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CAVALIER DAILY
SPORTS
Player of the Week
Mooser Tapped As
This Week's Best
By Tom Sansonetti
Cavalier Daily Staff Writer
Jeff Calamos had bees in his
bonnet.
It was fourth down and a
punting situation for VMI. Calamos
had been returning punts, but...
"Mooser, go on in!" And here
was the start of Chuck Mooser's
successful Saturday afternoon.
The VMI kicker, Chuck Marks,
put one of his long high kicks into
the air, as he did all afternoon, and
backed Mooser up to the Virginia
37.
In front of 24,000
concentrating fans, he took the
seemingly minuscule leather sphere
out of the sky, fought off several
would-be Keydet tacklers and
romped 63 yards down the left
sideline for a touchdown.
Not a bad debut as a punt
returner.
But Mr. Mooser wasn't through.
He still had an eight yard
touchdown pass to catch as well as
run two more punts back for 39
yards.
Needless to say, Chuck Mooser
is this week's Player of the Week. A
second-yearman from Louisville,
Kentucky, Chuck had been "ragged
in practice" according to Coach
George Blackbum, but "he sure
showed us a lot today."
Frank Quayle credited Mooser
with the fine block that sprung him
on one of his three long runs of the
afternoon.
5-11, and 183 pounds (probably
less as football programs are known
to exaggerate) Mooser is not
exactly the biggest man on the
gridiron. But Chuck's speed and
determination make up for that as
was evidenced in his VMI
performance.
However, offensive coach Ben
Wilson believes that Mooser's
greatest attribute is "his excellent
pair of hands." Mooser used those
"good hands" to advantage at
Westport High School in Louisville
where he was All-State as a split
end and flanker.
Coach Wilson stated that
"Chuck has, like all
second-year men, a lot to learn. He
still needs work on his pass routes.
Things like making his cuts
quicker."
"He is a very serious young
man," Wilson continued. "He wants
to be a good football player.
Photo By Bob Gill
Player Of Week Chuck Mooser Accepts Congratulations From Paul Reeve After TD Return
Mooser Also Scored On Pass From Gene Arnette After Replacing Injured Jeff Calamos Al Flanker
Cross-Country Team
Loses To Maryland
When a cross country team is
dumped 15-50, the worst possible
defeat one team can hand another
in this gruelling sport, prospects
certainly do not appear too bright
for the losing squad in future
competition. Yet this is exactly the
way Coach Lou Onesty termed his
chances in upcoming meets.
Monday, Virginia's cross
country team suffered such a
setback which may come to serve
the team in much the same manner
as Virginia's loss to Purdue did. The
University of Maryland,
traditionally one of the top cross
country powers in the East, took
the top seven spots from the
Cavaliers, and subsequently
whitewashed the Virginia team.
Maryland's John Baker, last year
a 4:01 miler outdoors, led the
Terrapins across the finish line. He
was followed closely by the Terps'
star two-miler, Charlie Shrader.
Both Baker and Shrader are
sophomores.
Ernie O'Boyle and Marty
Brotemarkle, two senior sub 4:10
milers, finished third and fourth
respectively. Completing the top
seven were Shelden Karlin, a
freshman, Dom Camero, and
George Minarik. Baker's winning
time was 26:32 over the five mile
course.
The Cavalier's first man in was
Greg Lane, a freshman from
Richmond, Virginia. Perhaps the
most encouraging point of the day
was that the first four Virginia
runners were freshmen. Mike
DeCamps, Brew Barron, and Pat
Conroy finished thirteenth,
fourteenth, and fifteenth
respectively. Captain Rick Katz
finished in the sixteenth slot.
What seems discouraging for the
team, though, is exactly the bright
point. Friday the team will travel to
Chapel Hill, looking for their first
win in over a year. The harriers will
face both North Carolina and North
Carolina State in a triangular meet,
and prospects are actually
encouraging for the first time in a
long while.
"Maryland was predominantly
out of our class," Coach Onesty
stated in discussing the meet. "But
State's second man was over thirty
minutes for a five mile distance. We
have at least four men better than
this. Maryland's first boy ran the
first mile in about 4:32, but I don't
think State of Carolina is going to
have any boys we can't take. State
was beaten soundly by Duke, and
Carolina has a meet with South
Carolina today. It looks, though,
like we should get a win out of
Friday."
Horsemen, Sailors
Stay Undefeated
In a banner weekend, the
Virginia polo team racked up two
more victories by defeating a team
from VPI 14-8, and the Blue Ridge
Polo Club 6-3. The Cavalier team in
both games was the strong
combination of Willie McCormick
at one, captain Ray Norden at the
crucial two position, and tough
first-year man Rob Rinehart at
back.
Virginia started Friday night's
game with a two goal handicap, and
proceeded to whip the VPI team
14-8. Captain Ray Norden scored
six times, while Willie McCormick
knocked in three. Two-goals, Tom
Leonard scored six goals, but was
unable to save his team from the
Wahoo onslaughts.
