Evening star., 1953-09-19
Tatum's S Squad Gun,
For Bigger Margin
Than 7-Point Odds
By MerreIl WhittIesey
Stor Staff Correspondent

overconf1dent. which was one of
the reasons for the close call here
last year, a deadly-serious Mary
land football team opened its
season against Missouri here to-
day, hoping to win by more than
the seven-point odds in it's favor.
Although school does not open
here until Monday, a crowd of
10000 was expected to watch
one of the few major games in
the Nation today. The skies were
partly cloudy and the game-time
temperature was expected to be
80-plus, after thunderstorms last
night took some of the discom-
fort out of the high-9O temper
atures. The game was to be
broadcast, starting at 3:45 pm.
washington time) over WMAL,
with Jim Gibbons at the mike.
1t also was MICS game-of-the-
day and Curt Gowdy will call
the plays over WRC.
Maryland was led by an all
ing coach. Jim Tatum, who is
feeling the effects of disobeying
doctors orders after a hospital
siege for the removal of a kidney
stone. Tatum's resistance is low
and he picked up a severe cold
in practice sessions last week.
Tatum Rides in Ambulance.
The Maryland coach ordered
an ambulance for the ride from
st. Louis to Columbia yesterday.
Then after two-hour nap in
the ambulance and help from
medicines, he put the team
through a tWo-hour lecture up
on its arrival from st. Louis.
This could be the key game in
Tatum's seventh season at Mary
land and, as always. he is intent
on victory.
Tatum weakened near the end
of the meeting, however, and
everybody was hoping a long
nights rest would leave him fit
enough to coach the team.
After a four-hour chartered
plane ride from Washington, the
Maryland team took a 10-minute
walk around the st. Louis air.
port and boarded air-conditioned
buses for the 2H2-hour ride to
Columbia. They were preceded
from the airport by the ambu-
lance carrying Tatum, with two
State troopers on the running
boards guiding the ambulance
through airport traffic.
Terps' Rally Won Last Year.
When the Terps invaded Co.
lumbia last year they had a
predominately senior club and
were top-ranked in the Nation
after their Sugar Bowl triumph
over Tennessee. They fell be-
hind 100 and had to stage a
flction-like rally to win, 1910,
on touchdowns that Don Faurot,
the Missouri coach, said yester-
day were the result of mistakes
by inexperienced defensive play
ers.
This year the Terps are work.
ing on a tWo-game losing streak.
In place of senior team they
have several sophomores along
who took their first plane ride
yesterday, and made their first
trip as members of the varsity
team. Some of the youngsters
were pale from a bumpy ride on
the last 20 minutes of the trip.
They needed help from Trainers
Duke Wyre and John Lacey.
This will be the first game
under one-platoon football for
District fans. The best way to
keep track is to remember the
game is played in six segments,
as the coaches say. They are the
first quarter, the first II min
utes and last 4 minutes of the
second quarter, the third quar-
ter and the first II and last 4
minutes of the last quarter. In
those six periods a player may
play once, but after being taken
out, may not re-enter the game
until the next segment.
Plans for Substitutions.
Missouri is going to have an
extended bench to keep track
of substitutions. When a player
comes out of the game he will
sit on the extended bench until
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land players and coaches will
leave it up to each other. There
is no set plan. In all future
Maryland games officials will
keep track of the subs.
Maryland has an all-senior
backfield of Bernie Faloney at
quarterback, Chet Hanulak and
Dick Nolan at the halves and
Ralph FELTON, at fullback. The
only seniors in the line will be
Marty Crytzer at end. Stanley
Jones at tackle and Charley Lat
inner at center. With the ex-
ception of the injured Bob
Morgan and end Fred Heffner,
a kicking specialist, they are the
only seniors on the SQUAD.