South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-03-10
DUTCH SMASHES
ALL MARKS WITH
FOUR MON0GRAMS
All Around Athlete Bergman
Wins Coveted IN. D." in Four
Branches of Sport = Sur
passes FaTIey'S Record.

Ply end of the present scholastic
year, Dutch Bergman. Notre
Danes all-around athlete. Will have
performed "a feat unprecedented at
the gold and blue school When the
baseball season is owe: BergmSnE will
have won his ~. D." in football,
baseball. basketball and track. lie
already has the varsity insignia for
football, track and basketball and II
is practically certain that he viii
make the baseball team. Bergman
IS a pitcher. an Outdelder and an
inheider and Is sure of a position on
the varsity nine.
Never before i'm NOtre Dame ath-
letic history has such a record been
equaled. Indeed, there was before
this year but one man at the univer-
sity who ever won his monographs in
three major sports. NOtre Dame has
turned QUO year after year. athletic
teams Of fine calibre. so that a mans
chances OF landing a place in every
sport were very SLIM Father Farley
now project of Corby hall at NOtre
Dame, but in his college days Capt.
John Farley hung up a phenomenal
record by winning his monogram In
football, baseball and track. He was
one Of Notre Danes greatest gridiron
stars, playing with the mighty Sal
mon, who was picked by AXelsOn for
the all-star team OF all time. Farley
also earned many points for Notre
Dame on the tracks.
Halls from Peru.
Bergmann halls from Peru. Ind,
and first came into prominence as
varsity athlete by making the football
team iu 1911. Although Dutch" was
the smallest man on the team, for he
weighed but 145 pounds. his game
ness. speed and great lodging ability
made him a very valuable man in the
backdeld. The next spring, in 1872,
Bergman also won his n. ID. ON the
track He starred in the 40 yard
dash indoors and in 100 and 220 out
doors
"Bergie" did not come to Notre
Dame in the fall of 1912. but in 1913
he was back on the job and made
good from the beginning. Because of
the stellar work of Finegan and
Plska last fail Bergman did not
have much chance to start nj half
hack for Not,e Dame. but when he
was called into the fight as relief
man he always 440waa TO good ad-
vantage. 'DN-tehff y was especially
noted Tor his end runs, and in the
Christian Brothers and Texas games
he gained much ground for Notre
When the caIlgf8TdBasketball candi-
dates was issued 1sEst December, Berg
mann was among the first TO report.
This was his first attempt TO win
laurels in the court game as a varsity
man. The experience he had gained
with COrby hall in 1912. stood him in
good stead, and on the hard eastern
trip Bergman was the shining light
of the varsity squad His speed and
basket-thrOwing counted heavily for
Notre Dame in her road games.
"BerEie" has already won his mon
ogram in track this year by virtue or
his taking first i'm the 220 yard dash in
the NOtre DANIEL A. G. dual meet.
In this race Dutch" was timed In .24
fiat. a very good mark for an indoor
200 ON Feb. 2Sth in the Central
A. A. U. meet, Bergman ran the 60
yard dash i'm :O6 % seconds. equal
ling the worlds record
Speedy Outfeldcr
In baseball Bergman can be used
anywhere but behind the bat He
is a clever infelder and steady
pitcher, but his real worth lies in his
ability In the Outfield. 'Bergie's"
speed enables him To cover a great
deal OF ground and he has a splendid
peg TO the plate or TO any OF the
bases. Though Harper will be able
to Use Bergmann in the outheld, IN
field or in the pitching box. he VIII
keep him i'm the outer garden I'M
less his presence elsewhere is abso-
lutely needed. Bergmann is Notre
Danes fastest man in the 100 and
go yard dashes and only by play
ing the Dutchman I'm the outfield Har-
per can have him at his best both IN
baseball and III track
At present Bergman is working
with the pitching candidates and 1t
is likely that he will be seen on the
mound i'm some of the varsity games.
He has plenty Of smoke and fine as
s0rtmcut OF curves. His ability to
clout the ball makes him a valuable
many at any position.
Bergmann' feat OF winning four
monographs IS very remarkable in
that the Dutchman is a small man
compared with the huskies who have
opposed him on the gridiron. in the
track and in the basketball court.
He has earned the unique honor OF
being n -FOUR monogram man" solely
on his speed and grit. In football
no was seriously handicapped by lack
of weight. but his speed and agrees
siveness landed him the coveted n ID.
For over ten years the record OF
Father Farley has been regarded as
almost unattainable but Bergman
has surpassed even this mark.