South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-02-03
GOLD AND BLUE
NEEDS PIVOT MAN
Basketball Team Would be
Much More Efficient With
Good Center.
BY ARCHIE WARD.
Nouc Dame Correspondent


There may be harder tasks in bias
setbaH than finding an available top
ranking pivot man. but YOU can't
convince Coach Rockne Of Notre
Dame. a hrst class center would boz
worth his weight in sugar 20 the
Gold and Blue five right now
The trouble in locating a good ceu-
ter az Notre Dame seems 20 be the
Unprecedented shortage OF siX-foOt
athletes. a condition now looming as
= menace 20 the future Of the sport.
Where once the Gold and Blue ranks
were bullying with elongated has
keteers. today they are fewer than
the once mulutudinous aux Ken
nedy. the only tall man on the squad.
has shown the desired form in jump
ing for the ball, but he finds trouble
in following his mates around the
foor in team play. Mehre and Kiley
are fast on their feet. but lack the
height necessary for a center.
So there is the proposition that
awaits Coach Dorais when ne takes
charge OF his squad this afternoon
after an absence Of three weeks. II
on think the League Of Nations pact
is intricate, try TO unscramble that
basketball omelet.
Play "Y' Tomorrow Night
Dorais men will attempt 20 avenEe
last weeks defeat when they meet
the Y. NJ. c. A. team Wednesday eve
ming. With every player in good
condition and with their regular in
structor watching every move from
the sidelines, the Gold and Blue toss
ers are confident that they will snow
Coach COOper's aggregation under an
avalanche Of points that Will push
past results into oblivion
Granfield. the guard who was in
iured in the Normal game AT Kala-
mazoo, reported for practice Monday
evening and he will be ready to take
his old place tomorrow night. Gran
deld was not in the contest with
tnc "Y" last week and his presence
should give the university tribe an
added punch on this occasion. Ed
die Anderson will be Granheld's run
ming mate Brandy and Mehre Will
probably be the forward combina-
ton and Kiley will play center. This
should prove the strongest lineup
that NOtre Dame has placed on the
court this winter. If it works sue
cessfully tomorrow night the per
sonnet OF the team will remain in
tact for the clash with Wabash Sat
urday night
Practice Short shots
Coach Rockne devoted much Of
Mondays workout 10 perfecting short
shots. in which department Of the
game the team has been OBVIOUSLY
weak Had the Notre Dame cagers
made half OF their easy chances
count IN the Marquette game and in
the Western Normal game here. they
would not have seen their early lead
melt away like fragments Of ice un-
der a midsummer sun in the final
moments OF play
With the season half over Coach
Dorais will take up the unpleasant
task OF giving a golden hue 10 cam
paig1 already swathed in black dis
appointment when ne returns 10 his
work this afternoon. Teaching a
team a definite form OF attack at this
stage OF the race is a difficult task.
but Dorais IS equal 10 the occasion.
In 1916 when the Notre Dame men
-or was head coach at dubuque col
lege ne startled the west BY develop
ing a team that made a miserable
showing in its first two starts into a
Hawkeye conference champion and
one of the fastest hves west Of the
Mississippi river.