Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-15

Tear Up Hoyus
Frostburg's Aim
By MORRIS sIEGEL

DON'T GET THE IDEA FroStburg State College is COM
ing to Washington week from Saturday to play George
town in the Hoya oneshot football revival" Just for the
ride No such thing
1--WE aim to tear 'em up" said Dr. Ron Van Ryswyk
Over the phone he sounded grim and resolute. 81 don't
know how the Georgetown people regard this thing but
for it's real game" he added In challenging voice.
Despite his uncoachly- sounding name Dr. Van Ryswyk
is the Bobcat football coach He also coaches basketball
and teaches physical education carry pretty full load"
he said, proudly
At first it was difficult getting the good doctor the
telephone There about hours delay before contact
made He had been held up by faculty meeting
unlikely place for most football coaches but not like
Dr. Van Ryswyk We've been having em pretty regularly
up here since the incident with our president" he ex
planned.
FROSTBURG STATE is about as amateur as you can
get in football including Georgetown which viii be playing
volunteers in the big set for Hoya Field The Frose
players also trainees No scholarships for
the FroSties either.
Compared to the players on his team Coach-Dr. Van
Ryswyk who often reminded me ivan Ryswyk that's two
words now" is product Of bgtime football He quarter
backed Missouri State in the late forties Missouri State is
in Maryve the home Of Bud Mlikan Marylands basket
ball coach His mother still lives there" this voube rural
Baedeker explained.
Did Van Ryswyk attend Missouri State on athletic
scholarship? "Yes he answered slowly If he might be
ashamed of And how does feel TO be the other
side of the fence where all the players are thigh school
amateurs" as he himself put it so colorfully.
BEST way know how to that is by telling you
how couple of my players feel They're transfer students
One went to Miami and the other to Wake Forest on foot
ball scholarships They they get to play here all the
time the game is just tough and they enjoy It, They
also said they learn just much football here" Dr. Van
Ryswyk add.
THE BOBCATS DIDN'T take up football until three
years ago and they're doing pretty good this year They
So record into tomorrows game against Frederick
College at Portsmouth Va where they likely to lose
"Frederick's tough" Van Ryswyk warned. "They give
scholarships Every game we've lost this year has been to
scholarship Frederick heavily scholarshpped he
said quantity
So far waynesburg Shepherd State and Grove City, all
Heavily schoarshipped" have somped Dr. Van Ryswyks
amateurs They beat the Froes with superior line play he
contends but it's fault of the Frosburg coaching OF
when the ball is snapped those scholarship boys
us three or yards back almost every time he said
"You don't get the real rugged nemen need to play
if you don't give them anything We do all right in the
backe but you've got to give those good high school line
men scholarship or they're going where they can get
$50
FRoSTBURG SPENDS about $1,000 year on its low
budget football program but Dr. Van RySwyk says this isn't
enough About another $4,000 would be nice and he thinks
he'll get it next year. Travelling and meals eat us up he
said.
budget naturally pnches them here and there For the
Georgetown game for example, the coach would like to
bring his squad into town the night before the game but
can't
80 WeH JUST seC uP 0OOuI V'OV 0oUuAuoJ AAOl"AAis
and drive in" says 1.-THE way figure it's about 148
miles Washington maybe $50 TO the center of town. But
it's not too bad"
If the Hoyas sell out the game the capacity crowd Of
$500 won't brighten the Bobcats "Oh, heavens no. the
doctor said We've played to big crowds like that before
Sometimes we only about 800 watching but when we've
got a good game have em standing up"
The Bobcats don't enjoy the luxury OF private prac-
tice field They rough it elementary school play
ground They'd like to the college soccer field but Dr.
Van Ryswyk wouldn't dare 1T would cause too much fric-
ton" he said. "Soccers the big thing here"
He might become coach he laughed, Just to get
the use of the field for his football team The playground
pridiron has decided effect the FroStburg kicking
game It's too small to permit puntng and kickoff practice
But don't underestimate Dr. Van Ryswyk's ingenuity. He
solved the problem neatly.
I meet with my kicker every night" he said, land we
Just talk puntng"