The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-11-13
ARMY'S LINE GETS RELATED GRID PRAISE
By CARL LUNDQUIST United Press Sports Writer


 New York, Nov. B. (UP)-It has been a long time coming, but the West Point dough-foots, those anonymous front line behemoths who do the plugging while the vaunted ball carriers do the lug ging, were getting belated praise today as the unSung stars of CT. Joe's favorite football team.
 Like Joe himself, Mir. Army Line man, be he end, tackle, guard, or center, doesn't amount to much in- dividually. He's just cog in one of the most pulverizing collegiate gridiron machines ever to grind an opponent to pieces. But without him and his colleagues in crash" the backs couldn't operate.
 All of which takes nothing away from the brilliance of Army's back field. Tn joy-riding to 48 to 0 vic- tory over Notre Dame the offen- sive unit lacked nothing that 1t needed. But all the while the "starless seven"-that mobile cadet line-was making it easy for them.
 Throughout that gray, and for Notre Dame, cheerless afternoon, there was one hneman who stood out above all the rest. He was De- witt Coulter, mule" of a man from Fort Worth, Tex, a six-foot three-inch, 222-pound giant, who simply didn't make any mistakes. Time after time as Felix Blanchard, the failing fullback parked through disassembled Notre Dame line fore long gains, he chose the hole that Coulter had opened for him. If anyone was in Blanchard's way the big Bishopville, s. C., all-Amer- ica sent them sprawling to the turf, but usually it wasn't necessary. Coulter was there to do 1t first.
 If the play was through center, the wedge was driven by Captain Jack Green, the brick-like guard from Shelbyville, Ky, and Herschel UG) Fuson, the powerful pivot man Green, a whiz on the quick opening plays featured by Army, never missed a blocking assignment all day. His "sidekick" at guard, Art Gerometta from Gary, Ind, was a zealot on defense and first put the skids under the green-shirtS from his home state by snapping up tumble on the second play of the game. From then on it was strictly mo contest as the break provided Army with its opening touchdown 30 seconds later.
 That Notre Danes backs found it nigh impossible to flank the ends was due to the negative manner in which Hank Foldberg of Dallas, Tex, and Dick Pitzer of Connels- vile, Pa., treated every thrust in their direction. These starting ends often made haste at getting into the Notre Dame backfield to throw ball-carriers for losses, trick which relief end Barney Poole of Jackson, Miss, also worked to perfection on two occasions.
 One of the quietest workmen of all tackle Al Nemetz of Prince George, Va, who is slow only in his drawling conversation, drew the pL dLoC O4 AsObAC A1hAAAC OOoNA 4AAbAA Devore, who singled him out as one of the "best college linemen playing anywhere this season" All in all 1t is quite crew.
 The line and the backs too will have their work cut out for them this week at Philadelphia when the Cadets play Pennsylvania, a jinx opponent. Col Earl (Red) Blaik, the Cadet coach is fearful of a let down after the brilliant showing against Notre Dame and recalls too well what happened there in l943 when Penn gained 13 to l3 tie game that ranged with the top upsets of the year.
 Elsewhere in the east the Holy Cross Temple. Princeton Columbia, Dartmouth Cornell, Syracuse-Col- gate, Brown Harvard, Navy -Wiscon- sin, Pittsburgh-Indiana, and Yale Coast Guard games are the feature Saturday attractions.