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Maryland Powerhouse Smashes W LAlert Terps ? InComincing 54 To 14 WinLindsay And Beightol Among Maryland Aces Scoring^ Touchdownst By ROBERT MOORE .■ LEXINGTON.' Va, Sept-29—[fPj— Maryland's alert Terps,-regarded- bv Coach Jim' Tatum .'as his greatest team,, displayed ■ devastating 'power and deadly passing here today s to thrash Washington ana Lee’s - defending ' Southern Conference champions, 54-14.Seven', Maryland aces paraded over the. touchdown stripe. Ed (Mighty' Mb) ' Modzelewskf, ‘ the starting .luUbach.- was the only one to tally twice. ’ Modzelewski ■ bulled over in the second '.and third stanzas, both times irom only inches out.'Paul Lindsay. Lynn BeightolEven a guard made a touchdown. Pete Ladygo, :a 210-pound senior from Pittsburgh and former Potomac State star,, opened the touch-The Yardstick(By The Associated press')4 L MARYLAND.......... pint Downs .......... 27........Rush! eg Yardage ........ *0C Pa«:r.g Yardage ........ *25 Passes Attempted ........ Passes Completed ........ 6 Passes Intercepted By idown parade 1 with . the. game. less than five minutes'old,. When Fred Heffner .punted for the Terps, WL Safetyman P.andy Broyles let the ball squirt .between his legs and roll goalward. He picked.it up again and. All-America Guard Bob. Ward smacked Broyles, 'the' ball trickling Into the end. zone. .Ladygo ■ fell, on it. Guard Don 'Decker of Cumberland, _Md„ made his first - of five conversions. ... ' ! .. ..• ,Two mlnutes'later,' the .Terps were out front, 14-0. They rambled - 70' -yards, Halfback Ralph Felton throwing. a 14-yard’ .pass to: End Paul ’ Lindsay, ofHldgeiey; ,w, Wa., for • the.-payoff. . Ed'Fiillerton, a nifty-running halfback,'took a-hand In. the - -scoring '■ with- i .the second chapter only seconds:.old..by..sweep-, ing end from the one. Detier’s toe was tine again. ! .That .made ..It 21-0,. and 'nobody doubted ■ the,;, outcome .from, there q. ■' \ y.. \ :Between ■'ail' these' offensive fireworks, the-' outmanned Generals managed - to score twice. When, the Terps led by 21-0', Jack Scarbath fumbled and -WL Tackle Roll Thompson sprawled on the leather0 the Maryland six.Gil Bocetfci, the key to the General's attack who limped badly with iaiee injury, was inserted into the lineup for the first time. Wes Abrams plunged to the two, and Bocetti'sneaked over. Jay Handlan converted. - ■The Generals-were behind, 41-7, when they- struck again. Ray Leister, filling in at quarterback for. the injured Bocetti, heaved a'long that End Bob Thomas plucked on the Maryland 30 ’and zipped down the’ sidelines-, to -the goal. The play covered 70‘yards.For good measure, - the Terps rammed-'.over, three more touchdowns In the7last period. Ed Bar-ritt, a second-team fullback, squeezed-through a'hole'-at right tackle'.and roamed .41 yards to the oal.Bob Destefano hurled a 13-yard pass to'End Hank Fox for another six-pointer, and Maryland’s touchdown-making ended, as Freshman: Lynn Beightol. of Cumberland, Md., plunged one yard.To break the monotony, Coach Tatum let-Dave Cianelli, an injured linebacker, boot this extra point. The summary: .MARYLAND Left ends—Llndsny, Fox. Nestor, Crytier. Eeffner. --Pelt tackles—Mass. Fry, Morgan, Modzel-ewskl. Christianson, left guards—Ward, Hurd, Navarro, Heavier, FJnke, Lattimer. Mortimn.Centers—Cosgrove. Keith,. TrexJer.Right guards—Ladygo, Boerl, Decker, Maletzky, Stanfcuj, ' 'Right tackles — Jones, Morgan. Fry. Bareirra.Right ends—Weldensaul, Mahoney, Alder-Quarterhacks—Scarbath, Faloney. Des-1 tefano, Beightol. . |Left halfbacks — Sbemwsafci, HanUlAk,. Langhery, Petruzzo, Davis. IRight halfbacks—Fullerton, Felton, Wall-. :r. Nolan.Fullbacks—Modzelewski, Barxitt, BcloicU, Cianelli. •WASHINGTON AND LEE left ends—Trammel, -Hedge. Carlisle. ■ Left tackles—Delahunty, Smith, Raough. Left guards—Schatll. Trollinger. - ;Centers—McHenry, Giordaah Weaver.-Right guards—Klbler, Rawlings, Pszcsol-kowski, Parsons.Right tackles—Popovich, Thompson. ' Right-ends—Thomas, Heckmans, Pratt, Handlan,Quarterbacks—Leister, Bocetti. ' -. Right halfaacks—Garst, Scott, Moody. Fullbacks—Abrams, 'Arnold.Left, halfbacks—Broyles. Bolt..: Score by. Periods -MARYLAND '..,____14 13 7 ■ 50—54WASH.'AND. LEE 0 7 0 7—14Maryland scoring: Touchdowns—E. Modzelewski; 3, Ladygo. Lindsay, Fullerton, Barritt, Fox, BelghtoL Conversions—Decker 5, Cianelli. {placements), '1 Washington and--Lee -scoring; Touchdowns—.-Bocetti/.Thomaa.- Conversions — Htndlaa'2.'{placement*)..- ,
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Cumberland Times
Cumberland, Maryland, US
Sun, Sep 30, 1951
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