Evening star., 1948-11-07

Irish Run String 10 Is
Games Without Loss,
10 Successive Wins
BY the Assoeiofed Press

BLOOMINGTON, Ind, Nov. g.
Notre Danes fotball team skipped
lightly over a muddy field In a 1915
victory today against Indiana Uni
versity's five-tines beaten Hoosiers.
The Irish failed to score only in
the final quarter-thus ending a
string of 80 periods in which they
had Tailed one or more touchdowns
Halfback Emil (Six Yard Sitko
softened up the HooSiers with q
series Of smashes early in the game.
He ran % yards for the first Irish
touchdown and 1t was Just routine
after that.
Five Notre Dame Backs crossed
the Indiana goal line and Steve
Oracko place-kicked six straight
points after touchdown. Bill Gay
and Bill Wightkin scored their first
points Of the season for the Irish.
John Landry got two touchdowns
and John Paneli contributed one.
Tripucka Sparkles for Irish.
Quarterback Frank Tripucka had
a good day for Notre Dame, passing
for two touchdowns and handling
the ball flawlessly on pitchouts.
A 63-yard kickoff return by Indi-
ana's John Mcdonnell, coupled with
a 15-yard Notre Dame penalty for
unnecessary roughness, put I. U. on
the Irish seven on the first play
after Notre Danes first touchdown.
The Hoosiers pulled two penalties,
missed three passes and lost the
ball on downs.
Indiana mostly watched the score
pile up until late in the final period
Halfback Del Russell figured in
eight straight plays that moved the
ball 40 yards for the lone Hoosier
touchdown. End Joe Bartkiewicz
took a seven-yard pass for, the
climax.
$4,000 Witness Rout.
Notre Dame made 291 yards on
the ground and 145 by passing. In
dianas rushing gained only A
yards net and its offense covered
80 yards by air Tripucka missed
with only two of nine passes.
The Irish scoring sequence was
Sitko, 23-yard run; Landry two-yard
plunge: Panelli, 51-yard run down
the side line; Tripucka's pass to
Wightkin for IS yards; Tripucka S
pass to Gay for 20 yards; Landry,
a one-yard plunge.
1t was Notre Danes 25th game
without defeat and its 18th straight
victory. The sellout crowd of $4,000
was the 23d straight capacity audi
ence for the Irish.
NnTRE DAME
~, Left end-Martin, Wightkin. Flynn.
,,d4 Lett ,R"aIs taekls-Mcoehee. Gaul' Budynkie-
Left suard-Fischer. Higsins, Heluig,
Risht suard@wendeil, oracko johnson,
Right tackle-Fallon. smiiewski. cifelli.
Quarterback-Tripucka. williams Begley.
Left halfback-Gay. Landry. McKiiiip.
Right half5ackw;;sitko; Walt Smith;
Spaniel, Cotter.
Left end-Winston. Kovatch.
Left t sasE1dsWWGItldsRPffrTy; snaldWItcaPf grias RsWl'
stems
Right guard-w. Bsrtkiewicz. Brooks,
Right tackle-Morrical. Georsakis.
Right end. Bartkiewicz. Carter,
Quarterback-Sebek. Kasonovich
! Left halfback-Taliaferro, Russell. Hug
| gett. Benner.
Right halfback--Mcponnell. Goldston.
Fullback-Jagade. Sellers.
Notre Dame 14 81 7 O-2
Indiana ------------- o 0 g
Notre Dame scoring: Touchdowns-
Sitko. Landry (2D. Panelli, Wightkin, Gay.
Points after touchdown-Oracko (6).
Indiana scoring: Touchdown. Bart
kiewicz.
Statistics.
ND. Ind.
First downs - l6 10
Net yards gained rushing "A
Forward passes attempted 3 %
Forward passes comDleted---7 10
Yards forward passing 145 90
Forwards intercepted by o 0
Yards gained runback int'cp'ns o 0
Total Sds. all kicks returned 100 154
Opponent fumbles recovered o
Yards lnSt nv Dena1ties