The Washington times., 1930-11-06
FAST BACKS
WILL TEST
IRISH

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Life, as the fellow says. Is Just
one uncertainty after another. AS
a matter Of fact In the fall Of the
year there are only three surefire
propositions - the core in an
apple, q cold after a haircut and
Notre Dame.
Yet it takes q little mental linn
bering up and considerable cour.
age today to again hang the gold
en- laurels on the Irish for this
Saturday they clash in Philadel-
phia with Penn as the beginning
Of q grand climax OF one OF the
toughest schedules in the history
of football. They have plunged
and passed and Carideoed their
way through Southern Methodist,
Navy, Carnegie Tech, Pittsburgh,
and Indiana and all they have lett
to pick on this season are such
ballroom successes as Penn, North
western, Army and Southern Cali
fornia.
A French Davis cup team hum
bles the best In America, the
Athletics down the Cardinals and
a Tunney smackS out a victory
over q Dempsey, but could they
do it once a week for seven, eight
or nine weeks? Notre Dame is
surely riding to a fall. There Is
no question about that-it'S the
| law of averages, and yet this
week does not appear to be the
one in which the victory-satiated
| lips Of Knute Rockne and his
ramblers are to taste the bitter
! cup Of defeat.
Penn scored . hardfOught
and well deserved victory over
Kansas after Coach Lud
Wray revamped his team fol.
lowing q 27.tO-0 setback by
wisconsin. Captain Dick
Gentle is one Of the fastest
backs in the country and
Graupner, Gette and Green
are worthy Of almost any
eleven Of the current season.
yet they are considerably
Outclassed in experience and
coaching, as well as weight,
by the stars Of Notre Dame.
The Penn outfit has shown i
lis q coming, developing machine
but the best than can be writer
of them from comparative rec
ords and man for man checkof1
| is they will furnish q thrilling
afternoon.
They surprised with their wiz
over the much-heralded jim
Bausch and the men from th'
plains Of Kansas and a Red ant
Blue triumph over the Irish. wh'
| will be at the peak Of their sea
son this week, would be the big
gest upset of the year. However
Columbia beat Cornell last week
so q Penn rise to the heights
isn't at all within the realm o
the impossible, but watch out 10
one thing. II Rockne is SeVerel
pressed by Penn look for a dec
dig in his old bag Of tricks
hitherto unrevealed pass, an oil
fake dressed up in 1880 moleskil
or merely the battling result Q
the use Of some play entirely Gil
ferent than called for on all tn
traditions Of the Rockne system
/ Rockne has come from behin'
before and snatched victory from
the enemy's outstretched hands
He has done 1t in New York
down South and in California
and he will probably do it agail
this season In q spectacula
fashion. possibly against Penn.
Michigan, which with
Illinois, invades the East this
j weekend. is favored to win
over Harvard at Cambridge,
while Zuppke's team, evidently
one Of his worst, is conceded
only . slight chance against
the Army in their New York
city tilt.
Harry Newman, q paSSer
good they compare him to Benn
Friedman, appears to be the bod
and soul as well Of the Wolverin
offensive, but maybe he is sue
a man nothing further is needed
after a tie start against Michiga'
State, the Ann Arbor outfit ha
come with a rush and Is undC
feated, while the Crimson ha
lost to both Army and Dar1
mouth and was tied by william
and Mary
Zuppke likes to win from th
East. He undoubtedly has trie
to point for the Cadets but h
has been like q man trying t
weave a straw hat out Of silkel
. threads. Army is reported cor
siderably handicapped by criI
pies and Major SaSse's supply Q
quarterback reserves Is Startlin
in its leanness. Still, the Arm
! rates a win without much trouble