Virginia at Maryland

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  Evening star, November 18, 1928, page 83

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  b1 Ii. Z. ID ND ~ ISPLAYING a stubborn defense when its goal, line was threat ened and ability to take ad- - vantage of its scoring oppor- tunities. the University of Mary land won its annual foot ball game with University of Virginia yesterday at College Park by 18 to 2. Eut 1t was against a fighting eleven, crippled oy the absence of three OF Its best play ers. that battled the Old Liners rlgnt down to the final whistle. and In the closing minutes of play was carrying one OF its best offensive spurts that MARYLAND scored its triumph. Virginia got the breaks at the begin ming of the contest that threw Mary land back on the defensive, almost against its own goal. Maryland kicked off and the biggest crowd that ever watched a game at College Park rose to their feet In anticipation of a great struggle. However, the Maryland side seemed disappointed, as Virginia got the ball, kicked to midheld and gained 25 yards on an exchange of punts. Vlrginia had the ball in midfield. but could not gain consistently. and Sloan punted outside at the 5-yard line. On the first lineup Maryland gained four yards but on the next Madigan got off a bad pass that went back over his own goal and Snyder barely prevented a touchdown by dropping back and falling on the ball for safety. It was the first score and the count after 5 minutes stood 2 to 0 Tor Virginia. Stirs Old Liners. However, that two points seemed to put life in the Old Liners and they began to wake up. Despite Virginias stubborn defense they began to gain and the end of the quarter found them in possession Of the ball on the 64-yard line. Two plays netted yart-S and then a forward pass from KeSsler lodged two wouldbe tacklers and ran the remaining distance for MarylandS first count. Dodson missed the try foI’ point. That was the only scoring during the first half. Virginia came within an ace of getting touchdown, with | only a couple of minutes left. With | the ball on Maryland’s 40-yard lin the Cavaliers had six yards to go c.. fourth down. They dropped back kick formation, but instead Of ma the expected punt, Sloan shot the to Turner on long forward pass :, d yards to the 7-yard line. On the first play, Faulconer one yard and on the next on pass, Sloan made two more. into the line netted one more yaI Virginia had the ball on the mark. It attempted line fake, Crothers broke through and drop Sloan a yard behind the line of Scri-!. mage. T. was Virginia’s only r. chance for a touchdown. though cn in the closing minutes OF tn they drove down the field to -” 15-yard mark. but had a forwar intercepted by Warcholy. Makes Long March. Maryland’s second touchdown in - | third quarter came as result OF Z forward pass after a march Of 90 yards With the ball on their own 35-yard mark, the Old Liners began by driving through the line and off tackle for two first downs. Then Snyder broke through tackle for a gain of 81 yards and a forward pass to Radice got 10 yards and the next play a forward pass TO Dodson was caught behind the Virginia goal line. Crothers missed the try for point after touchdown. Play seesawed up and down the field after that until near the end of the third quarter. Virginia had the ball on it’s own 20-yard line and attempted lateral pass from Faulconer to Sloan. Dodson broke through and blocked the pass and then grabbed the ball. Snyder gained yards and passes from Kessler to Radice and Snyder made it first down and put the ball on the 5-yard line. The quarter ended and Maryland had the ball on Virginia’s 5-yard mark On the first play Kessler gained 2 yards, but Virginia was pc naliZed for being offSide. That put the ball on the 1-yard mark and Snyder dove across on the first play. Black istone failed in the attempt to kick the goal. Virginia Finishes Strong. The best offensive squirt made by Virginia during the day came in the last three or four minutes of play. A forward pass to Turner gained yards, Weaver broke through tackle for more and then a forward pass from P!nkerton to Weaver was carried to the 15-yerd line. Snyder was hurt making the tackle and was replaced by War choly. Virginia tried a swing around end but could get nowhere and then forward pass was intercepted by Warcholy. The game ended few Sec ends after that. Both teams developed in their line ups men who played stellar foot ball. yet both teams played we’ll as teams Virginia’S backfield did some brilliant work. Faulconer was one of the hard est runners en- the field and Hammer and Levy were just about as good backing up line rs any backs could Be, especially in stopping line plavs. Time after time Maryland backs broke clear from the Virginia forwards only TO run headlon2 into the burly form Of Levy or Examiner. Turner’s play at end wss fine end Sloans kicking and general work W.s far above the average Quarterback. but the one man in the Virginia lineup who stood out head end shoulders above every other individual on either eleven was Taylor, center He almost played the whole game between the two Virginia tackles, he intercepted passes. and more than everything Csc was the leader who had ability IN r9lly his team time after time wr07 it seemed as II 1t were on the point OF breaking. Plenty Of Good Work. Snyder was the main ground gamer on line plays for Maryland, while all Maryland backs and both ends tcok part on the receiving end of forward passes. Dodson and Heagy each caught a pass for a touchdown. Maryland’s line as a whole played good defensive foot ball. though at times it seemed a little sluggish. Kes-lcr’s s~curate forward sinZ Continued on Third Page

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Maryland leads 46–⁠32–⁠2 in 80 meetings, counting the 75 since this game.