The New York herald., 1922-11-12
UNTIMELY TUMBLE
SAVES WEST POINT
HOOsiers Have Ball OH Three
Yard Line When Slip
Comes.
TIDE SHIFTS REPEATEDLY
-Notre Dame, Outplayed at the
Start, Finds Itself-Crowd
Swamps Arena
BY SAMUEL j. BRoOKMAN.

By SAMUEL j. BRoOKMAN.
WEST POINT, Nov. 11.-Army fought
Notre Dame to a standstill on the
Plains here to-day before the largest
throng that ever invaded the post for
football game. 1t was a scoreless
tie after a contest that thrilled from
start to finish with nerve tingling sit
uations, with frequent shifts in the
tide, with sustained advances that
threatened and failed, and with tre-
r1endous effort on attack and defence.
Army fought and tied, but despite
its splendid showing. despite the as
tonishing success with which most of
Notre Danes puzzling passes, shifts
and trick plays were diagnosed and
smothered, Army was pretty lucky to
escape defeat. Even Army's most
ardent rooters will admit that, for as
the struggle advanced into the final
quarter the Hoosiers. after glittering
march of sixty-seven yards, during
which their versatility and power as
serted themselves for the first time,
had the ball on Army's three yard
line. Forward passes alternated with
line plunges had brought the oval
there. Notre Dame had outguessed
the Army at that stage. had hurled
passes when the Cadets expected end
runs or line plunges, had plowed
through the forward wall or off tackle
when the formation indicated for
ward pass.
And then. with Notre Dame three
yards from touchdown. with the band
full of Havana rooters shouting them
selves silly at the prospect of score
and victory--then 1t was that Crowley,
halfback. fumbled 1t was on the sec
ond down. at time when the Notre
Dame eleven was eyed UP to its smooth
est assault, when the spirit of victory
showed in every move of the Hoosiers.
when the Army men. though fighting
like demons, seemed bewildered.
Lnwrence's Timely Recovery.
Crowley fumbled and Lawrence re-
covered for the Army. II was pretty
tough on Crowley, who had been play
ing brilliantly : II was a glorious op-
vortunity for Lawrence. 1t was the
tumble that lost all chance of a Hoosier
triumph II was the recovery that saved
ar Army defeat. Great was the relief
os the Army players. rooters and all
when Wood punted out of danger.
Great was the chagrin of the Notre
Dame delegation. A supreme EFFORT
had been wasted No such opportunity
presented itself again as the teams
played into the darkness with the ball
zigzagging up and down the field.
In the last few minutes Army as
sumed the aggressive and had the ball
on Notrc Danes 2S yard line. thanks
to blocked kick and thirty yard for
ward pass from Smythe to Lawrence
There Notre Dame held determinedly
and on the fourth down. the last play
of the game as II proved. Garbisch fell
hack for an attempt at a goal from
placement. The Hoosier forwards broke
through, however. and blocked the eff
fort and the hardest fought game In the
history OF Army-Notre Dame football
was over.
West Point was literally swamped by
the thousands who came to see the
struggle between the unbeaten teams.
Long before game time the throng over
flowed the stands and jammed every
available foot of standing room, and
thousands who arrived later found It
impossible to get glimpse of the teams
in action. There were probably 10000
on hand. Army officials had rather
anticipated a great crowd and had made
hasty arrangements to accommodate an
unprecedented number. but the size OF
the invading army of football fans over
whelmed them. Even the cadets who
were out on the parade grounds drilling
before the game fousd the section un-
usually reserved for them narrowed TO
almost half its expected dimensions.
Scores of the West Point students were
forced TO stand four and five deep back
of the west side line.