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ground game was secondary as
they leaned on the passing Of
the celebrated Ronnie Knox for
most Of their ofiense.
Knox. who suffered q slight
shoulder separation In the Sec
Iond quarter but played through
most Of the second half. - q
great tailback.
Knox threw Is times and nine
lof them were good. He quick
kicked, he angled for the side
lines, he purposely punted soft
and he was their safety man.
The Uclans made little use
lof their Ali-American fullback
candidate. Bob Davenport. as
they employed their fuilbacks as
ldankers. For the day their three
lfulibacks did not gain q yard.
Feilegrini Brilliant
pellegTini. under the pressure
lof being named preseason ALI
American, played his heart out.
lHe was out ON his feet ct the
end. but he said later, i couldn't
let those buns know ii"
Bob made mistakes -he failed
TO get an important snap back
ito Hill Walker on . punt. and
Ihe and the quarterbacks failed
Ito make contact with the
ball several times but shining
nightly over those errors was
mis- superlatiye defensive play.
He recovered the hig tumble.
Ihe intercepted q key pass. he
|harassed the ball carriers. he
called the defcnsiye plays and
his high. squeaky voice could
Ibe heard above the crowd as
lhe implored the Terps 10 hold
lon. He was AlI-American on Sep
ltember "a. 1885.
Mike Sandusky, rough and
tough and covered with mud,
was . cohort. along with every
body on the Maryland line.
And what . comeback for
IBill Walker. whose tumble and
poor kick aided the Bruins last
year! Four times he was called
on for pressure punts and his
average was Q phenomenal 45.7
yards. His boots we're soaring
Ipunts and his defensive play
was his finest--yirtual perfection
Ifor an end.
With Maryland hanging TO
that TO lead In the second half.
the Bruins were stacked for that
long pass that could tie the ball
game In one play.
But three times the well-
lbriefed Maryland secondary
Ichipped in with interruptions.
Ione by Pellegrini. one BY Jack
lHeaiy. and another BY Lynn
lBeightol. who snapped back from
10 sorry performance against
Missouri to contribute . beauti-
Iful Job as Tamburello's relief
IMAM.
And on another pass that was
completed from Knox to Tom
Adams on the Maryland 80 with
less than . minute to play. Ham
|ilton came UP with q recovery
Iof o tumble which sealed it.
Tatum Carried on
A few seconds later Tamhu-
lrello came in TO run out the
clock. As the gun sounded, the
Terps rushed to the sidelines,
picked up their beefy coach and
carried him to rmidfleld where,
lperched happily but shakiiy on
lthe shoulders Of his players. he
SHOOK hands with Coach Red
SANDERS Of UCLA.
It was astounding that UCLA
didn't make more use Of its run.
lining game. particularly after
lSam Brown made "a yards on the
second play Of the game and was
ljust Q yard short Of inidfield
But the Terps held and Knox
took advantage Of the soggy
footing to kick dead on the
Maryland three.
4 Like last year, Maryland was
lin early trouble. but this time
Walker booted out with a 81.
yard punt. Al few minutes later
\ Knox took advantage of the
lquick-kick to again put the Terps
lon their own three. but this
time Beightol kicked out for 4s
yards
Inc BRUINS started their 0rivk
THAT ended on the one late II
1.-THE first quarter, after taking
lover on the Maryland 40. Knox
'Ipasses to Ronnie Lcudd anc
Chuck Holloway and Loudd again
were good for a first down Oh
1.-THE i8. Knox passed to Adam,
,,Ifor first down on the three.
/ Peters. playing fullback ir
IDavenport's place, hurdled tlls
lime for two yards TO the one
'Ihut when he went over he didnt
,Ihave the ball. Pellesriui had II
THE crowd saw the referee's up-
llraised hands but didn't see ths
,tfunbIe. and the stands wert
stunned rnomentsrily when the,
Isaw the happy Maryland players
lgo back into the huddle.