South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-03-05
BASEBALL MEN
GET WORKOUT
Notre Dame Ball TOSSerS are
Given Brisk Workout Under
Meyer and SjobeTg.
BY CHARLES A. GRIMES.


Two lines OF baseball aspirants
formed for action yesterday after
noon and went through sort OF a
battle n la European fashion. One
side lobbed EN-, the other hammered
'em back. And after ali the driving
and shooting was over. Chief Meyer
and Capt. Sjoberg made the prac-
tice realistic, even to the retreat.
They started jogging around the
track. per orders. and the rest OF the
squad did likewise, only Meyer, rea'-
izing that age is to be respected.
logged 10 the showers.
1t is next TO impossible TO Judge
the merits OF players this early in
the season. However, several Of the
boys went through the practice with
an enthusiasm that augurs we'll for q
strong team.
TEX" Allison and Red" Donovan
welded the bludgeon for a while
yesterday and slammed the ball
back time and time again. They had
a dozen or more budding infelders
and gardeners ducking. Pat" Muir
ray then took a turn at the semi
fungo game and showed that evc1
pitchers are able 10 connect, with the
easy ones once in a while.
The workout. as workouts go, was
light Save the battery candidates
who have been at IL for two weeks
most OF the men out are not in trim.
They have displayed a lot Of pep and
enthusiasm TO be true, but the SORE
arm season Is not yet at hama.
Coach Dorais will take charge of the
practice this afternoon.
With four defeats and no wins 20
their credit, the basket ball men re-
turned TO the university last nigh,
ard thus closed the most disastrous
season a Notre Dame team has ex-
perienced in years. Wabash, Do
Pauw. Franklin and Indiana all d.
feated Notre Dame during the trip
just closed.
Notre Dame won but two games
all season. One win was scored OYER
Kalamazoo college at Notre Dame
early IN the season, the other came
at Lansing when the farmers LOST TO
the Gold and Blue 16 to Is in n
fierce battle.
The i'll success of the team has led
10 but little unfavorable criticism as
most Of the Gold and Blue followers
realize that the material this year
was away below par. Coach DOrais
started the season with two basket
ball players The other candidates.
some Of whom had played on last
years team, were willing football
men. but their good intentions We're
about their only basket ball assets.
Some Of them brought football tao
ties into play in the basket ball
game. to the disadvantage OF the
court sport.
Next season with a promising ar
ray OF freshmen. basket ball should
go adjoining Trafton. the big cen
ter on the yearlings' team, should
be a crackerjack. He went big this
year and is a good player-he adj
mits IL. Then there is Mehre, who
broke away from his high school
tactics toward the end Of the season
and PLAYED clever college game, TO
say nothing Of Wilhelm Mohn, for
mer South Bend high player. Kiley
aud the two AndersOns. Fribley
showed promise. But the season is
over and forgotten-the varsity
hopes
Coach Rockne haG the track men
working indoor and outdoor again
Yesterday afternoon. He will take
20 men 20 Madison TO compete with
Wisconsin next Saturday. Three
distance men, O'Hara. SFanahan and
Jenny. showed up well in practice.
- we'll i'm fact that ROclsue has
about decided 10 take two OF the
three along on the Wisconsin trip.