Evening star., 1930-12-07
RamblerS Score Nineteenth
Victory in Two Seasons
With 0'Connor as Hero.
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIANS
FAIL TO SHOW THREATS
10000 See Invaders Decide Con-
test Early-"Moon" Mullins in
for One Play.
BY PAUL ZIMMERMAN,
Associated Press Sports Writer.


LOS ANGELES, December g.
Rockne's Rough Riders from Notre Dame
prancing behind marvellous interference
staged their last wild charge of the sea-
son today and trampled Southern Cali
fornia into 27-to-0 defeat.
Paul "Bucky" O'Connor, transplanted
from halfback to full, and one of wise
Knuteis few Irishmen, was the youth
who spread the alarm to the Trojans
with Marty Brill and Marchmont
Schwartz galloping closely at his side.
Their mad dashes struck terror in the
ranks of Coach Howard Jones valiant
eleven and carried the invading troop
from South Bend through its nineteenth
straight triumph in two glorious sea-
sons.
Irish Never in Danger.
Unlike their ancestors of mythology
the men Of Troy could find no Hector to
lead the vaunted offense, with the re-
suit that through 60 minutes of nerve
shattering spectacle Notre Danes goal
was never so much as threatened.
Defeat brought the number of re-
versals to four for Southern California
against one victory in its Notre Dame
series. 1t was the most decisive trounc-
ing either team ever accepted in the
annals of the interSectional play.
More than 10000 frantic foot ball fol-
lowers shouted and groaned throughout
the startling fray, which stamped Coach
Rockne's Ramblers as probably the
greatest eleven the country has seen in
Q decade.
Southern California's dashing backs
found their interference fragile before
the rushing Rockne line, and their pass
ing attack was pierced with constant
tnterceptions by the secondary defense
when touchdown marches seemed well
underway.
Notre Danes attack was so bathing
that at no time could the Trojan de-
fense organize itself against the un-
stoppable assault.
From the start there was no doubt as
to the outcome. Notre Dame walked
right down the field from the opening
kickoff. Southern California rose to
stop the threat and held for downs, but
a bad pass from the Trojan center.
Stanley Williamson, was recovered by
play.
Like q fash the Riders charged.
Schwartz tipped an 11-yard pass to
Frank Carideo, quarterback, who saun-
tered the remaining yards untouched
by Trojan hands, and the game was
won.
O'Connor Makes 80 Yards.
It was only q few plays later that
O'Connor's long eventful journey OF 30
yards brought the second touchdown.
Southern California had moved well
into Notre Dame territory when Mar
shall Dufheld, Trojan quarter, recov-
cred a bad pass from center, and dis
playing a marvellous bit Of headwork,
quickly kicked over the goal line as the
line rushed in on him.
The yard-saving feat was of no avail,
for on the first play O'Connor broke
away. It was a reverse and a lateral
from Brill which pulled Troy's second
through the line, cut back to the side
lines. and sped across the goal after
pivoting away from Erny Pinckert,
Troys star halfback.
The second period went without q
score. although Carideo passed to Dan
Hanley across the goal line, only to
have the play called back and Notre
Dame penalized for holding.
Mullins Gets In Game.
Coach Rockne. in a gesture of respect
to Larry Moon" Mullins, fullback,
whose injured knee prevented him from
starting the contest, sent the South
Pasadena, Calf, youth into the game
on the kickoff for one play and then
replaced him 1t was Mullins last
game for Notre Dame.
The parade of Rough Riders started
again. Shades Of the -Four Horsemen
of yesteryear. Schwartz sifted through
for a run of so yards. An offside pen
atty put the ball on Troy's 7-yard line.
One of those demoralizing laterals,
Schwartz to O'Connor, brought the
touchdown. That drive was SO yards in
seven plays.
Through the greater share of the
fourth quarters gloom and advancing
dusk, Notre Dame kept the ball deep in
Southern California domain. Hard put
to score, the Trojans launched a pass
ing attack which Hanley quickly
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