The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-24
.NOTRE DAME IS WORN OUT FROM
 HARD SCHEDULE.
Strong Defense, Breaks Only Chance for Irish"
 Tomorrow
BY HENRY McLEMORE (United Press Stan Correspondent

BY HENRY McLEMORE
 (United Press Stan Correspondent)
 South Bend, Ind, Nov. 24.--(UP) The thing scenario writers and novelisss term the spirit of Notre Darne'' was being summoned today on this prairie campus.
 Tomorrow, for the first time this season, the ter whose reputation across the years has rested on its ability to battle, will be called upon to fight uphill.
 Southern California is on its way Even now the burly men from Los Angeles are taking their final work out on the University of Illinois field at nearby Champaign, and the Irish here are digging in.
 A year ago, on the coast, the Tro- jans defeated Notre Dame 13 to 0 to spoil the first Irish chance for @ perfect season since Rockne's all- conquering team of 1880. Now, a year later, the Californians come to South Bend with a chance for an unbeaten year
 They come with practically the same eleven that rolled over all home opposition last year. Three deep in the key spots of the back field, two deep in the line. Big, fast, smart, resourceful. Southern Call fornia has no genuine weakness. It is a club so good that tile men who earned 1t $l00000 victory over Duke in the Rose Bowl last New Years day-Doyle Nave and Al Krueger-are listed as second stringers.
 Spirit Willing, But Flesh Is Weak
 What has Notre Dame to throw against such tidal wave of power? Well, there's the spirit of this school. for one thing. And there Is a dog tired, worn out eleven for another. It isn't possible for boys to play Purdue, Georgia Tech, Southern Methodist, Navy, Carnegie Tech. Army, Iowa and Northwestern on successive Saturdays and not get pretty weary. Not only weary, but banged up a bit. The two regular tackles, Tad Harvey and Tom Gall lagher. are black and blue from haircut to heel, and their teammates, almost without exception, are frayed around the edges.
 But Notre Dame will shop up, don't worry about that, and so will the second capacity crowd in the 10-year history of Notre Dame sta- dium. The o6,0O0 seats have been peddled long ago, and 100000 tickets would not have been more than enough to accommodate the re- quests. Today this town was filling up as trains and planes came in from all over the country. You couldn't get hotel room for love or money. and the restaurants were dusting of the s. R. o. signs
 Able Defense
 Against Southern Gals offensive brilliance Notre Dame will throw defense that has yielded but 826 yards to the combined rushing ef- forts of the eight tough opponents 1t has played since the start Of the season. What Notre Dame will offer against the pass attack Of Doyle Nave is not known. Notre Dame men are HopHB lt VIII pc SometnlDB different from the weak aerial de- lenses the team has shown 50 far
 Tn it's own behalf Notre Dame is expected to start a backfeld of Sit- ko, Stevenson, zontini and Thesing, and to keep It. major threat, Milt Piepul, in reserve. Piepul would start instead of Thesing were 1t not for the fact that Notre Dame has a policy that calls for seniors in the ssarting lineup Of the final game. and Thesing is a last year man and riepul has another year to go.
 Notre Danes attack will move along the ground. The Irish have marced more than mile in eight games, but have yet to show a scor- ing punch up close.