Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-04
ONE MISTAKE SENT
CADETS TO DEFEAT
Rockne'S Men Quick to Seize
Opportunities in Making
Great Grid Record.
BY WALTER TRUMBULL.


V you can't take anything away
" from Notre Dame. The fighting
Irish played a number of the
i toughest teams in the country
and won every game. They
have a grand eleven. Navy, Wisconsin,
Carnegie, Georgia, Southern California,
Northwestern and the Army are no
easy opponents to beat in the course of
O single season.
They will tell you that in some of
those games Notre Dame had the
breaks. To be sure it did. How are
you going to make a clean sweep Of
such opposition without the breaks?
1t can't be done. You need all the
luck the gods give you. But you need
great playing, too.
One of Noire Danes strongest assets
is its instant ability to seize opportunity.
If you make a mistake against the
South Bend team, you pay for it,
Army played splendidly against the
Rockne-coached eleven. Army made
Just one bad mistake-and Army lost
the ball game.
Army at It's Best.
It was a powerful team that Biff
Jones sent to the field on Saturday to
play against Notre Dame at the Yankee
Stadium well coached, stout hearted
aggregation in beautiful physical condi-
ton. Perry, Humber and the other
forwards charged flercely and frequently
outplayed a Notre Dame line which has
been described AS all-American. Carl
mark played one of the most remark
able games at end that I ever have
seen on any field.
This was a case of two great lines
Conley, are all grand forwards, but
Saturday they met their equals. And
you will 60 far before you see four as
fine backs on one field as eagle, Muir
rel, Carideo and Elder. The Army
played eagle back on kicks and 1t was
evident that Notre Dame had no de-
sire to test his ability in broken f1eld.
But in order to keep the ball away
from eagle, 1t was necessary to nave
punter who could kick the ball where
he desired 1t to go. Notre Dame nad
such a man in Caride. He never gave
eagle a chance TO catch a punt and
come whirling back with 1t. Carloeo
consistently kicked out on the side
lines. Notre Dame could afford to
take no chances.
The Army was out to win ana the
soldiers condition was shown by the
fact that the team did not make
substitution. 1t was the Army which
continually applied the pressure and the
Army which threatened to score.
Start From Own Goals.
Jack Elders interrogation of that for
ward pass and his 96-yard dash to
touchdown pulled his team out Of a
tight spot. Elders run was not un-
like the touchdown Ellis of Yale made
against Dartmouth. judging from
this seasons results, teams best scor-
ing position is from somewhere around
iva
as Gentle of Penn, prefer to be bit
behind their own goal line when they
set sail.
It seems almost pity that Army and
Navy couldn't have resumed relations
on Saturday when both were so plainly
at their best. In spite of the rather
chilly Autumn climate Of Hanover, N.
H, the MiddieS proved their greater
fitness for any arctic work over the
Dartmouth players. Moreover. the most
outstanding Navy back was M. Kirn OF
Kentucky, a State not noted for ice
bergs.
Army played to $4,000 spectators and
Navy to 10000. There were So, 900 at
the Boston College victory over Holy
Cross, and 10000 In Detroit to see
Georgetown lose by the margin of a
missed goal from touchdown. Villanova
beat Temple before $4,000 fans and
EO,UUU saw OOQIktCIn
and Texas Christian battle to a tie.
Southern California beat Washington
State before a crowd of $4,000. So these
comparatively few games were seen by
a quarter of million enthusiasts, and
in the East they had to have a lot Of
enthusiasm to keep from freezing.
These comparatively few games took
in 100000 in gate receipts. On top
of that figure spectators travelling ex-
penses, hotel bills, taxi fares, and the
money they spent in restaurants, night
clubs, theaters and various other
anus -ments and you will discover that
foot ball plays quite a part in the
spending power of the Nation.
1t is estimated that $4,000, 900 fans is
not an over-estimation of those who
saw foot ball games this season. Figure
out what the average fan spent to get to
q game, see 1t, and get home again
and you will see that 1t runs into i'm.
portant money. Add to that the ex-
pense OF the teams themselves and the
value of various foot ball plants anc
you will find that the game is not
only thrilling sport, but fairly i'm
portant industry.
(Copyright, 1929. by North American News
paper AllianceD