Amherst Blanks Soccer Varsity; Mallory Excels

One of the country's best fullbacks led one of the East's best teams to a 2-0 victory over the varsity soccer squad here last Saturday. Amherst's Lord Jeffs scored two goals in the first 12 minutes of the game and then settled back to play defensive soccer--something they do very well indeed.

The chief reason the Jeffs are so good on defense is their big, blond co-captain, all-American fullback Drew Mallory. For the third year in a row, Mallory foiled Crimson scoring hopes Saturday, demonstrating awesome speed and uncanny reflexes.

Twice Mallory stopped charges by Crimson lineman Tadhg Sweeney, a feat reckoned nearly impossible by most Ivy League defenders. Several times he backed left wing Chris Martin and half-back Bill King into a corner and kept them there, displaying amazing anticipation.

Another secret of Amherst's success Saturday was its far-ranging goalie, Tony Scolnick. Sophomore Philip Hime got off several fine crosses in the third period, but Scolnick handled them all. Finally, Scolnick broke the Crimson's back by coming out to the edge of the goalie's area to snag a Hime corner kick on the fly.

Amherst scored against a disorganised Crimson defense and sophomore goalie John Adams after only 2:00 had elapsed on a fine shot by Jim Noyes. Adams was playing in place of the injured Bob Forbush, and for the most part performed admirably.

The game officials engineered Amherst's second goal, after 11:27 of the first period. After fullback Tim Morgan had cleared the ball, he came down on an Amherst man in what the referees thought was a violation.

But Adams blocked Noel Wilson's penalty kick, and it seemed that the Crimson was out of danger. However, the referees claimed Adams' heels had been raised above the goal line before the shot, in what was to them a breach of the rule requiring the netminder's feet to be on the stripe. Wilson didn't miss again.