The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-21
GRID RECORD TO DATE IMPOSING;
 ARMY ALSO HOT
Soldiers Have Penn and NOtre Dame to Face;
 Brown Nears Big Tests
BY LEO H. PETERSEN United Press Sports EditOr)

New York, October 21. - (UP) -. A man with a slow Texas drawl ad- dressed the Notre Dame football squad in its dressing room before last Saturdays game against the Iowa Seahawks.
 What he said in his heart-to-heart pep talk is a secret but what his boys did after hearing him is grid iron history. Their 28 to victory over the supposedly invincible Sea- hawks won for the man the United Press coach of the week award.
 Modest to 8 point and little en- barrassed by all the praise bestowed upon him for the Irish success against Stanford and the Cadets, he said. ..
 I'm very appreciattive of the con- gratulations directed to me, but peo- pie seem to forget that Frank Leahy is the man who prepared this team"
 "SophomoreS and men in new po- SittonS made early season mistakes, worked hard and suddenly came into their own. Wayne Millner did a fine job of scouting the Seahawks, Moose Krause gets credit for the gerat line play and Bob Snyder's help has been invaluable both in practice and in spotting weaknesses during game.
 I'm happy to be one of the five men in the Notre Dame picture, but want 1t understood this was no one man job."
 McKeever, the backfield coach, to take over when Leahy, the head mentor, had to go to hospital for treatment. Before that time the Irish, regarded as one of the na- tion's powerhouses in preseason forecasts, had been tied by Wiscon- sin and beaten by Georgia Tech.
 A native of San Antonio, Texas, McKeever is 32, married and the father of twin daughters born while he was enroute to the Sugar Bowl with the Boston College foot ball team in 1940. He is the athletic type - feet, 10 1-2 inches tall, weighs 178 pounds and has brown, wavy hair. He has a dy- mamie personality.
 Works Hard
 He is the energetic type of coach who believes in demonstrating what he wants. Frequently in practice he takes his place in the lineup to show the kind of blocking required. About 20 minutes daily before reg ular practice starts he comes on the field with Angelo Bertelli and passes with him. Much of Bertilli's success is attributed to this private practice. McKeever still is a good passer and can throw right with the Irish ace.
 McKeever is with the players at all times. He meets every player coming off the field with pat on the back or some word of praise.
 He played at high school under Jack Meagher, former Notre Dame star now coaching at Auburn, at St. Edwards Prep School, Austin, Texas. He matriculated at Notre Dame in 1930 and won freshman numerals. In the fall of 1881 he went out for Varsity football and when he found himself fifth string fullback he de- cided to go to Rice, where Meagher then was coaching.
 He arrived too late to enroll, how ever, and journeyed on to Texas Tech where he played in 1882 2-33-34 under Peter Cawthon. Tn his three years the team won 30 out of 35 games.
 After graduation he remained at Tech as a member of the coaching staff for four seasons. During the summer of 1888 Leahy lectured at Tech and met McKeever. McKeever made such strong impression on him that when Leahy was named head coach at Boston College in 1889 he selected McKeever as his backfield coach. When Leahy switched to Notre Dame he took McKeever with him.
 For four straight years teams he has coached have played in Bowl games - Texas Tech in the Sun Bowl in 1888 and the Cotton Bowl in 1899 and Boston College in the Cotton Bowl in 1940 and Sugar Bowl in l941.