The Washington times., 1935-10-31
Irish Bank
On Better
uniting
By FRANK "BUCK" O'NEILL

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Ohio States Scarlet Scourge on
Saturday diSsents from the gen
eral opinion that Notre Dame is
in for a beating on Saturday in
Columbus.
He sees the man power and
kicking strength of the RamblerS
as an offset to the scoring power
Of the Buckeyes, hailed by many
as one of the teams of teams
Of all time
However, the house of North
western is not without difference
of opinion on this impending
battle of TitanS. Bert Ingwersen,
who secuted the Buckeyes in
several games doubts that any
time, even Layden's machine can
withstand the power and deft-
ness of Ohio State.
Waldorf points out, however,
that in the Northwestern.Oh Ohio
game the Purple tackles outplayed
the Ohio men with something to
spare. He stresses the point that
if the Northwestern ends had
blocked with greater power, the
result Of the game might have
been different.
Line Improves
The statement is made by others
connected with Northwestern that
the Purple line improved greatly
in a week and held Minnesota. #
Northwestern had played Mime
sofa first and Ohio State second
in this Series-admitting that
same improvement could be
worked-Ohio might not have had
its three touchdown edge.
There can be no appeal from
the statement that Notre Dame is
better equipped in punting.. Led
by Bill Shakespeare, the Irish
have a splendid corps of kickers.
Shakespeare made a brief stand
in the game against Navy. He
made one kick of approximately
80 yards.
Elmer Layden doubtless re.
Geved Shakespeare from duty
against Navy to save him for
Ohio State. Any boy who can
boot them as this Bard of Staten
Island booted against Pittsburgh
and the Midshipmen is not to be
risked in a game where the score
and all conditions sanctioned his
being held on the bench.
Shakespeare kept Navy on its
own side of midfield in that first
period, and in the second quar-.
ter the Irish struck to score
enough points to make the day
safe.
Ohio State has no kicker who
compares to Shakespeare. ALI
son Danzig, one of the leading
football writer's of this country,
says that Kabealo, the best kicker
of the Bucks is not good enough
in running and defensive work to
win a regular berth on the team.
Figures In Wins
Ground gained by punting Is
not included in the conventional
statistical reports printed in
newspapers. But such ground
figures in the winning of foot
ball games. If a team can
slowly drive a rival back into his
own territory, and keep him there
by clever booting, sooner or later
it will get the ball within strik.
ing distance.
It takes lot of running power
to offset a driving punter of the
Shakespeare type, and even the
legerdemain of Ohio may fail in
its assignment.
Personally the writer believes
that the Scarlet Scourge" will
defeat Notre Dame, but the mar.
gin will be narrow-if indeed
there is even the slightest mar
gin.
Conceding that Notre Dame
has a beautiful passing game,
great punter and a rugged, heavy
line of driving ground hogs, it
will have to improve on it's per-
formance against Navy in some
departments. Notre Dame will
pay severe penalties for fumbles
in the scoring zone against Ohio,
if all we hear of the Columbus
team be true.
Turn loose two such fireballs
as Jumping" Joe williams and
Tippy Dye inside of the 40-yard
line and any defense will be put
t. the test. Dick Heekin, a 200
FOUNDER who refuses to compro-
mise on the subject of being
stopped without gain, will be
tough to hold in check.
Crack Center
Francis Schmidt, coach of the
Scarlet follows the Michigan
school in the matter of select
ing his centerS, and this year
he has one of the best in the
land. They tell me that Conner
Jones, captain of the Buckeyes is
a sure-fire all-America player.
He is as fast and as sure in
his tackling as Lou Robertshaw,
Navy'S captain. He hits hard
and he refuses to be fooled.
This battle of the Irish and
the Buckeyes will result in a
test of manpower. Notre Dame
showed plenty of reserve strength
against Navy. It's backs go four
deep in vital positions, and its
line is three deep without appre-
ciable loss Of power.
But what of Ohio State? They
tell us that Francis Schmidt can
put three lines of 200 Founders
on the field, and his backs