Evening star., 1949-11-07

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hours after
the Cavaliers "hi'tlese'.
stunning triumph. Newspaper
men insisted that Whitley had
called a perfect game. Coach
Art Guepe said no. He said he
thought Michels used question
able judgment-on one play.
Neale said no. From where he
sat, he thought Michels might
want to take two Of them over.
Guepe. the coach of the week.
maybe the coach of the year If
the Cavaliers can knock off
Tulane and North Carolina,
laughed. He thought 1t was a
wonderful discussion.
Guepe said the bench called
only two plays and then asked
generally in how many games
this season has the bench called
that few. The chorus was
none"
=. But don't get the impression
that 1t was a one-man show.
Virginia's greatest football tri-
umph was a team victory.
Scouts Charlie Guy and Butch
Slaughter were tremendous fac
tors. For three games they had
watched Penn and chartered
the methodical pattern of the
Munger-coached machine. They
told Guepe exactly what Penn
would do with so many yards
to 60 for a first down on SUCH
and-such q yard line. The play
ers wouldn't believe them at
first, but the scouts insisted.
They were right. Penn never
varied. y
When Penn had third down
on Virginia's two-yard line at a
time when a Penn touchdown
might have changed the COM
plexion of the game, Virginia
knew exactly what Penn would
try. Tackle Dick johnson was
waiting for them and Penn was
slapped back short of a touch
down. It. was amazing. the
lack of deception of a team with
the Quakers' reputation.
Last week against West Vir-
ginia. Johnny Papit carried the
ball 81 times. Munger told the
press Papit was 10 per cent Of
Virginia's offense. And for the
entire game Penn had an eight
man line set for Papit. but the
Nations leading ground gamer
carried the ball only II times.
Michels worked Virginia's T to
perfection, using Papit sparing-
ly and confusing Penn with his
passes and pitchouts. Penn
never caught on. But Papit was
Of great value as a blocker, de-
coy, on punt returns and he
was no slouch with the ball, &C
counting for 81 yards and .
touchdown.
Ralph Shoaf made Guepe's
pre-game pep talk easy. Last
week against West Virginia
Shoaf received painful body
burns from a solution used on
the Scott Stadium turf. He was
in the hospital three days. The
boys watched him dress for the
game, saw his sore, raw arms
and chest and watched the
trainer patch Shoaf up with a
salve and cotton coating. 1t
hurt even to watch. Somebody
asked Guepe when he decided
to permit Shoaf to play. Guepe
said it wasn't his decision. You
don't ask kids like Shoaf,"
Guepe replied. HE made the
decision and I intended to go
along with him until / saw he
had to come out. He was great
on line backing and pass de-
Tense, he was our inspiration"
The kids had one disappoint-
ment. They wanted to carry
Guepe off the field on their
shoulders, but they couldn't find
him. as Art was accepting con-
gratulations from Munger.
There was q deafening roar
when he made his way into the
dressing room. Art gave the
squad three days of. told them
to break training Saturday
night if they wanted to. but
nobody took him up on it. Vir-
GINA is looking to Tulane and
North Carolina, thinking Of an
unbeaten season, as there's
major bowl talk in Charlottes-
vile, Of the Sugar or Orange
Bowls.
Munger. the Penn coach,
didn't have much to say to
Guepe, but he had something
nice to say in writing In the
Philadelphia Bulletin yesterday.
TN my humble opinion, Nun
ger wrote" Miehels gave the
best individual passing per-
formance of any player my Penn
teams have faced in the IL
years I've coached at Franklin
Field" And there have been
some pretty good passers here
remember?