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BY CARL LUNDQUIsT (Unltea Press Sports Wrlterl

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 New York, oot. S0.-(UP)-"T" for tradition and not formation ap- peared today to he about the only thing that will save Navy's huff ing Middles from disaster in their four remaining football games.
 It's traditional down in "crah- town" that Navy teams are at their strongest in November reaching a peak annually for the climatic clash with Army that winds up the sched- lile. And the Annapolis athletes are going to need tradition and . few other things on thOir side ln their four remaining football dates with Notre Dame, Michigan, Wis., consin and Army.
 That mainly is because Navys admittedly brilliant array of back. field stars simply hasn't heon able to master the deftness In ball- handling that iS required in the IT" formation. It is . fault usually found with teams In the first sea- son they adopt the TT" and ct times NuNy pVks dVWA w vA0 SAA SsytS single wing formation that was used until this season.
 It took Tony Minisi,s "datc with fate" behind the Pennsylvania goal line in the-last a seconds of Sat- urday's game to pull Q i4 to 2 vic. tory out of the fire in Navy's shaki- I est performance to date, Minisi's catch of Q 2S.yard pass from Bob | (IIunchy) Hoernschmeyer finally made up for Q lot of bad playing in which Navy fumbled seven times, losing the ball on each occasion.
 TT" for trouble may Do directly ahead Saturday ct Cleveland when the Middies play their annual 0n- gagoment with Notre Dame. The smashing South Bend, Ind, eleven, helying practically eVoryone's OK. porting after having been tabbed as tho weakest Irish team in 2b years, now looms as one of the strongest. Unbeaten, united and thus far unextended, Notro Dame may be the favorite when the teams square off,
 Against their only common oppon. ent, Georgia Tech, the Irish rolled up Q 40 to 2 margin while Navy was hard pressed to gain Q 20 to 6 victory.
 Line Coach Rip Miller of the Mid- dies takes cheerful view Of the tearn'a performances to date, placing emphasis on the fact that even though it hasn't been too clasy 1t | aAiN ,.A,,a at,aa sseiaaakaa aud VeNttaA
 Navy traditionaily b strong in November and sometime before this season is over we're oil going to pull together and do real job. Bnt we. were lucky to beat Ponnsyl- Vanla. Their defense was confus- ing and when they attacked with their double -wingback setup we were slow In knowing how to handle it,"
 Acting Penn Head Coach Rae Crowther, filling in for George Munger, who watched tho game via tolevlsion from Q hospital bed where ho was convalescing from grippe said that he personally had ordered Bob Evans to try for . field goal from the 2Tsyard lino late in the fourth period in an effort to give the Quakers Q 10 to ! win.
 Tt was . gamble that didn't work" Crowther said, We were worn down physically with third strineers in the lineup who couldn't handle the Navy's powerhouse backs"
 Other standout games involving eastern teams Saturday are Army. V!lianoya, BroWn-Coast Guard Academy, Columbias Cornell, PeIlIl- syiVania. Princeton, Penn 9tate- Syracuse. YalesDartmouth, New York University Rochester, Rutgers. Lehigh, Tempie-Lafayette, and MaSsachusetts State.Maine.