Evening star., 1952-10-18

Fans Converge
On College Park
Contest of Unbeoten
Teams Brings SeII-Out
Throne Of A,7l6
By MerreII Whittlesey

Thousands of automobiles con-
yerged on Byrd Stadium for the
Maryland-Navy football game to-
day and that, combined with q big
race at Laurel race track, presaged
"a record-breaking traffic jam this
evening.
Hundreds of cars already were
parked at the stadium by the time
the advance guard of Navy's
marching units trod onto the turf.
stopping long enough to inspect
an 8-foot IN" burned into the
grass at the 50-yard line. Navy
rooters who burned the initial
Wednesday night were scared of
before it was completed.
Among the sellout throng Of
44,716 attending the classic be-
tween two unbeaten teams were
Gov. McKeldin. Senator Butler
and former Gov. William Preston
Lane of Maryland, who attended
la pregame luncheon given by DR..
H. c. Byrd, university president.
Push Begins Early.
The push to College Park began
Iearly, and those who thought they
might avoid slow traffic found
themselves involved with thou.
sands of others.
BY noon a solid line of cars
moved from the District line and
outlying points to University lane.
the only approach to the stadium.
1t. T. w. Moon of the Maryland
State police said the $4,000 per-
sons attending the game and the
international race classic at Laurel
would produce the biggest traffic
problem in the areas history.
Twenty-Five State, IA Prince
Georges County and 10 College
Park police were called in to cope
with the expected tieup.
Defense highway traffic was
jammed as 80 buses, carrying $500
midshipmen to College Park. left
Annapolis at 1890 am.
Middies March Into Stadium.
| Clear weather and perfect foot
ing on the stadium turf enabled
the spectators to see the brigade
march into the stadium at 12:45.
followed by the Maryland Air
Force ROTC Unit, 3,10O strong.
The NCAA made an exception
because the game was sold out
and approved local television over
WNBW (Channel A.. The game
was to be broadcast over WMAI4
and affiliated stations on the
Maryland football network and
over WWDC.
Maryland was the favorite by
from 13 to Is points to win its
18th consecutive game and extend
its unbeaten streak to 20. Navy
is in possession of q modest five
game winning streak. including
its three triumphs this season.
Such standout sectional attrac-
tions as Alabama-Tennessee KAN
sas-Oklahoma and UCLA-Stan-
ford were also rams in national
interest as the Terps and the
Middies brought their series to a
close. Maryland is anxious to
play in the future, but Navy has
shown no inclination to continue
to battle the Terps.
14th Game of Series.
This is the l4th game in a Sc
rieS that started in 1905. There
were no Maryland-Navy games
from 1884 until 1850. when Navy
dedicated the Maryland Stadium
before a crowd just a few hun
dred short of today's. 1t was sup
posed to be two-year series, but
Maryland was given this date
when Georgetown, Navy's orig
inal opponent today, gave up
football.
Maryland had an eye on East
Lansing, Mich. today where Mich
igan State, top-ranked team in
Ithe Associated Press poll this
week, played host to an upstart
Syracuse team that might give
the Spartans trouble. If Michi-
gan State should not be impress
sive against Syracuse. and if
Maryland rolls over the Middies.
the Terps could Jump from their
No. 2 spot to the Nations top
ranked team.
Navy has given up only one
touchdown this. year in its three
games with Cornell, Yale and
William and Mary, and Maryland
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