Maryland vs. Duke

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  Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 6, 1963, page 1

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  SHOTGUN PLANS KILLED ‘TheInjuryKiIIedU U.s. Nugent SoysofShine injury meant to the Terps here today-and he put the figure at 90 per cent. THE injury killed u.s.” Nugent said after Dukes 30–⁠12 uphill triumph. 1T completely Cancelled 80 per cent of our game preparation” Nugent had installed a shot gun” formation, with Sinner the deep man, and also had put in a passing formation with three wingbacks in an eff fort to catch Duke by surprise. I’VE prepared Sinners subs for it,” Nugent said but they just don’t have his ability. After being hurt, Sinner just couldn’t run. The doctor said he could go back in without in juring himself further if he didn’t try to run, but that removed the deception we had ! planned” Sinner sat out all of the Sec ond quarter, plus a couple Of other portions of the game, and Nugent shuffled among Mike Funk, Hank Lilly and Bob Sui Ivan in an effort to find a satisfactory replacement. Funk did a good job for awhile, par ticularly on bootleg rollouts, but he also was shaken up later. Sinner said his injury came late in the first quarter on Maryland’s firs t touchdown drive when he crashed 8 yards on a fourth-down keeper play to the Duke 10. Although he fired a pass to Daryl Hill for the touchdown on the next play, it was obvious he was in pain. The injury was described as a bruise on the point of the hip, which usually is more pain full than serious. Sinner walked the sidelines in the second period with an ice bag on his hip and had the injured part frozen at half time. Overlooked in the decisive ness of the final score was Maryland’s best defensive eff fort Of the season for 81 MIN utes. Sophomores Larry b. granoff and Mickey Melcher,

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Maryland leads 31–⁠19 in 50 meetings, counting the 39 since this game.