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BISHOPS OPEN HOME SCHEDULE
AGAINST NORFOLK
15, 1965 THE METEOR
3 BABY BISHOPS
BOW; 14-7
Baby Bishop Criders were
nipped in their opening game with the Nelson County J.V's.The
triller was lost on the last play of the game. Early in the game
the Bishops fumbled on their own eighteen and were scored
.upon on the next play. P.A.T. was good. Retalliating with de- termination in the second haH,
HUGH'S HOLLOW
though he'll fill the vacant spot left by Bobby Watts.
As the 1965 edition of the VES football team swings The interior line is vastly improved over last year in ~•,.,. action this season, many students will notice a vast that there is depth at every position. So far the tackles
iverstcm from last year's Bishops. The change this year are E~es P~wers ~~d lette~an B. K. Mundy. Powers in the offense, which is predominently passing. has gained his position of gomg both offense and de-
In this offense up to seventy-five per cent of the fense by plenty of hustle and determination. At the s run from scrimmage are passes. The effectiveness guards are single letterman Mike Sudduth and triple let-
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t GdBhCIISIIhb numerous passes is proven when defenses spread out erman o_r on ranc . o one u ivan .as een very
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to check the passes) thus leaving the center line open Pease WI · the progress Sudduth has made from last
occasional runs. year.
This offense was coined by a coach in Middletown, Branch is also playing defense which gives him this
· . His teams were so successful that the coach wrote year's "versatile player award." Gordo sets a perfect ex- il VES reco~ereda fum~leand on m•
book explaining the complete set-up. This book is o.-o Coach Lee came in contact with this razzle dazzle
This season seems to be the perfect year for adopting •u'"'u an offense. Carlyle White and Al Williams have 1een setting a great pace for the many exceptional ends.
Jehind them and pushing hard are two senior rookies b Kluttz and Bill Fray. The very agile Fray is a P.G. from Nassawadox (eastern shore), Virginia and so
has been setting a fine example of form.
The backfield seems amply proficient for catching
ample for the team as he can often be seen running • the followmg play Dick Brewer . dillb . • scored on a pass from Charlie
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Football Co-Captains
CARLYLE WHITE and HUGH MORRISON
Picking up yardage during Fishburne game.
Va. Beach, will be playing
against his brother, Mike Wood, a star tackle for the tidewater
minutes of the first half. Fish- burne much more aggressive
than expected mounted a sus- tained drive midway the second
ISHOP IERS BOW TO
GRAVE IN FIRST MEET
The Junior Varsity is molding its nucleus around the gradu- ates from last year's outstanding freshman team and several promising returnees. Under the
fullback Lee Leckie. With the new formation, the Bishops will take to the air often, with quar- terback Geoffery Norwood do- ing the pitching. His prime tar- gets will be Johnnie Mann and Tommy Lee Ross. Anchoring the line will be agile tackle, Chip Catlin and Lap Hamblin,
~argrave Military Academy's
was the first VES runner to guidance of crafty Mr. Meador cross the finish line as he took and foxy Mr. Boyd, the boys are
strong cross-country
downed the VES Harriers the number eight position.
H.M.A. was led by Ed Jones
in 1964 by the Bishops' now
tion.
tacklmg r s efore practice. The center is John Chit- =c Th · b T'
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tenden, who saved us from dtsaster when he came over
from tackle to fill the spot vacated by injuries to Wil- Iiams and Howie Grover. Grover is back and working hard now but he is not quite caught up from missed practices. Williams, his injury being in the back, has been advised to give up the job of leaning over. Big Al
will, however, be retained as an outstanding linebacker and end.
Other players not yet mentioned but certainly emi-
• reen. e conversiOn y un- • my Sullivan tied the score.
• Late in the third quarter • .Lynch Christian intercepted a ~Nelson C?·. pas.s ~d returned it • ~0btheB~~Itors thirty. ~uth~~
.• foa Yth Isf ops dwere agamd e
r e our owns an were
• forced to punt. Nelson hit hard • with end sweeps and a pass to
~ put. the ball deep into Bishop
• temltory on the seventeen. With ! on y seconds remaining Nelson i Co. again swept the end for a
~ fourteen yard gain to the three.
