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fromthe the days of Rockne Dorais GIPP GIPPthe Gippthe Gippthe the Four Horsemen and too many manyothers manyothers manyothers others to mention here Lost Last Game at South BendHaving Bend BendHaving Having been a close ! friend rlend of ofKnute ofKnute ofKnute Knute Rockne s s and Notre Dame Damefor Damefor Damefor for many years there are certain certainrebuttals certainrebuttals certainrebuttals rebuttals that still might be offered offeredMany offeredMany offeredMany Many letters hav have come in attack attacking attacking attacking ing Army for dropping droppmg Notre Dame DameJust Damelust Dameust Just lust ] when Notre Noire Dame was storm stormmg storming storming mg ing back These letters came rom from romNotre fromNotre ! fromNotre , Notre Dame s subway alumni not notfrom notfrom notfrom from Notre DameWhat DameWhat Dame DameWhat What this tlus Notre Dame subway subwayalumni subwayalumni subwayalumni alumni and others overlook in charg chargmg charging chartmg mg ing Army with . retreating retreatmg under fire fireis fireis firis * is that ! from rom 1932 through 1937 Pitts Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Pittsburgh burgh , . , under Jock Sutherland Sutherlandwrecked Sutherlandwrecked Sutherlandwrecked wrecked Notre Dame in five out 01 of 01SIX ofsix ofsix SIX games gamesI I m through with Pittsburgh 'Elmer Elmer ' Elmer Layden told me We haven t * tgot tgot got a chance They not only nly knock knockour knockour knockour our ears back but we are no good goodthe goodthe goodthe the next week I Iro m calling off ot ! the thePIttsburgh thePittsburgh th thPittsburgh Pittsburgh serie series . Which Notre NotreDame NotreDame NotreDam Dame * didI did didI I talked this over a few days ago agoWith agowith agowith With Sutherland who now coaches coachesthe coachesthe coachesthe the Pittsburgh SteelersJock SteelersJock Steelers SteelersJock Jock smiled You couldn t blame blameNotre blameNoire blameNotre Notre Noire Dame he said They only onlyscored onlyscored onlyscored scored 15 points against agamst us in m those thoseSIX thosesix thosesix SIX yearsSo yearsSo years yearsSo So Notre Dame having havmg broken olf off olfthe offthe offthe the Pittsburgh PJttsburgh series when Jock Jockwas Jockwas Jockwas was around can t consistently consistentlycharge consistentlycharge consistentlycharge charge Army with quitting qwttmg Notre NotreDame NotreDame NotrDame * Dame with Ltahy Leahy around I have an anidea anidea anidea idea that Jock would like nothmg nothing nothmgbetter nothingbetter nothingbetter better than a joust with Leahy And AndVlceversa Andviceversa Andvice-versa Andvice versa Vlce-versa Vlce versa vice-versa vice - - It would be Interestmg interesting interestingto Interestmgto to see Leahy and Sutherland with withan withan withan an even shot at material matenal , , hook up I Iknow Iknow Iknow know both would relish rehsh the chanceLeahy chanceLeahy chance chanceLeahy Leahy is a great coach coach , , one of the thebest thebest thebest best He also has material that most mostcoaches mostcoaches mostcoaches coaches can only dream about He Hehas Hehas Hehas has much better material than thanArmy thanArmy thanArmy Army has In particular be he has hasJohnny hasJohnny hasJohnny Johnny Lujack who was once ru rumored rumored rumored mored headed for West Point . . S . e . . Pro vs College Football FootballIt It is always a pleasure to have anargument an anargument anargument argument with an expert . . We are areI arereferrmg arereferring ar arreferring I referring referrmg to Paul Brown who I is isnow llnow . now held head coach of Cleveland s pow powerfuI powerful powerful erfuI erful All America conference teamPro teamPro team teamPro Pro football he says soon soonwill soonwill soonwill will dominat dommate dominate * football just lust as pro probaseball probaseball probaseball baseball took over the old game gamefrom gamefrom gamefrom from the colleges College Interest Interestis Is supping shppmg slipping badly In such cities as asCleveland asCleveland asCleveland Cleveland New York Chicago Clucago and andRashington andWashington ashlngton Rashington ' \ , , the pro ; game eame ia iii i now nowsupreme nowsupreme nowsupreme nowsupremeThe supreme supremeThe The tact fact is that college football to today today today day in the matter of public interest InterestIs is so tar far ahead of the pros there therebn thereIsm thenisnt bn Ism t even a faint argument . |