South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-09-26
WILL MAKE USE Of
THE FORWARD PASS
NOtre Dame Men Make Good
Showing at Thursdays PraC-
tiCe-MiIIS is Showing Up
Well in End Position.

Forward passing was the dominant
feature OF the fierce 45 minute scrim-
mage which Coach Harper gave his
Varsity squad Thursday afternoon.
The men were given every chance to
try the forward pass formations and
before practice was concluded the
Varsity had mastered these plays
Coach Harper is a firm believer in the
efficiency Of the forward pass, and II
his men respond to his efforts as
readily as they did Thursday gains Of
from ten 70 80 yards will not be I'M
common.
Ex-Captain Dorias directed the
work OF the first team from quarter
and was instructed to use only the
forward pass. Gushurst and Berger
at halves and Finnegan at fuHback
were the men who started in the back
field. Owing TO an injury 10 his side,
received in the first minutes of play,
Finnegan WIS forced TO retire and
was replaced by Kelleher. McLaugh-
lin was sent in as center, King and
Fitzgerald at guards. Jones and Stew
ensOn at tackles and Mills and Cap
tain ROckne took care of the ends.
Mike Carmody played a fine game
as defensive fullback for the scrubs
Amany times he stopped the heavy
VARSITY backs after they had eluded
the other scrubs. The work of Keefe
and Cook on the line was of the high
est order. Many times they killed
forward pass plays by throwing Do
rias before he could get rid of the
ball.
Varsity on Offensive.
Coach Harper kept the Varsity on
the offensive throughout the scrim-
mage. Mills and Rockne. pulled
down long passes for the gains of
twenty and thirty yards. ROckne's
speed enabled him to get behind the
opposing halfback and to grab pass
es almost at will. The feature of
Mill's work was the way in which he
used his tall. six foot three, body to
take forward passes right out of the
bands some waiting opponent. All
this man lacks is experience. He has
weight, height. speed and aggressive
ness and will make a fine running
mate for Rockne. The lodging and
splendid broken field running of Gus
hurst and Berger featured the attack
OF the Varsity. The whole backfeld
also showed up well in grabbing short
passes over the line. Assistant Coach
Edwards watched the work of the
line closely and pointed out mistakes
after many OF the plays. He es-
DeCially cautioned the men not TO
risk heavy penalties when in striking
distance Of the goal. Jones is play
ing his same steady game at tackle
and King and O'DOnnell are rapidly
improving.
Eichenlaub. Pliska and Lathrop
were not on hand for the afternoon
sCrimmage and thus some of the
scrubs had a chance to show their
ability as halfbacks. Dundon. Car
mody and Bush did some good work
on the secondary defense and spoiled
many IF the Narsity's forward passes
Movers and Edward on ends, and
Noelkers and Riedmann i'm the center
of the line put up a good game at all
times. An injury to Noelker's knee
after twenty minutes Of scrimmage
gave Harper a chance to rest his men
and make a few changes. Larkin
was sent in at half in Berger's place
and Movers shifted positions with
Mills az end This combination was
as effective as the first and NOtre
Dame viii not want for subs both on
the line and I'm the backfield.
Twenty freshmen turned out
this afternoon for their first practice
of the season. They engaged in a
light signal drill under the direction
OF Coach Harper.