SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 4. 1961 Lions Battle. Maryland Today Bowl Scouts to atc Make-or-Break Contest By JIM KARL. Collegian Sports Editor .Penn State and Maryland will battle for a national ranking and possible 'bowl con sideration before' a sellout homecoming crowd of 35,000 at Byrd Field today at 2 p.m. The game looms'as a make-or-break contest for both teams. State and Maryland each sport 4-2 records and have been mentioned as possible chokes for the Liberty and Gator Bowls. Scouts from both post-season extravaganzas wir.: be in the stands and according to Hal Freeman, publicity director for the Liberty Bowl, the loser today will be eliminated from further consideration for the Philadelphia game. The Lions started slow this year, breaking even in their first four games before scoring ' con vincing victories over Syracuse and California the past two weeks. Maryland, on the other hand, has lost two out of its last three games after opening the , season with three straight wins. Against their only common foe, State shut out a crippled Syracuse team, 14-0, and Maryland edged the Orange when they were at full strength, 22-21. The Lions have yet to lose to Maryland in seven outings. State defeated the Terrapins 28-9 at Beaver Stadium last year. But since Tommy Nugent took over in 1959 he has been build ing a football powerhouse at College Park that should rival Jim Tatum's grid titans of the early 1950'5. And although Nu gent feels his team is still a year or two away, he admits Mary land has its best personnel in almost 10 yea Ts. "We don't have what we want at every position yet," Nugent said, "but we're improving." "It's always a pleasure to play a team like Penn State," he said, "because eventually we're going to have a real powerhouse here-- and the more we play against the real good teams the faster we'll learn." The last statement was uttered without any trace of a smile. Nugent has a super star in end Gary Collins, two top-rated quarterbacks in Dick Novak and Dick Shiner, and an armada of fleet halfbacks. Except for back Dennis Condie, one of Maryland's top break away threats, the Terrapins are in ex cellent shape. State has been plagued with minor injuries in practice the past week and Rip Engle is worried that with almost a half-dozen of his gridders operating at fifty per cent efficiency, Maryland's pass ing attack will be even more ef fective. Three Lion guards--Harrison Rosdahl, Bob Hart. and Dick Wilson. are hampered by. knee injuries --but all are expected to see action. Another knee casualty, tackle Gerry Farkas, also is expected to see limited action. Engle is still in the dark about the status of end Dave Robinson. Robinson had his first contact work this week since being side lined with a shoulder separation against Navy. Team physician Al fred H. Griess hasn't determined 'whether Robinson will be ready for today's game. Reddie Unit halfback Gary Wydman will definitely miss the contest due to a bruised chest. Engle is expected - to start Galen Hall at quarterback, Roger Koch man and Junior Powell at half back and Dave Hayes at fullback. Bob Mitinger and Jim Schwab will be at end, Charlie Sieminski and Jim Smith at tackle, Joe Blasenstein and probably Rosdahl at guard and Jay Huffman at cen ter. SICK RADIO or PHONOGRAPH ALTRONICS SALES & SERVICE Rear of 454 E. College (Calder Alley at Marshall's Laundry) Phone AD 9-9602 Hours M. & F. 9 toll T. W.. Th.. S.' to 5:35 THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. UNIVERSITY PARK. PENNSYLVANIA For Satisfactory Results Classified Ads DICK NOVAK . . . veteran Terp signaLcallir DICK SHINER . sophomore QI3 sensation Sever v-7 • Scouting Report Terp's Offense Potent Line Coach Sever Toret scouted Maryland in a win over Air'Force and in losses to•Norih Carolina and South Caro- - RECORD: - Maryland defeated -SMU 14-6, Clemson 24-21, Syracuse 22-21, and Air Force 21-0. The Terra pins have been beaten by North Carolina 14-8, and South' Carolina' 20-10. COACH; Tommy Nugent is in his third year at Maryland, and in that short time he has put the Terrapins back in the limelight as one of the nation's top teams. Nugent's first head coaching job was at Virginia Military Academy. In four years there, 19494952, he compiled. a 19-18-2. mark, He moved to Florida State in 1953 and during his six-year stay the Semi noles- were 34-27-1. His _record at Maryland midway through his-third year is 1541. . OFFENSE: Maryland is a spectacular team with em phasis placed on offense: They've shown just about every offensive set-in the book, and we must be Prepared to stop a multiple attack with flankers,- ends over, spreads, screens, draws, unbalanced tines and men in motion; in short just about - everything but the single wing. Maryland's passing attack will give our de fensive secondary its toughest workout since the Miami (George Mira) and Army (Dick Eckert) games. I look for them to throw up- wards of 20 passes. And don't overlook their running game. In the upset over Syracuse, Maryland cmoved the ball the length of the field on the ground. At the end of the game they were on the Syracuse six yard line. Sever Torriti - BACKS: Maryland- has two fine quarterbacks in Dick Novak and Dick Shiner. Novak is the more dangerous of the two, especially on the rollout, but Shiner may have the edge on_ the drop-back pass. The entire Maryland backfield has excellent speed. By far, they're the fastest team on our sched ule so far this year. In Dennis Condie and Ernie Arizzi, their left halfbacks, they have two breakaway threats. Right halfbacks (flanker backs) Torn Brown and Jim Davidson are excellent receivers and very dangerous once they get in, the open. LINE: I think everybody realizes that Gary Collins is a great football player. He's everything they say about hint and it will take a tremendous effort to contain him. He's big, clever, has good hands, and runs perfect patterns. Dick Bar lund, the tight end, has been a big surprise this year. Barlund was a tackle list year, but he's turned into a fine blotter and pass receiver. Their tackles ase•big and agile and they have a fine center in Bob Hacker, who made our all-opponent team last year. • EVALUATION: With all due credit_ to a fine effort by South CarOlina last week, I'm certain -Maryland was looking ahead to us. In fact, Maryland has been talking about nothing but Penn State every time I've scouted thro. And everytime I saw one of there coaches last year he would tell me how Maryland was looking forward to playing Penn State. They say that we gave' them a lesson in football last year when we beat them 28-9. and they're looking forward to returning the, compliment. 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