South Bend news-times., 1917-08-26
HARD SHEDDING FOR
1917 GRLDRON COACH
Every College in the West is
Up Against 1t for Suitable
Football MateriaI-Opin-
ions of Coaches.
BY CHAS W. cam

PreSt Wilson'S declaration
that intercollegiate athletics
ought not to be curtailed because
this country is at war win be
needed by all the colleges Of the
middle west al the reSumrtion
.Of classes next month. Even the
schools that abolished their
spring schedules have fallen int
line and no prominent college ir
this section will fail To have fall
and winter sports rs usual I'm
.1ot7-fS.
With every school shoru of i-
prominent athletes bv the recently
announced army commissions ana
the workings OF the conscription
act, the caliber Of this years teams
is bound 10 be below the standard
of other seasons Coaches every
where are going 10 be hard put for
material, hut they VIII have am m-
precedented opportunity TO show
their ability 20 develop green ma
teriaI
At Notre Dame.
Notre Dame plans merely 10 con-
tinue her policy adopted at the out
break Of the war. and go on with
athletics a. in time of peace. Not
a school in the country has lost
more football players i'm the last l.
months than the local institution.
but nevertheless she plans To- 20
through with the schedules an
nouncad in saturdays News-Times.
OF last years team Cofau. Bach
man, Miller Bauian. Ward Dorias
Fiantz. and Jones were lost by
graduation. Bergman SlackforC.
Fitzpatrick, Grant, Ncnenrv.
Murphy and O'Hara have received
army commissions CoughIln and
Malone have volunteered. and Kinl
and Decree have lined mp with the
second officers reserve training
corps
That the coaches OF this part of
the country are alive 10 the situa-
/ tion before them may be seen from.
/ the following expressions of opinion
by some Of the best known athletic
/ leaders.
What They say.
| Coach Harper OF Notro Dame.
! You know the situation we will he
/ up against. All of last years men
\ are I'm some department of the
| service and we viii be lucky if We
/ have two or three veterans ou our
! football team The situation is dis
NAL enough but we viii simply have
10 make players out ~ men that
! have not come out for football be-
fore. Every man In college who
: has not been conscripted and who
/ can be made into "A football PLAYER
viii have TO come out for the team.
/ OF course we may lose games. bot
/ forget that Athletes make the
I best soldiers. and Notre Dame is
/ going 10 make some more athletes.
! Notre Dame would Doe foolish To-
abolish the freshman rule"
A A. Staeg. University of Chi-
! caso: I'VE are EoinE TO play foot
bali this fan with whatever ma
! teriaI there is on hand doubt II
there viii he Eiore than two or
/ three veterans back ON the tearl.
/ We will play games with whatever
/ teams there are in the field regard
/ less Of whether they are conference
/ colleges or not But we expect 10
stick 20 the freshman rule. It is
, not the matter Of winning with rs
so much as 20 keep up athletics. as
the president OF the United States
/ wishes"
This from Zupke.
r. C.. Zupke. Illinois. 'I am sure
Of BOT two old men back. Most az
the men have Joined the officers
/ reserve corps. Tie team must hc
built up from last years second and
! freshman teams
/ fC0~Tr>-r-rD 0>- NFxT PACE.