Evening star., 1927-10-02
BY III. {. BYRD.


NY virtue of a smashing attack
successful forward passes an(
q defense that held opposins
~ gains to an almost negligible
minimum, the University oi
Maryland eleven met its first big test
of the year yesterday at College Park
by defeating the University of South
Carolina IS to 0. After the first six
minutes. during which neither team
seemed to gain An advantage, Mar%'
land began to move. and for the re-
mainder of the contest had clear
margin.
South Carolina presented power
ful set of forwards, but was not able
TO solve the line attack Of the Mary
land eleven. Time after time backs
broke through for gains Of from TO
so yards, Pughs dash off tackle 10Y
half the distance of the field Tor n
touchdown being the longest trip any
back took with the ball. Maryland $
backs struck with terrific impact, and
half a dozen times or more it was the
tackler who was last TO set Off the
ground.
Cooper Great on Defense.
And speaking of tacklers, it is we'll
to pay tribute to Cooper, lS0-pound
cOujn AtIOliild ltditptiCh' W HO pay td
brilliantly on defense. 1t was Cooper
who made 80 per cent of the tackles in
his secondary defense.
South Carolina had lot of difficulty
getting it's offense under way. The
men from the Palmetto State seemed
big enough and fast enough to gain
ground. but were not able to prevent
a swarm of Marylanders simply bury
ing the man 18th the ball.
With the exception Of the third
quarter and a few minutes of the
second. when Roberts was in the
game for Maryland, the punting was
about as mediocre as ever is seen in
a. college game. kessler could nos
get his boots in the air and down the
field as he did a year ago, but when
Roberts took up the burden he sent
the ball in long spirals that kept the
play almost entirely in South Caro-
alma territory. it was rather remark
able that Wingfield, whose puntirc
for South Carolina was mediocre in
sfhe first half, began to drive his foo:
in the ball with far greater accuracy
and for greater distances during tn"
time when Maryland was getting it's
Fbest booting.
Tackling on both sides was good.
1T had to be, else more ground would
have been gained:
It was one of the worst days on
(which foot ball games are played,
and it is remarkable that the players
withstood the heat as we'll as they
did.
Gets Bad Break.
At the beginning OF the contest
Maryland kicked off to Carolina, and
right then got bad break that in a
closer game would have been very
costly. Rogers caught the bah and
ran to the 30-yard line, where he fun.
bled. The ball bounded into Mary
land mans arm. then went outside,
but the officials ruled that the ball be-
longed to South Carolina.
South Carolina put the ball in play
on the 35-yard line and tried n run
from kick formation without signals
in an attempt to get man loose.
Maryland was not caught mapping.
though, and when the speedy Zobel
finally picked himself UP from where
he was tackled he had lost 4 yards
Another drive off tackle failed, and
South Carolina punted. kessler tried
two plays, gained 4 yards, then made
a poor punt. which gave South Caro-
lima the ball at the 50-yard mark.
Again the Old Liners refused to yield
ground, and South Carolina punted
for only j. yards, the kicker nearly
having the ball blocked.
Maryland put the ball in play on the