The Washington times., 1929-11-29
PICKS IRISH
'TO WIN BY
NOSE
BY TOM THORP

The Army Is sure to give Notre
Dame q tough fight for the grid
iron honors in the Yankee sta
diun1, New York, tomorrow.
Coach "Biff" Jones has his West
Pointers in the best physical con-
dition of their careers.
They are likely to make it very
interesting for the Roaming
Ramblers. The soldiers are going
to surprise with the quality Of
their game. 1t Isl likely to be a
tight fit for Knute Rockne's
"Orphans."
Notre Dame has one Of its
greatest teams. The fact Knute
Rockne has not been able to do
his usual amount Of individual in
structing has left some Of the pol
ish off the South Bend machine.
Tom Lieb, former Notre DaSNS
star linesman, has proved q very
capable substitute for the clever
planning Rockne.
Lieb has followed out or
ders as well as any lieutenant
could be expected to do. But
''the magic touch Of the Old
Master" has been missed.
The Roaming Ramblers are
now the orphans Of the gridiron
world" They must fight their
battles without the inspiring pres
ence Of their parent. Tom Lieb,
foster father, Is doing as well as
any foster father would be ex-
pected to do for q flock of Or
phanS.
But the human bond between
the parent and offspring Is miss
ing. This is the big thing which
the South Bend squad must
labor under tomorrow.
The Army has one Of It's best
teams. Coach Jones Is singing
his swan song to West Point foot.
ball. volume which is sure to
be heard for great distance.
The soldiers have played hard
and well all season. The fact that
they stand third among the high.
est point scorers of the country
Is evidence their game is founded
upon a rock foundation.
Southern California, Dartmouth
and Colgate are the only elevens
that have tailed greater number
OF points than the West Pointers,
Pittsburgh North Carolina and
the other leaders in point scoring
machines have not equalled the
1853 point record Of the lads from
the West Point plains.
This means something Inn.
pOrtant n the analysis Of any
team. It shows great offensive Z.
strength especially when you
take intOt consideration the
Army played one of the hard
est schedules of the entire
gridirOn world.
Coach Jones Is a great In.
structor. His elevens have been
among the best In the country,
Difficult schedules have played
havoc with the DEVELOPMENT of
many Of his squads.
Players suffering from injuries
cannot hope to play with as much
Eest and alertness as sound-limbed
individuals. That has been the
Army's drawback.
The soldiers tackled hard rivals
week after week. The human
machinery gave out before the
gr1diron machinery began to
weaken.
Defeats sustained can be
charged up more to lack Of
physical conditions due q
tough schedule than to any
lack of football ability on the
part Of West Pointers.
Jones instructed we'll.
The soldiers are coming down
rom the United States Military
Academy tomorrow in better
hape to grapple with their Notre
Dame rival than they have been
b years. Ohio Wesleyan and
Dickinson provided the rest pc.
RODS needed to freshen up the
future generals.
RED" eagle and his mates are
cure 10 be at the very peak of
their games in the Yankee Stad-
Rnm. It 1S going to take some
good football to beat them.
West Point IS loaded up to the
hilt with good old-fashioned fight
ing spirit and a well-instructed
system of up.to-date football.