The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1953-11-26
BEHIND
HOME PLATE
BY H. S. DOUGLAS

The big sports news of the week
end, of course, was the smashing
football victory of the University of
MARYLAND over the University of
Alabama, by a score of 21-0, and the
14-14 tie between Notre Dame and
Iowa
Maryland's victory, which made
them the only major league team in
the country to go through their en-
tire 1853 football schedule without
a loss, or tie, proved once again that
Maryland has the greatest defensive
team in the country In Saturday
afternoons game, their offense
begged down in the second half after
their great Quarterback, Bernie Fa-
loney, was injured and had to be
removed from the game. But the
teams defense. rose to the occasion
with one of the greatest exhibitions
ever seen on the gridiron.
No less than five times during the
second half, Alabama drove down to
within the shadow Of Maryland's
goal posts, but on each occasion, Jim
Tatum's boys stood like the Rock Of
Gibraltar As a matter of fact, not
only did they prevent Alabama from
scoring, but in each one Of the at
tempts, the Alabama ball carrier
found himself, after the fourth down,
further from the goal line than when
the series of down started
On Sunday night, had the op-
portunity to watch the film of the
Notre Dame-IoWa game and what a
tremendous battle that was too Both
teams had touchdown drives stopped
because Of penalties, and on one oc-
casion, a Notre Dame player, stand
ing alone in the end zone, had a
touchdown pass right in his hands
and then dropped it.
The polls of both the Associated
Press, compiled from votes cast by
the Sportswriters and Broadcasters,
and The United Press, compiled from
votes cast by the college football
coaches of the Nation, were an
nounced on Monday night and they
both put Maryland on top by an ov-
erwhelming majority-an honor that
Coach Tatum and his team richly de
serves.
for one, was glad to read that the
Big Ten has chosen Michigan State
to go to the Rose Bowl on New
Years Day.
There were rumors afloat, at one
time, that because Michigan State
was on probation in the Big Ten, they
would never be selected for the hon
or and 1 am sure glad that these
rumors were unfounded and that
Michigan State, who on their over
all record of the season, was the best
team in the conference, was finally
named.
Saturday afternoon brings the
game that everyone is interested in,
whether or not they are regular foot
ball fans = Army and Navy.
My vote, in game where past per
formances don't mean a thing, goes,
as it always has, to Navy
Congratulations to St. James
School on the fine record of their
1858 football team, who closed out
the season with six wins against only
one loss.
Their sixth and final win came on
Saturday afternoon, when they took
the measure of st. Adams School, of
Washington, D. c., by a score of 26-
49,
st. James scored the first time they
got their hands on the ball, when
Fred Ikler took a pass from Larry
Hoyer and ran IS yards for the
touchdown, with Johnston kicking
the extra point
A few minutes later they came
right back again, when Vic Myers
going off tackle, broke into the clear
and behind perfect interference rae
ed SO yards for their second touch
down. The try for the extra point
failed and the score was 1870, st.
James.
Before the quarter ended, st. AL
bans scored on a pass play, but the
try for the extra point was blocked
and the score was st. James 10, st.
Adams, 6.
1t was 20-6, st. James in the sec
ond period, when Kellett scored on
an end around play and Johnston
again added the extra point.
That was all the scoring till the
final period when Nuessle, on an off
tackle smash, raced SIS yards for st.
James fourth touchdown, with the
try for extra point failing. A, few
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