South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-01-20
ROUGH CONTEST
WON BY VISITORS
Olson OF Western State Stars
in Game, Scoring Six
teen Points.
~ ARCHIE WARD.
fNOtrc Dame Correspondent

tNOtrc Dame Correspondent
In rough and tumble contest ,
symbolic Of sntebelum days Notre /.
Danes basle ball team went down 1
in defeat before Western state Nor
nal. claimant OF the Michigan title |
on the Local court yesterday after |
noon The score was % 20 %. A
more gruelling performance has
never been seen In the Gold and I.
Blue gymnasium. From start 20 fin Z
ish 60 was either teams game and /
the more lucky aggregation manag
ed 20 trot off the floor victorious.
The correspondents OF war have
been intrepid. resourceful, sympa-
thetic and eloquent but the best
Of them could but give a faint de
.cription OF Mondays sensational
contest, had he been on hand for
the fray.
A peep at the stature and the
motley appearance Of the invaders, I
not % mention their pugnacious
qualities, would do more 20 tell YOU
OF the nerve, endurance, valor and
dogEedness Of Coach Dorais war
riOrs than this typewriter could re-
cord should we pound il till the
peace pact IL signed in Washington.
Result No Surprise.
In the cognoscenu set the result
caused no mental disquietude.
Western Normal Is admittedly a
powerful team and Gold and Blue
fans are surprised that their fav
orites were able 20 hold the visitors
20 such a respectable count A re-
turn game Will be played at Kala-
mazoo Friday night
To "Swede" Olson. husky pivot
man OF the Tutors. can Western
Normal attribute its victory. Six
teen points were Olson's contribu-
ton to the final count. Lest il be
nisconstrued that the Normal five
is a one-man aggregation, we hasten
20 add that the team IS we'll bal
anced. cleverly coached and from all
appearance should be able 20 win
The Iaurels IN the race for the Vol
VERNE title.
Kiley Injured.
Disaster overlook the Notre Dame
squad ~ the opening minutes OF
from further competition by a blow
ou The right eye which closed that
member neatly and precisely. Kiley's
loss weakened the offense of the To-
calls greatly. The team work was
slowed and the basket tossing be-
came erratic. Mehre running mate
ct kucy. was so closely guarded that
70. was seldom given a free sho,
for the steel hoop. Eevertheless.
ne registered Il points for his team.
The work OF Eddie Anderson and
C9rsufield. Notre Dame guards. waT
feature OF the encounter Ther
we're in the midst OF every plaE
and were never found wanting It
was two long shorts by Granted
iu The final moments Of play that
threw the crowd into q panic and
nearly turned the tide in favor OF
be locals.
Normal Gets Jump.
The game opened with both teams
moving cautiously. uncovering only
SUCH plays as were deemed ueCes-
-srv 70 score q goal now and again.
Long shots by olson and Cameron
enabled the visitors 20 take a sub
erautiaI lead before Mchre started
trc scoring for Notre Dame. The
l.rs' half ended with the score Q TO
ir favor OF Western Normal.
The second half was repetition
or tho first with the cold and Blue
having slight advantage The
PLAY became rouEher as tho game
progressed and several substitutes
were injected into the battle
NotrC Dame. W st. Normal.
I>Hcv ....................-. Shcperd
Forward.
NIfltc ...-..-.. .-.-.-..-- cameron
Forward.
Kennedy ...-. .....s.. ..'..-..-- oISoh
Center.
Anderson .--.-..- .......-. Eva
Guard
Crs uficld .....-.. -.-...-.... Houston
Guard
Substitutes Sanford FOR Eley;
WeininEsr for sanford. Coushlin
Tor Anderson. Anderson for Hennc-
dig: Van Dyke for Anderson.
Baskots-NIehre 8. Grantield .,
weiuiger Q. Olsen 6. Cameron =.
Shcperd
Tree throw Mehrc 4 out or Q.
Clsou. ont OF 4. Sheperd out
OF
Referee Cooper Springfield
Timekeeper Trafton (Notre