South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-06-11
GARY BOY ELECTED
AT BASEBALL MEET
Will Play on Football Team
This Fall-AlsO a Nalu-
able Track Man.
BY ARCHIE WARD.
(Notrc Dame Corresponding

As Eddie Meehan fades out and
Frank Miles yields slowly 90 the as
sault OF time. Notre Dame sends
forth two sturdy requirements 20
carry its standard on the spring
athletic fronts. Following closely
Ipon the heels Of kaspers election
as track captain came the selection
Il Johnny Mohardt as leader OF the
baseball team. kasper succeeds
Meehan as pilot OF the trach team
nd Mohardt stepped into the posi-
ton held by Miles the past season
M0hardts election took place at
meeting OF the baseball squad
Yesterday and meets with the undi-
tided approval OF all Gold and Blue
devOtees Not in many years has
Notrc Dame welcomed such an ex-
eepuonal young athlete as Mohardt.
in addition 20 being the mainstay
OF to bail ;cam, ne IS a crack foot
ban player and "a fast Splinter. In
AN proba bility HIOhardt will win a
regular position at halfback on next
Years eleven.
The young man from Gary has
already been ballyhOoed 20 the
clouds and the whole legion OF
trained superlatiyes were justified.
Mohardts record is story that
needs no retelling now. 10 is a
shining chapter OF Notre Dame
athletic history. Scores OF good
batsmen blinked strangely as John
1ys fast ball buzzed by their cere-
BRUINS the past spring. a tendency
Co hcave the ball too wide for the
batter 90 reach was the only defect
i'm the throwing hinge OF the cap
tain-elect during the faded cam
paign.
Award Baseball MOnOgrams.
The following baseball players
have been cited for distinguished
service and have been festooned
with the coveted y. D.. CatChers.
Bievernicht and McGarty; pitchers,
Mohardt, Murphy and Lalley; in
helders. Fitzgerald. Moore. Miles
and Prokop. outfelders. Donovan
Morgan. Common and Schofield.
Amid the hclter- SHELTER scramble
II examinations, trunk packing and
commencement preparations one
SALIENT impression protrudes through
The vacation haze. and that is that
NOtre Dame is ON the dOOrmat OF
The most Successful athletic season
ia fits history. The outlook for
Every branch Of sport is unusually
bright Notre Dame fans who are
commissioned 20 making forecasts
AZ this time Of the year are UNI
9ergoin.- all the bizarre sensations
II men projected abroad the rocket
.xpress from old Mother Earth 10
Instant Mars The name OF Notre
Dame will be a glittcriuE headliner
IN every department Of interColleg-
ate sport according to the sO-Called
wise ones.
About the Football Team.
The football clan viii assemble
Early i'm September for the autumn
al grind. The season viii be official
v opened oct. 2 and thereafter there
will be action 10 the fullest The
Oss OF Bergman, SlackfOrd Miller,
Barry and MaltIe from the back
ield is a source Of lamentdtion for
Coach ROckne. Madigan, Trafton
and Degree are the lincsmen whose
sositions will be hard To rll.
Those who expect Knute ROckne
10 emulate Chinese magician,
wave his hand over a squad Of like
o. athletes. execute Il few magic
contortiOns and suddenly pro 'uce
3 finished eleven should prepare TO
suffer a few mild panSs OF dlsap-
pointment. But ROckne and his
-eam Will come through rs the sea
s,l, progresses just as they iii last
taE. If Rookie only had Dorais 20
help him alain next season. Cvery-
thing would Doe rosy as FAR as the
athletic cuicft-in is con erned.