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9 m.m mm mmwmwmm ya ay Mp; I I I I I ln rr Notre Dame Beats Navy, 217, 'for Rochn Oef. J9, 1955 Dei Moines Sunday Reg'tfer PflQS 75 Sport Section mr. j. 2 Iowa Best vs. Giel I BY BILL r.RVSON' 1 BY BILL BRYSON- their opponents, 20-16 they gained 323 yards by rushing to Navy's 112 Stay on Ground.

Only in passing did the Middies excell, but only one of their 25 throws hurt the Irish largely because Paul Horn-ung alertly intercepted twice after Navy had penetrated NOTHING but football this week: Paul Giel's net yardage against Iowa was 40 in 1952 and 35 in 1953 the two lowest totals of his glamorous Minnesota career. The Gophers won, 17-7, in '52; lost, 27-0, the next year (for R. W. Van Zwol, Eagle Grove, la.) Knute STATISTICS. Navy Dam int ittmnt 14 Kuhlnf anla( 112 raatbtf yardarc lliU l'aw atlrmptrd 2.

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1 Rockne's record for 13 seasons was 105 victories, 12 defeats, Bierman's 16-year record at 93-36-6 (for A. J. Plath, Jeffersonville, Mo.) ened themselves out from an epidemic of fumbles and penalties In the first quarter, tbey dominated play, outcharged their lighter opponents and ground out yardage easily against the experienced Navy forwards. Notre Dame scored one touchdown in the second period and two in the third; and fullback Don Schaefer kicked the extra point after each. 17 Middies Play.

The Middies tdok charge in the final quarter, scoring once and being stopped again by a pass interception. However, most of the Irish starters were sitting it out by that time. Coach Terry Brennan of the victors employed 29 players, but Coach Eddie Erdelatz.of the Navy used only 17 as the terfered on one, thrown by Burchett. Hornung, Schaefer, Jim Morse, Dean Studer, Dick Fitzgerald and Aubrey Lewis moved the ball so well that Notre Dame resorted to only six passes, three of which were completed but for only IS yards. One lost ground; another was captured by the enemy.

In spite of a beautiful 45-yard return of a punt by Studer behind excellent blocking, particularly by Morse, the Irish failed to score in the first quarter. Toss Stolen. The Middies made the only threat of that period after Morse fumbled al midfield and tackle James Royer of Navy recovered. Eut after the Middies reached the Irish 19- At the start of the season, Ivy Irish Gain 323 On Ground. By Sec Taylor.

(Sporta Editor, Tin Refliter NOTRE DAME, IND. Notre Dame won another game for Knute Rockne here Saturday, defeating Navy, 21-7, in surprisingly easy fashion. The game was cated to the memory of Rock-ne, immortal, coach of the Irish. And so Navy Week ended on a sour note for the Middies, admirals and other followers of the Annapolis team, some of whom were among the record crowd of 59,475 who sat in a cruel wind and a light rain throughout the first half end in a temperature of 40 degrees. After the Irish straight Ten record, for the period since he took over I at Wisconsin in 1949, was the ference: 26 victories, 9 losses ords of other schools for that 27-10-3; Michigan, 24-11-2; Minnesota, 16-16-5; Michigan Purdue.

16-18-1: Iowa. 14 23 1: SEASON RECORDS. N.4.VV. I NOTRE IMMF. 7 Mm.

Mary 0 17 So. M'thndUt A Ho. arnllna 0 IS Indiana 21 rittaunrali 0,14 Miami 34 Proa. Slat 14 1 1 Mlrh. Mat 21 33 Prnaylania 0 II furdiin 7 7 Notre Varna II il Navy 7 NEXT FOES.

NOTRE riAMK Al Prnnijlranle. NAV1 KuUe. well into Notre Dame terrain. Welsh threw all but one of Navy's passes and completed 13 for 155 yards. The Irish in Middies lost to Notre Dame for the tenth consecutive season.

