Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-12
THRILLING BATTLE
DECIDED e TO q.
94-Yard Return of Punt by
Branch In Last Period
Is Winning Score.

tober 11.-InSpired by the
~ occasion of its alma matters
18th birthday celebration,
the Blue and White of North Car
olina fought doggedly today to
win from Maryland, % to 81, in
o thrilling foot ball game wit
messed by 10000 persons.
Maryland made IS first downs
to Cardinals 9, but the Tarheels
won by passing and returning of
punts, making 149 yards by the
former route and 204 by the
latter.
Branch and Magner did all the scor-
ing and Shone like meteorS for Carolina.
The 65-inch Quarterback Cranch scored
twice on 35-yard pass from Magner
and q brilliant 94-yard punt return
Wagner bucked the line for touchdown
once and took a pass from Branch for
z4-yard gain to score again. Branch
kicked three of the extra points, Mag
ner one
Evans runs on fake reverse plays, net
ting 90 yards for Is tries for the Mary
land substitute, were the sensation of
the Old Liners attack. Woods scored
twice for Maryland, driving left guard
once and getting away for Al yards on
. reverse play at left tackle for another.
Poppelman scored the other touchdown
On 14-yard fake at center. Chalmers
got all extra points.
Game Is Thriller.
The game was thrilling affair, nip
and tuck from start to finish, with each
team scoring points quarter for the
first three periods and Branch running
% yards in the final quarter to give
Carolina the victory.
On this particular play, which was
the high spot Of the game, Branch took
Chalmers 44-yard punt on Carolina's
own 6-yard line, gained momentum
after slow start. lodged tackle. wove
directly through the mass OF players at
this center Of the scrimmage line. gained
the open field and outspurted the rangy,
fast Berger.
Branch did prodigious feats all day.
It was he who came in for Wyrick in the
FIRST quarter, with Maryland out front
by to 0, and took MagnerS pass for g
34-yard gallop and touchdown to knot
the count.
It was his clever directing Of field
operations, IS quarterback at first, as
acting captain after Nash went out,
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and gave Carolina the victory despite
superior yardage made by the Old
Liners. It was he who punted bril-
liantly, averaging 40 yards q boot and
kicking 50 yards and outside on Mary
lands 5-yard line on one occasion
Runs Punt "a Yards.
Carolina lost an excellent opportunity
to score in the opening quarter. The
first time, Chandler, who started at left
half, fumbled after Carolina had the
ball to the 20-yard line. The second
time q brilliant 74-yard punt return by
Wyrich, who started at quarter, went to
naught when the Tarheel backs stopped
ct the stone wall Maryland planted on
its own ll-yard line.
Brilliant defensive support by the
Maryland backs kept the star Carolina
ball carriers from unleasing concerted
running attack at all times. House.
driving fuliback, was high grouna
gamer from scrimmage with n yards
Capt. Nash, Wagner, SluSser and al the
other ball carriers were stopped dead,
but the Tarheels made up the difference
on well directed passes, many OF them
sensational, and on brilliant punt re-
turns.
Magner's touchdown via the aerial
route was q special thriller. Two Old
Line backs had the star Tarheel
covered, but Wagner eluded both, tax
ing Branchs long pass.
Evans Is Brilliant.
A substitute back proved the sensa-
ton for Maryland. Evans didn't come In
until the middle of the third quarter,
but he gained 90 yards from scrimmage
and as much as Maryland's three other
leaders put together. His runs OF fake
reverses were almost unStoppable for
many minutes, and his 81 yards for four
such plays put the ball in position for
Woods to score Maryland's final touch
down.
Evans also figured prominently in
Maryland aerial attack, threatened
Carolina again and again In the mai
quarter, and almost knotted things up,
but Berger dropped his 30-yard pass on
the Carolina 4-yard line.
Berger was second high gamer Tor
Maryland. Woods, Chalmers and Pop
pelrnan played brilliant defensive ball.
Faber, Krajovic and Pease were out
standing in the Maryland line. Fysal
and Mcfver, Carolina's charging guards,
had the line honors for the home team.
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