South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-09-15
NOTRE DAME SPORTS

Coach Rockne was bandaging
Leonard Bahan's strained ankle, and
losing no time about it. when The
News-Times chap happened into the
y. %. gym. Scientific first aid is one
of the many things Rock does
we'll. Bahan has a long, slim ankle
like "a race horse. There are plenty
like fl i'm the Bluegrass pastures
aroand Winchester Ky, where
Bahau lives. George Clip. who
broke his leg last year, Is back also.
he and Bahan being the only two
veterans Yet to report. You see.
said Rock, my two precious old
men are cripples. and I don't know
whether I'll let them play this year
or not"
Thought the government was
stopping college football said
Newsey- Timesy.
THE new order" replied the y.
d. authority. "is that long trips shall
he cancelled. otherwise the game
goes on. We did not care for our
lone trips anyhow; we took them
because we had TO. The western
conference would not play us foot
fall. They would play baseball.
basket ball, tennis, or ping-pong
with the Irish but not football. Do
YOU see why2 Neither do /. So
we were compelled to take long
trips TO get good games. The only
change the new order will make in
cur schedule this year viii be the
dropping of washington and Jeffer-
son. The Army game viii be played
because West Point is a school that
will fall under a different ruling
what kind of material have YOU
for this years team ?"
Wen have a big squad. replied
EooSnc
Are they good ones
-Four of them are from South
Bend high: Waters. Donovan. Mohn
aud Linehart.
You see Rockne's answers DO not
always answer. But they always
tell ycl something.
Football. bayonet work and box
mc develop the offensive spirit
That's what we want right now, isn't
it, Have YOU noticed how nearly
AIN college football men went into
the fight right away? Besides foot
han discphnes. The individual has
to submerge himself for the organ
ization. has 10 do what he is told
has 10 work for all not for himself.
Coach Rockue left this aftern oOr
for Chicago. where ne will attend q
meeting of the western coaches al
tile Auditorium hotel. The question
engaging the football authorities
there is. whether or not TO abrogate
the freshman rule for the time be
ing Their decision viii not be final
bur Will be laid before the authori-
ties of the respective universities fo'
fnal Judgment Rockne personally
is against changing the rule because
the reason for making the rule IN
THE FIRST place still exists. The rea
son COR the rule was the pracuc,
~ uroselytiziug. soliciting amOns
hien school graduates for particular
colleges. and having on college
teams many men who might bC
strong football players but not gen
sine college students-football be
ing Their only reason for being il
. college at al. Rock says he ha
no idea " nat viii be the action o
. the coaches on this question
First official practice Will TAX
place al Notre Dame on Monday
1 sept 16 Coach Rockne will b.
f oack from Chicago TO take persona
direction of the work. and he ex
poets q large SQUAD 70 be out.
% i, not the expectation OF th
athletic director TO put as nuc!
time CT football as I'm former years
The school will be largely miEtars
and like West Point. viii proha 81.
allow only one hour a day for foot
bali practice West Point turns on
sne teams. as Notre Dame know
well from its yearly contest with N
Army. and Coach Rockne sees II
reason why the Indiana school can
rot turn out good teams under IN
same conditions.