Evening star., 1955-11-04
SPOTLIGHT
ON
SPORT IS
Terps, Missouri in Class Apart
BY MERRELL WHITTLEsEY

THIS rs THE DAY Of the week in the football season
that Maryland behaves like only one other major cohees
team in the ountry-downtrodden Missouri
The No. -ranked Terps -0) and the Tigers d-6l spurn
the Friday workouts that part Of the
game drills Of all other football teams Whether at nome o.
away other suit up and work out from - minutes 70
an hour primarily polish up kcko extra points and
other finishing touches.
This probably makes little difference to the average
football FAM either the who his q to support college
football or the watches free TV But It's amazing
how much difference there In the preparations each coach
thinking his own way is best.
Only one football team coached by the Terps Jim Tatum
worked the day before game That was the one that
lost 1877 to UCA year in California There never be
another Tatum picked up the Friday-oh routine irom
Missouris Don Faurot when both coaching at Iowa
pre-Fght Bud wilkinson Of Oklahoma picked up from
Iatum. Ea@s
FOR YEARS MISSOURI Maryland and Oklahoma were
the only three to skip Friday practice but Is understood
wilkinson has gone back to the nberins up N uniform
the day before game.
Tatnms theory is that it takes st least hour and Is
minutes Friday afternoon for team 70 suit up WORK OUT
shower and dress. all for IS minutes on the neld.
The Maryland prefers to have his squad seated
before him for two hours on Friday afternoons For few
minutes he shows hm Of the next days opponent In one
of M real good periods Most Of the time he lectures
Mary coaches and Marylands former president Dr q
Byrd have said Tatum the best organizer In football That
NAV be- but Jim has an asset that tops his organizatona
ability. That's his phenomenal memory.
A That memory makes those lectures worth while For
to hours each morning Sunday through Thursday Taum
and his stan study films Of the upcoming opponent By
Friday he knows the opposons personnel and almost every
move win make. For two hours Friday afternoon ana
from $40 until II Saturday morning he goes over y man
for man. ofensivey Friday defensvely on Saturday
TODAY All. HE KNOWS about the Clemson team, next
weeks opponent that it comes from South Carolina After
studying Of movies plus scout reports next week
he win have meorzed the important things to know about
every Clemson player There positively are no notes TO these
lectures. Jim ad Ibis.
He knows the players BY number not BY name and that
occasionally has been embarrassing Two weeks ago ne was
tlne from College Park to press conference at Syracuse
over one Of those amplined telephone hookups
What you think Of the Syracuse personne2 jim was
asked BY the moderator think No a is the best LEFT
halfback I'VE seen In years. Jim replied.
eYou mean Jim Brown the moderator queried Il don't
know his name Tatum replied It's that big coored boy
who wears No. A.
to Tatum in this instance He knew Brown was the left
halfback with this movement oense and that one on
defense He everything about him but his name
MOST COACHES THINK workout Is necessary to get
the kinks out after long trip Jim believes hot shower
does lust as well furthermore that days rest relaxe
the tired muscles Trainer Duke Wyre agrees get lot Of
questions on this noFday workouts from other trainers
Wyre said aand believe and schools win adopt II
Tatuna doesn't see the squad after the Friday meeting
until g4O am saturday After dinner Friday Trainers Wyre
and John Lacey take the team movie preferably who
dun Western, staying away from emotional pictures
Early each week the Maryland players warned not to
20 to one Of uptown theatrs where hst movies are
shown usually the Ontario Ambassador because that's
where they will 60 Friday night
chartered bus takes them to the show and back then
to the doritory an apple lights out They don't to
the downtown shows because Of the confusion, crowds etc
Football games such that between West Virginia and
George washington tonight and all other athletic contests
are forbidden.
That light touch that Western or mystery provides
is necessary because on Fridays from to and Saturdays
from 04o until II the situation becomes grim