Raleigh, Nov. 28—North Carolina State and Maryland University will furnish the local grid attraction on Thanksgiving Day, the engagement being the second holiday meeting of the two teams. The game last year was played in Baltimore and resulted in a 6-6 tie, State score a touchdown but failed to kick goal and Maryland ted the count with two field goal from the trusty toe of “Untiz” Brewer, 1921 All South-Atlantic halfback.
The game this year promises to be equally as hard fought at Curly Byrd’s College Park machine has shown marked improvement in the last few weeks. Maryland is rated as one of the heaviest aggregations in the Southern conference. Its work against Carolina early in the season was rather disappointing, but it will be a much more finished team that meets State here Thursday. Saturday’s impressive 54 to 0 victory over Catholic University would seem to indicate that Coach Byrd has at last whipped his powerful squad into condition.
In this year of upsets comparative score are of little value in picking prospective winners, but be that as it may it is about the only method left for arriving at any kind of conclusion regarding the comparative strength of the teams. State and Maryland both lost to Virginia Polytech by almost identical scores. The only other mutual opponent played with Carolina, and State made a much better showing that Maryland against Bill Fetzer’s “Wonder Team.”
Sport followers in this section are of the opinion that the teams are very evenly matched so far as all around ability is concerned. Maryland has a decided advantage in weight, but they believe the speed and versatility of Coach Hartsell’s team will more than offset the difference in beef.
With two days intervening before Thursday’s clash, the Tech mentor is bending every effort to get his regulars in shape. The team came through the Wake Forest game with a minimum of injuries, and Red and White supporters expect the full strength of the Wolfpack to be available for the Maryland encounter.
From the sports page of the New Bern Sun Journal, Nov. 28, 1922
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