Evening star., 1949-09-23
.Terp Team Lone
.Favorite Amonq
Capital Trio
Plays at V. P. l., With
Hoyos at Holy Cross,
CoIonioIs at Virginia
By George Huber

Maryland, Georgetown n
George Washington are on trips
to open their football seasons to-
morrow afternoon, with only
Maryland's Terrapins favored to
make their start a success. The
Terps are three-touchdown favor
ties over Virginia Tech for the
game at Blacksburg. Va. George
town, to face Holy Cross, Wor-
chester, Mass. and George Wash
ington, to meet Virginia at
Charlottesville, are two-touchdown
underdogs.
Last year Maryland beat the
Gobblers, $50. Holy Cross topped
Georgetown. 1877, but G. w.
sprang a 20-l2 upset on the Cava-
lierS.
Playing in town will be Howard
University, opening against Blue
field State and favored over the
team it beat, 21-0, in last years
opener.
Coach Jim Tatum of Maryland
will unveik Maryland's new two
platoon system against the Cob
blers tomorrow and plans to use
little Stan Lavine, overshadowed
for the last two seasons by Vic
Turyn and Joe Tucker, as starting
offensive quarterback.
Vets in Terp Backfield.
With Lavine in the offensive
backfield unit will be Vern Seibert
and Joe Kuchta at halfbacks and
Bob Roulette at fullback. all veter-
ans. A veteran line also will take
the field, anchored around hefty
and talented Ray Krouse at left
tackle and Bob Ward at left guard.
Ed mighty Moe Modzlewski,
205-pound sophomore fullback
isn't in the starting list. but he's
certain to see action before long
His heft and speed are expected
to benefit Maryland's attack ma
terially this year.
The big Maryland team likely
will see a lot of passing by the
1Gobblers. Virginia Tech opened
last week with a 1914 loss to the
Quantico Marines at Alexandria,
but pleasant v. P. I. surprise was
the passing Of Dick Goodman. q
sophomore quarterback. Bruce
Fisher, last years top Gobbler
throWer, also is on hand. V.P. rs
running attack is handled prin-
cipally by one of the Old Domin-
ions speediest backs, Sterling
Wingo. with able assistance from
Chip Collum and Roger Neel, all
holdovers. Q - :
Hoyas to Display New t.
Georgetown at Holy Cross will
display its new T formation in
tstalled at the Hilltop by the new
Hoya coach, Bob Margarita
lSophomores will have important
roles in the Georgetown offensive
with Frank Mattingly due for the
starting quarterback assignment
and Bob Deacon ready to spell
him. Both are first-year team
men and tabled as better-than-
average passers. Some sophs also
have been added to the line with
Dick Imbornoni at right guard
and Gene Stack at right tackle.
Other important sophomores
scheduled for action before the
game is over are Halfback War
rem McFague and Center Tom
Burde. the latter to be used prin-
cipally on defense.
Unexpectedly on the trip with
the Hoyas is Halfback Billy Conn,
who is making a fast recovery
from the ulcers that hospitalized
him several weeks ago. He has
picked up IL pounds since and
might even get to play some to-
morrow, although he probably is
making the trip mainly for morale
purposes. Conn is the running
passing back who got away for a
number OF long gains last year and
who pitched for touchdowns the
first two times he tried passing.
Virginia Out to Stop Davis.
Holy Gross, coached by Bill
Osmanski, an old Chicago Bears
teammate of Margarita's, is
tabled as 20 per cent stronger
than last year. The Crusaders, too
have number of promising soph-
omores in their lineup. Although
neither team has had a chance to
scout the other. both coaches have
an idea of what to expect as they
are using similar attack styles
patterned after the Chibears' we'll
rounded T system.
G. WIS chances of springing an
other upset on Virginia's Cavaliers
don't appear too good. The Cava-
liers are looking for revenge and
particularly will be out to bottle
Iup Andy Davis, the G. w. sopho-
more who passed and ran them
dizzy last year. Davis may be
hampered by an uncertain knee.
With Davis in Coach Bo Rowland's s
starting .backfield will be AL Du-
gof, Jimmy Kline and Stan Burak,
all vets.
1t is in the backfield that G. w.
has the most help from sopho-
mores with Jack Tivnan, Bob
Cilento, Lou Cirrocca and Bill
Shaw ready for action.
Helping to make the Cavaliers
favorites is the added running OF
Sophomore Jimmy Lesane. He is
tabled as a speedster who will
take some of the load off Johnny
Papit. although the latter still is
the big wheel at Virginia.
Maryland and Georgetown are
making their trips by air, while
the Colonials are travelling by bus
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