South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-10-15
To GIVE BATTLE
TO YALE ELEVEN
Students at Notre Dame Will
Give Team Great Send OFF.
All CrippIeS Will Be in Game
on Saturday.

With the encouraging cheers Of the
entire student body ringing in their
ears. the members Of the Notre Dame
football team left South Bend at
1920 o'clock this morning for New
| Haven, Conn. in a special car. where
they will clash with Yale In what
promises 10 be one of the greataE, IN
ter-sectional battles ever staged on
any gridiron.
The students gave the squad
rousing sendon on the Notre Dame
campus There was cheering and
singing. mingled with the strains OF
, the NOtre Dame military band. New
words have been composed for song,
especially for the occasion. Under
the leadership OF Cheer Leader Joe
Gargen. the students gave one Of
the greatest farewells 10 a team in the
history OF the local school. The team
was taken TO the depot in automo-
bileS
Coaches Harper and Rockne hurled
their men through the final home drill
before the big eastern game on Car
tier field yesterday afternoon. There
was no scrimmage. II was a general
brushing up. that was given the
varsity.
Men i'm Good shape.
The local athletic heads have left
no stones unturned. no loop holes
open in their endeavors TO have the
blue and gold in the best possible con-
dition for the game. Things looked
gloomy q few days ago with several OF
the stars on the hospital list but the
majority are again in good shape.
Bruises have been tenderly cared for
even "charley-horses" have received
unusual attention in the efforts OF the
coaches 20 have the men in good
physical condition.
The last two weeks OF practice have
been perhaps the most strenuous in
years The men have been kept CON
stantly on the go Efforts have been
made to remedy every weakness and
it appears that the coaches are ready
TO reap the benefits of their hard
program.
All four Of the former crippIes viii
be in the game Eichenlaub. Keefe
Lathrop and Bachman. four towers
of strength. are on the mend and viii
be in the lineup when the whistle
blows.
The lineup of the Notre Dame team
when the Yale game starts will be as
follows:
Edward. le: Jones. capt. It: Koefe.
lg; Fitzgerald. G. Bachman. re: Lath-
TOp, TT Mills, re: COfall. 90: Finegan.
lib: Kelleher or Pliska. RIB: Eichen-
laub, fb
Since the game was scheduled last
spring. the eyes Of all the football
world have been looking forward with
eagerness to the coming Notre Dame
Yale clash. II viii he a test Of east
ern football against western football.
for il will be a great eastern team
against a great western team in Sat
urdays game Last wear Notre
Dame invaded the east with great sue
cess, beating both West Point and
Penn State on their home grounds I'm
less than a weeks time. The Notre
Dame team awoke eastern critics with
a start at its wonderful exhibition Of
the open game in the West Point
clash.
Reports from the east are to the ef-
feet that Old Eli is represented by
one of the strongest teams in years.
At the same time newspaper dis
patches declare that numerous in
juries have weakened the Yale lineup.
Coach Harper and his men, however.
are prepared 10 meet Yale at its
strongest
Besides the coaches. the following
men will be taken on che trip 20 Yale
Capt Jones. Keefe. Lathrop. Fitz-
gerald, Bachman, Ward sharp.
Holmes. Voelkers. II. O'DonnelL Berg
man. COfaU. Eichenlaub Kelleher.
Pliska. Duggan. Larkin. Berger, Fine
gan. Mills King. Baujan and Edward.
The squad OF players is unusually
large there being % men. more than
two men To each position.
White. "A center on the Yale team.
is a former NOtre Dame student.
White graduated from the Notre
Dame preparatory school He was for
three years in Carroll hall and one
year ina Walsh While I'm the latter
hall in 1911 ne DIaNed center on the
interhall football team