Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-07
CANNOT SEE. HOW
It CAN WIN GAME
Scouts Assert Notre Dame
Has ManpoWer UnequaIed
in Any Other Squad.
BY II. C. BYRD.

4 Notre Dame IN the game
officially dedicating Notre
Danes new stadium holds the
center of the stage right now, as
far as this immediate section is
concerned. The game should be
one of the big contests of the
year, both from a standpoint of
attendance and the bearing it
may have on the ranking of
teams at the end of the season.
Notre Dame is the one school
played by both Navy and Army.
Navy has not yet won from Notre
Dame. It has played great foot ball at
times against Rockne's team, but never
has had the material, no matter how
good the coaching, to win. And the
chances are it does not have this year,
despite the fact that Rockne's team
will be playing under the handicap of
dedicating q stadium, which Is not
particularly helpful.
Those who saw Notre Dame play
Southern Methodist University last
week say that for man power they
equal Of that which wears Notre Dame
colors. AS one Navy man puts 1t, IT
don't see how anybody could expect us
to beat Notre Dame, considering the
material they have. The Navy, and no
other college that know of. has any
thing like 1t. They talk about Savoldi,
Notre Dame back, being substitute;
why he's one of the best backs I ever
saw. There Is not any back in this
part Of the world anywhere near his
equal"
Realizes It's Task.
However, despite the superiority that
Notre Dame has each year in the mat
ter Of material, the Navy always has
managed to make q wonderful showing
against 1t. Two years ago in Chicago
the Navy actually outplayed the South
Bend school in many respects, but lost
by one touchdown. There are some
that think the Navy has just as good
chance this year, although its material
does not seem to be as good as in some
previous seasons. However, the gen.
eral opinion, even at the Naval
Academy, Is that the Navy will do well
to hold Rockne's eleven to a close
score, and to win would be an attain
ment far greater than is looked for
Navy did not show very much against
William and Mary. It probably did not
intend to when it began the game,
holding back everything 1t could. The
showing against william and Mary
was not indicative of Nays real power,
and it may be that the few who think
Navy has a better chance than ever
against Notre Dame are more nearly
on the right track than the many who
are Of the opinion that Notre Dame is
likely to win by two touchdowns Any
way, the Navy-Notre Dame games al
ways are hard fought, are interesting
and well worthy of the great interest
that centers in them.
More and more it seems that south
ern schools are scheduling games with
northern institutions, and this week
more of the elevens that have their
homes below the Mason-Dixon line
journey North. Georgia goes to Yale,
and many there are who think that the
Southern Bulldog will get a strange
hold on his northern brother and put
him out of business. It is not a secret
that Georgia feels 1t has a great eleven
and that It has better chance to beat
Yale than 1t had last season. when it
won by Is to o. Yale wants to clean
up Georgia If 1t Is humanity possible,
but it may have its hands full, prob
ably will.
Georgia Tech comes this way for a
meeting with Carnegie Tech at Pitts
burgh. The contest ought to be pretty
even. with possibly some little margin
In favor Of Carnegie Tech. People
familiar with the Georgia Tech eleven
think 1t has an even break, to win.
Tough for Dixie Teams.
In the other two contests in which
Southern schools face Northern oppo-
nents, the odds are all In favor Of the
Northern teams. Virginia journeys to
Philadelphia to face Pennsylvania, but
after its 32-to-0 defeat at the hands Of
Duke there are few who would concede
1t anything more than a very slim
outside chance to win from Penn.
Hampden-Sidney plays Cornell at
Ithaca in the other game, which 1t Is
hardly more than a set-up for Cornell.
Big games are listed In every sec
kinn of the country this week and will