South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-03-01
SPRING TRAINING
FOR NOTRE DAME
GRIDMEN TO BEGIN
Initial Workout to Be Held
Monday Afternoon tx
pect 40 Men to Report.


athletics at Sotre Dame again next
Monday afternoon. when Rockne
win assemble his candidates for the
first workout Of the sprius training
season The coach expects 100 men
O. report for practice. so OF whom
VIII Dc recruits from the freshman
and iuterhsu teams last fan This
viii comprise the largest squad thar
has ever turned out for spring train
ing az <otre Dame. That. however.
indicates little concerning next sea-
sons prospects The one thing %
be said about the prospects for tho
coming season. ls that despite the
optimism that Isl prevalent upon
the NOtrc Dame campus. Coach
Roclsue faces just about the tough
est job that ever has confronted him
3n his career at the local school
Onlv one reEular-Paul Cashier
remains our OF the team that swept
the country last fall First-string
substitutes iu Eddie Decree. Gus
Desch Capt Carberry Tom Lieb
end Frank Thomas are available
THE best that can be said for all
the other substitutes who viii Try
ont. b. that they played good foot
BAN when playing alongside the
members Of the first varsity team.
and that they may develop Just
now they VIII perform without the
support Of veterans is question
that cannot be answered until NOtre
Dame meets some tough opponent
rext fan The best that can be said
FOR tho freshmen is that they looked
good. considered MS members OF a
freshman team. How they viii APP
pear when viewed as prospects for
the varsity however is quite an
other thing.
plan Long Session.
The coach plans TO continue the
training season farther into the
spring than has been his custom
heretofore. He has not decided
when the session viii terminate. but
unless the weather becomes eX-
tremely warm 30 is likely to last un-
iii June There is plenty of work
10 be done with the best of green
material which ROckue finds avail
able. out of this inexperienced tim
her be must build "a team that will
be able 90 whip the Army. Georgia
Tech and Nebraska. and he must get
az the job as soon as possible.
When the spring training season
begins I'M football NOtre Dame will
possess perhaps the largest athletic
squad IN the west Fifty men are
already reporting daily for baseball
training 100 others are candidates
for the track squad and football
is expected TO attract 12o more.
But even these numbers are small
compared go the number who will
be engaged nm athletics when the
interhall teams begin basel ball
training. There viii be seven inter
hall teams. and each viii attract
perhaps % candidates That will
mean that within a month every
third man at Notre Dame viii be
going in for some kind Of athletics.
Outdoor Prospects Better
Varsity athletics are expected to
experience more success this spring
than they have during the winter.
Although tho indoor track season
has been q dismal failure. III no
further accidents happen and the
present members cf the disabled
list recover tho outdoor season
should be fairly successful Eockue
has been saving Silly Hayes for the
outdoor season. and the big boy
should do some record running.
Gus Desch viii recover from his
spreiued tendon iu time for the
first of the outdoor NETS. and John
uv Murphy viii Doc ON shape again.
These men together with Barber