South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-09-06
NOTRE DAME GRID
MEN GATHER FOR
HARD 1920 GRIND
Dozen Veterans of 1919 Will
Report to Rockne-
Coaches Named.

With the first practice only
week away candidates for the 1920
Notre Dame football team have al
ready begun 10 arrive in South
Bend. With the opening OF next
week Coach Rockne and Captain
Coughltn will lead so or more
varsity candidates onto Carter ield
aud officially open the drive for an
other Western championship
Twelve Of the p men who car
ried the Blue and Gold through an
indicated season in 1919 will an
swer Rocknes first call for practice.
They are Capt. Coughlin, Dooley,
Smith, Shaw, II. Anderson. linemen;
E. Anderson, Kirk. Hayes and Kiley.
ends; Brandy, Gipp and Barry,
backs. Larson, center. who won
monogram with the s. A. T. c. team
of 1918 will also return.
Gipp First Arrival.
George GipP. unanimous choice
for All-Western halfback in 1919.
was the first member Of the squad
10 put in an appearance He ar
rived Friday Jim Dooley. giant
guard. has been spending the sum-
mer in South Bend. Capt. Coughlin
and other members Of the squad will
put in appearance this week.
Walter Halas. former Illinois
baseball and basket ball star. WIG
has been engaged to coach these
sports at Notre Dame. arrived last
week. Halas also played football
at Illinois and will assist Rockne in
conditioning the varsity and fresh
man squads. Paul Miles. captain of
last years baseball team. and end
Of the 1918 football team, will
cOach the 1921 fresh mon
With a wealth OF lire material on
hand Rockne finds a serious prob
lem confronting him in the back
field. Where he had eight mono
grained veterans from which TO
pick lis quartet ir 1919 he has
only three men OF experience this
year. They are Gipp and Barry,
halfbacks, and Brandy, quarterba ok.
This means that the coach must de-
velop two fullbsc ks Of big caliber
as we'll as a SCI OF substitute half
backs, and a reserve quarterback.
Fullback Open.
That fullback situation is the
most troublesome Of the lot, accord
ing 70 Rockne. Not a man of the
so of more who Will report has had
any varsity experience.
Casper. Phelan and Walsh, who
tried for the place against Miller
and Slackford last season, will again
/ be on hand, and the coach also has
Cashier. fullback of the 1919 fresh
men. who is expected TO make a
strong bid for the position. Should
! this quartet fail him Rockne has
| announced his intention OF pulling
/ Jim Dooley or Coughlin back from
! the line for a try at the job. Both
/ weigh around the compound mark
/ Dooley played in the backheld with
. the freshmen team Of 1917.
From all indications the fight for
line positions will be one Of the
merriest in years. The veterans
/ Coughlin. Smith, H Anderson
/ DooIey and Shaw will find serious
competition in the bunch OF fresh
men who went through an undo
feated season last year.
Center Position.
The most interesting competition
I will proba bly, be for the center po-
sition, where Larson and Mehre sub
I stItute last year and captain of tn,
basketball team appear 10 have the
edge on other candidates. There
are other promising competitors
however including Kennedy. OF the
1917 freshmen, Berry Holton anC
others.
IN the llSL o. l4l9llltIl 70 WHOli
the coach sent invitations 20 repor
are the names of two freshmen al
1919. who have since carried the
colors Of the United States 10 vic,
tory in the Olympic games at Ant
werp There are John Murphy
high Jumper. and Gus Desch, a.
hurdler Both are expected TO MAKE
strong bids for positions.
South Bend football fans will &c
their first glimpse Of the Irish IL
action on Sept % when they en-
gage in a practice game with Joe
Specials. a Mishawaka aggregation
which IS composed Of some OF the
fastest OF local players.
The regular season Will open Oct
when Notre Dame meets Kalana
zoo college at Cartier field
Other games are.
Oct 9-Western State Morn, n
at Notre Dame
Oct 16.-Ne brsska. At Lincoln.
Oct 23.-Valparaiso az Notr,
Dame
Get 5o.-Arnly. at West Point
Nov 6.-Purdue at Notre Dame
Nov 15.-Indiana at Indianapolis
Nov O.-Northwestern at Evans
ton.
Nov. 25-Michigan Agges. a
East Lansing.