Evening star., 1952-08-31
.Tatum Faces Big Job
In Finding New Stars
For Offensive Line
By MerreII Whittlesey


With only about IA days avail
, able for actual practice before
F: their opening game with Missouri
Maryland's Sugar Bowl football
champions will swing into action
at $50 am. tomorrow with much
to accomplish in very short time.
Sixty-eight invited" players
will report tomorrow and the
freshmen and jayvees will be on
hand few days later.
There are 20 calendar days be-
fore the Missouri game in Co.
lumbia, but at least a half dozen
of them will be lost as far as
teaching football is concerned.
The Southern Conference. by
whose rules the Terps must abide
although they are under suspen-
sion, even threw out the press day,
usually held the day before prac-
tice officially opened. So now the
:, Terps must devote Tuesday to
photographers and reporters.
In addition, two Sundays, two
days of Scrimmage with Duke, and
one day Of travel to Missouri will
cut into the practice schedule.
Two New Coaches.
The Terp gridmen will greet two
new coaches. but only one new
face. Bob Ward, twice All-Ameri-
can guard, will try his hand as
line coach, replacing Denver
Crawford. who switched to Miss
issippi State after last season. The
newcomer is Eddie league, form
er head coach at Guilford College
in North Carolina.
One of the major tasks facing
Jim Tatum, who begins his sixth
term as Maryland coach. is replac-
ing offensive linemen like Ward,
Joe Moss, Paul Lindsay and Pete
Ladygo. Time and again, Tatum
has emphasized how much the Of
fensive line contributed to Mary
lands success last year, and that's
where graduation hit the Terps
the hardest.
An important change made by
Tatum and his assistants even
before practice starts was the
assigning of John Alderton, q
brilliant defensive end last year,
to the offensive team. Alderton,
co-captain with Ed Fullerton, will
work with Lloyd Colteryahn and
Lou Weidensaul on the f1anks.
Tatum convinced his assistants
that replacement could be found
for Alderton on defense, probably
Marty Crytzer.
From the fans viewpoint, it
would appear that Fullback Ed
Modzelewski would be the toughest
to replace. They remember Mighty
Mo personally outrushing six Of
Maryland'S nine opponents last
year. his 1874 yards for the regular
season, and his average of "a for
every trip with the ball.
Laughery May Press Barritt.
, Ed Barritt. who averaged seven
: yards a try in Is trips last year,
will start the practice sessions as
Modzelewskis replacement. but
Bob Laughery may press him for
the job.
Tatum has been losing little
sleep over the fullback spot.
however. because there may ba
more emphasis on the halfbacks
this year, with Ralph FELTON, and
Chet Hanulak back from last
year and Ronnie Waller a new
threat. And there's Fullerton,
who might be the fullback,
halfback, or play anywhere else
needed. AS Tatum says, Fuller
ton would rather play football
than eat.
Jack Scarbath, who spent the
summer clerking in a sporting
goods store in Baltimore, returns
to his quarterback post after
having been selected as a
preseason All-America. Bernie
Faloney, a triple-threat artist,
will back up Scarbath and be
available in the secondary with
Fullerton.
The key to the defensive line
will be the three Ms, Dick Mod
zelewSki, Bob Morgan and Bill
Maletzky. All are expected to
weigh about 235 pounds when
they report.
Lettermen Return.
Maryland has "a lettermen back
but Tatum emphasizes that II
lettermen will not be back. Four
teen of the latter group were
graduated. and three lost out be-
cause Of scholastic difficulties.
The squad of 68 includes Is
seniors. 13 juniors. 80 sophomores.
and six freshmen who started
classes last February.
Maryland takes a 12-game win.
ming streak into the Missouri
game and has not lost in its last
Is games. A tie with North Caro-
lima late in the 1850 season was
the Terps' last non-winning ef-
fort.
Tatum long ago started worry
ing about the Terps' bid for 13
straight. Missouri. he claims, has
IL transfers. great freshmen and
all the important men back from