Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-23
IRISH WERE UPSET
BY REVERSE RUNS
Pass to Tackle Also Held
Vital PIay-MohIer Picks
Goal Kicker.
BY FRANCIS J. POWERS.

geous and winning fight
Southern California made against
Notre Dame, when the TrojanS
shattered the CoSsackS' long run
of victories, it's the fact that the
Irish were partially to blame for
their defeat.
Going into the fourth period
with lead of two touchdownS,
Notre Dame seemed a bit too con-
tent with its position and under
estimated the fighting qualities of
the Trojans. Then, when the
Southern California attack began
to develop, Notre Dame assisted in
it's own defeat by interference
plays that were patent to all spec
tators and quite unnecessary.
There is an opinion, also that the
Notre Dame coaches were too easily
satisfied with their lead and they have
been criticized for having Joe Kurth
and Nordoff Hoffman, the two out
standing men on the Irish, out of the
game and ineligible for return when the
Trojan onslaught reached its peak.
Howard Jones Unanswered his players
with splendid judgment and in that de-
tail won a distinct edge over the Notre
Dame leaders.
Sparling'S Runs Turned Tide.
Every game has its turning point,
and coming back on the Southern Cali
fornia special the Trojan players ex-
YOraccaS fhn hplipf that II Raw
Sparling's reverse runs that turned the
tide. Sparling's play is not an end
around run for the big wingman drops
into the backfield and assumes the
duties of a halfback. He is a fine,
powerful runner, and against Notre
Dame he was given some excellent in
reference.
Another vital play in the game was
the pass caught by Bob Hall, the veteran
tackle. It seemed tina: Notre Dame
lost sight of the fact Tilat Hall had be-
come eligible to receive pass ana ne
was quite in the clear when he took
Shaver's throw. The injury OF Jim
Musick also seemed to inspire the Tro-
jans and the combination OF circum-
stances made them unacceptable through
the fourth period.
down went over the goal line and the
sore stood IA to 13. Howard Jones
was in a blue fog. The thought up
permost In his mind was that Southern
California appeared headed for anothN
one-point beating and that would ma
made four taken from the HANDS oil
Notre Dame But the Trojan players
saw that after pulling up within one
point of the Irish they all felt quite
Orv Moi1se ks flash Of the Trojan
backfield, L.seiTes much credit for
winning the same, although he was
unable to gain consistently against the
Irish. When it became evident 'ha "a.
a field goal was the only avenue by
which Trey could win, Howard Jones
started Homer. Griffith, a clever drop
kicker. into the game. but Mohler
shooed him of the field end called
Johnny Baker back from place KICK.
Bakers kick not only was perfect, out
carried enough force to have cleared
the bars from 40 yards.
Schwartz Best Back in Game.
When all the arguments have been
shelved Marchie Schwartz still will be
rated the best back in that game.
He was the one man who could con,
sistently gain against the powerful
Trojan defense and the Notre Dame
ouarterbacks may be criticized for not
using him more often. Schwartz car
ried the ball 10 times for an average
gain of 45-9 yards and seldom was
stopped without some sort OF an al
vance. Marchie also did fine JOB OF
passing and blocking. but his puntlng
was MT up to the standard set in the
Northwestern, Pitt and Carnegie Teen
games.
Second to Schwartz was Gaius
Shaver the Trojan quarter and 1uli
back. He plays both positions well ana
is quite capable as field general
Shaver is a good, strong runner anq
showed excellent blocking power against
Notre Dame, the best passer on the
team 1t was his fine throw that
helped Troy to it's second touchdown.
A senior, Howard Jones, rater SHAVER
as one of the most valuable men on
the Southern California team. IneIe
Is no discounting the blocking ability
of Ernie Pinckert, but he is not GOOD
ball carrier and does not pass or punt:
Shaver must be rated as the pest OF
the Trojan backs
Outstanding on the line were Joe
Kurth. the Notre Dame tackle, ana
Johnny Baker, the Trojan guard. II
was Kurth who blocked Bakers KICK
after the first touchdown, and Tor
time it appeared that effort would give
Notre Dame the margin OF victory.
Kurth also made many forays through
the Trojan line to tackle runners before
PLAYS were we'll under way. Baker S
field goal obviously mace MN the nero
of Troy, but his line play was ire
mendous.
No Big Ten Upsets.
In the Western Conference there
were no upsets Northwestern plowed
through a muddy field to beat Iowa
with ease. Bill Carroll and Carl
Cramer staked a track meet when Ohio
State pounded Illinois, 40 to o. That Is
the worst defeat Bob Zuppke ever has
taken at Illinois Purdue hit fast
stride to beat Indiana by three touch
downs.
Michigan's six-man line was the pre-
scription needed TO stop Jack Manders.
the powerful Minnesota fullback. With
Manders halted, Michigan pursued a
plan of kicking on third down and kept
the Gophers back in their own terri
tory The wolverines won when Bill
Hewitt broke around end for 56-yard
run 20 touchdown.
Chicago was obliged to sacrifice an
early lead when Mickey MCGUIRE ran
80 and IS yards to put Wisconsin ahead.
Neither team displayed much power,
but Wisconsin obviously was the SUI
perior combination