South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-10-29
HARPER WORRIED
OVER STRUGGLE
WITH COYOTES
Dakotas at Top Notch While
Gold and Blue Still Suffers
From Nebraska
Game.

That Coach Harper of the Notre
Dame football eleven feels consider
ably concerned over Saturdays game
with South Dakota here was indicated
when he sent his squad through a
strenuous drill on Cartier field yester-
day afternoon.
The Notre Dame mentor admitted
yesterday that he is worried over the
result of the coming contest with the
Coyotes. The South Dakota university
is represented by an eleven fully as
strong. and perhaps stronger. than
that which bucked the HOosiers here
two years ago, while the Notre Dame
outfit is in none too good shape, the
result of the fierce battle with Ne
braska at Lincoln last Saturday.
South Dakota caused the Minnesota
rooters to hold their breaths when 1t
forced the battle on the Gophers dur
ing a considerable portion of the
Minneapolis game. The Gophers won,
10 TO 0, but they were given an awful
fight by Coach Cortright's eleven.
Veteran Backs On Team.
Prominent among the athletes who
will battle the HoOsiers ON Cartier
field Saturday are Capt. Mccormick
and Vidal. Both of these backs were
on the 1913 South Dakota team and
were instrumental in the wonderful
battle put up by the Coyotes against
Notre Dame Both of the stars are
better than ever and are playing at
top-notch speed this season. Capt.
Mccormick is a shifty. plunging full
back. while Vidal is an aggressive
halfback.
Aonther thing that worries Coach
Harper is the fact that last years
South Dakota line is practically in
tact this season. The Notre Dame
team could do nothing with the
Coyote line last year and 1t was only
by opening up with trick plays, long
end runs and forward passes that the
locals were able to win in the last half.
The score at the end OF the first half
was 0 to 0.
Coach Cortright has been working
his men at top-notch speed since the
Minnesota game, printing them for
tomorrow's battle with Notre Dame.
The Coyotes have not forgotten the
two defeats handed them by Harper's
men in 1913 and 1914 and are coming
here with the determination of win
ming. The South Dakota eleven is in
tip-tOp shape and going better than it
has all season.
The South Dakota squad will arrive
here some time today and will prob
ably take a workout on Cartier field
during the day.
Authorities are planning to handle
an immense crowd at the game to-
morrow. Many alumni viii be back
for the battle and hundreds of peo-
pie from South Bend, Mishawaka and
other cities nearby, as well Us from
Chicago and other more distant points,
will be on hand for the contest.
Coach Worried.
Coach Harper is certain OF one
thing and that is that tomorrow
game will be close He has not
prOphesied a victory for Notre Dame
and has shown that he is plainly wor-
ricd.
The varsity was hurled through an
hours fast signal drill on Cartier field
yesterday afternoon in addition to
some dummy and line scrimmage. To-
day there will be a light workout.
TomorrOws game will start at 3
O'Clock on Cartier field. and il is eX-
pected that the stands will be filled
long before the schedule starting time.
Interest at Notre Dame and in South
Bend is keen over the battle, and out
South Dakota way the students are
hoping for a Coyote victory. Arrange
ments are being considered for having
a special wire from Cartier field to the
University OF South Dakota to give
the report of the game TO the students
there. play by play.