Evening star., 1939-10-15
Spectacular PASSING
Marks 12-7 Triumph
OF Cavaliers
Terps, With Basket Ball
Play, Nearly Score on
Lost Effort in Come
By the Associated Press.

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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va, Oct.
14.-Spectacular aerial plays fur
nished the fireworks for spellbound
crowd of 5000 that saw Virginia
come from behind today to snatch
12-to-7 home coming victory from
Maryland.
Passes figured in every scoring
play, with Merle Du Vail pitching
for Maryland and Jim Gillette and
Bill Dudley for the Cavaliers. Each
team gained more yardage through
the air than it did on running plays.
Playing in bright, crisp autumn
weather, Maryland fought off Vir-
ginia's first-half thrust that carried
within inches of the goal, then scored
first when Frank DWyer took Du
Wallis short heave in the end zone.
Pershing Mondorff's placekick was
good and Maryland's 7-point lead
loomed large as Virginia's running
game Jagged through three quarters.
The longest gain in Maryland's
drive came on the most sensational
individual play of the game. With
the ball on Maryland's 35-yard line,
Du Vail heaved a 45-yard pass to
Bernie Ullman, sophomore back, who
took the ball over his shoulder in
full stride on Virginia's 30, with two
q Cavalier defenders beside him. Ull-
man got to the "a and line plays
took Maryland to the 6, where Du
Vail threw the touchdown pass
to Dwyer.
Cavaliers Score on Passes.
After seeing a Cavalier drive bog
down inside Maryland's 10-yard
stripe as the fourth quarter began,
Virginia took Mondorff's punt on
the Maryland IS and called on Gill
lette and Dudley for series of smart
4 passes climaxed by Halfback Sylves-
ter OGrince going over with a toss
from Gillette.
Dudleys placekick went wide, and
Virginia still trailed, Z to 6.
Virginia's second touchdown drive
started at about the same spot as
the first and operated in much the
same way, except that Walter Smith,
i, sub back, appeared out of nowhere
with the ball and ran for the touch
down from the 1-yard line. Dudley's
second attempt at placement also
was no good.
The last play of the game was
typically sensational. With Mary
land trying desperately to score a
winning touchdown on passes, Dud-
ley intercepted Du Wallis toss on the
Virginia A. With / minute to play,
Virginia ran four line plays and
Maryland took the ball at midfield.
There was time enough for one play.
Du Vail passed to Mondorff, who
was tackled, but lateraled to Jim
Wharton, sub center, who when
tackled lateraled to Ullman. who
Awas downed inside the Virginia 20
as the game ended.
Penalties and fumbles hampered
both teams, particularly Virginia,
and the blocking and tackling was
vicious. Dwyer played whale of a
game, extensively and defensively,
for Maryland, and George Lawrence,
at guard, hawked the ball all after
noon, recovering both Virginia's and
his teammates fumbles.
Gillette Hot for Virginia.
For Virginia, Galloping Jim Gill
lette was a ball of fire. Besides
rifling left-handed passes and re-
ceiving Dudley's tosses, the Cavalier
captain whipped around or through
the line when valuable yards were
needed for first down. Bill Dudley,
his sophomore running mate, who
spent last night in a hospital with
stomach illness, almost matched his
captain. and Lee Mclaughlin, giant
tackle, did some magnificent block
ing.
On Virginias first touchdown
&. march Dudley tried a pass and a
line play for no gain, and then
tented a pass and dashed from
Maryland's As to the "a. Again two
plays netted no gain, but Gillette
passed to Harris for s. On the next
play Virginia drew 5-yard penalty
for of1side.
Dudley passed to Gillette on TIE
%, and the Cavalier captain made
a beautiful advance as he whirled
and ran to the 16. On the next
play Gillette skirted end for first
down on the S and Dudley got /.
Gillette's pass to O'Grince scored.
With the ball on Maryland's At
several plays later, Dudley COM
pleted a pass to Rathbun, sub end
Gillette passed to Dudley and then
Dudley passed to White, Gillette and
Smith to put the ball on the 5-yard
line. Dudley ran to the l and Smith
took 1t over.