The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-11-11
DAVIS, BLANCHARD
SPEARHEAD CADETS
IN 18TH VICTORY
$4,000 Fans Stunned By
Cold Ferocity Of Army
Offensive Game
BY OSCAR FRALEY
United Press Sports Writer

By OSCAR FRALEY
United Press Sports Writer
NEW YORK, Nov. 10. - W.R -
Spearheaded once again by Glenr
Davis and Doc Blanchard, Army
crashing Cadets turned an expected
battle into a joy-ride today as their
gold-helmeted Legions smothereo
the fighting Irish of Notre Dame,
A. to 0, in the grim, gray gloom al
Yankee Stadium.
Stunning chilled crowd Of 5000
fans with the ferocity and power OF
their attack, the Cadets roared to
their 18th straight victory by blast.
ing a Notre Dame club which had
not tasted defeat this season and
which had battled rival Navy to a
bitter 6 to 6 deadlock.
But this Notre Dame team, de-
spite its spirit and its willingness,
was no match for the greatest col
lege football team of 1915. They
gave it valiant try as they held
the West Pointers to seven points in
the first period and then saw their
hopes ground to dust under the
flashing cleats of Davis, the Clare
mont Calf, express, and the bull
like thrusts of the battering Blan-
chard.
For as two burly lines slugged it
out toe-to-toe, Davis skittered
through holes and past the secon-
Diary like will O. the wisp for
three touchdowns and the bone
breaking Blanchard tailed twice to
snow the fighting Irish under the
point where the South Benders
knew they never could come back.
Thus, for the first time in history,
Army's football forces marched to
their second straight triumph over
the Kelly Greens.
And, sitting proudly In the stands
of this historic occasion for the
men from the plains were three of
West Points favorite sons-Gens.
Jacob L. Devers, Carl Spaatz and
Vinegar Joe Stilwell. And for them
the Cadets poured it on.
It took the Cadets but two min
utes to stake their claim, for on the
second play of the ball game Irish
Halfback Elmer ,Angsman fumbled
on the 81 and Cadet Art Gerometta
of Gary, Ind.-right out of the South
Benders' home state-grabbed up
the ball that started Army on its
march to victory. Blanchard wham-
med into the line for four yards and
Davis took it all the way then from
the q for the first six pointer. Dick
Walterhouse of Ann Arbor, Mich,
stepped up and booted the first OF
six points he was to send over the
crossbar during the afternoon.
The first blood fired the fighting
Irish and on the kickoff they bat
tered down to Arrny's 80 with Angs-
man, Phil Colella and Frank Rug
gerio leading the attack. But Army
held and drove all the way back
to the Irish 81 before being stopped
And then it was the Irish again,
driving desperately back to the
Army % in a vain attempt to tie it
up.
Then the long, weary afternoon
really was under way for the out
classed Irish. They lost the ball and
Army started to 60. With Arnold
Tucker of Miami, Fla, handling the
Cadet s'T'' attack like magician,
the Cadets went 70 yards to score.
It was Davis again, taking Tucker S
IL yard pass on the 20 and Waiting
on over, and before the fans were
settled in their seats again, the
Army was marching once more.
This time it was a 53-yard drive
mixing with passes and power,
Army hammered to the one and
Blanchard bulled his way across
the wide stripe. Walterhouse's third
placement made it 81 to 0 at the
half.
And it got no better fast. For as
the second half started, Barney
Poole of Gloster, Miss, blocked a
punt on the Irish 40 and seconds
later Davis was skipping over the
goal line from 81 yards out. Notre
Dame uncorked it's air arm then
and it meant another Army score.
Because Blanchard stepped into one
on the Notre Dame SO and cruised
down the sidelines unhindred tt
| score.
The second team took over thel
for Army, and Notre Dame drove
from its own Al to .Army's one. Bill
Gompers fumbled, though, as tina
Army line plowed into him, ane
cadet Bob Stuart of Shawnee, Okla.