Evening star., 1945-11-04
Scott Makes Run
OF SO Yards in
Final Quarter
Irish Halted a Inches
From Cool at Finish;
Middies OutpIoyed
Continued From First Paee.)

of justice. Notre Dame hardly de.
served to lose today.
Even after Scott had romped to
the tying score on his interception
OF long pass by Quarterback Frank
Dancewicz, the undiscouraged Irish
| charged back and wound up a
scant four inches from Navy's goal
when time finally ran out.
So close did Notre Dame come to
snatching victory in those frenzied
final seconds that the great crowd
didn't know for several minutes
after the contest ended whether 1t
was a tie score or an Irish victory.
They didn't know until the Notre
Dame players, their shoulders
dropping, quit arguing with the
referee and started walking slowly
from the field.
With only 80 seconds of play re-
manning, the Irish were back on
their % and it was in the next few
dramatic seconds that Navy had
to fight grimly for its tie score.
George Ratterman, a substitute
quarterback, heaved a long aerial
to Bill Leonard, who finally was
brought down on Nays II. A s.
yard penalty against the Midship-
men for offside moved the ball to
the II and then Dancewicz passed
to Phil Colella, who came so close
to crossing the goal before being
thrown out-of-bounds that Notre
Dame players jubilantly rolled on
the turf and waved their arms
wildly.
officials ruled that Colella had
not crossed the line, but the Irish
still had two plays left, and in this
emergency they looked to Dancewicz.
their No. l All-America candidate.
Here Navy achieved some great
ness. Dancewicz gained nothing in
his first plunge. bouncing back as
a wall Of ite-jerseyed tacklers
hit him. Just as the clock ran out.
Dancewicz tried again, and once
more he was stopped. Then, while a
happy Navy bench overfiowed onto
the field, officials called it contest
and sprinted of with the bali.
Navy junked its man-in-motion
style of play off the T formation to-
day. Desperately seeking to find a
real scoring punch, Comdr. Oscar
Hagberg and his coaching aides at
tempted to pull some new tricks. but
Notre Dame outrushed the Middies,
ITO yards to so. and outpassed them,
lis yards to SIS. The Irish carried
the fight to the Annapolis squad all
day.
Notre Dame Scores Early.
Notre Dame took a 60 lead late
in the first quarter after begging
down on Nays Is and 80 on a pair
of earlier scoring threats. The Irish
finally scored when Fullback Frank
Ruggerio intercepted a pass by
Navy's Hunchy Hoernschemeyer
and carried the ball to the Mid
dies "a.
Pounding at the line, Notre Dame
reached the II, where, with half a
minute of the period left, Ruggerio
ran of his right tackle for touch
down.
Dick Scott, capable Navy center
blocked the extra-point attempt by
Stan Krivik, and it was 60.
At no time did this lead appear
unsurmountable, but Navy seemed
incapable of doing anything about
it until Scott caught Dancewicz
errant heave in the final quarter
In the second and third periods, the
Miodies reached the Irish 80 but
were stopped cold.
Indeed, as the last period began
it looked as if Notre Dame was
going to add another touchdown
when the Irish drove to Navy's 10
Here Colella fumbled and Bo Cop
pedge recovered, inspiring a counter
drive which carried to midielo
before Dancewicz intercepted a pass
by Hoernschemeyer.
Scott Untouched on Run.
1t was at this point that Dan.
cewicz threw a pass which was al
least daring. Tt was a long aerial
which ricocheted off the fingers o1
Two Ramblers and finally plunkeo
INTO the arms of Scott, speediest
OF the Middies. The Smackover kid
wasn't touched on his way to. the
goal.
Suddenly even with the Irish
Navy now looked as if it would
knock the Ramblers from the list
of unbeaten teams. But Currence
the place-kicker, was low and wide
with his effort, and Navy was in q
mood to settle for tie, first in the
history of the series which began
in 1927 and which now shows IA wins
for Notre Dame and 4 for Navy.
Navy was even more in this mooc
a few minutes later on its 4-incf
line.
Pos; Navy ,f6). Notre Dame f6)