Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-17
OLDLINERS ROUT
V.P.L. BY "A TOO
Register Two TouChdoWnS in
First Period and Never
Are in Danger.
BY TOM HANES.
n ORFOLK, Va, November 10
n CurleY RYrd's MARYLAND bows

N Y ORFOLk, Va, November 10
~ Curley Byrds Maryland boys
VI assured themselves a Thanks
4 giving day feast at League
-,. Park this afternoon by looping
off the heads of the Virginia Tech
Gobblers.
1t was a snappy Maryland team that
swept Tech before it IN an amazing
24-to-O victory that upset all pre-game
calculations. Three touchdowns and
Shorty Chalmers placement kick &C
counted for the score.
Starting a Slashing attack in the
opening period Maryland seemed to grow
stronger as the game progressed and
when the final whistle sounded the
Old Liners still were hammerlng at
Techs goal line.
Country Evans, Buck Miller and Chal-
mers paced the Byrdmen in their VIC
torious march. They ran, passed and
bucked until the Gobblers grew dizzy
and the rest was easy. Maryland
crossed up the experts entirely by re-
sorting largely to line play, rammng
the opposition for long gains almost at
random and calling upon air tactics only
on rare occasions.
V.P. i. Defense Failed.
Tech, drilled carefully to break up
MaryIand's famed air offensive that
tied Yale, was totally unprepareo 10
cope with its running attack Iecns
attack. which functioned so well last
SATURDAY, against Virginia, was powerless
before Maryland's viciously charging
Gnemen. Little Phil Spear, halfback,
crowned to take Frank Peake's place
IN the Blacksburg hall Of fame, was
marked man from the start and ms
gains all afternoon could be measured
with q foot rule. m
The Gobblers tried repeatedly. %
times to be exact, to break Maryland
stonewall defense by passing, out the
Old Liner secondary was too alert. Late
In the third period the Techmen' Trying
desnerately to avoid a shoutout, aban-
doned ali other efforts to advance and
shot the works through the air, but
their hest efforts carried them no
farther than midfield. -,
Marvland's first touchdown came with
Elch suddenness that Tech had hard-
iv recovered from the shock before the
Old Liners were knocking at the GOD.
blers' door again. Taking the pan
away from Tech after the KICKOFF,
MARYLAND marched straight from the
45-yard line to its objective without
hating, Miller and Evans alternating
in plunping. 1t happened to be Evans
turn when the goal line came IN sight
and so he rammed through. Chalmers
kicked the extra point.
Pass Brings Score.
Another long march in the same pc
Rod. featuring five first downs in sue
cession. ended when Miller took toss
from Chalmers behind the goal line
Again Chalmers kicked goal. The Old
Liners were held at bay during the
second period. but came back again in
the third after Tech made its most
serious charge of the day and fell short.
Charley May, substitute. led an
advance to Techs 17-yard line and
from this point Chalmers booted
placement.
Chalmers intercepted Tech pass in
the fourth period and started Maryland
on another one of those marches that
had become habit at this stage OF
the game A pass from Chalmers to
Heagy put the ball on the S-yard line
and MAY plunged over for the third
touchdown, and again Chalmers dead
~ toe accounted for an extra point