Evening star., 1951-11-02

The guess here that Maryland hell or high water
will accept Sugar Bowl bid chips fall where they
Maryland football power eliminating drive which
virtually dates back to VI Day. the time Maryland
is magic country insofar as football is
concerned There critics York. the Middle West
and in the Far West who thinking probably the
best college squad in the country College Park
THE MOST DRASTIC punishment the Southern Confer
could impose of banhment not
ary fatal Virginia instance getting along very
well since leaving the conference
The advantages of belonging to athletic conference
have been too clear Aside abiding by
certain eligibility requirements, Conference mem
berShp puts little demand college token
gives little.
It not oblgatory-or expected-that member play
only Southern Conference Maryland for instance
plays only five games against felowmembers
their big moneymakng the Teps look elsewhere
Navy. To Georgia. To Louisiana State and Missouri
It's secret that college football big business school
drop bundle if it can't make go Georgetown for
example. The Hoyas drop sport because it cost
than 100000 year. Sugar Bowl could mean
profit of $125,0O0 to each team.
THIS is NOT to suggest that Maryland defy the South
Conference to do its worst contrary probably
cause Dr. Byrd has profound respect for the conference
the other hand according to modern thinking unbeaen big
football teams are intended to play in bowl games
That Maryland isn't anti-bowl established The
TerrapnS have played in the Gator Bowl twice. facing Georgia
and Missouri their incidentally at College Park
The policy It's considered good trip for the
kids who play the it's revenue it's also
a source of publicity, of sort.
No Maryland team invited to the Sugar Bowl
Soou BOWL
two big Sugar Bowl which right behind the
Rose Bowl The Cotton and Orange Bowls up but
not quite in the class at least national interest
concerned The Gator and the others To Maryland
it'll be tremendous inducement.
ONE REASON for predicting Maryland will accept Sugar
Bowl game II rendered is that football always
been Curley Byrds of tea medium of the
that Byrd-and the unversity-grew to present-day
stature
It all started back in 1911 Maryland at the time as
the maryland Agges had poor team The big game with
Western Maryland coming Maryland was an
18pont faVorite Sure they had 18pont those
days. Ask dad)
Prof Charles S. Richardson, was heading the Marv-
land Agricultural College athletic board
an aumnus was coaching at Western High asked
1or help and Byrd transporting his College for
workouts and by coaching ability which paed that of the
Agg1es own head COACH transformed the Maryland team
The result was Maryland Agges 6; Western Maryland o.
The next Byrd hired English and history teacher
and coach all sports school only 200 students
AFTER THAT 1T BECAME a story of a man and school
moving up the ladder. For the man, football cham
ponshlp IN 1912 vice president of Maryland in 1892
acting president later in the year and finally president
In 1885,
For the university growth few buildings to its
present vast expanse And football better than
any IN the schools history team which, if Missouri
Navy, North Carolina State and Virginia has good
chance of going to big bowl.
For certainty Maryland would 20 to New Orleans
And to repeat the Terps probably CO. with or without the
blessing OF the Southern Conference.