The Cavalier daily :: Wednesday, April 10, 1968 :: University of Virginia Library

The sound of hoof beats is once
again shattering the springtime
stillness of Brook Hill Farm, The
crack Virginia Polo team, undefeated
in the fall, only slightly
fazed by a disappointing winter
campaign, is riding back into action.

The opening game will be this
Sunday at 2 against Pennsylvania
who will be coached by F. Peterson,
a former captain of the UVA
team and teammate of Coach
Robertshaw. Penn robbed Virginia
of any hopes of an Intercollegiate
Indoor title this winter, and a
grudge match is definitely in the
works.

Virginia will probably line up
with George Greenhalgh at number
one, Willie McCormick at two,
and Ray Norden at back. Tony
Adams and Mike Fox are also
possible starters. For Pennsylvania,
Jud Little will be at one,
Russell Corey at two, and Juan
Carlos Harriott at three. Harriot
is new to the Penn squad but is
expected to be a threat.

Willie McCormick, Virginia's
captain and consistent high scorer
has had an amazingly good year.
He plays the highly, "horse
race" game the Argentineans invented
and admire. Indoors in
New York, he continued play and
scored eight goals with a broken
hand.

Greenhalgh is a powerful hitter
and can fairly be described as the
team's hatchet man. Rumors that
Greenhalgh will be given pre-game
tranquillizers are false.

Coach Robertshaw hopes Ray
Norden will be a sufficient stabilizing
influence at three. The New
Yorker is an accomplished horseman
and plays brilliantly under
pressure. He hits a long ball and
has all the shots. His best is a
graceful and highly controlled near
side neck shot.

The shot is executed by hitting
from left to right under the
pony's neck. Unfortunately, Norden
has shown a tendency on offense
to get drawn into the action
downfield which weakens his
defensive power if the play is
turned suddenly.

Thereafter Virginia will face
Georgetown, often a strong team
on their own field, but yet to win
a game in Charlottesville. The
rest of the card calls for Yale
(April 21, Easter's), Alumni, New
York Athletic Club, Cornell, and
Farmington in that order.

Once safely by Penn, Virginia
should have little trouble dispatching
the remainder with the possible
exception of Cornell and the
certain exception of Yale. The
Dioscuri, Pete Orthwein (Cornell)
and twin brother Steve (Yale) are
the sole reason. The only consolation
here is that they are not at
the same school. Both play at
number two, the pivot position,
and are in a class above all other
intercollegiate players.