Maryland vs. George Washington

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  Evening star, November 10, 1953, page 83

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  CoIoniaIs Expecting To Whip Davidson; Team in Good Shape George Washington’S football team is ready to get back its winning ways in Saturdays game against Davidson at David son, N. c. The ColonialS came away from Saturdays losing game against Maryland without an injury. and will be solid favoriteS against the Wildcats, who haven’t been able to scare up a victory in seven games this season. CIV has won three and lost four, and needs to win both this game and against Richmond the following Saturday to finish on the plus side of their on-and-loSt ledger The final bit of business of the Maryland game was polished off yesterday when Coach Bo Sherman and his staff studied movies of their 27–⁠6 loss to the TerrapinS. After running through the films several times, Sherman declared, For a game as hard fought as it was, between TWO neighborhood teams, 1t was Lne cleanest game I ever saw” That was proven, he said, by the fact that neither team had an IN jured player. Maryland” he added, “has the finest team I’ve seen in many and many a day, and it certainly deserves all the success it’s had” One of the players last week who was something a standout for the first time was End George Dancu, particularly on defense He’s a 6-foot-1 sophomore from Sharon, Pa, who is just round ing into form as a two-Way player. The Colonial coaches are pleased they’ll have him around for two more years. Of the field, Dancu has to wear glasses, and without them he is as blind as bat” That handicap has been overcome by contact lenses. He’s had them for the last two games, and the improvement in his play has been marked. Halfback Lou Donofrio is another Colonial who practically was unnoticed earlier in the season but who now is earning a more important place. He also is a sophomore from West Orange, N. j., who looms large in future CIV plans. Lou was a defensive player under the two-team plan last year. and has had trouble fitting into the offense because he lacks speed. The coaches have been working on that item, though, and Lou is learning to pick up his feet a bit more rapidly.

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  The globe-independent, Hagerstown, Md., November 12, 1953, page 1 (results column)

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  BEHIND HOME PLATE The football games between the Hagerstown High School Hubs and the City College of Baltimore, and the Saints of st. James School and st. Pauls of Baltimore, scheduled for Friday night, were both cancel led because of the snowstorm. The High Schools game was COM pletely wiped off the map, as neither school has vacant date before the season ends. The Hubs will journey to Fred erick tomorrow night for their final game of the season, against Frederlex High School, and here’s hoping they make it a winning one. The Saints travel this week end to Delaware, where they will play st. Andrews school of that city on Saturday afternoon. This should be a honey of a game, but am looking for the Saints to come up with their fifth win of the season against only one loss. Last Saturdays college games ran true to form in the Upset Depart ment,” the two big surprises being the win of Texas over previously unbeaten Baylor, and Southern Cali fornia’s win over Stanford and by strange coincidence, kicking account ed for both upsets. A Southern California field goal gave them their three point margin over Stanford, and the point after touchdown enabled Texas to stop Baylor’s unbeaten march. The nations two top teams, Notre Dame and Maryland, both kept their unbeaten, united records intact, but neither game was the runaway affair it was expected to be. An inspired Pennsylvania team gave Notre Dame the scare of their lives before they bowed to the Fighting Irish by a score of 1920, In the Maryland – George Wash ington game, the boys from G.. w. playing as they never had before and probably never will again fought the mighty team of Jim Ia tum on even terms through he enire first half, at the end of which the score read, Maryland, z G. W., 6. In the second half, however, George Washington was unable to stand up against the tremendous reserve strength of Maryland and any possible chance they had was ruined by a blocked punt and tumble, both of which resulted in Maryland touchdowns. The final score was 27–⁠6. | regretted very much having to miss the Fairchild Employees Recreaton Associations annual Banquet of Champions” held Tuesday night at Franklin Court. Unfortunately, 1 picked up few of those Virus bugs that are flying around, with the result that for the past few days have been working for few hours and then crawling back into bed. That, by the way, also accounts for the brevity of my column this week.

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Maryland leads 7–⁠1 in eight meetings, counting the two since this game.