Evening star., 1946-11-17
Irish Bowl Over
Northwestern
In Rally, 40
Drive in Last Period
Gets ; Touchdowns
To CIinch Triumph
BY Lewis r. Atchison
stor stoff correspondsnt

SOUTH BEND, Ind, Nov. 16.-
Notre Dame had its expected let
down after last weeks bruising,
scoreless tie with Army, but it
didn't last long enough to save
Northwestern from 27-O shellack-
ing.
For two periods the Irish roamed
between the 20-yard lines without
any damage to the Wildcats. But
before drifting into the doldrums
they scored one touchdown and
after drifting out again they turned
out three with mass production
regularity, completely crushing their
Big Nine foe.
Some $4,000 fans, all the stadium
would hold, sat through a gray, wet
afternoon to witness the uneven
struggle and were rewarded with
a good brand of football, despite the
uncertain footing. Coach Frank
Leahy used As players and at the
finish such widely unknown young
sters as Roger Brown, Coy MCGEE
and 155-pound Emil Slovak were
splintering the Wildcat line and
adding to the, score.
Outcome Never in Doubt,
Never was there any doubt about
the outcome. The statistics tell
why. Notre Dame piled up 423
yards and 27 first downs on the
ground to 50 yards and four first
downs for its opponent. 1t plainly
wasn't a day for passing-at least
not Johnny Lujack's day. The
rather accurate Irish field general
completed only one of seven passes
and it lost five yards. Pat Keefe
OF Northwestern was slightly bet
ter, completing one out of five for
13 yards.
Notre Danes big gun was Emil
Sitko, 185 pounds of speed and
power, whose 35-yard gallop to
Northwestern's Is set up the first
Irish score. Notre Dame scored the
first time it got its anxious hands on
the ball, Sitko eliminating a 63-
yard march with 1-yard plunge.
The next two went to Johnny
Panelli, 19-year-old fullback. who
plunged two yards for the second
six-pointer and crashed over from
the for the third. Slovak scampered
10 yards for the final tally after
MCGEE had recovered Richey Gra-
hams tumble for Notre Dame on
Northwestern 38.
Best Irish Drive 81 yards.
/ Notre Danes longest and best
drive covered 81 yards, piling up six
f1rst downs, but came to grief on the
Wildcat II when Bob Livingstone
was smeared for a 12-yard loss on a
double reverse. This display of power
featured the ball carrying of Sitko,
Jim Mello and Jerry Cow1ig. On a
| dry field there is no telling what
they would have done.
Though the Irish were well out in
front on the statistical sheet going
into the second half, Leahy ap-
parently was thinking of what a
break for the Wildcats, miscue with
a wet ball, might do and sent Fred
Farley into the fray to try a field
goal from the 10. But the kick was
low and Vic Schwall ran it back 81
yards to his 33.
Coach Lynn Waldorf of. North
western was guilty of Grass under
statement when he said they had
too much power for u.s." He said he
was pleased with his teams perform
ance for three periods, but with
several regulars out of the line it
fell apart in the last: He was right.
Cats Have One Chance.
Northwestern's only real scoring
chance came near the end of the
I first period when Frank Aschen-
brenner took off with one of Johnny
Lujack's plnts and whizzed As yards
to Notre Danes 81 before he was
brought down from behind by Sitko.
Lujack and Mello. Lujack ended
this threat by intercepting Keefe's
pass in the end zone and running
it out to his 10.
Twice in the second period was
Northwestern in Irish territory, but
(See IRISH, Page B-2)