ame DISCEQUASI-SEALER-VICTURVsVlVE- QUASI- CRASMORITVRVS VOL. LIV. NOTRE DAME, INDIANA, DECEMBER II, 1920. No. II. Notre Dame Football, 1920. battles to come. Wynne toted the oval across the enemy's, zero line for the first touchdown BY ALFRED N. SLAGGERT, 21. of the season, following several titanic advances by the battering backs of the first string.. Early AUDED from coast to coast by recog­ in the second quarter these same backs again nized critics as the greatest of the great . began to evidence greed for yardage, and Gipp,t lt.,~HS«^ in footballdom, Rockne's super-eleven hurtling through the Wolverine tacklers, struck of 1920 has just emerged from another a spectacular gallop for thirty yards to another season with nothing but victories to its credit. touchdown. Mohardt and Coughlin, who were Even the most conservative are forced to con­ substituted for Gipp and Barry, plunged time cede to this wonder eleven and-its peerless ' after time through the Kalamazoo wall and had mentor first place when ranking the country's advanced the ball to the opposition's four-yard best gridiron machines of this year. line when the half ended.. In the second half A bewildering aerial, attack, herculean line- there came a shower of touchdowns-r-by Barry, plunging, faultless team play, brilliancy in. both Brandy, Kasper, and Mohardt.. In.the last offensive and defensive play—these were some quarter Kalamazoo. failed miserably in its of the many merits shown consistently in the attempt to save itself via the air route from- games against Nebraska, the Army, Indiana, a zero defeat. '. , , . and the other conquered elevens, each of which The next visitor to Cartier field, the.Western had saved its best energy and strategy for the Normal eleven, also succumbed to the crushing clash with Nofre Dame, for the reason that a ' offensive; and impregnable defensive play of the victory over, the Gold and Blue would have Varsity; Except for occasional flashes of fairly meant well-deserved acclaim wherever the good defensive work, the Normals weare pitifully pigskin pastime is discussed. To Rockne and helpless, w^hether in their effort to curb .the Halas and their valiant knights of the grid­ advances of Rockne's plunging aces or in their iron—^whose classic work has given to Notre failure to make an impression on the Varsit}'- Dame a superior position in the world of forward wall. The final score, 41. to o, would athletics—^is due the appreciation of every loyal undoubtedly have been doubled had it not friend of the' University. been for heavy penalties imposed upon N-otre Kalamazoo College, the first opponent of the Dame and the extreme humidity of the after­ season, was •easity overwhelmed by the Varsity, noon. _. X 39 to .0. The Wolverine men, confident in con­ • Rockne's men underwent their first real test sequence of their recent victory over the of the season when they met the beefy team, of Michigan "Aggies," came advertised as able to Nebraska at Lincoln. Coming from behind in give the Gold and Blue a real test in its initial the latter part of the game, they drove their -battle. It was evident from the very beginning way through, to a. i6-to-7 victory over the of the contest, however, that they-were not Comhuskers, before the largest crowd that has equal to the task. They fought tenaciously up ever attended a game in that city. As a result . to the very last minute of play, but it was a of the game, Notre Dame's great coach was fight against impossible odds. To mention the acclaimed by the attending gridiron critics Varsity men whose play came well up to the "the wizard of footballdom." The two teams expectation of the "fans", would be to give the fought evenly through the first half, the Varsity whole personnel of the team. The feats of that using pass kfter pass in the hope of getting afternoon augured well for victory in the bi§ within striking distance of the R,ed and White ./ I62 '^e Noure 5ame §'cholascicr posts. The Notre Dame aerial tactics having spectacular affair, sprinkled with sensational been temporarily frustrated, Gipp, Castner, novelties in strateg}^ The "Valps," in proud and Barr}'- began a series of off-tackle crashes possession of a three-point lead at the end of the and flank dashes which took the ball 'to the "first period, Avere worn to shreds in their bitter Cornhuskers two-feet line. Here the Westerners attenipts to withstand the continual pounding fought like madmen and held. Shaw spilled of the local shock squad. Early in the second the attempted punt, ^vhich was recovered by a period, Rockne withdrew his Reserves, and soon Nebraskan behind his goal line, thus giving the Valparaiso defensive was crumbling