The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-08

NOTHING LIKE
IT SINCE DAYS
OF K. ROCKNE
BY CARL LUNDQUTST

BY CARL LUNDQUIST
UNITED Press star Correspondent
New York, Nov. S-(UP)-The
football team that history may re-
cord as Notre Danes greatest, set
tied the argument over national
collegiate supremacy with the final
ity Of q slammed door today. DOM
mating the field as few schools have
done before.
Nothing that happens to the Irish
in their three remaining games can
dim the record Of their all-around
brilliance to date. Northwestern
could upset them Saturday, because
the Wildcats always point for that
game, but such victory would be a
fiuke. Perfect record Iowa Pre-
Flight might turn the trick a week
later and Great Lakes Naval, po-
tentially one Of the strongest, has
its chance on Thanksgiving day.
But going into the stretch after
seven easy victories over top teams
from the midwest, the south and the
east, coach Frank Leahy's fighters
have proved that they belong In
footballs golden book along with
those Irish teams of Knute Rockne.
The Hibernian Hurricane lost its
key back, Angelic Bertelli, and still
ran over the best Army team in
years by four touchdowns, rs to 0.
Eighteen-year-old Johnny Lujack,
replacing Bertelli, threw two touch
down passes and scored a third one
himself/on run.
TrOjanS TOppled
The weekend failed to settle any
claims for sectional honors, with
one perfect record team, Southern
California, falling from the ranks
in a 10 to 7 upset by San Diego
Naval. Purdue had a scare, but
won Its eighth straight, IA to z. de-
feating Minnesota with a touch
down In its eighth straight, IA to
Z, defeating Minnesota with a
touchdown In the final minute. The
boiler1nakers remained tied for the
Big Ten lead with Michigan, which
defeated Indiana % to 6. Iowa Pre-
Flight won its seventh consecutive
game, defeating Marquette 46 to 19
in a high scoring Sunday affair.
Colorado college, the fourth major
perfect team, among those which
have played representative sched-
ules, had an open date. Purdue's
schedule Is vacant Saturday, but
Colorado college plays Utah while
Iowa Pre-Flighc opposes Camp
Grant, one of the more rugged SOL
dier elevens.
Navy gained support as the top
team In the east by defeating Penn,
"a to 7, spanked by the passing OF
Hal Hamberg. The Middies, bound
ing back from their defeat by Notre
Dame, now loom as favorites over
Army, which got no better than q
tie with Penn and couldn't score
against Notre Dame, which Navy
did.
Missouri defeated Iowa State rs to
z and Oklahoma won from Kansas
26 to Is to set up the Big Six cham
pionship as the stake when they
meet Saturday. Neither has lost In
the conference.
Duke dominates the field In the
south after Its rs to 0 drubbing OF
North Carolina State, but in the
southwest the issue Is unsettled with
bob Texas and Texas A g. M UNI
beaten in the conference. A g. M,
a % to o victor over Southern Meth
odist, plays Rice next. Texas, idle
last week, meets Texas Christian.
Princeton Yale
In eastern headliners. Navy meets
Columbia, Dartmouth plays Cornell,
and Army opposes Sampson, N. Z.
Naval. Other games include Penn
North Carolina, Temple-Penn State.
Princeton Yale. Harvard-Tufts and
Colgate Rensselaer, Poly.
Other midwestern games include
Illinois Ohio State, Indiana-Great
Lakes, owa-Minnesota. Michigan
Wisconsin and Iowa State-Drake.
Southern California, still ahead
in the Pacific Coast conference.
plays March Field Filters. U. C. L.
A.-California and Denver-New Mex
leo round out q light western pro-
gram.
In the south and southwest fea-
ture games include George-Virginia
Military, Georgia Tech-Tulane,
Southern Observation-Disclosures. and
Texas Tech North Texas Aggies.