! On the last play of the game de-
~ spite a good defensive effort,
~ N. C. went over for the score. ~ The P.A.T. was good and the • finalscoreofthegamewas14-7. • Ken Roach
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e touchdown passes as well as smashing through the nent in their respective positions are Calvin Cunning-
.......o. At quarterback an interesting dual between junior ohn v\loodall and senior Hall Webb is being staged.
oth have proved themselves capable with Woodall T"'"'n a slight edge because of his strong passing arm. At
halfback is the swivel hips king Johnny Edwards. a sophomore last year Johnny gave the spectators
h·Al.
am, Tun Wood, ex Floyd, and David Yarborough.
These are most definitely the meanest seniors in school
and when it comes to ruining the opponents' offense,
these four are excellent. Cal is a defensive guard. Dave
is a linebacker and Tim and Alex are defensive half- backs.
. . . . To say the least, I think the year of renaissance IS
here. We have unusual depth at all positions and in many positions we are having two platoons. Our coaches
thrills with his amazing broken field running.
At the other halfback is yours truly. After playing luv.,tly defense last year, I hope that I can do the offen-
va
ve job this year. At fullback is another junior, rookie have shown us dedication that has put the spirit of win-: LOSES OPENER
This Saturday the Bishops will
play · their first home game
against the Norfolk Academy
the entire first haH as inexperi- ence took its toll.
Bullpups. Coach Lee, having sonal battle taking place on the
field as brother meets brother fense this year seems confident across the scrimmage line. Tim
established the new passing of-
of a win.
Last year the fighting Bishops
were overcome by hard-hitting and pepped-up team when the two prep league adversaries met on the gridiron in Norfolk. The
Wood, the Bishops' starting de-
m• . of
larger than last year's squad, but they will be handicapped at the quarterback position with the loss of last year's ace passer, Tommy Rueger.
The battle on Saturday will be a contest between the Bi-
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By Carlyle C. White -------- ------ ----------
yards to the FMS 30 yard line only to fumble. With time run-
ning out the Bishops regained possession on their own 35 and moved to FMS 20 on two passes from John Woodall to Carlyle White where the half ended.
After a quick 3rd period touchdown run by Fishburne, VES finally mustered an offen- sive punch. At the beginning of the 4th quarter the Bishops had the ball at their own 35. A pass
from Woodall to White put the ball at the midfield stripe. Two plays later, Woodall swung to his
left, hit Morrison in the flat, and he carried the ball to the Fish-
burne 8. On the next play from scrimmage, John Edwards car-
ried the ball around right end for the T.D.; Edwards' conver- sion was good.
developing into a solid squad, Although ti1e 1965 cross-coun- and are adjusting to the new
-<>-<>IU. taking eight of the first me places on the Bishops' home
lf"'""'"' within one second of the that the Bishops are developing Richmond on October the mile course record of 11:16 steadily and should pose as a eighth.
formidable opponent for their The Bishops will boast a S . star, Jim Hotelling. upcoming foes. strong running attack led by eruor letterman Peter Young Jim WilHams fleet scatback Kenny Roach and
J. V. GRID PROSPECTS
try tearn has been weakened "run and shoot". offense rapidly. a two-hundred pounder.
considerably by
. For their openmg contest, the graduation J V 'dd will f f 'd
Defensively Jack Agicola and Dave Shytle have been impres- sive at the lirle-backer spot, while romping Robby Ford has been a mainstay at the end posi-
. . gn ers ace a ormi - a sizzling 11:17 time to losses, recent practices indicate able foe in St. Christopher's of
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shops' aerial attack and the Bull-
pups hardnose running offense.
There will also be a more per- retu.rned the kickoff to their own
35. After three incomplete passes they were forced to punt: This
was the gloomy preview of the fensive halfback who hails from Bishop offense until the waning
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The game w1U be played on hn ·ld . .
Jo son F1e With kick-off time set for 2:30.
gb~tt ers. rmf's
Bullpups team this year is 1 erness rom as years e- 'ddl . f
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the opportunity to repay his na-
finall edth 1. 10
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period by continual blast up the
Timmy Wood
(Continued on lacl Pa•)
On October the 2nd, the "Bi- shops" opened their season by
traveling to Waynesboro where
they were defeated 14-7 by an
unusually strong and more ex-
perienced Fishburne team. The
Bishops' new offense was stalled
The first half started as VES
scor us comp eting a d dri
n e o owmg c ou o Edwards returned the ball 57
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