Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-15
Mont's Players
Trying, but No
Breaks Come
g QUARTERBAcKs
Miami, 10; Maryland, s
BY MERRELL WHITTLESEY

Mike Sandusky was loungine
In the Shelborne Hotel lobby the
day after the Miami game and
l happened to be sitting in the
next chair.
Coach Tommy Mont walked by
and nodded. Sandusky's eyes
followed Mont as he walked
across the lobby.
Mike. in his clipped speech, in
which he seldom wastes word
finally said, How about that
euy?"
What do you mean. how about
him?"
Just how about him." Mike
repeated. as though it should be
understood what he meant. I'VE
don't block any kicks, we don't
recover any fumbles, we don't in
tercept any passes, we don't dc
anything right.
We're trying, I swear we are,
we're trying hard. We like the
guy. although some of them
weren't sure when he got the
job that he was the man. Now
they like him and think he's a
good coach"
Never Any Breaks
Sandusky, in what was a long
speech for him, continued. I'VE
just never get any breaks, moth
ing good ever happens. Like
losin' all the guys. Everything
we do is wrong.
How about that guy" Mike
mumbled before resuming his
day-dreaming, "how about him. +"
Mike said a mouthful in his
musings. Nothing good has hap
pened to the Terps all season ex-
cept Wake Forests failure to
make touchdown from its many
chances, but that was due more
to good defensive play by the
TerpS than to breaks.
Maryland is not intercepting
passes, is not recovering as many
fumbles. The defense seldom
turns the ball over to the Of
tense in the other teams terri
tory. That used to be a trade
mark Of the Maryland teams.
Leadership Needed
Maryland could do nicely with
a take-charge guy such as Bob
Pellegrini. The Terps are fiat.
need a lift, need some chatter
and conversation and somebody
to lead them out of the slump
There was an instance in the
Miami game. Ted Kershner was
taking a punt and signaled a
fair catch. There wasn't a Mi
ami player within 20 yards, but
ne had been told to keep his eye
on the ball. was doing just that.
and wasn't aware that nobody
was near.
Somebody should have yelled
to KerShner that he had plenty
OF room, and could catch the bali
and go. But none of the Mary
land players had the presence
OF mind to do so. EVERYBODY
is too much on his own. it seems.
Strategy Questioned
There have been questions
about a couple of plays in the
Miami game.
One was why didn't MARYLAND
punt out of trouble late in the
first half. after it had stopped
Miami on the goal line. John
Fritsch fumbled on the second
play and Miami recovered on the
three.
At that time the Terps were
bucking a 31-mile wind, prob
ably thought they could run out
the clock. Also, Fritsch still is
an unknown quantity as a
punter.
Another was on Fritsch's punt,
his good one. Maryland was on
its own 12-yard line. John was
standing about the goal line
and kicked the ball into the
Miami end zone. It Travelled
about los yards. He was credit
ed with SO because Bookman
foolishly tried to run the ball
from the end zone. Other teams
make mistakes too. Had Book
man downed the ball instead Of
attempting to return 1t, Fritsch
would have lost 20 yards on the
distance of the kick. under col
lere puntinp rules.