Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-05
Coach Impressed
By BoxoId Offensive
In 2z-Hour Workout
By MerreII WhittIesey

With movies being taken from
a 100-foot tower hurriedly cree
ted yesterday morning, and soft
drink stand set up by some
youngsters to ease the thirst OF
several hundred spectators Gas
many as used to watch Maryland
against Johns Hopkins in lean
years. the Terps went through
a 2h-hour scrimmage under a
steaming sun at College Park
yesterday afternoon.
Despite the absence OF Full
back Dick Bielski, who was nurs-
ing an ankle sprain. Coach Jim
Tatum said it was the best Of
fensive workout at a comparable
time on the practice schedule
since he has been at Maryland.
He was enthused particularly
over the ball handling between
his key men.
1.-The defense was awful, but
we haven't worked on defense
yet, tTatum said.
Boxold Impresses.
Tatum drooled the most over
the play of Charley Boxold. who
figures to be his No. quarter
back. Boxold completed five out
of six passes, made several runs
for first downs, was not involved
in tumble and handled him.
self acceptably on defense.
But another very important
phase in Boxold's development Is
that his voice has been strength
ened. Last year when he sue
ceeded Bernie Faloney as quar-
terback for the Orange Bowl
game, Boxold had squeak in
his voice. He would bark out
down." but his "set" was so
weak most of the squad could not
hear him. and there were many
mixups on signals.
Boxold has taken voice train
ing over the summer. with Jim
Gibbons of WMAL helping out.
and his down, set" carried an
authoritative tone yesterday. He
could be heard from one end OF
the field to the other.
In fact all of the quarterbacks
impressed. Lynn Beightol hit
on his first three passes and was
slightly more vicious on defense
than in the past. Frank Tam
burello, the sophomore from
Baltimore, also had good day.
Hawkins May Be Shifted.
Ralph Hawkins, the sopho-
more who was an end at st.
Johns ran the number four
team at quarterback, but that
will not be his position if the
other three quarterbacks con-
tinue to- improve. Hawkins is
too good a ball player to hang
on as a fourth string signal
caller.
Hawkins may be tried at full
back in competition with John
Merricks. Jim Skarda and Bill
Komlo for the position back OF
Bielski and George Albrecht.
Merricks had some good mo-
ments as fullback with the fifth
team yesterday.
Howard Dare, a sophomore
halfback from Baltimore, and
Ed Vereb were singled out for
praise by the coaches. along with
John McVicker and Harold Hill,
also soph halfbacks. On the
first few days Of practice, it ap-
pears the Terps are going to
get big lift from the new half
backs, just as Whitley Dovell,
the freshman coach. promised.
Tackle Berths Open.
On the line, the coaches pri-
marily were interested in pairing
off tackles. There are three of
the six tackle positions wide open
at this moment. Jack Davis, the
soph from Bladensburg and one
of those hungry" ball players
that Tatum likes, is being tried
at tackle.
Ronnie Waller scored four
touchdowns yesterday. two on
runs of SIS and 10 yards and two
more that were called back.
Russell Dennis took passes from
Boxold to score on 20 and so
yard plays.
The squad will report for med
ical examinations today and
have the afternoon off, with the
option of attending the baseball
game or a movie. The coaches
met with Tatum at 9 o'clock
last night to review the scrim-
mage pictures.