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Yale Heads Field
For Rugby Title

By Bill Nachman
Cavalier Daily Staff Writer

The Commonwealth Cup, back
again for this, its ninth annual
showing, features the Virginia
Rugby Club and seven other sides
this weekend in a very representative
presentation of rugby at its
finest.

All events, including a party
Saturday night, will be taking place
within the University community.
Nameless and Carrs Hill fields host
the hard-hitting action Saturday
and Sunday. The host Virginia team
has procured lodging for the visiting
squads at the Downtowner.

Ranked as the favorite team is
Yale. The Es come to town with
17 straight victories behind them.
Last month they won the Ivy-League
Tournament which bolstered
their chances for national
recognition.

The host Virginia squad is
ranked second, Virginia, which will
have to go without swart Courtney
Hoopes, who broke his collarbone
last weekend, will be in good
shape since they can rely on the
depth provided by the Turques if
needed. The Cavaliers are smarting
from two defeats in New York and
are up for revenge.

Another undefeated entry is the
University of Georgia. The
Southerners have added members
of the Atlanta Rugby Club to their
numbers just for this tourney. The
Georgians record is not that impressive
when one considers the weak
competition found in their area.

Making the Cup a truly international
affair, the Toronto Old Boys
will down from the north for
their third straight appearance.
Featuring a fast scrum and an adept
kicking game, Toronto has several
former football players among its
ranks.

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Other entries include Ivy League
teams from Princeton and Brown.
Princeton, which has played the
better sides in the last this year, fell
to Yale in the Ivy League Tournament.
Brown, which lost time last
weekend at the Shafer Invitational
Tournament, has had trouble
coordinating its scrum and backfield
play.

Midwestern entrants include
Michigan and Notre Dame.
Michigan is an unknown quantity,
being a late replacement for the
Manhattan Club, which had obligations
elsewhere. Notre Dame fields
a big team - the scrum is heavy,
and it is this extra weight which
could cause some of the other
teams trouble.

According to Jay Waldron, Club
secretary, preparing for a tournament
of the Commonwealth Cup's
is a large task. Since the
members of the Club pay only
nominal dues and no money comes
to them from the athletic department,
the players must undertake
fund-raising projects. However, Student
Council earmarks some funds
to the Club to help defray costs of
the .

One of the objects of the
tournament, along with others like
it, is to prepare the United States
for its proper role in world
competition. Right now, nations
such as Ireland, New Zealand,
France, Australia, and England
compete for the International
Match Cup, with France being the
current holder.

Play starts Saturday morning at
10 o'clock with Yale and Toronto
doing battle at Nameless Field,
while Brown tangles with Georgia
on Carr's Hill. At 11:30, the host
Virginia side meets Michigan for its
first home match in a month, while
on Carr's Hill, Notre Dame faces
Princeton.