End Ron Beagle, a great player, tackle John Hopkins, quarterback George Welsh, and halfbacks Ed Oldham and Chester Bur-chett worked full time for the Middies, but in vain. Although the Irish had only four more first downs than 11-27-0; Indiana. 6-29-0 (for William Seifer, at Notre Dame 5 ties. Berniel Minnesota was! Williamson's Big I best in the con and 4 ties. Rec-1 span: Ohio Illinois, 19-17-2; State, Northwestern A inie ii I i Moines) Michigan State was admitted to r.ir.u Big Ten membership, May 20, 1949, but did not enter football competition until 1953 (for Charles Cheney, Des Moines) Pence's Kick Ranks Fifth Jack Pence's 59-yard field goal for Coe against Drake, Nov.

10. 1923, is the fifth longest in collegiate records. Longer kicks: 65, J. T. Haxall, Princeton, vs.

Yale, 1882; 63, Mark k- Payne, Dakota Wesleyan, vs. Northwest Nor s. mal, 1915; 62, Pat O'Dea, Wisconsin, vs. North western. 1898; George Gipp, Notre Dame, vs.

LaBrasca Smashes Over for First Drake Score vc, inn. noAau a waa a yiai-o were drop kicks (for L. C. Tay-1 Alas, Iowa has never aT a Ti r7. played in the Wcalcra xvesci kick, the others lor, Salem, Ore.) yard line, Hornung intercepted a pass.

Early, in the second quarter, Navy was backed up against its own goal line by penalties following a long' Hornung punt. After a return kick to the Irish 43, Notre Dame scored on 13 rushing plays, interrupted by two incomplete passes. The longest advance was 10 yards by Morse. Hornung sneaked the final yard for the touchdown. Near the end of the half, the Irish surged again to the Navy 17, but Oldham intercepted Hornung's pass.

Taking the kickoff after in-t i ion, Notre Dame's backs drove 66 yards" on the ground for a first down on Navy's 7. Then the battling midshipmen held for downs within inches of their goal line. They punted out of bounds on their 29 and from there Notre Dame scored in four running plays, the last good for 12 yards by Lewis around his own right end. After the following kick off, two 15-yard penalties against Navy forced it to resort to passing and again Hornung, who showed no Indications of having an in jured leg muscle, Intercepted a toss. He was downed on the Navy 37.

Four plays later the Irish had their last touchdown, the result of a 15-yard pass, Hornung to Gene Kapish, who made the catch in the end zone. Score on Plunge. The Middies had advanced from their 33, where they had received the next (kickoff, to a first down on their rivals' 16 when the third period ended. When play was resumed' they were aided by a Notre Dame off-side penalty, but lost that advantage by a penalty for clipping. How ever, an 18-yard pass by Welsh to end Pete Jokano-vich gave Navy a first down on the Irish 2 and Oldham plunged over on the next play.

He also con verted. In the middle of the last period, Welsh passed his team to Notre Dame's 22, but Schaefer fielded a throw on Rose Bowl (for Jimmy Sanger, Des Moines) 1 here was never a time when the Big Ten played a round-robin schedule in football (for L. B. Wright, Chicago) Notre Dame's all-time football record against Michi gan State is 16 victories, 6 defeats, no ties; against Michigan, the Irish record is 2-9-0, with a- FT 1 1AfA Pr.MF..y cigm vi me ueicaia suucicu uciuic i9V3 iui James Leonardo, Des Moines) Only time Pug Manders played for Drake against Notre Dame was in 1938, when ha was a junior. Notre Dame won, 21-0 (for Henry O'Reilly, Boston, Mass.) Doc Blanchard's final season at Army was 1946 (for Mickey Grubb, Des Moines) 4 t-tX av MM WIS DRAKE- Continued from Page One.

lost his grip on the slippery ball and Iowa State recovered on Drake 14. Even then Iowa State almost didn't cash in on the opportunity, for a penalty put the Cyclones back on the 19-yard line. A pass from Hank Philmon was deflected into Harold Potts' hands by Drake guard Harry Drier to put the ball on the nine. On the following play Jack Hansen romped around end for the Cyclones' first touchdown with 57 seconds left in the quarter. On the first play of the final period, LaBrasca hit Wa-terhouse with a pass down SEASON RECORDS.

