Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-11-11
HOLSTERS OUTPLAY
SOLDIERS, Z TO 6
86 600 See Rocknemen End
West Points Bid for
Eastern Grid Title.
BY ALAN ]. GOULD,

may not call them the -Four
VI Horsemen this year, but TIE
4 roaming riders of Notre Dame.
playing with all the dash and
Skill of their famous predecessors. dealt
death and destruction today to the
championship hopes of the vaunted
West Point eleven.
In one of The most thrilling and
dramatic finishes any gridiron grapp!e
has witnessed this season, the HooSierS
uncorked a smashing attack that beat
the Cadets, IL to 6, in a sensational
upset.
One of the greatest crowds in
Eastern foot ball history, jam of
$4,000 spectators. roared from the vast
stretches of the big ball park as Knute
'Rocknes warriors outplayed. outfought
and out generated the Soldiers in I'M
cXpectedly decisive fashion
Notre Dame won the game with a
spectacular 45-yard forward pass,
thrown by Johnnp Niemiec to Jack
O'Brien in desperate thrust at the
Army goal in the final quarter, but it
took all the defensive ability of the
Hoosiers, as well as the final whistle,
to prevent the Cadets from tying the
score in the last minute of play.
eagle Almost Ties 1t.
The thrills that were packed in the
last half came to a climax as Red
eagle, the Army's great ball-carrying
ace, raced 55 yards up the field from
Kickoff, then Swirled around end to the
HooSier 10-yard line. Here the famous
red head, who had engineered Army's
flrst and only score, was withdrawn
end the best his successor. Hutchinson.
could do was work his way to the l-yard
line before the game ended.
another few seconds and the Army
might have tied the count and had
chance to win, by booting the extra
point, but this hope was blasted, Just
as the HooSi:rs previously had
frustrated most of the Army's thrusts.
Close as the Cadets came to making
1t a draw, they, nevertheless. taking the
game as a Whole, were outplayed by a
vide margin, to the confusion of critics
ana aStonlShment of most of the crowd.
Rocknes RamblerS, rising to the great
est heights they have reached this sea-
son, got the jump on the Soldiers from
the start, kept them on the defensive
throughout the scoreless first half and
displayed an attack that was superior
In nearly every department.
eagle was the one bright star in the
otherwise full eclipse of this powerful
Army array as it was repeatedly bat
tered back, and eagle, while he had
comparatively few chances to get loose.
flashed across the gridiron brilliantly
enough to demonstrate his all-American
ability.
Touchdown for Murrel.
It was eagle, with a 20-yard dash off
tackle and sensational 41-yard pass
to Messenger, that paved the way for
Johnny Murrel to plunge over for the
first touchdown of the game in the
third period. It was eagle who re-
peatedly brought down Hoosier ball
carriers after they had punctured the
who 5ingle-handed almost pulled the
game out of the fire with his thrilling
dRshes in the closing moments.
But the Red couldn't do it all by
himself The Hoosiers had too much
punch and drive for the Cadets to stop
consistently. They came back. after
Army had scored, with a smashing 81
yard march, begun after being benefited
by a 15-yard penalty, that eliminated
tn the tying touchdown in the third
quarter Jack Chev.gny took the ball
over on the fourth down from the l.
yard line after three ruShes had been
stopped.
It was a similar crisis, fourth down
Eotre Dame scored its second and de-
Gliding touchdown in the fourth period
The Hoosiers had driven to the Cadet
l6-yard mark, but Jack Chcvigny
piunging halfback, fumbled bad pass
snd had to BE- carried from the field
after the scramble in which he recov-
cred it for l6-yard loss.
Desperate Gamb!c WINS.
Making a desperate gamble, Nienicc
dropped back to his 45-yard line and
hurled the ball toward the goal line
End a racing substitute end, Jack
OBrien. leapcd high just as he reached
the goal line, juggled the pigskin for
moment, then clutching it firmly as he
plunged across the last chalk line with
q swarm of Army tacklers on him.
The Army forward wall that had
withstood all previous shocks in help
ing to pile up six straight victories was
consistently outcharged and outptayed
by TIE scrsppy Hoosier line Chevigny,
Niemiec and Fred Collins, plunging full
back, repeatedly whirled aid dashed
through gaping holes for substantial
gains.
Notre Dame rolled up IA first downs
by rushing to 5 for the Cadets. Army
completed only two passes out OF five
attempted, while Notre Dame completed
three out Of seven.
SO badly battered was che Army line
b" Notre Danes rushing attack that
Capt. Sprague, who started the fr'y
With a big protective nose guard, was
replaced early in the final half along
with most of the other regulars.