University of Virginia Library

McCauley 'Excluded'

Excluding the All-American
running form of McCauley, the
coaching staff and fans of the team
Virginia Coach George Blackburn is
fond of calling "the best in the
conference" have had little to cheer
about in recent weeks. Three
consecutive heart breakers, losses to
South Carolina, Tulane, and Wake
Forest, have taken a lot of the
starch out of Carolina's incipient
football boom.

What has been most galling to
UNC partisans is the freakish nature
of all the defeats. Last week a
missed extra point sealed the 'Heels
doom, and the week before that an
80-yard touchdown pass. In the
South Carolina game a second
string quarterback came off the
bench and led the Gamecocks up
and down the field like a Roman
Gabriel reincarnate.

The Tar Heels, though, face
their make-or-break game with
some unquestionably able
personnel. In addition to running
back McCauley their offense will be
given added impetus by the return
of their injury-prone southpaw
quarterback Paul Miller. Other
offensive standouts are end Tony
Blanchard and McCauley's running
mate, Lewis "Smead" Jolley.