The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-05

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 NoTRE DAME, one of the i'm. portant changes down ct the South Bend emporium of All-ATi1ericans is the resignation Cor better than that, leave of absenee,) of Prank Leahy, often referred to aS Q second Rockne. Because when one stops to glance over the record of wins and losses Of the Irish" since they were put under the guiding wing of Coach Leahy they realize that LAahy seems to have that knack with his boys aS was in evidence during the regime of Knute Rockne, Notre Dane's legendary son. But in the loss of Prank Leahy, Notre Dame has acquired one of the best backfleld mentors in the nation to. day, he Is Ed McKeever, formerly Of Texas Tech,
 Notre Dame hos been hard hit on the field by loss of Angelo Bertelli, the man with the rubber arm, and Creighton Miller tho equal of the Army's Glen Davis. Nevertheless, the sports critics on the basis of material In evidence ct the spring turnouts are giving the Irish Q bet. ter than even chance to cop the na- tlonal championship again this sen- son. And with such small fast back field men aS NunZlo Marine, and Don Doody backed up by one of the hardest lines in the country this season, the South Renders will be on the march again, Of course not to mention George Sullivan, con- Ridered one of the best tackles in the country plus c colorful array of freshmen hopefuls, Coach Ed Mc- KeeVer hopes to follow in the steps of his predecessor Frank Leahy and put the Fighting Irish" once again on top, the country'S favorite, the nations top grldiron combine.
 OHIO STATE; Carroll c. Widdoes acting Head Coach at Ohio State will try to build another Buckeye" powerhouse around a veteran line plus 0 very green backfleld. In the line will be Willie Willis, veteran Of 42, and Russell Thomas, handling the switches ct the tackle posts While in the backtield, Coach Wid- does has Q few hopefuls in ollie Cline, 200-pound blockbuster from the Fredericktown, Ohio High school and Dick Flanagan who will probably be worked into the tail- back position. With these few vets giving O. s. U. one of the best lines in the country, 1t is very strongly fumored that Carroll Widdoes will turn out another power -house, one Of the nations best gridiron machines.
 MLNNESOTA--Dr. George Hauser figures that even though he hasn't got a pair of aces up his sleeves he has got the next best thing and that is four kings, and according to the veteran coach that will rate pretty high this season with the manpowel shortage n d such hindrances Keeping the fire burning, anC pretty high at that while Col. Liei Herman is on leave with the Army from his Gridiron post at Minnesota Dr. Hauser seefs to have the ma. terial to get the "Gophers' off to { flying start. With thirteen letter len returning from last season plu, a more than abundant supply o freshmen material into which hC can dip to his hearts desire Coact Hauser hopes to win the Conference championship this season in thC home stretch. The men to keep youl eyes on in the Gopher lineup thil fall are Bob LoSsie, classy center Bob Shelvin at end, and Red VII. Hams, Tom Gated and Herb Braun making the T formation look like something you haven't seen before And when the TT" formation i built around the right combination as seems to be the case here, any. thing can happen and probably vii such as the Gophers winning thu Conference title.
 EXTRA.-!-:A word of commend ation and praise seems due BoI Considine, the very interesting New York Mirrof Sports Scribe who hai iJ1 several of his past few columnl been plugging the idea of holding the annual Army-Navy footbal game at Franklin Field in Philadel phia instead of before a privileged few at Baltimore, Maryland. Al pointed out by the popular Nev York Scribe there is positively n, reason under the sun for holding thu game at Baltimore other than let. ting some individual assert hi authority or influence unjustly. II an open letter to the President il his last Sunday column MT. Consi' dine points out that such a precau- tion may have been necessary twC years ago but 1t isn't now. Goini further the columnist articulatei that the treasury coulC sell soml boxes and seats for war bonds, they would profit, and the Army ana Navy could use the huge proceedl of the game for the soldiers Sports Equipment Fund, and last but mol least the public would jump at thu chance to see the game at any cost this satisfying all parties concerned This seems to be the best idea ad- vanced by a sports scribe in many a year; Orchids to Bob Considine.
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