Evening star., 1947-12-31
Terps and Bulldogs
Tapering Off Today
For Bowl Classic
By George Huber
Star Stuff Correspondent

A blackboard drill today for Mary.
land and light, half-hour work.
out for Georgia was all that re-
manned on the program for these
two schools until they meet tomor-
row In the third annual Gator
Bowl football game.
Georgia's Bulldogs are favored
by as many as 13 points here, as
compared to the points available
elsewhere, because Of the large
number of Georgia supporters in
Jacksonville. Coach Wally Butts
team is we'll known and we'll liked
in this section. 1t has played the
University of Florida here for four
consecutive years, winning by good
margins and putting on good shows
each time.
Another thing keeping Georgia
as the favorite is that Butts teams
never have lost bowl game in
four previous trips to New Years
Day classics. The Bulldogs beat
Texas Christian, 1925. in the 1941
Orange Bowl; U. G. L. A., 30, in
the 1912 Rose Bowl; Tulsa. 20-6, in
the 1945 Oh Bowl. and continued
with a 20-10 triumph over North
Carolina last year in the Sugar
Bowl.
Record Crowd Expected.
This is Maryland's first trip to
football bowl, but Coach Jim
Tatum had his Oklahoma team
here for last years Gator Bowl
and returned as 34-13 winner
over North Carolina State. Given
good weather-and it's been noth-
ing except ideal since the Terra
pins arrived here last Friday-a
record crowd of $4,000 is expected
for tomorrow's game starting at z
o'clock.
Tomorrow's game looms as a test
between Maryland's excellent run
ming attack, built around Halfback
Lu Gambino, plus fair passing Of
fensive, and Georgia's sensational
passing with Quarterback Johnny
Rauch in the throwing spot. These
two boys-Gambino and Rauch--
have been receiving all the attention
for the last few days, and Gator
Bowl spectators have been led to
expect lots of fireworks when the
two teams tangle. 1t probably will
be fairly wide open game. Coach
Butts of Georgia predicts Maryland
will score at least twice, and only
hopes he can score more often.
Tatum Not So Gloomy.
Coach Tatum is not as gloomy as
usual. With Georgia in the favor
ties role, he has nothing to argue
about there, and he has gone so far
as to admit that the Terrapins have
"a chance" The Terps finished
their outdoor work yesterday after
noon with two-hour session at the
naval air station near here. Part
of it was devoted to tackling prac-
tice, but most of the time was spent
on pass defense drill. That's de-
partment in which the Terrapins
have been outstanding all season
and much of their hopes Of winning
rests on how well they can bat down
Rauchs aerialS.
Tatum will start pretty much the
same lineup as he used in the last
few games Of the regular season
with the exception of Tom McHugh,
a freshman, who starts at left guard.
McHugh, the teams place-kicking
expert, has been improving all sea-
son, and played bangup game in
the closeout against North Carolina
State. Other starters probably will
be George Simler and Francis
Evans, ends; Ray Krause and Jim
Goodman, tackles; Paul Broglio.
guard; Gene Kinney, center: Vic
Turyn, quarterback; Jim Larue and
Gambiflo, halfbacks, and Harry
Bonk, fullback.
Line Averages 210 Pounds.
That lineup gives the Old Liners
forward wall averaging nearly
210 pounds, compared to the shade
under 200 by the Bulldog line.
Maryland particularly is strong in
the tackles, with Krause 24O-
FOUNDER and Goodman going to
$50 Georgia can't. quite match
either of those, but it does have two
talented rock-'em, SOCK 'em tackles
in 215-pound Jack Bush and 200
pound Porter Payne. Another out
standing lineman on whom the
Bulldogs depend a lot is 210-pound
Herb St. John, the left guard, who's
built like fire plug and is just
as durable. He has made the all
conference team for three years in
a row. Despite Marylands weight
advantage, the Bulldog line Is rated
as every bit as good, and possibly
shade better.
One advantage Maryland has over
Georgia is that its quarterbacks,
Vic Turyn and Joe Tucker, run with
the ball quite a bit. 1t gives the
Terrapins a little something extra
in their attack. In fact, Turyn
rates next to Gambino as the Ter
rapins' leading ground gamer, fol-
lowed by Tucker, Harry Bonk, the
fullback, comes next.
Rauch Top Passer.
Georgia's quarterback, Rauch,
does nothing but pass, but how he
does pass He completed SO of 181
aerial attempts this season for a
al efficiency mark, gaining 1852
yards and 10 touchdowns through
the air. Nearly so per cent of the
Bulldog running game depends on
Fullback Floyd Reid, a 180-pounder
with the breezy speed Of a halfback.
He has 36 points as the teams lead
ing scorer this season, which hardly
puts him close to Maryland's Gam
bino, who got 96.