Evening star., 1954-10-22
NCAA's Ruling
May Figure in !
Tonight 'sGanle
Maryland Must Win
Big to Remain in
Running for Bowl
By Froncis stonn
sior ssaff Corr isni

MIAMI. Oct. q. Maryland's
mythical national champions Of
1858 tonight return to q familiar
battleground-the Orange. Bowl
Ito make what may be their
biggest pitch for consideration
as principals in the same stadium
next New Years Day.
Once beaten and once tied, it
behooyes the Terrapins to win
big" when they meet an unde-
feated and aroused University Of
Miami team before q crowd ex-
pected to exceed $4,000. Any
thing less. against what is hailed
as the best Hurricanes squad In
history, may well mean that an
other Atlantic Coast Conference
representative, probably Duke or
South Carolina, will supplant
Maryland next January /.
! Points Called Overlay.
Miami folks. burned up by the
NCAA's ruling that the Hurri-
canes have been offside in re-
cruiting athletes. are confident
that Maryland's status as a Z
point favorite is a rank overlay,
and they may have something
there. AT least Coach Jim
Tatum OF the Terrapins thinks
so, saying:
"It won't help us a-bit to play
a team that's plain mad. Miami
can't go to a bowl itself. accord
ing to the NCAA, and they'll try
to make sure that we don't pre-
sent any credentials"
Miami. winner over Furmon,
Baylor, Holy Cross and Missis-
sippi State, is hoping for it's first
unmarried record and regards
Maryland and Alabama, which
is to be met November 10, as the
main obstacles. Not only are the
Hurricanes fired up about the
NCAA suspension, but they feel
they have a score to settle with
the Terrapins, whom they never
have beaten.
Maryland first played Miami
in 1948 and won, 27-13. The
Terps repeated in 1949. when the
score was 1870, and last year
they rubbed 1t In by outclassing
the Hurricanes, 800.
Last Years Score Hurt.
'That's the one that hurt" a
Miami spokesman said today.
Maryland made US look real bad
at a time when we were bidding
for national recognition and an
nouncing high-powered sched-
ule for the future.
when Maryland went on to
become the No. / team in the
Nation, it took away some of the
sting, but then they came back
to play Oklahoma in the Orange
Bowl and looked like an ordi-
nary ball club in getting licked
by that TO score"
Miamians frankly don't know
how to rate Maryland. Against
the Hurricane last season the
Terps looked terrific. But the
Marylanders lost face against
Oklahoma, and when UCLA beat
them, 1877, and Wake Forest
gained a 1913 tie, the Orange
Bowl Committee began to look
elsewhere for an ACC repre-
sentative in the January / ex-
travaganza.
This is rated tough ball club
that Maryland is meeting to-
night. Tough and angry. It is
geared for big things in 1855
and the years to follow.
Deceptive Running Game.
Miamians are proud of the
running game that Coach Andy
Gustafson's young men have
shown. Luther Evans Of the
Miami Herald, who has been
covering the Hurricanes for
years, says:
"The way Andy has set up the
attack, it is almost impossible
for a rival team not to tackle
the fullback. whether he has the
ball or not,
"Gustafson borrowed from Red
Blaik Of Army. He borrowed
from one or two other coaches.
too. Yet I think his offense is
an Improvement over all. Eight
times out Of 10, the quarterback
will stick the ball into the full
backs belly and either leave It
there or pull it out.
"Gustafson has q real good
fullback in Don Bosseler. He
gets tackled more than anybody
in the Nation, probably, and
most Of the time he doesn't even
have the ball. Miami has the
best ground attack I've ever seen
in these parts"
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