The guardian., 1940-11-16

PRESS BOX, FEM w A - New
"Notre Dame" barely won
q 21-O football thriller from battling
Boston U. here last Saturday before
$4,000. And one of the three touch
downs was a gift.
THOMAS TREMENDOUS
Standing out like a sore thumb, was
Charlie "Chuck" Thomas, 155lb. Boston
University Junior from Dayton, Ohio;
Charlie Cremins, 156 lb Blu. watch
charm guard; Sid Michaels, the best
center on the field and practically the
whole B. U. team. As for Thomas he
was tremendous and tough.
Thomas took all of the B. c. crash
ing blocks and then had B. c. adher-
ents frightened. He took the second
half B. c. kickoff from his to the
80 nearly breaking clear. He shot
thru the big B. c. wall for 7 yds and
when Salvati was stopt Thomas got
thru for a first down. He threw bullet
running passes for more. He stopt
B. c. ball carriers. He was great.
LOU OPENS DRIVE
Against the Hoyas of Georgetown,
B. c. will have to show more power
than was evident against B. U. be-
cause Boston U. really held B. c..
scoreless in the first quarter and B. c.
could not score until Lightning Lou"
Montgomery made his debut in the
second. During this fruitful session
there was a gift pass interception
touchdown for B. C. but Lou spear
headed the drive for the first earned
touchdown. looming for a series of
first downs, the Brockton Bomber COM
pressed the B. Z. defenders sufficiently
to allow successful passing by Con
nally. A pass, Connally to Currivan.
followed by lateral to Montgomery
carried to the Terrier three-yd stripe
and Holvac carried it over. That was
that
MITCHELL STARS
Overlooking the game from high up
in the Fenway Park press box, your
thoughts went back to a
H. S. grid duo Of Mitchell
and Thomas, boys well remembered
by GUARDIAN fans.
Here against Boston College, an
other Thomas-Mitchell combination
sprang into action and both boys will
be back for B. u. next season.
Howard Mitchell, the red headed
185lb. colored sophomore from Indian
apolis, and a converted halfback,
simply refused to be awed by the
gigantic B. c. forward wall. When
the Eagles got rough, so did Mitchell.
Mitchell caught some brilliant passes
from Thomas and he made low shoe
string catch of another first down pass
from Salvati. whether your dailies
will tell you these facts or not, here
they are). By cutting back Mitchell
cut down Charlie O'Rourke who was
headed for a touchdown. He looks
good, this Howie Mitchell!
EAGLES UNDER-RATE LOU
Just as Sports editor George Skelly
and the writer predicted in your
GUARDIAN last week, the colored
trio of Montgomery, Thomas and
made this years B. C.-B. U.
Hub City championship fray brim full
Of thrills and color. They practically
put over the show whereas their alb
sence might have meant just another
ball game. Certainly Montgomery
equalled and surpassed the individual
showmanship of Charlie O'Rourke. I
noticed every time Montgomery took
the ball practically $4,000 persons
stood up as if fascinated by what he
might do with it. This is what UCLA
used to good advantage with Kenney
Washington and Jackie Robinson.
This is what B. C. has failed to take
of and it has cost B. C. her
big game attendance figures here in
Boston. For which, B. c. can only
blame herself.