Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-22
WIN, LOSE OR
DNAW By FRANCIS sTANN
With Prophecies Down

THESE DAYS THE SCHOLARS who play football are
suited up early that all preseason top ten"
representations read like history and perhaps
reminder is in order Oklahoma Michigan State were
picked onetwo and there be serious quarrel
with the soohsaying this pair But some of
the rest
For instance Notre Dame was pretty generally ranked
No Now the Irish aren't close maybe not even in
the top 90 They beat Indiana that's all in four out
ings last Saturdays being by far the disastrous
Score: Michigan State, AZ Notre Dame IA.
Likewise the occult set caught its prophecies
down when Maryland ranked No. A. AS of today the
onceproud Terrapns have beaten team Wake Forest
BY 60 and lost to four Even Jim Tatum at North Carolina
got fat Saturday when his heretofore wness Tar Heels
licked Maryland by whopping 34-6 score
It's probably going to get before gets better for
the Terrapins. Next week: Tennessee Then Kentucky
Clemson South Carolina North Carolina State Con-
CeaOy maryland may wind up with victory games
OHIO STATE RANKED NO. S. got knocked off nv Penn
state unmarked Stanford No. has been twice beaten
DUO Army No. T. once by Michigan 48-14 and Saturday
by Syracuse.
What happened to these so-caed powerhouses renans
70 De FULLY explained In the of Notre Dame however
most coacheS and observers greatly puzzled Too
many sopnomores for Paul Honung the good
back to carry.
Maryands material and depth seems to have been over
rated by nearly everybody including Tatm and his
Tommy Mont Probably the Terrapins would have bee f
Deter Frank Tambureo had been drafted but hardly
NO. IN the Nation Mont got break when after
depending so much Tambureo he had tn fall bocL 81
trio OF young quarerbacks almost totally lacking in
experience. " ee
carr SnaVely recently debunked the offensive merits of
e Spht-I unless coach has unusually good material
including whale of quarterback" Snavelv said in not
ioosh to install the and spltT instead of the single
wing That goes for pro we'll as college teams" Old
Grumpy might be right at that Tatum who is ID is ~
of he TT
also IA = % . N1ont'
THE REDSKINS WHO ARE having troubles of their own
could be suffering from lack of that real oood
too Dorow rarely made the Redskins move ana
e0aro as smooth as any ball handler is Handicapped bv
@ size Its got to be tough spot pass receivers over
zOO ana 27O pound giants which must account for
inevitable overthrows and interruptions
Unbeaten Ohio States 7-6 loss to Penn State was
70 the raod folks Of Columbus It was known that
S'ate was no patsy but still Army had to 90 all ont
e Lions Two weeks earlier, 147 and after what
NAeingan oo TO the Cadets the Big Ten as usual was
Eateo Tar stronger than anything in the East
Army was the choice to rule the East inst
W yai' OUT the CADETS may not live up to expectations
oi e second straight season. There ample time for
Heo Blak TO whip the West Pointers into pretty good
team before the Navy gamean art with Baik Il MIGHT
remnded-out up to now Army has been spotty dis
THE GENIUS OF WEST POINT is having some of the
same trouble he had in 1855 II you recall Bak converted
MS AH-Amerca end Don Holleder into
ost three games before the experiment eed and the
Cadets upset Navy in the big As result there was
no clear-cut Eastern champion.
ms year 5lak. who must be the Casey Stengel Of
college football with his tinkernp moved HaIfnack
BOD kyasky to quarter So far the overall results have
not been precisely satisfactory Kyasky an oft-njured
veteran mad horrible time in the Michigan game with
his fumblng
Il never quarterback so tight one coach reported
"Kyasky was as tight drum head"
At one time Michigan led Army 4s-o The Cadets got
on the board only the end against the Wolverines
iourtn-stringes II you discount those or less
counterfeit ouchdowns Army. TO loser TO Syracuse
hasn't scored in two consecutive The Black Knights
Of the Dayis-Blanchard do better in two minutes
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