In the opening home game of
the season, the Cavaliers faced the
tough Blue Ridge Polo Club.
George Greenhalgh rode at one,
two-goaler Andy Guest at two, and
Pete Dunning at three position for
the visitors. Virginia was awarded
one goal by handicap.
The opening quarter saw a goal
by Rob Rinchart, with Blue Ridge
being held scoreless. Willie
McCormick led off the second
period with a score, only to be
countered by a goal by Pete
Dunning. Rob Rinehart knocked
the ball through the uprights once
more, to pull Virginia ahead 4-1 at
the end of the half.
Blue Ridge came back with a
fast score by Andy Guest in the
third quarter, and managed to hold
the Cavaliers scoreless for the
remainder of the quarter. Willie
McCormick knocked in a quick goal
at the start of the final period,
followed by a score for Blue Ridge
by George Greenhalgh. Willie
McCormick scored the final goal,
ending the game in a 6-3 victory for
Virginia.
Sailing
Saturday afternoon, the
University of Virginia Sailing
Association was victorious in its
initial regatta of the season. The
navigators overcame an experienced
Old Dominion sailing team 61-51 in
the first annual "Virginia Cup" held
on Willoby Bay in Norfolk.
Virginia. The competition was
sailed in Penguins, an 11½ foot
racing dinghy. The eight race series
established the Cavalier yachtsmen
as the number one sailing team in
the state.
The first race set the tone for
the entire series. Warren Brown and
Paul Wiley, ably assisted by crews
Karen Woods and Neil Paxon
respectively, led the Old Dominion
team to the weather mark. The
remainder of the race was follow
the leader as the O.D.C. sailors
learned to appreciate the less
desirable aspects of a Cavalier
transom.
The only serious Old Dominion
threat came in the sixth and
seventh races when they managed
to collect two firsts. In the eighth
race, however. Paul Wiley quickly
squelched their hopes with a
convincing victory as the Cavalier
rag pickers sailed away with the
hardware.
Commodore Michael Bynan
was noticeably
performance of the
He remarked, "I believe the basis
has been established for a strong
sailing program at the University."
Bynan pointed out for special
merit the sailing of Warren Brown
and Greg Menke, who won two
races each. Don Black, Paul Wiley
and J. Paul McCarthy were also
singled out for their efforts in
expanding the point total.
Faculty Fitness
The Physical Fitness
Department is init
Faculty-Staff fitness program.
Sessions will be held on Monday
and Wednesday from 1 to 2,
beginning October 7 at
Memorial Gym. The program
will be individually tailored to
age and condition of
participant. or for her
information call Ext. 3015.
IM Roundup
Eleven Teams Remain Unbeaten
By Bruce Franzel
Cavalier Daily Staff Writer
The second day of High Point
Intramural football action
generated a great deal of exciting
action and high scoring as eleven
fraternities remained undefeated
and eleven are still winless.
In Division A, Zote brought its
record to 2-0 by defeating St. Elmo
21-6. Doug Hilbert scored two
touchdowns for the victors to help
send St. Elmo to their first loss in
two decisions.
In a close contest, Tom Junker
and Dick Morrow each scored once
to take Beta (2-0) to a 13-12
victory over DU (0-1).
In one of several high scoring
games of the day, SPE routed SAM
25-0. Leading the way for SPE's
first win in two games were Bob
Cave, Mark Rowe, John Piper, and
Al Mirmelstein, each scoring one
touchdown. Sammy is now 0-2.
Quarterback John Ball threw
touchdown passes to Mark Bingham
and Mike Bruggerman for Phi Sig to
top Sigma Pl 12-0. After two games
each, Phi Sig is still undefeated and
Sigma Pi has yet to secure a victory.
In Division B, ATO recorded
their second straight victory as they
romped over Chi Psi 30-0. Joe
Braintwain lead the offensive drive
with two scores and Ron Shorb,
Russ Kirk, and Rick Dygve each
scored once. Chi Psi has yet to win
a game after two contests.
In two sudden death games,
ZBT defeated Pi Kap 1-0, and KA
topped Sigma Phi 13-12. ZBT is
now 2-0, KA 1-1, and both Pi Kap
and Sigma Phi are 0-2.
In the SAE-DKE game, Dave
Broyles passed to Kent Wnderlich
and Bill Corr, for scores as SAE
took their second straight game
14-0. DKE's is ever after
two contests.
Division C action saw Theta Chi
defeat Theta Del 6-0 to even the
records of both teams at 1-1, Jim
Loughman scored the lone
touchdown for Theta Chi.
Photo By Bob Armstrong
Psychological Edge.
At least four of the
Cavaliers had little trouble getting it up for
the game with VMI Saturday, due to an
inspirational pep talk delivered Friday
afternoon by Playmate Michelle Hamilton,
who is also very good at holding guitars.
Arnette, Shelly, Hammer, and Fassio
apparently found her more stimulating than
Coach Blackburn.
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