The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 62, No. 13, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 7, 1974 Page: 13 of 16
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Four penalty kicks lead rugby to 72-7 win over Baylor
by ASUKA NAKAHARA
Hugh Murray boomed 4 pen-
alty kicks on a soggy field to
lead Rice to a 12-7 decision over
Baylor.
With the Owl back line show-
ing signs of spark and fine defen-
sive help from the scrum, Rice
outplayed the greenshirted Bay-
lor club to take only their 2nd
victory in 6 outings.
Good plays by backs Walter
Murphy and Roger Harris set up
2 of Murray's scores. Another
Rice offensive sweep set up the
3rd penalty kick of the first half
giving the Owls a 9-4 lead at
halftime. Coming back hard in
the 2nd half, Baylor cut the lead
to 9-7 as they used punishing
force in the loose rucks to set up
a penalty kick. The hustling
scrum set up Murray's final kick
with the time running out, to
account for the final score.
Back Roger Harris, returned
at wing and scrummer Paul Phil-
lips at 2nd row after missing sev-
eral weeks due to injury. Scrum-
mer Mike Russel, and David
Smith led the forwards in
another good performance by
the pack. Backs Bob Brown,
Walter Murphy, and Roger Har-
ris led the backs in one of their
better outings of the year. The
presence of several loyal specta-
tors spurred the team on to its
latest victory.
This week the Rice Rugby
Club faces the University of
Arkansas Razorbacks in Fayette-
ville. Last year's match resulted
in a 20-10 Rice victory.
November 16 and 17 could
be the biggest rugby weekend of
the fall season with the Rice
based Lone Star Tournament.
Teams participating include
Texas A&M (the collegiate
champions), LSU (runner-up two day tourney will feature
collegiate champions), Air hard core action and kegs of
Force, and others from as far as Lone Star beer. Students are
Minnesota and Tennessee. The urged to spectate and drink.
Wells extends win streak to 5
With the season rapidly draw-
ing to a close, the Rice cross-
country team prepared for the
championship finale with a 6
-team 6-mile race. The Univer-
sity of Southwestern Louisiana
was host at the meet held in
Lafayette, Louisiana on friday,
November first.
Rice fell to second place be-
hind the strong team-running of
the University of Houston,
32-42. However, rice did have
the individual champion in
junior Jeff Wells, as he extended
his season win streak to five with
a blazing 29:49. Wells simply
had no competition as he ran
away from the rest of the field
to beat the second place finsher
by almost 40 seconds. Junior
John Lodwick failed to capture
second place by a scant two
seconds, as Tom Birch of UH
held him off for the silver, 30:27
to 30:29.
Other scorers for the Owls
were Rory Trup (11th), Larry
Nettles (13th), and Gary Huss
(14th). Rounding out the com-
petition for Rice were SCott
Buttinghausen and Bob Nellums.
Despite the loss to UH, the Owl
harriers ran well, with several
setting personal records for six
miles.
The Rice cross-country team
now faces its two toughest tests
of the season at the NCAA
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pionships. Rice must place
among the top three teams at
the District VI next Saturday to
Glenbrook Golf Course in
wotheast Houston to advance to
the NCAA Championships.
SMU SCHOOL OF LAW
A representative of the
Southern Meffiodist Univer-
sity School of Law, Dallas,
Texas will be on campus
10am to 2pm, Thursday,
November 14, 1974, to talk
with interested students
about admission requirements
and financial assistance. For
information and to make
appointments, see Miss Mary
Leatherwood, Director of
Placement, 301 Lovett Hall.
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Brewton, Gary. The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 62, No. 13, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 7, 1974, newspaper, November 7, 1974; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth245208/m1/13/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.