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passes to Thomas.
Washington and Lee made its
first touchdown midway of the
first period and its final with only
five seconds remaining in the
game.
A poor punt by Virginia S
Harold Hoax gave w. & L. its
first opportunity with seven min
utes left in the opening quarter
Hoak's kick went out of bounds
on the Cavaliers 28-yard line and
two plays later w. & L. had a
touchdown. Broyles ran 10 yards
around end and Bocetti passed to
Thomas. who was all alone at the
one and he went over for the
score.
Jay Handlan. All-Southern con-
ference basketball choice, kicked
his first of six extra points. The
ball hit the goal post and dribbled
over.
Ashwell Runs IS Yards.
Washington and Lee supporters
had little time to gloat over their
TO lead. Jim Ashwell, Virginia
halfback, took the kickoff and
ran 95 yards. behind good block
ing. up the right sidelines. He
eluded Thomas at the w. & L. Is
to get the touchdown. Mel
Roachs kick tied the score at TT.
An offside penalty against
Virginia started w. & L. on q
scoring drive a few minutes later
The Generals got from their own
80 to the Al after the kickoff. but
had to punt when a third-down
pass failed. However. Virginia was
offside and w. & l.. got a first
down at the Virginia 46.
Freshman Charlie Bolt and
Broyles combined to put the ball
on the Cavaliers "a and. from
that point, Bocetti passed to
Thomas for a touchdown. Bocetti
faxed a short pass to the end
from Fort Worth. Tex. and then
hit him at the 20 with a wobbly
heave. Thomas made an over-the-
shoulder catch and ran across the
goal line with three seconds re-
naming in the first quarter.
End Around Play Clicks.
Two plays after the kick of
w. and LIS Paul Giordanni in
tercepted Rufus Barclays pass al
the Virginia Is. setting up the
Generals third touchdown. A
pitchout to Broyles and a similar
toss to Freshman Carl Bolt put
the ball on the eight. Thomas
then scored on a perfectly exc
cuted end-around.
Near the end OF the half, Broy-
les burst off left tackle at hi.
own 80 and outran the Virgins
secondary for a 77-yard scoring
dash and a 2S-7 w. and L. mar
gin at halftime.
The Generals drove to the six.
inch line early in the third quar-.
ter. but two quarterback sneak!
by Bocetti failed to score. JUS
before the period ended. the Cav
alters Tom Ford recovered a wile
wv. and L. pitchout at the Vir'
Iginia 48. On the next play, Bot
Pate went around end. shot in
side the defensive halfback .ane
raced So yards to cut the Gen
erals lead to 28-l4.
This was as close as the Cav.
alters could come to victory. Earl,
in the fourth period. Bocett
passed to Thomas from the w
and L. 80 and the Generals sta
end caught the ball at the Vir.
Iginia 30. Thomas went all thu
way to the one-yard line before
Jimmy Lesane caught him. w
and l.. got its fifth touchdown
when Hedge recovered We
Abrams tumble in the end zone
two plays later.
Virginia Threats Averted.
Virginia threatened twice in tn,
fourth period when the Cavalier
had first downs on the Wd1L 10
yard line. but the Generals de
fensive dine took the ball ava,
on downs both times.
The final touchdown came afte
the W&L line had held inside it
10 for the second time. Sopho
more Giro Barcelona broke of
tackle from the W&L and wen
"a yards to the Virginia %. Thre
plays later. with only seconds re
}maining, Broyles took a pitchou
lat the four and went over stand
ling up for the touchdown.
/ Many persons in the larges
crowd ever to see a game at Wilson
Field surged onto the gridirol
LATTER the final gun to hail Coacl
George Barclay and his team
] The players carried Barclay oi
ION their shoulders In celebration
of~ their first victory over Wiz
lginia since 1887.