Evening star., 1953-12-21
Fellow Players
Help Fa|oney
Get in Shape
Tutum OFF for Miumi:
Rival Hits CIuims for
BeightoI and Mont
By MerreII WhittIesey

pracClce LoQay at college Park.
and four of his Maryland team
mates and three freshmen have
volunteered to spend a few hours
daily during the holidays to
help the Terps' quarterback
strengthen his injured knee.
Tommy Mont. Maryland's
backf1eld coach, joined the
volunteers as did Stan Mumley
student trainer. Duke Wyre and
John Lacey. the varsity trainers.
are en- route to Miami to set up
the Terps' camp for the Orange
Bowl game with Oklahoma.
Tim Flynn and Jim Parsons.
sophomore ends who live in
Washington; Dick Bielski. Sec
ond-string fullback and place
kick specialist, and Charlie
Boxold, Faloney's understudy
will help out.
In addition, Ralph Hawkins,
the former st. Johns star. and
Moose, Turner and Ralph Ward,
both Of Montgomery Blair, came
out from the freshman team.
Faloney spent the week end
at his home at East Carnegie,
Pa. He is not expected to do
much running this week, but
will sharpen his passing and
work on handoffs. Faloney also
will work with Boxold, who will
have to carry the load if Falon-
ey is unable to play.
It might be game time on
January / before anybody knows
just how long Faloney can last.
AS Coach Jim Tatum put it the
other day. "Faloney will play,
but as for how long, who
knows?" Treatment helps, but
time is the only healer for Fall
oney's type of injury, a strained
internal ligament of the left
knee.
Tatum put over one of his
best selling jobs of the season
when he persuaded his, wife to
make her first flight. The Ia
tums left by plane for Miami
yesterday afternoon with two
Of their children, Jimmy and
Becky. The baby. Reid, will
stay here with Mrs. Tatum's
mother.
The Maryland coach and his
wife were scheduled 10 drive, but
Jim kept talking planes and Mrs.
Tatum finally gave in.
The Tatums also spent Christ
mas in Miami last year when Jim
was co-coach sof the South team
in the Miami Shrine game. They
drove down last year. .,
Mention was made in a Mary
land football piece the other day
that Lynn Beightol. the Terps'
quarterback candidate, was the
second greatest athlete turned
out at Cumberland, Md, and he
was being coached by Tommy
Mont. Cumberiand's greatest.
Nothing serious was Intended.
However. a Tommy Powers fan
sends in Tommy's achievements
for consideration and the gentle
man insists Mont is second at
best among Cumberland's ath-
letic products.
1t seems Powers, a 1851 Duke
graduate and former Allegheny
High School football star, was
spotted by Wallace Wade while
running back two kickoffs in a
touch game at Duke.
The following week he started
at wingback for the varsity. In
his senior years he scored six
touchdowns in one game, ran
the 100-yard dash in 9.8 and was
captain Of the baseball team. He
also was president of the senior
class.
Apologies to Powers. But for
the record. Mont was an excel
lent college football player, spent
four years with the Redskins.
averaged about IL points a game
with the basketball team when
IL points was big average. was
a lacrosse star and later coached
it. He played baseball in high
school but didn't have time for
it in college.
For that matter Max Elbin.
the Burning Tree golf pro, is
from Cumberland, too. He
might have a fan next.
Marty Crytzer, end, and Bob
Morgan. co-captain and tackle.
borrowed Joe BIair's car for last
minute shopping chores before
flying to their homes near Pitts
burgh. Blair is the Terps'
sports publicist.
A few hours later, Crytzer
called from Pittsburgh, saying
he had found an extra set of
keys in his pocket. Joe, unable
to get into his room and with
no spare key to his car. was not
booming Crytzer for All-America
at that moment.