Evening star., 1955-10-24
WIN, LOSE OR
DRAW J, ..Auc,, SIAM
No Halt Measures

WHEN DUKE HAS AN on day there is no truck with
half measures Just about the Blue Devils got
themselves spanked by Navy 407 and that 26-7 licking
they took Saturday from Pittsburgh also had touch Of
decisiyeness
would be point in beaboring Dukes thrashing
except that it directly concerns Maryland, new almost
automatic Orange Bowl choice Even Duke followers
cluded much following the destruction by Pitt
Il good team nat, sighed Ted Mann. the
pubct whose job it is to inform people how buoyan the
Blue Devils feel Il don't know where the boys left their
game. but I've got pretty good idea"
"At Columbus" Herman Hickman guessed. They were
stir playing Ohio State Happens all the time"
$500
HICKMAN, MAGAZINE CoLuAnIST. gourmet radio and
nv personality and unemployed football coach was repayng
the game4en route home II kind Of felt Pitt would upset
Duke Herman was saying Course I'm not the best handi-
eapper in the world but Pitt showed me It was real hne
team .s<
Nothing less than an upset Of Maryland Is likely to
change the Grange Bowl picture although IN the Atlantic
Coast Conference the still unbeaten and may have
to be Of the excursion to Miami But there can
doubt where the sentiment lies among the Orange
Howlers They weren't happy with the
pairing last January with in 1883
Both times Miami bowl business but Just barely
Maryland Navy both gained prestige for the National
rankings on their showngs 34is win over Syracuse for
the Terapns and coastng $50 rout of Penn BY the Mid
shpmen who playing without George Welsh and other
regulars Duke may fall all the way out Of the top 10 and
Michigan gained glory in barely beating subpar Mime
sofa team M-13
HICKMAN WAS AS puzzled as the next one when he
read Of the exploits syearod Tom Forresta who
terbaced Navy against Penn Never heard of the young
man.. Herman saying. "but II he ahead Of Gus
Praas and Pat Flood like guess he did, Eddie Erdeatz
must not be hurting for quarerbacks One thing know
he's got the best in the country"
Meaning George Welsh2"
tf Correct He's the best. We had pretty good
auarterbacks while West Point but nobody was any
better than Welsh couple Of good ones in Savaterra
Pitt Jurgensen Of Duke but neither was any Welsh
It is Hickmans notion that quarterbacks Ike Welsh
come as strokes pure luck II don't think Navy even knew
what had when that fellow turned up the campus.
Herman said "If he isn't AIl-American by unanimous
decision there amt no justice"
MORE LIGHT ON Quarterback Welsh and the entire
Navy team is shed this week when the Mdshpmen
invade South take good Notre Dame outt that
was beaten only by Michigan State there any doubt
the class OF the Irish dspeled Saturday in that
227 victory Purdue the team that handed Notre
Dame its only loss year ago.
This is game Navy has been looking forward to all
year may very well be the last obstacle to an unbeaten
possibly second trip to the Sugar Bowl In New
Orleans the Sugar Bowl planned early In the
season. It was supposed have been Amys year to make
the trip but with failure Of the Cadets against Michigan
and Syracuse very likely trouble ahead in Colgate
Yale Navy could be that will be put on the
AMdshipmen to play on New Years Day again.
Schedue-wise Navy had it 90 good as now what
with Eddie Erdeaz able TO hold out key men against Penn
and freshen up Notre Dame there is game-of-
he-week Notre DameNavy meeting has got to be It,