Evening star., 1955-10-31
kiddies Sought
For Sugar and
Gutor Comes
Notre Dame. Fl; Navy, !
BY CHARLES M. EGAN

Word today from such bowie
conscious cities as Jacksonville.
home Of the Gator Bowl, and ATT
|lanta. home of the Georgia Tech
Engineers. perennial boWi-g goers.
indicated the Navy football team
lost little of its attractiveness as
Ia post-season possibility as re-
suit Of the loss to Notre Dame.
After all. only Maryland, Mich-
|igan and Oklahoma are unbeat-
len among the major eleyens and
they seem to be bound for the
Orange and Rose Bowls. So
Georgia Tech. a prime Sugar
Bowl candidate after, its de-
Icisive victory over Duke and
Auburn's surprising loss to Tu-
lane, Is understood to be looking
toward Annapolis while thinking
about an opponent for the jan
|uary ! game in New Orleans.
Cotton Bowl officials in Dallas
had expressed interest in Navy
earlier and Gator Bowl repre-
|sentatiyes got into the act to-
day. stressing the fact that Jack
|sonville is o Navy town"
Monto's Play Bright Spot
But Coach Eddie Erdelatz and
Capt. Elliott L0ughlin, Nays
athletic director, were in no
mood for bowl talk this morning.
Erdelatz wanted his squad to
forget the unhappy memories Of
the Notre Dame game and start
getting ready for the one with
Duke at Baltimore Saturday.
The once highly-rated Blue
Devils could give the Middies
trouble If they can rebound from
the shocking defeats by Pitt
and Georgia Tech which fol-
lowed their upset Of Ohio State.
One Of the bright features Of
the defeat by the Irish Saturday
was the last-half showing of
Vince Monte. 205-pound full
back from Wilkes Barre, Pa.
Monte. an outstanding runner.
took over when Dick Guest was
injured and gained II yards
rushing and 40 more with three
of George Welsh's passes.
The 5-foot-ll back, who still
isn't as proficient on defense and
blocking as Guest, has another
season Of eligibility remaining
and he could be the teams No.
! power runner In future games.
According to Capt. Loughlin,
Monte tops the entire squad In
classroom work, SO he shouldn't
have too much trouble correct
ing his football deficiencies.
Five Navy sIron Men"
The Navy players came
through the Notre Dame game
in fairly good shape, despite the
consistent ruggedness of the line
play. In addition to Guest, whose
bask was hurt, slight injuries
were suffered by Center Wilson
Whitmire and q few others.
whereas the Irish lost Tackle
Wayne Edmonds and Halfbacks
Aubrey Lewis and Jimmy Morse.
Five Of the Navy players really
earned a rest after Saturdays
activity. These were Ron Beagle,
Capt. John Hopkins. Quarter
back Welsh and Halfbacks Chet
Burchett and Ned Oldham. Each
played the full so minutes
against the Irish.
Paul Hornung, the 205-pound
Notre Dame quarterback who
combines brain and Drawn pref
ty well. gave the left side Of
Navy's line - Beagle. Hopkins
and Vern Dander-the go-by
most of the time, concentrating
on the other side with great
success, Dotn on option plays
and straight plunges.
About the only second-guess-
ing which resulted from the
game concerns Navy's decision
to kick of after winning the
toss. The Middies chose the
south goal, which gave them
the benefit of a 20-mile wind.
But 1t did them no good, even
after one Of Hornung's early
punts travelled only nine yards.
At the start Of the second
half when Notre Dame had its
choice, the Irish chose to re-
ceive and started a sustained
drive which wound up in their
second touchdown.