Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-18
NOTRE DAME EARNS
DRAMATIC LAURELS
Rockne and His Team Are Big
Kick of Season, Even
if Tied for Title.
By ALAN GOULD.
Associated Press Sports Editor.

ut. LOUIS, November 18.-Notre
Dame, If 1t continues along the
unbeaten foot ball trails. may
. have to share full portion OF
the national championship honors
of 1929 with at least one other team.
but the dramatic laireS OF
the season already belong to the
Ramblers and Rockne.
Foot ball has witnessed few Such
Of inspiration, few such eX-
amples of magnificent team spirit as
that manifested so far IN the an-con-
quering march OF the staIWarts OF
Notre Dame while their guiding genius.
Knute Rockne, has been fighting
battle Of his own against a badly In
fected leg.
Rockne has been able to direct per-
sonally only three of the seven games
won thus far. but so sound Is Rocks"
system, so dynamic his influence, even
under handicaps, and so capable his
CORDS of assistants, led by Tom Lieb,
that Notre Dame has swept on with
relentless determination.
This was the year that Rock" pre-
dicted the boys would come through
and If they make it q clean sweep, as
they seem likely to, it will be one of
the greatest tributes of all time to any
A Thrill for Rock"
II Rock" bundled in q cot on the
sidelines, needed tonic Saturday, he
got it in the spectacular 1912 victory
his pupils scored over the gallant
Trojans Of Southern California. It was
the first time since the Carnegie game,
three weeks previous, that Rockne was
AZ - he Al T., IS
the strain, the handshaking and the
uproar. he felt great" he said after
ward, and he looked it. Something in
the uncomfortable spirit of the Rock"
has been transferred to his men.
So far Notre Dame in succession has
whipped Indiana, Navy, Wisconsin, Car
negie, Georgia Tech, Drake and South
ern California. Four Of these teams
beat the Ramblers last year, In turn
Wisconsin, Carnegie, Georgia Tech and
Southern California has felt the aveng-
ing rush Of the blue-shirted Rockne
horde.
Plays stiff Schedule.
No team in the country has played
any sitter schedule than Notre Dame
No team except Pittsburgh and possibly
Purdue can show a record Of sweeping
triumph as convincing. 1t would take
hardy critic, who has seen both the
Panther and the Rambler, to say which
had the better defense, which the
harder punch. From end to end, Pitt
has perhaps a stronger line, with Donch-
ess, Montgomery, MacMurdo and Capt
Dimeolo as the outstanding stars, yet
there is no visible weak spot in The
Hoosier forward wall, that boasts such
fine men as Tim Moynihan, Ted
Twomey and u great brace Of guards In
Capt. John Law and Jack Cannon. The
only direct comparison Is with Carnegie
and Pitts wreckiug crew man.
handled the Tartans, 81 to Is, while
Notre Dame was able to beat the Scotch
only by to o.
This week Pittsburgh rests up In prep:
aration for the Thanksgiving day finale
with Penn State. This held forth bright
prospects q week ago, after State wal
loped Pennsylvania, but Bucknell bat
tered the Nittany Lions last Saturday
AZ to 8, and Pitt should have compare.
lively little trouble rounding out an un'
beaten season.
Notre Dame faces Northwestern thii
week and Army the next, with no chanct
of let-up, even though each OF thes'
teams has been twice beaten. It woulC
make the campaign q success now To-
any team TO bowl over the RamblerS
Rockne always is the main target. anc
West Point, with Red eagle making hi
last Eastern fling, will make 1t grand
stand finish before sc, 900 In the Yankee
Stadium November 80.