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THE CAVALIER DAILY
Sports
Ruggers Vanquish Baltimore Twice,
Visit "The Land Of Pleasant Living"
By Jay Waldron
Cavalier Ruggers Gather Round To Form Loose Serum In Action Against Baltimore Rugby Club Sunday; Both A, B, Teams Won
Ruggers Put Up Better Performance This Sunday Than Last, When Old Blue, Generally Recognized Supreme, Defeated Both Teams
The Virginia Rugby Club
defeated Baltimore, 11-5, on a cold,
windy Saturday afternoon. A
strong B team defeated Baltimore's
B, 14-6. The A team played
spiritedly in spite of the fact that a
number of players never made the
game. Pearson, MacKay, and
Robinson left for Baltimore early
Saturday morning and are still
missing. Waldron, MacCallum, and
Dalgleish travelled to Baltimore by
way of Madison College, West
Virginia, and a case of Budweiser,
and managed to arrive only two and
a half hours late, but added a beery
enthusiasm to the B team.
The game was a rough, hard
fought contest as Allan MacAllister
will attest. He played opposite a
fast 225 pound winger and had his
hands full all day. Larry Schwartz,
the Virginia fullback, made two
penalty kicks, one coming from the
30 yard line, just in from the right
sideline of the pitch with a 20 mph.
cross wind blowing.
Butch Dietler scored a try late
in the contest when he intercepted
a Baltimore pass, possibly the first
pass he has caught this year, and
ran through everyone for the score.
Schwartz added the conversion.
Tough Wick Williams and
Captain Jim Rollins played well in
the scrum as did newcomer Randy
Covington and Smilin' John
Ashton.
The B team dominated their
game, consistently driving at
Baltimore's goal with strong
running and fine scrum pursuit.
Henry Dudley was outstanding at
fly half, running well and driving
Baltimore back with well placed
kicks.
Ken Harris, Bill Hazelton, and
Dick Cross all ran well, while
George MacCallum, Jay Dagleish,
and Jack Wilson were outstanding
in the scrum. J.B. Trew made
several key blocks of Baltimore
kick attempts. Tries were scored by
MacCallum, Harris, Trew, and
Marty Millichap. Jim Nugent
managed one conversion in the
wind.
N.C. State, UNC Edge Booters;
Maryland Faces Wahoos Today
By Steve Giannini
Cavalier Daily Staff Writer
Coach Burris' new look in
soccer, a freshman studded team,
ran into trouble in North Carolina
last Thursday and Friday, losing to
N. C. State 2-1 and UNC 3-0.
Facing a Wolfpack team
boasting 7 foreign starters, the
Cavaliers controlled the ball and
play the majority of the game but
lost by virtue of missing 8 open
opportunities. The ball was either
high or wide on each of the kicks.
N. C. State scored first in the
second period on a kick by Pete
Limos. The Wolfpack led at the half
1-0. In the last period Tom Darvoin
put the ball in the net to put N. C.
State further ahead at 2-0. As the
game drew to a close, Virginia's
Frank Sterdjevich booted the
team's only score.
The Wolfpack did not play particularly
well as a team, but they
did have 7 or 8 skillful ball handlers
who carried the game and the action
on their part. UNC's coach, at
Raleigh to observe the Cavaliers
whom his squad was to face the
next day, said it was the best effort
the State team had put forth so far
this season.
Coach Burris felt his team had
played well, but just could not get
the ball to go into the net. The
Cavaliers controlled the ball and
hustled throughout the game and
took more shots than their opposition.
In Coach Burris' words, "It
was a tough game."
The Virginia contingent fared
no better the next day in Chapel
Hill against UNC. The Tar Heels
played very alertly and controlled
the ball to beat the Cavaliers 3-0.
"It was the first time this season
that we faced a team that was
better than us," Coach Burris commented.
Quickness was the Tar
Heels' forte as they hustled and got
to the ball quickly. Their first tally
came in the first period as Randy
Canfield scored on a corner kick.
The second score resulted from a
penalty kick by Jack Pacard. A
penalty kick is a boot of approximately
12 yards and is usually an
unavoidable score.
