Evening star., 1942-11-15
Mont's PITCHING
Gains Day For
Terps, 27-12
Sparks Two Markers,
Helps Gain Another
With Intereeption
BY WALTER McCALLUM,
Star Staff Correspondent.

Star Staff Correspondent
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va, Nov.
14.-Tommy Mont's unerring pass
ing arm spanked two of Maryland's
four touchdowns and the same
husky Cumberland, Md, lad inter-
cepted to start another as Maryland
whipped Virginia here today, 27
to II.
Maryland's victory gave the Old
Liners a 2game edge in their series
with the Cavaliers. The boys from
College Park now have won nine
against seven for Virginia, with two
games tied. Maryland's victory also
gave it possession again of the
Senator Millard Tydings Trophy.
Mont's bullet passes. and the all
around alertness of Clark Saugh-
nessey's boys made them pre-game
favorites and they lived up to the
most optimistic estimates Of their
supporters. Maryland now has won
six and lost two in one of their
good seasons, losing to V. M. I. and
Duke, and winning from Connecti-
cut, Lakehurst. Rutgers. Western
Maryland, Florida and Virginia.
Terrapin Team Substituted.
Leading at half time, IA to 6,
after going behind midway of the
first quarter, Maryland punched
over another touchdown early in the
third quarter, when Coach Shaugh-
messy substituted almost an entire
team, and tailed again in the
fourth, giving Mont rest. Virginia
made determined effort for victory
in the final period. Tabb Gillette,
its great passer, scored with six
out of seven short, fiat passes in
an 89-yard drive, with the injured
Herb Munhall. an Alexandria, Va,
boy, going over for the tally. In
this final period, with Virginia def
nitely on the move, catching Mary
land off guard with those fiat passes,
Virginia came within points OF
a tie when Gillette's place kick was
blocked.
Then Shaughnessy put back his
starting team and Virginia's threat
was finished. Mont g. Co. took over
again and Elmer Rigby, Baltimore
boy, trucked A yards down the side
lines to VirgiEia's 18, where the
Cavaliers took over. Then Mont
stepped in, intercepted a pass on
the Cavalier 13, from which Werner,
behind good blocking, went over for
the final score.
Strictly an Aerial Scrap.
The game strictly was a battle
of passes, with Mont and Gillette
even in percentage of completed
heaves. The College Park lad COM
pleted II of "a, while Gillette COM
pleted 13 of 26.
The statistics preponderantly were
In favor of Maryland. The Old
Liners made Is first downs against
IA, gained I'll yards against 109 on
attempted passes, and gained 227
yards on the ground against los.
only 1000 turned out for the
clash in Scott Stadium.
Main difference between the two
aerial specialists in the opposing
backfields was the difference in their
protection. Mont had ample, while
Gillette, his line pierced by aggres-
sive Maryland forwards, was rushed
SO fast thrice he tried to run the
ball to avoid being tackled.
The game clearly demonstrated
Maryland's superiority, from the mo-
ment it came from behind in the
first quarter to score three minutes
after Virginia had tailed, to the
final touchdown midway OF the last
quarter.
Mont tossed touchdown passes Of
81 and 80 yards in the first and Sec
ond quarters to lead to Maryland's
first two scores, intercepted Vir-
ginia pass that led to the final Old
Line touchdown and in general was
the gent in the hair of Virginia all
| during the cold afternoon.
Another touchdown threat like
Tommy in the Maryland backfleld
and the Old Liners would whip
teams such as Duke, which treated
them tn a trolIncir0 loo uaoL