Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-02
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MIAMI, jan 1.-TWO years ago. Jim Tatum uttered his
famous words There goes football team when Quarter
back Bernie Faoney bum knee collapsed during workout
Today Marylands camp followers fear that after this
Orange Bowl battle with Oklahoma at the latest after 1885,
the big coach may say, Here goes Tatum."
If ever football team moved into major bowl under
similar circumstances it it aforementioned here There
who feel the Carolina spiel just
in long line of spies but they in the minority.
Now the suspicion is that if Dr. Wilson Ekns threatens to
cut down athletic scholarships and generally de-empha
SIZE Big Jim will, indeed, be on his way
The Terrapn Clubbers whom he organized very
happy at this writing They have been accustomed to win
ming football teams and bowl games They remember little
Byrd Stadium Of years and compare with todays Byrd
Stadium They like it in the big league and Tatum nothing
If not big league coach.
THIS is THE BOOK Tatum going into the 22d Orange
Bowl today:
Seventy wins losses and four ties
Three perfect of 100 records wins in Mary
lands last 48 games excluding bowls
Five bowl teams including today's with wins over Mis-
souri, and Tennessee tie with Georgia and TO defeat by
Oklahoma
The best 1O-year Of Nations active
Coach-of- the year in 1883 .-
A national champion and two third-ranked teams,
meaning the edition and the 1851 squad which beat
Tennessee the No. team, in the 1852 Sugar Bowl
The big guy has coached loser, in his first
year, 1912 at North Carolina He 90 during the at
Jacksonville Naval Air Station and 83 at Oklahoma in 1885,
after which he left to move to Maryland.
THAT WAS ANOTHER time when Marylapders were up
in their football coach DR.. H. c. Curey) Byrd
then president of Maryland could not would not extend to
Paul Bryant Under the youthful Bryant
coach and organizer much the manner of Tatum the
Terrapns began to places When Bryant announced he
leaving Maryland for Kentucky, students started st
down" strike which Bryant helped to break An oddly
or Terrapin Club members that both
Dr. Byrd Ekins had played football In their college
days But whereas Curey openly sought status in
the sport Dr. Ekns apparently intends to put OH check
rein.
That quite team-Byrd and Tatum. As old
Maryland coach himself Curey not above second
But coach had it good Taum and together Byrd and
Jim built Maryland into national power not to mention
building that big new stadium plus $35 million fedhouse
MARYLAND HAD NEVER produced an AI-Amercan
until Tatum Byrd began operating Since them nearly
20 Terrapns have made first second AAmerican teams
Pro scouts who rarely followed Maryland tap the Col
Iege Park fount regularly.
When the Cleveland Browns made off with the National
Football League payo week they had Ed Modzelewsk
going for them And Ronne Waller was with the runnerup
Los Angeles Rams Both finished in the first 10 in ball
ing Another Dick Besi of the Philadelphia Eagles wound
up AS of the leading sandout defense for
the Redskins was Ralph FELTON,.
Ray Krouse, than AI-National League
tackle and Dick Nolan the New York Giants first
defensive and Stanley Jones played regularly for the
Chicago Dick Modzeews played for the Pittsburgh
steelers Lloyd Coeryahn for the Baltimore Colts and pair
of Others scarbath and Bob Morgan made good in
Canada months pro draft tonly partial tool Center
Ed Peegrn and Haback Ed vereb first choices of the
Eagles and Redskins respectively Chef Hanuak Of
belongs to Browns but is in the service Boiling Air
Force Base.
THE LARGE GENTLEMAN from McCol, s. c. has win
ming ways and not everybody is going to take kindly to
departure on part Tatum too may the material he
may leave College Park while rebuilding at North
Carolina.
STILL he's got bargaining points. That's big sta
dunn to fill at Maryland and accomplished football team
isn't going fill it. On the other hand North Carolina hasn't
helded winner in long time and the Tar Heels
looking for guy the job in hurry, their boy
and one of their own, too.
For Maryland rooters it'll be tantamount to double
header the Orange Bowl The first half of the bill Mary
land Oklahoma The second half they strongly suspect
is Tatum versus President Elkins.
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