Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-09-07
SPOTLIGHT ON
SPORTS
NY Dads Best-Nugent, F.
By MERRELL WHITTLESEY

TOM NUGENT JR STOOD under the coaching tower
the University Of Maryland practice field and asked the
question that will be repeated thousands of times
puses from coast to coast this fall What do you think?
Before anybody in group watching the Terps prac
tce had opportunity the of the Maryland
coach said my this much talent before
never.
see where the Saturday Evening Post gives 18th
in the country Tommy said speaking of the rankings
that out yesterday. Il hope they're right"
When Tom, ST.. climbed down from the coaching
tower he would be drawn into the discussion to
whether this was his most squad To ST. doesn't
believe in comparing the material he's had through the
years at VMI, Florida State and now at Maryland.
BUT THE. TERPS' COACH likes this ball club, and
although father might deny it, Tommy jr, might be
echoing something he heard at home.
Nugent is going to be the top man-you just can't
imagine Nugentcoached where he is not the sole
and big bossbut the Maryland coach confeSseS that
he has made few concessions to his 1861 team.
This squad has lot of pride but doesn't like to be
pushed much Nugent saying later in the coaches
aforementioned dressing room.
I'll admit" he said in a manner in which he i'm
piled that going to get out of hand that I've
given this team little more leeway than any other
little ice the field, little more water, and little
longer He has approved of their special
requests and vetoed others.
NUGENT HAS HUNCH that this squad might
operate better under captain cocaptans for the
tire season past years he has preferred to appoint
game captains.
So week from Saturday, after the last tul-scale
scmmage before the Southern Methodist the Terp
will elect a captain co-captains
Pending this election it necessary to have go
between for the three weeks of fall practice The squad
met without coaches night before practice began and
the coaches admittedly astounded when the player
representative turned out to be Roger Shoals.
Shoals is the biggest the squad, 242 pounds and
6-foot-4 He's extremely handsome big guy, junior
tackle from Norwak Conn., and already has been drafted
by the Cleveland because his college career was
interrupted for Army service.
Among other things, Shoals is the heavyweight
wrestling champion of the Atlantic Coast Conference His
hands are quick and he's of those big men to whom
everything to come easy
SHOALS MISSED PART of last season due to an in
jury but while he in there he had good sophomore
However, he horsed around considerably just
didn't seem to be captains material.
Mrs. Shoals, who may present Roger with their first
child before the SMU game, obviously has steady
player representative junior selected because the
boys felt they senior for the threeweek period it
could that he would be bucking for captain.
A few ice cubes, another bucket of water, few
minutes added to the breaks and captain instead
game captains may appear to be Insignificant things
but, Nugnt saying, this Maryland squad could be
different from any he has had, anywhere.
In way they're like bunch of guys sitting on a
powder key Maybe Fred Russell in the Saturday Evening
Post had good bunch in picking the Terps 18th
(FranciS Siam is vacation. His
column will be resumed in about week.