Syracuse at Maryland

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  Evening star, Washington, D.C., September 26, 1956, page 1

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  BLAME Mont Jokes !. At Setback, Sees Victory Tommy Mont, who thought Maryland would beat Syracuse as late as the third period last week. thinks his Terps will beat Wake Forest Saturday in Wins ton Salem, N. C. Coach Tommy didn’t say it in q Dragging manner at press luncheon yesterday, but he de- |clared the Maryland football team has Strengthened out some of its problems and would win. eve did as much to beat our selves last week as Syracuse did” Mont said. land that includes me. Maybe I overstressed this business of getting of on the count. and had the boys jittery.” Despite the loss of John Nc Wicker at left half, Mont sees his club as much better organized and with some of the defensive problems clarified. II think Wen do all right this week.” he added. Mont Far From Depressed If anybody expected Mont to be depressed because Of the TerpS’ 26–⁠12 loss to Syracuse, he was mistaken. Tommy was in a lively humor and quickly won over q full house of reporters and radio and TV men from points including New York. Mont started of by saying how much better the traffic road situation was after a football game. and added that he left Byrd Stadium at 4:50 and went all the way home without stop ping. And don’t get the idea anybody was chasing me-” he jibed. Later Joe Moss, who secuted Wake Forests 800 victory over William & Mary. was telling about Bill Barnes catching a punt on the 37-yard line and going 70 yards for a touchdown. Joe thinks he’s still in Canada where the fields are 10 yards long” Mont chimed in. Attack Resembles Army’s Moss, who along with Roy Lester saw the Deacons’ victory. said the Wake Forest attack looked so much like Army’s under Paul Amen, the Cadets former assistant coach, that you had to pinch yourself to make sure you weren’t watching Army play. Both Moss and Lester obvious lily were impressed with the See MARYLAND, Page c.

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Syracuse leads 19–⁠16–⁠2 in 37 meetings, counting the 28 since this game.