Evening star., 1950-11-19
Statistics

ing crowd of 10000 drubbed the
outclassed Cavaliers, AZ to Is, on
Summer-like day.
The margin in touchdowns was
six to three for Tulane, the same
ratio as last year when it doubled
Virginia in touchdowns, four to
two.
After falling % points behind
with just three minutes of the
second period played. and ap-
parently on the point of a rout,
Virginia rallied to hold the Green
Wave even for the rest of the way,
scoring two of the games last
three touchdowns to make the
final score little more respect
able.
Ernst Stars for Tulane.
The Cavaliers were the victims
of an almost-perfect passing per-
formance by Joe Ernst, Tulane's
T formation Quarterback, who
completed the first 10 passes he
threw. and IA out of Is for the
day, three of them for touch
downs. The same fellow completed
l8 out of 80 in Tulane's rout of
Navy last week.
Bucking a ponderous Tulane line
and receiving a minimum of block
ing. Virginia's Johnny Papit, of
course, failed to make the 1873
yards he needed to give him a
l ,000-yard rushing total for three
straight years. Papit gamely fought
for A yards in Is carries.
Cavaliers Score on Passes.
Virginia twice scored on short
passes from Rufus Barkley to Ed
Bessel. the latter making a great
catch in the end zone for the
Cavaliers first score. With the
sophomores in the backfeld, the
Cavaliers scored late in the game
on Gerry Furst's sweep from five
yards out. The Cavaliers went rs
yards in eight plays in that drive,
with Charlie Harding mixing
passes with running attack.
The most sensational run of the
day was 79-yard return of an
intercepted pass by virginia's Bill
Sinclair. The defensive end from
Alexandria intercepted an Ernst
pass on the Cavaliers II and had
a 10-yard start on the field, but
Ernst wheeled and caught the
dead-tired Sinclair on the To-
yard line. 1t set up a touchdown,
however.
Virginia Asks for Trouble.
Virginia asked for trouble at
the very beginning. Tulane's roll
ing kickoff skidded through the
entire Virginia team and the Cav
alters finally recovered it on their
four-yard line. Harold Hoax, who
averaged A yards for the day,
kicked out nicely. and the Green
Wave was stopped, but Virginia
again played amateurishly on the
punt return and tracked the ball
down on their own five. They
didn't escape as easily this time,
Tulane scoring a safety when
Barkley pitched deep to Bob Pate,
who was tackled in the end zone
by Ellsworth Kingery.
Tulane then started it's touch
down parade. Waggoner and Ron
ME Kent. its top ground gamers,
took the ball 81 yards to the five
and George Kinek scored from
five yards out.
Tulane Immediately recovered a
Barkley tumble on the Virginia 80
and, aided by pass interference
penalty, the Green Waves scored
in four plays. Ernst passing to
Kinek on the flank for a touch
down. 1t started a 65-yard drive
late in the first period and made it
22-0 early in the second on Ernst's
Jump pass to w. c. McElhannon
Tulane was doing this without Joe
Shinn, its top receiver who was
hurt early and did not return.
Virginia was a sad team at this
point. but succession of Barkley
to Gene Schroeder passes helped
take the Cavaliers 63 yards for a
touchdown, with Barkley passing
to Bessel for the score.
Tulane Tallies Again.
Three plays after Virginia s
touchdown, Tulane tailed with
Ernst passing to Waggoner. They
followed it up three plays after the
half with Waggoner's run and the
score was 1876. with the first
strirgers still driving.
Virginia was deep in trouble
again when Bobby Jones inter-
cepted a Barkley pass and re-
turned to the Virginia %. But
Virginia ended Ernst's string of
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