South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-11-01
ROCKNE SELECTS
SQUAD To MEET
CORNHUSKERS
Dunno and Corners Get Their
Appointment to Camp on
Eve of Big Battle.

All r set AZ Sotre Dame for the
invasion OF Lincoln and the battle
with the gridlron knights OF Ne
braska Saturday Thursday saw
Rockne's last preparatory practice.
and the hardest. Dummy tacklins
for the ends. snappy signal running
for everybody, hard scrimmage
with the freshmen, and then 90 yard
dashes for the team, made up the
afternoons work. The days un-
favorable circumstance was the an
nouncement that the men
called for officers reserve training
camps are Dunn, Connors and Col
gan, whose loss will be felt worse
because on the eve Of the big game.
and because this is only a beginning
Of losses that viii probably keep on
for some time. Eddie Dunn was the
fast going guard OF last years fresh
man team, COnnors was a guard and
Colgan one OF the three halfbacks.
Combine All squads.
FOreseeing that constant drafts
will be made on his squad as y. D.
men are called 20 the officers re-
serve. Rockne announced Thursday
that the freshmen would work with
the varsity after the Nebraska game.
Hitherto they have had their own
signals and opposed the varsity as
q separate organization. but Rockne
sees where ne will have TO draw
from the freshman ranks TO fiji gaps
in the first string. and so wants them
up on signals and the inside dope Of
the first eleven.
In the scrimmage the freshmen,
keeping the ball all the time. were
able TO make three touchdowns. The
last time they were on the offensive
sgainst the varsity they could not
score az all Still, the first eleven
has not gone back The scrimmage
yesterday was longer and breaks OF
luck more in favor Of the freshmen
than before. In the dashes
Barry showed the greatest speed.
Barry's ankle mended fast. as il is
only a few days since he strained it
in tackling Gipp I'm the big scrim-
mage in which Coach Rockne took
part
kOckne selects Squad.
Although Coach Rockne has not
said just who will make the trip TO
Lincoln Saturday the squad will
probably consist of about the fol-
lowing. Bahan. Gipp. Lambeau.
Mohn. Lockard. Barry. Mohardt
Kipp. Ed. Anderson, Prokup. Kirk.
Donovan or Shanahan, Stein, Owens.
Crowley. Nadolney or DOrgan. Hart
let Anderson. Smith. Grabner. Saun-
ders. Larsen and Dog White. II
was a hard blow 70 Dunn and Con-
nOrs to receive their appointment TO
an officers reserve training camp.
for while that call is just what they
wanted most, they wanted it after
not before the game with the corn
huskers. They were both sure 20
make the trip. Rockne will not say
definitely till the last minute exactly
who will make M his squad. but
whoeyer goes VIII leave South Bend
at 6.29 tonight
Props 10 Play Saturday.
Coach Connor Of the prep eleven
will line up his team against the
Grand Rapids high at Notre Dame
Saturday Common has plenty Of
good material 20 choose from but
his lineup Is not vet chosen. Tn
certain also is the caliber OF the
boys from Michigan. but the word
IS that they are a lighting bunch or
youngsters and an interesting game
IS expected at NOtre Dame. The
freshmen viii be down at Culver
Saturday struggling &c even up the
score with the cadets who defeated
the y. u. freshmen down by Lake
NIaXinkuCkee 10y score Of 60
about three weeks ago.