Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-27

~ 1TTSBURGH, october 26.-FaS-
- tening their high-f1ying chariot
to the star of swift Jack Elder,
l. the pigskin warriors Of Notre
Dame ground out most salts
| flying victory today over the stubborn,
| troublesome battlers of Carnegie Tech.
The revenge that Notre Dame mas
been storing up for two straight defeats
! in the last three years came only after
bitter, eXhausting struggle that
thrilled the greatest crowd ever as
sembled for foot ball game III Pitts
burgh and left Knute Rockne, the all
ing leader of the men from Indiana.
shaken and spent in his invalid's chair
on the side lines. Notre Dame won by
the barest of margins, to 0.
so vicious and desperate was the
play of two evenly matched lines that
only twice in the entire afternoon was
Elder, or any one else. able to break
away for a gain of more than 20 yards
at one time.
So close was the contest that the sca-
ond time Elder did it, he won the ball
game.
Score in Third Period.
The score came in the third period
after bad breaks" had ruined every
threat on either side in the first half
With the Plaid apparently secure be-
hind an amazingly powerful forward
wall, Elder grabbed the ball after an
exchange of kicks yard short OF mid
field.
He slipped through a tiny hole at
tackle. crashed 10 yards through the
defensive backs and then lodged, wove
and side-stepped his way into the clear.
Just when a touchdown seemed certain,
Murray Armentrout, young sophomore
back, almost ripped the feet SHADOW
apart with A vicious tackle from no
where OH Techs 17-yard line.
The story of the entire game was told
in the next few moments. Elder slipped
through another hole for yards before
the Tech line rose and smashed down
Marty Brill for no gain in two plays.
Then Brill knitted through the line for
first down on Techs 7-yard line.
SavoIdi Crosses Goal.
Three times Brill and Joe Savoldi
smashed that Tartan forward wall with
here and there from its concrete, base
But again on the fourth down, when
something had to give If there was to
be any victory, Savoldi took the ball
again. dove high and clear from the
5-yard line, and just nosed over the
goal Frank Cariedos crack young quar-
terback, kicked the goal and the ma
JlOnal Title hopes W NOIIe 0dNlc WSAS
safe again for Rockne.
The first half of the struggle was
a sort of comedy of errors, with every
threat smashed by husky line play, in
tercepted passes, or dlscouraglng
fumbles. When Notre Dame threatened,
Thayer Flanagan intercepted pass on
Techs 35-yard line. Savoldi fumbled
to Tech on his own 35-yard line and
then intercepted a pass on his 12-yard
mark. At the end of another Tech
drive. Armentrout fumbled on Notre
Danes 44-yard line, Brill dropped an
other on his 25-yard stripe, and Ca
redo ended the half with an incom-
plete pass for touchback over the
Tech goal on first down from the H.
yard line.
Tech Fumbles Again.
Notye Dame held tight to the ball
in the second half, but Tech ruined
two scoring chances with further FUN
bles and never seriously endangered
the Rambler goal. The longest Tech
gain through the line was an 8-yard
plunge by Armentrout Elder made
one other sparkling run for Notre Dame,
a 25-yard dash through tackle in the
second quarter.
The Tartans with a 1870 victory over
the Rockne men in 1925 and 27-7
conquest in 1928 as added incentive,
could make but three first downs today
against eight for Notre Dame. Tech
completed two forward passes in six
tries for gain of 81 yards while Notre
Dame failed to make one good in five
attempts. A crowd of 10000 saw the
game.