Evening star., 1950-11-06

sest scare. Maryland had third
down at that point. and certainly
figured to make three yards in
two cracks, when De Stefano sur
prised almost everybody by pass
ing. Everybody including Mike
Sileo of CIV.
1--WE got a hunch the older
players talked him into that. "
Tatum said. "You know new
sophomore quarterback Ode Ste
fano was filling in for the injured
Johnny Scarbath) is inclined to
listen to the other boys in the
huddle. Shemonski probably told
De Stefano that CIV wasn't pay
ing too much attention when
Shemonski went wide so imagine
he said Throw it to me- But the
play worked for a touchdown so
how can you criticize that?"
Tatum Has a Complaint.
Incidentally" Tatum told a
group of reporters in the Tatum
rumpus room after the game. you
fellows keep writing about our
poor pass defense. Sure, Cox of
Duke completed a lot of passes
against us, but he's a fine passer.
You heard what he did to Georgia
Tech today didn't you? Com
pleted IL out of % as Duke ral-
l;a/, 70 v,;y, 20-911
"And let me tell you something,
that Andy Davis is fine passer,
too. He lays the ball right in
there, perfect, and CIV has some
mighty good pass catchers, Butler,
Jones, Szanyi, and some others.
You just can't stop boys like
that"
Only against North Carolina
State has Maryland tried more
passes than it did against George
Washington, and somebody asked
Tatum if he thought De Stefano
passed too much.
I'D say not enough, if anything,
instead of too much" Tatum
said" "You see Bo had done q
fine job of building a defense
against our running attack. He
used only one of the defenses we
figured he'd use. But when he
concentrated on stopping us on
the ground, of course he couldn't
rush the passer and that gave
De Stefano all the time in the
world to throw"
Tatum was highly pleased with
De Stefano's performance. Last
year as freshmen, Scarbath held
q slight edge as quarterback, but
De Stefano was the better passer.
The job was open going into
spring practice this season when
De Stefano broke his wrist.
No Chance to Try Rookie.
That left Scarbath in the
drivers seat of course, because
he had six weeks work with De
stefano idle. Johnny kept the
Job in fall practice, and since the
season started Maryland never
has had a big enough lead to give
Tatum a chance to gamble with
an untried quarterback.
But De Stefano is a smart
youngster and I had confidence
in him." Tatum added. You've
got to like a quarterback who
comes through with touchdown
on the worst call he makes"
Scarbath, his right arm in a
sling. was on the upstairs phone
with Jack Hennemier, the Terps'
line coach. 1--WE had him up
there just to watch what went on,
thought he might learn some
thing" Hennemier said. II told
him to observe the plays and see
what he would call in the same
situation. But before it was over
he was so excited almost had
10 send him downstairs"
George Washington was COM
mendable in defeat. but what's
this-accolades for the ColonialS
for the third straight week be-
cause they looked good getting
beat? It was the same story
against Wake Forest, and South
Carolina. Are the Colonials over
scheduled, undermined or what's
the story? I know Bo Rowland
isn't satisfied with moral victories,
but the record is developing a
crack. -WHITTLESEY.