South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-11-13
SCORES PLACE
NOTRE DAME UP
WITH THE BEST
Michigan AggieS-South Dakota
and YaIe-PrinCetOn Games
Saturday Expected to Clear
the Situation.

BY virtue Of her recent brilliant
victories over West Point and Penn
state, Notre Dame has come before
the notice OF the football world with a
rush. In the first year on eastern
sridirons the gold and blue has star
tied the enthusiasts Of the great col
lege sport, and many noted critics
are taVorably considering NOtre Dame
as championship material. The Hoos-
lers handily trimmed Penn State on
Penn nome grounds. the first time
this Feat has been performed in States
history. and rolled up against West
POINT the largest score that has ever
been registered on the soldiers field.
NOtre Dame has turned out splen-
aid teams in the past few years but
not TIL she took the bull by the horns
and invaded the east did she receive
the recognition that was due her. The
gold and blue is now classed with
Harvard and Dartmouth and is
thought TO be one OF the greatest
teams IN the country. With the Army
game as basis OF comparison NOtre
Dame would stand on good terms with
the best the east can offer.
ON Nov. l. West Point was buried
Dy the HOOsiers under a 80 70 IL
score. The New York sporting writ
ers hailed the westerners as one of
pecIaIly lauded DOraiS and Eichen-
laub for their stellar individual play
ing. In this tilt the speedy Army
eleven looked like nOVlceS and were
completely amazed by the brilliant
open attack OF the gold and blue.
Previous 10 this game West Point had
nOsed out Colgate 10 o. in hard
fought battle and, on the same day
that NOtre Dame scored her signal tri-
umph. the big blue eleven of Yale
succumbed To Colgate 10 10 s.
Has IL Over Yale
The above review Of recent games
would prove NOtre Danes superior
ity over Yale by wide margin. Now
the blue usually gives Harvard the
battle Of the season and by comparing
~ ale's work against Princeton Satur-
day with the Harvard 3 TO 0 victory
over the Tigers we viii be able TO
fora a good estimate OF the relative
strength of the Notre Dame and Har-
ward eleyens.
Turning now to games with Penn
State, at first sight Notre Dame would
seem inferior TO Harvard. The gold
and blue trimmed State IA to while
Harvard ran up a % to o score on the
Quakers. When we examine the mat
ter more closely, however, we find
that Harvard played state in Cam
bridge just after PENIS discOuraging
defeat at the hands OF Washington
and Jefferson. NOtre Dame tackled
the fierce blue and white crew after
the State men had gone through a
months hard training and had met
such teams as Harvard. w. K J. and
Pennsylvania University.
Again. NOtre Dame played State on
States grounds which makes the vic
tory all the more remarkable The
gold and blue, moreover, had been
weakened by excessive travelling ana
the fact that the Army and Penn
games were but six days apart gave
the westerners only two days prac-
tice between these vital contests.
When these facts are taken into con
sideratiOn the victory over Penn State
appears more formidable and the
crimson cannot be said 20 have any
thing on NOtre Dame till it is proved
by an actual game. Comparative
scores snow that the two teams are at
teast on an equal footing.
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