Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-10
Saggau on Last Down
Fakes Pass, Goes 7
To Big Irish Tally
GeIbert's Dash Gets Score
For Tors, Who Generally
outpIay South Blenders
By FRANCIS E. STAN,
star staff Correspondent.

stage a 78-yard t0uCn10Wn QrlVe
to get a 13-to-7 victory.
A capacity crowd of $1,000 damned
into Baltimore Stadium to see
thriller and they were not disap-
pointed as one of the better Navy
teams carried the fight to the highly
touted South Bend eleven and, as
they did against Pennsylvania last
week. win everything except the
ball game.
After posing for more than three
periods as a study in futility, Navy
overcame Notre Danes 60 lead on
a brilliant 40-yard run by Halfback
Wesley Gebert and forged ahead,
7-6, when Little Bob Leonard, re-
serve back, who earlier in the game
had missed a field goal, jumped from
the bench and place-kicked the
extra point.
Late Notre Dame Drive Tells.
The pro-Navy crowd was still
cheering when Notfe Dame took the
kickoff and went to work In that
dramatic last period. With passes
and ground thrusts, the Irish began
on their % and did not stop until
Halfback Bob Saggau of Denison,
Iowa, Skirted his own right end on
fourth down for yards and the
winning touchdown.
On the statistics sheet, Navy, like
Army week ago, was a better team
than Notre Dame. The MidShipmen
rolled up Is first downs to g. They
rushed to 1853 net yards to SIS and,
Notwithstanding Notre Danes edge
in passing, 100 yards to so, had a
clear-cut, overall edge on the
figures sheet. But, when it was over,
Notre Dame still was riding with
the Nations dWindling list of united
and unbeaten teams and in pos
session of its eleventh victory in IA
games with the Naval Academy.
Never able to do much with the
stout sailor line, Notre Dame got off
in front late in the opening quarter
when Saggau faded back to Navy S
33-yard line and shot a long pass
to Left End Bob Dove, who outran
the Nays secondary and unmo-
Tested took the ball across the goal
line.
Navy Takes Command.
Capt. Milt Piepul, the all-America
candidate who was stopped cold by
Army, had his try for the extra
point blocked and. later, it began to
look as if this would be a costly
miss
After this one aerial thrust Navy
took command of the game. That
is, up to the last minutes. But in
the long interim it strictly was a de-
fensive stand which was staged by
the Fighting Irish and had it not
been for Nays singular suscepti-
bility to passes Notre Dame might
have been on the defense all after
noon.
Early in the second period Navy
started from its 40. Sherwood Wer-
ner passed to End Bob Zoeller, who
zig-zagged to Notre Danes 26 and
almost scored. Dove brought him
down from behind when he had a
clear field ahead. On a fake re-
verse Gebert broke loose and ran
to Notre Danes 8. Two plays later
Werner reached the 5, but two more
line thrusts lost ground and the
Irish took the ball on their own 9.
Tars' Drives Fail.
While the Navy adherents still
were groaning, fate slipped the Mid
dies one of the few breaks they got
all day. On the first play Piepul
fJImbled and Werner recovered for
the Annapolis eleven on the Is. This
time Navy tried passing, but three
attempts lost ground as the Irish
line charged the throwers and
Leonard came from the sidelines to
try a field goal with the line of
scrimmage on the "a. His kick was
close, but a trifle too wide and low
Navy was the aggressor again in
< the third period, least eventful OF
the game Taking poor punt by
Saggau on Notre Danes al, the mid
sh1pmen banged deep into enemy
territory but Bill Busik, great
punter all day, fumbled and Notre
Dame recovered.
There was a week of football rolled
into the final Is minutes. Inspired
Nays Gebert took punt and car
ried it to his own 49, Then he
passed to Substitute End Wang
gard, a 155-pounder, to put the ball
on Notre Danes 46. Werner took
the ball next and ran to the IS.
Gebert Dashes to Score.
Gebert, Sammy Boothe and Wer-
ner blasted at the center of the
Notre Dame line, which seemed to
be crumblng badly. Not until Navy
made first down on the 8 did the
Irish begin to fight and they just
had enough to make IT. After three
certer-o -the-hne thrusts which
carried Navy to the 3-yard line, &C.
bert tried to skirt his left end and
failed to score by less than yard.
YEARLY, Notre Dame punted or
first down and Gebert, running the
ball back to the Irish 30, set up an
other Navy offense. He tried short
pass, which failed.
He tried a long one, found no re-
ceiver and discovered the pack al
his heels. Changing his plans, the
halfback from Everett, Wash, held
the ball and began to pick his way
through the field.
With tacklers in front, behind
and on all sides Gebert fought his
way to touchdown and when little
Leonard placekicked the extra point
and put the Middies ahead, Z to o.
1t seemed all over.
Irish Turn on Heat.
But here the Irish turned 1t on
The next kickoff was run back to
the %. Saggau passed to Steve
.Juzwit, who fought his way to his
40. Another pass involving the same
characters put the ball on Nays
26. A tumble lost yards and two
passes missed but a 15-yard hold
ling penalty against Navy gave Notre
Dame the ball on the Middies' 20
The stadium was in an uproar
as the onrushing Irish tried to
:beat the clock and the bewildered