Show McKeever Wins Praise For Rambler R Victory By LEO H. H PETERSEN NEW YORK Oct 21 UP UP-A UP A man with a slow Texas drawl draw addressed the Notre Dame football squad in its dressing room before last Saturdays Saturday's game against the Iowa What he said in his heart heart to to- to heart pep talk is a secret but what his boys did after hearing him Is gridiron history Their 28 to 0 victory over the supposedly in invincible invincible invincible in- in won for the theman theman theman man the United Press coach of the week award His name is Edward Clark Timothy Timothy Timothy Timo Timo- thy McKeever r and he wants It Understood understood understood un un- that he Is only one of five men in the Notre Dame pic pie ture Modest to a point and a little mUe embarrassed by all the praise bestowed bestowed bestowed be be- stowed upon him for the Irish success suc suc- cess s against Stanford and the Cadets he said Im very appreciative of the congratulations directed to me but people seem to forget that Frank Leahy is the man who prepared this team Good Scouting Job Sophomores and men In fn new positions made early season mistakes mistakes mistakes mis mis- takes worked hard and suddenly came Into their own Wayne Millner Millner Millner Mill- Mill ner did a fine job of ot scouting the Moose Krause gets credit for the great line play and Bob Snyders Snyder's help has been invaluable invaluable invaluable inval inval- both In practice and in spotting spotting spotting spot spot- ting weaknesses during a game Im happy to be one of ot the five men In the Notre Dame picture but want it understood this was no one-man one Job McKeever the backfield coach took over when Leahy the head mentor had to go to a hospital for treatment Before that time the Irish regarded as one of the nations nation's nations nation's nations nation's na na- na- na tion's powerhouses in preseason forecasts had been tied by Wisconsin Wiscon Wiscon- sin and beaten by Georgia Tech A native of San Antonio Texas McKeever Is 32 married and the father of twin daughters born while he was en route to the Sugar bowl with the Boston college football football football foot foot- ball team in 1940 He Is the athletic ath ath- letic letie type type 5 5 feet 10 inches tall weighs pounds and has brown wavy hair He has a dynamic personality He Is the energetic type of coach who believes In ri n demonstrating what he e wants Frequently in I practice he takes he-takes takes his his' place in the lineup to show the kind of blocking blocking blocking block block- ing required About 20 minutes daily before regular practice starts he comes on the field with Angelo Bertelli Betelli and passes passes passes' with him Much of Bertelli's success is attributed attributed attributed at at- to this private practice McKeever still Is a good passer and can throw right with the Irish ace McKeever is with the players at atall atall atall all ti times es He meets every player coming off the field with a pat on the back or some word of praise He played high school football under Jack Meagher former Notre Notre Notre No No- tre Dame star now coaching at Auburn at St St. Edwards Edward's prep school Austin Texas He matriculated matriculated matriculated ma ma- at Notre Dame in 1930 and won freshman numerals In Inthe Inthe Inthe the fall of 1931 he went out for varsity football and when he found himself fifth string fullback he decided to go to Rice where Meagher then was coaching Went to Texas Tech He arrived too late to enroll however and journeyed on to Texas Texas Texas Tex Tex- as Tech where he played in 1932 34 33 under Peter Cawthon In his three years the team won 30 out of 35 games After graduation he remained at Tech as a member of the coaching staff for four seasons During the summer of 1938 Leahy lectured at Tech and met McKeever McKeever McKee ver made such a strong impression on him that when Leahy was hamed named head coach at Boston college college col col- col- col lege loge in 1939 he selected McKeever as his backfield coach When Leahy switched to Notre Dame he took McKeever with him For four straight years teams he has coached have played in bowl games Texas games Texas Tech in the Sun bowl in 1938 and the Cotton bowl in 1939 and Boston college in inthe inthe inthe the Cotton bowl in 1940 and the Sugar bowl in 1941 |