South Bend news-times., 1920-12-16
BRAVE STORM TO
PAY GIPP HONOR
Business Suspends as Funeral
Cortege Passe- Through
City.

Braving The rigor OF a binding
Snow. 1900 So-re Dame students
marched IN silent tribute Wedues-
5ay before tLe body Of Georre GIpp.
football sensation of the year. who
died Tuesday The line extended
for blocks az the procession moved
-FOUR abreast through the business
district an lts way % the New york
central station.
Busins ss stoprcd 40 ns Iore CO.
cort filed t1-1uSl tla s-feets with
atl the cheers az previous Notre
Dame projections absent A platoon
Of police Jed the procession which
was Immediately followed by the
football team lined up IN signal
formation with the position Of left
half significantly vacant. The Mon
cgram club led the student body
and faculty. moving reverenuy be-
fore the hearse carrying the body
Of the man who had been most in
timately linked with the name Of
Notro Dame in the glorious victories
0f the tall.
Pals Accompany Body.
Hartley Anderson. Fred Larson
and Percy wilcox who have followed
Gipp through other Journeys in
high school and IN college. marched
on one side of the hedrse On the
other, Frank Cough in, Joseph
Brandy and Norman Barry made
The first step of their last trip with
the boy who had shared with them
the trials and glory OF three sensa-
uonal campaigns. These six men
a.frr 60. IFf.r
as pall-bearers and viii represent
NOtre Dame in the last act Of the
life OF George Gipp.
Following the hearse came three
automobiles carrying the parents
and relatives of the dead man. The
feelings Of priests students and all
OF South Bend who witnesseT the
procession were IN spirit with those
In the first Of these machines
where the mother rode with bowed
head.
Bare Heads at Station.
When the first OF the escort
coached the station. the lines separ-
Ited and the students barred their
heGds TO the snow as the body OF
lneir Clipper went ON TO It's ap-
pointed end. Here where Notre
Dame could do no more for it's Won
der man the procession waited AS
the Chicago train arrived the crowd
moved forward toward the casket
which was being prepared 20 enter
the baggage car. A blanket OF
flowers or which the ''N. d. D." mono
gram was mounted the last symbol
OF the love OF the Notre Dame stu-
dent body viii accompany the body
10 It's final resting place
Telephone pOles baggage trucks
HF
station was utilized as the casket
was elevated 90 the door Of the car.
As though by an unspOken command
q hat came Off here and there and
In flash the crowd was barehead-
ed. Silently. with almost defiant
faces the students Eazed al the de-
parting form Of their idol.
Many Attend Mass.
At the mass in Sacred Heart
church at \Otre Dame which pre-
ceded the funeral procession. every
seat was taken and crowds lined
the doorwBys The services were
simple. for at no time since the
death Of Gipp has the school At
tempted to express the real feelings
which attend the strange series of
events which shot George Ci1p to
the pinnacle of football fame and
pulled him down In the very moment
of his triumph. AT the services
Father D'Hara. who administered
the last sacrameuts to- Gipp at his
bedside. described the peculiar value
OF the dead star in his relations to-
the school and hade his fellows take
comfort from the fact that their
80 hoolmate had enjoyed an the
blessings of happy death. and chat
Inc last hours Cf George GiDp had
rfsrf
which he had met death fearIpssIy
with great faith i'm future life.
The funeral party left South Bend
AZ l0.&S o'clock in the morning for
Chicago. They left Chica-5 at|
hve o'clock wednesday evening ar
rlving at Calumet at o'clock Thurs
day morning where final services