IOWA STATE. 7 Prnvrr 19 llllnola 40 7 Kama 7 2(1 MliMinrl 14 7 Kana Mate 9 DRAKE. 28 N. D. Met 7 Draw 33 14 la.

Trarhtrt 21 39 Wa.hin(toe 19 Bolton C. 32 Art Rm.IIv 7 II Drake 27 1 27 Iowa Mat 21 NEXT FOES. TIRARE At Wichita lOW A STATE Nebraska. 12). the middle and the Texas junior romped all the way to Iowa State's 30 in a play covering 41 yards.

Waterhouse was slammed so hard that he suffered a recurrence of a shoulder injury and had to be removed. In the gap sped Kinzel. Three plays later Warren exploded through the middle for 11 yards to the 22. Kinzel Scores. LaBrasca pitched out to Kinzel on the following play and he turned on all jets as he rounded the corner to sprint into the end zone.

That gave Drake a 21-7 margin, but Iowa State wasn't through trying. The Cyclones got their chance afterward when Dick Callahan stole one of LaBrasca's passes and ran it back from his own 29 to Iowa State's 44. From there the Cyclones planted the ball on Drake's 3-yard line on the third play, a 53-yard pass play from Al Rickert to end Jim Stuelke. Callahan's placekick cut the deficit to 21-14 with 7:26 remaining. Undaunted, Drake came Shaves closer without irritation Drake's Roger LaBrasca smashes over on a quarterback sneak for the Bulldog's first touchdown against Iowa State Saturday night at Drake.

Bullddgs pulled off a 27-21 upset The Dartmouth Falls, 20-0, Before Yale NEW HAVEN, CONN. CP) Rebounding Yale, paced by Dennis McGill and Al Ward, tallied three times in the sec ond half to defeat Dftrtmouth, 20-0, for its fourth straight Ivy League triumph Saturday. The Elis stopped Bill Beagle, the nation's leading passer, at critical moments to win. McGill sent Yale in front as he raced 69 yards around left end to tally in the third period. Yale added two more touch-ddwns in the final quarter when Ward plunged ever from the two and Dick Win- terbauer tossed to Nolan Baird, a pass and run play that covered nine yards.

right back in explosive fashion. The Bulldogs needed only five plays to go 61 yards. Ronnie Lind got away for 30 to put the ball on Iowa State's 30. Kinzel picked up four, then Lind broke away for 11 and a first down on the 16. Kinzel Again.

Kinzel then romped into the end zone on the same play he'd scored on before to provide Drake a 27-14 margin. Iowa State needed a dozen plays to come back with its third touchdown, set up by a spectacular pass catch by Jerry Donahue, Des Moines sophomore who caught an. 11-yard pass from Hansen while lying flat on his back on the Drake 3-yard line. John Breckenridge sneaked over for the marker, but the 68-yard march had been a Waterhouse broke up an Iowa State drive after the following kickoff but a bad center pass put the Cyclones right back on the Bulldogs goal line near the end of the half. Marv Shearer had gone back to kick.

The center snap sailed too high for him and Iowa State got the ball on Drake's eight The Cyclones got off only three plays, gaining but three yards before time ran out as they lined up for a fourth try. College of Pacific Tops Wash. Staters STOCKTON, CAL. UP) Displaying a crushing ground at- tack, the College. of the Pacific shut out Washington State, 30-0, Saturday night.

The victory made it five in a row for C. O. which meets U. C. L.

