South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-09-07
NINE GAMES ARE
BOOKED FOR N. D.
Four Contests Are to be
Staged Here-WabaSh
on Schedule.


sent typical Notre Dame schedule.
There is no long jaunt 10 Texas 10
wind up the season but the Gold
and Blue will appear in West Point
10 play the Army. Lincoln. Neb.. 10
battle the Cornhuskers, and in Sioux
Falls. s D., to tackle the Coyotes.
For the first time in number Of
years Alma college will not open
the season here The Presbyterian
institution remains on the schedule
but is dated for November %. Case
School of Technology will furnish
the first opposition for the varsity
on Sept so. on the local field. Not
much is known i'm these parts of
the strength of Case. outside Of the
opposition she has put up at Ann
Arbor year after year against Mich
igan. on October :, Harper will
lead his proteges TO Cleveland, o.,
where they will stack up against
Western Reserve. Case and West
ern Reserve are both located In
cleveland The Ohio metropolis is
also the home of Capt Stanley Co
fall and Notre Dame men believe
the game will prove a popular one.
Wabash on Schedule.
Haskell Indians come here OctO-
Der IA The stubborn resistance
they offered the last two seasons is
warning enough 10 make Harper
have his team at it's best The In
dams have always proven far
stronger on defense than on offense.
Wabash is a welcome revival on the
Notre Dame schedule. The Little
Giants" have been coming up here
regularly for baseball and basketball
contests but it is three years since
they appeared i'm football suits The
rivalry between the dOwnstate
school and NOtre Dame is keen TO
say the least. Wabash is recog-
nized as the equal of many OF the
conference teams. and they are
known TO harbOr a lot of conf
dence Of victory here this fall.
The Little Giants" are the big
home attraction of the season and
no one in this locality doubts but
what each team will know it has
been in a game.
Notre Dame followers are not
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emanating from West Point TO the
effect that the cadet eleven will be
severely handicapped by the loss of
several coaches now entailed on the
Mexican border The Army will
have "A team and good one if for
no other Saturday than Nov. 4. The
cadets are fighting mad. They
have "A score to settle. Their aver
age is 1873 for the three games
played between the two schools and
they will be putting forth every ef-
fort to tie the count. Two hundred
and sixty-four men answered the
first call for candidates for the team
at West Point last week and this
is not exactly foreboding of a
weak team.
The following week Notre Dame
meets the South Dakota Coyotes in
their own lair at Sioux Falls. A
| trick play at the fag end of the
game netting a lone touchdown for
/ Notre Dame was the only difference
between the two teams last year
/ South Dakota has never yet failed
to make it interesting for the Gold
land Blue
: Lansing. Mich. will he the scene
/ of the next game. What was said
of Wabash is true of the "Aggies. d"
/ Football is the only sport in which
/ NJ A. c. and NOtre Dame have not
clashed the past few years. Plans
are in the making to take the en-
\ tire student body 20 the Michigan
capital for the encounter on Nov.
is. NJ A G. will have battled
Michigan before meeting Notre
Dame and an opportunity for COM
parison with the Wolverines will
make the tilt all the more interest
ing locally.
Alma is sandwiched i'm between
/ the NJ A G. and Nebraska games.
, Alma always brings down bunch
of lighters and they should furnish
just enough opposition TO put the
locals on edge for the Thanksgiving
affair at Lincoln. No one likes 10
get beat by one point. %otre Dame
: is no exception. There viii be just
that extra sting of 20 10 10 defeat
from last year ranking in the heart
Of each Notre Dame man 10 spun
MIN on TO greater EFFORTS Wnen the
two teams clash next Turkey day.
+ Nebraska has lost but three or four
men from last years indicated
eleven and If reports are true they
Will be fully as strong this year. IL
viii be the climax of a long hard
+ season for Notre Dame and the only
satisfaction will be a victory.
All is in readiness for the men
when they report here Monday.
Morning and afternoon practice
sessions will be i'm order until classes
open on the 18th. Harry Baujan
al left end is the only regular re-
, maininE from last years line Much
hard work and lot Of experiment.
ing is ahead OF the team. Coach
Harper has been at Notre Dame for
weeks figuring out things" So
has Assistant Coach Rockne. Rockne
as in past seasons will center his
activity on the line and on him i'm
a large measure will rest the re-
sponsibilty Of replacing the bull
wark OK last season. Freeman Fitz-
gerald, last years captain. and
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