South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-11-06
COACH ROCKNE To
TAKE q PLAYERS
Gold and Blue Will Battle
Without Services of Two
DaShing HaIfbaCkS.
BY T. VI. sTARRETT.


EOtre Danes 'Rockmen" are of
o West Point Thursday for the big
pest International game Of the
. present gridiron season. Yesterday
he anal touches were put on the
= Iense and defense systems that
have been especially devised to
meet the Army eleven's particular
btyle Of play. Coach ROckne drove
he varsity up and down the field
with TIE yearIIngs bucking them for
bvsr a full hour last evening. Hun
ireds OF the student fans gathered
bn the field TO see what shifts
would be made 70 hll the gaps left
/by the absence OF Dutch" Berg
man and Grover Malone.
1 10 is practically sure that Notre
Danes backfeld will not be fortified
with Bergmans will-o-the-wisp
open field tactics that have twice
spelled defeat for the Army repre-
sentatives Malone was definitely
; put out OF the game for the next
two weeks when he attempted to
[scrimmage and on the second play
+ fell victim 20 his old leg injury. The
loss OF the speediest pair Of backs
on the Gold and Blue squad has set
the fans thinking that the way TO a
clear slate schedule is going TO be
rough and hard.
Linemen Improve Drive.
Last nights scrimmage continued
| Into the evening until moonlight
alone made it possible to see the
men The purest bit of JOY was the
way the linemen have worked
through the week. ana especially in
Thursdays final scrimmage.
Rockne's line has long been the oh
iect of much doubtful speculation
among the faithful who remember
we'll the days OF the forward de-
tense averaging 1875 pounds and up
II is conceded that the fight and
speed OF the regular forwards won
Tor Notre Dame at Nebraska, and
az indianapolis. where they put mp
stin battle against heavy odds.
The coaches have injected such an
amount Of fight and speed into that
line that opposing weight and size
count for nothing. Notre Dame has
ne lightest Big time" line i'm the
country but makes up for it in
brain. fight and speed
Kirk and Anderson at the wings
seem 10 have absorbed Rockne's
peculiar faculty for grabbing passes
and on the defense easily turn ev-
erything in. Coughln and Degree
holding down the tackles have been
doing more than their share i'm
bearing the brunt or the attacks
that >.otre Danes opponents have
hurled at the supposedly weak line.
Anderson and Smith are easily the
most shifty guards RocSne has had
in years. Anderson keeps them all
backing before him and his kick
blocking and recovery OF the bali iu
the Indiana game was a decisive
factor in tho result. smith. the light
est man on the line is deadly
iackler and is stopping every play
on his side of the line slip"
Madigan has been called the gamest
man on the squad 10 is his business
as center 90 start every play OF the
attack correctly and then to do his
Tit OF line work. he is the fighting
center OF the ~Gshtine Irish"
Big squad Going
out OF his squad of 40 candidates.
Coach Rockne selected the follow
ing men TO leave this noon for West
Point Capt Bahan. Miller Slack
ford Gipp Brandy Barry and
Pearson VIII form the backdeId
COMPANY The line men are Madi-
san. n. Anderson. Smith. Degree.
Coughun. Kirk. F. Anderson. Hayes.
Kiley Dooley. Crowley. Trafton and
Maher.
Arrangements have been made 10y
the student Activities committee OF
the university 20 have special
wire 20 Cartier Field during the
game and 20 keep the big crowd.
that is expected for the battle be-
tween the 81 A. C. and Notre Dame
yearlingx fully informed on the
course Of events and results Vic
tory celebration plans are well un-
der way and IL the crippled Irish