Evening star., 1946-11-10
Irish and Army
Sharing Honors
After0-to-0Tie
Cadets Streok Ends
At Is Gurhes Before
| Crowd Of $4,000
By Froneis z. Stonn
Stoy Stoff CORRESPONDENT

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NEW YORK, Nov. 9. - After
nearly three years of uninter-
rupted success, Army's winning
streak came to a dramatic end at
Is straight victories today in
Yankee Stadium when the Irish
of Notre Dame battled the Black
knights to a 90 stalemate before
5000. ~
Billed as the football game of the
century, it was an epic struggle,
but it did little toward settling the
mythical national championship
except possibly to emphasize the
fitness of Army and Notre Dame to
be co-holders of the title.
The Irish, rated deeper in man.
power, rolled up IS more yards than
Army and once pounded toward a
touchdown on the West Pointers
4-yard line. On the other hand,
Army on five. occasions was inside
Notre Danes 35-yard line and was
more adept at capitalizing on enemy
mistakes. Yet neither team could
score and at the finish they were a
pair of exhausted elevens, both
seemingly willing to settle for tie.
Foes Evenly Matched.
So tense was the struggle and so
evenly matched were the foes that
Neither coach, Earle Blaik of Army
nor Frank Leahy of the Irish, was
willing to gamble on the outcome by
yanking his biggest stars. AS re-
suit Quarterback Johnny Lujack
played the full go minutes for Notre
Dame and Felix Doc) Blanchard
and Glenn Davis served likewise for
Army.
It was a battle of two giant, de-
vastating lines. Notre Danes hold
ing the great Cadet backfield to 1873
yards by running and Army's hold
ing the galaxy of Irish ball-carriers
to a net of 173. Through the air.
despite the fact that Lujack and
Arnold Tucker are two of the best
passers in college ball, each team
was able to pick UP only 50 yards.
So powerful was the Notre Dame
line that Davis was held to a net
gain of 80 yards by rushing in II
tries and Blanchard made only SO
yards on 18 attempts.
The No. / ground gamer of the
game was 19-year-old Terrence
Brennan of Notre Dame, who picked
up SO yards in ID tries.
Notre Dame. which frmbled seven
times week ago against Navy, bob
bled the bali five times today and
this loose ball-handling could have
cost the Irish the game. Early IN
the opening period they left the
door open to Army when Emil Sitko
fumbled and Right Tackle Noble
Bryant recovered for the Cadets on
the Irish 24-yard line.
With the crowd on its feet, ex-
pecting Army to draw first blood
in what was anticipated to be a free
scoring game, Quarterback Arnold
Tucker tipped short pass to DAVIS
that was good for yards. But with
only 2 yards to go and the mighty
Blanchard to buck the line the
Cadets fell short and lost the ball
on downs by inches.
Army Dominates First Period.
Virtually all of the first period
play was dominated by Army, which
had the ball on Notre Danes As as
the second quarter opened and which
electrified the big stadium on the
first play of the new round when
Davis completed pass to Blan-
chard, Who caught the ball In stride
on approximately the IS and ran TO
Notre Danes %.
Presented with their second big
scoring chance, Army again was
stopped cold by the South Bend line,
which threw Davis for a 4-yard
loss. rushed him on pass and
finally dumped him for a l0-yard
loss, causing him to punt on fourth
down.
Davis punt was received by Gerry
Cowhig, who was downed In his
tracks on the 13, but in Notre Danes
dark hour the Irish began 83-yard
march that narrowly missed win
ming. With Cowhig and Bill Gompers
leading the running attack and with
Lujack passing the Irish marched
to Army's 4 and had two downs
on which to gain a yard for a first
down. But here Army's line showed
its stuff, holding Lujack for no gain
on a quarterback sneak which nor
mally would have made first down,
and nailed Gompers on an end run.
On this fourth down play, however.