AXED av ACADIA

In the first regular season game played at MacAdam field on Saturday afternoon, Sept— ember 25, the UPEI football panthers went down to defeat at the hands of the Acadia Ax- men by a sCore of 13:10.

Once again the Panthers show— ed their strength from time

‘to time, but were quite stead- iily contained by the strong irAcadia defense and stifled

iby the numerous penalties re— isulting in lost.yardage.

The home team got off to a great start as the advanced Ito the Axman's 20 yard line after they received the open- ing kick—off. Mancuso kicked a field goal to put the Pan- thers on the score board,3-O.

Two penalties were called against the Panthers, one

for illegal substitution, and the other for an offside ruling, before the Axemen con-

nected from UPEI's 1 yard line for a touchdown scored by Boo— Ker, Wellman scored the con— vert.

BOMBE-D' BY; UNB

The U.P.E.I. Panthers show- ed promise as a strong team when they clashed with the U. N.B. Red Bombers in an exhib- ition football game held at

ernoon, September 18. For the ers were unable to carry

through on their power plays, as they were held in check by

the sturdy New Brunswick squad.

The Red Bombers built up a 16—0 lead in the first three quarters of the game. The

Panthers came on strong in the

last quarter, but not soon enough, as the score stood at

16-14 for U.N.B. at the end of

~ihe'game.

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MacAdam Field on Saturday aft-

most part, however, the Panth—

Acadia lost 30 yards on a clipping call, and shortly after that, the Panthers att- empted to score a field goal. unsuccessfully, and suffered another penalty for piling on.

At the end of the first qu- arter the Panthers suffered a heavy loss in yardage, to their 43 yard line.

There was no scoring in the second quarter, but the Panthers had two more penal— ties called against them, for hanging on and illegal procee- dure.

At the end of the third quar— ter the UPEI quarterback,Canv— in ran the ball back to the 10 yard line, but the Panthers were unable to get past the Axemen for a touchdown.

In the fourth quarter, con— tinued pressure applied by Acadia resulted in another touchdown, but the convert was blocked.

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Early in the first quarter,

a touchdown attempt by the Red Bombers was thwarted by the home team, but the visitors opened the scoring with a field goal, scored by Irvin.

A short while later the Pan- thers fumbled the ball on a kick—off, which was recover— ed by U.N.B. on the Panther's l9 yeard line. On the next play, the Bombers' Irvin scor- ed a touchdown to bring the score to 9—0.

The only scoring play of the second quarter was a single point conceeded to the visit- ing team by the Panthers, for a touch back.

The Panthers ran two success- ive passing plays, with a tot- al gain of about 68 yards,, five yards short of a touch- down, but at this point, the second quarter was over.

In the third quarter, the Panthers almost scored after a long passing play to U.N.B. 25 yard line. Paolini caught

the ball behind the goal line,'

but the touchdown was disallo-

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Then the Panthers finally came back after Dionisi . caught the ball on the 40 yard line and ran it to the 20 yard marker. The subsequ‘ ent play resulted in a touch- down scored by Dionisi, foll— owed by a convert, kicked by Mancuso.

This brought the scoring to an end, 13—10 in favour of Acadia, as the Panthers were unable to score any more off the Axemen. '

For all you readers and other sports-minded people who are. interested in learning to play and practise volleyball, please take note that start— ing this Sunday, Oct. 3, at 7:00 p.m. there will be a Volleyball Club, taking place

in the Gymnasium.

The Red Bombers increased their lead to 76-0 with an- other touchdown. Once again

the convert attempt was blockl ed.

The Panthers tried desperat— ely to get on track in the final quarter, but experienc— ed some difficulty. Campbell caught a pass to bring the Panthers within breathing dis-

‘tance of the U.N.B. goal line, but they were unable to break

through for the major score. U.P.E.I° intercepted the ball,

a but the gain was ruled null

due to piling on. This partic— ular scoring thrust ended when U.N.B. intercepted the ball

in their own end zone.

Finally the Panthers explod— ed for two quick touchdowns, on majors by Don Murray and Glen Claybourne, and two con- verts, kicked by Gary Mancuso.

Then they intercepted the ball from U.N.B. but suffered lost yardage on two success- ive plays, which they were un— able to overcome to earn an- other first down. At this +hn nlnvk ran out.

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