New-York tribune., 1921-11-06

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.! otre Dame had no back in its lineup
-day, who was the equal of that great
1rfcrmer, but in little Johnny MOZART
81 exhibited a fast, shifty back, who
sxrew forward passes with accuracy.
Seldom, when called upon. did Mo-
Part miss his aim. His passes did
sst.ct carry the speed nor the zip that
Sipp's did, but they were wonderfully
r,sccurate and thrown with rare judg
.ment.
Mohart's Passes Accurate
Three of Mohart's passes hurled q
distance of twenty-five yards and more
were converted into touchdowns, and
several others went through for long
gains. In all. MOZART threw about
tten passes which were good for total
4;of 40 yards. Of course, Mohardt had
Ito have excellent assistance on the re-
.ceiving end in making these passes go
through, and he got that help from
Kiley, Anderson and Wynne. The le
-ceivers, in fact, deserve fully as much
credit for the success of these passes
rs does MOZART. Kiley plucked the
flying oval with ease and grace and
WYnne showed exceptional ability, not
only in handling passes, but in run
Aning through the line.
However, E. Anderson was the boy
who aided as much as anybody in max
Ing the forward pass game of Notre
Dame successful. He was down the
field like flash, cleverly acting the
part of the receiver. He never did get
his hands on the ball, but he sue
Army defense to him and of allowing
his teammates Kiley and Wynne clear
path for receiving the pass. His de-
eeption in this respect was flawless.
< 1t must noc be thought that Notre
8 Dame won simply because of its skill
ain working the forward pass. The
Westerners displayed a fine well-drilled
:. departments. The forwards charged
the Army line and opened huge gaps,
Through which Wynne and other backs,
but Wynne in particular, drove through
c with tremendous speed and power. On
defense those same forwards were al
ways on the Job. The Cadets were
practically powerleens,s to gain through
first downs and both of these came in
the last few minutes of play.
- Shaw Great on Defense
q Shaw, the well-built tackle of the
y Notre Dame team. was the outstanding
star on defense. He knocked the Army
backs down with crash whenever
ethey attempted to pile through his
side. He lowered over the others like
"a giant and was always in. the thick
" OF the tray. SmePr'Ng lhe play dinlosV
q before it got started
- Before the came there was a discus
:, sion about shift of the Notre Dame
team. The Westerners have step
shift in which the backs only partici-
=. pate. The line remains balanced and
! simply opens out slightly before the
4 ball is snapped. Coach Rockne declared
- the shift was legal Coach Daley de-
rI clared all shifts generally were Oft side
and warned the officials to keep close
> watch of the play.
81 Shortly after the start Daley from
4; the side line, admonished the officials
-.he wanted them to keep the Notre
.KDame backs in check and see that they
: rfcame to a dead stop before the ball
twas snapped. Between the halves
Daley and the other Army coaches up
braided. the officials for not penallzing
Notre Dame.
at Wants Official Removed
Il Daley insisted upon the officials
!. withdrawing, but the latter remained
. ,obdurate in the matter and declared
!. they would finish the contest Consider
~ able feeling was aroused, and for a
vl time it appeared as if the game might
be terminated.
4. AS for the Army it was outplayed all
) the way. 1t never Threatened the Wis
Of itors' line. The tackling of the Cadets
sswas wretched and Ineffective. Time and
= again the hard-running Notre Dame
II backs broke loose from West Point
PLAYERS who had had their hands on
y! them and went on for lengthy gains OF
~ from ten to twenty yards.
sE The West Pointers presented feeble
Tu defense against the forward pass OF
70 the visitors, being drawn out of posi-
- tion finally. On several occasions the
= Notre Dame players waltzed down the
=. field and snatched the ball right from
.s under the very nose Of the Army backs,
-, who stood apparently helpless before
Z. this bewildering offense.
~ ~ The cadets held Notre Dame on even
y terms for tne first period. The play
= seesawed back and forth, with neither
- side getting near the 25-yard line.
=. Toward the end of the period Garbisch,
- - standing on the Army 3S-yard line,
~ attempted to drop kick a field goal
=. - The ball scarcely left the ground, and
yard line.
Wood Carried OFF Feet
* An exchange of punts followed after
81 the start of the second period. After
- about five minutes of the period had
= passed Degree lifted a high, twisting
.. p kick from his own 12-yard line, which
-s Wood, standing in midfcld, attempted
- to catch The ball no sooner had set
5Tetted into his arms than two Notre
r. Dame forwards, charging full speed
- !, down field, met the slender Army back
- head on. The impact carried him Gear
~ OF his feet and shook him up so ne
: { dropped the ball Garvey, one of the
10 players who dove at Wood, pounced
n . upon the leather mmed lately,
vs. On the next play MOZART hurled a
long pass to Kiley, wao turned while
- on the run, and neatly raked in the
=. ball from over his right shoulder. Only
- : Johnson stood between him and the
goal line as he raced on. Kiley. when
johnson attempted to tackle him.
simply stuck out q hand and blocked
s- / i'm off; then he went on to the goal
line for the first score OF the game.
-. Shaw kicked the goal
:. MulIigan then kicked off. Wynne
- - grabbed the ball on his 1o-yard line
! and behind perfect interference sprint
- ed to the 47-yard lire before Johnson
=, byA,-s.:s s:sa down. Coughlin dashed
.s through the Army defense and pulled
= down q forward pass from Mohardt for
gain Of thirty yards. Notre Dame
tried another pass, which Johnson in
|, tercepted on his 5-yard line. Wood
49, ,4of.. H.. 4.