of them The dazzler of the scoring plays for the 5000 fans Victory Sta One Sure Way To Win Ganic A man sent 21 entries to the first Virginian Pilot football contest last week and it got our research department to figuring After a great deal of pencil work the researchers figured out that in order to insure picking all 15 games correctly a man would have to send in plus entries However if the man was certain of the outcome of only one game it would take only plus entries At any rate welcome to try it any way you like Next week's $150 contest is on page 8 of this section faicidentially the winner of the $100 first prize may pick up a $5 bonus if he or she sent In the coupon on page 3 at tached to the back of a post card The winners of the Sept II contest will be announced next Sunday in the Virginian Pilot Good hick dium was a spectacular 77 yard run by Warren Price on a quar terback sneak It was the final touchdown of the pehalty niarred game and iced the Southern Con ference battle for the matdon shirted Gobblers But it wa Strock a skillful 172 from Hagerstown Md who pulled Tech out bt its rut He returned Dan punt 34 yards to the 23 VMI 15 141 43 5 15 3 3 30 130 RADIO Today 3:30 ootball: Washington Red skins vi San rancisco WBO 1550 the first quarter set the Indians I off on a 63 yard fnuchdown march kick traveled only six yards going ou of bounds on the 37 Thaxton led a charge to the Tech 44 and a 15 yards going out of bounds on the 20 ''A art faking a handoff passed down the middle to Phil lips for 10 yards rom thelO yard line Hale cut through left tackle and scored standing up Barton's kick was wide A poor center pass on a punt situation put Tech in hot water i again a few minutes later Wil fl Homer Team No Decisions 57 57 57 games 150 150 151 behind Section As champion he succeeds his close friend and buddy Deane Beman of Arlington Va who was knocked out in second round 24 UNDER PAR Regarded by many as the mod ern version of golf's famed Bobby Jones the 205 pound Nicklaus has qualified for every Amateur championship since he was 14 During the past week of rugged competition here against the best amateurs on a course which uses the high bluffs and sandy Pacific Ocean beaches as boundaries and hazards Nicklaus was 24 under par for 136 holes Nicklaus had command of ev ery shot Durihg the morning round he boomed out drives of 300 yards chipped once to within zan inch of the pin and another 4 1 1 cirxrx faint iiliiG riaw ma uaii ivvi from the throne the human can time saw nis oan stop a lect America's Cup team and led the He sank one birdie putt By ABE GOLDBLATT Vlrslnlan Pilol Sports Writer ROANOKE Virginia tech fired up by Terry (Strock stunned William and Mary with three quick touchdowns in the third quarter and rolled to a 20 6 vic tory tri its football premiere un der coach Jerry Claiborne here Saturday night A blundering team in the first half when the underdog Indians IB CINCINNATI The Cin cinnati Reds shut out with only four hits through the first six in nings broke loose for three tallies in the seventh Saturday and took a 3 2 victory over the Philadelphia Phils that advanced them another step toward a National League pennant Any combination of eight Los Angeles defeats and Cincinnati victories from now on would bring the Reds their first pen nant since 1940 The second place Dodgers were to play Milwaukee Saturday night at Los Angeles DAMAGING ERROR A damaging error by the first baseman Don Demeter helped open the gates for the Reds in the seventh Eddie Kasko had opened with a single Vada Pinson lashed a 80' HOT POTATO John Hilton Richmond end handles the ball gingerly en route to a touchdown against West Virginia The pass and run covered 18 yards Mountie halfback Jim Moss on ground (AP) jl ONLY OUR TO Mrs Roger Maris holding the youngest child holds up four fingers to show how many home runs her husband needs to break Babe record after she heard that Roger had hit his 57th Saturday (AP) ed its second down Moss returned the kickoff to the WVU 42 but a clipping penalty set West Virginia back to its 10 Colvard picked up seven but an other clipping penalty set West i Virginia back again ihen Glenn Holton dropped the ball on the 3 and Richmond tackle Joe Teefey fell on it Brent Vann bulled across on the next play The third Richmond score was almost as much of a gift After Moss intercepted a Ride out pass on the WVU 5 Colvard fumbled Moss fell on it to retain possession but it was back on the 1 End Dieter Garrett dropped back to punt but his kick was partially blocked and was plucked out of the air by Richmond center Jack Yaffa on the 7 Rideout dropped back on the riext play and fired to Stoudt deep in the left corner of the end zone for the score Late in the fourth quarter with Richmond