ge 12-Friday, September 22, 1978--The Michigan Daily
just another ootball legend:
65 yearl
By GEOFF LARCOM
In a familiar film scene, Butch
assidy and his friend Sundance are
'antically fleeing their ;dogged pur-.
.iers through arid Southwestern land.
espite the pair's skilled efforts, they
re unable to shake the posse deter-
tinedly following them. Exasperated,
undance asks Butch, "Who are those
ys anyway?"
Should Michigan football coach Bo
chembechler find himself in a
'orrisome situation this weekend at
outh Bend, Ind., it's doubtfulhe'll need
>ask that question.
Bo knows only too well what he's up
gainst, who is capable of inflicting
ridiron damage upon his 1-0 Wolverine
sam.
Yet Notre Dame's Fighting Irish of
)78 are more than a strong football
lam. They are a continuation of one of
ie country's richest college football
aditions, one characterized by suc-
ass, innovation, and rivalry.
Flash back to the fledgling football
ear 1913, a contest between the Irish
rid Army. A skinny 145-pound quarter-
ack named Gus Dorais went wild that
ay, passing for an unprecedented 243
ards in leading Notre Dame to a 35-13
pset over the feared Cadets.
Dorais' chief target was a friend from
r .. y
ofNotr
his summer job. Together they'd spent
exhaustive hours at the Cedar Point
Beach on Lake Erie working on pass
patterns in the sand. Coach Jesse Har-
per realized in the fall the value of the
well-coordinated pair and inserted
them into the lineup, The other lad's
name, Knute Rockne.
That Army upset was special also in
that the Irish had employed a
previously unexploited weapon-the
forward pass. Thus began the Rockne
era and the beginning of the Notre
Dame football dynasty.
After serving as an assistant for four
years, Rockne took over as head coach
in 1918. Among his power-laden teams
of the 1920s was the 1924 group which
included the legendary Four Hor-
seman, the backfield famed sports
columnist Grantland Rice referred to
as Famine, Pestilence, Destruction and
Death.
Their real names are Miller,
Crowley, Stuhldreher and Layden.
Averaging only 160 pounds, these hor-
seman executed Rockne's newly-
installed box formation superbly,
moving a split second before the snap
into the box, giving the defense no time
to analyze the play.
Rockne's barnyard backfield led the
Irish through an undefeated season,
e Dame
highlighted by the Irish's only Rose
Bowl appearance ever. In it they pasted
Stanford, a powerful team led by
fullback Ernie Nevers, 27-10.
That was to be the last of post-season
play for the Irish for 45 years, as Notre
Dame authorities imposed a ban on
bowl play. Not until 1970 did the Irish
return, then losing to Texas in the Cot-
ton Bowl 21-17. -
Still a young man at 43, Rockne died
in a 1931 plane crash. He left behind a
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career record of 105 wins, 12 losses, and
five ties, along with a winning streak of
20 games.
Most successful of Rockne's uils
was Frank Leahy, who guided the Irish
in 1941-43 and again from 1946-53. In ac-
cumulating an 107-13-9 record, Leahy
had the pleasure of coaching three
Heisman Trophy winners-Angelo Ber-
telli, Johnny Lujack and Leon Hart.
Bertelli and Lujack directed Leahy's
pro-style offense, while Hart played
three years at split end.
Notre Dame football experienced a
letdown following Leahy's retirement
in 1953, culminating in a dismal 2-7
season in 1963.
The solution to the problem came in
the personage of Ara Parseghian, who
took over the coaching reins in 1964 and
promptly instituted a two-platoon
system.
history
For the fans, it was just like the olden
days, as Heisman winning quarterback
John Huarte and end Jack Snow paced
Notre Dame to a 9-1 season, marred
only by a 20-17 heartbreaker with
Southern Cal.
Perhaps Parseghian's most notable
(and most frustrating) game occurred
against Michigan State in 1966. Billed
as the "game of the decade," it pitted
the unbeaten likes of Bubba Smith,
George Webster, and Clint Jones again-
st the also undefeated Irish.
The 10-10 tie satisfied nobody, par-
ticularly those who felt that Parseghian
had played for a tie in the waning
moments of the garpe. Notre Dame
bounced back quickly however,
smoking USC the next week 51-0 and
finishing up the year 9-0-1.
Present coach Dan Devine took on the
unenviable task of preserving Par-
seghian's excellence three years ago.
