Evening star., 1955-10-29
Charged Up Mid dies Out
For Revenge Against Irish
Notre Dame
Choice Despite
Novys Record
By CHARLES II. EGAN
sports Editor Of Ths etaf

sports Editor oi Ihs stsr
soy,rrz ur,1, ina r,ct "a
Navy 4 sendine one of its all-
tirSe best footbali teams against
Notra T1arne here this afternoon,
III charred irD i, A effort to win
its i iflfh strairht victory since
these sarne Irisl1 last defeated the
N1idshinnnen IIi;I bv 8 go score In
The rain and mud at Baltimore
stadi,,rY, 4 wear ago tomorrow.
f.T,he parne win b shown on
closed -circuit teievision at the
Sheraton-Park Hotel and
broadcast In washington over
Radio Stations WRC and VOL
beginning ct 1::30 PM
Few fans In the capacity
throne 81 about $1,000 are will
inr to dispute this weeks often-
repeated statement that nearly
eyerythine = including virtually
all the statistics points 70
triumph for the Middles. theit
hrst over the Irish since ls4a
They're undefeated and No. 4
ia the national ranking, whereas
unce-beaten Notre Dame u no
better than ninth. Then. TOO,
Navy ranks far ahead - sslcn
things as the weekly fieures Ior
total cfiense. total defense. 80.
Ing, rushing defense ana totW
pass defense.
Line UnimDressed
n seems that; every one u
,mnreesed by Al this except the
Aainneanolis lvli line. which early in
the veek quoted Notre Dame as
! 4 sir-point fayorite. This sur
nrised = rnany close football fol-
iowers. But the odds had dropped
onlv a couple Of points IS the two
teasns prepared TO 60 into action
IN 4 cool. overcast afternoon.
= -. a.. ,vno fon,t know
..s,. s,,cb tt,;ros the Min
.s.s,.o,,s ~ I,,,e e The handiwork Of
an anonymous mystic who each
week furnishes footballs point
spread for the gambling gentry.
That he is expert - 1t goes with
out saying. Az an example. NAVY
was favored BY 50 points over
Penn last Saturday. The inal
score was $50.
on what happened when these
teams last met, one would nave
Ito like Navy over the Irish. Only
Ian end-zone tumble kept the
lMiddies from getting at least .
lite last year after Ralph
IGuglielmi's pass to Jimmy Morse
melted Notre Dame - yards and
the only touchdown Of the game.
Morse. 3 junior halfback, y
Iplaying today, but Guglielmi and
Joe Heap are gone from the
Iheckneld and only injury-ham-
Ipered ray Lemek - left from
last years starting line.
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|of Joe Gattuso, Len Benzi and
other key men.
The Navy squad, Wnlcn worked
out spiritediy at Notre lame Sta-
dunn yesterday before going 70
nearby Elkhart to spend the
might. may have another aovan-
|tage today Ia physical c0nmtion.
For while Welsh y IN prime
shape TO make . DID 70 ciincn
his selection as An-Amerlcan
Quarterback, Paul Hornung. the
Notre Dame split-T director. y
hampered ny . bruised tnign
muscle that mas kept MIN from
contact Work since tine PURDUE
game last week.
Hornung u certain 70 play.
but the 6-foot 20S-pounder from
Louisville may pe nandicappeo
IN carrying the ball on Keep
plays. one OF his better accom-
|plshments.
Rir Ruildun far welsh
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