Evening star., 1937-10-31
GATOR HALFBACK
, TEAM IN HIMSELF
Keeps Packed Homecoming
Crowd on Edge-Terps'
AeriaIs Decide.
Ry FRANCIS E. STAN.

- all the tom-tom beaters said he
was in the way of being an
= unsung all-America halfback,
but Maryland packed too many guns
for the Gators yesterday at College
Park, and, before a capacity home
coming day crowd of $500, won q
l3-to-7 victory.
Mayherry, veritable team in HIM
self, extensively, kept the witnesses IN
their seats to the end as he rallied
Florida's bewildered forces in the sec
ond half and threatened to play havoc
with Marylands only slightly hlem-
ished record.
Disregarding convention, Mayberry
was waving the services OF his team
mates and Florida plays toward the
end in a desperate bid to get loose.
Faking passes. he permitted the two
teams to spread out and then stuck the
ball under his arm and began to roll.
He never quite got away but until the
referee footed his final whistle there
always loomed the specter of this hook
nosed speedster scoring. either to tie or
win for the Gators he captains.
Maryland, of course, had seen May
berry in the past, but it is doubtful II
he ever put on better show than
he did yesterday. 1t was Mayberry
who passed to Florida's touchdown,
after almost single-handedly driving
to pay territory. 1t was Mayberry who
downed Maryland's Jim Meade on
kickoff when Meade had three inter-
ferers ahead of him and only May
berry to dodge for touchdown. 1t
was Mayberry whose punting got the
Gators out of trouble half dozen
times and, we'll, wherever the ball
might be, was Mayberry.
Meade Gives Terps Jump.
TN MOVING closer toward an un-
= commonly successful season the
Marylands got the jump on the enemy
from deep Dixie Meade, rival OF
fMayberry for individual honors. punt
ed beautifully to F1orida's 3-yard line
In the first S minutes and when End
Blair Smith rushed Mayberry's punt
the Terps got the ball on the Gators
25-yard line.
MARYLAND didn't waste time. Bill
Bryant, another Terp end, juggled
q high. tsard pass from Charley
Weidinger, grabbed it tight for a re-
narkable catch, and banged to Flor
ida's 2-yard line. Meade plunged for
the touchdown, but Bryant missed
the extra-point kick.
Florida bounced back toward the
end of the period and threatened
Marylands goal with the aid OF an
interference penalty. Mayberry threw
q long pass from his IS and Ken Willis,
who was to have received it. was hit
by Weidinger. 1t was ruled inter-
ference. the pass was called good and
Florida was given the ball on the
b-yard line.
Here came Mayberry's only failure
of the afternoon. Four times ne
carried the ball in an attempt TO
score, but Maryland captured the oval
on downs and Meade punted out.
Sub FIankmen Click.
"A MOTHER pass led to Maryland's
other touchdown, again putting
the ball only yards from Floridas
goal. This one was heaved late in the
second period by Weidinger to Johnny
Mccarthy, sub end. AS Florldas
secondary swooped down on him,
Mccarthy lateraled to Nick Budkof1,
another reserve fankman. Budkof1
carried to the 2-yard stripe and
Weidinger took it across. Pershing
Mondorff, who was sent in to kick
the extra point, did exactly that from
placement.
MARYLAND made only one other
scoring bid and that was spoiled by
a tumble. The rest of the game
chiefly was taken over by Mayberry,
who without great help from his
mates, ran 80 yards to the Terps' "A
In the third quarter. He drove to
another first down, this Mayberry guy,
and then passed to Left-end Cliff
Whiddon for 14-yard gain. This
put the ball on the 20.
A 5-yard penalty for offside was
charged against Maryland and on
fourth down, after having failed to
gain an inch, Mayberry passed over
the goal to Moon Mullins. fullback,
for the touchdown. Clark Golf, a
guard. added the extra point.
Early in the last period Meade and
Maryland drove to the enemy 25,
from where Meade made IS yards on
a spinner play. But Weidingers
tumble was recovered by Florida and
the last IL minutes or so was spent
in thwarting Mayberry's efforts to
break away. Too fast for his inter-
ference, Walter kept fading back and
taking passes. When the other 81
players spread out he kept the ball
and carried 1t places-but never to
Maryland's goal.
Oh, yes, it was Curley Byrd's silver
anniversary at Maryland, too, and
the Terps did it up brown between
the halves with a parade of floats.
Line-ups and Summary.
Sos Maryland 13). Florida (7D.