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Due to Georgetown University's
failure to appear last Sunday, the
Virginia Polo Club played an
intra club squad. The squad
consisting of Tom Robertshaw, Ray
Norden, and Rob Rinchart was
blanked 6-0 by Dave Liverett,
Randy Jones, and Willie
McCormack. This coming Sunday,
the Polo Club will encounter the
New York Athletic Club. The
Cavalier team will be composed by
the winning McCormack-Norden-Rinchart
combination that has been
so successful this season. The game
will be played at Brook Hill Farm,
route 29 N., Sunday, at 2:30 PM.

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The Cross Country team runs
against the Giant Gobbler from
Blacksburg this afternoon at 2:30
on the new course behind
University Hall. Coach Onesty's
harriers return home looking for
win no.2. The Cavalier runners were
defeated by Duke, 16-47, last
Friday. The meet this afternoon
begins at 2:30.

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There have been rumors floating
around the Grounds to the effect
that there are no tickets available
for the game Saturday with the
Middies. The Cavalier Daily has
contacted the Ticket Office in
University Hall and has found that
there are indeed plenty of tickets
remaining for the Virginia-Navy
clash. They are on sale at $5.00
through Thursday.

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The buses are rolling to
Annapolis on Saturday. For a scant
$14 the eager Wahoo fan may travel
in comfort via bus to the
Navy-Marine Corps Memorial
Stadium and back. Included in this
offer is your game ticket, ice, cups,
and a Virginia victory. Phone
924-3015 between 9 and 5 to
reserve your seat. The Wahoos need
your support.

Cavaliers Tie Tigers;
Undefeated In ACC

By Steve Giannini
Cavalier Daily Staff Writer

Clemson Goalie Gary Pace Makes One Of Several Fine Saves To Hold Virginia Booters To Two Scores

Mike Ross, Phil Crane Put Ball Past Pace To Record Tiger Tie To Keep Booters Unbeaten In ACC Competition

The fortunes of the soccer team
have been fluctuating greatly lately.
Last Tuesday they fell victim to a
not-so-strong William & Mary team
and at the end of the week they
trounced a highly touted,
undefeated Duke squad.

This Tuesday Clemson
University, winless so far in the
ACC, tied the Cavaliers in
Charlottesville. As regulation play
ended the score was 2-2. The game
then continued in two extra five
minute periods, and although both
teams had very close near misses,
the score remained the same to give
Virginia a 4-2-1 record.

Play in the first period opened
with the Cavaliers hustling and
getting to the ball and controlling it
very well. They seemed to be in
control of the situation as Mike
Ross scored unassisted. The ball
continued to be held in Tiger
territory under Virginia supervision.
Clemson was being outplayed and
out hustled at this point in the
game.

John Mehrtens made a nice pass
to Phil Crane near the goal, and
Crane was able to put it in to make
the score 2-0 and end the scoring
for the Virginia squad for the day.

Clemson began to get to the ball
in the second period and take it
into Virginia territory. The
Cavaliers seemed to be in a letdown
as Clemson gained momentum and
finally scored on a penalty kick by
Andrano Demori. The first half
ended with Virginia leading 2-1.

The third period for the most
part was a repeat of the second.
The action seemed to be in a slow
down with the Tigers in possession
of the ball throughout the period.
Tom Schmidt finally evened up the
score for Clemson on a hard
straight kick. Cavalier goalie Don
Abramson was visibly upset with
his failure to prevent the score after
a fine attempt.

During this time there were a
number of scoring opportunities for
the Cavaliers on free kicks, but the
team was not able to capitalize on
any of them. As the third period
was drawing to a close, the action
began to pick up again.

Twice early in the final period
the Cavaliers took good, close shots
at the goal, but neither found its
mark. Virginia continued to control
the ball and take shots again and
again. Most of these attempts were
high and the other ones were
blocked by Clemson's tall goalie,
Gary Pace. The ones that he didn't
catch, he was able to deflect over
the net.

As regulation play ended,
Virginia was threatening but
without consequence. The game
continued in two five minute
periods. In the first overtime period
the Cavaliers pushed the ball to
within 15 yards of the goal and
took a high shot which was
deflected by Pace to bounce off the
goal's cross bar.

The first extra period ended and
the second began. Clemson got the
ball into Virginia territory quickly
and attempted a shot that was
deflected by the goal's side post.

