South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-10-07
NOTRE DAME SQUAD
LEAVES FOR BATTLE
AGAINST HAWKEYES
Thirty Men Ready to Stage
Great Fight to Win From
Big Ten" Team.

Early this morning. Coach Knute
h Rockne VIII lead his band or so
hghtng irish 90 Iowa The Journey
viii be interrupted only by a short
layover I'm Chicago. Arriving In Iowa
City IN the afternoon. the team win
proceed 20 the football field FOR the
hnal workout before the game on
Saturday.
The pessimism which obtained
around Cartier Field during the ear
ier part OF the week has entirely
disappeared. The excellent showing
which the regulars made in scrim-
mage Wednesday and the speed
which they exhibited yesterday aft
ernoon has driven away the crouch
which Roclyne was threatening 20
develop. Yesterday afternoon the
varsity was massed on the turf grid
iron and sent through a variety OF
formations. The men went through
them rapidly and easy. Meanwhile
a second string scrlmmaged with the
freshmen on the practice field.
Iowa Has Short Pass.
The Hawkeyes are planning q
short pass attack that has proved
disastrous TO every team they have
met this season. The same combi-
nation. Devine 10 Belding. has been
the bugaboo OF the conference Tor
three years Two years ago II was
so effective against Illinois that IL
was only through a lucky onslde
kick that the nlini was able 70 WIN.
Iowa viii not be forced 20 rely on
Rockne's defense prove impregnabls
by the aerial route. a slashing run
ming attack. in which the Devines
again feature. viii be employed.
Rockne. OF course. viii rely on an
attack in which the forward pass
and the line drive play an equally i'm
portant part. Notre Dame has never
had 20 rely on a single style OF Of
Tense. Indeed il is characteristic Of
the Irish 20 SO perfect themselves in
the various methods OF advancing
the ball that an opponent seldom
knows what 10 expect. (Notable ex-
ception-Indiana game last year,
Expect Record Gathering.
The crowd Saturday promises 20
the largest ever assembled in Iowa
/ City 10 witness a sporting event.
Thousands OF Notre Dame alumni
throughout the Dakotas and Mime
sofa who seldom have a chance of
seeing the Rockers perform in that
neighbOrhood are planning % at
! tend and a small contingent OF No
ire Dame students may follow the
team. The size Of this group will
/ depend largely upon the number OF
empty box cars which pass through
South Bend in a westerly direction.
The rest Of Notre Dame VIII be as
sembled az the gym 20 hear the re-
turns as they come IN play by play.
over A special wire. or at various
cigar stores In the city.
The following men are making the
trip: Ed Anderson Roger Kfey.
. Glen Carberry. Seifert. Carney. Shaw.
Cotton, Voss. Dooley. Hartley An
derson. Degree. Brown. Thomas.
Grant. IIeb. Mohardt. Wynne.
Walsh. Cashier. Desch, Coughlin.
Maher. Regain. Maybe. Mehre. Lar
son, Phelan, Smith, Kane and Nil
Ter.
FrOsh 20 Go into Action.
At 10 o'clock this morning Coach
es Holton and Holder and 20 mem
4 bers OF the freshman squad will also
slip out OF the city, but toward the
north. The yearlings are scheduled
20 play the Western State Normal az
Kalamazoo this afternoon. This Will
be the same team which the varsity
has been meeting In previous years
The Normal 6quad thia year - re-