Following a so-so first year, Devine's
system began to click, with the final
result being last year's 38-10 crushing of
Texas in the Cotton Bowl as well as a
national title.
BILILBOA RD
Those persons desiring lockers for
the current school year should plan to
appear early tomorrow morning at
either the CCRB or the NCRB. Long
lines are expected for the locker sale,
which begins at 8:30 a.m. Lockers are
$9 per term and $18 for the academic
year.
The races roll on
American League East
Yanks 7, Blue Jays 1-Red Sox 5, Tigers 1
TORONTO (AP)-Catfish Hunter and Rich Gossage combined on a
five-hitter, and the New York Yankees scored three runs in the fifth inning,
two on Reggie Jackson's opposite field double, and four more in the seventh
to crush the Toronto Blue Jays 7-1 last night.
BUCKY DENT started the fifth inning rally with a one-out walk, took
third on Mikey Rivers' double and, after a walk to Willie Randolph, scored
New York's first run on Thurman Munson's sacrifice fly.
Jackson then cleared the bases with his game-winning hit, lashing a one-
strike pitch from loser Bailor Moore, 6-8, into the left field corner.
Randolph's triple scored Rivers with the first Yankees run in the seven-
th. Munson followed with a single and Lou Piniella and Chris Chambliss then
connected for run-scoring doubles.
HUNTER, 11-5, scattered four hits before giving way to Gossage at the
start of the seventh. Hunter gave up a leadoff home run to Rick Bosetti, his
fifth, in the first and then retired 13 in a row-five on strikeouts-before Otto
Velez' fifth-inning single.
Gossage picked up his 24th save, tops in the league.
And at Tiger Stadium, the Red Sox kept pace with the Yanks by topping
the Detroiters, 5-1. For the game details, see the story on the next page.
At a glance
W L Pct. GB GL
New York ...................... 93 60 .608 - 9
Boston ......................... 91 62 .595 2 9
BOSTON-HOME 6: Detroit 3, Sept. 26, 27, 28: Toronto 3, Sept.
29, 30, Oct. 1. AWAY 3: Toronto 3, Sept. 22, 23, 24.
NEW YORK-Home 6: Toronto, 3, Sept. 26, 27, 28; Cleveland 3,
Sept. 29, 30, Oct. 1. AWAY 3: Cleveland 3, Sept. 22, 23, 24.
National League East
Pirates 3, Cubs 2-Phillis/Expos ppd., rain
CHICAGO (AP) - "Just a typical Pirate battle," said a visibly weary,
but smiling Manager'Chuck Tanner after Pittsburgh stole a wild 3-2 victory
in 14 innings over the Chicago Cubs Thursday.
"We've been inspired all year and hanging in there all year like this,"
Tanner said. "There's no more inspiration from this than from any other
win."
THE VICTORY in the four-hour, 40-minute marathon pushed the Pirates
to within 11/2 games of first-place Philadelphia in the National League East.
The Phillies were rained out at Montreal Thursday night.
Pinch-runner Matt Alexander scored the winning run when he stole
second and continued home on a pair of wild throws on the same play.
"It's a gamble," said Alexander, who was released by Oakland three
days before the season and joined the Pirates Sept. 1.
"I MADE IT safe and we won the ball game. I figured the first pitch
would be a pitchout. On the second pitch, I took off. I like to get to second
before two outs."
Meanwhile, the rain in Montreal temporarily halted the other team
involved in the first place chase. The Phillies game scheduled with the
Expos last night has been re-scheduled for Philadelphia next4Monday night.
At aglance W L Pct. GB GL
Philadelphia .................... 83 68 .550 - 11
Pittsburgh ................... 82 70 .539 11/2 10
PHILADELPHIA-HOME 4: Montreal 4, Sept. 25, 26 (2), 27. AWAY
7: New York 3, Sept. 22, 23, 24; Pittsburgh 4, Sept. 29 (2), Sept. 30,
Oct. 1.
PITTSBURGH-HOME 7: Chicago 3, Sept. 25, 26, 27; Philadelphia
4, Sept. 29 (2), Sept. 30, Oct. 1. AWAY x-3: Chicago 1, Sept. 21;
Montreal 2, Sept. 23, 24.
x-Pittsburgh at Cincinnati rained out Aug. 30; the game will be
made up after the regular season, if it affects pennant race.
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