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Cavalier Stickmen Wallop Generals

By Gordy Rawles
Cavalier Daily Staff Writer

Photo By Richard Wright

First-year Middie Pete Eldredge Scoops Up Ground Ball In Midst Of General Defenders

Potent Array Of Newcomers — Eldredge, Tarring, Connor, And Proutt — Accounted For Seven Goals

Harassing Washington and
Lee with a near perfect combination
of offense and defense,
Coach Buddy Beardmore's
lacrosse squad upped
their seasonal record to 7-2 by
demolishing the Generals yesterday
on University Hall field,
23-2.

Everybody seemed to get in
on some of the fun and glory
as first-yearman Jay Connor set
a new University record for
assists in one game with nine, and
nine of the Cavaliers were represented
in the scoring column. Even
flamboyant defenseman Doug Hilbert
got a taste of offense as he
scored on a broken play with one
mute remaining in the game.

Bob Proutt, another
first-yearman playing on the midfield,
immediately complemented
Kirk's score on a fast break. At this
point the Generals had settled
down somewhat and began to
control the ball in Cavalier territory,
if only in short spurts.

When an extra-man offense
situation arose, Jay Connor was the
man who took the initiative garnering
a goal and two assists within a
period of a minute and a half. By
the end of the first quarter the final
verdict was almost assured as the
Virginia stickmen had taken a 10-0
lead. Fourth-year middie Pete Kirk
had tallied three scores while
Connor and Proutt had accounted
for two goals each and all of the
assists.

The second quarter was basically
the same old story only to a lesser
degree as Rullman and Kirk each
fired two into the net and Connor
upped his total assists to eight. As
the half came to an end, the
Cavaliers had made good on 14 of
35 shots on the Generals' goalie
compared to the minute ten shots
attempted by W&L.

Jimmy Eustace, fourth-year
Cavalier goal and All-American
candidate, had five saves accredited
to him, and had even gotten in on
the offensive fireworks by leaving
the goal and racing three quarters
of the way down the field to start a
fast break.

When the second half began, the
W&L offense seemed to come alive
for the first time in the game as
they held the Cavaliers to one goal
for eleven minutes and scored two
themselves. But all the reserve
Virginia stickmen needed was a

little time to warm up. Goalie Al
Hirsch wound up the afternoon
with nine saves, and crease attack
Dennis Pushkin, bored with the
average score, added some extra
class to the victory with a backhand,
over-the-shoulder goal in the
third quarter.

Pete Eldredge wrapped up the
rout for the Cavaliers with two
consecutive tallies in the closing
minutes of the game to finish the
Generals, 23-2.

The Cavalier stickmen, who will
probably rank fourth or fifth nationally,
will close out the 1969
season against the Carling Lacrosse
Club this Saturday on University
Hall field at 1:30 PM.