Evening star., 1953-11-07
Bright Weather Muy
Lure Over 10000
By MerreII WhittIesey

SSOISe washington CIldnCeS
of holding Maryland in check
at Griffith Stadium today were
greatly enhanced by the slow
field left by the snowstorm.
Game time is 2 o'clock. The
game is being broadcast by
WMAL.
A tarpaulin has covered the
field since yesterday morning.
but it wasn't spread until after
enough snow had fallen to affect
the turf.
Many football fans, who last
night had abandoned plans to
attend the game, changed their
minds with the return of bright
weather this morning. A crowd
of between 10000 and $4,000 was
expected.
Maryland's speed and power
are likely to be toned down a
bit by the heavy going and the
same goes, of course, for what
speed and passing George Wash
ington has. Altogether the
score probably will be lower than
anticipated earlier.
Wants Another ShutOut.
Maryland has a TO record for
the season and CIV is 3-3. Mary
land has allowed only Is points.
and Coach Jim Tatum is proud
of his teams record of four shut
outs. He would like to add one
more before Mississippi and Ala
bama invade for games the next
two Saturdays. George Wash
ington hasn't failed to tally at
least one touchdown in each
game so far.
Kicking might become i'm
portant today, and in that de-
partment Maryland has Quar-
terbacks Bernie Faloney and
Lynn Beightol, who have main
tained an average of more than
Al yards a game. Also on hand
for spot punting assignments,
should the Terrapins ever get in
a real hole, is Fred Heffner. a
kicking specialist who is being
carried on the roster for just
that purpose, even in these days
of one-platoon football.
CIV Uses Two Kickers.
GW's two klckers, Halfback
Bill Weaver and Quarterback
Ray Fox, are averaging a bit
under "a yards.
For kicking off, the Terrapins
have both Dick Bielski and Ralph
FELTON,, who regularly boot them
into or past the end zone. The
Colonials' kickoff man is Steve
Korcheck, who when necessary
ca1 reach the goal line, al
though mostly this season his
boots have been purposely short
to keep runbacks from getting
organized.
If the game gets to the point
where a field goal is important.
Bielski of Maryland has shown
he can do it with a 29-yard place
kick against Miami. Dick Cas-
pari, the CIV placement man,
hasn't tried a field goal this year.
His point-after- touchdown score
is eight for IA.
In the regular phases OF the
game, George Washington's big
asset has been passing, depart
ment likely to be curtailed
heavily by a wet ball today. End
Richie Gaskell has caught 10
passes. more than any Maryland
player, and scored three touch
downs.
Korcheck Earns Respect.
! The CIV player the Terps
have heard the most about Is
Korcheck, a tremendous line
hacker who makes an almost
unbelievable number of tackles.
He's a good blocker, and fine
all-round football player.
Maryland has some all-star
team candidates who hope to
stick around long enough to pile
up some offensive statistics.
There also are some friendly
rivalries for statistical leader
ship on the Terp squad.
Chet Hanulak has the call
over Fenton in rushing with 456
to Ala and they're 1-2 in the At
lantic Coast Conference. Dick
Nolan and Hanulak are tied in
pass receiving with seven each;
Nolan leads Hanulak in punt re-
turns with $50 to 142 yards and
Faloney tops FELTON, in scoring
with 36 points to 35.