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CcIIlpG was UlduS NY D. tcdIII WHICH,
has averaged "a points a game,
it indicated a strong respect for
the Irish. No great surprise was
expressed when the kick fell well
short.
The Spartans' inability to capi-
talize on Notre Danes frequent
early errors was surprise, how
ever. Michigan State cautiously
punted from it's "a with only
inches to go on fourth down and
Immediately was rewarded when
the Irish safety men, Paul Reyn-
olds and Johnny Lattner, messed
up handoff after Reynolds
caught the kick and attempted
to give it to the all-American
candidate who had starred against
Oklahoma last week. A guard,
Gordon Serr. fell on this second
tumble on the Notre Dame Is and
it seemed certain the Irish were
in trouble.
Four plays later. Notre Dame
claimed the ball on downs on it's
10, but the Irish fumbled so fire.
quently that at the half it ap-
peared unbelievable that Michi-
gan State hadn't scored. For in
stance. shortly afterward Francis
Paterra also fumbled and Michi-
gan State recovered on the 81.
At this point, Coach Biggie Mum
replaced Yewcic with Willie
Thrower, Negro quarterback from
New Kensington, Pa, who really
is a thrower.
The Spartans hadn't been going
anywhere with Yewcic. but neither
did they do anything with Thrower
in the slot. Notre Dame took the
ball on downs on the 81 and it was
a scoreless half.
Lattner Is Inconsistent.
The second half began on a
note Of suspense, deteriorated into
almost a comedy of errors, re-
turned to an aura of suspense and,
finally. to hopelessness on the part
of Notre Dame rooters who helped
to swell the crowd and break the
Lansing attendance record of ST.
526. set in game with Michigan
in 1948.
Lattner, an inconsistent per-
former who fumbled when he
should have held the ball and,
paradoxically, made a couple of
great catches, fell on a tumble by
Billy Wells after the second-half
kickoff. It was Notre Danes ball
on the Spartans' 10, but the Irish
hubbed the touchdown chance. Joe
Heap plowed to the 8 and Carey
apparently moved to the 4. but
Notre Dame was penalized back
to the 20 for holding and it looked
as if the South Benders wouldn't t
score at all.
Here Guglielmi passed to Heap,
who reached the 6 on fourth down
and, rather than gamble for a
touchdown, the Irish called on
Arrix, sub, sophomore fullback.
His placement for field goal was
perfect and it was 80.
Penalty Helps Spartans.
In the next few minutes, how
ever. Notre Dame fumbled so often
that it looked as if the Irish would
require handles on the ball. There
was a fourth tumble and. finally.
the all-important fifth. Heap was
the butter fingered player and
Tamburo recovered on the Irish
13.
AS if giving the Spartans all
these breaks weren't enough, Notre
Dame held on a third-down play
on which Thrower almost pitched
a pass into the seats behind the
end zone. When the officials re-
covered the ball, they moved it
to the 1-yard line and Capt. Don
McAuliffe promptly rammed it
across. marking the 14th time in
Michigan States last II games
that he's scored.
McAuliffe, now Is and a senior,
was at Notre Dame for four
months as a freshman in 1916.
The son of a Chicago city police
man, he put a hitch in the Navy
and was briefly at the Naval
Academy before transferring to
Michigan State.
When Fullback Slonac con-
verted it became 7-3.
Another clipping penalty. plus a
tumble by Lattner, gave the ball
to the Spartans on the Irish 16
and this opportunity also was
muffed. But only seconds later,
Paterra fumbled on his 81 and
the Spartans moved to the 4. Then
followed a holding penalty, put
ting the ball on the 1-yard line
from where McAuliffe. a former
Notre Dame student. scored tc
make 1t 1913. 4