Evening star., 1949-11-27

third bowl appearance OF the just
Sugar Bowl to Georgia by a 20-10'
in 1947 and this year to Oklahoma,
1876. Rice defeated Baylor to-
day. 21-7.
jacksonville Gator Bowl still
was pleading with Virginia, despite
its second straight defeat, but
John Thomas, captain and spokes-
man for the Cavaliers, announced
Immediately after the game that
his teammates positively were not
interested.
It was a bitter defeat for the
Cavaliers, who never have been to
a bowl, for with IS seconds to play
they were only yards from a pos
sible tie and had first down with
goal to go. Virginia, not North
Carolina, would have been the
visiting Cotton Bowl team had the
game been deadlocked. That was
for sure, as Carolina had an
nounced it would compete only if
it won. Virginia would have gone
with a victory or tie. o.,
Three Vain Passes.
Three straight times from the
eight-yard line, Steve Osisek took
pitchouts from Whitley Michels
and fired passes into the end zone.
Two were batted down by an
ever-alert Tar Heel pass defense
and the other was long. Ralph
Shoaf tried to squeeze eight yards
on a double reverse on fourth
down but he was stopped cold. In
that seemingly endless IS seconds.
there was still time for the Tar
Heels to run a play. and they
killed the ball.
North Carolina packed its two
touchdowns into the second
period, one on a 14-yard scamper
by Justice on q direct pass from
center to his wingback position,
and another on a pass from JUS
tice to his All-America teammate,
Art Weiner, that covered 63 yards.
Virginia was amateurish on pass
defense on that one. 5}ats'
The Tar Heels were through for
the day on defense after their
last score. Virginia controlled the
ball throughout the second halt
and in the two final periods Caro-
lima didn't gain a foot on the
ground and completed one pass
for nine yards. AS in its losing
scrap with Tulane last week, Vir-
ginia controlled the statistics but
lost the ball game.
In Danger Of Shutout.
Virginia was a precious few
minutes from being shut out for
the first time in Art Guepe's four
years as head coach when it
started the fireworks. Kenan Sta
dium's largest crowd, $4,000 sun
kissed but chilled spectators, had
little to cheer about through a
comparatively dull second half.
Then one Of the poorest punts
in Justices career, an 11-yard
effort that skidded out of bounds.
gave heart to the Cavaliers and
gave them the ball on the Caro-
line 43. Michels, rushed badly,
missed on three straight passes,
but on fourth down from kick
formation he passed to Shoaf for
a 17-yard gain to the Carolina 26.
Johnny Papit, Shoaf and Mi
chels alternated for a first down
and Michels hit Washington's
Gene Schroeder with a bullet pass
for another to the Carolina s..
Papit, Shoaf and Michels alter
mated in taking it to the l and
Michels scored on a quarterback
sneak. Carlton Elliott converted
and with 80 seconds to play, Vir-
ginia trailed, 14-7.
Everybody in the stadium knew
Virginia would attempt an on
side kick-and everybody was
right. Jimmy Lesane swiped
weakly at the ball and it failed
to travel the necessary 10 yards,
but as Carolinians dove for the
ball it was fumbled and Harri-.
son Nesbitt of Virginia recovered
on his own 48.
Bowl Bid in Balance.
LeSane clicked on a 22-yard
pass play to Schroeder, who
almost was away. Then Michels
lateraled to Lesane and he, too.