Evening star., 1955-09-25
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angular o-10ot-I yOuugSteE VINO
wants TO be Z builiighter was lost
trying 10 run the ball. There
were times when. with Q bevy Of
ed-shirted Marylanders barrel-I
ing in on him. he wanted to get
lost. It was exactly Is Tatum
figured,
Tatum termed UCLA Z great
team" but thought Maryland
had an edge In better tackles.
Mike Sandusly and Al Wharton.
and . more experienced quarter
back in Frank Tamburelio.
II was Tamburelio's quick
thinking that resulted In the
winning touchdown. TRtun ex-
|plained. It was third down and
D yard to so on the uCLA IL
yard line when Tamhurello called
for an off-tackle plunge. aiming
for another iirst down.
tIIe noticed the UCLA defense
was changed when he came out
|cf the huddle. Tatum said. "and
he called an audible signal TO
change the play. switching to-
an outside play that went all
the way"
The Maryland coach thought
the turning point Of the game
was the tumble by Doug Peters
OF UCL.A on Maryland's I-yard
line early In the second quarter.
Bob Pellegrini recovered for the.
Terrapins, stavine on the visi-
tors lone scoring threat.
Tatum also welcomed the end
OF the first half. which gave him
and his star q chance to show
their boys how 10 cover against
Knox short passes. which
threatened to drive Maryland
crazy hi the first two quarters.
..They were flooding the zone
with three men" Jim explained,
-and the only way we could stop
that was by holding 'eni up. We
did better In the second half
H&H
Guests In the press box In
cluded Charlie Dresser. manager
OF the Senators who quit the pro
gridiron years ago for the dia-I
mond. Dresser wanted TO talk
baseball. but aside from q few
West Coast writer's found no
listeners. Stout Herman Hick-
man, former coach turned writer.
and equally-stout Steve Owen.
now scouting for Baylor. also
managed 10 squeeze through the
door. Owen left Immediately
after the game for Philadelph
and the ylor-Villancya game.
Promptly at 1880 . squad Of
~ blue -denimed congicts from
the Maryland House Of Correc-
ton ct Jessup appeared on the
scene to remove the damp tar
paulin from the field. They "at-
tend" Maryland regularly, raking
leaves. moving grass and at
tending TO other maintenance
chores.
Their appearance was . bad
rap for rnatrimony. II q student
press aide was correct in stating
that most were doing time for
being In arrears on alimony.
Tatulm and Sanders appeared
Immediately after the covering
was removed. almost as II they
had been hiding under it. to in
|spect the playing surface. 1t was
soft and o bit slippery and
figured to worsen as the game
progressed. Jim and Red posed
for motion pictures. cut UP a few
touches and departed for their
dressing rooms.
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Northwestern High Schools
band was first on the field. but
It's program had TO be called on
Ito guard against chopping up
the turf unnecessarily. The half
time show was cancelled for the
same reason.
Sanders sent his kicking spe-
lcialists out IS minutes ahead Of
the full squad for their warmup.
and most eyes immediately
turned to the highly publicized
Knox. The tall, slim back, got
lon q couple Of punts that meas
lured go yards from where he
stood, and one rolled another 20
after striking the ground.
~
1t was q great day for news
paper vendors. even II the head :
lines didn't attract much atten-
ltion. Fans bought papers to
cover damp seats and TO cover
their heads when 1t showered.
At one point II seemed that the
lsun would shine.
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Maryland's tackling In the
open was particularly deadly
despite the weather. and End Ed
Cooke made couple that
stamped him as All-American
lcalibre.
I'VE didn't figure on Ed this
Iseason because he missed all oi
spring practice" Coach jim
lTatum said" but he was sc
Istrong and tough In practice w
had to put him on our side"
II was . wise move.