San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-18
ROCKNE MEN
No MATCH
F Or BIG
CADETS
South Bend Grid Dynasty
Ends With Decisive
27-0 Defeat.
By DAVIS J. WALSH
International News Service.

ANtNs "eNNANts
NEW YORK, Oct. 17.-What is
to be will be.
Back in Bagdld, or old Port Said,
or somewhere east of Suez. the philo-
sophical Arab spreads his philosophers
al sands and mouths the above quota
tion when something happens that is
destiny itself.
Something Happened to Notre Dame
football before record crowd of TO-
600 at the Yankee Stadium Saturday
afternoon. and it was not in the least
Il pleasant sight to those who had
watched the great South Bend team
smash through all opposition year
after year.
This. however. was far from Il great
team. and it suffered the inevitable
penalty Of n 27-to-0 defeat at the
hands of the Army, a defeat so
thorough that it had no parallel for
Notre Dame since 1914, when Yale
rolled up IS points. 1t also was Notre
Danes first defeat since 1923. Last
years team finished the season with
out n reverse and the present outfit
lasted through the 1925 campaign I'M
til Saturday without taking one on
the chin.
R0CKNE IS RIGHT.
But all things, exclusive of Tenny-
sons well-known brook, must end
some time, and Notre Danes dynasty
over collegiate football ended Satur-
day afternoon, starting promptly at
the second period. and ending only
with the music of the referees final
whistle.
Rockne predicted defeat - and he
certainly was right.
On defense. the Rockne line was
torn to tatters by Hewitt, Wilson and
Buell.. On attack. not a single ball
runner Rocknc could uncover madr.
the slightest lasting impression on fss.
Army wall.
Only two first downs wer, - le on
rushing. n state of affairs = forced
the Irish into the opor i,h an over-,
head game. 1t was lo5 the S3nle ut
their forefathers. y wasn't Ulch of
anything. in fact.
ThcrcwaS no Gimp playing for Notre
Dame. Roger Kilcy and Chef Wynn
were elsewhere. Dorias was only
memory. Rockne could only glover
from the side lines and the great
! -Four HOrScmcn" were afoot some
where in private life.
WEAKEST ON RECORD.
Tn brief. it probably was the most
inept Notre Dame team the East has
seen. and il took its defeat accord
ingly-two first downs from the rush
ing. four from forward passes and
another rs Il result of Il penalty. The
four passes completed lost Immediate
caste when II was remembered that -
-sv,v,1,r aha ROD
| through and either forced n bad pass
or throw the passes for losses up n
| Is yards. mostly the latter. Only once
in tho game did Notrc Dame have
| possession of the ball in mid-field. and
then O'Boyle and McNally quickly
took it back. Ear back, toward the
Nutrc Dame goal.
The Middle WesternerS contrlveyl
10 hold the Army scoreless throug'
the first period. although on the de-
fensivc throughout.
In the second period. however. Id
wards poor punt staked the Army
to the ball on its own 40-yard line,
and il marched right down 10 the
goal, dash of 10 yards off tackle
BY Hewitt being an abiding factor.
Notre Dame rallied on the goal-line,
and the Army needed three yards ON
the fourth down but Wilson smashed
through McManmon for the score.
SCORE ON PASS.
The second touchdown resulted from
a sustained march of 63 yards, and
came on a forward pass to Baxter
over the goal line, while Hewitt was
| taking n plunge.
Baxter. by the way, played great
football throughout. As a matter Of
| fact. not to emphasize Notre Danes
inofficicncy too heavily, il was great
Army team altogether. IL probably
wasn't great enough 20 play fast and
loose with the 1924 Notre Dame team
as it did with Saturdays outfit. but
it seemed entirely capable Of more
than holding its own with anytbnl
seen in these parts during recent
\ years.
The final ,wo touchdowns came IN
the fourth period, and mGttered hardly
az all, Hewitt crashing off tackle
after blocked kick for the third