The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-07

at a college game this year, the
Irish got off to an early 1O-poin1
lead. In the second quarter
Notre Dame yielded a touch
down to the surprisingly stub
born Trojans, and then made {
rout of this 10Th game in the
series.
Emil Sitko, squatty, ITS.
pound halfback from For
Wayne, Ind, broke the Trojar
back with a 76-yard touchdown
run, and his running mate, Bot
Livingstone, from Hammond
Ind, really dashed the Troys
hopes with 92-yard sprint.
Running the team with the
mastery of his All Americ,
status was quarterback Johnny
Lujack, and knocking down (
stout but outmanned Trojar
line, was Frank Leahy':
beefier, heavier line.
Registering their ninth
straight victory of the year, ane
running their unbeaten streak
dating from the tail end of the
1945 season-to Is victories, the
aWesome Irish hit the score
board with five touchdowns anc
one field goal.
Place kicking specialist FREQ
Farley started the Irish scoring
five minutes after the game be-
gan with a field goal from the
13 yard line, and went on to
convert after each touchdown
for perfect score.
The margin of the triumph
was the largest in the history
Of the series, begun in 1926 du-
ring the days of Knute Rockne
and Howard Jones. The nearest
to today's rout was when Bucky
O'Connor ran wild and the Irish
blanked Troy 27-0 in 1880.
The day, after heavy rain yes
terday, turned out to be perfect
and the turf was heavy but not
slippery as the Green and the
Cardinal squared off.
Southern California took tn e
kickoff and Notre Dame got the
first break. Fullback Verl Lilly
white fumbled and the Irish
came up with the ball on the
sc 33. Then the fearsome four
some of the Irish went to work
- Lujack, Sitko, John Panelli
and Livingstone. They drove
over the fighting Trojans to the
seven, and, with five to 60 for
first down, gave Farley his field
goal opportunity.
Late in the first quarter, tax
ing over on their own II, the
same foursome marched slowly
but decisively 88 yards in Is
plays. In the march Livingstone
went for 16, Lujack passed to
his backs for Is, for IL, for 10,
and with the ball on the one just
as the second quarter began,
Sitko rammed over the Trojan
left guard for the score. That
gave the Irish a 10-point lead.
The Trojans got the next
break. Second string quarter
back Jim Powers swiped one OF
Lujack's passes on the Irish a.
Sophomore Jimmy and Gordon
Gray combined to get to the
eight as the stands went wild.
On fourth down, four to 60, Jack
Kirby, another second string
back, took flat pass from
Powers, stepped high and hard
over his right flankers and
crossed the goal line. The con-
version was good and the half
ended with Notre Dame nursing
a 1917 lead.
The Irish took the kick off
back to the "a as the second half
opened and on the first play
from scrimmage this dynamic
man Sitko virtually broke up the
ball game. He raced rs yards,
with his lineman, big George
Connor, executing the final
block on what appeared to be
the only Trojan left standing on
the field.
Before the third period anoth-
er marker was up. Lujack, re-
turning the favor, stopped one
of Powers passes in midfield
and the Irish charged So yards
ir eight plays, Panelli gouging
the middle of the line for the
final five yards.
The next scoring play was
even more disheartening to
use. The Troys had gone from
their own AZ to the Irish eight
before Leahy got his big regu-
lars back in the game and halt
ed the threat. On the first play
after taking over, Livingstone
went off his left end, and down
the side stripes go yards - and
Notre Dame had a 31-7 lead. Not
until then did Leahy relieve his
regulars and start emptying the
bench.
Score by quarters:
Notre Dame -- 3 7 IA 14-38
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Scoring: Notre Dame. Touch
downs-Sitko 2; Panelli, Living
stone, Zmijewski (Czarobsk)
Points after touchdowns, E" ley
(Sitko). Place kicks. Field goal
BARLEY (Sitko).
use: Touchdown-Kirby (Mc-
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