Evening star., 1951-10-01
Great Start by Irish,
Second Kentucky Loss
To Shuttle Rankings
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press
NEW YORK, Oct. 1.-As if try
ing to keep up with the assorted
versions of T, single wing. A and
Y football formations weren't
enough this season, a couple
others have bobbed up-the Navy
T and the Notre Dame I.
Notre Danes 7 formation isn't
exactly new. 1t was used by a
couple. of Southern schools last
year, including Virginia Military
Institute, and Frank Leahy, Irish
coach. admitted 1--WE borrowed it,"
Both are calculated to add a
little additional razzle-dazzle to
the offense. The Navy T ad-I
mittedly is designed to hide the
ball even more than the regular
T. If the opponents can't see it,
pity the poor bloke in the stands.
The Navy T has one back far
out on the flank. When the ball
Is passed to the quarterback, the
back on the flank starts a reverse
followed by the other two backs.
The quarterback can give it to
any of the three passing backs
or hold it himself. /
The Notre Dame I simply lines
up all the backs in straight line
The quarterback gets the ball and
then all four backs start to race
to one side or the other. Confuses
the opposition.
Borrowed I Helps Irish.
On the basis of Saturdays re-
suits, the Notre Dame alignment
was the more successful. The
Irish sprung a complete surprise
by pulverizing Indiana, 48-6,
while Navy could do no better
than tie Yale, TT. But the sea-
son is young yet. and maybe the
Navy hocus-pocus will work bet
ter against Princeton come Sat-
% urday: The Irish play Detroit
The Notre Dame triumph,
combined with Kentucky's second
straight defeat, may cause some
shutting in the national rankings.
The Irish were not rated in the
top 10 in the Associated Press
preseason poll, while Kentucky,
which bowed to Mississippi Satur-
day, 21-7, was given the No. Z
spot.
Kentucky plays Georgia Tech
this week and the result, along
with at least two others, will be
significant. The second and
third teams in the crystal ball
poll, Michigan State and Ohio
State, meet in Columbus. while
Oklahoma, No. 4, and Texas A. &
M, No. 6, clash in College Station,
Tex.
Michigan State Gets Tough.
Michigan State polished of
Michigan, the defending cham
pion of the Big Ten, Saturday,
$50, after somewhat mediocre
showing in its 60 opening victory
over Oregon State a week ago.
The Big Ten probably is breath
ing collective sigh of relief that
the Spartans are not eligible for
title competition until next year.
Ohio State won squeaky one
T-0-over Southern Methodist, a.
pretty fair outfit. Michigan State
probably will rule one-touch-
down favorite against Ohio State
For comparative scores on the
coming Oklahoma Texas AIM
game: The Sooners stopped Will
liam and Mary, debated edition,
49-7, while Texas A61M toyed with
Texas Tech, 2O-7. This one also
probably will be tossup.
Tennessee gave no cause for
alarm and still stands as the over
whelming favorite to cop the
Southeastern Conference title
after defeating Mississippi State,
14-0. The Vols were rated at the
top of the heap nationally before
the campaign started.
California Strong Again.
Washington was regarded as
the big threat to California in
the Pacific Coast Conference. but
the Huskies had trouble getting
past Minnesota, $500. while
California was showing under
Pennsylvania, $50. Penn was
supposed to be a power in the
Ivy League, so-unless the Quak-
ers were overrated-Pappy Wal.
DORIS Golden Bears look to be-
In again. I
If Penn doesn't show more and
Cornell's close 21-14 victory over
Syracuse is any indication Of
things to come, Yale could romp
home with the Ivy title, on the
basis of it's deadlock with Navy.
The only real upsets, otherwise.
were in the South. Besides the
Kentucky debacle, Louisiana State
rode over Alabama, which, twas
said, was on the upgrade. Then.
Auburn, always a pushover in its
section, dumped Vanderbilt. Tu-
lane took little time in shatter-
ing Miami's dreams of another
undefeated season with a 2l-7
victory.