The Washington times., 1930-11-25
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By TOM THORP


The Army faces the opportunity
of a life time this weekend. The
soldiers will clash with NotIe
Dame in what should prove tnc
championship contest OF the grid
iron season.
:, The Army finished its preli1n-
mary to the Notre Dame game
with a final display Of fireworks
The West Pointers are in better
physical condition to tackle Notre
Dame than they have been IN
many years.
= Major Ralph Sasse laid his plans
wisely and we'll. He is able to
call to his aid every available foot
ball player on his squad. Several
former defeats by Notre Dame
have been because OF the poor
physical and mental condition OF
The West Pointers.
NJ They are going to invade Chi
Tago this weekend, mentally alert
and physically fit to perform at
their top speed.
They expect to administer
the first setback of the season
to the fighting Irish.
Major Sasse has developed a
real top notch team at the mill
tary academy. The fact the west
Pointers have a clean slate TO
their credit testifies to their
ability to play high class foot
ball. All came out of the UrslnuS
victory on Saturday in perfect
physical condition. It is going to
take all Notre Dame possesses to
defeat this years Army outfit.
The Army eleven is the strong
est West Point team OF recenV
years. It's strength rests in the
fact it has a we'll conceived Of
fense and a rugged defense. No
dependence is placed upon any
particular star. The entire team
has been coached to function like
big, powerful, we'll designed
football machine.
Its spirit is the best pos
sessed by a soldier outfit before
a NOtre Dame contest in some
years.
Everyone at the Military Acad-
emy is confident their represent
atives will win the championship
contest title by defeating Notre
Dame on Soldiers Field this
weekend. Confidence is Valu-
able asset to a football machine.
Notre Dame had to get a few
breaks to defeat Dick Hanley'S
great Northwestern eleven. The
Wildcats put up a magnificent
fight to stall off defeat until the
last few minutes.
Loose handling of the
pigskin in the early stages
of the contest cost the
Evanston eleven the lead in
the first half.
These costly fumbles took place
just when it looked as if Knute
Rockne's pupils were about to
lose the grip on the situation.
There is no telling what would
have taken place had the. North
western ball carriers held firm to
the pigskin.
Notre Dame proved its game
ness. Any aggregation which can
stage such an uphill fight as the
fighting Irish did, cannot have
its courage challenged. A less
firmly entrenched squad of cour-
ageouS players would have crack
ed under the strain without re-
ceiving much criticism from the
football world.
The Wildcats pressed hard for
victory all during the contest. 1t
took bulldog Stubbornness to
check the advance of the purple
tide in the shadows of the goal
posts.
Those two stands by the
irish in the first half is what
won the game.
It ate deep into the confidence
and determination for Dick Han
ley's players. After these two flu
tile attempts to score Northwest
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bid agatTS
No particular star can be sin
gled out on the Notre Dame outfit.
The entire Irish team played the
sort Of gsme Knute Rockne an,
ticipated. "
Strange as it may appear
Fockne Was less fearful of the
Wildcats than me of his assist
ants
IT'S k1a be accounted for by
tt.8 his better knowledge
[F ~ pupils tn an anyone
~ fThat he had them Judged
Il certainty is found in the fact
tx pgstiicted the final result of the
4nfe, ia to 0.
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