Behind Those Foster-Grants
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. 1 s . 1 Pagp20 • THEVILLANOVAN • November 5, 1969 '.. Harriers Win Big 5, Mason^ Walsh Firsts Gridders Down Xavier 35- 7, Run Log To 5-1 By PAUL SMITH By JACK BREMER VIIdIdAMOVAM What can One down and pointing to the Villanova football fan say, two more is the way the Villanova Vol, 45, No, 1 VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY, VILLANOVA, PA. NOVEMBER 12, 1969 after the Cats did a Job on the Varsity Cross Country team views Musketeers of Xavier, 35-7. Be- their win in the Big Five Champion- cause the Vlllanovan did not pub- ship at Belmont Plateau, Fair- lish last week, this is old news, mont Park, on November 1. The varsity swept past the but it merits some rehashing after Uni- "Isn't That Father Mahoney a sluggish start in the first quar- versity of Pennsylvania, Temple ter, the Villanova offense began University, Saint Joseph's Col- to roll, OR the strength of a di- lege, and Lasalle College versified running attack. Tlie in a dual meet score. Tliey drive, which commenced cm the bested Penn 18 to 39 with Saint k Joseph 82, Temple 129, and La- ?" Villanova 20, following a Dale Mutryn punt, featured runs by Salles 130. Foster-Grants ^v Behind Those Drew Gordon, Billy Walik, Joe Mason, Walsh Burn Piazza Belasco, Mickey Kerins, and John The expected dual between Stopper, with Walik doing the Penn's Julio piazza and the honors on a three yard sprint Villanova combination of Donal around left end for the touchdown. and quickly Walsh Chris Mason i fi^- ^ With two minutes to go, the di solved as Walsh and Mason Rhinelanders finally picked up pulled away from piazza and tied their first down, but it came on for first in 25 minutes and 38.4 a pass interference penalty. This seconds, thirty five seconds in rv indicated to the disappointed home- front. Mason posted his best time coming day crowd of 6,811 that this season as did Bill Mc- . X.U. was going to find the going Loughlin in fourth in 26 tough against the ever-improving minutes 25 seconds, and both 'Cat defense. The Muskies again Captain Des Mccormack and Andy couldn't move, and Mutryn was O'Reilly who tied for fifth in 26 called on to punt once more. Dale minutes and 38 seconds. Dave shanked a nine-yarder to the X.U. Wright resumed competition and 43, and the 'Cats appeared to be placed ninth in 27:02. Byron Beam, in business again. However, in 27:09, rounded out Villanova' plagued by penalties, the V.U. of- top seven in this championship fense could not take advantage Photo by George A. Forero race. The remaining Villanova en- of the opportunity afforded it, and CATS QB Joe Belasco rolls left with the intention of passing in the Xats 35—7 thumping of Xavier. The tries were Ron Stanko, Wilson Greg Wjierstle* actually wound up crowd in the background reflects the Musketeers winless record. Smith, Rick Kell and Karl Kins- punting from the Villanova 35. cherf. After a couple of exchanges, hypo, came^ to life, and Myers Freshman Second the 'Cats' defense got into the hit Joe Abromowicz (New Orleans The Villanova Freshmen did act, as X.U. quarterback Dave Saint and former X.U. star Dan's Ruggers Run Log To 6- not fare as well as the Varsity. six, then Myers, pressured by the rush younger brother) for Penn was the winner with left end for all afternoon, was harried by Rich Langcaster turned By LEN KAVANAGH Joe 'Beast' Miachels took the ball Villanova second, 25 to 48. Since on the Brezski, knd fumbled the ball. 23, and a first down VU 4. from a clean wing-out and scored this meet is the only encounter When we last left our ruggers, Tackle Tom Chmielewski was Two plays later, Myers plunged to make it 12-3. Soph Andy Cusack with Penn during the Cross country they were fresh from a win J<rtmny-(Mi-the-spot, and V.U. had into the endzone, and, after Ed over then scored again (youth power!) season, the scoring for a hypo- AUentown, still exultant in a first down on the X.U. eleven. Ruber's conversion, x,U. trailed their and Tony Bliss (still healthy, more thetical dual meet would have 5^^;: halftime score. undefeated status, and anxiously Gordan, after missing connec- 21-7, which was the or less), not to be left out, scored been 21 to 38 with Penn the winner. awaiting one big game further down tions with wide receiver Mike After Xavier threatened-driving on a devious 25 yard run. To put The Frosh were hurt by the in- 30- in the schedule ~ Siani, carried to the eight, where all the way to the Villanova