South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-05-02
NOTRE DAME NINE
DEPARTS FOR TWO
ILLINOIS GAMES
Squad of l3 Men Ready for
Conferences Best Mon
day and Tuesday.

Coach Walter Halas and 10 men
left the city Monday morning for
Urbana. where the Notre Dame bail
club meets Illinois in the first OF a
two-game series in the afternoon.
BIievernicht. Miles. Fitzgerald. XII
ley. ane. Prokup. Capt Mohardt,
Morgan. Garvey. Dan Foley. Chuck
Foley. Cashier and Falvey composed
the squad.
The team plays the ITini on Mon
day and Tuesday, returns home
Wednesday morning and leaves
Thursday for Iowa City 10 meet
iowa 'on Friday. St Viator's will
be played at Kankakee. Ill. on the
return trip Saturday, after which the
squad will be idle unit: the next Sat
urday when Northwestern appears
on Cartier field.
Play Michigan Again.
With the rest and experience
gained in this lnterlude. the team
Will Journey TO Ann Arbor on Thurs
day. May IS. where they will at
Of all concerned that Notre Dame is
superior 10 the Michigan team.
which won ten-inning decision
from the locals on Saturday
The result OF todays tilt with Illi
nois viii be watched with more than
ordinary interest because Of the
possible psychological effect Of Sat
urdays defeat upon the morale of
the Notre Dame squad. The pres
cnt baseball team is in "A position
similar 10 that OF the basketball
squad following the Wabash and De
Pauw games OF last season. If the
unexpected ending Of the Michigan
contest has weakened the confidence
Of the aggregation. the baseball sea-
son may proceed in the same inland
out fashion which characterized the
work Of the basket squad after the
one point defeat at DE PAW; but
n the sting Of the Michigan defeat
has put a little iron into the soul of
the baseball men, the Illini are due
FOR the battle Of the season.
At Illinois. the local men will meet
the team rated as the best in the
Western conference this year The
Illini won their first conference vic
tory Of the season Saturday. when
they toppled Iowa with a 1872 vic
tory. Barnes. a sophomore pitcher.
who shut out Northwestern without
a bingle, and Mccain. who struck
out ten Iowa batters In five innings
before ne was jerked for losing con-
troll will probably serve the balls
10 Notre Dame batsmen. The Illini
are schooied baserunners and have
been coached by Carl Lundgren. for
mer big Lacquer. to take advantage
OF every situation. They have been
hitting the ball hard gathering 16
bingles from Iowa pitchers on Sat
urday. seven Of which produced six
tallies in the first inning.
May Shift Lineup.
Coach Halas may make a change
I'm his lineup for the Illini game by
playing Paul Cashier I'm right field
Cashiers hitting i'm the Michigan
contest was a revelation. and II he
Is played I'm the outer garden when
not pitching the attacking power
~ the local machine would be un-
doubtedly strengthened.
Falvey is slated 10 open against
Illinois and Johnny Mohardt Will
probably pitch the second game. un-
less Halas sends Castner TO the
mound. Chuck Foley will be car
ried as relief hurler
Badin won IA victory from
Corby i'm the 1nterhsIl league sun
day by falling on RatChford heavily
IN the last innings Seyfrit held
Corbv 10 four blows. Brownson
continued it's winning streak by slug
eing four Campus hurlers for a
1C 8 score. while Burns was pitch
ing a steady game The Sorin- Walsh
contest. featured by arguments. end
cd in a IL tie, with Walsh contest
ing the decision OF the umpire in re-
gard TO one run scored I'm the fnal
inning