Montgomery County sentinel., 1950-10-05

hot"-"Hold that line, Terps"-
Fight team, fight -"We don't
hear you Naaaaavy.' Yes, we went
to the Maryland-Navy football
game on Saturday along with 49,
1886 other folks, and saw Maryland
win 35 to 21. Sat in the second row
near the 50-yard line, right in
front of the Maryland cheering
section.
Before that, along with other
newsmen we had been guests of DR..
Curley Byrd at luncheon and walk
ed across the beautiful rolling
campus to the new Byrd Stadium,
named in honor of the sports-mind-
ed PRESIDENT former Terp foot
ball coach. Ultimately the stadium
will be double-decked and will hold
$4,000 persons.
All the pomp attendant to a
dedication and big game were
there, gold braid galore-Secretary
of the Navy Matthews, Secretary
of the Army Pace, Admiral For
rest P. Sherman, chief of naval
operations; Vice Admiral Harry
w. Hill, superintendent of the
Naval Academy; Fleet Admiral
Ernest j. King, Gov. William Pres
ton Lane and a swarm of State of.
ficials.
Helping to make the occasion a
gala one were Maryland's 96-piece
red-and-white clad band, the Naval
Academy band and the Naval
Academy's drum and bugle corps.
But the big moment for most
fans was the march into the sta
dium by the Midshipmen brigade.
We were seated directly across the
field from the section of the sta
dium occupied by the impressive
group of 3,700 Midshipmen and a
wonderful sight it was to see them
when they raised their white caps
as one man in encouragement of
their team. The Navy team really
needed encouragement-it is COM
posed of men seemingly smaller
than most of the Maryland's men.
However, one of Maryland's stars,
"Shoo Shoe" Bob ,Shemonski
weighs only 160 pounds. The small,
fast halfback is 20-year-old
Junior and halls from Archibald,
Pa.
But those of you who are inter-
ested in football have read all
about the game. DIR. Byrd surely
gave his newspaper friends a
thrill by inviting them to share the
events of the afternoon-and we
also owe many thanks to Mr.. Crow
ley of the University's Public Rela-
tions Department, for our enter
tainment.
We had intended this week tc
rhapsodize about the Autumn
the exquisite reds of the naples
the brown, dry oak leaves-the
delicate shades of the wild asters-
blue, lavender and white-which
are blooming so profusely by the
roadsides-but a glance on Tues
day at the letters of our cores
pondents showed that at least two
had used the October theme as a
lead. Nice work.
Picking up the American Motor.
ist, official publication of the
AAA's Motor Clubs, we find Wal
ter w. Hubbard, managing editor
waxing poetical about Autumn in
the Misty Morn"-and calling Fall
"the colorful Mardi Gras of the
seasons"
Another AAA's man, w. L. Rob-
inson, chairman, Public Safety
Committe, whom we saw at County
Council meeting Tuesday, tells us
his family is now established in
their new home, on Query Mill
Road, near Travilah. We wandered
around that section a little on Sun
day-Great Falls, Piney Meeting
House Road = Travilah - Shady
Grove, all nice, descriptive names.
The restoration of the old Crom-
melin Inn at Great Falls, now a
part of the Federal Park System,
seems about complete. Vandals,
however, have broken out some of
the newly paned windows-sas;l
and all. People come by the scores
on .week-ends to use the picnic
areas.
AT least one family followed our
suggestion of last week and drove
to Leesburg, Va, by way of Point
of Rocks, and dined at the Laurel
Brigade Inn. They liked both the
picturesque drive and the food at
the Inn. Mrs. Joseph Rapp of Rock
vile was nice enough to call on
Monday and say that she and Mr..
Rapp and the two small Rapps
would like us to take another Sun
day trip and write about it.
A nice drive one day this week.
end would be to Waterford, that
quaint, quiet little Quaker town