The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-09-20

Notre Dane. lni., Sept. .9.--Th"y're
off!
Fifty good men and hsskv answered
the cali %: tu&Ch kUchn" Tor ia- !l">t
W.. seriously damag" the athletic pres
,!r~ q More plm" or determine knUte
Re, kne az III" l'rrr ut coaches.
Iihe the .'"'"cy WI" i..a,"S h!s last
do lar on his UwE hur~" IL! l:."m rides
hard - WIN. P"rHne "a! rANA.eI. lie
has p!t'"I his 'i...u :ts@.g,' he best rep
T. sentative rlcNrEs 9: :h'"' sections q!
IN" country. He ku"Ws tia, r'erv one
uc theS" teams. VII point iuE"uEh"h'
mo season for is cas-" wI;h N"tre
I,a me AID as" that his own team has
lost gvea, dra, OF the speed and Drawn
which carried Il 20 victory n Is p""N.-
Gus eaS"u4, Knowing a.. q: these
things Ru, kue has plunged. II" believes
no has Il good horse and he VIII ride
20 win.
Rock Least optimistio.
Because he does know a.! OF these
things RockRe - the least OPTIMISTIC OF
the followers OF No're paue f"r'hal'
, for the year. Games between evenly
matched cams arc won OF .oSt largely
/ BY the caprice UT that much s"lEh; after
god the god Of chance. The best tear
doss no: a.wayS win and the most prom
Using star may r!de 10 perdit!on on tn"
. Goa Strc Of Il broken bone N"'Te IaiEH
has hccn unusually fortunate In '@e
freedom from Injury ot i's stars. snd -
has S!wa!S enjoyed Mt least Frir0dN
rela tionship with the iowrr that doies
out the hTcAks OF the game.
Breaks Must Remain.
But to complete he eleven games
scheduled OF tho curreu; season tho
No,re Dame team must continue 10 get
its share Of breaks and remain for,u-
n2tely FREQ from injury. To complete
hts third consecutive indicated wear
Rockne must coat!nuc 20 develop the
Gipps and Rrandys and C"uHh,ins ana
Smiths Tno have translated the cunning
I OF their coach's brain Int" winning
games by certain magic Of ;heir own.
To clearly come through Eleven games
In 81 days. to send Iowa. Purdue. No
bra aka. Indiana West P"!a: and !!u,-
gers TO defeat IN fivo weeks EOckn.s
team must have everything that II foot
fall team ever had and everything -
quite A lot
n. D. Rating vsry High.
The pathway IS very thornv Notr~
Dame has h"cu n winner for ;hIee sea-
sons TeaInS Ike Yves, Point Nahra ska
Indiana and rHnlue have bowed I" The
gold and h.I" :Or three consecutive sea-.
sons. conference teams have felt the
power OF tho local speed elan TO ito eX-
! tent that eastern critics have gone n
, the lcNg'h Of rating Notre Dame ah'ad
81 tho Big IN champs white even the
Western authorities have conceded an
equality.
1t becomes Just .!tt,e too hard tc
take at;er n while and there - Al cOnr-
aye horn OF desperation. Witness tn"
, Threatened tragedy II Indiana Inst rear
when the clean heels OF Norm Barry
fresh from tho sidelines. led tho way -
last minute victory.
Iowa Victory Bent.
Iowa, with Slater and Dev!ns. all
M - nj a
, OF seasoned players. has two ohiect!v"e
for the year Notra Dame and Illinois.
| That Iowa may win from Illinois AMI
eve2 emerge as tho Conference cham
Iowa Will tamely submit 20 n Eotro
Dame Victory and make possible n c."nr
western cha npioushir FOR IN" local team
IL hardly r. problem for tho class In
psyche ,oCy'
Wost I'oint will point for three gamrs
Yale Navy and Notrc Dame. and West
Point has exercised It's peculiar prer"go-
ave by collecting number OF star"
graduated from othsr uni '"rslt'"S ur'l'
tho team assembled at tn" I'iains NOR"
nearly resembles an actual nl.-Amcri"an
aggregation than any over brought TO.
, gether lust now tho Soldiers appear -
be the class OF ~" east. and II me Army
wins from Yale and Navy ".ill hey We
come an opportunity TO repay the 'r'pl"
defeat administered by No,r" Dam"
especially with Glpp and Brandy nh
sent?
rrah scalp In Danger.
Then there arc Nebraska. Indiana.
Purdue. Michigan AggINs. Marquette.
Masked Rutgers and Kalamazoo even
pepauw which 10 said 10 have been
working quietly since September LIST
with an Irish scalp as thu objective
Rockne expects mediocre sea son .--
and who wuoidn't on the evidence But
iust the same II IS a good horse with a
QuiCk-'h!nk!ng. hard-ridinE jockey Other
foot ba llIcly- inclined folks throughout
tho land think 20 too and quite 4 few
eyes will be rentercd on what sor; 49,
T.orhInrar Will come out OF the vast ms