Evening star., 1953-11-04

devastating running attack since Eddie George
Pfann of Cornell ran wild at Franklin Field in 1921
LITTLE FAULT HAS BEEN found with Leahy's present
crop backs headed by Johnny Lattner Joe Heap Neil
Worden and Ralph Gugem but they have way to go yet
they bear close comparison with Rocknes pail
carriers % years Nore Dame loaded then too
with Marchy Schwartz Marty Brill Moon Mullins, Frank
Carideo Bucky OConnor and Joe Savoldi.
had pretty fair team that year Only Wisconsin
had beaten the Quaker prior Nore whereas
had Virginia and licked highly Kansas
team the week before disaster struck
APhladelphia boy Tom Conley was captain ana emo OF
of the line stars But it remained for an
Philadelphia lad Brill to steal the show Philadelphia
lad?. ShuckS, he had gone to Penn.
Marty mans scion of the railroad car
sreetcar builder attended Penn and failed to make
the football squad his sophomore year. SO ne puleo
Swcheroo He to Nore Dame and maoe the 1oot
ball team
BRILL, WAS AN OUTSTANDING blocking back. While
Carideo Schwartz and the others packed the ball. Marty
paved way Penn had way of knowing, that black
Saturday. that Rockne had changed Brs assignment to
make him a ball carrier.
Ten times that afternoon carried the ball. Three
Once he raced ST yards 38
addition these 10 points he set another
touchdown by intercepting pass Few had home
coming to match Marty Brills.
Notre Dame ripped and line pieces rolling
up SGT yards. 81 the ground An account
the game reprinted in the book "The Greatest Sport
Stories the Chicago Tribune" Ca S. Barnes & Coz,
contained this observation:
the Irish employed horde of substitutes
the might have been far oneded than it
One away from the with feeling of awe for the
tremendous power inherent in this latest Notre Dame
masterpiece =. :"
NoTRE DAME UNBEATEN in five games this season and
trying TO- naturally will strong favorite the
Quakers Saturday The Irish voted No. before the
season. the strength of glowing reports personnel and
strengthened their hold top national ranking by
licking Oklahoma Purdue Pitt Georgia Tech and Navy.
the beginning Notre Danes No. l ranking was not
highly popular in all of the country Georgia Teen ana
Michigan State had two dandy winning sreaks LETT over ana
going for e. But Tech was quoted When Cne 4rlSn "o
2714 and Notre Dame VICTIM Purdue took the shine OH
Michigan State couple of weeks ago by winning, to o.
the only team with reasonable beef appears TO
Maryland although not the most rabid Terrapn
followers will contend that Maryands schedule anything
Notre Their big hope admittedly is Tor some
body to upset the Irish in the next five weeks Penn'
North Carolina, Iowa. Southern Cal or SMo.
SPEAKING OF SCHEDULES, Penn's own suicide slate"
gives uakers chance Notre any other
least in the estimation of Coach Eddie Erdelaz of Navy
Taking cognzance Schedue-Vanderblt
California Ohio State Navy Michigan Notre Dame Army and
Corne-Erdeatz had this to after his Mddes bowed to
Penn two-and-a-half weeks ago:
"If they PENN stay in one piece, they'll be tough.
Remember the other Ivy League schools weren't
allowed spring practice Penn playing its into shape
They beat because they'd met better teams than we'd been
playing.
mo sense in kidding Penn is the Ivy League sickout.
The others Navy could handle, proved. But the
material at Penn is something else"
This not to suggest that Erdeatz picking Penn
Notre Dame or even giving Quakers of chance.
But his observations may be worthy of attention Penn and
Notre been playing pretty much the
of schedule But the Quakers have winning streak to
preserve special pressure them. The Irish have got
everything to lose.
If they start thinking past say thinking of
Southern Cal that and tumble two may be all that's
necessary to we'll, make things different than they were
November 8, 1880.