Washington Defence: All U.S. Football Scores New York, Nov. 12.
Shades of the brilliant Knüte Rockne, one of Americas most-beloved football coaches, settled óver the campus at South (Bend to-Right ar one of the greatest Notre Dame grid teams in recent history continued its undefeated march toward the national championship by club-Ming down Minnesota, 19-0 in the feature classic of the day.
"It provided a fitting climax for the "Fighting Irish," who went through their early season schedule Gerber, the Pittsburg Panthers and defeated, watching the Golden
California Golden Bears grabbing all the headlines while sports writers dentinned to ignore the feats of the Notre Dame boys.
Today, however, the, "Rambler from South Bend not only defeated the Gophers—they practically annihilated them. From the opening whistle to the gun-shot (that ended minutes of bitter playing, the forte Dame eleven [marched over around and above a bewildered Minnesota eleven.
Irish Cross the Line Three times the Irish crossed the last white marker, and though they converted only once, the joyous, victory-mad Notre Dame rooters cared little for those extra points. All they wanted was a win, whether by 50 points or one point, for sports experts had predicted that Minnesota angered by the unexpected 6-3 defeat inflicted by Northwestern—might thrust aside the lighter but trickier Notre Dame squad. That would have spoiled South Bend's dream of a national championship.
"Today's victory not only established the Irish as the leading undefeated, United team in the country, but definitely showed that Minnesota—1 for years the top team in the country—is definitely on the downgrade, Two defeats last year, one by Nebraska and the other a 7-6 heart-breaking loss to this. same Notre Dame team, coupled with the two losses of the 1938 season have proved that the men o' Bernie Bier-man are not invincible.
In the Far West, mighty Southern California, with its record unblemished save for an early-season 19-7 loss to Alabama, hit a cropped against the University of Washington when the Huskies from the north pounded out a 7-6 win over their traditional rivals.
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