South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-08-10
WILL COMMENCE
CANT AIGN SEPT. IS
Cartier Field 10 Be Scene of
Battle For Regular
BerthS.
by ALFRED ALEXANDER.


10 pre-war standard. Athletic Di- |
rector and Head Football Coach |
Knute K. Rockne will begin the
hardest campaign in his career next
September when the University of
Notre Dame football candidates re-
port for initial duty. Coach Rockne I
has summoned the prospective mem |
hers OF the coming team 10 be on
deck September IS. on the day when
All teams OF the Western Conference
association begin training
Some 20 candidates, members of (
the 1915. 1917 teams. with members
Of the 1918 team will answer the roll
call when activities begin on Cartier
Field. Practice will continue twice
daily until the regular scholastic
wear opens on September 10 when
practise will be limited TO the after
noon period. This fall Coach ROckne
will be assisted by Charles f. DOrais,
basketball and football coach. who
has esta blished an enviable record
in basketball last spring. his com
bination winning majority Of the
scheduled games among then. con-
tests with teams c. the Big Ten. -
Dorais To Assist.
Assistant Coach Charles +. Dorais
was a team mate TO Head Coach
Rockne for several years when both
were enrolled as students at NotreI
Dame. The appearance OF both
Rockne and Dorais as football tn
tors this fall recalls the memorial
. hnI
Observation-Disclosures combination thrill
ed the eastern football fans in the
famous NOtre Dame Army game. An
unknown eleven from the West tri-
umphed over the best team in the
East. 1t was the famous "NOtreI
Dame Forward Pass" that spelled
the defeat for Uncle Sans gallant
officers
An attractive football schedule
has been booked for the Gold and
Blue team The revised card shows
contests with the Kalamazoo col
lege and Kalamazoo Normal teams.
Nebraska University, Michigan Ag-
gies. l. S. Military Academy Morn
ingside college. Mount Union college,
Michigan Aggies and two Confer
ence teams. Indiana and Purdue.
Meet U. 5. Cadets.
The chief attraction on Notre
Danes schedule this fall will be the
International battle with the L. s.
Cadets at West Point on November
=
Hostilities between both teams
will be resumed after a lapse OF one
year. The 1918 game was cancelled
by the L. s. War Department since
both institutions were devoting all
their time in training the students
and adequate transportation facili-
ties were used for other purposes.
Notre Dame has met the Army com
bination since 1913 heaving the edge
on the fasteners by one game. The
last appearance OF the Irish at West
Point was in 1917. Notre Dame win
ming by a TO ? score.
The new teams on NOtre Dame
schedule are Mount Union college OF
Alliance, Ohio and Western State
Normal OF Kalamazoo. The Mount
Union game was substituted for the
u. S. Naval Training Station at the
Great Lakes. AT the time the game
with the sailors was booked there
were possibilities OF playing. but
since the majority OF players who
participated in the 1918 season have
been discharged and returned 20
school, it was decided TO bring the
Buckeye team here.
The other new team is the kala-
nazoo Teachers In former years
the Notre Dame freshmen would
journey 10 the Celery City for the
big football attraction in that city
state HonOrs At stake.
The game that will decide the
state championship will be staged
on November l at Indianapolis with
Indiana university. Notre Dame and
Indiana have met for the last time
in 1905. Rivalry between both teams
for first honors is keen and hotiy
contested battle is predicted. The
Indiana team is tutored hy Coach
Ewald Steihm. former Wisconsin
university player and athletic direc-
tir al Nebraska university.
The other conference game vii
be played with Purdue at Lafayett,
or November % Notre Dame re
sumed football relations with IN,
Bonermakers last fan and won hy q
decisive score With a number OF
veterans expecting 90 return 10 Ia
fayette Indications are that Purdue
VIII be- in TIE race for honors in tn,
Western conference
Ne!.rssk. eleven OF the AIissour
Valley conference which has alwaJi
gwen TIE Gold and Blue "a hard tus