Evening star., 1942-10-04
1ars' Crushing Drive,
Accurate Air Play
Rout Cavaliers
Hume, Studer Head Hot
Attack; Foes Checked
Near Goal ; Times
BY LEWIS ATCHISON,
Star Staff CORRESPONDENT.

ANNAPOLIS, Md, Oct. s. An i'm
proved and alert Navy eleven un-
leashed virtually everything in stock
today and swamIed Virginia be-
meath wave of touchdowns to win,
IS to 0, before a somber gathering
OF 10000 fans in the 18th game of a
colorful football series.
1t was all Navy. The Cavaliers
were hit with broadsides of crush
ing power, bombed by accurate
aerials and torpedoed by their own
passes as the Middies roared a
throaty challenge to their future
opponents.
True, Virginia entered the fray
without Don Niklason, its plunging
back, and was handicapped further
by injuries of Flash Bryant and
George Grimes, but it is doubtful
If Virginia team at its peak would
have dented Navy's cast-iron de-
tense today The Sailors were out
to atone for their 80 upset by Will
liam and Mary last week and did so
with vengeance.
Virginia knitted through Navy's
lines for three scoring threats, the
last coming with less than 80 sec
onds of play remaining when Turn
/ bull Gillette lofted a pass to Herb
Munhall a Washington boy, who
! legged 1t 81 yards to the home
teams before being dragged down.
But Navy was as unyielding as
sheet of armor plate on all occa-
sions.
Virginia's Threats Blasted.
The Cavaliers, thinking quickly in
a desperate effort to avert /. white
washing, called for time out even as
the game swung into the final sec
ond, getting reprieve for one more
play, but the pass Gillette aimed at
Don Wanner in the end zone was
batted down by Navy's Johnny Tu-
eek. and that was the ball game.
On other occasions Virginia lost
the ball on downs on Navy's "a
and II.
Navy was coasting along on a
comfortable 14-0 lead before Vir-
ginia made any pretense of taking
the offensive, having scored on a
7a-yard drive of straight power
plays. then with 46-yard pass and
run play. The one-two punch, ap-
piled with all the authority of a
bristling 16-inch gun broadside,
shattered whatever hopes Frank
Murray's men had of pulling an
other upset.
Mainsprings in Navy's attack
were Hills Hume. stocky 180-pound-
er, who scored brace of touch
downs ~and had heavy hand in as
many more, and Gordon Studer,
slender Wyoming wizard, who
crashed the line for his mates first
marker and threw the pass that
gained the second.
Fowler's Run Is Spectacular.
Hume contributed the afternoons
prettiest run, breaking inside Vir-
gina's right tackle, shaking off two
tacklers-the last Grimes-and
sprinting SO yards to pay dirt. But
the most electrifying gallop came
late in the final period when Hardy
Fowler, lean, tan Texan, snagged
Gillette's pass and raced unmolested
81 yards to Navy's last score.
All Of the extra points were
tackled on by the accurate toe of
Oreal Crepeau.
Navy launched its first drive from
its %, with Studer and Hume bang
ing into Virginia territory. Hume,
out of double reverse, moved the
ball to the 5-vard line, from where
Studer took it over.
Hume set up the Midshipmen
for their second score by intercept
ing Gillette's pass on Navy's Al
Hume plunged to the Cavaliers 46
before Studer passed to Gene Gou-
die. who ran Is yards to goal.
Virginia held in the second pc
riod, but Navy began to move again
early in the third, travelling 81
yards to pay dirt with Hume's run
covering most of the distance.
tumble Leads to Navy Score.
Gillettes tumble opened the gates
for Nays fourth touchdown, FREQ
Schnurr pouncing on the pigskir
on Virginia's rs. Wilcox ran wide
around the Cavaliers left fland ane
tipped a lateral to Hume. who went
the remainder of the way.
The statistics clearly show Navy's
wide margin of superiority for the
Sailors rolled up 220 yards from
scrimmage to Virginia's minus
Virginia had the edge in kicking
and in passing. but in the latter
department only because 1t spen
more time in the air.