South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-12-16

! With the end OF the football sea-
son at Notre Dame there has been
another general exodus of athletes
which ri, ais in numbers the whole
sale enlistments prior 70 the opening
/ OF the first officers reserve train
| ing camps last May. Allison. Ryan.
/ Noonan. King, Kline, Phe!an and
! Rydzewski are men who have gone
or are about TO go 10 the service
| of their country. Before another
| football season rolls around many
more of the pigskin artists will be
/ lighting for the colors in one capa-
city or another. The large number
Of players developed this year is
bound to be depleted with the year,
but a glance at the record of this
years freshmen squad reveals the
fact that the gold and blue may re-
! cruit many capable players from
] that source.
| The All Fresh team of this year,
although not weighted down with
| its usual quota of yearling stars, was,
| according TO critics, the equal of any
| former freshman team, not exclud-
| ing the wonderful squads which
8 produced Cofall, Miller, Callahan.
Bachman. McInerny and recent pig
/ skin immortals Pitted against the
varsity three times a week. they
bore the brunt with exceptional rig
! or and were never beaten by the
| regulars by a wider margin than 10
points Before the regular sched-
| ule commenced the men coached
| by Jake Kline held the varsity 70
a u TO score in a game that for
| alI-around scrappiness and football
| hnese equalled anything seen at No
| ire Dame throughout the season.
Capt Donovan, Dooley and Murphy,
headed towards Notre Dame by
NAL" Edward, the little end of a
few years ago, provided the spine
thrillers for the spectators by pull
/ ing off a series of spectacular plays.
Beat Culver, 13 to :.
| Capt Donovan led his squad
against Culver for the freshmen's
first scheduled game and the cadets
were humbled. 13 TO Z. Hogan and
! Donovan were the yearlings TO score
touchdowns. Their heady captain
played his usual driving game and
was very capably assisted by the re-
markabIe defensive tactics of Vohs,
| Wrape. Dooley and Murphy. The
men were apparently off form, due
! TO injuries received in stopping the
| plunges of w. Miller, Bahan and
Brandy during the Cartier field
| scrimmage programs. and were de-
! feated by the strong Kalamazoo
/ ~ ~
inculcated a lighting determination
10 pull off future thrillers.
VI. \. &. Freshmen Next.
Al Lansing. against the NJ. a. c.
freshmen. Kline's yearlings were
victorious. to 0. NJ A. c. put up
her usual warlike front and was
| fortunate in holding Donovan.
] Dooley. Murphy and Wrape ct al.
Ito a lone ringer What the NJ. A.
| c. tilt demonstrated at each cOnsec-
utive play is that Miles and Wrape,
on the extremities OF the line, can
/ fiji the wing boots of any college
| eleven with exceptional credit
The University of Michigan yearl
| ing backfeld, aided by a line out
weighing Notre Dame 90 pounds to
the man, succeeded in getting on
the long end OF a 10 to 3 score.
The Michigan freshmen concen-
| trated their football knowledge in
the first half when they gathered
their only points. In the latter part
OF the game the Notre Dame fresh
men braced and actually outplayed
their rivals in every department Of
the game. Hogan made a beauti-
ful drop kick from the 3Syard line
in the second quarter.
Miles and WFape Look Good.
AZ the ends. Miles and Wrape
worked consistently throughout the
| season. both being equally good at
| receiving forward Iunges and getting
down under punts. These lads show
| every indication of looming up
| strong for the varsity wing jobs an
] other year. and under the tutelage
Of Knute Rockne should develop
| into a class with the famous 1918
/ captain himself Hoar showed up
well when allowed 10 substitute for
/ the foregoing men.
a; the tackles. Nohs and Bloom
! worked like demons, insisting on be
ing in every play. Vohs. in partic-
ular. was a vicious tackler. and
when he hit a man that man was
| down on offense he opened regu-
! lar boulevards for his backield
mates. He is by all odds the best
varsity prospect that appeared on
the Il eshmen team this year. Bloom.
and O'Connor. a substitute, played
| we'll.
Guards Are Husky.
| Murphy and Owens held down the
guard positions in true yeoman
style. Murphy was particularly good
on the oftense. and il would not be
"a surprise TO see the big s<unette