Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-28
Terps 70 Begin
Drills Thursday
For 10 Games
By MERRELL wHITTLEsEY

BY MERRELL WHITTLESEY
The University of Maryland
opeps football practice at 7:15
Thursday morning in prepare
ton for q 10-game schedule
not just a one-game stand
against UCLA, which seems to
be general assumption.
There's Wake Forest, South
Carolina, LSU and George Wash
ington following on the home
schedule, and Missouri, Baylor,
North Carolina. Syracuse and
Clemson to be played away. but
according to Coach Jim Tatum,
too many people have forgotten
the other nine games. He hopes
the players haven't.
In fact, the theme of the
summer letters from the coaches
to the players has been to con-
centrate on the September II
opener against Missouri at
Columbia.
Fans Think Only Of UCLA
The folks who call, write and
visit the Byrd Stadium ticket
Office have only UCLA on their
minds Publicist Joe Blair has
been stymied in his preseason
All-America buildups by ticket
requests for the Bruins. Not
only will the stadium be too
small, but so will the press box,
Tatum and his aides will at
tempt to stop the UCLA thinking
by the squad when the 81 boys
report for the press day on
Wednesday. There will be six
men for every position except
center. where there will be seven.
Two = a day workouts start
Thursday, at tbs am. and 4:30
pm, and continue until Sep
TENDER 10, when the team shifts
to one practice daily at 2 O'Clock.
Take out two Sundays and a day
for travel to Columbia, and
there's not much time.
Three Surprises on List
There are three surprise names
among the Ct who will report
Bob Laughery and Leland Lie
bold from the service and
Charlie Wicker, the All-Ameri-
can lacrosse player.
Laughery and Liebold both
were fullbacks before they en-
tered the service. The latter
carried 80 times and averaged
SIS per try in 1852 but was weak
defensively. However, he has
played defense for two years at
Fort Jackson and could be a
stopper at a position where
Maryland is not deep.
Laughery played behind Ed
Fullerton three years ago. and
is remembered most for a stand
out performance against LSU
the night Fullerton suffered an
arm injury early in the game.
Laughery averaged almost five
yards in a dozen times with the
ball,
II you consider Charley Box
old the No. l quarterback of last
fall, the Terps have lost their
entire starting backfield for the
second straight year. This year
they also will be minus the
middle of the line.
Quarterbacks' Abilities Known
However. Maryland know S
much more about its quarter
backs this year. with Frank
Tamburello and Lynn Beightol
a Junior and senior, respectively,
than it did last when BoXold
was somewhat of an INFESTED
senior. Tamburello a sophomore,
and Beightol still having prob
lens.
There could be some shifting
in Maryland's three-deep array
in the backfield, depending upon
how the coaches plan to platoon
under the modified substitution
rule.
Maryland takes a five-game
winning streak into the 1855
season. The Terps roared
through the last five opponents
of 1854, closing with that 74-l3
rout of Missouri before a ma
tional television audience. The
record was 7-2-1. with losses to
UCLA and Miami by five and
two points, respectively, and a
tie with Wake Forest.
PeIlegrini Stands Out
The top guy for the Terps this
year figures to be Bob Pellegrini,
co-captain who has been shifted
from guard to center to sue
coed John Irvine. In fact, they're
hoping Pellegrini will bid for
( All-American honors in his first
and last-year at the position
at the college. He could, be-
cause change from guard is not
too difficult for boy of Pelle-
grini's ability and. ahem, desire.
Tatum is not particularly OPP
timistic. nor is he pessimistic
Like everybody else, he unWit-
tingly appears to be preoccupied
with the UCLA game. That was
the big one last year. The Terps
figured to go all the way if they
had scored that other touchdown
in Los Angeles.
The Atlantic Coast Conference
figures to be much stronger in
its third year, with Virginia
and North Carolina picking up.
1t could be good scrap to see
who goes to the Orange Bowl,
with more schools than you'd
think believing they have a
chance for Miami January /.
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