A. here next week, and its first triumph ever over Washington State. 13-Yard Drake Air Gain Cmm fkfcTohfc (sets! NOW LOOK YOUR BEST FROM EVERY ANGLE! Only New Gem "Slim-V" Razor always holds blade at fixed angle the perfect angle for smoother, closer shaves! time-consuming one. There was only 1:10 left in the game and Drake wasted every moment of it. The Bulldogs may have been fortunate in having a fairly- dry field to operate on in the initial half, when Drake made expert use of passes to fashion its 14-0 edge.

But surprising enough, In the final half when mist began to fall, making fhe footing uncertain for a running game, Drake outgained the Cyclones on the ground. Held to a Bare nine yards rushing in the initial half, Drake was forced to depend upon LaBrasca's arm for its gains, although Waterhouse did get away once for a 27-yard run. However, this sprint, in the middle of Drake's opening drive, was erased by a clipping penalty and the Bulldogs found themselves on their own 47. Gets It Back. LaBrasca made up the loss on the next play, tossing to Waterhouse to move to Iowa State's 34.

On second down fired to Gary Newell to put the ball- on the 13. A fumble by Waterhouse cost 10 yards. But LaBrasca and Waterhouse combined on an 18-yard pass play to the three. LaBrasca tried two sneaks for a yard apiece, then dived forward on the third attempt to barely nudge the ball over for Drake's first touchdown. Drake needed only four plays to go 48 yards for the second tally.

Newell grabbed a six-yard pass from LaBrasca, Water-house gained three and Smith banged up the middle for another Then LaBrasca pitched down the middle to Waterhouse, almost surrounded on the 10-yard line by three defenders. He snagged the ball, whirled and scored to complete a 36-yard scoring play. A pass interception by DRAKE 27. Merterm, Trtlmer. L.T.

Bhearer. -Duncan. Jaachkf. C. MvIm.

R.0. Drtr. Learnan. R.T. Pteron, Knold.

R.B. Nawll. Woody. J.B. LnBrmca.

Dledrlch. H. Watrrhome. R.H. Lind, Kiniel.

F.B. Smith. HuffRkrr. IOWA STATE 21. Westoupal, Bartelt, Ertckaon, Foearty.

L.T. Twaatcn. L.O. Bird, Murphy. Meyar.

Blanry, alter. R.O. Lynnn, Bredason, Tltlea. 11 T. sparkt, McCaulley, Callahaa.

R.E. Steulkt, Potta. 1.B. Breckrnrldita. Rltkert.

L.H. Rlppal, Hanson. LuU. H. Alexander, Philmon, Catei.

F.B. Walter, Donohua. Official Referee. W. P.

Aitl- urn-plra. nick BkHrj headllnman, Ganrta Bourratta; field Judge, Hike his 2 and returned the ball to his 25. Ceremony for Rockne. Later Navy, beaten for the first time after nine successive victories, lost the ball on downs on Notre Dame's 24. It was the final threat of the contest.

Jess Harper," Hunk Anderson and Elmer Layden, former Notre Dame coaches, and Mrs, Rockne participated in half- time ceermonies in honor of the great Rockne, who lost his life in an airplane accident almost 25 years ago. NOTRK DAAIC 21. Prendergant, Hcnramm. L.T. Edmomla, UO.

Blsceglla, Hrdrick. Menbe. I.oncaric. R.a...UcMullan, Martell. R.T.

Lemek. yulliv.in. Boase, Beami: R.E. Scanned, Kaplan, Wunro. Q.B.

Hornung, Booke. Smder, Lewis, Ward. R.H. Mors, Lynch. Wnkm.

F.B. Schaefr. Pitzjerald, Lima, XAVV 7. IE Bele L.T Hopkina. 1 .0.

Dandar, Mohn. ft'hltmlre. Wood O. Stremlc. R.T.

Royer. jlcCool. R.K. Owen. Jokanovlch.

Welah. Oldham. R.H. Burchett. B.

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The Bulldogs won, 27-21. ASILINl i. A JL A. A. A 1.

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