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Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 22 Oct 1975, p. 13

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.Spurts Golden Hawks lose to Lancers 21 -6 by Rick Campbell The Wilfrid Laurier Gold- en Hawks battled the Wind- sor Lancers and the ele- ments last Saturday - and in the end lost out to both of them. WLU had its win streak snapped at three games as the Lancers halted them 21-6 on a frigid rain-swept Wind- sor field. By Mark Vincor Time ran out for the cin- derella dreams of the Uni- versity of Waterloo football Warriors last Saturday as they dropped a 24-21 deci- sion to the University of Guelph Gryphons. The Warriors needed ei- ther a win or a tie to insure themselves of an oppor- tunity at making the play- offs in Ontario Universi- ties Athletic Association football action. The loss leaves UW's record at two wins and four losses, four points back of the Gry- phons who are in the OUAA The game lacked any col- our as both teams were forced to the basics by the miserable conditions. Windsor collected the only touchdown of the first half, directly as a result of a Laurier miscue. A costly fumble at the Laurier three- yard line gave Windsor ex- cellent field position. "h MkingSt.S. (Warm! tiiibgyr/ie BOY A RECEIVER NOW t, GET THE SPEAKERS AT 1/2 PRICE 's loss to Gryphons ends playoff hopes Weather conditions were- n't much better in the sec- ond half, but the Lancer offensive attack was. A series of well-timed runs led to Lancer halfback Gary McCann's 25 yard romp for a major score. Fullback Dave Stievano of the Lancers quickly convert- ed the opportunity into a touchdown with Dave Pegg adding the extra point. Inspired by quarterback Cord Taylor. the Hawks fought back and eventually were rewarded when Taylor scored on a two yard run to close the margin to 1443. west division's fourth spot with a four win, three loss Playing at Seagram Sta- dium before a small crowd which braved the damp, gusty weather, the War- riors moved to a first quar- ter 7-0 lead. Following a Dave Sprik punt for a single, the Warriors got prime field position when Guelph's Mike Telepchuk could manage only a short punt into the blustery east wind. With the ball resting at the Gryphon 24 yard line. UW fullback Ron Kimmel raced the distance But Windsor got a fourth quarter insurance touch- down on a 58 yard punt re- tum by diminutive Don Hol- PRESENTS YAMAHA COMPONENTS wanna] a Caudio Come in and View The Complete Yamaha Component Line Yamaha NS-41 o forthcscore. Guelph recovered witltthe wind in the next period and capitalized on a similar exchange. Sprik's punt from deep in his own end was pushed back by the gusts. landing on the UW 25, From there, the speedy Bruce Morris charged into the end zone to tie the score. Morris finished the day with 182 yards on 22 carries which increased his league leading totals to 728 yards through six games. His 56 yard gallop in the third quarter set up a sev- Hollerhead bashed in glory when asked about the touch- down. "If I never got one the rest of my career, I wanted to get one against these (Lauder) guys." The state- ment transparently masked a reference to the icy rela- tions between the athletic departments of the respec- tive schools concerning the eligibility of Windsor quar- terback Dave Pickett. Laur- ier had sided with the CIAU against Windsor in their quest to have him ruled eligible. Ierhead. He showed excel- lent agility on the slippery surface in eluding Hawk de- fenders to put the game on Hawk coach Dave "Tuffy" Knight merely shook his Yamaha is backed by a 5 yr. Parts and Labour Plan and by NATURAL AUDIO. head after the loss. "I can't figure out how we came up so flat." he wondered. "We went over and over our weaknesses in practice this week and then came out and made the very mistakes we tried to correct, " en yard Mark Brown touchdown, giving Guelph a temporary 14-7 edge. But the Warriors worked a 69 yard march into the wind with rookie back Elton Kane scoring from one yard away. _ - - - Morris came right back with another long run, this for 48 yards. Again Brown found paydirt with a three yard scamper. On the next Gryphon possession. Telep- chuk found the range with a 38 yard field goal, in- creasing Guelph's margin to 10 points. The Warriors fashioned The win left the Lancers with a perfect tMy record while Hawks had their led- ger evened at three wins and three losses. Laurier’s next Ema their last of the regu r season, is at Centennial Stadium this Saturday against the Mc- Master Marauders. Noting the Hamilton's team's lowly record, the 2 p.m. matinee should provide lots of entertainment for those who favour the local university. 7 Waterloo Chronicle. Wednesday, Omaha 22, 1975 . Page " another lengthy drive at the end of the third frame, and scored two minutes into the fourth with Paul John- son banging into the goal area on a third down and three yards to the goal situ- ation. But that was the last glimmer of hope for the troubled Warriors. Going with the strong wind factor, the UW of- fence could not muster any type of consistency. With five minutes remain- ing in the game, Sprik punted poorly, negating UW chances of good field position from which to ini- tiate an offensive. On their last possession with Just better than two minutes left, the Warriors had to gamble with a third and one call and halfback Tim Weiled fumbled. UW coach Wally Delaney was understandably des- pondent. “I don't know when I've been more disap- pointed with the outcome sponsored try United Commercial Travellers Ladies Club FRIDAY, OCT. 24th. 2:00 -10:00 P.M. and SATURDAY. OCT. 25th. 9:00 a.m. -2:00 p.m. WATERLOO SQUARE MALL To donate books Call 885-4224 or 744-9319. Yamaha CR-BOO ANNUAL BOOK SALE Phone 576-7730 Brown was equally quick to amplify Delahey's thoughts. "Man, I ean't take too many of those games" he said covering his heart. of a game," he lamented." The statistics are identical for both teams. but the score separates us." Delahey's analysis was correct. The Warriors ac- cumulated 224 yards rush- ing and another 48 passing while Guelph tallied t39 the air. Gryphon coach Dick Brown was elated with the fact that his son Mark scored two majors, but ex- pressed high acclaim for his super-runner Bruce Morris. "This guy just has to be an all-Canadian this season. How can anyone overlook what he means to us? When he's in there, the other team is so afraid of him that they forget about our other runners."

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