Evening star., 1932-11-02

Gi-ydIO llQe.
At this point 81 minutes have slipped
away and Notre Dame has made IA first
Gowns TO Fits one. Only a Panther
oe4ehSe that was 10th valiant and
desperate has Eocked and Warded of
at least two touahdowns.
The Sudden Turn.
VOU have most OF the picture now
before you. Through 50 minutes
Notre Dame has been the aggressor.
has done all the threatening, has al
most completely dominated the field
The Pitt Panther still is facing a
lorlorn hope with the ball on his own
27-yard line. with an attack that has
netted only one first down all afternoon.
Then something happened, the most
amazing change I ever have seen on a
loot hall field. Long after midnight l
ia ked this charge over with a group of
ola Notre Dame stars and each had a
different answer
Fer within less than a minute of
actual PLAY PITT had two touchdowns
against team it could no more bulge
Tor 81 minutes than one of Singers
mlGget5 could push over an elephant.
Heller, yards around end-Sebastian
yards through Weinstock. IA
wards straight through the middle-and
here was Pitt on Notre Danes 45-yard
line-the first time the Panther had
crossed the center Of the field
Then the killing thrust-Sebastia
around Notre DANES right flank. as
big Kurth almost nailed him for a
three-yard loss, on to the sidelines by
two more green JERSEYS who bumped
him. on 10 the sideunes. a cut back
into the field, another hostile bump,
and then on across
A kickoff, Notre Dame pass, an
other Notre Dame pass, and Ted
Daley. one of Pitts able ends. is over
again after a smart. feinting. hip
twisting run Of some 20 yards-two Pitt
touchdoWns in seven plays consuming
50 seconds, with an attack that had
made one first down in the 50 preceding
minutes of indigo odds.
What Happened to Notre Dame?
WHAT psychological explosion-what
w sudden Wreckage of brain and
nerve components-what uneX-
pected spectre of defeat could turn a
well coached we'll drilled veteran out
fit Of stars into a complete rout, the
rOut of the baffied, the beWildered and
the beaten, in less than q minute of
play?
For when the crash came Notre Dame
still was the dominating team, the
fresher team, the more experienced
team and apparently the winning team
How could such well drilled, ex-
perienced and skillful unit disintegrate
SO quickly?
Giving all credit to Pitt for her de-
fensive courage and her defensive skill
and that final gallant thrust from the
darkness into the light, the counter at
tack that turned defeat or tie into
victory. offer three reasons:
Lack of field leadership such as
Notre Dame has known in the past, with
Stuhldreher and Walsh, with Carideo
and Moynahan.
2.-Too many individual stars who
had travelled too easy road up to
this game.
3.-The sudden realization in the
fourth quarter that four touchdown
marches had been halted and thrown
back and that the point-a-minute ma
chine was not even point-an-h hour
machine On this day.
4.-The stanchness and fortitude Of
Pittsburgh through So minutes, with
enough fame and fury left to strike
at the big moment against team that
had turned from encouragement to
despair and from despair to rout.
Hunk Anderson told me before the
game that his team, with over 80
plays, had missed only two assignments
ell year, remarkable showing. 1t
missed many all assignment against
Pitt, especially those involving Skladany
and Daley, Pitts two fine ends.
The Panther may have used his claws
and fangs on attack through only 60
seconds Of play, but the Panther's
heart was in the game through so
minutes of savage contest.
Notre Dame had everything with
which to win except the vital spark.
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