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Seven times he recovered fumbles and it was mainly his work in the line that turned this game into a wild and wooly see-saw affair that had 2500 New Jersey fans sitting on the edge of their seats throughout the 60 minutes. Late in the initial quarter Mack McPike was shaken loose for a 51-yard jaunt on a spinner through center. The other two Terror touchdowns came on passes from Joe Drugash to Bob Stropp and Frank Lesinski after the powerful Big Green running attack had pushed the ball into striking distance. Each team rolled up 13 first downs, but stellar line play and an alert hard-tackling backfield combination enabled the Havensmen to stall the Viking offense before it could hit pay dirt. The final score was 19-0. Returning to the home gridiron for the last time in '38, the Terrors engaged Mt. St. Mary's College in what turned out to be a very one-sided contest. From the starting whistle, Western Maryland took command and the only thing that kept the score down was the fact that Coach Havens used every man he had available. The Green and Gold forces riddled the hapless Mount defenders for 296 yards and 16 first downs, while holding the opposition to 40 and 2 respectively. McPike, Knepp and Bills scored for the Terrors, the final count reading 21-0. On November 5, the Western Maryland squad was in Manchester, New Hampshire, to meet undefeated St. Anselm's College and one of the greatest backs playing football. What they saw took their collective breaths away as they chased the twinkling feet of Captain Ray McLean on his dashes of 30, 80, and 97 yards. Although the Terrors outgained their rivals in first downs and yardage, the score at the end of the tilt read McLean 20, Western Maryland 7. Nemesis, in the form of eleven Green-shirred football players from One hundred twenty-five