Evening star., 1936-10-30

ing members OF the we were
~ Beaten by Pittsburgh Club"
also play game of foot ball at South
Bend tomorrow.
This second meeting of the Buckeyes
and irish is without the fanfare that
surrounded the game at Columbus last
year, when Notre Danes sensational
finish knocked Ohio out of a partial
claim to the national championship.
But the game is not lacking IN interest,
and $1,000 will sit down in the tidy
red-brick stadium that Knute Rockne
built; the first complete sellout in the
seven-year history of the bowl. Every
seat was sold weeks ago at S4.40, SO
j. Arthur Haley, the Notre Dame man
of business, will be happy if Elmer
Layden is not.
Pittsburgh is the only mutual op-
ponent the Irish and Buckeyes have
played to date. Pitt defeated Ohio, 6
to 0, and Notre Dame, 26 to 0, so dope
sters are making the Buckeyes heavy
favoriteS. However, the comparison is
not altogether accurate. Pittsburgh
was a better team the day it won from
Notre Dame.
Beaten by Better Pitt.
THE spirit of Panther-Irish games
always is more militant than Pitt
Ohio duels, and when Pittsburgh won
from the Buckeyes it had no Duquesne
defeat to avenge. Pittsburgh beat Ohio
without throwing pass The a:rlanes
were utilized with some success against
Notre Dame.
Notre Dame will meet an Ohio team
that has improved since its Pittsburgh
game. Against the Panther the
Ohioans had little or no running game
and relied chiefly on the razzle-dazzle
of passes. Ohio lost to Northwestern
for much the same reason; failure of
lateral pass plays. Against Indiana.
tough defensive team, the Buckeyes
displayed a running attack for the
first time this season. Forty-three OF
Ohio's 70-yard touchdown marches
against Indiana were made through
the tackles on drives by Mcdonald and
Mike Kabealo.
If Ohio State uses the raZzle dazzle
as a corollary of its running game,
it likely will solve the Notre Dame
defense, for Williams, Dye, Mcdonald,
Booth, Bettridge, Kabealo, Rabb and
Wedebrook have tremendous speed and
there has been an improvement of
their running power. The Buckeyes
have the better line; that much was
proved by the Pittsburgh games. De-
velopment of Schoenbaum, the huge
sophomore right tackle, has strength
ened Ohio's defense and the Irish
will find it more difficult to gain
through that position than did the
Panthers and Northwestern.
Bucks Left Flank Sturdy.
THE left side of the Buckeye line,
where Wendt, Hammrick and
Smith hold forth, is almost impreg-
nable and, after the first few min
utes, Northwestern left that sector
strictly alone.
Notre Danes offense that swept
over Carnegie Tech, Washington and
Wisconsin. failed SO completely
against Pittsburgh it is difficult to
conjecture what the Irish can do
against the rugged Ohio line and
such powerful hackers as Mcdonald
and Wolfe. Likely the Irish will find
the airlanes the easiest avenue of
advance, for the Buckeyes still are
vulnerable on pass defense.
Notre Danes chances for victory
depend largely upon the physical and
mental recovery from the Pittsburgh
game. in which the Irish took ter
rife beating Ohio has centered its
aim on this game far more than
Notre Dame has been able to do, and
insofar as Buckeye followers are con-
cerned, victory Saturday will fully
compensate for the losses to Pittsburgh
and Northwestern. Notre Dame has
a habit of rallying after defeat and,
with Big Ten team in front, it has
an added incentive. Ohio State was
q favorite over the Irish last season
and should be again, but there is no
overconfidence among the Buckeyes.
They still remember that Notre Dame
finish in the gathering shadows of
Ohio Field lust one year ago.