Evening star., 1930-10-30
|KNUTE T|LTS ANTE
ON SK|BO FORECAST
This Time He Sees Defeat for
Irish by Dozen or More
TouchdoWnS.
BY FRANCIS ]. POWERS.

- OUTH BEND, Ind, october 80.
- -"Whew! My, oh, my! Did
- you see how Southern Cali
fornia ladled 1t on Stan
ford?" groaned Knute Rockne,
the main monkey wrench of
Notre Dame, as he thumbed a
ragged newspaper that showed
the result Of much reading.
"Why actually I am just afraid
to think what Southern California
will do to our boys when we go
out there in December.
How much did say Carnegie Tech
would beat Notre Dame? Six or seven
touchdowns, I believe. Well, the Tro-
jams may score dozen or more. I Just
dread thinking about It,"
Rockne has started to fear Southern
California. The way Amos Stagg used
to fear Purdue was just chlld'S tear,
compared to the way Rockne Is going
to fret about the Californians. Usually
Rockne only frets from week to week.
found 1t next to impossible for high
class fretter like himself to enjoy a
thorough exhaustion about Indiana,
PENNSYLVANIA or Drake. Maybe, when
his games against Northwestern and
Army come along he can enjoy some
moderate worries. But an old agon1zer
like Rockne could not go through weeks
and smile all the while, so he is taking
time By the pompadour and getting well
ahead on his Southern California Wor-
rying.
One Of His Best Teams.
what about this team Of yours? Is
it the best one you ever developedY%
asked the interviewer. well, one OF
the best, at any rate" replied the great
man, who Is not going to be definite on
that subject until the season Is over
If at all.
Glow about the backfield Of Carideo,
Schwartz, Brill and Savoldi, or MulilnsY
Is it as good as the Four Horsemen?
Rockne ducked that one and prooaoly
always will, but Notre Dame suppor:ers
are having q merry dispute about the
respective abilities of the four horse
men and five cowboys. The argument
never ends and arrives nowhere IN par
ticular, but does exhaust numerous ad-
jectives and much cracked Ice.
On one side you will hear that the
present Notre Dame backfield OF Ca
rideo Brill, Schwartz and Savoldt or
Mullins offers more power than the
horsemen. But the proponents OF
Steuhldreher, Miller, Crowley and Ley
den will argue that for all-arouno, mn
ished power there never has been tner
equal. There is no real metnod OF COM
parison unless you wanted to matcn
Cartdeo against Steuhldreher. and tnen
the findings would not be definite, Ca
rideo kicks where Steuhldreher olo not
Steuhldreher was q great pasSer ana
Carideo is only good one. AS neIo
generals they are on par, eacn one
deftly probing the weakness OF oppo-
nents and striking hard and fast WIN
the ammunition at his dlsposaI.
Types Are Different.
You cannot make a fine comparison
between Brill and Schwartz and Miller
and Crowley, for they are distinctly oiI-
ferent tvpes. Rockne always refers 10
Miller and Crowley as climax runners,
meaning they were potential touch-
down threats any time they TOOK tne
ball. Schwartz is developing into tnat
type readily. For detailed information
ask Pittsburgh.
Brill has been specializing more on
blocking and feeding the ball to other
backs, but there was not one OF the
Horsemen who could not block well. AT
fullback the comparison opposes Two
men. Savoldi and Mullins against Elmer
Leyden. Neither Mullins nor Savoldi
punts, and Leyden was brilliant kicker
Also he was much faster than either OF
the 1880 stars. Savoldi Is more power
full and versatile on offense and me-
| diocre defensive player. Mullins Is Q
| great and analytical defensive star, but
| lacks in certain defensive qualities.
If you could wrap Mullins ana Sa-
voldi into one uniform they might bt
a workable comparison with Leyden
but the rules will not permit that Come
December, and foot ball followers prob
ably will be saying: There never were
two backfields like the Four Horsemen
and the 1880 group" and that Is good
| enough solution to the argument.