before the Varsit}'^ two points on a safety. the onslaughts of the Aces. Plunge after plunge In the second period Nebraska began a won- netted long gains. Wynne went over the top, derful drive toward the Notre Dame bar and followed by Gipp a few minutes later. Gipp with the ball on the three- «* found the enemy trench yard line, Hubka substi­ again in the fourth quarter, NOTRE DAME RECORD, 1920 tuted for Hartley at left- and "Johnny" Mohardt half, charged through for KNUTE K. ROCKNE. Coach wriggled over for the a touchdown. The Neb­ WALTER HALAS, Asst. Coach fourth touchdown of-the FRANK COUGHLIN, Captain raska stands w^ent wild game, following Hayes' wdth joy over the spectacu­ - N.D. Opp. scoop of Kercheval's wild delivery. lar advance of their heroes. Kalamazoo College 0 The Varsit}!-, nothing 1 Eastern critics are still at Notre Dame 39 daunted by the success sounding the well-deserved of the Huskers, began a Western State Normal 0 praises of the "Hoosier" counter-charge, wdth Mo­ at Notre Dame 41 ' eleven which invaded the hardt and Wynne, who Nebraska 7 East late in October, and, had just entered the game, at Lincoln 16 for the third consecutive time, defeated the Cadets bearing the brunt of the Valparaiso 3 attack. Twice the Corn­ of West Point, this time at Notre Dame 28 huskers held for downs, by taking the Army eleven and again the Varsity re­ Army 17 into camp, 27 to 17. "It sorted to the hurling game. at West Point 27 was the struggle of a The Gipp-to-Anderson Purdue 0 good team against a great combination netted sixty at Notre Dame 28 one," writes a prominent yards with two perfect New York critic. '' Beaten, Indiana 10 throws, putting the ball though the Army was by well into Nebraska terri­ at Indianapolis 13 a score of 27 to 17, the tory. Then the ball was Northwestern 7 glory of a -gallant fight tossed successfully to the at Evanston 33 against a too powerful enemy's two-yard line, Michigan Aggies ft 0 foe remains with West and Brandy on the second Point. Against a machine at Lansing 25 play cut his way through capable of pounding its the Red and White line. Total Score 250 44 way for successive marches In the third quarter Gipp's X of seventy-five and eighty dash for a touchdown, in the execution of yards the Cadets went down—as almost any other Rockne's yearly "stunt" prepared especially eleven in the East must have if it had faced the for Nebraska, was disallowed because of holding. Notre Dame eleven that took the field today." The last touchdown of- the game followed a Concerning the classic struggle the New York series of scrappy counter-skirmishes, Gipp Times said: "The Notre Dame team wliich going through tackle for the score. The game played rings around the Army this afternoon ended with Nebraska resorting in desperation was a big, shifty, well-drilled football machine, to an overhead attack. which looked as strong as. any football team A week later eight thousand spectators seen on an eastern gridiron this season. ... crammed into Cartier field and saw the "Rock- The Hoosiers were a better developed and a men humble the grim, fighting team of Val­ better trained eleven and played the kind of paraiso,*?? to 3. The contest was a bitter, football which sends a crowd pf spectators into '^e Noure <&ame ^chdascic i6s realms of excitement every minute." Notre dashed, and dodged through a maze of black Dame supporters at the game were legion, and and Brown tacklers, eighty yards to a touch­ they saw a Gold and Blue eleven fighting in its down; he hurled to Kiley and Anderson for best manner; the}'- saw Gipp, hailed as the peer gains totaling one hundred-thirty yards, and of football champions past and present, run, sent the oval squarely between the Purdue punt, plunge, and pass with scintillating ac­ sticks three times for goal points. Grant's curacy; they saw Mohardt cleave the Cadet fifty-yard canter, the most sparkling bit of wall in every-attempt; they saw .'Wynne smash work in the game, gave the Varsity its first through the tackles in heroic drives; they saw score. Captain Coughlin, "Hunk" Anderson,' Captain Coughlin, Kiley, Anderson, Shaw, and Shaw, and Smith opened great holes for Wynne, Smith, each put up a game which astonished the Barry, Mohardt, Coughlin, and Castner, who East; they saw in action a team which showed either walked peacefully through the Boiler­ itself "about thirty points better than the makers' defense or trotted around the ends, Army-and at least one touchdown better than advancing for good gains on every play. any eleven in the East." Next came the gruelling battle with Indiana, The fracas with the Boilermakers of Purdue which taxed all the resources of the Champions.