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BowI-HopefuI Eleven
Generally OutcIossed
By Underdog Outfit
BY FRANCIS E. STANN.

With IS seconds remaining to play
and unbeaten, united Virginia nurs-
ing 13-to-12 lead, Freshman Bill
Polling Of the University of Mary.
land hit Substitute End Don Gless-
ner with a 45-yard pass for touch
down yesterday at Griffith Stadium
and probably shattered the Cava-
hers' bowl hopes with a 1913 upset.
Gleasner, basket ball player and
one OF the two seniors on Mary
lands squad, snatched the ball over
the head of Virginia's highly touted
Charley Ellis and lurched 5 yards
across the goal to climax one of the
most dramatic battles in local foot
ball history.
A wild-eyed crowd of $1,000 chilled
spectators saw the underdog Terra
pins outplay the Cavaliers through
out the entire game, with the excep-
tion of the first minutes of the
third quarter, and yet as Polling
cooked his arm for the winning play
the Terps appeared certain losers.
Polling Provides Extra Punch.
The frosh predominated Mary
landers, outweighed and inexperi-
enced, were down on Virginia's 19
and 5 yard lines in the opening
quarter, but failed to score. In the
final period Maryland reached Vir-
ginia's and 20, and again lost the
ball. The Terps clearly outplayed
the Cavaliers, but with minutes to
60 they were losing, 1876, and with
IS seconds left they required some
thing extra special to save the day.
That extra special package was
Polling. a little 158-pounder who
outclassed Ellis and his crack run
ming mate, Ray Brown, yesterday.
With two minutes left, Polling was
kicked in the head by big Cavalier
guard and removed from the game in
dazed condition. When Virginia
was forced to punt less than a min
ute later. he re-entered the game
and, on the first play after Team
mate Sam Behr returned the ball to
the Cavaliers IS, he unleashed his
touchdown heave to snap the visitors
14-game winning streak.
Maryland Outclasses Virginia.
Polling had plenty of help. Gleas-
ner caught two touchdown passes
and Behr ran back a kickoff 80
yards for touchdown. Marylands
line, particularly the guards and
tackles, piled up Virginias running
attack SO that it was neglible most
OF the time. But Polling was the star.
breaking loose for runs of Al, II and
80 yards from scrimmage, return
ing punts for good yardage and,
finally, hurting two pay-off passes.
A team with sound running game,
Maryland outclassed the enemy by
gaining 203 yards on the ground
to 1873, and by making 13 first downs
to 5. Virginia, a passing team, COM
pleted 6 of Is passes, none for scores,
but Maryland, completing only of
S, had both aerials count for
touchdowns.
In command of the ball through
out the first period and most of the
second, Maryland allowed the Cava-
liers to penetrate its territory In q
scoring position only once. Virginia
got as far as Maryland's 20, but
begged down. Then, late in the
period, a break went against the
Terps.
Cavaliers Score on tumble.
A 15-yard holding penalty set
them back to their own S, following
IA Virginia punt. Joe Pietrowski,
another frosh, stood behind his goal
in punt formation and fumbled a
high pass from center. Before he
could recover, Left End Bill Pickett
fell on the ball for a Virginia touch
down and Ellis added the extra
point to make it TO.
The score remained TO approx
mately 20 seconds. for on the kick
tSee MARYLAND, Page A-22)