Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-18
WIN, LOSE OR
DNAV By FRANCIS sTANN
DISTINGUISHING the Emphasis

FOR THE FIRST TIME in is years the at
College Park giving the job of heading Maryland
ball back to Marylander. And high time chorus large
number of purists suddenly stepping from out of the wings
They were fed up they say with high pressure
coaching geniuses with Stanford Minnesota Alabama North
Carolina and Oklahoma backgrounds
Tommy Mont, the No boy, is about as pure-bred
Maryander breathes young born and raised in
Cumberland and polished physically and mentally at College
Park Between times he played for Sans
Army and Uncle Georges Redskins
Presumably Mont starts with the kind material that
makes other coaches droo At least Jim put
the record before taking of for North Carolina I'm
leaving behind fine bunch boys drawled wistfuy
thinking of his carefully collected scholars who also happen
to have strong backs and fast legs.
this true Mont may not have much to worry about
the couple years except coaching happens after
although great people claiming to be the fringe Of
policy making at Maryland will guess with aacrty
1T won't be de-emphass exactly" predicted. Wen
st have strong teams But we deemphasize the emphasis
If you know what mean"
THERE is RECOLLECTION of similar sounds emanat-
ing from South Bend couple of when Frank Leahy
stepped out at Nore Dame Highly successful coach frequent
speaker columnist and molder of opinion Leahy
Football Instead of trying to find another Leahy the good
fathers at Nore Dame surprised by appointing young
Brennan football instructor.
Brennan hit from the start Mont ought to be-
At 49, Tommy approximately the Tatum
when he to Maryland from Oklahoma back in 1947.
AS for coaching experience, Mont has almost much
did Taum starting in 1914 and 1945 in the Army installing
the sptT Mexico Canada playing with helping
to coach the Redskins and finally sitting at Jms knee at
Maryland.
Mont became spit-T while working under Tatum,
long before he Joined forces with Jim
played for Clark Shaughnessy at Maryland in 1912 and 1885,
the grzed old traveller called Mont the greatest Tfoma
ton quarterback coached" Shaughnessy may have
been carried away by his enthusiasm and realized
the time but that included frankie Albert whom coached
to Al1-American honors at Stanford In 1901.
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PERSONALITY WISE, Tatum and Mont offer a study on
Large James great taker tangents
the better Mont is quiet type but less take-charge
guy He demonstrated much in 1880 when he assistant
coach of the Redskins.
Always playing the shadow Sammy Baugh and Oft
times behind Harry Gier and Others Mont little action
with the Redskins whom he joined in 194 He had the brains
but not the of Baugh and Gmer but his obscure status
didn't prevent him from speaking up to the stars.
There a time when Tommy spotted flaw in the way
Bullet Bill Dudley no less executed play and called him
It, presumably to Dudleys surprise Watching Mont walk
of, Dudley muttered to teammate
did really do what he said did?"
Tommy said so came the reply, 80 guess you did"
MONT HAD HIS MOMENTS as Redskin but with Baugh
on hand they necessarily few between Tommy
tells himself with wry smile, of his most pubczed
son. which was his last in 1850.
Baugh and later Glmer, hurt in about mid season
and kept getting bruised Mont was serving as assistant
but with two quartrbacks hurt the Redskins sought
restate Tommy Precedent for such been by
the Chicago Bears who had used Sid Luckman similarly
the protest of the rest Of the league
unanimous vote Of approval needed to reinstate
Mont but only the teams that already had played the Red
skins agreed.
Week after week the Mont issue to a vote and Of
course played up in the newspapers Finally 1t
down to the game of the against Cleveland and
with Mont one game away from bowling out the vote
to in favor Of letting Tommy play Paul Brown naturally
thwarted him.
II never got much publicity" Tommy says as when
didn't play"
So the Cadillac era" at College Park to
In their enthusiasm winner, the Terrapin Clubbers
feed and avhed Tatum convinced that Jim would
remain forever theirs But Tatum pointed his gift Cad
lac due SOUTH Of the dsusoned professed TO sum up
for the majority when he said 49,
1.-THE next time buy Cadillac I'm going to ride In it