South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-09-20
NOtre Dame is
Ready for Fight
With kalamazoo
Cold and Blue Waiting for
Whistle to Start Them on
1921 Season.

Notre Dame will open its hardest
season against Kalamazoo at Car
tier field Saturday afternoon and
Coach RoCkne will be compelled TO
drive his men steadily throughout
the remaindef Of the week in order
10 prepare for the tussel which is
considered in no respect easy
Kalamazoo. although overrun last
year after an interesting first half,
sprung a sensation the previous sea-
son by holding Notre Dame score
less during the first three quarters Of
the game. only splendid work by
Gipp and Bergman counted IA points
and victory for the home team in
the last few minutes Of play
Reports from the celery city indi-
cate that a strong eleven will travel
10 Cartier field the coming Saturday.
an eleven well-drilled and harden
ed by weeks OF work. Coach Rock
ne will take no chances Of an early
season debacle, neither will he con-
slider small score satisfactory His
men will be sent into the game TO
count points as rapidly as they can
be gathered. For IL the Notre
Dame eleven Of this year is to BE-
, successful II must carry an undoubt-
ed scoring punch.
ROckne Looking for Best.
In Saturdays game with The Ka-
cooks Rockne will be looking for the
men who can deliver that winning
punch; and If the unsung recruit:
gfepa aroupd IN apd faetar tbor ~,
storied hero it is apt to be hard luck
for the hero. Stereotyped grasps ON
the center Of the line and the back
field are in no sense evident.
For this reason the contest OF Sat
urday viii provide a game within a
same-and the inner contest will be
provided by the collection of half
back candidates, pivot men. guards
and tackles who are fighting for the
four or more vacant positions on
, thc NOtre Dame eleven. Civil war is
| always more vicious than interna-
| tional combat but the beauty Of the
situation lies in the fact that the
best man usually wins-which is af-
ter all the big idea.
Rockne is frankly up in the air
! about the complexion of his back
field in Saturdays game and is ready
! and entirely willing TO be shown
! Present reflection discovers three dis
1 tInct combinations of backfield quar-
tets, anyone of which might be used
or anyone Of which might, and prob
ably VIII be. split TO make up the
most harmonious quartet. The three
| divisions are heavy. medium and
pony. Consider them for a moment
and decide whether Rockne's prob
lem is real worry or Just a pleas
ant little mental exercise similar t.
the problem that accompanies the
| selection OF the better of two OF
more goods.
Heavy and Idghtweights.
The heavyweights, heavy FOL
Notre Dame, include Thomas al
quarter. Lieb, McDermott and
Walsh at halves and Cashier and
Phelan at full. The medium grour
4 finds Reass at quarter. Wynne at full
and Mohardt, shea, Coughlin, Kane
and Desch at the halves. The pony
backteld, Rocks pride and JOY, line
up with Logan and Mckinney Al
quarter, Kelly at full and Bergman
and Maher at halves.
AS the old story goes many arc
annually called but in this case only
cour can be chosen for first honors
while at least ten have a chance &c
win mOnOgrams. They are all good
| men. some are better than others
/ while in the course of time Mr.
! Rockne will pick out the best. H.
is open to persuasion via touchdownS
and long spirits through opposing
alleys. and the winner OF the frs
heat will be announced when tho
team lines up against Kalamazoo
4 on Saturday afternoon