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Virginia
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5-foot-9, 152-pounder from Char.
lesion, w. Va, set them afiame.
Fumbles, pass interruptions anc
bog-downs at crucial points KEEP
the Cavaliers from making a run.
away of it early. They took the
opening kickoff and drove 81
yards to the Virginia 8 where Her.
man Calling fumbled and JohnS
Mapp recovered for VMI. The
Keydets gave them another
chance. though, as George Chum-
bley fumbled on the 20 and Pau
Phipps recovered.
Calling, Bob Tata and Bob Pate
moved to the 6, from where
Charley Harding passed to Bill.
Chisholm in the end zone. Melvin
Roach's try for extra point was
not good.
VMI could get nowhere and the
Cavaliers could get only so far. A
pass interception On the Keydet
I23, a penalty after getting to the
IVMI Is and a tumble on the VM1
26 stopped three advances. Three
more were stopped by the keyed
up Keydets inside their 40.
The Cavaliers continued their
get-nowhere style in the opening
minutes of the third quarter. But
the Keydets, who couldn't help
but see the scoreboard on their
way out at intermission. made the
most of their next opportunity. an
interception of Harding pass by
Fred Parks on the VMI 48.
Keydets Take Lead.
A 10-yard pass from Bill Bre-
haney to End Bill Ralph and a
33-yard run by Chumbley after a
penalty put the ball on the Vir-
ginia II. Chumbley went to the
10, Brehanye to the 8 and then
Chumbley found a hole inside
tackle and sliced to the /. After
Chumbley failed in two tries. Bre-
haney went over on sneak. Jones
then added the point to put the
Keydets ahead.
For a few more minutes. the
Keydets looked as though they
might do it. Losers in two Of four
previous games, they once more
stopped Cavalier drive. This
one carried from the Virginia 18
to the VMI 43 before it fizzled.
But the next time a Virginian
handled the ball it was Knowles,
and he didn't let go of it until his
team was once again in COM
mand.
A few minutes later Virginia
made long drive pay off. Hard
ing passed to Tata from the VMI
6 for the score. The drive, with
Tata, Gordon Granger and Gerald
Furst alternating in carrying,
started on the Cavalier 80.
Furst Goes 81 Yards.
That score was clicked at 1902
of the fourth quarter, and at 1920
Virginia had another one. This
time Furst, 5-foot-9, 187-pound
senior from Passaic, N. j., did the
most damage, a 62-yard run to the
VMI 10. Tata broke through on
the next play to score.
At 9:06 Furst made it 1877 on
a 20-yard run through left guard
Joe Mehalick set it up when he
intercepted Brehaney's pass on
the VMI 20.
VMI came back with it's last
touchdown on a 78-yard advance
highlighted by Brehaney's passing
and Nick Servidio's running. A
25-yard pass from Brehaney tc
Ralph was ruled good because OF
interference on the Virginia and
Powell plunged over from that
point.
Virginia, the best overall de-
fensive team in the Nation as Of
last week with an average yield Of
117.6 yards, gave up 212 yards te
the Keydets. while picking up AT
for itself. In four games. the Cav.
alters have scored 152 points to IA
for the opposition.
/ Keydets to Play CIV Here.
VMI, which lost to William &
Mary and Miami and defeated
Richmond and Florida State
travels to Washington next Sat-
urday to meet George Washington
The pre-game ceremonies here
today included parade of floats
and antique cars, marching unit.
and bands. It was climaxed wher
Gov. Battle crowned Shirley Anr
lGravett of Danville as the festi-
wal queen.
Then Virginia. after slow start
drowned VMI.