Washington and Lee at Furman

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  Evening star, District of Columbia, September 28, 1951, page 50

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  cessity. There’s no other trans portation to Lexington. Va, where the Terps meet Washington ano Lee at 2 pm. tomorrow g O’Clock Washington time). The itinerary called for the Terps to leave at 8 o’clock this morning, have lunch in Char lottesville and 60 direct to the Natural Bridge Hotel, Is miles south of Lexington, where the squad will spend the night. Tatum, of course, will hold only q meeting today as he does not believe in contact work on the eve of a game. Washington and Lee may be without Gil Bocetti, their stal quarterback and paSser. Gil, who threw two touchdown passes ir last weeks winning opener against Furman, has a knee injury. Only Four Frosh on Trip. OF the So players making the trip, only four are freshmen. They are Dick Bielski, a fullback, who will boot the kickoffs and extra points; Lynn Beightol, the Cum berland flash; Ronnie Waller halfback from Laurel, Del, and Joe Horning, the youngster who looked so good at safety in the scrimmage against Penn. Maryland is a 191a-point favorite to knock off last years South ern Conference champions, al though the Terps have the utmost respect for the Gen. erals. and with good reason. Wash ington and Lee is coached by a very capable ex-Tatum assistant, George Barclay; the Generals have one of the finest split-T quarter backs in the country in Bo- Icetti, and last year they were mot awed by Virginia and Ten nessee. w. and L. almost beat Virginia and lost only 27–⁠20 to Tennessee, teams rated as good and better than the Terps. Terps Satisfactory in Drills. Washington and Lee opened with a 25–⁠7 victory over Furman last week, and in three years under Barclay has lost only one Southern Conference game-to George Washington here in 1949. Although this is the Terps’ opener, Maryland had highly satisfactory Iscrimmages with William and Mary and Penn. Maryland had three scouts watching the Generals beat Fur man last week, and all three Jack Hennemier, Tommy Mont and Emmett Cheek-were inn lpresed with w. and LIS potentialities. Hennemier said the team had unusual poise and confidence for an opening game. and did not make the usual mistakes. Bocetti has two excellent re- (See TERPS, Page C-3J

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Washington and Lee leads 3–⁠2 in five meetings.