Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-12-05
|Lach's Pass 10 Beat
Irish Cribs Most
Talked Of Play
BY HUGH FULLERTON, Jr,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

NEW YORK, Dec. 4.-Probably
the most talked-about play of the
1943 gridiron season was Steve
Lach's pass that enabled Great
Lakes to whip Notre Dame when
the Irish were just a half minute
away from being one of the great
all-time football teams.
At least two other games ended in
even more spectacular fashion, how
ever, and only the fact that Lach's
heave ruined a perfect season for
Notre Dame lifted it out of the ordi-
nary 46-yard pass-and-run play
class. a survey of the seasons spec
tacular plays by the Associated Press
showed today.
There were only IS seconds to 20
when Notre Dame took a 14-12 lead
and the Irish kicked off out of
bounds. Lach completed one pass
to the 46; then, with IS seconds left,
he uncorked another long one and
Paul Anderson gathered it in 7 yards
from the goal and romped across
with no one near him.
Terrapins in Nick of Time.
Joe Makar and Dick Tuschak Of
Maryland improved considerably on
that performance by connecting on
an 89-yard pass and run in the last
10 seconds to beat Wake Forest, 10
to 7, and Ohio State didn't win over
Illinois until some u minutes after
the game apparently ended.
Maryland's Makar made his pass
from the 11-yard line to the Is and
Halfback Tuschak ran the remain
ing rs yards.
Ohio States triumph came on
what was perhaps the "screwiest"
play of season marked by several
time mixups due to the failures of
official clocks. The game apparently
had ended in a 1925 tie and the
teams had left the field when the
officials came up with the ruling
that Illinois had been offside on the
final play.
Called back from the dressing
rooms, the players lined up again
and JOHN Stungis, third-string
quarterback who had celebrated his
18th birthday the day before, kicked
a field goal from the 23-yard line to
make the final score, 1926. 1t was
the first field goal the Ohio State
youngster ever had kicked.
Longest Run SO Yards.
The longest scoring run recorded
in the survey was a 103-yard dash
by Bob King of Hampton Insti-
tute against Camp Pickett. Full
back Meredith Warner of Iowa
State against the Iowa Navy Pre-
flight school. AS he sprinted the
last so yards, George Van Hagen.
Seahawk end, urged him along with
slaps at the seat of his pants. For
the records, the Seahawks won. 80
10. Ohio States Dean Sensan-
baugher ran 81 yards against Great
Lakes only to be pulled down yards
from the goal.
Eddie McGovern Of Illinois, Billy
Houck Of Arkansas A. and M. and
Paul Baker of Colorado College all
made 95-yard touchdown runs after
passes.
One of the most spectacular game
plays brought March Field,
Calf, a 76 decision over the st.
Mary's Prefiight School. After ST.
Mary's scored. Jack Jacobs took the
ran 40 yards and lateraled to
Center Buckingham, who, after
few yards, tossed another lateral to
Ollie Day. Day COM
pleted the 97-yard scoring play.
Steve Filipowicz, former Fordham
star, playing for the Georgia Pre-
fight team. made the seasons long
est run in reverse. The Skycrackers
were leading Tulane, 14-13, with IL
seconds to go when Filipowicz took
the ball and ran so yards toward
his own goal while time ran out.