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brilliant forward pass attack to make
three straight first downs ana put the
ball ON the Ely 10 as the quarter ended.
A play into the line lost yard and two
passes were incomplete. On the last
down, Pepelnjak, Virginia halfback,
faded to his Is and fired an aerial into
the arms of Erickson at end and the
latterstumbled over the goal for a
touchdown. A pass, Pepelnjak to Lind,
was good for the extra point and tied
the score at all. The remainder of the
quarter was evenly played with both
teams failing to make any Roadway.
The half ended with the score still
tied.
The teams battled on even terms until
midway in the third frame. Trying a
pass deep in their own territory, Ely
had the ball intercepted by Peplenjak
who raced back As yards over the goal
line for a touchdown but the play was
called back for Virginia holding and
the visitors penalized back to the Ely
49, Early in the fourth quarter, Buck
ley backed Virginia deep into their own
| territory with a fine kick to the
yard line from where Pepelnjak re-
turned to the IL. Failing to gain, the
visitors kicked and Ely took the ball on
their own 40. 1t was from there that
Ely started for the winning touchdown
which came after 81 yards of uninter-
rupted driving.
Perko made yards to the As; Loushir
picked up more, and then Perko came
within inches of first down. Ely
elected to try for a first down rather
than give up possession of the ball with
a kick. Needing but six inches, PerkC
broke through for six yards for frs
down ON the Virginia 33. Although Vir.
GINA had surmised the play, Ely put or
plenty of power and made large holt
through which Perko was sprung. Tht
next play was a reverse with no gain
Crossing up the Virginians, Buckley
started around end and then suddenly
whipped long pass down the middle
to Mcfarland Ely end, who caught i
on the four yard line and was tacklet
there. With four yards to go for {
touchdown, Perko plunged yard and {
half. On the next play, Virginia piled
up on the right side of the line bu
Perko hit the pile, was seemingly
stopped, then suddenly shot through Il
fall on his face three yards over thu
last marker. Score, Ely Is, and Vir
GINA Z. A pass for extra point wa,
grounded.
Virginia filled the air with passe
everytime they got the ball during tn
remaining eight minutes of play blu
their efforts brought only partial sue
cess. With the Ely ends charging il
fast to hurry Pepelnjak on his throws
he failed to connect consistently as h
did in the first half The visitors los
the ball on downs on their own 43 lat
in the game after four straight passe
had failed. On three plays, Ely carrie,
the ball to the % yard line and wer
seemingly headed for another touch
down when the game ended.
To name an individual star on tn
Ely team would be doing the othe
players an injustice. Stukel, at center
played whale of defensive game an,
at one time made timely tackle whel
Virginia back was in the clear an,
might have scored At the guards, Klur
Needing and MeStnik, and at tn
tackles, zaic and Rom, displayed stub
born resistance in holding Virginia t
the lowest yardage gained by the visi
tors in four games. At the same time
the Ely linemen opened some larg
holes in the Virginia forward wa
through which the local backs went TO
substantial yardage. Johnson and Nc
Farland at the ends, broke up man
an end run by smashing interference t
give the secondary chance to nail tn
runner. Each caught a pass on of
Tense.
In the backfield all four backs
Perko, Loushin, Hall and Buckley con
tributed some nice gains and played al
alert defensive game. Buckleys kick
ing and passing; Loushins pass re
ceiving, blocking and defense on passes
Halls blocking and ball carrying, an,
Perko's plunging and tackling, all wer
factors in winning the game. The Ell,
team gave an iron men" demonstration
with only twelve men seeing action
Mestnik, a guard, was the only sub
stitution. Virginia used two full team
in frequent relief in an effort to wea