South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-09-12
YALE CAME WILL
Be CRUCIAL TILT
Football Expert Doubts if NOtre
Dame viii be Able to Over
come Ellis in Early TiIt-In-
vaSiOn viii be important.

With practically every football squad
in the country starting upon the annual
kink-removing process in anticipation
of the beginning of the coming gTuell
for honors, gridirOn critics are
sending their time in summing up the
strength and weakness of the east and
west. The battle for supremacy be
tween the colleges OF the two grid
iron hemispheres will probably reach
its climax this season and the import
ance attached to the coming conflicts
is not undeserved.
Notre Dame, which produced such
a wonderful combination of football
stars in the fall of 1913 under the
direction of Coach Jesse c. Harper, is
coming in for it's share Of discussion
by the critics, the most recent being
that by Herbert Reed in Harper's
Weekly. Reed lays much stress upon
the meeting of Michigan and Har-
ward at Cambridge on the last Satur-
day in October. but also attaches con-
siderable Importance to the Yale
Notre Dame tilt at New Haven on
Oct. II.
Rise of NOtre Dame.
Not until a year ago when the gold
and blue invaded the east and gave
the Army its worst beating IL years
had NOtre Dame been regarded as a
formidable opponent Michigan was
considered as the strongest contend
er in the east, but when Coach Har-
per. coming from Wabash college to
take charge of athletics at the uni
versity, whipped together a team of
Ii fast, tough and heady players. who
swerved around the defense of the
Soldiers, tore to pieces South Da-
kOta's almost invincible offense and
went through the season with a record
to be envied, the east began TO evince
interest. AS a result, Harper is obliged
to put his men to the test against
Yale, the Army, the Carlisle Indians,
and the South Dakota aggregation.
In speaking of the Yale-Notre Dame
meeting Herbert Reed says that it is
doubtful whether the Ellis will have
much more than perfected their de-
Tense. The date is early for both
teams Notre Dame having but two in
feriOr clashes before the New Haven
game Alma and Rose Poly will give
the Gold and Blue their first taste of
work before they travel east.
Surprises in Store.
Reed doubts that Harper will be
able TO work up his offensive to that
point where he assailed the Army last
year. Coach Harper himself is not
certain of his opportunity to do this,
since il is necessary that he put into
action a new Quarterback, the famous
and doughty little DOrais having de-
parted from the fold. But Harper is
already bringing to light material
which promises TO fill in the import
ant vacancy, and il is predicted that
when the Notre Dame crew meets
Yale on Oct II that the Gold and
Blue coach will have a multitude of
surprises in store for the Ellis.
Harper is already planning a cam
paign which promises TO be a formid-
able one against the fasteners. AL
though the New England clubs have
seen the value OF open play and the
forward pass as displayed against the
Army last year and are accepting this
western style, its adoption is slow.
This gives the western men the ad
vantage and in almost his first prac-
tice of the season Harper is trying out
his men on the forward pass.
West Has Advantage.
Whether the revelation made by
the NOtre Dame team last year will
prove a boomerang is not known, but
it is believed that the eastern elevens
will be unable TO cope with the west
in this phase of the game. Harper's
early trial and practice in forward
passing is an indication that ii will be
worked largely against Yale on oct.
II. He must perfect his defense TO
withstand the assault Of the Ellis and
will probably depend upon the open
defensive style to gain ground.
In speaking of the Carlisle-NOtre
Dame game at Chicago Mr.. Reed
predicts that il will be an interesting
fray. He says that both teams will
have reached their finest point and
that the game should prove brilliant
In reference to the decision of the
supremacy of the east over the west