Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-24
Loss of. Dare
And TombureIIo
Blow to Plans
Syracuse, rs; Maryland, IL
By MERRELL WHITTLESEY

ceSsion Of exceptional quarter
backs, Jack Scarbath. Bernie
Faloney and Frank Tamburello.
Primarily under those three the
Terps won 81 games, lost eight
and tied two. And on two of the
eight losses, Tamburello was
breaking in and used sparingly.
The pattern this year was for
Tamburello to play with the first
club, John Fritsch to handle the
second and Dickie Lewis, tall
ented sophomore, to break in,
Next year Fritsch would be boss,
Lewis move up, and Dick Scar
bath, Jacks kid brother would
be a sophomore.
This has been the prodecure
since Jim Tatum brought win
ming football to Maryland. An
experienced quarterback as the
take-charge guy, a capable re-
placement behind him, and a
sophomore getting ready. some
times being held out. In acquir-
ing Dick Scarbath. Tommy Mont
was following the pattern.
Lewis, Dare Injuries Hurt
But wham, all Of a sudden nc
Tamburello, and on terribly
short notice. So Fritsch has tc
move up at least a half season
ahead of schedule. and with nc
practice Of consequence the flnal
week. And Lewis, the youngstel
with the talent, is on the bench
with a bad ankle.
On top of that, HOWE Dare
the right halfback who can break
away, is declared out for weeks
the day before the Syracuse
game. That further scrambles
the second backfleld.
For almost so practices, 20 in
the spring and nearly 80. count
ing two-a-day since September 1
Tamburello was in the first back
field and Fritsch the second
Their partners were familiar with
their voices and the pauseS as
they sounded of Down, set, nut
two. hut two"
1t may seeem inconsequential
to the average fan. but Fritsch';
calls are so different from Tam
burello's that there wasn't time
for coordination in the three
days that Fritsch took over a!
No. /. And Bob Rusevlyan ha.
q hitch in his voice, and moi
until Maryland started going OF
the fast count, Down SET" die
the second team start to click
The Terps were offsides about q
dozen times for these reasons.
Fullback Series Absent
Syracuse. a smart football
team Saturday. came up with
eefenseS that Fritsch and Rusev-
Ivan lacked the experience to
n..g.S When Syracuse bottled, up
AZ middle. the quarterback
.u,dn't call Tom Se1ep and
ed Hamilton. So Maryland
= without its fullhack series
aid virtually without passing.
Strangely enough, more may
be known of the Syracuse po-
tential after Saturdays game
with a supposedly good Pitt
team. than from its showing
against the demoralized Terps
Pitt was outplayed by West Vir-
ginia, but won, 1913.
There hasn't been much talk
Of the losses from last year, but
it was painfully obvious that
there were no Bob Pellegrinis Oh
Ed VerebS in Maryland uniform.
Saturday, And the ends from
last year. who were termed ade-
quate but no all-star team ma
terial, were missed.
The TerpS became so fiustered
on defense that Mont was de-
tected calling defenses from the
sideline a time or two, risking
. penalty in SO doing.
Fritsch may have been treated
q trifie harshly in the first sum
nations. He received a hard
blow in the stomach when he
tackled Jim Brown in the third
quarter. He was sick on the side
lines, and didn't get back in the
ball game. He led the Telps tc
a touchdown the only time they
really were in position when he
was in there.
Most Mistakes on Defense
And most of the mistakes the
young backs made were not or
offense, but defense. Syracuse
made the best possible use Of
Brown. The Terps would watch
him, and Jimmy Ridlon or Chuck
Zimmerman would infiict the
damage. On several occasion.
Brown wouldn't figure in ar
entire set Of downs, and all Of
. sudden he'd be in on a touch.
down.
The Terps gave up 357 yards
Last year in the Orange Bow
Oklahoma made 255, which give,
some idea. The Terps' defense
wasn't taking the ball away a!
it has in the past, and the team
that led the country in inter
ceptions last year stole only one
Syracuse completed seven out o.
nine.
Apparently there's more trou-
bic ahead this week than wa
anticipated. Wake Forest, a 39-t
winner over William and Mary
must be a pretty fair ball club
But they're hardly as good Al
Syracuse, and Maryland shoulc
not make as many errors.
Mont realizes now that he pu
too much faith in a report tina
Tamhurello would not be callet
into the Army until sometime il
October. and he also had supreml
confidence that Tambo's appea
would be granted. With Fritscl
working with the first backfelt
since September /. the Terp
would have presented a NOR,