Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-11-27

splitting the line with his powerful
thrustS and shooting around the ends
for long gains. In the first stage of
the battle, Flanagan, taking a back
ward pass, smashed through the Tro-
jams forward wall repeatedly.
Drury, a combination of Red Grange.
Herb Joesting and Bennie Friedman,
little bit of each carried the brIlnt
OF the Southern California's attack,
playing himself almost to the point OF
exhaustion, Drury, carrying the ball
four out of five plays in the first half
spent his strength before three periods
were finished. He missed the aid of
Harry Edelon and Don Williams in
carrying the ball. EidelSon was forced
cut of the game because of injuries
and Williams was left home in Cali
fornia, nursing injuries.
Drury's Run Means Score
Southern California's touchdown was
the elimination of a thrilling .25-yard
dash by Drury around right end. He
planted the ball on Ntore Danes six
yard line before he was upset Then
Edelson hit center for three yards,
ana Notre Dame took time out to
think over this sudden thrust. Drury
bounded into left tackle for yard,
and then smashed into center, losing
few inches. With the Notre Dame
line Stiffened, Drury ran back and
tossed a long pass. to Saunders who
grabbed the ball as he raced across
the line.
Drurys attempt to add the extra
point, however, was failure, with the
Notre Dame players swiftly charging
into the kick, and with Walsh sue
cessfully blocking it.
After the cdast invaders scored,
Coach Rockne Immediately dispatched
his first string backfield into the game,
with Flanagan, Dahlman and Riley
taking up the burden.
Flanagan At His Best
Southern California was placed on
the defensive Immediately, and FIlana-
gan began hammering at the Trojan
line. With the assistance of Collins,
who started the game at fullbacki for
Notre Dame, they cracked off two first
downs. Starting from the Southern
California 48-yard line, Flanagan in
two thrusts lugged the ball to U. S.
C.'s 38-yard line. Then he ploughed
through the center for seven yards
with Collins smashing through the
same spot for another first down, this
time on Southern California's 28-yard
line.
After falling with one pass, Riley
tossed the next % yards to Dahman,
who clutched the oval in his arms
back of Southern Californias goal for
the touchdown.
Dahnan kicked the goal under the
protection of the Notre Danes stone
wall
Record Crowd For All Games
In the dusk of the late November
afternoon, and the game rapidly draw
ing to a close, the Trojans were des-
perately attempting to shoot sue
cessful forward pass, with Notre Dame,
apparently the. stronger, continuing it's
menacing driving attack Notre Dame
had the ball on Southern California'S S
16-yard line, and was threatening
every second when the bark of the
pistol ended the combat.
The tremendous crowd witnessing
today's game passed the record break
ing attendance of 111,000 that turned
out for the Army-Navy classic just a
year ago. Although no championship
sectional or otherwise, was involved,
no football game ever played in Chi
cago attracted so much attention
The seating capacity, stretched a
bit since the Army-Navy game, was
taxed to the limit, with thousands
standing and other thousands on the
outside, hoping to judge the tide of
the battle by the roars of the crowd
The weather was favorable to the
Californians. Accustomed to warmth
and sunshine, the day was mild, but
murky. AS the game started the sky
was overcast with heavy gray clouds,
carrying threat of rain, but the sun
peeped through when the second per-
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