Evening star., 1948-11-28
Justice Has Big Day
As Tar Heels Ron,p
Over Virginia, 34-12
By MerreII ,WhittIesey
S.or SfoH Correspondent

I'm q Tar Heel born, a Tar Heel
bred, and when die I'll. be a Tar
Heel dead" rang loud and often over
Scott Stadium today in celebration
of North Carolina's 34-12 triumph
over the University of Virginia and
its invitation to the Sugar Bowl at
New Orleans on New Year Day.
As usual, the most terrific Tar
Heel of them all was 165-pound
Charlie Justice, who should demand
a recount if he Is not q unanimous
all-America.
A crowd of $4,000, largest ever to
see a game here, watched the bril-
liant Junior halfback dance 80 and
AZ yards over slippery turf for touch
downs, pass for two others and set
up the fifth.
North Carolina thus completed its
best unbeaten season in more than
so years and ran its string Of games
without loss to II. The Tar Heels
never were in trouble as they took
2l-0 lead early in the second quar-
ter and then added two late scores
after Virginia became a bit ram
bunctious.
Anxious for Bowl Game.
The guess work as to Carolina's
address on New Year Day was de-
clared over before the game when
the Tar Heels learned the Sugar
Bowl was theirs for the taking II
they defeated Virginia. The Tar
Heels were anxious to accept the bid
as they lost to Georgia, 21-l0, there
two years ago. They will play Okla
homa there this year.
Virginia stopped Justice occa-
sionally today. but after all the fel-
low is only human. The Cavaliers
were hitting him little hard and
finally drew an unsportSmanlike
conduct penalty late in the game
for piling on. Justice played the
entire game on offense.
Virginia, accused Of being a
panty-waist team on several occa-
sions this season, suddenly became
tough after trailing, 21-o, and from
the middle of the second period
until the middle of the fourth the
Cavaliers dominated the game. They
bafiied the Tar Heels with a bar
rage of short passes-13 were COM
pleted-and they sent an assort-
ment Of backs chopping into the
Carolina defensive line for 143 yards
by rushing.
Clock Runs Out.
Carolina gained possession Of the
ball only five time in the first half.
Three times Carl Snaveley's men
scored, once they fumbled on the II
and, at the halftirne gun, they were
trying desperately to run play
from the 1-yard line before the
clock caught up with them. 1t did.
The Tar Heels did not punt in the
entire first half.
Carolina drove 81 yards for q
touchdown the first time it gained
the pigskin with Hosea Rodgers
carrying it over from the S after
Bob Kennedy helped with a 17-yard
spurt and Justice sprinted 10 yards
to the S.
After a bad pass from center
stopped the Tar Heels on the Vir-
ginia II, Virginia kicked out and
Justice took to the air. Most of the
credit for the second touchdown,
however, goes to Art Weiner. who
made Joe Di Maggie catch Of a
19-yard Justice pass on the Virginia
20 and raced to score.
Runs 80 Yards.
Five minutes later, Justice made
the Carolina track coach envious.
After Virginia punted into the end
zone and the ball was put in play
on the 20, Justice cut straight
through the middle, faxed the Vir-
ginia secondary out of his path and
sprinted 80 yards in nothing fiat for
his first touchdown. Not hand
was laid on him.
Carolina packed its last two
touchdowns into the last five min
utes in scoring it's 9th victory in
the South's oldest football rivalry.
Justice passed from the Virginia 81
to Bob Cox, who shared the ball on
the two and stepped over to score.
Two minutes later, Kennedy took
punt on the Virginia AZ, handed
the ball to Justice and Choo-Choo
cut in and out down the sidelines
for Al yards for his eighth touch
down against Virginia in three
years. Cox converted four out of
five times for the Tar Heels.
Virginia scored on two short
passes. From the Tar Heel eight
in the second period Dick Michaels
barely hit Myron Mausteller before
the latter ran out of the end zone.
In the third quarter Bernie Gill ran
wide and Joe McSary hit him in the
corner of the end zone. Both of
Carlton Elliott's extra point trys
were wide.
The Virginia stands had worked
up a case of enthusiasm at this
point, but the Cavaliers never again
left their own territory despite some