Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-11-01

through a horde of tacklers.
But the second Notre Dame
touchdown, the first of two for
Scarpitto, was a freakish play,
listed as a 48-yard run follow
ing an interception of a Max
field pass. Actually. ScarpitGo
stole the ball out of Bellino'S
arms after the fleet Navy back
had taken a perfect throw from
Maxf1eld.
Stickles kicked the extra |
points after the first two Notre
Dame touchdowns, while Math-
er missed one for Navy. After
the Middies' third-q uarterI
score, Tranchini threw an in
complete pass trying for two
points.
Navy's chief ground-gainer
was Fullback Matalavage, who
ground out SO yards in Is car
ries. Notre Danes rushing
game, which piled up 258 yards
to Navy's 80, was led by Rat
kowski, who went Ga yards in
nine tries. Perkowski gained Sc
yards in II carries, while the
limping Red Mack. who played
only in the last half, got 48
yards in seven tries.
Fumbles Help Navy
In passing, however, it was
all Navy, 200 yards to GA.
White clicked on four of eight
passes, while Izo, the outstand-
ing star of the 1858 victory
over Navy, failed to connect
on three throws, two of which
were intercepted.
The Scarpitto interception
hurt the Navy cause plenty,
but the Middies got a few
breaks in the way Of three
Notre Dame fumbles recovered
by the boys from Annapolis. !
The teams broke even in
penalties, too, each drawing so
yards. One of the oddities in
this respect was the ruling that
elected Center Frank visited
after the Stickles-E rchul fight.
Visited, filling in for Jim Dunn,
Navy's injured captain, merely
was trying to break UP the ex-
change. However, he was ousted
along with Stickles while Err
chul was permitted to play the
remaining few seconds.
Middies Start Fast
The Middies started out as
If the Irish-favored by 10
pointS-didn't belong on the
same field with them. After
taking the opening kickoff,
which little Bob Correll fumbled
and then recovered on his own
11-yard line, Navy spent the
first 8 minutes and AZ seconds
on an 89-yard march for a
touchdown.
During this drive, which re-
quired 20 plays, Maxfield hit on
five passes in five attempts for
a total of AZ yards. The only
time the Navy attack appeared
likely to sputter at all came in
the first sequence of downs.
Then Maxfield daringly sent
Matalavage through center for
2 yards and a first down in a
fourth-and-2 situation on the
Middies' 20.
Maxf1eld scored Navy's first
touchdown from a yard out on
a quarterback sneak after set
ting up the score with sharp
passes to Brandquist, Bellno
and Matalavage. On one pass
to Brandquist good for Is yards,
a clipping penalty wiped out
the gain, but Maxf1eld immedi-
ately connected with Bellino on
another short toss for 10.
Irish Strike Back
Notre Dame did even better
the first time Kuharich's boys
got the ball. The Irish went SO
yards in 10 plays, using only
one pass which lost a yard.
Ratkowski and Perkowski both
were effective against the Mid
dies line, and Sefcik and Scar
pitto had little trouble turning
the ends. Little Sefcik scored
; the touchdown just before the
quarter ended on a 13-yard
run around his own right end.
Half a dozen Navy tacklers had
good shots at him, but he broke
! away and went into the end
zone scotfree.
Notre Dame went out in
! front on Scarpitto's steal in
> the second quarter.
! Paul Mankowich, an end
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