Evening star., 1951-11-11
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played the greatest game Of his
career today. The Negro star was
especially brilliant in covering
kicks and the speedy Irish young
sters simply got nowhere on run
backs.
AS a contest, the game wasn'i
worth all the trouble a lot of folk.
went to in order to get it on Wash
ington television screens. But a.
an exhibition of great football by
Michigan State, it was worth 60
ing a long way to see.
Spartans Lost Prestige.
In the last four or five weeks
the SpartanS had lost some pres
tige due to the fact they had to
come from behind-several times
in the final quarter-to overtake
the likes Of Marquette, Penn State
and Pittsburgh. They certainly
planned it differently against the
Irish, and after the second touch
down it was obvious Leahy's teen
age freshmen and sophomores
were SO jittery that a comeback
was highly unlikely.
This second touchdown also was
scored in the first period, and only
six plays were needed to cover Ga
yards. A 13-yard smash by Panin
set it up for Vince Pisano to 60
over from a yard out.
Don McAuliffe. a hard-runnine
halfback from Chicago who spent
some time at both Notre Dame
and the Naval Academy before he
entered Michigan State, made the
longest run in this drive. a 23-yard
slant through the middle.
Even with the score 14-0 against
the Irish. the large Notre Dame
contingent might not have aban-
doned hope so soon except for a
couple of incidents that upset the
team more.
Fail to Make First Downs.
The first one came after Neil
Worden smashed through for nine
yards, then the Irish failed to
make first down on the next two
tries and had to punt. Worden
failed on one plunge and Johnny
Mazur couldn't click on a quarter
back sneak. A few moments later
the same thing happened. Paul
Reynolds cracked through for nine
and then he and Worden couldn't
get the extra yard.
What breaks there were all went
to Michigan State, but the Spar
tans deserved them and certainly
made the most of them. Theil
third touchdown drive started or
their own 26 in the second perioe
and got a bit of impetus when thu
ubiquitous Panin fumbled goins
through the line and the ball wa.
batted toward the Notre Dame
goal. Capt. Carey recovered for {
13-yard gain and a first down
Carey then made a diving shoe.
string catch of Dorow's pass or
the Irish 6. Notre Dame was off.
side on the next play. so tha1
gave McAuliffe q chance to plunge
over from the one.
Thus the first half ended with
the Spartans ahead, 21-0, and an.
idea that Leahy's halftime tall
might change things was quickl.
dispelled. Michigan State wal
just as fired up as. it was at tht
start, taking the ball on the kick,
off and going "a yards in Is plays
Carey Snags Scoring Pass.
McAuliffe, Pisano and Dorow al
contributed a lot of running yard.
age on this drive, and Dorow alst
clicked with a couple of passes
One of these went to Carey il
the end zone, where the Michigan
State captain managed to outjunI
two defenders.
The final touchdown came mid.
way of the final quarter and hae
a touch Of the comic about 1t
The Dorow-Carey passing combi.
nation put the ball on Notr.
Danes 12-yard line. from wher,
Ellis Duckett. another Negro
speedster from Flint. took of.
around his left end. He wa,
knocked out of bounds two yard
from the goal line, so he seemed
to deserve a chance to take i
over. Duckett hit the line twic,
and lost a yard, then tried an.
other end run with the same re.
suit.
Quarterback Dorow is a per.
lsistent chap and apparently h,
lhad his heart set on Ducket
scoring. So, on fourth down. h,
!