Evening star., 1947-11-02
Irish Pull Great
Passing Attack
To Win, 27.0
Lujock and Tripucko
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By Froneis {. Stonn

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CLEVELAND. Ohio. Nov. L.
Navy's hapless eleven. already
thrice-beaten by some of the better
teams, met up with the Nations
Number gridiron power today and
was raked fore and aft by MUIR
derous aerial attack as Notre Dame
rolled to a 27-0 victory before 84,070
spectators who jammed Cleveland's
big stadium on the shore of Lake
Erie.
The Irish capitalized on Navy's
faulty ball-handling and weak sec
ondary defenses, three times using
recovered fumbles as springboards
to touchdowns and winding up the
day by converting an intercepted
pass into a fourth score.
Navy's line was well-nigh i'm
penetrable. but when Quarterback
Johnny Lujack and Frank Tripucka
cooked their passing arms pande-
monium reigned among the Blue
and Gold defenders as Irish receiv-
ers grabbed 18 of 27 passes thrown
for a net gain on forwards of 263
yards.
The Irish ball hawks, outrunning
and outfoxing the Navy backs, al
most unfailingly found the ball
where it was supposed to be thrown
regardless of whether the passer
was Lujack or Tripucka, who divided
the quarterbacking about equally.
Both of Notre Danes first touch
downs came on 30-yard passes. The
third was rushed across, but only
after series of aerials moved the
ball to Navy's Is and q sub back
named Bob Livingston raced AZ
yards for a final counter after
grabbing miss-aimed Navy heave.
Navy Starts Promisingly.
For nearly the entire first period
Navy looked ready to play its best
game of the year. Notre Dame
was making no progress with q
running attack and three of Lu-
jacks first four passes we're knocked
down. But with little more than
three minutes remaining, Bob
Schwoeffermann committed the
first of Nays seven fumbles and
when Leon Hart recovered the
Irish began to roll from the Tars'
43. They banged down to the 80
where Lujack hit Terry Brennan in
the end zone for a touchdown after
Brennan had raced behind Safety
Man Reaves Baysinger.
After Lujack had run 81 yards
on a fake punt early in the second
period, only to tumble and lose the
ball deep in Navy territory, Mid
shipman Bill Hawkins fumbled back
to Notre Dame. The Irish recov-
cred on Navy's 38 and scored on
three plays, last of which was a
3O-yard pass from Tripuka to Hart
who squeezed behind two Navy
men.
Navy still was full of fight and
charged back 36 yards to penetrate
Notre Dame territory for the first
time, but the attack begged and
it was 1870 at half time.
Navy's Onside Kick Succeeds.
To start the second half, Navy
tried a short onside kickoff, and
Scott fell on the ball on the Irish
40 as the Middies maintained pos
session in the surprise maneuver.
Horne passed to Markell for a first
down on the 38. but then Hart of
Notre Dame picked up Horne's
tumble on the As. A holding pen
atty moved the Irish back Is, but
Lujack tossed four completed passes
in a row to reach the Navy rs.
The Irish moved right in for the
touchdown, Brennan going over
from the one after a Lujack-to-
Brennan pass had gained 10, and
Brennan and Sitko had moved up
close in short jabs. Earley's place.
ment was good and made the score
20 to 0.
The 43-yard line of Notre Dame
had marked the deepest Navy pene-
tration up to now, but with Horne
in the passing slot. the Midship-
men attempted to get into the game
by moving 79 yards to the Irish 81.
They couldn't sustain the attack,
however, and lost the ball on the
spot.
Only by the barest of margins did
Navy's line prevent Notre Dame
from capitalizing fully on another
tumble, this time by Billy Earl. 1t
was scooped up by Bill Fischer on
Navy's SO but the sturdy Annapolis
line hurled back Fullback Floyd
Simmons on the 1-yard line.
Irish Score on Interception.
Navy, trying to prevent a second
successive scoreless game, launched
another passing attack after Ranny
Lawrence had recovered a Notre
Dame tumble, but Horne's first at
(See NOTRE DAME, Page B-5J