Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-11-14

traveller.
Huber. Egan is
100 per cent right and nobody
could describe that game in
better terms. Two tough teams
just whaled into each other all
afternoon, with hard, smart
football. The 30,263 customers
who paid So and SO for their
tickets got as much for their
money, maybe more, than any,
body at any football game this
year.
You can analyze the game
and say that Maryland was
lucky to escape alive. But for
a couple of breaks, the Terriers
could have won by a couple OF
touchdowns. Once they missed
by hair making a first down
inside Maryland's 5 and on an
other occasion they fumbled on
the 2 when they were going
strong and Maryland was rocky.
But by the same token Mary
land, too, had it's hard luck that
kept it away from another
touchdown or two.s Mighty Mo
Modzelewski - and what a
sweetheart of a ball player that
kid is-was touchdown-bound
on one occasion, but a slight
limp slowed him enough to be
caught by a desperation tackle.
Also long pass, deep into B. U.
territory, was called back for a
minor penalty. And, remember,
that a blocked Maryland punt
gave B. U. the start for its short
touchdown jaunt that put it
ahead for awhile.
Statistically B. U. had an
edge. It gained 252 yards rush.
ing to Maryland's 1876. But
Maryland gave away about 80
yards running backward to run
out the clock in the games last
minute. B. U. completed 9 of Is
passes, but Maryland was CIV
ing 1t the short ones to add
extra protection against the
long dangerous shots that bust
up a ball game. Sixty-f1ve
yards was all that those nine
competitions gained.
Boston University had the
ball long enough to run u
plays from scrimmage while
Maryland had only SIS. Particu-
larry in the third period when
Maryland gave the ball away
with an interception, a blocked
kick and a tumble, were the
Terriers in command. The
only time the ball was in B. U.
territory the whole period was
when Harry Agganis took it
there for a kickoff following
B. us touchdown.
But Maryland's defenses-led
by Chef Gierula as much as by
the more publicized Ray
Krouse and Bob Ward-were
tight when they most needed
to be. That Krouse and Ward,
though, were great and deserve
all the nice things said about
them. Boston U. crossed into
Maryland territory seven times,
and only two of those trips
paid off.
Maryland was able to cross
midfeld only three times. and
twice it went all the way. The
third time was very late in the
game and that trip might have
resulted in a touchdown had
the Terrapins opened up. But
they had the game won if they
could play tight football for the
final minute and half and not
do anything foolish.
They won by a single point
and it was one well earned
when the middle Of the Mary
land line busted through and
blocked a conversion kick.
This game had no tradition
behind tit was a one-shot
affair suddenly arranged when
both schools came up with an
open date-but the ticket buy
ing public in Boston sensed
that it was going to be some
thing special and turned out
in twice the numbers expected.
Two other games with more
tradition behind them in Bos-
ton the same afternoon did
much less business. Boston Col
lege-Fordham had 1879 Gus
toners and Brown-Harvard had
about $4,000.
Not only did the game get
MARYLAND over the hump to-
ward what should finish as an
81 season, but it was a finan-
cial bonanza. The Terrapins
were working on a percentage
and must have collected about
$4,000.