Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-23
IRISH TAKE GAME
IN FINAL QUARTER
0utpIayed in First Half, but
Make Amazing Finish as
90 Tie Expected.
BY CHARLES w. DUNKLEY,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

Ill, November % o.
~ Notre Dame, marching on
to Americas foot ball
championship, defeated the hith-
erto unbe aten Northwestern
eleven, IA to 0, as the seconds
were clicking off precious time in
the closing minutes of the game.
The victory was Notre Danes eighth
successive triumph, leaving only the
Army and Southern California to con-
quer for the 1880 gridiron title. The
defeat was the first of the season for
Northwestern, co-champion of the
Western Conference.
Notre Dame, held scoreless for three
periods, and with the game apparently
destined to end in a scoreless tie, sud-
denly exploded its irresistible force and
crashed over with two touchdowns,
barely missing third, while a crowd
OF $1,000 spectators sat dumfounded at
the amazing finish.
Northwestern, forcing Notre Dame to
the defensive in the first and second
periods, missed two marvellous oppor-
tunitieS to score. Costly fumbles, with
the ball inside Notre Danes 10-yard
AIlc, IuAleu DOLn Chances.
Breaks Big Factor.
The game was contested bitterly and
closely throughout, with Notre Dame
taking advantage of the breaks that
turned an imminent deadlock into VIC
tory. In the trst half it was all North
western, with Rocknes Ramblers on
the defensive practically all the way.
In the last quarter it was just the re-
tage OF openings, dramatically turned
them into touchdowns.
In the light of what happened in
the fourth period, the better team won
by Just such margin as could have
been expected. There was no more
than two touchdowns' difference be-
tween the two teams. The Northwest
ern line, however, invincible until the
last seven minutes of the game, finally
cracked Just enough to allow Rockne's
cavalrymen to break through twice,
Northwestern's defense against passes,
not as brilliant as NotFe lanes
coupled with Frank Carideo's sensa-
tlonal Kicking, paved the way for the
deciding score.
Marcnmont Schwartz, Notre Danes
LEFT halfback, scored the first touch
Gown In the closing minutes of the
game that started the RamblerS off To
victory. few minutes later ne tossed
a pass that resulted in the second
score. Heaving long pass to O'Brien,
who came into the game to replace
Conley at right end, Schwartz puJ the
ball in position for the first touchdown
few seconds later. OBrien caught
the ball and stepped out of bounds on
Northwesterns 40-yard line. North
western then was penalized Is yards
Tor holding, and after Dan Hanley,
aGxy ia TtNv-
lost four yards, Schwartz went into
action. With his legs pumping under
him like pistons, Schwartz shot of his
own right tackle and sprinted 70 yards
to ercss Northwestern's goal.
wildcat Defense CrumpIes.
Carideo kicked the extra point from
placement, and the backbone of North
Westerns resistance started to crumple.
Notre Dame barely missed scoring in
the next two or three plays when
Schwartz threw a 20-yard pass to Con-
ley, who dropped the bali on North
Westerns 7-yard line, with a clear field
ahead Of him.
With less than three minutes to play,
Kassis intercepted the tail end Of
triple pass on Northwesterns 25-yard
line. After Hanley and OConnor had
made first down on the 13-yard line,
and then lost yard on three more
attempts, Schwartz suddenly whirled
and tossed a long pass to Conley who
stepped out of bounds on Northwest
ern's 1-yard line. Dan Hanley, no re-
lation whatsoever to the Northwestern
Hanleys, then crashed through center
for the second touchdown, with Carideo
again place-kicking for the extra point.
The statistics revealed that Notre
Dame made eight first downs to six
for Northwestern and made only 90
yards from scrimmage to ia for the
Wildcats. On passes however, the
Irish netted so yards, to none for
Northwestern, to give them total gains
of $50 yards to ia for the Wildcats.