South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-12-08

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tlonal promise made TO the Herald
Examiner cannot be Withdrawn, and
negotiations for the California game
have already gone 50 far that should
the Bears invite Notre Dame RoclCne
viii have no Othsr course open but
90 accept
No sooner had e become known
that the San Diego officials were in
clining toward Notre Dame, than
tho Irish were ordered into their
moleskins. and at three o'clock yes
terday afternoon. the squad went
through d set OF limbering up eX-
crcises. Tomorrow the freshmen
win be called out, and in two days
practice will be IN full swing. Scrim-
IMAGES and signal drills viii get the
men back into the condition which
hey we're on Thanksgiving day, and
on Dec IS. a squad OF thirty will
leave for San Diego. The trip Will
take four days, leaving the irish four
more days IN which 70 recover from
the stifening effects Of the journey.
California sunshine should take the
stiffness out in short order, leaving
the men IN perfect shape for the
Erea. game.
A Real Classic.
A game between Notre Dame and
Centre is what football critics have
been dreaming Of for the last three
years. In 1919, when the little Ken
lucky school first slashed into pro-
mineuce. eastern writer's were all
for arranging a game between the
Praying Colonies" and Notre Dame
which had gone through a season
un0efeated. This failed 20 material
ize Again this year, the critics
who had seen Centre defeat Harvard
depIored the fact that the Colonies
had no other big games on their
schedule. For although Harvard
was defeated by only one touchdown,
Centre oECplayed the Crimson clear
~ BIO NIcMillin's running was
positively sensational on that occas-
len. but We have heard little OF DO
since, only because the Kentucki-
ans have not been meeting teams OF
the first calibre.
The game should clear up many
mooted questions. Whether Roberts
OF Centre Is greater than the two
NOtre Dame ends, whether Notre
Danes line is shifty enough 10 catch
so elusive a bird as 30 McMillin.
whether the NOtre Dame passing at
tack can get away against "a team so
thoroughly drilled in the defense OF
the pass as Centre--all these things
should be cleared up for the benefit
Of football fans throughout the coun-
try. In Centre. the Irish will meet
a team which has become famous by
employing the same sort OF tactics
that have made Notre Dame famous.
4 rushing, driving line play clears
the road FOR a fast and shifty back
field The Colonies are fast there
can be no doubt about that. Harvard
found it out TO her sorrow, and Ir-
ish may find themselves backing
ground against an overhead attack
as clover as their own.
Warn Against OvercOnfidcnce.
one thing Notre Dame must guard
aEainst-overconn The Irish
have suffered heavily in the past be-
cause of this-they almost lost "a
game TO Indiana one year ago
through overconfidence. and their
defeat at Iowa City may be explain
cd by the same cause. But the Irish
have no reason TO be confident about
this san Diego game. Those Ken
4uckians play real football. and
Notre Dame must realize that fact
and prepare for il accordingly, or
she viii suffer another defeat. Cen
tire is going 10 stage a tough old
slam bang battle royal on the Goth
az December. and should the Irish
go into the game overcOnfident. Cen
tire will win. as surely and inevitably
as If the Colonies were meeting "a
high school team. IL may be expect
ed however. that Coach RoCkne will
drive any symptoms OF over-confi-
dence from his men in time. That
Will be one OF his many tasks, but IL
he succeeds, and the fighting Irish
enter that game earnest, determined,
and ready 70 put up the same sort
OF fight that they exhibited at West
Point and against Nebraska, then
the battle OF boOtbau battles will re-
suit.