Evening star., 1935-11-03
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TRIPS OHIO STATE.
Shakespeare Hurls Notre
Dame to Decision After
Bucks Collapse.
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State at the goal line for touch
back, nullified the next aerial drive
engineered by Pilney from midheld,
but the Irish" refused to be dis
couraged. They swooped back 70 yards
through the air for second touch
down, with Pilney on the receiving
end of one long pass good for 81 yards
and tossing to Mike Layden, with
the ball on Ohio's Is, for the score.
Had Big Punch in Reserve.
XXALLY FRoMHART's failure to
w place-kick the extra point needed
to tie the score looked fatal. The end
Of the game was in sight, but Notre
Dame had one big punch left.
Aided by break" near midheld
where Henry Poiman, substitute CEN
ter, recovered tumble by Dick Beltz.
Ohio halfback, Pilney launched the
decisive drive with twisting 32-yard
run through broken field to Ohio's
19.
They carried Pilney off the field,
with pulled leg tendon, after he was
brought down fiercely by Ohio's tack
lers near the side line, but the Irish
had another sharpshooter to take his
place. Shakespeare, whose kicking
was big factor throughout the game
faded back to Ohios 38-yard line and
let go the pass that broke up the game
Millner looked to be well covered as
he raced into the end zone, but made
sensational catch for the third
Irish" touchdown.
Irish" Rooters Go Wild.
THE end of the game, a few minutes
later, touched off one of the wild
est demonstrations ever witnessed in
Ohio's huge stadium The thousands
of Notre Dame rooters in the vast
crowd poured down on the field to level
the goal posts, snake dance behind
their band and otherwise celebrate the
greatest triumph the fighting Irish"
have achieved since the abrupt end of
the great Knute Rocknes career after
an all-conquering 1880 season.
Notre Danes sixth straight victory
for the 1885 campaign was particu-
1arly sweet, not alone because of the
thrilling way it was gained. but be-
cause it lifts the gridiron prestige of
the fighting Irish" to the highest
level in five years. BY conquering
Ohio States powerhouse, which had
entertained high hopes of an unbeaten
season, Notre Dame flung its chal-
lenge for national championship
recognition, under the leadership of
Elmer Layden, one-time member of
the -Four Horsemen" and now the
head coach Of the Irish"
Rarely in foot ball history has the
tide of major gridiron battle turned
so swiftly and completely as it did
this afternoon in the c.. sing stages
of struggle between two previously
unbeaten aggregations.
Ohio State Starts Swiftly.
NOTRE DAME was completely out
played during the first half as
Ohio State rolled up 13 points, with
an impressive display of tactics and
manpower as well as defensive alert
ness. The passing attack that was so
effective in the final period for Notre
Dame was mainly boomerang in the
first two periods. Intercepted aerials
led to both Of Ohio States touch
downs, while the stalwart Buckeye
forwards, led by Capt. Conner Jones,
raised havoc with the Irish backfield.
The first Ohio tally was thriller,
Frank Antennuci, fullback, leaped
high to intercept Mike Laydens over
the-line pass as the Irish" pressed
an early charge into enemy territory.
Antennuci, surrounded by tacklers,
lateralled to Frank Boucher, who
picked up a swarm of blockers on
short notice and raced 72 yards down
the sideline for a touchdown.
Williams Gets Second Score.
PUMPING JOE WILLIAMS, Ohio
States climax runner" and the
home towns ball-carrying favorite,
burst through the Notre Dame line
from the 4-yard mark early in the
second quarter for the second touch
down as the Bucks paraded 81 yards.
Quarterback Stan Pincura set the
stage for this drive by intercepting
one Of Shakespeare's passes with
shoe-string catch.
Ohio's 13 points, combined with the
defensive ability Of the home teams
200-pound line, looked safe even when
Notre Dame came out with rush in
the second half. Notre Dame lost the
ball on downs on Ohio's IA after pene-
trating the 10-yard line with drive
featured by Steve Miller's 30-yard
dash. Soon afterward, Dick Heekin,
Ohio halfback, recovered tumble on
his own 3-yard line.
The Bucks thereafter went to pieces
under the devastating pressure of
Notre Danes comeback, led by the
whirling, twisting, passing Pilney.
Statistics Give Irish" Edge.
THE fighting Irish" completed only
two out of nine passes in the first
half, with three intercepted. But they
came back to complete out Of IL in
the last half for total gains of 1913
yards.
Pilney, on the throwing as well as
the receiving end, figured in all but
two Of the passing plays, besides gain
ing 95 yards from scrimmage on the
nine occasions he handled the ball.
The last-period surge gave Notre
Dame the statistical edge in all de-
partments. as well as the bah game.
The Irish" registered 13 first downs,
including II in the last half. as COM
pared to Ohio,s 10. They outrushed
the Bucks, 140 to 104. Through the air,
all told, Notre Dame completed 10 out
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