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University Of Virginia’s Grid Fate Will He Berne By HalfbackCharlottesville, Va., Sept. 13— (AP)—Whether the University of Virginia Cavaliers have an out standing football season or finish just so—so may depend on how a 183-pound junior halfback comes through.The halfback in question is Ralph Shoaf, of Roanoke, \ a., a hard-hitting fellow who two years ago was the Cava We s So. 1 fullback. Shoaf, who compiled an average of better than | four yards every time he hm-ged the leather in 1948. will fill one of three noticeable gaps on the Virginia team.Shoaf will draw the right half assignment. He’s the type of buck every coach likes to have on his squad, possessing an abundance of dt ve and defensive savvy. A kg injury kept him out of last year's competition.I Coach Art Guepc's “T-minded outfit will be fill'd by a newcomer to the backfield Ed iJes-scll. Bessel 1. a 180 pound* r from Hillsdale. N. J.. i I the Cavaliers in pass recehmg as a su •-stitute end last fall.Two Virginia backf ’d positions already have blt; ■ a settled Joe McCarv. Cavalier capl. in from Prince ton. W. Va.. will 1 at quarterback. The : dd -chores will be in the h. n«.s (Grover Jones, a stump’-' 37.v pound speedster from Wil'r.v:-ton. Del.Both MeCary and .T ms gain-i i some offensive honors as u\--: ulars last year. Pa--in’ Joe was tops in total runn.m: and neiial ; and Jones dri Strught line trusts.Johnny Papit. wh*» m • !:ed in a 4.15-yard average in l-ill-.ar-i.ving and scored f ve limes in 1U47. \\:il see plenty *! action.“With expected developm* nt in the line.” Guepe said, bn ks like 'vh.Cary. Jones. P. pit. Slv-af | and Bessel 1 should hnv4' pl« : ty : opportunity to cros g-dlines.Virginia is part dai ly \vlt; lt;1 fixed at the ends an 1 the .aids.Both first-team flankm.n.I Carlton Elliott of Laurel. Ik i. and Bob Weir, of MapL'v.v od, X J. are Lack Lnm a \« tr ig* . Three other letter ends are Charlie Mbit. Alan Milne andG* nc Schroeder.First call at one tackle will go to Stuart Barbour, 215-pound nior from Roanoke, Va. Joe Li onard, 225-pound letterman :;om Altavista, Va.. likely will^ jet the nod at the other.Among the guard prospects both of 1947’s veterans, ;.»hn Thomas, of Charleston, W.• . and Lawrence Baumann, of Wheeling, W. Va. In order to al-] w Baumann to do line-buck-i . work almost exclusively, V Iter Schulte may be given a sorting berth.“One of our big problems,’• ( Q pe said, is to find a cen:cr , t replace Lockwood Frizzell.” And Guepe thinks he may have the man in Bill Walsh, 210-p ind junior from Trenton, N. J. Virginia’s schedule:September 25- Miami (Ohio) at Charlottesville.October 2—Virginia Tech at R moke, Va.: 9—George Wash-jr. ton at Charlottesville: 16— \Y shington and Lee at Lexing-t,n. Va.; 23—Virginia Military* Ir titute at Charlottesville; 30 — Princeton at Princeton.November 6—North Carolina S' te at Raleigh. N. C.; 13— \V-■ st Virginia at Charlottesville; 27 North Carolina.
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Roanoke Rapids Daily Herald
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, US
Mon, Sep 13, 1948
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