Evening star., 1942-12-06
Mont of Old Liners Is Leader
Among Ace Gridmen Of State
Jormosko. Gilmore, Conrod, Others to Shine;
Maryland, Terrors Only Teams to Figure

ing player was Maryland's quarter
back, Tommy Mont. Tommy, from
Cumberland, developed into one Of
the Nations leading passers and
was the key man around whom
Coach Clark Shaughnessy built his
revitalized Old Liners.
Maryland had one of its best
seasons, losing only two of nine
games, and Mont was the individ-
ual star in every one Of the seven
Liner victories.
Mont tossed 127 passes and COM
pleted 6 for 1,076 yards, or Just
1896 below the total yardage gained
by rushing for the entire team.
He tipped IL direct touchdown
passes, did the punting and place.
kicked 16 points after touchdown,
besides handling the club with ex-
traordinary skill.
O'Keeffe Is Fleet Back.
Another outstanding back, whose
fine running contrasted with Mont's
aerial work, was Art O'Keeffe of
Western Maryland, who's so fast
they put two f's in his name.
Roy Byham, Terror coach, says
OKeeffe was the best running back
on his team and could be a star on
anybody's team. O'Keeffe, from Pat
terson Park, Baltimore, will be back
next year. He was the third highest
point-getter in the State this fall
with 80 on a loW-scoring outfit. A
year ago, he was named quarter
back on the APPS Maryland all.
sophomore eleven.
You can't overlook Jock Wright,
Maryland's big redheaded fullback
ace, whose 48 points topped ali
Maryland individual scoring Wright,
a powerhouse runner and good
blocker, was used at right end on
defense in Maryland's late games
and it wasn't long before the oppo-
sition decided either to try the other
end, or attempt to run around the
206-pound redhead. He was an all
Maryland fullback on the APPS 1941
first club, and was rated the best
sophomore back in the State.
George Jarmoska, Maryland, and
John Sariglio, a freshmen who
crashed the Terror varsity, also
rated attention at the guard posts.
A former end, transplanted first
Conrad-gets lot of mods in that
spot. A 197-pound senior, Conrad
didn't have much difficulty finding
his way about a gridiron. Shaugh-
messy used Conrad at guard for a
game or two, then switched him to
tackle where he turned in a fine
performance Last fall Conrad was
picked as an end on the APPS all
Maryland.
Caccia of Terrors Is Good.
A 210-pound freshman, John
Caccia, from Haddon Heights, N. j.,
shared a tackle job from several
Western Maryland veterans Cac-
cia will be heard from plenty next
season. Allan Cohen and Joe Kug-
Ter of the Terrors and Jack Dittmar
of Maryland also did some good work
at tackle.
End luminaries were Bernie Gus
gesky, Western Maryland senior. and
Jack Gilmore, Maryland's lanky
blond athletic star, who is the only
four sport letterman at College
Park Gilmore. scrapper, comes
by it naturally because he's a boxer
on the Liner squad. He's also won
letters in basket ball and track, win
ming. the Southern Conference high
jump championship in 1941.
! Gusgesky and Gilmore, both SEN
iors, were adept pass catchers, and
were fine all-around ends. Gus
| gesky came to Westminster from
Kingston, Pa, while Gilmore was
former Washington Tech star.
Gusgesky was chosen end on the
all-Maryland second team in 1941.
Bob James of Maryland and Frank
Suffern of Western Maryland also
were good wingmen.
That's about the all-star lineup,
and dissenters may feel free to add,
subtract, divide, multiply, or wire
their Congressman.
College football is galloping on un-
steady underpinpings these days, to
say nothing of all-star team pickers.