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a game at any time this season,
to go all the way. He's going
to require help, and that's where
Beightol comes in.
Oklahoma also may have a
quarterback problem. First
stringer Gene Calame is in good
shape. but Pat O'Neal, his re-
placement, learned yesterday
that he suffered a shoulder sep
aration in Mondays drill. There
is a chance he will be able to
play. Coach Bud Wilkinson has
been counting on him to give
the Sooners a stronger passing
attack.
Lack of Esteem Puzzling.
AS for Beightol, nobody can
put his finger on the reason why
he isn't held in more esteem by
the Maryland coaching staff. OF
all the boys on the squad, he was
the most sought after. Beightol
was complimented by receiving a
personal visit from Frank Leahy
of Notre Dame while a senior at
Fort Hill High in Cumberland.
1t was Beightol who was draw
ing the whistles of the hundred
or more hangers-on at practice
yesterday for his tremendous
puntS. It's Beightol who is en-
We'd by the visiting coaches for
his passing in practice. But only
the Maryland coaches have seen
Beightol on defense, and nobody
has seen him under fire. His
scattered appearances this season
have been late in the fourth
quarter. always after a Maryland
victory had been wrapped up.
Beightol has more responsible
ties than most 19-year-olds, and
that is the reason his mind is not
always on football. When Lynn
goes home from practice his wife,
a former student nurse from
Cumberland, is waiting with two
babies, a son born during the
season and a daughter IA months
old They live in the veterans
barracks at College Park.
Must Live Football.
Tatum expects his quarter
backs to live football. At times
he was disappointed in Jack
Scarbath because Jacks mind
would wander from the subject,
and often during practice ses-
sions he would be star-gazing
when Tatum was talking. But
Scarbath had so much natural
ability he could get by. Scarbath
was there when Tatum wanted
him. at 2 O'Clock on Saturday
afternoons.
Beightol has not proven him.
self, and one of the assistant
coaches was saying yesterday
that he didn't think Beightol
would get into the game. But
that was before Faloney was
hurt again.
Tatum was about ready to dis
miss the team yesterday when
Faloney was injured, but he
quickly changed plans and or
dered another half-hour work.
out for all but the first stringers.
with Beightol and Dave Nusz
running from the quarterback
slot. Nusz is another sopho-
more quarterback, even more UNI
tested than Beightol. His only
experience on offense' was in the
last two practice sessions before
the team was excused for the
Christmas holidays.
Pathetic Moment.
Faloney made only scattered
All-American teams. but he's an
all-American in football as well
as in the more important phases
Of life, and when he half fell
on his injured knee yesterday
it was a pathetic moment.
Bernie, who has been doing
some wishful thinking that he
could play, believed the Jig was
up. He ripped of his helmet in
an angry gesture, then dropped
it to the ground in hopeless
fashion. He limped to the dress
ing room. There were 81 foot
ball players and O hundred or
more others on the field. You
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