South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-12-30
STUDENT
At NOTRE DAME
ENTERED SPORT
Report for Year is Made by
Assistant Coach Rockne-
Tennis One of Coming
Popular Games.

Every student at Notre Dame par
ticipated in one or more sports dur
ing the past year, according TO a
report made By Assistant Coach
Knute Rockne last night. The final
totals given out by the coach along
with the review Of the past year
are exceedingly good since the re-
ports sent out ~ other large uni
versities show that only one-third
OF the students take part in ath-
letics.
The total enrolment i'm the college
department Is 700 and the number
OF athletes out for the various events
during the past year was 1.945. Sub
tracing from this number the 10
varsity men. leaves a grand total
OF 1.775 interclass athletes at the
university.
The intra-mural department. is en-
tirely separate from any Of the vars
ity teams. IL does not include those
composing the varsity football, base
ball. basket ball or track teams. It's
aim is to benefit the ordinary stu
dents who lay no claim 10 stardOm
and who are only trying to see if
they have athletic ability This
training ground has proven very
valuable 10 NOtre Dame in the past
Foster Athletes.
Athletics are fostered here even
in the halls for the children and
this is the reason so many good
athletes have been sent out from
Notre Dame. The youngest athlete
at the university is six years old
and from then on until he is is
he cannot be a member Of the intra-
mural teams This means that if
the interhall athletes under is years
of age would be counted S22 would
have TO be added TO the grand total
This means that there are 2,767|
athletes at Notre Dame. not includ-
ing the Holy Cross baseball teams
or any Of the other sports I'm which
this hail participates in during the
year.
The rifle club which closes its sec
ond year, has one of the largest
memberships of any club i'm the
country. The shooting of the first
year was such as TO raise the club
from class e in the intercollegiate
league to class b. The enrolment
in the fan Of 1915 was $50 which
Is an increase Of 1S5 over the pre-
Vious year.
Variety of Sports.
The number Of men participating
in the different sports during the
year 1915 as announced by the
coach follows:
Football, freshmen co. interhaH
IT'S; cross country running 30: in
terhau track so: wrestling 30: box
ing 20; tennis tournament 60: hand
ball 500; baseball. freshmen. so. in
terhaI 245; basket bali %: swim
alng s5; rifle Cub 535: hockey 80.
The varsity record as announced
follows: Football so: track 40: has
ket ball 25; baseball SIS. This makes
a total Of 170 varsity men. When
IL Is considered that Notre Dame is
comparatively small university
when put beside some of the state
schools. the number or students com
ing out for sports is much larger.
The nearest school. that Of Mich
igan, which has 5000 students. has
2.S14 inter-mural athletes accord
ing 60 the annual report sent out by
the director Of athletics. The Mich
igan school has also lost out on FIVE
events which she had in 1884.
the total number OF events now be-
ing 8.
one thing which handicaps the
number Of students coming out for
the events at Notre Dame is that
student must be proficient in his
classes before his name will be con-
sidered by the faculty board Of con