South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-11-22
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GOLD AND BLUE OFF
TONIGHT FOR EAST
Harper to Attempt to Keep
Slate Clean in the East
Against w. and J.
BY Chas. W. Can.

BY Chas. W. Call.
Tonight Jesse c. Harper will
gather up all his regular football
players and all his substitutes. all
the head guards. nniment, bandages.
etc. he possesses and board the 1855
train east on The New York Central
lines. He will have his players and
paraphernalia on the Washington &
Jefferson gridirOn. at WashingtC 4,
Pa. 10 pit his strength against one
OF the best teams in the east for the
second time this season. No one
thought Harper had a team that
could beat the Army. no great
crowd has been predicting a Eotre
Dame victory in southern Penusyl-
vania Saturday.
The men who will do or die for
Eotre Dame are: RydZeWski. HOl-
ton, Madigan. Decree. Zoia. Ron
chetti, Philbin. Andrews. slime Nc
CURE. Hayes. King. Powers. Spald-
ing. LOckard, Bahan. Brandy. Barry,
Pearson, Smith. Ryan and Walter
Miller. Four men will be particular
~ missed in this final an important
game with W. & j. They are: Capt.
Phetan. who is now learning the
rudiments Of soldiery at Camp Tay-
Tor; George Gipp. who broke a leg
in the Morningside game and is con
fined in a Sioux City hospital; "TeN'
Allison and Basil Stanley. who were
severely hurt in last Saturday ;
game with NJ. A Q.
Men i'm Good Shape.
OF the % men scheduled TO 20
east tonight all are in good physical
shape with a few exceptions. Madi-
gan. who has played a brilliant
game at guard since Harper shifted
him from sub center early in the
season, was confined TO the univer-
sity infrmary yesterday with a
severe cold. He has not been able
TO take part in practice since bat
Ting the Michigan "Aggies'' though
Harper thought that he would be
able 10 be up and run through
signals late today. Madigan played
such a whirlwind game against the
Army Harper hates 10 entertain the
thought OF his not being able TO
accompany the team tonight. Spald-
ing has "A sore hand that has been
bandaged for over a week now
Ii merely binders him and he will
be able TO step into the game #
anything happens TO King at right
end. Bahan was complaining of a
sore shoulder last night so Harper
excused him from practice.
Bahan ut Quarter.
Bahan is the man who will start
the game at the position left vacant
By the going Of Capt Phelan TO an
army cantOnment. and the injury
10 TEX" Allison. Quarterback on
any team is an important position
but on tae Notre Dame team it is
doubly important on account Of the
innumerable shift plays that must
ne timed for the backfeld men.
I.ockard a brilliant inter-hall star
alt Notre Dame for the last four
years. and who became eligible for
The varsity the first time this year,
will get a chance 20 show his wares
If anything happens to Bahan.
Lockard does not boast OF very
many pounds out ne is a fast run
.ner. and met with the approval of
the coaches during the fourth quar-
ter OF the game with NJ. A. c.
Last night Harper gave a lot Of
attention 20 punting and running
down and covering punts. Brandy,
Miller and Decree did the kicking
and il was a toss up between the
three for the honor Of doing the
booting against W. * J. Decree
seemed 20 have reached something
OF the form which made him such
"a terror for opposing team in 1916.
Whether Harper viii choose to dis
place Zoia and Madigan at guard to
nave Decree in the game To do the
kicking is impossible TO say. but it
seems probable that Decree viii
play az least part OF the game. Har-
per was drilling his kickers TO set
their punts away fast yesterday as
they will be opposed Saturday with
the biggest and fastest pair OF
tackles Notre Dame has faced in any
game this season.
Vast Iauds RydzcNvski.
Eastern cities have not yet quit
talking about the wonderful show
ing or NOtre Dame against the
Army earlier I'm the month Jack
Nelock. in the Knickerbocker Press
OF Albany. y. Y. on Tuesday wrote.
There was a muscular young giant
in the center OF the Notre Dame line
who caused the football fans 10
marvel This youth was none other
than Rydzewski. the center for
Notre Dame When il comes TO pass
ing a football with accuracy and
speed this young man with the
trick name. proved 10 the satisfac-
ton. or dissatisfaction. OF everyone
present with the exception of the
Irish players. that he is a curly
wildcat
''He can pass the oval through all
the syllables Of his name with as
much dispatch as your Uncle Sam
Vel loans money TO the allies And
one OF the unique things about his
passing is the fact that he makes
the ball dodge the dancing Allison
when IL would seem that the quar-
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