Clemson at Virginia

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  Evening star, Washington, D.C., September 29, 1955, page 1

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  coIoniaIs Ready For Air Attack On Cavaliers II lsfs n win be understandable & tvirsinia,s football defenses arl stacked TO stop George Washing tons running game when tht 1.-TWO meet Saturday at Charlottes. vile. and Just In case that hap pens the Colonials viii be pre-. pared to open an air attack. Virginia scouts who watched 1.-THE Colonials IN their 25–⁠6 vic tory over Virginia Military lasl week saw nothing except q run. ming game. Every foot Of thu lass yards the Colonials earned was on the ground. 30 the Caya. Iliers can be expected to be war, lof such ball carriers as Bill Sommer, Len Ciemniecki and lBo Austins who were responsible for much Of the yardage against VIM. Coach Ned Mcdonald cant learn from his scouts whether the Coionials have an adequats passing game. which hasn’t beer tested under playing conditions Passing has been adequate In practice sessions, and one after noon session, this week was devoted almost entirely to polish ing the afr attack. Haifbacks Fire Passes Quarterbacks Bob sturm and Ray Looney. the latter . left handler. are the principal passers lat CIV. but last year two or three Of the halfhacks also fred passes. Last season the Colonials were one Of the leading teams in the Southern Conference with yards gained passing. largely because they tried more passes than most teams. From Charlottesville. the reports are that the Cavaliers are forgetting their 20–⁠7 loss to Clemson in last weeks opener and are concentrating this week on beating CIV. against. which they have had singular success. Virginia has beaten CIV IL times in good years and bad. lost only once--in 1913. 20-l2and tied another game. 90. back in 1906. May Start Bill Clarke The Virginia coaches also seem to be giving some consideration to starting Bill Clarke. . Junior. at quarterback instead Of the veteran Rives Bailey. Clarke was in control when the Cavaliers moved to their only touchdown last week In the second period. Bailey. however. still Is running the No. l team In practice. with Herb Hartweil ct left halfback. Billy Bonney ct right half and Jim Bahktiar at fullback. Bonney’s presence In this group rep resents q promotion for him. Jim Shreve. the CIV assistant coach who secuted Virginia last week. reports that the Cavaliers are well supplied with quarter backs and that Mcdonald used i’ve players at that position. Shreye also had nice words for Guard John Polzer, the team captain. and Bahktiar. the So phomore fulIback from Washing ton. Polzer. Shreve reports, IL such q standout that the fans gave him o rising ovation when he entered the stadium. something unusual for o ineman. As for Bahktiar, he didn’t gain much yardage on offense largely because Clemson’s defenders were watching for him. but on defense he played IS minutes. more than any other Virginian.

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Clemson leads 41–⁠8–⁠1 in 50 meetings, counting the 49 since this game.