Evening star., 1950-10-10
Locke, D. C.. Lawyer, Helped
Stop Notre Dame Streak in III
By Lewis r. Atchison

Gordon Locke had a hunch
Notre Dame was in for a lacing
a few minutes after he clicked
on his television set last Saturday
and saw Purdue pounding the
irish line for sizeable gains. 1t
was more than hunch because
20 years ago the trim, graying
attorney was the hero of IoWa's
10-7 victory over Notre Dame that
ended a string of % games with
out defeat-the first of three long
Irish winning streaks-and Pur-
due seemed to have the same
fire.
mot really the hero" corrected
Locke. "All I did was run through
holes Duke Slater opened for me.
Pictures of the game showed Duke
taking out the entire left side
of Notre Danes line, including
Hunk Anderson.
Irish Were Strong Favorites.
Nobody expected Iowa to win
that is nobody but the HaWkeyes
themselves, Locke recalled. Notre
Dame supporters with cash to
wager found no takers, even after
Iowa assumed 100 lead early in
the game. The Irish seemed to
have too much power to be
checked for long. They came
back to close the gap to 10-7 at
the half, and before the final
whistle they had piled up % first
downs and almost 500 yards from
scrimmage.
Locke still gets a kick out of
puzzling over Coach Howard
Jones psychology in getting Iowa
ready for the game. The famous
coach, then and later one of Knute
Rockne's most formidable rivals,
didn't mention Rockne or Notre
Dame all week, but persisted in
reminding his charges of the Hi
nois game the following Saturday,
emphasizing that Iowa had taken
two straight drubbings from the
Illini and had to win.
Just before we went on the
field to play Notre Dame" Locke
recalled, Zones made a little talk.
They're good" he told us, but you
can win if you play your best.
That's all there was to it, but
that's all we needed. We knew we
were going to win."
Used Only IL Men.
Locke doesn't know if there was
"a victory celebration after the
game because he went directly to
the hospital for a weeks stay. He
was injured with minute and a
half left to play when hit by Hunk
Anderson. Doc" Miller, who came
in for him and who had alter
mated at halfback, was. the 18th
man Iowa used in the game.
Winning that one was the big
gest thrill of my career" Locke
said, And it probably was the
toughest game I ever played in.
got cracked between the eyes on
one play and when I got my bear
lingS Eddie Anderson of Notre
Dame tnoW coaching at Holy
Cross was grinning at me. How
would you like to be back in
lKanaWha right now?' he asked.
We had played baseball that sum-
mer around Kanawha.'
Notre Dame. though it gained
consistently, simply couldn't score
Ia second time on the fighting
Hawkeyes. The Irish reached the
one-yard line only to have pass
thrown by Johnny Mohardt inter-
cepted by Locke, who still isn't
quite sure how he got over on the
opposite side of the field, far out
Iof his regular defensive position,
to grab the pigskin.
Locke. still the same ITO pounds,
5 feet 10l2 inches of his playing
days, gained approximately ITS
yards in the first half-aIl on
line bucks. with Slater opening
the holes. The great Negro
tackle, now a municipal judge in
Chicago, was the hardest hitting
llneman on straightaWay plays
Locke ever saw. He had to be
to take the rough h-and-ready
Hunk Anderson out of action.
The Notre Dame players called