U. S. C. v. Notre Dame

The football game on which depended Southern California's claim for the U. S. "championship" began surprisingly with twelve men playing for Southern California. Coaches Jones of U. S. C. and Anderson of Notre Dame had agreed to give Southern California's injured Quarterback Orville Mohler the honor of holding the ball for the kickoff. The game ended even more surprisingly with Notre Dame, a fortnight after belaboring Army 21 to 0 in New York, roundly beaten for the second time this year, 13 to 0. In the first quarter occurred a prolonged, painful, unproductive collision between two of the ablest college lines in the U. S., mostly at Notre Dame's end of the field. In the second quarter, small, cotton-topped Irving ("Scooter") Warburton, U. S. C. substitute back, caught a 35-yd. Notre Dame punt and took it back to where it started, at Notre Dame's 44-yd. line. Warburton picked up 14 yd. through the line, then 2 more. Coach Howard Jones sent in one of his ablest passers, Bob McNeish. McNeish, instead of passing, arranged to be on the 3-yd. line when Quarterback Homer Griffith threw the ball. McNeish caught it, took one step for a touchdown. Right Tackle Ernie Smith place-kicked for the extra point. In the third quarter, Notre Dame's Polish Quarterback Jaskwhich fumbled the catch of a quick kick. Erskine recovered for U. S. C. on Notre Dame's 26-yd. line. Six plays, with Sparling, Griffith and Clark carrying the ball, made 25 yd. Griffith plunged the 1 yd. that was left for U. S. C's second touchdown. In the fourth quarter, Nicholas Lukats. Notre Dame's Hungarian halfback, lost his trousers, put on a new pair in a huddle on the side lines. After U. S. C. had failed to kick a field goal, Notre Dame passes began to work: Brancheau to Devore. to the 48-yd. line; Lukats to Melinkovich, to U. S. C.'s 41; Lukats to Melinkovich to U. S. C.'s 23; Vejar to Sheeketski, for a first down 5 yd. from the Southern California goal. Sheeketski lost 6 yd. trying to run the ball. Griffith intercepted Vejar's pass on the 9-yd. line. P:Statistics: Ground gained rushing: U. S. C. 97, Notre Dame 95; gained passing: U. S. C. 31, Notre Dame 131; first downs: U. S. C. 5, Notre Dame 13. P:The crowd--100,000, in the Memorial Coliseum where the Olympic Games were held last summer--was the season's largest. In Baltimore, 1,723 spectators watched a charity game between picked teams representing North and South. South won, in an inch of snow, 7 to 6. From Knoxville last week came an announcement that Southern footballers have expected for several years: disintegration of the Southern Conference. Alabama, Auburn. Florida, Georgia, Georgia Tech, Kentucky, Louisiana State, Mississippi, Mississippi State, Sewanee, Tennessee, Tulane, Vanderbilt resigned, formed a new group to be called the Southeastern Conference. Reason: ". . . In our judgment the time has arrived for a more compact organization for the administration of athletics ... on geographical lines." Colleges left in the Southern Conference: Clemson, Duke, Maryland, North Carolina, North Carolina State, South Carolina, Virginia. Virginia Military Institute, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Washington & Lee.

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