Evening star., 1949-10-02
Checked by Penalties
Irish Seize Breaks;
Sitko Used as Foil
By the Assoeioisd Press

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ing power Of q Notre Dame foot
ball machine driven by the piston
legs Of squat Emil Sitko wore
down the University Of Washing
ton today and earned the Irish a
27-to-7 victory.
Stunning a crowd Of 41,500. a
Washington team that was unim-
pressed by the Notre Dame repu-
ltation, pitched a touchdown pass
in the first quarter and held the
score to q TT deadlock at half
time.
But the vicious drive of the
Irish forward wall took its toll OF
washington players In the second
half. The invaders from South
Bend, Ind, playing for the first
time in the Northwest. capitalized
on two fumbles and blocked kick
to score twice in the third quarter
and once in the fourth to wrap up
the game.
Time and again the Notre Dame
attack was begged by 15-yard pen
alties for holding, clipping and
unnecessary roughness. Two of
them came on successive plays in
the final quarter. The 135 yards
they lost from penalties did more
to check the Irish than the cou-
rageous stand Of the hometown
Huskies.
Huskies Score on Pass.
The touchdown that broke the
scoring ice was set up at the fag
end Of the opening stanza. Law
renee Coutre of Notre Dame fum-
bled on the Washington IS and
Tackle John Pechek recovered for
Washington.
On the first play Left Halfback
Rolly Kirkby got beyond the Notre
Dame secondary defense and
Graded q 30-yard pass from Quar-
ter Don Heinrich, scamperidg to
the goal untouched.
It took Notre Dame almost all
the second period to get even,
finally launching an all-the-way
drive from its own 80. Quarter
back Bob Williams mixed his
plays shrewdly, threatening with
"Six-Yard" Sitko and feeding his
other backs for steady gains.
With the ball on the 20, VIII
liams lofted a pass to Leon Hart
and the huge end grabbed it on
the two and slanted over for the
first Irish counter. Guard Stephen
Oracko booted the first Of his
three successful tries for point to
tie it up at Tall.
The Huskies lost Heinrich with
a kidney injury before the half
ended and soon Kirkby and Full-
back Henry Tiedemann Joined
him on the sidelines. hurt in the
rough play.
The second half was three min
utes old when Tackle Robert
Toneff piled in on Washington S
Sub Quarter Don O'Leary to
smother a punt. Bill Flynn re-
covered for Notre Dame on the
Washington IA and on the second
play Hart powered six yards to
score on an -end-around.
Coutre Scores for Irish.
Near the stanza's end Tiede-
mann, hurt when he was crashed
by Notre Dame tackle, fumbled
and John Helwig recovered for
the Irish. With SO yards to go,
Halfback Francis Spaniel turned
in six and Coutre went the last
80, knitting over tackle and cutting
back to elude the Washington
defense.
Right after the kickoff OIeary
fumbled when hit and Ed Flynn
pounced on the ball for Notre
Dame on the Washington 18
Again the Irish busted OF the end
around and Hart went 13 yards.
Spaniel picked up three and, on
the first play of the final quarter
Johnny Landry powered to the
tally. ..
With sophomores carrying the
load. Washington reeled off 40
yards to the Notre Dame 8, only
to lose the ball on downs.
,Sitko. driving and spinning, was
as good as his nickname, averag-
ing 81 yards for the Is times he
carried the ball.