Evening star., 1943-11-28
Lach' 'sLast-Ditch
46-Yard Aerial
Reaches Goal
Anderson Is Receiver;
Long March by Irish
Had Put Them Ahead
BY CHARLES CHAMBERLAIN.
Associated Press Sports Writer.

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GREAT LAKES, ILL.,, Nov. 81
The Great Lakes Bluejackets came
IN on an arm and a prayer today
to make myth of Notre Danes
invincibility.
Big Steve Lach, the former Duke
and Chicago Cardinal star, looped
a fantastic desperation pass 4e
yards into the arms of Paul Ander-
son for a touchdown in the last 80
seconds of play which gave the
Sailors 1914 triumph before a
screaming crowd of $4,000 trainees
1t was the first defeat this year for
Notre Dame and ruined the Irish
chance for their first unbeaten, un-
tied season since 1890.
Anderson, eX-WeStern Reserve
gridder, hugged the spiraling ball on
the goal line and stepped into the
end zone without an opponent with
in Is yards of him.
Makes Topic for Winter.
The dramatic finish was of the
variety which will be talked about
as long as football is played. For
the Fighting Irish had just ended
a 75-yard scoring march in q duel
with the clock to go ahead, IA to IL,
with a minute remaining in the
game.
Notre Danes kickoff went out on
the 80. Lach then pitched Is yards
to Cecil Perko to reach the Irish
46. On the next play Lach faded
back and with End Paul Limont
virtually hanging around his shoul-
ders like necklace, he shook free
and catapulted the ball to Ander-
son, who was lowering around the
goal line with his motor running.
Anderson's perfect catch and Steve
Juzwick,s subsequent placekick stood
between Notre Dame and its first
unbeaten, united season since Kunte
Rocknes last team in 1880.
Sailors Line Checks Irish.
The Sailors sturdy line limited
the Terrors of the T to 181 yards
by rushing, their poorest showing
of the season Meantime Great
Lakes, powered by Emil Sitko, Notre
Dame freshman last year, and Dewey
Proctor of Furman, drilled through
the vaunted Irish forwards for 284
yards by rushing, the best showing
of any of Notre Danes nine pre-
vious opponents. Sitko gained ia
yards in II trips while Proctor
punched 155 on the same number of
carries.
Creighton Miller, the Irish's lead
ing ball carrier, was stopped like a
derailed express, picking up a mere
63 yards in q attempts for his poor
est record of the year. Johnny Lu-
jack, although hitting on 7 Of
his 16 passes, was able to add only
81 aerial yards.
Notre Dame, however, ended its
campaign with an average rushing
gain of 1889 yards per game to beat
national record which had stood
since the University of Colorado
posted an average of 310 behind the
running of Whizzer White in 1887
The total offensive average passing
and running for Notre Dame
amounted to 4181 yards, only IL
SNORT OF matcnlng Georgia modern
record of last year.
Notre Dame Scores Quickly.
But Coach Frank Leahy's 1943
eleven became recognized, even in
defeat, as the greatest offensive
poWerhouse in Notre Dame record.
Rocks" great 1880 team averaged
394 overall yards and only 1854
points per game. The T-powered
Irish ran up a 34-point average
through 10 contests.
Notre Dame scored the first time
1t got the ball in the opening quar-
ter today on 67yard parade fea-
turing Lujack's 17-yard pass to Mill
er. Lujack tolled the thrust on a
quarterback sneak from the / foot
line and Sub Fred Farley, whose
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