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By JOHN IUYTICI
Staff Writer
Marvin Bass' Gamecocks, who
went down to Baton Rouge last
Saturday and aged LSU Coach
Charlie McClendon about twenty
years with sixty minutes of some
times brilliant football before bow
ing 21-7, return to the friendly
confines of Carolina Stadium to
morrow afternoon, meeting the
Maryland Terrapins in this year's
Homecoming clash. Kick-off time
is 2 p.m.
The Terps, who returned thirty
lettermen from last season's fast
finishing squad, have been an
enigma in the ACC so far this sea
son. Picked to win the conference
title and finish high in the na
tional rankings, Coach Tom Nu
gent's scarlet-clad legions have
managed but two victories and
were convincingly clobbered by
N. C. State last week, 29-7. Ap
parently, Coach Nugent, in his
seventh season at MLryland, feels
that he has found the answer.
Early this week he implied that
the work of his assistants was sadly
lacking and began to shift coaches.
Frank Toomey, previously a de
fensive coach, was moved to of
fensive and defensive line coach
Whitey Duvall took charge of the
entire defense. The Terps have had
trouble generating any kind of
offensive attack, and Nugent hopes
to remedy this by switch ing
Toomey.
The colorful Maryland coach an
nounced another surprising move
at the same time. This move, call
ing on junior defensive back Fred
Cooper to jump into the quarter
back slot, was also based on the
Terps' inability to move the ball.
Cooper will be the fifth quarter
back this fall for Maryland, fol
lowing Bill Van Heusen, Ken Am
brusko, Phil P e try, and Jim
Corcoran.
OFFENSIVE BACKFIEJD
It would appear that all Mary
land has going for them is trouble.
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Not so. On paper, the Terrapins
have a superb football team, and
they are capable of shell.icking
anyone they play if they can put
everything together. Nugent's of
fensive b--kfield, despite the loss
of Tom (Bo) Hickey, owing to
scholastic deficiencies, is explosive
and dangerous. "Maryland's been
doing about everything on offense,"
declares Coach Bass. Coach Bud
Carson adds, "We've counted about
fifty offensive formations."
The Terps have scored only 58
points, but have the potential to
score much more often. Their best
back is letterman fullback Whitey
Marciniak who rushed for 440
yards last season. Marciniak, a
218-pounder from Old Forge, Pa.,
is a good inside power runner and
EL fine blocker. The leading wing
backs currently are Kenny Am
brusko, 6-1 and 195, and Bobby
Collins, 5-10 and 170. Ambrusko
zrabbed some headlines last fall
when he ran a kick-off back 101
yards with 2:38 left to beat Navy
17-22. Collins beat out senior let
Lerman Andy Martin for the num
ber two spot, and accounted for
Maryland's only score against
NV. C. State on a 77-yard pass play
rrom Phil Petry.
Ernie Torain, a 19-year old
sophomore, has moved into the
,ailback position and has done ex
yeptionally well. He currently leads
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very competent ball-carrier.
OFFENSIVE UNE
Six-foot-five Dick Absher, rated
one of the best ends in the country,
holds down one flank for the
1'erps, on offense. Absher caught
22 passes for 268 yards last yeai
to lead the team. Chip Myrtle, a
20-year old junior from Hyatts
ville, Md., and six-foot-three senior
Buddy Humphries from Washing
ton, D. C., alternate at the other
end.
Bulwarks of the interior offen
sive line are junior guard Dick
Melcher, 6-1 and 218, and senior
tackle Matt Arbutina, a rugged
220-pounder who is an exceptional
blocker. Melcher's twin brother,
Mickey, is an outstanding defen
sive end for the Terps.
HUMAN SCOREBOARD
The Maryland offense gets a
little extra spark from its "human
scoreboard," Bernardo "Chili
Bean" Brrmson. Bramson, whose
jersey number changes everytime
he scores, is a deadly accurate
place kicker within 40 yards. The
Santiago, Chile, native kicked nine
field goals in 1964 to set a Mary
land record and added seventeen
points after touchdown.
The Terp defense, which faltered
against N. C. State, is still a tough j
nut to crack. The basic defensive i
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formation is a "split-six" a six-man
line with a gap in the middle,
which is the responsibility of the
linebackers. Notre Dame uses this
basic type of defense and, of
course, performs it very well. So
do the Terrapins. They have ex
cellent linebackers in Lorie Mc
Queen, who has replaced the grad
uated Jerry Fishman, and Ron
Nalewak. Both are fast, aggres
sive, and smart.
Guarding the Maryland flanks
are Mickey Melcher, Dick's brother,
and John Kenny, a 195-pound
senior, who is one of the best de
fensive ends around. Kenny is
tough and alert and has the experi
ence that a good defensive end
must have.
Larry Bagranoff, 6-3 and 215,
anchors the middle of the defensive
line, playing at one tackle slot.
Bob York, 6-1 and 225 and a real
fireball, is the other tackle.
Tops among the backs are
seorge Stem, Tony Santy, and Bob
3ullivan. Sullivan, six-feet and 187
>ounds, was named the Terp's
)est defensive back last season, but
3anty, a spohomore, has been more
mpressive this year.
FINE EFFORT
The Gamecocks came up with
mother fine effort against LSU
tnd also suffered no serious in
uries. Cornerback Bobby Bryant
s limping slightly and sporting an
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eight-inch gash over his rig).t eye,
but is expected to be ready for
Maryland. Jimmy Gobble has a
banged-up set of ribs but is also
slated for action. Linebacker Bob
Cole, however, seems to have had
a more serious injury in praclice
before the Wake Forest game than
was at first apparent and will
probably not play tomorrow.
All the Gamecocks have drawn
praise for their performance in the
loss to LSU, but particularly out
standing was the job done by
USC's young sophomore quarter
back, Mike Fair. Said Coach Mar
vin Bass, "Mike called a good game
and ran very well himself. Only
his natural ability got hin, out of
trouble when he was hemmed in.
He's also a fine passer. He was
down at the Round House Mon
day morning studying movies, and
the only pass he could remember
was the one he threw that hit
Dave Berry in the back and
bounced into Ben Garnto's hands."
Fair completed 12 passes for 124
yards, ran for 36 more, and won
the respect of writers, scouts, and
even LSU partisans.
Also turning in great offensive
jobs for the Gamecocks were
Garnto, Phil Branson, J. R. Wil
burn, and Ronnie Lamb. Wilburn
hauled in five passes for 70 yards
and barely missed grabbing a
touchdown in the third quarter.
Coach Bass was not entirely sat
isfied with the blocking of the of
fensive line but gave credit to the
hard-charging LSU defense for
most of this problem.
DEFENSIVE STANDOiTS
Doug Seniter, Butch Reeves,
Steve Cox, Bill Dickens and Dan
Legat were defensive standouts for
USC, Reeves blocking the ISU
punt which resulted in Carolina's
lone touchdown when Senter picked
up the ball and ran it in.
Coach Bass says of Maryland,
"We really don't know what to
expect what with all the changes
they've made. However, they didn't
lose too many from last year's
team, and consequently they're
deep and tough."
On the basis of performance in
the past two weeks, Homecoming
1965 should be a good one with
USC whipping the Terps by eight
or nine points.
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