Evening star., 1926-12-05
Fr the As-ociated Press,

A-% eS, ahlltS TO KICK goa When
it was needed and ba fling
strategy gave the Notre Dame foot
hall team a l3-to-12 victory over
Southern California here today.
Southern California lost the first
of the five intersectional games it has
played primarily because there APP
parcntly was not single toe In its
big squad that could kick the extra
goal point after touchdown.
Notre Dame failed to do this once
hut made good on its other try and
thereon hung the victory and the
honor. An upstretched Trojan hand,
there in an attempt To block the kick.
worked with reverse english and
tipped the pisskin just enough to
send it over the bar.
The South Bend Ind. team came
10 Troy's hack yard smarting under
defeat At the hands of Carnegie Tech
last week IT headed for home to-
night with the mythical title OF
second place national champion tucked
away neatly in the hip pocket of it's
new.fancled silk pants.
Roclsnemen Rally Late.
With the exception of the last four
minutes of play the battle was grim
scra amhle between two evenly matched
foot hall machines keyed up to near
perfect pla wing pitch. There was one
tumble. that by Hearndon OF Notre
Dame, but he recovered the ball hlm-
self.
The last four minutes, with twilight
falling and Parisen's generalship
functioninS in high, brought the
South Tenders to the top of their
form and in that brief period OF action
Sout hern California went down he
fore a momentarily superior foot ball
aggregation.
Rockne had pulled his las. quarter
hack out Of the reserve list when he
sent Parlsien to do the trick of vic
tory. Riley. Edwards and McNallN
had preceded him and had shone. but
Parisien was dazzling. He shot
os-vard pass to Leipzig on Southern
Caiifornia's s 20-yard line. Then his un-
erring hand heaved another to Niemic
who went over for the touchdown
that won.
Morton Kaer, Troy's great ground
gamer. lived up to his reputation Tor
long advances but he went out of the
game In the third period after hard
tackle ont OF bounds by r. Smith
The first period was even so far as
strairht foot hall was concerned. 1t
was marked hv a flock Of penalties,
an absence of any real gains by Tor
ward passes Kaer provided the rfe-
works I'm this section OF play with
J1-vari advance.
Metre Dame Scores First.
Durinc the first period Rockne hold
his second string men in play ana
shtfted tn his stars only al tho start
NJ the second period. Flanagan ana
Hearndou bucked for first down from
their o7-yard mark. Iearndon passed
"a wards TO Riley. O'Boyle got on
around right end TO Southern can
fornia's o0-yard line. and RlleE'
screened by interference SO perfect
that Troy looked in vain for the pail
went over for a touchdown.
O'Rovle kicked the goal ana AZ
though he did not know 1t then MS
toe had won the game
After a see-saw kaer tucked the
leather under his elbow and reeled OH
q 3n-vard run. the first step toward
Trojan score. kaer next passed "a
Pehrendt who slid to tho l-Nard me
after a 4l-vard gain with An indlaha
tacl<ler holding to his heNls- Naer
hucked It over.
Price Tavlor'S boot failed for the
.,xtra point where o'BoylH's had na"e
good pt.urv similarly was nns1cress
f,l some time later ana '"t'''N wv
battle WAS lost.
Troiaus Take Lead.
The thir,; period was blank IN
rco,irc and Williams took up tn'
heavy work for Southern California
after l<aor retired.
In a succession Of effective BUCKS
sfdod hv Wheeler and Lara an"fa,
southern California forced the hAil 10
\otro Danes ii-Nard line. then " II
uap,s went To first down on the
s.yar,i line and next oyer Tor t"ufh'
6ovn bury. lame in the KNEES.
could not kick the added nolnt
Tho early part Of the fourth rn loa
was i,onefition of the same "'d S'"''-
born hattie. With fix" m'hh'"S ~
MAY and tho hall on his Ah-Nard llne
pn,,l.ne sent in parsten at quarter
and tho \ntrp pame march to victory.
relcbrate.i in THEW school song, WAS
hecUn. =,
M, vacant scat was I" he seen ~
the coliseum. which has capacity ="
$500.
Among the spectators were some ot
the foremost foot hall coaches IN inc
country. on hand To snnt the strategy
~ the two stvlists Howard Jones Of
Southern California and khute
rockne. old master of \otre Dame.
The list included Tad Jones of Yale,
brother of Howard: Warner of stan
ford. NcEwan. formerly of West
Point. and now OF Oregon: PriF"
Of California; Madigan OF :.
Nfary's: HolIngberrN of Nashi"A-
ron State: Walsh o. Santa ti9t3.
once center of Rockne's greatest team;
Eagshaw Of Washington. and F.rhof.
Idaho Also there sat in the st6nd<
Jess Parker. Notre DANES old coach
before RnCkne took hold of the squad.
Game Ouite Even
Figures compiled from running
statistics Of the game showed that
Notra Dame gained 2SS Yards from
ecrin,n1ase against Snuthern Falifor-
MAS n41 wards The HoosierS regis
tered II first downs. Southern Cali
fornia IA seven of \o're Dame 3