Jay Connor, front lineman for
Virginia, distinguished himself with
his hustle and fine footwork all
afternoon. Goalie Don Abramson
played his usual fine game
preventing many would-be usual
fine game preventing many
would-be Clemson goals.

Clemson's last season high
scorer, Tom Schmidt, helped to
keep his team in the game and was
responsible for much of the Tiger
offense.

Coach Burris termed the game,
"rough" and said that his squad was
just not able to maintain the
offensive momentum that they
mounted sporadically. "They were
too reluctant to shoot," he
commented.

IM Roundup

Football Season Ends Today

By Tom Sansonetti
Cavalier Daily Staff Writer

With the regular seasons over in
Divisions B and C, playoffs will be
necessary to decide the champions
of each league. In Division B it will
be ATO facing ZBT Monday afternoon
for the title.

Both teams finished the season
with identical 6-1 records. ZBT
barely earned the tie Monday afternoon
as it eked out a 6-0 win over a
spirited KA eight. Bob Collector
scored the ZBT touchdown, while
Walter Hall and Matt Rutherford
stood out for KA. ZBT lost to ATO
during the regular season 13-6.

In Division C Phi Kap will battle
Phi Delt for all the laurels. The
Monday afternoon clash was necessitated
when Phi Delt edged
AEPi in overtime 7-6 to finish 6-1
on the year.

Other Monday results include in
Division A: St. Elmo 31 SAM 0;
DU 7 Chi Phi 6; and SPE 13 Sigma
Pi 7.

In Division B Sigma Phi edged
Chi Psi 18-14 while in Division C
Theta Chi beat PiKA 12-6 and TKE
nipped Pi Lambda 7-6. The only
Division D game of the day saw Phi
Psi whitewashing Sigma Nu 18-0.

There are now seven regular
season games remaining. This afternoon
SPE plays Beta and Zete goes
for its seventh in a row against
Sigma Pi. St. Anthony's Hall battles
Delta Sig with Phi Gam versus
Sigma Chi completing the schedule.

It will be the top two teams in
each division that will make it into
the eight team playoffs. SPE and
Beta are tied one game behind Zete
in Division A. Sigma Chi and St. A
both sport 5-1 records while league
leader Phi Gam has yet to lose.

The deadline for fraternities
not finishing in either of the top
two slots of their division that want
to enter the Consolation tourney is
October 31.

Player Of The Week

Linebacker Page Stars On Defense

By Bill Buck
Cavalier Daily Staff Writer

Even though the Virginia
offense was bogged down in the
Carter Stadium Swamp Saturday
afternoon, there were still a few
glittering lights which could be seen
through the fog. One which radiates
most distinctively is the Cavalier's
left linebacker, Boyd Page, our
Player of the Week.

Most of the defensive glory this
year has been showered upon the
front four defenders, Patton,
Brand, Constantine, and Sinesky.
Almost forgotten have been the
linebackers, especially Page.
Number 50 is the one who calls the
defensive signals, most of the time
from his wristband, a la Tom Matte.

He is looked upon by his
defensive coach, Don Lawrence, as
having the intelligence to diagnose
the offensive strategy of the
opponents. He has only erred once
or twice during the first five games
which is pretty good forecasting
when the opponents average eighty
plays per game.

The nineteen points scored by
the Wolfpack on Saturday were not
indicative of the play of the
defense. The first score came on
N.C. State's first series and was the
only defensive lapse of the
afternoon. The second touchdown
was via an interception at the end
of the contest. The Cavalier defense
limited State to 57 yards and two
first downs in the second half.

Page had five unassisted tackles
and was in on six other takedowns.
He was graded extremely high by
the coaches for this outstanding
defensive job. Lawrence stresses
Page's tackling ability and his
pursuit of opponent ball-carriers.
His speed is listed as good.

Page's play looks even better in
the light of a knee injury sustained
in the Duke game which cast him in
the role of a doubtful starter until
Saturday afternoon.

Page is a third-year man from
Kingsport, Tenn., where he trained
for his present role as a linebacker
and center. He lettered last year as
a linebacker and carries a 2.8
average in the College of Arts and
Sciences.

Photo by Tom Duncan

Player of Week Boyd Page Closes In On State's Jack Klebe

One of Five Unassisted Tackles By Linebacker In Saturday's Game