The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-11-04

spirit, determination and the de-
sire to play the game. Their
dressing quarters are far from
ideal. simply an unheated. CORFU.
gated m a building. Theil
equipment is adequate, but Ger.
talnly not fancy. The school does
not even have a gymnasium to be
used when the weather is bad
outside. But they have got de
termination and a desire to win
There are five teams in the area
that will vouch for that, and be-
tore the season ends there will be
more added to the list.
Coach Ed Bessell, an end who
played under the winning teams
OF Art Guepe at the University
of Virginia. has coached the boys
In the hard, rugged facts of down
to-earth football. And he has the
boys who are big enough to drive
the point home! Working with
Coach Bessell is assistant coach
Jim Kindle, who came to Cum
berland from the University of
Tennessee.
Last year was not too good, by
any stretch of the imagination
since Cumberland won only one
game. Goochland turned back the
Dukes last year by a 1872 score.
This year the Dukes will be fav-
ored, and are expected to more
than make up for their 1859 loss.
Goochland has won no games,
and this Friday should be no ex-
ception.
There are Only some 20 boys
on the Cumberland varsity squad
Coach Bessell says he has a top
notch first string. but with only
a handful of reserves, he is no
ticeably weak in depth.
The Duke line is probably the
strongest feature, with an aver
age weight of close to 1876 pounds.
William Orange and Steve San
derson would make any coach
happy. Both top six feet and
weigh 1856 and 21o respectively.
Jim Tillet is one of the top
tao kles in the district, weighing
we'll over 200. He is matched on
the other side of the line by Joe
Asal, 2l0, who is a junior.
The center of the line is some
what smaller. but just as hard
hitting. Billy Pepper at center,
plays a rugged game, although
weighing only 1870 pounds. On
either side of Pepper are Stuart
George. 100 pound senior, and
Harry Harrison, IFS pound junior
Harry Rowan. a bruising IT'S
pound fullback. provides the main
power thrust in the backfield. At
the halfback spots are Buck Ogle
and Lonrie Johnson, 165 and 155
pounds respectively. Buddy Mar
tin and Johnny Murphy, both
juniors, are the signal callers.
The Dukes like to play pos
session" type ball game. They
like to grind out first downs with
power plays. A Martin to-Sander-
son pass is almost a sure bet any
time. as the big end can go uI
and snag a pass under all circum-
stances. However. Coach Bessell
likes to save his passes until he
needs the extra yardage. AS long
as the Dukes control the ball the
other team has a hard time scor.
ing.
MIDLOTHIAN PLAY at Flu,
wanna Friday in a game thai
will probably decide the distric,
2 championship. The Trojans are
81 in the district and Fluvanna
is IN the league lead with a 80
record. Midlothian lost to Patrick
Henry, and neighboring Powha
tan did Midlothian the good turn
by defeating Patrick Henry 81
last week. Thus if Midlothian
wins over Fluvanna, they viii
take the league lead, and proba.
bly, the championship. Prince Ed
ward Academy defeated Flu
wanna in their opener 1876.
TOUCHDOWN We thought we
detected an illegal receiver down
field when W&L scored their sec
ond touchdown against Hampden
Sydney Saturday. Movies of the
game will verify this point. This
is not meant to take any credit
away from W&L as they deseiv
ed the win with their second half
power attack. 1t was an excellen
game, win or lose, and the Tigers
showed a winning spirit, ever
though they lost 14-7.
WE DISAGREE with the Of
ficials on their pass interference
Gals in the W&L game also
Hampden-Sydney's defender def
nitely interferred on one crucial
play late in the game. and it was
not called W&L then interferrec
with Tiger receiver and it was
not called Apparently to make
UP for it. the officials then called
one that definitely was not inter.
ference. It all evened up pretty
well, but it's interesting to note
that even IN the college games
the officials have a hard time
calling them all correct.
AN AMATEUR GUN DOG
stake is to be featured November
5, Saturday morning. in field
trials at Camp Pickett. The Old
Dominion Bird Dog Association
is holding its fall field trials then