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Turque-Led 'Stars' Place Fourth

experience which accounted for
some points."

To get into the finals Virginia
had to down a combined All-Star
squad. 25-0, Saturday morning, and
then turn back the "Fighting Irish"
of Notre Dame, 21-0, Saturday
afternoon. Manhattan's route was a
little tougher as they pulled out a
6-3 overtime win over Chicago in
the opening round. An 18-6 win
over Army followed.

Consolation action saw Army
knock off Notre Dame, 9-5, to give
the Cadets third spot in the
tournament. According to
victorious coach Hague of Army
"Both teams showed signs of
Saturday night's party."

Posting a 3-0 halftime lead on a
penalty kick by right winger Jim
Meleski, the Cadets had to regroup
midway through the second stanza
when Notre Dame rolled up a quick
lead on the play of their second
row — Chuck Petrowski tried; then
Phil Calandra converted.

Two late penalty kicks by
Meleski gave Army the win. An
assist came from lan, a large white
collie, who played as a sixteenth
man for the Cadets periodically
during the last half in between
getting run off the premises.

Rallying in overtime, the
University of Chicago gained a tie
for fourth with an 11-3 spanking of
the All-Stars. Tied 3-3 after the
regulation two periods, the
Chicagoans tried twice and
converted in the overtime.

Two Turques (Virginia second
team) led the Stars. Mark Storm at
back had a good day, and gained
the only All Star points on a
penalty kick. Steve Hipskind led
the scrummers in a tossup; Chicago
held a slight edge in serum play, but
the lineouts were even.

Gaining a tie for sixth place was
Brown with a 44-0 demolition of
the Toronto Welsh. After losing
two opening round matches,
Brown's scrum finally fell together.
Petty tried five times for the Rhode
Islanders.

Second round action saw the
Virginians thump Notre Dame,
21-0. It was a very physical match,
with forward play even. Both teams
were fair in scrum, but a big
difference was the splendid duo at
wing forward for the Cavaliers —
Pearson and Shankman who were
all over the pitch.

Tom Furniss, field captain for
Virginia, summed up the match by
explaining that Virginia had played
"second phase" rugby — flowing
against the ball. Club president for
the Cavaliers, Jay Waldron, said
that, "it was a good win...it felt
nice."

Leading the scoring for Virginia
was Schmidt, as his toe was busy
with penalty kicks and conversion
attempts. John Pearson fed wing
Buzz Witt late in the match for a
picturesque try, which brought
raucous cheers from the throaty
Nameless Field crowd.

Knocking off Brown (the
defending champion) in the second
round was the task of the All-Stars,
who handled them to a 19-10
winning tune. The Stars had good
balance, with the backline flowing
well. Manhattan dumped Army,
18-6, in the second round, while
Chicago was humbling Toronto,
28-0.