Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-10-20
Terps' Lost-HoIf Rally
Upsets Tar Heels, 2l-7
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outhustling the team that had
gained national attention on q
comeback built on hustle.
The Tar Heels had abso-
lutely no reply to the Maryland
% times-three short Of the
ACC record he set earlier this
season against Wake Forest
and failed to gain on only two
plays. The longest Of his
touehdowns cracks was only 2
team with the new look. They
never crossed midfield in a Sec
ond half in which Maryland's
charging defenses left them
absolutely punchleSs.
Maryland boosted countless
stars in addition to its touch
down makers. They included
Gene Verardi. the feet sophie
more halfback; Dickie Lewis.
who quartered the last touch
down drive; Scott: Big Ed
Cooke. on offense. defense and
punting; and the starting
tackles, Fred Cole and 24O-
pound Don Healy, just 10 days
out Of the hospital after an
appendectomy. Plus of course.
Phil Perlo, out previously with
injuries.
North Carolina, which had
rebounded with consecutive tri-
umphs over Clemson. Navy and
Miami mainly by making the
utmost Of. breaks it created.
had more OF those same chances
IN the first half. But the Tar
Heels turned only one of them
into a touchdown and later
found its TO lead greatly in
SUFFICIENT.
No Threat in First Half
Maryland. plagued by it own
careless penalties and with
out a scoring threat in the
first half, puts its show on the
road in the third quarter when
q bad pass from center cost the
Tar Heels a chance to kick on
fourth down. That gave the
ball to Maryland on the North
Carolina 80.
The groans were audible
when another offside penalty
put Maryland back on the Tar
Heel A, but that only seemed
to make Rusevlyan and his
starting team more determined.
Kershner passed TO Fred
Hamilton for six yards and
side to Ron Shaffer. play the
Rusevlyan passed TO the weak
Terps had been rehearsing all
week. That was worth a FIRST
down on the Carolina 81.
A Maryland Jump pass had
backfired into an interrogation
in the first half. but Rusevlyan
faxed a jump pass this time
and instead kept the ball and
pitched deep to Verardi. Gene
roamed to the right and picked
up IS yards before he was
brought down on the Tar
Heels IL.
A Rusevlyan-to- Cooke pass
on third down left the Terps
a yard short Of a first down on
the North Carolina three. but
the powerful Perlo smashed TO
q first down inside the one.
Rusevlyan carried over and
John Fritsch's placement for
the point was perfection itself.
He put so much in 1t that 1t
carried high over the crossbar
and 1t was TT late in the third
period.
Scott Clears Way
Five minutes later Maryland
put the ball in play on its 20
ana Scout lost a yard on the
end-around. Kershner took a
handoff from Rusevlyan, start
ed over the left side. cut and
found his path cleared by
Scott. He slanted for the side
lines and raced the entire 81
yards, with Daley Gof always a
futile two steps TO the rear.
Both Kershner and Scott
were pounded freely by their
gleeful teammates. all Of whom
had caught the winning habit.
Fritsch again supplied the point
with gusto.
The Terps' last touchdown
started from their own 80
shortly after Bob Layman pre-
vented what might have been a
Carolina touchdown with a
bruising Jackie Of Ehil De-