New-York tribune., 1921-11-21
Notre Dame Is
Picked to Go
To the Coast
Speedy South Bend Eleven
Invited to Meet Califor.
mia ON New Years Day
BY Ray Mccarthy

Had Yale defeated Harvard Saturday
it is likely the New Haven students
would have journeyed to the Pacific
Coast to play the great University of
California eleven on New Years Day
in the annual Tournament of Roses
melee. The chances are now that the
speedy Notre Dame outfit will be Sc
lected as California's opponent for this
contest.
Those connected with tho Yale
elevcn;. that is, those with whom we
talked last Friday night, would neither
affirm nor deny the rumor that The
Blue would make the trip to California.
They were more concerned at that par
ticular time with the game of the NOR
row against their chief rival. "Weve
got to beat this team here first" said
one of these men,, "And that's going
to be harder than some imagine. After
tomorrow we can discuss the other.
Perhaps Yale will go out there. But
nobody is thinking much about that
just at present"
Later that same evening we ran
across former pupil of Andy Smiths,
CALIFORNIA; coach, who at one time in
structed the football candidates at the
University of Pennsylvania. A foot
ball discussion was started that lasted
far into the wee hours and which was
enlivened by the pupils enthusiastic
ballyhooing of Smiths >prowess as a
coach. But that is getting ahead of
this story.
Boosts Smiths Eleven
During the course Of the converse
tion he informed US he had just re-
ceived a letter from Smith saying
California was hopeful of having either
Yale or Notre Dame as it's opponent
this coming New Years Day. "And
believe me-" added the former pupil,
"friend Andy must have some team out
invite that Notre Dame crowd to pay
him a visit"
Last night we received word from
South Bend that Notre Dame was i'm
line for the trip and would probably
journey to the Far West. A California
Notre Dame struggle ought to pro-
vide good entertainment all right for
the folks on this festive occasion.
To get back to the tale of the for
mer pupil. "Ill guarantee one thing"
he said, "and that is that Smith will
give the boys who go out there nice,
little, rough party; one of those old
fashioned kind.
"They don't come any better than he
is as coach. You remember what he
did at Penn without any great material
Well, out there he's got plenty of
timber, large, husky birds. Fact is
he's got so much material he doesn't
know how to use it all. Andy never
did need many good players. Now he's
in clover and is quite prepared to en-
tertain on lavish scale"
All of which is perfectly true so far
as we can learn. California has been
faced. There seems to be no stopping
those fellows. Last year Ohio State
went out there and was swampel by
dazzling display of football. This
years eleven appears to be even
stronger than last years.
However,it would be wonderfully
interesting and well-worth while to see
Notre Dame opposing those husky
native sons. We are quite sure Cali
fornia would be kept right busy, and it
would have to possess more than speed
and Drawn to stop that aerial attack
of Rockne's crew. The Far Westerners
minute and would have to be extremely
spry to stop the attack of the Indiana
students.
Notre Dame Among Best
Notre Dame is regarded as one of the
DeSC 1OOCDall combinations LNlS Slue OIL
the Rockies. With Penn State travel
ing to the Northwest to meet the Uni
versity of Washington on December 3,
and with Notre Dame playing Cali
fornia, we shall be able to get pretty
fair line on the caliber of the teams on
the Pacific Coast.
incidentally it is worth noting that
Smith received his early education in
football as a member Of one of the
Penn State football elevens.
Yale's defeat leaves Penn State out
in front this morning In the race for
the Eastern championship. Lafayette
concluded wonderful season on Satur-
day when 1t defeated its rival, Lehigh,
In easy manner. Washington and JEFF
ferson and Cornell are the only other
unbeaten elevens in the East. Penn
State, Cornell and W. and J. all have a
chance Of being beaten Thanksgiving
Day. Penn States chance in this re-
spect Is this brightest or gloomiest,
whichever way you look at 1t. New
Hampshire State is by far the best Of
the little fellows. This unbeaten eleven
will close It's season against Spring
field Thursday.