Evening star., 1955-10-17
WIN, LOSE OR
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Luck of the Irish


after Michigan State had taken lat lead, Notre Dame
charged back in the of all good teams That is
Notre Dame back 4S yards which was not quite far
enough There pileup and when the arms and legs
untangled 1t found that Quarterback Paul Hornung
had missed first down by inches and the ball game went
over to the Spartans deep in their own territory
the pressbox Charley Callahan shuddered violently
before turning philosophical i've been waiting for IT
happen since the start of the season. Notre Danes
publicity chief said hadn't had measurement that
had gone against us until just now"
Whether those few inches decided the big one In East
Lansing question There to follow couple
of fumbles pass intercepon that went against the
Irish but missing that first down might have meant
14-14 tie instead OF 21-7 licking.
I'm not complaining" Callahan was saying. Against
Miami got four breaks measurements and Miami got
So Today we lost I'll one thingwe lost
to good team to ask Terry Brennan how good he
thinks Michigan State is"
TWENTY MINUTES LATER, Callahan had made the
jaunt from the pessbox to the Notre Dame dressing room
and returned
"Terry" be said amay be quoted saying Michigan
State the best played They deserved to win
Brennan wouldn't rate Miami If remember. man
said to Callahan. 4 Terry wouldht say whether
Miami good better weaker than your other oppon
ents Indiana and Southern Methodist
mo. he wouldn't Callahan verified, spu now he says
Michigan State is theabest." E
Now this was on the homeward journey from
ing 10000 feet the air and Of the best known scouts
in the country rehashng the game.
Michigan State he said twas wonderful They had the
Is something Ill never understand
eI Notre Dame and Michigan State were to play 10
games he asked do think State would win seven?
Personally" said the scout 81 think they'd win more
than seven out of ten
YOU COULDN'T REALLY say the luck of the Irish ran
out. Terry Brennan's perhaps, but not Hugh (Dufyl
Daughertys
Daugherty, who is equally Irish Terence Patrick
Brennan almost had to win that big The old grads
and the midwestern easily peasedwere begin
1np ton akp poroinn
who'll win the games we're accustomed to winning?
Daugaerty hadn't it last year, which happened to
be the first time in his life he'd ever been head coach He
wasn't No. in high school, but when Bggie Mum
stepped up athletic director of the Spartans and
needed head COACH he tapped Duffy who had played Tor
Bggie at Syracuse
It was no great favor he was showing Daughery because
Michigan State under Num- had the Big Ten title and
the many most Of his stars departing
Daugherty Big Ten game Qndiana) and his team
finished last From first to last in single year. and the
alumni didn't cotton to the business at all.
THIS THEN, HAD to be Duffy's big day, which it was
He had started by beating Indiana again. then lost 147
squeaker to Michigan Spartans cobbered Stanford in
their third test Notre Dame the he almost had
to beat
Not forgotten is that Notre Dame went into the
fray with perfect recordthree for three and unscored
The Irish rated No in the country and rapidly
gaining stature But Dauntess Duffy had the horses and
the knowhow and when he awoke the morning after there
we're alarmed alumni his neck.
Michigan State had the attack of good puncher
The Spartans from the and the spit-T They ran
the single wing They could did rip holes in the
Irish defense.
To be sure State made mistake and, always when
facing Notre Dame in football the Yankees in baseball
was costly When they had Hornung seemingly trapped
late the quarter they let him of the hook and he
got of 35-yard pass to jim Morse who ran more tie 1t
up at TT
But that about the only time State goofed Last
Saturday the Spartans whale OF outfit and in
light win plus Mchigans 1872 victory
Northwestern plus Arys defeat by Syracuse had
to wonder how polsters found dozen teams to
rank above them week ago.