Evening star., 1953-12-06
Say Choice Depends
On T Fa|oneyRecovery;
One Rates Game Even
Special Dispoieh 10 The Ssor

Seven Of the II regulars on the
University of Missouri football
team pick Maryland to beat
Oklahma. in the Orange Bowl
in Miami New Years Day.
Three of the players on the
only team which met. both Mary
land and Oklahoma look for a
Sooner victory. One figures the
game to be even.
Maryland opened its season
with a 20-6 victory over the Tig-
ers. while Oklahoma beat Mis-
souri,. 14-7.
However. most of the Missouri
players who picked Maryland
to win stipulated that the choice
was contingent on Bernie Fall
oney recovering from his knee
injury.
FaurOt Won't Choose.
Coach Don Faurot of Mis-
souri,, who had both Jim Tatum
of Maryland and Bud Wilkin-
son of Oklahoma as coaches on
his Navy teams during the war,
would not pick a winner. Fau-
rot is a good friend of both.
He added that he hoped Okla
homa would win. however. It
was a natural choice inasmuch
as a Sooners victory would add
to the prestige of the Big Seven
Conference.
Missouri believes that its
team was stronger later in the
season than when it met Mary
land, but the Tiger players also
took into consideration the fact
that Maryland undoubtedly
sharpened its play after the
opening game.
Missouri won six games. num-
bering Indiana and Purdue
among it's victims. and lost to
Southern Methodist and, in an
astounding upset, to Iowa State,
in addition to Maryland and
Oklahoma.
Picks TerpS Because of Line.
Observation of Tiger regulars
who played against both teams:
Lloyd Brown. center-"I pick
Maryland because of it's line
play. Oklahoma has the best
back in Larry Grigg, but he isn't
much better than Faloney."
Terry Roberts, guard and line
backer-"1 think Oklahoma is a
better clutch team and can get
more fired up for the big one.
Maryland has the. better back
field. Oklahoma the better line"
Jack Shively, guard-"If Fall
o11ey plays, Maryland will win.
He is one of the best quarter
backs I have seen. The Mary
land line is just as good as
Oklahoma's. but Maryland has
better all-around balance. in the
backf1eld.'
Says FalOney Is Difference.
Charles Bull, tackle-"Mary-
land will win by two touchdowns
because of better line. Faloney
makes the difference between
the two clubs"
AL Portney. tackle-"Maryland
has better personnel in line and
backfleld. ! was impressed with
the TerpS' tackles and guards.
believe the game will be pretty
close"
Pete Corpeny, end - okla
homa hits harder. but Maryland
has the Sooners outclassed in
the backf1eld. Notre Dame is
the only team Oklahoma has
played with backfield of Mary
lands class"
John Wilson. end-"Maryland
has a better line and a better
passing attack. The outcome.
OF course, depends on whether
Faloney can play"
Vic Eaton. quarterback-"The
game will be so close I'd be
afraid to bet. rate it a tossup.
Faloney might be the difference"
Picks SOOnerS to Win.
Bob Schoonmaker, halfback-
oklahoma will win. It should
stop Maryland's offense, parti-
cularly the long gamers. Mary
land is strong at quarterback
and maybe that will help it.
Oklahoma's offensive line blocks
better and Maryland's defense
is not as tough"
Skimp Merrifield, halfback-
oklahoma should win. Okla
homa has an edge in the line
and the backfields are a tossup.
I believe Faloney is better at
quarterback than Oklahoma's
Gene Calume. But Oklahoma is
rugged and will make it too
tough for Maryland"
Bob Bauman, fullback-"I pick
4 Maryland because I believe it is
q better team. Faloney makes
4 the difference"
Tony Scardino, Missouri's other
!. No. quarterback, didn't play
against Oklahoma because of an
! injury, but he rated Maryland
as the better team. His deduc-
tion was based on his speciality
s-passing-and he believes that
the two teams are so closely
matched that the outcome will
be decided on passing attack.
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