West Virginia vs. Maryland

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  Evening star, November 2, 1947, page 42

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  Maryland Upses West Virginia: Noe Dame Overwhems Navy 6b%HaBe Crushed BY Boston War Dies GambinoHasBiq Day as Terps Prevail, 27.0 Crosses Goal Three Times as Invaders Are OutcIossed bell three times and his playmates had an excellent day yesterday as the University of Maryland’s foot ball team made its homecoming celebration a surprising success with a 27–⁠0 triumph over West Virginia. The game was as one-sided as the scoring indicates, with Byrd Stadium’s record crowd of 16,500 looking on gleefully as the Terps man handled the Mountaineers. The Old Liners were at their peak. They scored the first two times they got their hands on the ball and only twice did they permit the visitors to come close enough even to examine the Maryland goal. This was the same West Virginia team that held powerful Penn State to 24–⁠14 victory just last week. 1t was the first time in five games Maryland was able to beat West Virginia They have played two ties. The win was the Old Liners fifth In six games this year, and should move them up several notches in the rating of the East’s better teams. For West Virginia. it was the second setback in six starts. Used Five Questioned Players. West Virginia used without protest the five players whose eligibility was questioned earlier in the week because they are in their fifth season of college play. Maryland was missing two of it’s aces, End George Sinler and Halfback Hubie Werner, because of injuries. They were ready to play in a pinch. 1t wasn’t an ll-Gambino show, although he did score three of Maryland’s four touchdowns. The whole team was “up” for this game and simply outplayed the Noun, taineers. Fullback Harry Bonk did better than he ever has before with a number of good cracks through the line, and the whole Maryland forward wall. starters and replace mnets alike, had an edge on West Virginia all the way. Quarterback Vic Turyn was an other standout, as usual. His pass ing. always good. was tops yesterday. He completed his first five pitches, one for touchdown, and later tossed to another score for six competitions in nine attempts. Gambino’s touchdowns. one ON a 43-yard run and the others on passes, ran his seasons total to 66 points with II touchdowns. He was Southern Conference leader and fifth in the country last week. Terps Score 77-Yard Marker. The first Old Line score was made by End Elmer Wingate when he caught a 9yard pass in the end zone from Turyn to complete IT. yard drive. Gambino started the march with a 22-yard run, and it was continued with Turyn tossing two passes to Wingate and one to Francis Evans before the payoff heave. Tom McHugh converted. The Mountaineers got nowhere after taking the kickoff, and the Terrapins started from their IS for another quick score. Bonk smashed for IL yards, and on the next play Gambino broke through tackle, re- Versed his field after popping from the hands of several tacklers, and outran the Mountaineers for 43 yards. Again McHugh kicked the extra point. Best West Virginia could do dur ing the first half was get close to midfleld when Russ Combs. Rex Baumgardner and Pete zinaich engineered minor second-period drive to the Mountaineer As Mary land made a drive deep into Noun taineer territory after that, start ing when Vernon Seibert intercepted a pass from Combs on the Maryland 40. Seibert had 7-yard run in this drive. and Gambino got off iaunts of 9, and 5 before the attack begged on the Mountaineer IA. A Mountaineer tumble in the third period recovered by AL Philips on west virginia ID gave the Old Liners scoring chance, but they could do nothing with this one. The invaders came up with their first threat when Alva Richmond ran % yards to Mary lands %, Johnny Idzik making the tackle to prevent a touchdown, From there the Maryland line tossed ‘em back and took over on the 48. Terps Capitalize on Interception. Two pass interceptions led to Maryland’s fourth-period scores. Seibert pulled one in on his 38, and penalty carried the Terrapins into Mountaineer territory. Bonk battled his way for 14’yards to the 80, and from there Turyn passed to the speedy Gambino who slipped back of West Virginias secondary and scored untouched. McHugh

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West Virginia leads 28–⁠23–⁠2 in 53 meetings, counting the 48 since this game.