Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-10-19
Unbeaten Terps Get First Big Test Tonight
Miami Picked
As Mira and
Sinner Duel
By STEVE GUBACK
Star Staff Writer

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MIAMI, Oct. 19.-Maryland's
football team puts its unde-
feated record on the block
here tonight against Miami, a
team that has been specializing
in watching them end.
It's supposed to be a passing
parade - the Terps' Dick Shi-
ner VS.. the Hurricanes George
Mira - and a crowd of more
than $4,000 is expected in the
huge Orange Bowl for the 9:15
pm. (WTOP-radio) intersec-
tional scrap.
For the fifth time in five
games, the Hurricanes engage
an unbeaten team. They put the
first blot on the records of their
first three opponents. When
they missed last week against
fourth-ranked Louisiana State.
the Hurricanes still saw a per-
feet record come to an end =
their own.
If Miami seems to show little
respect for unbeaten states,
Coach Andy Gustafson, the old
Army aide. admits much re-
spect for the Terps.
First Major Test
This Is a tough Maryland
club" he told a Miami home
coming rally last night. "They
hit hard and never let up.
After what they did against
North Carolina, they'll be tough
for anybody to beat the rest of
the year"
Maryland's Tom Nugent, re-
turning to his old Florida
stamping ground, hopes Gus
tafson is right. This is the
Terps' first major test, and Nu-
gent hopes the schedule, which
has gotten progressively tough
er, has steeled his club for it.
The Terps are 40, but the
teams they've beaten have won
only once. Miami is 81, with a
1873 loss to LSU, plus victories
over Pittsburgh, Texas Chris
tian and Florida State.
The game has commanded
enough interest to be beamed
back to College Park via closed
circuit TV. Tickets are still
available at 81 for the Cole
Field House telecast at 9:15
o'clock.
The Hurricanes, who have
won Is of their last 20 games
in the Orange Bowl, are ia
vored by six points, a tribute
undoubtedly to Mira, their
passer extraordinary. They call
him The Matador here, a ref
erence to his knack of escap-
ing tacklers and then firing the
passes that kill.
Concentrating on Mira
Except for Mira" says Nu-
gent. putting himself out on the
limb, II don't think Miami has
an outstanding offensive team.
But he makes them dangerous
and they're waiting for the ex-
plosion.
Miami hasn't beaten the
point spread since its opener
and has managed only a touch
down and a field goal in its
last two games. Gustafson has
said he expected his teams
finest game" the last three
weeks, and the Miami papers,
taking barbed pot-shots now,
have been saying that he's bat
ting 900.
Oddly, for a team that sup
posedly lives or dies according
to what happens in the air, the
Hurricanes have gained more
yardage rushing (638) thar
passing (618). The top rushel
with 212 yards is Nick Ryder
billed here as the best fullback
here since Don BoSSeler. Mira
always a two-way threat, hal
rushed for 1870 yards, the mex
best.
The TerpS have concentrated
entirely on stopping Mira de-
fensively. Extensively. Nugen
says he plans no startling
changes. Were not going int
the game with the idea of run
ming the ball against 'em o
passing on every down. Wei
play it just the way we alway'
have"
Plan Of Attack
That means roughly Is pass
es from Sinner, who is ranke'
second nationally in compile
lions, and occasional rushe
from Len Chiaverini, the TerpS
top man with 208 yards, ant
Ernie Arizzi, who has addet
100.
Defensively, much of tn
Terps' hopes will depend oil
tackles Dave Crossan and Roge
Shoals to provide the rush OF
the passer, linebackers Gen,
Feher and Joe Hrezo to stol
the Hurricanes pet draw play
and the deep backs - Ton
Brown, Murnis Banner ant
Arizzi - to stop Mira's lont
bombs, which are thrown mos
0ftay IN F1arkpr Nick SOineIl