South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-12-30
YEAR HAS BEEN
SUGGEST Ill ONE
FOR NOTRE DAME
Track Team Was the Only
Weak 0rganizatiOn-SChoOI
Shows Benefits From Policy
Adopted by Harper.

Athletics at Notre Dame university
were most successful during the past
year. The gold and blue was repre-
scented by "A baseball team ranked
with the best college mines in Amer
lea; in basketball the locals dropped
but two contests, both on foreign
courts; in track the showing of the
varsity was not up TO the standard
set In other sports but the knights Of
the spiked shoe accounted for some
clever performances. and finally on
the gridlrOn NOtTe Dame rose to the
zenith OF her athletic ascendency and
Wrested victory from the cream Of
college elevens in the east. west and
south.
During the past year there was also
decided change in the athletic policy
OF the gold and blue school Shortly
after school closed in June, Jesse g.
Harper. formerly coach at Wabash
and at Alma college was appointed
athletic director at NOtre Dame Har-
per IS now coach ia every sport and is
also managing the various teams and
scheduling all the games for the var
sity. In former years there was a
student manager OF athletics, a new
man every year. and a separate coach
for every sport. The new system en-
ables the athletic director TO plan his
gives him full swing in athletics.
Another change in varsity athletics
this year was the adoption at the
opening or the football season Of the
freshman eligibility rule Under the
present Notre Dame policy no first
year men can compete in intercol-
legiats contests.
Attention to the East
Then. too. Notre Dame is turning
her attention to the east. The locals
have found that games with big east
ern schools are OF better advantage TO
their athletics than are contests en-
tirely with western teams The gold
and bluSe trounced both West Point
and Penn State on the gridiron this
fall. made an eastern trip IN baseball
last spring and during the second
week in february, 1914, Will send
basketball team 10 do battle with
some OF the best ftves in the east.
Notre Dame came through the base
ball season in 1913 In brilliant style.
But three games were lost, one at
home and two away. Most prominent
among the varsity's triumphs were
those over Penn State. Catholic uni
versity, FOrdham and Colgate on the
eastern trip and over Arkansas, Wa
bash, BelOit and Washington and
jefferson on the home grounds. The
gold and blue were defeated by the
Navy 7 to 1, by the Army to 0 on
on Cartier field by the tune OF 10 8.
The gold and blue was represented
by a team composed almost entirely
of veterans Speed" Kelly, captain
for the coming year. proved a sensa-
ton in the pitching box. He did not
lose a contest and twirled a no hit, no
run game against st. NiatOrs. He
was thought by many to be the best
college pitcher in the country and he
received many flattering offers from
Pittsburgh and other big league
teams. He elected. however to fin
ish his college course before breaking
into the big show.
LathrOp Goes Up.
Rusty" Lathrop was man the
equal of Kelly Though only a fresh
man he worked SO well that he was
snapped up by the White Sox in June.
while three-fourths of the big league
teams were bidding for his services.
Rusty" pitched a one hit game
against Arkansas university and lost
only one tilt. that 10 the Army TO
O. Granfield, Regain and O'COnnell
were other stars who left in June
The varsity nine chalked up two
victories over it's old rival Arkansas
in the beginning Of the season and
then kept right on winning till 1t hit
the Navy in May. The redoubtable
Chinese team of Hawaii was trimmed
to I and Wabash. BelOit and others
were numbered among the varsity's
victims Notre Dame won four out OF
six games in the east and was con-
sidered one of the strongest mines in
the country
The varsity basketball team also
put In a very successful season in
1918. But two games were lost. These
came on n strenuous trip in WI Oh
eight games were played in nine da. 5.
NJ A c. and DenisOn were the only
teams 10 defeat the gold and blue. the
former BY a 40 20 7 score and the lat
ter Al TO Is. wabash. the locals an
cient foe was defeated both here and
az Charlottesville. NOtre Dame aveng-
ed it's defeat by Northwestern in 1912.
the only one by the way that was
chalked up against the locals that
year. by handily trOuncing the Wis
consin men. "a to l..
Down Eastern Teams.
Farlham and Ohio Wesleyan were
the most important teams defeated on
the trip In the tilt with the latter
on easy street by Caging three goals
from the center OF the floor in the last
few minutes of play. The final count
stood 26 20 "a.
Notre Dame was a triflo weak in
track in 1913 but manaEed TO make
a very creduahle showing. The var
sitv vanouished the strOng J. A. c..
team of Chicago both indoors and out
doors Tn the meet held indoors the
victory was decided 10y "a relay race.
Though defeated "a to- go hy rn' Chi-
cagO Athletic association the varsity
gave its opponents a good run