Evening star., 1950-09-17
Tatum Right on Schedule Turning Out Maryland Powehouse
Squad Has Adequate Material
To Battle Top-Notch Teams
(Another In a SerieS.)
By MerreII WhittIesey

jim Tatum, who said IN 1947
that 1t would take several years
to develop a football powerhouse
at the University of Maryland,
apparently is right on schedule.
In his fourth year as boss man
of the Terps, Big Jim has come
up with major schedule as di-
rector of athletics-and as head
football coach he has attracted
and developed material that be-
longs on the same field with
Georgia, Navy. Michigan State,
Duke and North Carolina.
A born pessimist, Tatum still
isn't happy. He has had cooper
alton from everybody except the
one person he can't control-the
weatherman. Maryland's scrim-
mage against Villanova was vir-
tually valueless because the mud
was ankle deep. The rains forced
a cancellation of a scrimmage
with Delaware. His squad was
confined to the school armory for
a solid week.
"I've never been this far behind
schedule" he said before taking
his Terps to Hershey to scrimmage
Penn yesterday. John Scarbath, a
sophomore who will quarterback
the Tatum-T, has a Clipped bone
In his left hand and virtually is
q one armed ball handler. Joe
Petruzzo, who figures to play a
lot of left half broke a collar
bone in spring practice and frac-
tured a rib in the fall. Karney
Scioscia, No. / fullback on de-
fense. broke a bone in his wrist.
Tatum fears the Georgia team
he meets next Saturday afternoon
in Athens will have a wide edge
in condition.
Game on National Network.
Maryland is stepping out in a
new $1,000 capacity stadium
against Navy in two weeks, and
for the first time in the Terps'
football history it will have a
Nationwide radio audience. The
entire Navy game will be broad
cast over the CHS network. AL
ready two of Tatum's players have
won the rather absurd, but still
publicity valuable. preseason ALL
America honors.
At last Maryland is picked to
break the long Duke-North Caro-
lima monopoly in Southern Con-
ference football. There are other
Conference schools who have fin
iShed ahead of the Blue Devils
and Tarheels in recent years. but
no team that played them both.
which is Maryland's assignment
this year.
Maryland lost only to Michigan
State on a nine. game schedule
last year. but the Terps were over
looked in major bowl consideration
because their schedule was COM
paratively weak. "A similar rec
ord would merit Sugar. Orange or
Cotton Bowl consideration.
Tatum and DR.. H. &c. (Curly) |
BYRD shared Navy as the prize
home attraction this year, but
otherwise most of Maryland's big
games will be on the road. The.
Michigan State game was booked
for College Park, but was switched
back to East Lansing in one of
those double-talk moves by ath-
letic department heads.
Gains From Frosh Team.
Maryland's losses by gradua-
ton were comparatively heavy,
but the gains from fine fresh
man team should more than Off
set the departed seniors. How
ever, the Terps are dependent
upon sophomores making good at
quarterback and fullback. Usually
teams rated in the national cham
pionship picture are deep in those
important brains and Drawn po-
Sitions.
Joe Tucker and Stan Lavine,
who between them completed all
except two Of Maryland's passes
last year. both were graduated
from the quarterback spot. Scar
bath, brilliant at Baltimore Poly
and as a Maryland freshman, is
'zscrapping for the spot with
sJohnny Idzik, letterman whose