Georgia Tech at Notre Dame

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  Evening star, District of Columbia, October 25, 1953, page 72

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  Near the end of the half, Tech got to the Irish “a on a 26-yard dash by Charlie Brannon, but Guglielmi intercepted a pass on his own 5 just before the intermission. Confusion Over Play. The play that put Georgia Tech back on an even basis and might have caused some controversy if it had affected the games outcome, occurred shortly after Lattner intercepted Bill Brigman’s pass on Notre Danes 80 in the third period. Guglielmi fired the ball toward End Paul Matz, a crack pass catcher who had replaced Dan Shannon in the starting lineup. From the press box, it appeared that the ball hit the ground before reaching Matz, but the officials apparently ruled that MatZ had fumbled and that Mitchell had recovered. Later it was announced that Mitchell had intercepted, although the interception wasn’t included in the official statistics. Maybe it’s just as we’ll the score was 27–⁠14. That averts quite a few arguments. This break gave Georgia Tech a terrific shot in the arm and the Engineers scored from about midfield in just II plays. One of these was a 13-yard pass from Mitchell to Henry Hair. Hardeman and Turner were at their best on this drive and they pounded down to the 1-yard line, from where Mitchell went over and then added the extra point. Drive Shows Superiority. Notre Danes superiority was never more evident than in the drive which followed the next kickoff. Heap brought it back to the 43 and the Irish covered the remaining 81 yards in 10 plays, with Heap scoring on the pass that spoiled the Techs defensive record. Notre Danes third touchdown, making it 21–⁠7, was the one scored by Hunter in recovering the loose ball in the end zone. Then Georgia Tech drew close again when the Mitchell to-Teas pass victimized Nc Hugh, the defending back, and the rest of the Irish second unit. The Irish bounced back again quickly, SO much so that Heap nearly got away on what would have been a 70-yard punt return. AS it was, he got to the Tech 40 and Lattner scored not long afterward, even though an offside penalty threatened to break up the drive. There wasn’t a person in the crowd that didn’t know Lattner was going to carry the ball on the payoff play. All-American Johnny is mighty popular here and the band was playing Happy Birthday to You” as much as it was the Notre Dame Victory March. asoPsia ast5s PeTs Fesn 3 g + E2244 GEORGIA TECH. Left eendL7Hensley. Durham; sennett. Left guard-Vereen, Shoemaker. will Center-Morris. 1nman. j. Morris. Risht Ruard-Brooks. Fulcher. Ca | rithers. Right tackle-sherman, Givens. Quarterback--Brieman Mitchell. Left haltback – Hardeman, Volkert, Right halfback-Teas. Brannon Hall. Rufin. Fullback-Turner, Hunsinger. Hum phreys. | Left end--Matz, Shannon. | Left tackle-Varrichione, Palumbo. | Left guard-Lemek, Bisceglia, Right guard – Mavraides, Lee. Nc. Right taekle-Hunter, Edmonds. Quarterback-G Guglielmi. Carey, LEFT hsltbaek-Heap, Fitzgerald, Right halfback-Lattner, Washington. EullbaeR-W0PdAn. MeEmRh

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  The Key West citizen. (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, Florida, October 26, 1953, page 1

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  |LEAHY HAD HIGH CLASS STOMACH ACHE CHICAGO R-That was quite q stomach ache Frank Leahy had Saturday. Variously diagnosed as a heart attack, a muscle spasm,” intes Itinal flu and “acute enteritis,” IL became--because Of its timing even more celebrated than his Notre Dame football teams 27–⁠14 victory over Georgia Tech. Attendants at st. Joseph Hospital in nearby South Bend, Ind, were going along with the acute en-. teritis” theory today. One of them described 1t as nothing more than a high-class stomach ache” | Anyway, 1t was one Of the most successful of its kind in history. 1t occurred at halftime and turned the Irish football team into a sobbing crew Of crusaders de- Itermined to Twin for Leahy.” That they did Is history. Ap- |parently feeling the lack Of Leahy’s firm leadership, they let TO lead slip away, but then, mixing tears and prayers with power, they swamped the Engineers with a dedicated closing attack. Leahy complained Of pain as his team was trooping into the Notre Dame dressing room at the end |of the first half. The attack was at first thought to be a heart seizure and he was given oxygen, the last sacraments Of the Catholic Church and swift trip by ambulance to the hospital. Don Penza, Irish captain, was the only player to see him and, thinking his coach near death, |blurted to his teammates the hor. lrible implication. “They all cried like babies” said Assistant Coach Bill Early. Throughout the rest of the game. Georgia Tech players noted that Notre Dame men kept wiping tears from their eyes. The Irish coach was reported clamoring to get out Of the hospitai as early as Saturday night but doctors scheduled further precautionary tests for this morning before giving him any word on when he could leave. Ed (Moose) Krause, Notre Danes athletic director, said he expected Leahy to be back on the coaching line later this week. The indicated Irish play Navy Saturday.

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  The globe-independent, Hagerstown, Md., October 29, 1953, page 1 (results column)

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  BEHIND HOME PLATE For my comments on the meeting of the Piedmont League in Richmond on Sunday, see Around Town With The Editor” on the front page. Ess Friday nights game between the Hagerstown Hubs and the Fort Hill Sentinals, which resulted in a 90 tie, is, in my book, another proof of the real value of fan support Ever since the football season opened, l couldn’t help but notice the lack of enthusiasm among the high school students, who somehow or another, seemed to have no faith in their team. Last Thursday night though, was a different story The student body, headed by the cheerleaders and the school band, held one of these good, old fashion ed, downtown parades and they real ly whooped it up. So what happened? The team went over to Cumberland on Friday and literally played their hearts out. Time aid time again, the heavily favored Sentinels threatened to score, but each time the Hubs rose up and shut the door in their face. This was a game in which I don’t believe any special credit should be given TO any one player, for the whole team, including the coaches, did a whale of a Job. What made them fight the way they did? Everyone may have a different answer to that question, but in my book it was because, for once, the entire student body, show ed its faith in its team. The Hubs next game will be on Friday night, November 6, at the Municipal Stadium here, against City College and l look for them to come out on top. Let’s all of us get out to the game and show these kids we are behind them 100 per cent. Saturdays College games con tinued the streak of upsets that has been going on since the beginning of the season. Perhaps the big upset of the day was Purdue’s 60 win over Michigan State, to break one of the longest winning streaks of any college team. Another of the big upsets was Minnesota’s win over Michigan by “a score of 22–⁠0, while still another was PENIS 90 win over Navy. Although Georgia Techs loss to Notre Dame – the final score was 27–⁠14 - ended the thirty one game unbeaten string of the Rambling Wreck from Georgia Tech” this was definitely not an upset, as Notre Dame apparently has one of its best teams in many years. Whatever chance Miami University had of beating Maryland University in Florida on Friday night, went out the window in the first three minutes of play, when an intercepted pass and two fumbles, resulted in Jim Tatums boys scoring three touchdowns in as many minutes. The bad breaks in those opening minutes of the game took all the heart out of the Florida boys, and from then on it was strictly no contest. The final score, by the way, was 800. A most unusual incident happened at one of the pro games on Sunday afternoon, when Lou “The Toe” Groza missed an easy field goal at tempt inside the 20-yard line. At this point, the score was 90 and the failure of Groza’s field goal attempt would have left the teams in a scoreless tie, with the Giants having possession on their 20-yard line. But an Official detected Giant off-side and so, instead of the Giants taking over, the Browns were given line, from where Otto Graham, on sneak play over left guard, scored -

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Notre Dame leads 31–⁠6–⁠1 in 38 meetings, counting the 21 since this game.