Show I o R CE A A IR ER service is just just as important x in m football as it is in actual war It isn't everything but air control usually means victory Line play is vitally im Im- So is a running att attack ck But Butan Butan Butan an around all-around passing passing pass pass- I ing attack can be bemore bemore bemore more devastating i 1 than anything else x 1 as it also gives the running game a chance x xI I Frank Leahy I Notre c Dames Dame's I master master minding m mentor mentor was quite willing to tell teU you what he knew about a passing at atI attack at- at I tack After Arter watching Boston oston Coli College College Col Col- Col- Col i lege last fall and Notre Dame this fall my guess would be that Instructor Instructor Instructor In In- I Leahy knows his share In my opinion Leahy said the passing game moves in m about this order First the passer second second second sec sec- ond pass protection third ing Each detail is important To keep a passing game workIng workIng working work- work Ing on the winning side you must have a first class passer you passer you must give him protection and you must have speed that can get to the pass and and then hold it Notre Dame this year had all three essentials something they were unable to show against Army t f in in the rain ram and mud The greatest I pass weakness is weather j i The best passers are born not born not I made made to to a large extent Leahy I continued They must have bave a aI I natural aptitude for Cor throwing a aI I football A coach can improve an average passer passer but but he cant can't make him into a Luckman a Baugh an anO O OBrien O'Brien rien an Isbell a Parker or an Albert Or a Bertelli we e suggested I Mr l Leahy smiled wanly Or a Bertelli he added Giving the passer protection and catching a ball are easier casier to teach teach and and learn We have developed developed developed devel devel- good receivers in a year We couldn't develop good passers intha in m that tha t time Good passers passers passers-I I mean the better ones usually ones usually started as kids something like the caddies who later on make most of the leading leading leading lead lead- ing pros Good protection is just as nee nee- essary You may remember how well Dutch Meyer l at al surrounded surrounded surrounded sur sur- rounded Davey OBrien O'Brien with Aldrich Aldrich Aldrich Al- Al and Hale Hale center center and tackle We use more than two protectors at Notre Dame There were times s In the Navy game when almost the entire Notre Dame line seemed to be on guard around Bertelli who was rarely hurried or rushed even en by Navys Navy's desperate efforts to break through Season Oddities cities There are always wide football ranges but 1941 was fairly c close ose to the time all-time record For example the first five opposing opposing opposing ing teams scored points against Pittsburgh this season These five teams had averaged slightly better than 26 points a game Then suddenly Fordham couldn't score against Pittsburgh This was the main shock of this game more game more than Fordham's defeat Baylor beaten by Villanova slaughtered 48 to 0 by Texas A A. A and M M. suddenly turned on a great Texas team a team that had averaged 34 points a game against teams that looked to be about on Baylor's level leveland leveland leveland and and gives Texas an even fight Pittsburgh never had a chance to get back on her feet after facing facing facing fac fac- fac- fac ing such teams as Michigan Minnesota Minnesota Minnesota Min Min- Duke and Ohio State on successive Saturdays But the Panther was on all four feet against Fordham which has developed the mournful knack of jumping off the cliff clifT once a year ear somewhere along the route One ter answer is flat Chat certain teams such as Harvard start slowly and begin moving up week by week Others starting at top speed begin begin begin be be- gin falling back around mid Harvard beaten by Pennsylvania and Cornell in her first two games was a match for anybody at the end of the season Front a Coach Question Would Question Would you like a short tip You football writers build us actual strength and up beyond our I Ithen then a lot of you ou cut our throats because we lose A lot of us are not as good as you said we were even while winning winning and and not as bad badas as many think when we are arc losing Its It's the average football writer writer- not the Old Grads who Grads who gets us into most of our trouble I think you know that Answer Answer No No answer Its It's practically practically cally caily per cent true The Best pla Play Question What Question What was the best single single single sin sin- gle play you saw this year Answer By Bertelli in the Navy game All officials working this game came agree on the verdict The Notre Dame passed first dropped back and faked Caked a pass He then tucked the ball under his arm Irm and faked Caked a run to the right He ther then stopped suddenly and completed a afine afine atine fine tine pass for a long gain gain By his two fakes Cakes he had upset Navys Navy's defense de tense twice He is a first first class class actor actoris is s well as a brilliant passer I Is |