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Although last Saturday was an important day in the ripening football season, not a single pigskin sailed over a goal-bar anywhere in the U. S. Not a single fullback sent a pigskin away for a punt of even 20 feet, and no back of any other denomination gained so much as a yard with a pigskin in the crook of his arm. This and that, to be sure, was done with footballs, but footballs are not made of pigskin. They are made of cowhide? a startling fact made public in the advance notices for a congress of leather producers...
When Quarterback Ewing (Princeton) kicked a field goal in the first quarter, Fullback Shapley (Navy) pounded the line until his team was near enough for Quarterback Hamilton to kick its mate. When Caulk- ins (Princeton) picked up a fumbled pass and ran 95 yards, to place Princeton in position for a touchdown, Fullback Shapley ran 35 yards to knot the score into a shapely...
Coach Knute Rockne, Merlin of football, shuffled his big squad like a pack of cards, sent in quarterback, fullback, halfback?eveyone, in fact, but the hunchback of Notre Dame. Even wizards cannot have a great team every year, and against an Army eleven that looked very much like a great team, his strategy could accomplish little. Score: Army 27; Notre Dame...