Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-30
1errapins Not So Bad
As Upset Indicates,
Declares Faber
Hoyo Attack Surprises
Hoeerty; CoIonioIs
Needed Stiff Tilt
By LEWIS F. ATCHISON.

but you couldn't cut yourself a thin
silver of gloom anywhere around
here unless you run the boundary
out 10 miles to little patch of buly-
ing ground where Maryland's hopes
of compiling respectable record
are R. I. P. In the immediate
neighborhood are more smiles than
you'll find at a convention of tooth
paste models. Everybody is happy
and for good reason, too.
George WaShington'S Bill Rein
hart is more than satisfied with
that 1910 victory over Mount ST.
Mary's and GeorgetoWns Jack Hag-
erty still is trying to convince him.
self it was his squad that Slaugh-
tered Roanoke, $50, not collection
of all-starS loaned for the occasion.
At College Park the situation isn't
entirely hopeless. Faculty, students
and team alike are merely trying
to decide whether mass hari kari
would be better than small cash
in the throat. But thin ray of
hope pierceS the cloud of misery in
the guiSe of Prof. Jack Faber's optI-
mistic voice. Faber keeps repeating
that the TerpS just can't be as bad as
that 81 loss to Hampden-Sydney
would indicate They can't be that
bad. he mumbles, and two and two
can make five if you look at them
from the right angle.
Cause Not Hopeless.
But Faber isn't as wrong as he
might appear at first glance. After
all they still have Joe Murphy;
Mearle Du Vail sllenced a corps Of
critics by his INCREASING and pass
ing. Luther Conrad looked good at
guard and Dick Shaffer and Jack
Mueller played smart games at the
wings. One stray spark might have
ignited Marylands attack and made
it click well enough to bag the vic
tory. but it never came.
Harold Berry got the signals
crossed when he entered the game
at the seth minute and called his
own number for a placement from
the field. Don Shockey was supposed
to kick after the TerrapinS used
their third down on another run
ming play around the end, Berry
never kicked field goal in his life.
while Shockey packs a lot of power
and might have had chance from
the 30-yard line Maybe you'll recall
il would have been a 40-yard kick
if successful.
AS for Maryland's craftsmanship
in permitting Walter Sprye to play
although ineligible we'll he's as
eligible as any one can be in college
football. A transfer from Duke, he
has completed his year-o freSidence
requirement at Hampden-Sv
and while Southern Conference
teams do not play transfer students,
the Tigers are not in the confer
ence and beyond the pale OF its
influence.
Remnant is happy Mount ST.
Marv's held his Colonials we'll in
check because it brought he boys
to their senses early enough TO be
Of value.
Tough Games Ahead.
Maybe they'll forget all this
stuff they've been reading in the
papers" he said, and realize we've
still got a lot of hard work ahead
of us. Mount 81. MaryS had a
smart. well-coached team. and if we
had that much trouble with its small
SQUAD you can imagine the trouble
ahead when We meet Washington
and Lee. Kentucky. West Virginia
md feu like that
Give this Ken BatSon little more
height. say half a foot, and we'd
have another Tom Harmon. Rein
hart believes. AS it is BatSon Will
do we'll enough if he continues TO
follow the tempo he struck Friday
night. The coach also was salts
fed with his lines play. particularly
al the ends, where ii was unyieldlng.
and with Tim Grady work. Grady,
a VIGOROUSLY slow starter. IS going
to take some time TO get started this
year, but Bill believes he'll live up
TO his fondest expectations once he
hits his stride.
Jack Hagerty was none too pleased
about the Roanoke rout because It's
liable to cause a let-dOwn against
Temple Friday night, and, secondly,
the Maroon didn't offer enough
competition TO give him a good line
on his squad. The third and fourth
stringeN looked as good as the first,
and while its entirely possible they
could be Hagerty believes things
don't happen that way.
Owls Forewarned.
He ordered the use OF couple OF
spread plays in the second half
merely TO serve notice on Temple
that Georgetown has them still and
will Use them He gave the field
generals the okay for lot Of tick
stuff most Of US thought he'd keep
under his hat for another week at
least. and now that it is out Of the
bag he'll write some new gags for
Temple in this weeks scrimmage.
jim (the Bull Castiglia, Bill
Barrett. Mclaughlin. Doolan. Os-
tinato. Blozis and-Well, everybody
PLAYED the course in Sub-Dar, and Il
they hurdle Temple the Hoyas may
be off on another undefeated cam
paign-BoSton College or no.
The weeks schedule is a rugged
one for the Young gentlemen.
George Washington visits Lexington