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lost from each squad. That means
necessarily that a number OF the
players will be engaged in their first
big game and nervousness may be
looked for, at least in the first pc
Rod. After that they should settle
down and look their best.
Notre Dame will probably open
with a running game. shooting its
backs off the tackles, pushing others
Through the middle of the line and
ever at all times shaking out loose
runners on fake passes. Knute
Rockne, one OF the keenest brains in
American football, loves the decep-
tive and his teams carry all sorts OF
threats with every formation.
With passes expected, many q
Notre Dame eleven has played more
than half a game with never sign OF
one. Then, with fear Of TIE pass
allayed, it has suddenly opened up
with a rain of forward filings that
completely smothered a stiff oppo-
sition.
rip" Miller, line coach at An,
napOIis, was q brilliant tackle
-Four HOrsemen" Of 1924. He
should be familiar in every de.
tail with ROckne's methods and
vet that will hardly prove Of
much value to the Middies.
Many and many times has Rockne
taken his team to West Point. ex'
planned on a blackboard to the sol
diers lust what he would offer and
how his plays would be run off. Then
els team would go right through
with the assignment and win from
team familiar with the Notre Dame
style.
The basis of all winning elevens
lies in blocking, tackling and inter-
| ference and in these departments
| all Notre Dame eleyens shine. A
! few years ago when the Hoosiers
were playing Princeton, a Tiger
! back was called upon to punt. Inc
moment he got the ball away II
was noticed that only he and Notre
Danes defensive back, Stuhldreher.
were on their feet. Every last man
in the Notre Dame lineup had
taken out his man by perfect block.
ing. That is perfect football and
| is not often seen anywhere.
| The Middies have a line that
charges hard, low and fast, work
ing through with typical Navy de-
! Termination. If that defense proves
too stubborn for the Hoosiers run
ming game, forward passes Will
come in all directions, calling for
most intelligent work on the part
of the Middies' secondary defense.
Michigan a year ago had a pass
combination of Friedman to Ooster-
baan that in the Western Confer
ence had made good. At Venable
Stadium II cracked sadly. If Fried.
man was not hurried by the last
charging Navy tackles, oosternaan
on one end or Flora on the other
found the Navy secondary deIense
right rough and ready. Navy won,
providing a shock to the footpali
world.
Iust what the Navy line Will
do to worry NOtre Danes run.
ming game will be decided in ,
few hours. "Trip" Miller says
his athletes are developing last,
that they may not yet be quite
readT. but that they should not
I
case NOtre Dame may lind H
necessary to open up In oruer 10
score.
Then will come the loose back
wandering around apparently aim
lessly but always hopping up. from
nowhere to be the man with the
ball behind interference gathering
rapidly as q summer squall.
''Hoot" Flanagan and Niemiec
are gems when it comes to run
ming the ball from fake pass forma'
lions and Charlie Riley, a quarter
back trained in the Rockne school
is believed to have q most tricky
lad in directing that classifying at
tack.
Lloyd, last year an end but now
200.pound halfback. will probably
carry the brunt of the Nays line
attack, backed by Clifton, q 1876
pound fullback. On defense. especial
ly against forward passes, they viii
have the assistance Of Ned Hanne
gan, whose work last season was
brilliant along this line. The Nav
captain can smell e. pass coming.
The Navy enters the game with
green line but veteran backs. TIL,
Hoosiers lost many fine backs bu
retained some and also have sew
eral veteran forwards. This make,
for a certain balance that MAJ
swing today's victory in their favor
A firm, fast field is promised
for today's contest, the first bis
clash of the Eastern season. 1
is the first time these elevens havl
ever faced each other. Next yea
they battle in Chicago and another
huge outpouring will be seen 70
the West loves Notre Dame lik,
a spoiled child, or like Baltimor,
adores the Navy, and that's goin,
some.