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B Team Triumphs, 19-0

Ruggers Wallop Duke

By Jay Waldron

In spectacular fashion the
Virginia Rugby team concluded
Easters weekend by swamping
previously unbeaten Duke, 22-0
before several hundred pop-topping
spectators. The B team continued
the debacle by demolishing
Lynchburg's A side, 19-0. They
were both explosive games in fitting
tribute to Luke Easter, the old
thumping Cleveland first-baseman,
for whom the weekend was named.

Early Cavalier Tallies

Virginia scored in the first
minute of the A game by dint of a
35-yard penalty kick converted by
center Tom Furniss. Moments later
scrummer Jay Waldron collided
with the Duke fullback and had to
leave the field with a gashed
forehead that was treated in the
Emergency Room. There is n
substitution in this ancient and
honorable game for "hooligans" so
Virginia continued with 14 men.

Next, scrummer Terry Daniels,
who emerged from the match with
a gaping grin in lieu of a front
tooth, scored a try, and Furniss
made the conversion. Furniss also
made two penalty kicks giving
Virginia a 14-0 lead at halftime.

Strong Scramble

Fullback Larry Schwartz
sustained a foot injury in the
opening moments of the second
half, and Virginia was down to only
13 men. But Virginia, playing
inspired ball, continued to
dominate the game as winger Alan
McAllister uncorked several long
runs and scored two tries. Furniss
made one conversion to complete
the scoring. The Virginia scrum, led
by Jim Hawkes and imperturbable
John Barbiere, who stands 6-11 and
about 300 lbs., controlled the
momentum of the match despite
being short-handed.

A Duke winger made a
spectacular 50-yard run in the
closing moments of the match as he
broke several hard Virginia tackles,
but he was unable to touch the ball
down after crossing the try line and
was not awarded the score - it
seems that in a gutsy tackle, which
he had broken on the 20-yard line,
he had sustained a broken shoulder
and several broken ribs.

B Team Ball Disappears

The B team completely
outclassed Lynchburg in a game
marred by an unfortunate incident
in the opening minutes of the
match. Allegedly, several "Virginia
gentlemen" attending a nearby
party thought it would be great fun
to kidnap the Rugby ball. Some
Lynchburg players gave chase, and
according to eyewitnesses, two of
their players were kicked while
lying on the ground and required
hospital treatment. Cooler heads
prevented an out-and-out brawl.

The match itself was marked by
the well-placed kicking of Henry
Dudley and some fine running by
Paul Bishop and Butch Dietler.
Tries were scored by Dietler,
Dudley, Bishop, and Bill Hazelton.
Bishop also managed two
conversions.