Evening star., 1941-11-09
bertiIIi Pitches
Irish 10 Victory
In Big Thriller
Middies Three Yards
From Touchdown as
Game Neurs Finish
By FRANCIS f. STAN,
Star staff Corresnondep.

BALTIMORE. Md, Nov. g.
Navy's hopes of an unbeaten foot
ball team for the first time in Is
years were dashed before 64,795
thrilled-soaked spectators in Balti-
more's big stadium today by an un-
defeated Notre Dame eleven with a
20-year-old passing marvel whose
rubber arm and sharpshooter's eye
brought the Irish a 20-to-13 victory.
This fifteenth battle between Navy
and Notre Dame will go down as one
of the most dramatic and we'll
played of the series which started
in 1927. 1t was a struggle during
which the tides of fortune shifted
with breathless rapidity. with Notre
Dame twice losing leads to the An
napolis eleven which could match
the Irish in every phase except
passing
The hero was Angelo Bertelli, a
sophomore from West Springfield,
Mass. whose aerials set up two of
Notre Danes touchdoWnS-One on
the 2-sard line and the other on
the Sand directly scored the third.
Brilliantly as they ran and passed
behind interference that was near
perfect all afternoon. Navys Bill
Busik, Howie Clark and Company
could get only net of 2l5 yards
through the air and on the ground.
Bertelli's II completed passes in 18
attempts accounted for 232 yards,
or II more than Nays team could
gain.
Line Stops Irish Runners.
Without BerRlli it is doubtful Il
Notre Dame. coached for the first
time by Frank Leahy, would have
survived for the ball-carrying stars
of the South Bend eleven, Steve
Juzwik and Fred Evans, found the
two big Middle lines as tough and
rugged as their record of permitting
only one touchdown in six previous
games indicated
Even with Bertelli consistently
hitting his targets with low, bullet
like passes, the Irish found Navy
a tenacious foe that tied the score
at TT in the second period. came
back to earn 1918 deadlock early
in the final period and came within
an ace of making it 1920 late in
the game. 1t was after Navy had
passed and ran the ball to the Irish'S
3-yard line that the game was de-
cided, for Notre Danes riddled for
ward wall suddenly became cement
ed and the alert secondary gobbled
up Clark's desperate, fourth-down
pass in the end zone.
If there was a single sustained Pc
riod Of action that swung the deci-
sion this was it, for Notre Dame
had just thrust 81 yards for the
touchdown and extra point that
broke the 1913 tie and Navy seemed
almost unstoppable in its quest for
revenge.
Middies Thwarted Near Goal.
On the kickoff that followed Half
back Zeke Zechella carried from his
10-yard line to his Al and while his
linemen opened gaping holes on the
Irish front, little Clark ripped and
tore to a first down on the enemy
6. A gain of yards followed. but
then Notre Dame hurled him back
for 5-yard loss, stopped him again
as he hurtled back to the 6, and
found safety when Bernie Grim
minis, right guard, gathered in
Howie's pass for a touchback en-
abling Evans to quick-kick with the
ball on the 20-yard line.
After a first period dominated by
the solid defenses of the two teams,
Notre Dame got started when Evans
snatched long pass by Busik, in
tended for Sammy Boothe. He gath
cred it in on his 20 and ran to his
Al, where Tackle Bill Chewing
finally stopped him after it looked as
If he might go all the way.
1t was here that Bartelli began
to pitch. Bill Farley. who spells
JuzWik at right halfback, raced
down to Navys 20, caught a line
drive pass and eluded a quartet
of MILDLY tacklers to reach the o
yard line. On his second thrust at
the center of the line Evans crashed