Evening star., 1939-10-29
Irish Nab tumble, Run to Tally,
Then Take 10 Battle When
Plaid Misses Extra Point

SODerly-neltner team made q SIN.
gle down up to the haH-this one
packed . bumper crop Of excite
ment in the second half, when the
two defenses appeared to tire under
the punishment and the backfields
ran wild.
The only thing that resembled a
score in the initial half came after
only few minutes Of play, when
Merlyn Condit Of Carnegie got away
on q sparkling 31-yard run to Notre
Danes IA and Muha tried to place.
kick q field goal from the 10. The
ball went far wide of It's mark.
Thereafter the South Benders
kept pushing the Tartans back and
back toward their goal posts and
what finally happened was newt
able. About midway Of the third
quarter Condit tried a sweeping end
run deep in Carnegie territory, and
when he was struck by about three
Irish" tacklers at once the sphere
bounced high in the air.
Kerr Races to Irish" Score.
Bill Kerr, Notre Dame left end
and outstanding all-America can
didate, grabbed the flying ball like
an outf1elder and raced 10 yards
into the end zone without a hand
brushing him. Zontini's placement,
with Steve Sitko holding, couldn',
have split the posts more perfectly
if a surveyor had been helping.
The Irish" started their only
sustained march of the game early
in the final quarter and, with Sher-
idan, Thesing and Crimmins alter
mating in shots at the Carnegie Tech
line, went from their own 4O-yard
line down to Carnegie's II before
the Skibos finally braced and held
And then the Skibos started some
thing. Condit and Muha, a pair
OF great running backs, fairly took
the Irish" defense to pieces. Con-
dit first darted of tackle and fec
As yards before he was pulled down
from behind. Then he and Muha
slugged out two more first downs tc
Notre Danes 10, leaving bruised
tacklers in their wake.
Condit Crosses for Plaid.
Here Condit tried his first pass
OF the long drive. 1t went wild ano
was partially blocked by an Irish
lineman, but it finally came dowr
in the arms of Fullback Geralo
White, who plowed on to the g.
yard stripe before he was downed
On the third try Condit dived across
the Notre Dame goal from the /.
yard line.
The Carnegie team took time ou,
and cogitated considerably before
they went after the extra point
That Irish" jinx must have hac
them worried. Condit, who helc
the ball, must have been a little
too careful. Muha probably made 6
little too sure. Anyway. when he
finally put his foot to the pigskir
Mcintyre was on top of the ball
smothering it against his broac
chest.
The Carnegie cheering section
groaned as the ball went bouncins
back down the field, to be covered
by a swarm Of Notre Dame players
The clock at the end of the stadium
said just little over three minutes
remained, and that wasn't time
enough.
Four First Downs by Each.
Desperately the Techs threv
passes in the final minutes, ever
passing on fourth down within thei
own 30. but the South Bend team
was not to be thwarted. They froz'
to the ball for the last minute O
the game.
Each team made four first downs
all of Techs coming in the cours'
OF its touchdown drive. Total yard
gained were 160 for Notre Dame
l57 for Carnegie. 1t was that close