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Cavaliers Defeat Wake
Gridders Exploit Power Attack
To Put Down Deacons, 14-12

By Jack Glenn

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With all treads geared forward
in a game that looked more like
tank warfare than its traditional
aerial combat, Virginia chopped
down Wake Forest's best timber,
14-12, Saturday night in mist-laden
Bowman Gray Stadium.

The game was as close as any
Virginia fan could want. The running
and passing of Wake field
general Freddie Summers-more
than a season's worth on the option
roll-outs-accounted for two
touchdowns and more than a
dozen heart flutters.

Good Start

The game started, however, as
if it all belonged to the Cavaliers,
Pete Schmidt kicked off deep to
the 'Deacons' Tom Gavin, who
darted upfield far into the Virginia
ranks. Luckily for the Wahoos
he and the ball parted company,
somewhere along the way.

The fr ball bounced and hopped
into Wahoo real estate to be
recovered by Wake, but the ball
went to Virginia after a penalty
had been called on Wake for clipping
while the ball was free. A
fifteen-yard bonus gave Virginia
possessive rights on the Deacon
44.

Good Offense

The Wahoos quickly took all
advantages given. With nary a
pass thrown they stormed the Wake
redoubts with a new-look offense
of power drive after power drive.
In scoring from 15 yards out, Frank
Quayle cut to the left and back
again in a style that is probably
the closest thing that Virginia has
to anything "hippie."

Braxton Hill's extra point shot
through the uprights, and Virginia
had a quick 7-0 jump on the
Deacons.

Wake Forest nevertheless was to
have its turn. Surviving the kickoff,
the Deacons drove 60 yards in
nine plays with Summers rounding
end for a 12-yard tally.

Extra Point Fouls

The placement, however, was
short, and Wake trailed by what
was to become a most important
point, 7-6.

That momentary failure led the
Deacons into taking something of
a gamble after their touchdown
in the second quarter. After Summers
shoved across the goal from
the one, Wake decided to go for
the two-point try.

It failed, but not by much.
Summers rolled to the right with
his pass-pitch options in mind,
but was run out of bounds just
a yard short of the goal.

The half ended with Virginia in
arrears 12-7.

Wake Thwarted

If there was a turning point,
it probably came in the third
quarter. Early in that period the
Deacons went on a drive towards
the Cavaliers goal, but fell short
when Paul Klingensmith scooped
up Freddie Summers' fumble on
the Wahoo five.

That recovery, however, led to
no score-its value was calculated
in negative terms only. Virginia,
five points behind, needed a positive
effort from the offense.

Wyncoop Scores

It finally came in the fourth
quarter. With 7:13 left in the game
Dave Wyncoop skirted off left
tackle to blast 17 yards into the
end zone for the go-ahead touchdown.

Hill's extra point, though perhaps
unnecessary, was good. The
score stood 14-12.

Then it was the defense's job
to hold the Deacs just a little
bit longer. Almost immediately
after Virginia's TD, Tom Patton
hauled in a pass on Wake's 22
to stop another possible Summers
march.

The Cavaliers went on to miss
a try for a field goal and gave
the ball back to the Deacons on
the twenty for their last attempt
to score. Despite all that Summers
tried-he had an instrumental part
in every Wake play after Virginia
took the lead-the Deacs failed to
put together a threatening march,
and the Cavaliers took a hard-fought
victory by two points.