leading 28 26 West Vir ginia missed a perfect opportu nity to go ahead The Mountaineers had their backs to their goal The Spiders apparently expecting a straight line play brought their backfield up tight Halfback Roger Holdin skv ran straight out past the dou ble crossed defenders arid was 10 yards to the clear when Colvard deep in his end zone leaned back and threw 1 MORGANTOWN WV4 ties of th RIchmond WMt him: irst downs Rushlno vardaoe I Ptislna yardaoo Paatas Psssis Intercaplad Punta lea iost Yards penalized Richmond Aat Virfilnl Colvard 4 oast from Holton raneoi Colvard 44 aunt return failed) Hilton 30 past from 1 (Stoudt kick) BIrhw Vartn 4 run klfkV Bolley 3 run (Colvard run) Studt 7 pan from Rideout (Sloudl kick) Colvard 12 runt (Hatt failed) Rideout 3 run (Stoudt kick) Hilton 30 past from Rideout tRtnurtl Irlrkk I AHendanet 13000 asllmsled vs Ruth BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The following table shows how Rober Mans and Mickey Mantle of New York compare with the record pace of Babe Ruth in 1927: Date i Hit Sept 16 Sept 10 Sept 27 '5 Struck out for Zimmerman In 4th struck out for Henry In 4th Sin eled tor In 71h Struck out for Amaro In tth Grounded out for Owena In tm In 9th Ran Philadelphia Cincinnati Demerer pu a rnuaoemma Cincinnati 37 9 DP Malkmus Amaro and Demeter Smith and Demeter Amaro Malkmus and Demeter John son Kasko and Blaslnoame Kasko and Coleman reese Blaslnoame and Coleman Philadelphia 9 Cincinnati 4 Callison Lynch Demeter HR uonzaiez Owens (L 4 10) Johnson 3 3 3 Maloney 1 Henry 1 3 O'Toole (W 14 9) Crawford' Barlick Jackowskl Van BACK IN THE GROOVE Roger Maris watches the course of the ball as he connects for his 57th homet run in third inning against rank Lary of the Tigers (AP) I' ihree Touchdowns in 4 Minutes A 4 HUNTINGTON WVa (AP) swift striking Keydefs ex ploded three long touch down runs midway in the sec ond half Satruday night to break open a close struggle with un dermanned Marshall University and go on to win 33 6 The 'brigade of fleet backs converted two pass inter ceptions and ran back a kickoff to put the game out of the reach of the tired Marshall team Marshall trailing 8 0 in the third period connected with a 35 yard pass play from quarter back Ralph May to halfback Jas per Wright to make it 8 6 But this seemed only to stimulate the visitors who used long runs to score two touchdowns in the next minute On the ensuing kickoff veteran halfback John Traynham dashed 90 yards On the second jplay after the next kickoff his running mate Stinson Jones intercepted a Marshall pass and raced 46 yards down the sidelines to put 1 the ghrne away for the Southern Conference VMI reserve back Ken Reeder got into the scoring act in the fourth period by picking off a Marshall pass and going 62 yards Reeder then set up the Key dets final touchdown by return ing a punt anpther 62 yards to the MU vsixth One play later Butch Nunally plunged over from the 4 I THE STATISTICS irst downs Rushing yardage Passing yardagt Passes Passes Intercepted Punts s' umbles lost Yards penalized VMI 0 I 13 Marshall 004 4 Morrison 4 run (kick tailed) leming tackled In end zone 5 MAR Wrlght 35 pass from May (pass rancu VMI Travnaham 90 run foass failed) Jones 44 run (pass failed) VMI Reeder 42 run (Nunnally kick) Nunnally 4 run (Pass failed) (estimated) Nigiil Baseball Milwaukee 020 022 Lm Angclei 320 200 0 I Stopped By Lary DETROIT Roger Maris hit his 57th home run Saturday and again climbed one game ahead of Babe record pace of 1927 It was first home run in eight games But the Detroit Tigers delayed the New York pennant clinching by banging out a 10 4 triumph as rank Lary won his 21st game Maris with time running out on his assault of Ruth's record of 60 a i $he Portsmouth Stat PEEBLE BaCH Calif Jack Nicklaus master of every club in his bag crushed Dudley Wysong of McKinneys Tex in the fog arid mist Saturday and won the National Amateur golf crown 8 and 6 Splashing over the 6747 yards of the Pebble Beach course in the morning the Ohio behemoth fired a 3 under par 69 at the poised Texan and was 4 up at lunch He relentlessly closed it out after 10 holes of a soggy afternoon and finished the day five strokes be low the demanding 36 card By his triumph Nicklaus re gained the title he wori two years ago as a 19 year old ln those two years he has become a junior in the Ohio State College of Business and an expectant father Golfwise during his absence non twice has been the low gma lour 'in IT Onpn nlnved nn two victorious Walker Cup teams United States to a smashing vic of 42 feet and was Jon 14 greens competed on the winning tory in tne(woria Amateur uup in regumnon itgunw 1 JW II I II UHI1IIIU1I 1 JI Gobblers Rally for 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