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Wahoos Close Season Away,
Terps Favored By Five

By Hugh Antrim
Cavalier Daily Sports Writer

Although Virginia is notorious
for her inability to score, not
having done so in four of the last
five games, the Maryland Turtles
have little offensive potency about
which to boast, having been shut
out themselves in three of the last
four outings.

The Wahoos travel to College
Park with somewhat of a winning
tradition behind them. Four years
in a row now Virginia has had the
pleasure of denying Maryland the
last victory of the season. Last fall
Frank Quayle destroyed the turtles
with some 216 yards total and
three of the four touchdowns to his
credit in a 28-23 win.

Maryland, under the direction of
Coach Roy Lester, held a 2-1 ACC
mark at midseason, and some
people in College Park were talking
ACC championship gibberish. But
a trip to Columbia, South Carolina
resulted in an extremely
hard-fought 0-17 battle at the
hands of the Gamecocks. A week
later in Death Valley, friendly Frank
Howard pulled in a 40-0 count for
his hungry Clemson Tigers.

Two weeks ago Maryland gave
up 34 points and the game to
Miami of Ohio, and last week got
pushed around by Penn State 48-0.
But Virginia happens not to be
Penn State, and Saturday the
Turtles are favored to win by five.
Apparently the seniors up at
Maryland have dedicated
themselves to a win Saturday to
boost their seasonal mark to .500 in
the conference.

Virginia's troubles are varied,
consistent, and hardly imaginary,
but the statistics remain consoling
to a degree. The Cavalier defensive
secondary ranks ninth in the
nation, while running back Gary
Helman, playing for a team which
has amassed a grand total of 21
points in five games, stands number
18 on the national rushing chart.

Opponents have only seven
legitimate drives to their credit that
have resulted in scores. The sad fact
is that a number of enemy
touchdowns have been inspired by
everything from bad snaps for
punts, fumbles, intercepted passes,
to poorly timed penalties. That the
Wahoos really deserve such a fate is
an open question.

The Cavaliers face Saturday's
finale without the playing services
of strong side tackle, Gary Saft and
punter Hal Trentham. Saft sidelined
with a chest injury will be replaced
by Abby Sallenger. Pete Schmidt
will be called upon for the punting,
Trentham having pulled knee
. End Bill Davis, playing
behind Bobby Bischoff, suffered a
hop pointer.

Virginia needs a win at College
Park to avoid sole occupancy of the
dusty ACC , but the word is
out that the Turtles are tied of the
Cavalier's four-year streak. Coach
Black burn seems to have the inside
track, "this will be an even football
game ... they're coming after us,
and we'll be going after them."