Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-11
Howard keorns
And Terps Bow
On Wide Stuff
Clemson 26; Maryland I

this game.
II used to be a stubborn
cuss," Howard said. I'D go into
a ball game with about four
things I'd think would work
against that certain team, and
keep plugging at 'em. If they
didn't work before the game
was over, we'd probably get
beat"
Howard shifted his constant
cud of tobacco and continued:
But I hired me a couple of
these smart young fellers who
think they know it all as
assistant coaches. and some
times they do know somethin'
Maryland had us beat for
three quarters and I amt so
sure we even wanted to win
very bad. But all of a sudden
Harvey White threw that home
run pass and we were back in
the ball game.
Right Pretty Blocking
"Then we started to run our
wide stuff from that unbalanced
line, and we started gettin'
around those ends. I think the
pictures will show we had some
right pretty blocking on those
wide plays, and I thought a
couple of those boys who were
caught should have gone all
the way"
Howard had to like the game
called by White, his sophomore
quarterback who was in on three
'of the touchdowns. but the
coach also had q good word for
Bill Barbary, the starting quar-
terback. Howard claims he has
about Is football players and
that's his team, and he doesn't
bother to call 'em first or second
team.
The cunning codger from
Barlow Bend, Ala, said Charley
Waller, his new offensive coach
from Texas. practically lives
with the quarterbacks and had
them on the phone all during
the game. AS Howard put it,
They must have been cookin'
up somethin'."
Giese Tried Middle
Last week South Carolina
tried only couple of wide plays
against Maryland because
Coach Warren Giese said the
Terps were playing a defense
that nullified a wide attack.
The Gamecocks kept hitting up
the middle, and Maryland won
the ball game.
Howard said Maryland's de-
Tense was aimed to stop Glenn
sens outside stuff too, but his
team finally started getting
around there. Maybe we know
more about it than South Caro-
lina," he said with a wink.
Each week Coach Tommy
Mont of Maryland makes a
point that his team is in as
good or better condition than
any team he plays, or has seen.
The cumulative score by periods
does not bear him out.
LetdOwns at Finish
Maryland has had a woeful
letdown in the final period
against at least three oppo-
nents and has given up only
two fewer points in the fourth
quarter than in the other quar-
tiers combined. The score by
periods for Maryland's eight
games looks like this:
Maryland III Z IA So 81
Opponents 20 IA 26 6S-138
Mont partly blamed the
fourth-period collapse against
Clemson on the fact that his
players felt anything they did
would have been nullified by
a penalty. Penalties stopped the
Terps four times. and one that
wasn't called broke their back.
Clemson is not the easiest
town to get out of, and several
coaches were still around Sat-
urday night. All admitted
Maryland had been the victim
of horrible breaks and said
some calls will need explaining
in the pictures.
Terps Frequently Guilty
But one of them added that
a couple of Maryland backs are
in motion time and again and
said the Terps could be called
more often for illegal procedure.
ITS not the man in motion,
it's the guys who are supposed
to be standing still that are
hurting EN-" He added that
Maryland has a lineman or two
who just won't stay at the line
of scrimmage on pass plays.
But nothing should be taken
from Clemson's first victory
over Maryland. The Tigers have
good football team, young at
every position but guard, and
could finish the season with q
seven-game winning streak.
Next year Clemson picks up
Georgia Tech. Vanderbilt and
Boston College. With q re-
modelled Autobiography sta
dium and their schedule, the
4 Tigers are on the move.