Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-17
Maryland Power
Contrasts With
Sooners' Speed
Maryland. rs; N. Carolina. !
BY hfERRELL WHITTLESEY
star stan Correspondent

star stan Corresponaent
Z CHAPEL HILL, N. c., oct. II
1t was Sunday morning ano
George Barclay. the North Caro-
lima coach, was talking about
the Maryland football team and
his own. He was asked II he
had any further observations
about the Terps after having a
nights sleep since his teams
asst defeat.
Barclay replied that he'd stick
to everything he said Saturday
after the bali game--that Mary
land was big. powerful, with a
line that was so outstanding all
the way across that he couldn't
single out q star. and that Frank
Tamburello was the driving force,
the guy who made the Terps
tick.
Maybe it's because he is hav-
ing-and has had for his three
years at Carolina quarterback
troubles of his own. but Barclay
can't say enough about Tambu-
relic. Hes a big Lacquer" Bar
clay added. land you can see
how much confidence the ball
club has In him."
Compares Terps, Sooners
With Maryland and Oklahoma
apparently headed for an Orange
Bowl showdown. Barclay was
asked who would win inasmuch
as he's played both within four
weeks.
They're such different types, y
he replied. that II don't know
If Oklahoma's speed and pursuit
would Offset Maryland's bigger
and more powerful team. Mary
land is like q big brute and Okla
homa is slick and fast"
Asked to compare this Mary
land team with Jim Tatum's
teams of the past that he helped
coach and played against, George
said there was no way Of telling
which was the best. They don't
have the backs that can go all
the way like they used to have, !"
George said, but in their way
they get the job done.
With Taturn here. Of course,
the North Carolina sports pages
have been loaded with gossip
about the Maryland coach sue
ceeding Barclay at North Caro-
lima next year. Everybody seems
to agree that this is all for Bar
clay and the only question is
whether Taturn wants to leave
the possible national champions
and Orange Bowl contenders to
come to his alma mater and
virtually start from scratch.
Barclay Not Down
Il don't pay any attention to
those sports writers who are FIR
ing me every day." Barclay said.
"I'm doing the best can and If
the school doesn't like it they
can fire me and get somebody
else.
"Tt takes i've years to get a
team to meet the type Of sched-
ule we're playing after having
hit the bottom. and this is my
third year. We've got some good
freshmen and some fine boys on
the B squad who can help US
next year. We're getting better.
THE next three weeks we play
teams In our class Wake Forest,
Tennessee and South Carolinal
and that should give us more ex-
perience for our young quarter
backs and some confidence before
we meet Notre Dame and Duke.
The kids are catching on"
At halftine during the game
Saturday. several reporters and
some broadcasters were in the
radio booth giving their impress
sions Of the game. The score at
the time was 1870 Maryland.
Everybody who went on the air
said about the same thing and
most Of them were reporters and
broadcasters seeing the Terps
for the first time.
Their comments would 60
something like this: Maryland
is not spectacular but gets the
job done. q. The Terps don't
look as good as thought they
would. but they're leading, 1870,
and Carolina can't move the ball.
-. That Tamburello Just shoves
the bali down your throat
can't single out any real stars
except Tamburello. Each line
man appears to be as good as
any other. and they're smart on
pass defense"
Power Not Awesome
That's the way it went after
the game, too. Nobody was
shouting that Maryland was
awesome. but they all were adj
hitting it was an oyerpowering
outfit and that it made few mis-
takes.
You'd have to say UCLA and
Baylor are making Maryland
look better each day. Stanford
scored twice on UCLA, adding to
Tatum's long list of bad predic-
tons, but UCLA led. 21-0, in the
first quarter and apparently
started loafing and couldn't stop
And Baylor went to the Pacific
Northwest to beat Washington
conqueror of Southern Cal. Bay
lor and UCLA have lost only to
Maryland.
And Michigan, the team that
tops the Terps in the A. p. poll
had to go all the way to beat
winless Northwestern. 1872, while
Tatum was using Al players in
beating the Tar Heels. 4
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