South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-10-18
\. D. TEAM WILL
Be ON DEFENSIVE
That is the Attitude the Squad
is Expected to Assume in
Saturdays Game.

"on the defensive" seems 90 be
|Notre Danes position regarding the
/ big game saturday with Municipal
Pier. All the varsity did throughout
he as minutes scrimmage with the
Freshmen yesterday was TO defend
themselves against the freshmen's
attack, and the freshmen used only
/ he forward pass formations which
he big team from the pier are em-
=ploying in their smashing victories.
Whenever the varsity got she ball IL
sEas handed back 20 the freshmen
or them 20 come on again The
freshmen made one touchdown. and
Dad the bali on the varsity one-foOt
inc when the whistle sounded. The
=EcOre does not look bad for the var
pity. but onlookers say that the de-
1fense was not good, and that the
Freshmen would have scored further
but for the fact that A. minutes
Continuous attack had made them
bred.
There may be two explanations Of
re coach's anxiety 20 build up his
Defensive. One is that theSN y. Of
[ense Is good and that Il cannot be
Improved much by Saturday any
how. IN Gipp and Bahan. the two
<halves. the. gold and blue has two
bowers OF strength. They are vet
rams and they are In good shape,
- that a day or two's practice
Fould not make a world of differ
nee with them The same, 10
ertain extent. holds true OF Lam
beau at full and in fact the back
Ejeid Is the teams strength. Unfor-
Eunately "Abie" Lockard has twisted
bis knee and may be out OF the
game Saturday.
Another probable explanation Of
Rockne's hard work 20 build up his
lefense is the fact that Municipal
Pier. Judging from the number OF
former college stars in its makeup.
l. about the strongest team going
bout the west. Municipal Pier has
bot hesitated to say officially that
Iney are going 20 lick Notre Dame.
'heir captain is big Christian Bentz,
b Montana. Bentz weighs 20
bounds, and is considered the best
Xackle in all the northwest For
backs the pier has Jerry Johnson
nd Koehler. Johnson was all-Iowa
pack when he played for Morning
hide. and KOehler was all-Western
Patrick of South Dakota
3 vas all-state back. For quarter they
= ave Hart Of Washington and Jeffer-
on. and FrOnka OF Mishigan. both
ben Of national reputation. Schroed-
r OF Minnesota and Klein Of Illinois
re at ends, and Dave Phnbin Of
Sotre Dame may fill the second
ackle position. Then they have
= 5locki and Schlauderman-in fact.
he pier has what might be called
n all-star team OF veterans.
Rockne won't say a word as 20
What he thinks will be the outcome,
md the y. d. fellows have nothing
Q say either. What they are think
ng IS another matter. The team
5 green and the fellows know it,
rhey have not had a good game to
ret them IN shape, and they realize
hat they need just such experience.
rheir quarterback is crippled for
he time being They have Just lost
Miles. their left end. and Miller.
heir tackle, both having been called
. service at Fortress Monroe. Va
5ut one thing that every old man at
Sotre Danes knows that they are a
lighting team just as much as their
were. They may be
green. but they are not yellow: and
hey would rather take a walloping
rom a good team than TO run over a
poor one. All they want is a fair
Held and no favor, and fans know
. lat even II the pier men outweigh
nd outplay them. they will never
butfght them. Even Rockne. who
was disguised with his men a day or
e ago because they did not know
heir signals. and said some hard
Kings 20 them, never even limited
hat he thought they would not
ght.