Fairfield. Fair- the icing on the long- overdue cake, capacity of their leading run- the first field was the only it was third down and seven. A Gene"Arty" Arthur made team to beat us Glenn DiPaolo, a veteran of the ner, Phil Banning who suffered last spring; Fairfield five-yard offside penalty against of his two interceptions, thus stif- was the only last two Fairfield losses, got a glint from a strain. The Frosh two punt team to win over us last fall. the 'Cats made it third and thir- ling the march. After They in his eye and charged the ball in have been hit badly by injuries '-*. were not a teen, setting up a momentous oc- exchanges, the 'Cats took poses- powerhouse, but just a for the final score. within the past two weeks and ' sion on the X.U. 48. team with an inexplicable knack for , ,t cassion. Mickey Kerins, who was Steve Janick kicked the extra several fell short of their best in sneaking around V.U.'s performed so well for the'Cats With little time left the third power and points on two of these tries, and performances, therein being the turning it in his varsity career, took a short stanza, Villanova began to roll. back on us. the final score was 27-3. difference. Now, as pass from Gordon, and with typical Using a bruising ground game, we return to our heroes, The B team, sparked by the John Sevcik paced the team, three weeks later, second and third effort, lugged Gordon directed the offense de^ much has hooking of Hooking Jack Kreger in Banning' s absence, running 14 changed. They beat B.C. (yes, it in for the TD, the first of into Xavier territory, aided by a and the play of the Mad Turk, was minutes and 56 seconds to better Kelly, his V.U. career. Mike Berrang, key pass to Billy Walik which just like the football team no less aggressive than the in- his best time and take fourth does), lost a bitter Phila- who quietly is developing into one covered 19 yards to the match to spired A team. Their backs worked overall. Tom Flangan was the Walik, delphia, and, just last of the best placekickers in recent Musketeer's 14-yard line. Saturday, the ball well, while the forwards second Villanova runner over the fine early went to Fairfield and beat Villanova history, added his sec- who is returning to the them. held their ground in the scrums, line in 15:11 for sixth over the Decisively, ond extra point, and with 7:29 season form before his shoulder but they were held to a tie. three mile course. Ninth place was in the Toledo game, took There, the first half was tight. left to play in the half, the 'Cats injury The Fairfield win capped a long held by Dennis Fedison in 15:19, (§(DIL© mm it in from the two, and Berrang's In see- saw fashion, each team wait which the were up 14-0, team has endured with Jay Williams 14th, Joe San- ' •'. » .' > surged, then withdrew, keeping Xavier must have paid close conversion made it 28-7, with the since last spring, a period marked born 15th, Bud McLeod 16th centered attention to the doings of the Santa 13:40 remaining. game about mid-field. by many wins and a hurt sense of and John Schaffner 18th to cover By GREG BAKER months to a proposal for project manage- portation facilities and marketability of the With the X.U. offense reduced Fairfield came close to scoring Clara running backs against Vil- team pride. These last few weeks the top seven. Warren Clark, Craig J '-?v'^ ment of Villanova University prepared project, and stated the benefits to both lanova, as halfback Ray Langcaster to bumbling impotence by the ag- several times, but the Cat for- of the wait were interesting in that Brown, Dennis Armstrong, and wards On Sunday October 5, the Philadelphia by Meridian Engineering, Inc. The pre- Villanova and Radnor. coughed up the pigskin on the X.U. gressive 'Cat defense, the only made exhlbitibnlsts of them- they featured a hard win against John Quick were the other runners selves by staging three article detailing sident of Meridian Is a Villanova graduate, The proposal, stated simply, was to 38, and Joe Belasco not one to question left was could the 'Cats (3) fantas- B.C. (23-20 and 12-9) In which who made the team. Bulletin published an 'tic Is of look a gift horse in the proverbial score some more points. goal line stands. Throughout Andy Cusack, a Soph, scored three One Record shattered Villanova University's plans for a $61 Thomas A, Graham, and the proposal change the zoning of an area of the cam- 47-yard, 9-play drive pro- the game, the scrums were rather mouth-took the offense in for yet A times.