UNC's Bob Perry was responsible
for their last score in the
third period. The Tar Heels outshot
the Virginia team the whole game
and played good defense as the
Virginians were unable to get a shot
in.
A lot of the Carolina defense
can be credited to their fine goalie,
Mike Haigh. He had a total of 15
saves during the game and stopped
one Virginia kick that looked like a
sure score.
Not to be outdone at the other
end of the field was Cavalier goalie
Danny Abramson. Coach Burris
said Abramson played the finest
game of his career while preventing
many would-be Carolina goals.
Regardless of the losing effort,
Coach Burris was pleased with the
defensive play. With his team
geared to offense, he expects to
give up 2 or 3 scores a game. That
was all the defense allowed. But
Carolina's combination of ball control,
a fantastic performance from
their goalie, and good steady defensive
play held Virginia down and
produced a deserved victory to put
their overall record at 6-0.
At present the Cavaliers' record
is 4-4-1, which is considerably better
than any record of previous
years. This afternoon the team goes
against Maryland, the last game of
the season and also the toughest
game of the season. The Terps have
not been bested in conference play
since 1957.
Maryland has probably one of
the four best soccer teams in the
nation along with St. Louis, University
of Michigan, and Long Island
University. This year the Terps
have two returning all-Americans.
One is goalie Mario Jelecovich.
Maryland has a scoring punch as
their average of 5 goals a game can
attest. Last week, however, they
just squeaked by a strong Navy
squad by 2-1.
The Virginia team will show a
contrast to the Terps. Many of the
Cavalier starters are only first-year
men, but they have comprised a
team that has pulled some upsets to
give an already better than expected
record. They matured fast as
they had to.
Photo By Dave Levy
Cavalier Inside Jay Conner Rams Score Past Diving Duke Goalie In Action Last Week
Maryland Terps Arrive This Afternoon To Face Coach Burris' Squad, Replete With Foreign Stars
FSU Nips USC
Four Future Opponents Fall
By Ted McKean
Cavalier Daily Staff Writer
Virginia's four remaining future
opponents all went down to defeat
Saturday, a feat the Cavaliers will
hope to accomplish on the next
four successive Saturdays. South
Carolina, North Carolina, Tulane,
and Maryland all were toppled,
though none but UNC by a substantial
margin.
South Carolina played perhaps
the best game of the foursome in
scaring mighty Florida State in a
35-28 losing cause. South Carolina
held the lead for most of the third
quarter, but then the passing combination
of Bill Cappleman to All-America
Ron Sellers proved too
much for the Gamecocks. South
Carolina's scrambling quarterback,
Tommy Suggs, put on quite an
offensive show, running for one
touchdown, and passing for two
scores.
Tulane threw up a valiant upset
effort at Georgia Tech before
falling to a last minute touchdown
score by the Jackets to secure the
game 23-19. Tulane trailed at the
half, 9-7, and Tech added another
score in the third quarter to make it
16-7. The Green Wave then rallied
for 12 points in the final quarter,
only to see the game slip from their
hands as Tech drove in for a score
with only 45 seconds remaining.
North Carolina, after pulling a
major upset over seventh ranked
Florida last week, was stomped by
Wake Forest, 48-31. Wake controlled
the game throughout,
leading at the half, 22-3. Carolina
scored the final two times, providing
an idea of the magnitude of
difference in the two teams.
North Carolina State totally
dominated Maryland in their game
Saturday, winning 31-11. The Terps
quarterback, Alan Pastrana, did not
complete a pass until the fourth
quarter, as State's Charlie Bowers
romped for three TD's.
Despite the fact that none of
the remaining foes appear to
possess the strength to defeat the
Cavaliers, none can be taken at all
lightly. All will be looking for the
chance to upset a team rated their
better, and, with dreams of a bowl
in mind, another loss to any of
these lesser teams would prove
disastrous.
Mortify The Gamecocks
Photo By Bob Gill
FULLBACK JEFF ANDERSON breaks through middle of Navy
line on way to substantial gain Saturday. Nevertheless, the
Cavaliers had trouble running through the Middie line,
depending more on the able passing arm of quarterback Gene
Arnette. South Carolina, this week's opponent, should provide
stiffer competition.
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