South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-02-24
BASKETBALL TEAM
TO CLOSE SEASON
Gold and Blue Supporters
Proud of Teams Achieve
ments for Season.
By ARCHIE WARD,
Notre Dame Correspondent.

The first real test OF the Dorais
regime in basketball at Notre Dame
university Is rapidly drawing to A
Close. The Goid and Blue basket
tossers will conclude their season
with a two-day trip to Greencastle
and Charlottesville. meeting De-
paw Wednesday night and Wabash
Thursday.
Bruised and battered after their
three-day Journey to Dubuque. Ia.
and Lincoln. Neb.. the net men were
given a reprieve from practice on
Monday afternoon. The squad is in
fairly good shape and Is prepared
to wind UP the season with n pair
OF victories over two OF Indiana's
premier aggregations.
Poor Start.
Despite start swatned in disap-
pointment. the Notre Dame five has
made n record of which Gold and
Blue supporters may well feel proud.
No opponent has scored a victory
over Dorais men this winter with
out experiencing the most gruelling
battle in its campaign. After its
coach took charge of the team in
the middle of the season. the Notre
Dame aggregation showed remarka-
bic form. Gus Dorais stands forth
as enc Of the glittering headliners
OF a season big with coaching
achievement.
With practically the same kind
Of material available as Dorais had
this year, past basketball mentors
as Eotre Dame mel with less than
mediocre success. They failed ut
terly to approach the standard No
tire Dame had set In football. base
ball and track. Gold and Blue court
victories. 10 a large extent in years
gone by were dependent upon No
tire Danes prcponderance of good
thick beef But for the most part.
the teams were unschoOlcd as TO
noodle and knowledge OF the game
in which the 1920 quintet is SEEM
inEly expert.
The most Of this years squad will
be available next winter and cou-
Fled with the influx OF freshmen
material 1921 should find Notre
Dame a dominating power on the
bask etball floor.
Murphy Wins Again.
4 telegram from the east Mon
day night brought the news that
Johnny Murphy. Notre DANES ma
tional champion high jumper. had
again won fame for himself and his
alma mater on the other side of
the Alleghennies by taking first
place in the high jump Mt the New
York a c. games Saturday night
with a leap OF six feet three inches.
Among the athletes Murphy defeat
cd were I.andon of Yale and John
son Of Michigan.
Saturday was n great day for No
tire DamC freshmen. While Murphy
was grabbing the laurels on the At
lantic seaboard Gus Desch. a class
records in Chicago. Descb stepped
the low hurdles in :04 As seconds.
clipping one-ffth of n second off
the Central A. A. u. record and ty-
ing the worlds record. The distance
was 40 yards. Ficks. another
freshman. took second place in the
44O-yard run against a field OF
classy performers.
Meet Illinois Saturday.
Undaunted by the reverse suffered
at the hands Of Wisconsin last week,
the Notre Dame track squad Is pre-
pairing with renewed vigOr for the
dual indoor engagement with Illi-
nois at Urbana Saturday. II is gem
orally conceded that Illinois is one
of the strongest. II not the strong
est. track squads in the Big Ten
conference Consequently. Coach
Rockne's men must show even bet
ter form than they did against Wis
consin IL they hope TO win the
event
Although the Badgers escaped
with a lO-point margin in the fifth
meeting OF the two squads. Notre
Dame fans are confident they have
a stronger team than the Madison
institution. That breaks in luck
play a prominent part in track
teams success is unequivocally ad-
mitted by fans in attendance at last
Saturdays contest.