Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-09
POWER AND SPIRIT
MARK TEAMS PLAY
Real Strength of Irish Is
UnknoWn-Rentne Great
Back for Wildcats.
BY FRANCIS ]. POWERS.

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~ set of the season, Notre
Dame by now has achieved
a perfection Of play equaled by few
tsams in the history of foot ball.
Behind almost perfect blocking
that extends far down f1eld-of
the first. second and third string
lines, one Notre Dame back runs
almost as we'll as another, and in
results there seems to be no
great difference between March
mont Schwartz, the famous star
ard Frank Labourne, the sopho-
more striving for his first atoms
OF fame.
! Pittsburgh, Carnegie Tech Drake or
: pennsylvania; they are all tie same. No
one can surmise the score Notre Dame
might make if Hsartley Anderson were
willing tc sacrifice an opponent to the
full fury Of the CcssackS for an entire
game Pennsylvania was a team that
came out of the East unbeaten and in
the minds of many, with chance to
play the IRISH a close game. Penn may
be a good foot ball team. Those who
saw it against Notre Dame had little
oppc rtunity to Judge. For it was broken
on the irish spears and In full flight
before a quarter WIS finished. Notre
Dame should not be the yardstick by
which mortals are measured.
Great Power in Line.
In comparison with the national
AtAkH 80
,sNotre Dame team has more great line
men and more backs with all-around
skill. The power of the line recon-
rsns-s the less Of Ceriteo's cunning and
Brills hlockinr end opens roads that
ere the kinr's highways of foct ball
And Hoffman. who succeeded Bert
HEetsg-r at right guard, has gone far
beyond the mighty midget. He has all
the speed and ruthlessness of Met2ger
end carries so pounds more weight than
Bertrarn ever mustered.
Hoffman is one Of the great guards
Of the year Mention any guard assign
nfent and Hoffman will Go it just
little better than any possible rival. A
..year ago AL Culver was regular tackle
on Rockne's team now he is second
istringsr
:: From end to end, through. the first.
second and third lines there's not a
leak or weakness. Behind that sort of
wall any good back can run and the
Irish backs do. Notre Dame scored
seven touchdowns against Pennsylvania
and seven different men were the
authors. year ago the forward pass
was not major weapon in Notre
Danes scoring plays Now Notre Dame
uses the air frequently and with eff
feet. Andersof1s team not only Is pow
..crful, but versatile.
:; Penn Never Had Chance.
/. Pennsylvania was at an obvious dis
ADVANTAGE with Capt. Paul Riblett, its
ssstar end. out Of the game. But one
..nan could not have altered the out
come. Outchareed both extensively and
defensively, Penn never had q chance.
Carl Perfna fought valiantly, as did
Robinson at center; men against 30.
Pennsylvania plays operated TOO
slowly. Spinners were crushed before
the BAH carrier reached the line Of
scrimmage Reverses were hurled for
losses and tackle plays smashed to
splinters. Pennsylvania made only 50
yards from scrimmage and the air was
its best avenue, for the stratosphere
was not filled with Koskys. hurtns,
ffoffmans and Sheeketskis stu rem
may not lose another game this season
for It meets no other roe Comparable
While Notre Dame was Sacking
Pennsylvania, Northwestern was giving
its followers an illustration OF the ngnt-
ing spirit possessed by every real cham
p.on. No front runners, those wildcats,
trailing, IA to 0, before the first period
vas finished Northwestern fought back
70 score 80 points against a Minnesota
team that was far better than ever an
ticipatsd.
Rentner Flaming Halfback.
Ernest Rentner. the Wildcats flaming
falfback, was the man who drove
Northwestern to victory. Unable 70
pass because of a broken thumb that
was incased in q drum splint, Rentner
still could carry the ball. His 95.yaro
return of the kickoff for touchdown,
to open the third period, and 7O-yaro
scoring dash after catching punt IN
the fourth quarter, were TWO OF the
greatest runs of the season.
When Rentner left the game, late IN
the final period Northwestern ana
Minnesota followers alike arose TO give
him the most thunderous ovation tnat
has echoed across the midlands since
Harold Grange made his last coileslaIe
run.
PLAYING as sensationally as RentneI
was Clarence Mum, the Gophers' cap
tain and right guard. He blocked pow
erf,lllv for Manders and Somers When
the Gophers were on their way 10 score,
he punted and passed ana carried Ine
hall and recovered Olson's Tumble tna'
payed the way for a touchdown. on
defense he was Just as heroic.
MICHIGAN completed only two out OF
IL forward passes against Indiana, but
both went for touchdowns. as the VOL
yerines rolled up the largest score ever
made against a conference Zoe IN tnt
new Ann Arbor bowl. Bob Zuppkt
almost staged his upset when Illinois
held wisconsin to point victory.
Ledbetter Backs Chicago.
Just when Chicago was cheering fol
its first victory OF the season against
a major opponent young fellow named
Iedbetter started driving from full
hack and his charges gave Arkansas
two touchdow7s and tie with the
Maroons Ohio States three touch
downs against Navy were all MADE pJ
ends; one a forward pass, one on q
blocked kick and the other on an in
tercepted pass The Buckeyes, led pJ
Carl Kramer, were superior to Tho
Sailors, but could not make their run
ming game score.
Nebraska's superiority over Iowa wa:
greater than its single touchdown in
dictates, but the Hawkeyes put up
great battle and are showing an i'm
proved defense from week TO week
Purdue slaughtered Centenary. tina
came forth TO annihiate the Boiler
makers.
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