South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-10-06
BIG WEEK ON GRID
FOR STATE TEAMS
Notre Dame Interested in Clash
Between Harvard and
Valparaiso.
BY VI. F. SCCI.LY.

While Knute Rocknes Notre
Dame football squad is preparing for
the clash with Western State Nor
NAL next Saturday three Indiana
teams are speeding up for games
which viii have an important bear
ing on the ultimate reckoning in
Hoosier footballdom. Two of the
games will De International meet
ings. Valparaiso will carry Hoosier
hopes east 10 Cambridge where they
meet Harvard. Indiana will engage
the University of Mississippi eleven
at Bloomington. Purdue meets Chi
cago al Stage Field, Chicago.
The results OF the three contests
Will be awaited with interest at
Notre Dame The local university
will meet Valparaiso. Purdue and
Indiana in the order named and the
comparative scores of the three with
their Saturday opponents and with
NOtre Dame will figure largely in
the results when the critics begin
TO dope out the seasons leaders.
Nalpo Looks Strong.
The Valparaiso Harvard clash
will be watched with most interest
locally. The Naplos are an unknown
quantity 10 date, but the ambitious
schedule they have drafted causes
gridiron dopsters 10 look for a dark
horse" team from the western Ind
lana school. Besides Harvard and
Notre Dame they have dates with
DePauw, st. Louis university Morn
ingside and the University of Buffa-
10.
They also have something besides
d big league schedule. That some
thing is a line that looks like hea-
vyweight wrestIers conference.
Reading left to right only one man
of Nalpo's seven forwards weighs in
under the 200 pound mark. Moran
a guard, strains the scales at $50
pounds flat. Holland, another
linesman weighs PA. Dandalet.
fullback weighs 1876 and is rated as
wonder at pounding the line.
With this encourage Of mammoths
DR. Keegan will be able to meet
Harvard at its own game, that of
straight football.
Has Good Chance.
What the result will be at Cam
/ bridge can be left open 10 conjec-
/ ture but some people who should
/ know are looking for Valparaiso to
spring a surprise on the eastern elev-
en-. Among them is Coach Rockne,
/ Of Notre Dame. ROckne does not
predict a Valparaiso victory but he
does give THE Hoosiers more than a
/ fighting chance.
Indianas battle with Mississippi
will give the dopsterS their chance To
compare football in this section with
/ the souths best. Indiana was de-
/ feated by Iowa last week in the first
/ Big Ten clash but Steihm's eleven
met what is considered by many the
/ best team in the conference in the
! COrnhuskers and with the improve
ment which comes with training it
is still a strong contender.
Purdue has an excellent chance to
vanquish Chicago. Scanion has a
veteran lineup at Lafayette head
cd by Birk, one of the vests best
tackles. Although they defeated De
! PAW by only a small margin an
other week may bring far differ
ent results.
Big Games Coming.
The Notre Dame-We State
] Normal game Saturday will serve &c
put the IRISH in fine condition for
| their first big game, the clash with
/ Nebraska, oct. IS. Also il will be
the last game on the NOtre Dame
schedule that can be classed as al
affair of minor importance.
Beginning with the Nebraska
game Rockne's squad meets Val
paraiso. Army. Purdue. Northwest
ern and the Michigan Aggies in the
remaining games.
The coach has the material TO car
nv out this grind, however. With
another week of preparation he
should be able TO put d second elev-
en- i'm the field as strong as his first
! string lineup. He has two com
plete lines practically equal in
strength and since the return OF
! Chef Grant. star quarterback, he can
put two backfields in the game be
tween which there is little to choose