Evening star., 1952-10-26
Statistics

II and rs yards to touch-
downs the first times the Terps
got the ball in the second half. For
the fourth straight week they left
the impression the score could
nave gone into the Cos if the No.
offensive and defensive teams had
gone all the way.
Jack Scarbath played his last
game before the home folks and
boosted his bid for All-America
nonors with three touchdown
passes and a well-called football
game from his quarterback spot in
Maryland's sliding-T formation.
Easiest Victory of Season.
The Tigers were supposed to be
the toughest team on the Maryland
schedule to date, but they were
badly overmatched by the Nations
second-ranking team. Maryland's
18th consecutive victory was its
easiest of the season.
However, the triumph could be
a costly one for the Terps because
they lost two members of the start
ing backfield, Ed Fullerton and
Ralph FELTON,, with elbow and leg
injuries. and John Alderton, their
great defensive end, also with a
leg injury. It will be early this
week before it is determined
whether they can play in the re-
naming games against Boston
University, Mississippi and Ala
bama.
Maryland fell just 16 yards short
Of making a net 500 for the day.
and with Dick Modzelewski in
spring the defensive team to an
performance, the
Terps held LSU to 162 yards, in
cluding 71-yard drive for a
touchdown with less than three
minutes to play.
Penalties Aid Terps.
For the second straight year
the Terps and Tigers bumped
heads in hard. sometimes rough
game, and two of Maryland's
touchdoWns were aided by rough
ness penalties against the Tigers
that gave the Terps the ball on
4 and 22-yard lines.
Scarbath favored the aerial
route for his touchdowns but what
a lift he had from his pass re-
ceivers. Lou Weidensaul made one
OF the niftieSt catches you'll ever
see. On a 31-yard scoring play
just before the half. Scarbath ap-
parently had overshot Weidensaul
when Lou leaped, and with his
outStretched left hand batted the
ball in front of him. He grabbed it
just as he stepped into the end
zone.
The TerpS missed a number of
scoring opportunities. They were
stopped on the l in the first pc
riod after having first down on
the 6-yard line. They were on the
LSU 15-yard line as the half
and in the third quarter.
Lloyd Colteryahn appeared to
have possession of a short pass
as he stepped out Of the end zone,
but the officials said no. The re-
serves spent most of the fourth
period with the ball in their pos
session. and once reached the l9.
nut lacked a scoring punch.
LSU Quarterback Hurt.
The Tigers can thank their
sophomore halfback, AL Doggett.
for big lift. His eight kicks av-
eraged 40 yards and his best of
the day, a 70-yard punt that rolled
out on the l0-yard line, was called
back for offsides.
LSU was handicapped when it's
No. ! quarterback, Norman Ste
Vens, was hurt in the second Pc
Rod and the Tigers had to rely on
Cliff Stringf1eld. sophomore, the
rest of the way. With Stringfield
in there they had better luck with
5he spread formation.
Bernie Faloney couldn't stir UP
touchdown quarter backing the
second offensive team, but he sup
olied the Terps' longest runs of
,he day. From punt f:rmation
IN Maryland's first drive of the
lay, he raced 80 wards IN the
'idelines, and before he had
.hance to catch his breath, he was
Juggling an intercepted pass "a
yards to the LSU 6, thanks to a
,reat block halfway up the field by
Alderton.
Maryland lost the coin toss for
he sixth straight Saturday, but
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