Evening star., 1948-10-10
Freshman Davis
Brilliant Star Of
Solid Triumph
Passes for z Scores,
Sets Up One to End
Long Cavalier Reign
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By MerreII WhittIesey
Stor Stoff Corresnondent

stor Stoff Correspondent
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Oct. o.
Happy days are here again for
George Washington University.
The Colonial alumnus is waking
with a lighter step, chin high and
smiling, because in Scott Stadium
today a 27-point underdog G. w.
eleven scored an upset that stunned
the South, smashing and deserving
20-to-l2 triumph over the University
of Virginia.
At dusk tonight the G.. w. band
and the deliriously happy followers
of the football team still carried on
an impromptu victory celebration
in honor OF one of the major grid
upsets in the history of the school,
and in tribute to the first major
grid victory since G. w. beat Glenn
son in 1912.
Hours before the weary Colonials
had left the field, carrying FRESH
man Andy Davis on their shoulders.
The youngster who learned his foot
ball at Tech High had played 581a
minutes, passed to two touchdoWns,
set up the other, intercepted two
passes, quick-kicked so yards, and
in general handled himself like an
Au-America.
Coach Bo Rowland's team was
satisfied that it made up all in one
afternoon for past indignities at
the hands of Virginia. In an in
termittent series that dates back
so years, G. w. never had won in
eight previous meetings and until
last year it had not scored. Then
it took a 1913 lacing.
Cavaliers Stopped Cold.
That final score was the halftims
score. With its superior manpower.
Virginia was supposed to come back
and push the Colonials all over the
field in the second half, but that
didn't happen. The only time the
Cavaliers ever were in CIV territory
in the second half 1t was because
of a CIV gamble that failed. They
never came close to getting even
one Of the two touchdowns they
needed.
Davis completed eight out of IS
passes for 153 yards in the first half,
but CIV protected its 8-point lead
by sticking to the ground in the
second half, with Dick Koester pick
ing up more than rs yards as the
spearhead of the ground game. He
was working on the payoff end of
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only Colonial aerials of the last two
periods were when CIV was on Vir.
ginia's l3, pressing for a fourth
touchdown.
Not to be forgotten among the
CIV stalwarts was Frank Cavallo,
who added the extra points after
the first two touchdowns. If he had
missed, CIV would have had to play
a different game in the second half,
but with an 8-point lead it took two
touchdowns to beat the Colonials.
The cold statistics that give CIV
a 42.5-yard kicking average belly the
pressure punts of Bill Spangler and
Cavallo. Spangler's best was a 64-
yard quick kick, but he also kicked
out OF bounds on the 3 and yard
lines. and there was Davis quick
kick that fell dead on the Virginia 7.
Colonial Line Terrific.
Bill Szanyi, Charles Gunner and
Harvey Shipman were the stand
outs of the G. w. line that time and
again broke through to smother
Joe McCary on attempted passes.
The Colonial lineman found their
second wind in the second half and
there were few openings for the
desperate Cavalier ball carriers.
The first half was an exciting 30
minutes of football The teams
scored three touchdowns in less
than four minutes in the second
period, two of them by Virginia, but
after their opening touchdown the
Colonials were not headed.
Spangler's 64-yard quick kick put
the Cavaliers in a hole that set up
G. WIS first touchdown. The CO.
lonials took over on the Virginia 20,
and took of. Davis, a ball carrier
too, mind you, made 6 yards then
hit Spangler with flank pass for
a first touchdown on the Is. Davis
found Frank close with bullet
pass for first down on the 4, and
three plays later Spangler bucked
the line for the touchdown.
Floyd Tayloe was the big ground
gamer as Virginia marched back 80
yards for touchdown, taking hand
offs from McCary the slick ball
handler. Tayloe finally went over
for the score. Joe Leonard, who
booted six extra points when Vir-
ginia tied Miami of Ohio's Sun
Bowl champs and routed v. P. l.,
then missed the point.
That Davis Boy, Again.
Davis, also the G. w. safety man,
sped 80 yards with punt return past
all but Virginia's Ed Bessel, to put
the Colonials' second score in mo-
ton. On the next play Davis danced
way back from his own 38-yard line
and threw hanging aerial to
Szanyi, who caught the ball on Vir-
ginia's 80 and dashed down the
sidelines for touchdown.
Virginia came back to score with
out losing the ball. Tayloe almost
tallied in one mad dash but Al dug
off caught the Virginia speedster
On the Colonial 20, after Tayloe
made 36 yards. Four plays later
Barney Gill scored to bring the
Cavaliers to 1914, after Leonard
again missed the point.
With 25 seconds to play in the first
lalf, Charles Butler completely
ooled the Virginia pass defenders
md maneuvered himself into spot
where he took pass from Davis for
mother G. w. touchdown on a 81
ard play. Cavallo's extra point
ooked good, but wasn't. A 21-yard
un by Jimmy Kline and an alert