The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-10-31
(Reg. U. s. Pat. OfEice)
 BY HARRY FERGUSON Limited Press Sports Editor)


 New York, Oct. 31 (U.Po - There will be 76,000 of us in Yankee Stadium tomorrow, and 76,000 hearts will pump little faster when the big band blares march and the columns of gray come swinging past through the sharp wind.
 Once again it's Notre Dame against the Army, and, with due apologies to Ringing Brothers from a rabid circus man, it's the greatest show on earth.
 The secret of this games success and it has never been failure-is that both teams belong to all of us. People who see only one football game a year and don't know 8 re- verse from 8 field judge pick this one to see. There are persons on farms in Arkansas ana ranches in Montana who root for the Army. There are men living in obscure cor ners of Brooklyn who can't tell you what state South Bend is in, but who will argue, bet and fight in de- fense of Notre Dame.
 Some people say you get your SAC worth just by watching the Army band parade into the stadium, go- ing to town on the Notre Dame marching song as an opening salute to long time opponent. Behind the band come the faultless lines of Ca- dets in gray and finally they fill the field from goal post to goal post. For those people the football game is in- cidental. It's the pageantry that they come to see.
 Rock" Played In 1913
 But scattered through the stands are plenty of genuine fans and some of them, gray-haired now, have seen every Army -Notre Dame game since 1913 when a man named Gus Dorais and a little broken-nosed fellow named Knute Rockne swamped the Cadets with a new-fangled attack known as the forward pass.
 Those are the people who know that no matter how much one team may seem to out-match the other, the battle is almost always close and exciting. For those people the field will be fillsd with heroes tomorrow The ghosts of both the quick and the dead will be running, passing and kicking, and the years will come rolling back carrying 8 cargo of memories.
 Memories of George Gipp-maybe the greatest football player who ever lived-lying on his deathbed and saying to Rockne: "when the going gets tough against the Army coach, just ask the boys to win one for the Clipper" memories o1 the Army's great Chris Cagle mak- ing a "tight-rope run" down the sideline for a touchdown, looking as though he would step out of bounds every yard
 Remember?
 i Memories of the four horsemer and the power and fury of their at- tack in 1924 of Woods great kicking for the Army in defeat in 1921 <. of the day in 1916 when Vidal caught the passes that brought victory to Army and the mighty Oliphant riddled, the Notre Dame line
 Memories of "one-play" Johnny OBrien and the miracle he brought about for Notre Dame of how Jack Elder intercepted pass an6 went almost the entire distance of 8 frozen field for the Irish o1 Stecker, Kilday and Summerfelt ir J1931 when the Army goal line was uncrossed and the Irish went down to defeat, 12 to 0 of muddy day at Soldier Field in 1880 wher Marchy Schwartz went 54 yards ofl tackle for Notre Dame.
 The legends grow with the years and tomorrow new ones will be made. Both teams are undefeated both teams have new coaches. They are a lucky 76,000 who will be sit- ting there when a coin spins in the air to decide which team shall kick of. For whether 1t falls heads ol tails, the spectators can't lose.