Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-11
WILDCATS TWICE
IN GOAL s SHADOW
Irish, Beset by FumbIes and
Mud, Gain More Ground
Than Opponents.
BY PAUL NICHOLSON,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

OLOAEH FIELD, chicago, Oc-
tober 10.-Rain, mud and a
- great Northwestern team
conSpired to stop Notre
Danes famous victory march of
foot ball at 20 straight conquests
before an excited throng of u.s.
900 spectators at Soldier Field to-
day.
The fighting Irish" carrying on for
their departed Knute Rockne, weren't
beaten in their valiant bid to establish
new winning streak but were held
to scoreless tie, q result which was
almost as precious TO the white shirted
giants from Northwestern
OF the two teams, evenly matched
In all departments, but stopped by the
almost constant deluge which churned
the battlefield into q veritable quagmire,
it was Northwestern which came the
closest to victory-not Notre Dame.
Twice in Goals Shadow.
Twice, the Wildcats marched, on the
break of fumbleS, to within the
shadows of the Notre Dame goal line
only to be turned back. Once, the
Wildcats hammered through to the
Notre Dame courtyard line only to
miss their first down by the heart
breaking margin of one foot. A few
minutes later, in the same second Pc
Rod, they rushed to the five-yard stripe
only to see their golden opportunity
float away on an incompleted pass over
the goal line.
The Northwestern 20-yard line was
the limit of the Notre Dame foot ball
travels today. Three times, the fight
ing Irish" get TO that point-once
when Hoffman, smashed through to
block Ollie Olson's kicks; again when
the Irish clicked of a pretty lateral
offensive with Mike Koken and big
George Melinkovich, substitute backs,
Olson's punt popped up in the air and
landed dead on his own 20-yard
marker. But they could bulge the
Wildcat line no farther.
10 Funmbles Mar Game
Nineteen fumbles marred the game
and gave the two teams chances during
the frenzied battle for that precious
touchdown, but the punting duel be-
tween March Schwartz and Olson made
spectators forget about those mistakes.
The two, realizing the game might be
wen or lost on the break Of q tumble,
kicked frequently and thrilled the rain
soaked throng. Despite the wet, muddy
ball, and the treacherous greensward
these two punters sent the oval on its
way with remarkable accuracy and dis
lance. One Of Schwartzs boots trav-
eled II yards, counting the short roll,
while Olson sent his spinning so, so
and IS yards
Statistics gave Notre Dame a slight
edge in the game despite the two big
| Wildcat threats that were almost
cashed in The raiders from South
Bend made 106 yards from scrimmage
to 81 by their rivals and piled up six
first downs to Northwestern's three.
Fumbling was about even but North
western recovered nine muffs to six by
the Irish. Not a single pass was COM
pleted and only one was intercepted
and that one by Notre Dame deep in
its own territory.
Halls Winning Streak.
Today's result stopped the second
great Notre Dame march in history al
most ten years to the day that first
string of 20 was snapped by Iowa's
great team of Duke Slater and Aubrey
Devine. But the Hawks turned their
trick with 10-to-7 victory.
Notre Danes latest victory, which
Knute Rockne's team started in 1929
with a 14-to-0 triumph over Indiana.
reached 20 last week when Notre Dame.
playing its first game without the old
masters strategy, defeated Indiana, 25
to 0. But like the victory march of a
decade ago, the string was again broken
at 20.
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