The Washington herald., 1917-11-05
NOTRE dame UPSETS
GRID DOPE AT ARMY
Indiana CoIlesians Must Figure
When Title Is Allotted.

New York. Nov. "A new star has
arisen In the football armament. 1t
comes out Of the West-Notre Dame.
The unexpected victory Of the In
diana eleven over West Point yester-
day disclosed play Of such a powerful
character that 1t gives promise OF
enabling the South Bend team to go
through the season without a defeat
to stain its record. In that case the
Westerners will be candidates for the
premier honors Of the gridiron for the
current season.
There was only the difference be-
tween a touchdown and a goal on one
side and a safety on the other but II
was enough 1t showed that the win
ners had the power to cross a fiercely
defended goal line. The touchdown
was dramatically won. too.
1t indicated that the Indiana col
legians had the football sense to seize
the crucial opportunity, the daring to
put brilliantly conceived play into
instant execution and the power to
overcome desperate opposition from a
team that has been hailed as one of
the seasons best. Likewise the vic
tory was won on a foreign field with
the encouraging cries from a biased
throng rattling in the ears of the in
vaders and spurring on their oppo-
nents-
As a matter of fact II was a case
Of too much Brandy. The right halt
back of the Notre Dame boys went
through the hole wedSed by his team
mates with the slippery ease with
which three fingers of liquor slide
down the throat of the confirmed tip
pier. 1t was great play and merited
victory. Look out for Notre Dame
during the balance of the season.
West Point showed a team of con-
siderable power. but 1t was power in
the rough. OF finished team work
there was little. On the other hand.
when Notre Dame found itself in the
second half there was small doubt of
its ability to pierce the Army line. The
eleven displayed the able coaching OF
Jesse Harper. 1t was a powerful. well
balanced. woodworking machine.
Outside Of this game the days con-
tests were not particularly attractive.
Syracuse's defeat OF Brown was rather
unexpected and was due possibly to
the fact that the Providence eleven
had been through a gruelling con-
test with Colgate the week before,
and had not yet recovered its wind.
Syracuse uncovered a great set OF
backs in Meehan, Brown, Finsterwald
and Barsha. who ripped and tore their
way through the Brown line with as
tonishing ease.
One of the features of this game
III
the Brown end. A negro of great
speed and strength, he bids fair to
take on the honors won last year by
that other great negro player, Pol
lard
other games in the East went as
expected. Penn smothered La Fay.
ette. Pittsburgh did the same to
Westminster, and Cornell showed
some improvement in its 20-to-O VIC
tory over Carnegie Tech.
In the West there was a surprise or
two. Chicago was held to a scoreless
tie by Illinois. which showed rather
that Stages team has not yet found
itself, rather than an exceptional
ability in the Illinois team With Ohio
State these two elevens are now the
only undefeated ones in the Big
Ten" conference.
Michigan again showed that It has
an extraordinary eleven by its over
whelming victory over Kalamazoo,
while Minnesota was put out of the
running for honors by the success Of
Wisconsin.
Northwestern and Ohio State ran
into the winning column. The latter
team is this year showing strength
that IL maintained will entitle it to
consideration as one of the leaders
in the West and promises better things
for next year.