Evening star., 1929-10-06

faced by a stronger and more We
Of the greatest group of backs that
as members of the same eleven. A
and against such a team as it M
Right at the beginning of the con-
test the Maryland eleven fumbled the
ball on its own 30-yard line, after see
saving about the middle of the field for
about eight or ten minutes of play.
That put the Carolina eleven in posi-
tion from which it soon worked its way
to the first touchdown of the game. And
in the first half the Maryland tackles
made the fatal blunder of allowing OPP
posing ends to hop outside of them.
which gave North Carolina chances to
get away on wide sweeping end runs
that resulted in long gains.
Tarheel Backs Are Fast.
In the North Carolina backfield ap-
peared succession of players who were
able to go, once they cleared the line
Of scrimmage. Whenever they got
through the forward wall the Maryland
secondary defense seemed unable to
appear on the scene, the visitors being
SO much faster that they time after
time outsprinted them enough to run
completely around them. In other words,
North Carolina had backs good enough
that whenever Maryland made a slip
up it meant a disadvantage for the
latter from which it did not have the
strength to recover.
North Carolina was much further ad-
vanced in teamwork, it had individuals
who left no doubt in any spectators
mind. that they were real foot ball play
ers, and it played superior brand of
foot ball both as team and as individ-
uals. There could be only one answer
to such comparative strength. the an
swer that was returned in the result. II
Maryland had played errorless foot ball
and got few breaks, 1t might have got
away with hard. close game. might
conceivably have won. but it did not
have the kind of team to play that kind
OF game.
Visitors Gain Consistently.
With a brilliant, we'll developed Of
fense, Carolina was consistent ground
gamer all through the contest There
were times when Maryland stubbornly
resisted the advance, but in one way
or another one of the feet backs be-
hind the Tarheel line was able to get
away for a gain that killed the good
work Maryland had previously done.
Maryland never at any time consistent
ly stopped the Carolina attack, and
never at any stage of the game looked
strong enough to be anything like an
even bet, the first seven or eight min
utes excepted.
In the one department of play in
which the Carolina eleven was woe
FULLY weak-punting- was un-
able to gain any advantage because its
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with injuries. AS matter of fact,
worse punting hardly ever will be seen
IN any college game. The Carolina
booters failed to do anything beyond
Wf1at was very mediocre and Mary
land was very little better.
Maryland's Bid Blocked.
Maryland made its only bid for a
score in the second quarter, when the
count stood 13 to 0. 1t carried the
ball to the three-yard line on a good
forward passing attack, but then tried
to bang across the goal line through
the powerful and aggressive Carolina
forwards. The Old Liners had just
about as much chance to do that as
a rabbit would to run through stone
wall. That was the only time. the local
eleven got within scoring distance, and
the only time it ever dented consistently
the North Carolina defense.
At the start Of the second period
North Carolina scored its second touch
down, and toward the close the visitors
made another, and the half wound up
19 to 0.
In the third quarter the Old Liners
Jared little better, but in the fourth
the Carolinians had things about as
they pleased and got in some of their
best forward pass work of the day. Be
it said, though, that when Carolina got
in its passing, and what almost was
wild running in the fourth quarter. the
had secondary defense
in the game that was hardly better
than what might be found on a good
high school team.
It was North Carolina field day and
that is all there was to the game.
Maryland simply was not in the Tar
Heels class. At some stages of the
game it seemed very much like relay
race with the North Carolina backs
carrying the baton. Ward, Nash,
Branch and others simply were un-
stoppable as far as Maryland was con-
cerned, while the line in front of them
played brilliantly as a unit.
AS one Maryland player put 1t at the
end of the game: You might say that
we put up hard fight and did well
against a great team, but the best thing
to say is that we got a good licking.
Well take it and let it go at that"
Lineup and Summary.