Vanderbilt at Minnesota

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  Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 5, 1930, page 1

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  e Vanderbilt Upsets Minnesota IRISH CROSS COAL NEAR GAMES END Long Pass Earns Touchdown and Victory, 20–⁠14, in Last Four Minutes. OUTH BEND, Ind, October 4 R.-Notre Dame pitted a ~ hard running attack against the famed aerial offense of Southern Methodist here today, but was forced to revert to the overhead style of play to win out, 20 to IA. 49,. Playing before a crowd of Is, 900 in the new $750,000 stadium, the Rockne men eked out their mar gin after the hardest kind Of up hill battling. With the score tied 14-all and four minutes to 60, Schwartz completed a long pass to Conley, putting the ball on on the next play with the winning touchdown. The game was full of thrills, most of them resulting from the continual and promiscuous use of the forward pass by the Methodists. In the first four min utes of play each team had scored once. The Texans marched down the field, using forward passes at the outset of the game, and Hopper plunged over from the Z-yarQ line 1Or the nrSt touch down after three minutes of play. Notre Dame lost no time in answering this drive. Joe Savoldi received the succeeding kickoff on his 2-yard line and carried it straight down the middle OF the field for SO yards and q touch down. The Notre Dame second string, which had started the game, gave way to the regulars at the start of the second period. After an exchange of kicks Carideo ran back Southern Methodist punt to the Texans 16-yard line, and a few minutes later Schwartz sprinted across the goal line after 7-yard run. The visitors came back with some more long passes to score their second touchdown just two minutes before the end of the first half, and left the score tied, IA to IA, at intermission. Launching desperate drive in the last half, Notre Dame twice battered its way to within scoring distance, only to be repulsed by the Methodist forward wall 1t was then that the running attack was discarded in favor. of the forward pass, and that took the contest out OF the fire. The Southerners’ aerial attack proved to be all that 1t had been advertised to be, and kept the Irish athletes and fans in constant suspense until the final gun

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  The Bismarck tribune. (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, North Dakota, October 6, 1930, page 1

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  ASKEW LEADS VANDY MACHINE TO 33–⁠7 WIN OVER MINNESOTA Fritz CrisIer’s Gophers Score First but Are Helpless Before Passing Minneapolis, Oct. 6.-F-A SUBJ stitute halfback, Johnny Askew COM bined forward. lateral and intercept ed passes with flashes of terrific speed to lead Vanderbilt to a 80 to z victory vel Minnesota Saturday. Only once did Minnesota’s aerial challenge succeed-in its first play Of the game. Jack Manders, giant fullback. hurled a 38-yard pass to Walter Hass. who sprinted Is yards for q touchdown. But ID pass at tempts by the Gophers during the remainder of the game failed to produce scores, only four were completed during the entire game for a total gain Of “a yards. Vanderbilt quickly balanced Min nesota’s scoring start when after q tumble by Manders, Benny Parker tossed a forward pass to Amos Leon ard who eluded tacklers and went across for a touchdown. Askew began his deadly efforts in the second quarter, cashing in on the first Of the costly interruptions of Minnesota passes. With possession OF the ball, Parker passed to Schwartz who caught it with one hand, and the signal for Askew to begin was sounded. The substitute dashed through the Minnesota line for six yards, bringing 1t within a short dis lance Of the goal, and on the next play took the ball on q lateral pass and dashed through a wide gap in the Gopher line. A few minutes later Askew scored again, this time on q forward pass from Parker, which again Immediate ~ followed interrogation of a Gopher pass deep In Vanderbilt territory. ASkew made his third touchdown shortly after the start of the second half when he Rugged the ball on q long pass from Parker after 1t had glanced oft the arms Of a Gopher would-be intercepter. The lineups:

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Tied 2–⁠2 in four meetings, counting the one since this game.