Evening star., 1932-10-09

l. perienced individuals weld
ed into a far more effective
machine, tells in few words the
story of the 23-to-0 victory of Vir-
ginia Polytechnic Institute over
University of Maryland yesterday
at College Park.
Even before the contest it was felt
that " P I. had the stronger eleven,
but play had not been going on for
five minutes before SO per cent of the
big crowd knew that the pre-game i'm
preston was a certainty.
Numerous penalties suffered by V. P
I. probably kept the score as low as it
was. The Blacksburg eleven did a lot
of holding and was caught at it at
times that hurt. On two occasions
early in the first quarter it had Of
fensive marches broken by 15-yard set
backs
But v. P. I. was too much superior
to Maryland to be dismayed by any
thing of that nature. and toward the
close of the quarter. after march
from midheld that placed the ball on
the 3-yard line. Mills broke off tackle
to the weak side on one-wing- back
formation to drive across for the first
score. He also added the point after
touchdown on place kick.
IN the second period the ball see
i sawed around the center Of the field
until V. P. I. started a march from
its own 35-yard line, with Casey doing
a good deal of the ball carrying. He
t1nrr hyrr ooIr -
a punt and after that either he or
some other back seemed able to get
some distance every time signal was
given for play. Finally Holsclaw. on
a cutback inside of tackle after fake
run to the weak side, broke through
and ran 81 yards for another score
Mills again accounted for an extra point
on place kick.
The third touchdown also was made
in the second quarter. v. P. I. con-
sistently gained ground until 1t landed
the ball five yards from the goal. from
which point Smith went over after two
previous attempts had netted two
yards. Charley Morgan landed the ball
between the goal posts for the third
point after touchdown.
THE other score, safety, was made
L soon after the start of the
third quarter. A " P. I. punt put
the ball outside on Maryland's ll-yard
mark and a penalty for holding placed
it one yard from the goal line. On an
attempted punt Crecca was blocked
and the ball bounced back from several
V. P. I. linemen, who charged through
In such overwhelming fashion that it
resembled sea of soldiers overwhelm-
ing half-guarded trench. That added
two more points to the V. P. I. total.
That safety also marked the end of
the scoring. Marylands second-string
backs played far better defensive foot
ball than the first stringers showed in
the nrst half, and the second string line
With which the Old Liners were faced
was not nearly so effective as that first
set of forwards.
JUST how completely the v. P. I.
hnemen outplayed the Maryland for
wards is shown by the fact that
during the whole day Maryland gained
only 81 yards by rushing. The visiting
forwards swarmed over, around and un-
der the local linemen so effectively
while on defense that the Old Line at
tempts to carry the ball seemed hope
less. And on offenSe the MARYLAND
llnemen were blocked so well that at
times they were turned almost inside
out
The statistics of the game favor v. P.
l. by wide margin. 1t made IS first
downs against Maryland's seven and
hao total gain of 294 yards against
l29. About the only set of figures in
which an advantage showed for Mary
land was in the number of completed
forward passes, the Old Liners gaining
more ground in this department.
Maryland may be good team by
November. 1t was not a good team YES
terday. although perhaps it did about
as well as it was expected to.
Line-ups and Summary.