New-York tribune., 1922-10-26

successful season.
| A combination Of discipline, mate
/ rial and q great coach is practically
| invincible. That is what Notre Dame
| has. And so long as Knute Rockne
| is in command here, SO long will th'
local university be power on th'
gridiron.
They called Battling Nelson the Dura
bic Dane. Rockne might we'll be called
the Terrible Dane. Rockne's person.
atty is not only dynamic, it is con
tagious and extremely influential. No
football team could be failure with
him at the helm. Notre Dame may be
beaten this year, but any team that
defeats the Blue and Gold will have
to be ON it's toes all of the time and
play intelligent football.
Rockne not only teaches football, he
instiils the game into the very sys-
TENS Of the students under his wing.
He is the supreme ruler and exalted
monarch in full control of the situation
here. His word Is law and his men
know it, Woe to the man who disobeys
any orders of the Notre Dame mentor.
There is a great star in the squad who
left an Eastern college two years ago
and drifted out here. He figured to be
with winner i 1922, whe he would
be eligible.
Not Even on Third Team
That man is not even, on the third
team. He reports for practice every
day, furnishing his own uniform, but
one can't win place on Rockne's team
by loafing. A boy has got to be alert
is an instance of the way Rockae
handles men. Yet he is fair, kindly
and loved by all.
To be sure Rockne has Lretty good
material to deal with. Most Of the boys
hail from the surrounding district.
Several are from the East. It is an
excetionally light squad - Regan, the
regular center, for example, weighs
only l58 pounds. But most of the play
ers as individuals are versatile and
aggressive.
Notre Dame is rich in backfeld ma
terial. Stuhldreher, a quarterback;
Crowley and Don Miller, halfbacks,
and Castner at fullback, generally
start the game. Each and every one
OF these youngsters is fine passer,
all can run we'll, and Castner and
Stuhldreher are great kickers, both
in punting and in goal kicking,
Also Crowley is broken field run
ner, who bids fair to be even greater
than George Gipp. In appearance he
is an easy-going, dreamy-eyed, slen-
derly-built chap, but given the ball he
becomes wild man. Dragging him to
earth Is as easy as stopping a wild
fox.
Layden, another~back, is also a re-
markable punter, SO is Degree, regular
guard. and STANCE. an exceptional run
ming back. Bergman and Kane are
hne running backs and good passers,
and Thomas is still another. Rockne
needn't worry about his backfeld.
For ends Rockne has Carherry, the
captain, who is having a hard time
making the team Mayl, Murphy, Yer.
gerra, McNulty and Collins. Mayl and
McNulty are the best receivers of
passes cf this group. All, with the ex-
ception of Carberry, are second year
men.
One of Best Looking Tackles
Oberst and Cotton are the regular
tackles. Cotton, a substitute last wear.
is one of the best looking tackles of
the year, quite as good as were Shaw
and Garvey. Flynn and Jerry Miller
are other good tackles.
Degree, veteran, and Brown, are
the guards and Regan the center.
walsh is Regan's understudy. There
-, - .AN'S'A VI obHSi CaHGlGaLeS Tor
the various positions, fifty in ali in
the varsity squad and not poor
looking player in the lot Most of them
are light and green. but they are will
ing and are learning very rapidly
under the rigorous drill Rockne puts
them through every day.
The entire squad reports at a o'clock
sharp. Glasses are over at $3.50. The
'irst thing on the program is siren
uous drill In calisthenics, with Rockne
acting as the leader. Then comes a
session In tackling part of the daily
routine, but that tackling practice was
sntlrely diff aren't from anything we had
ever seen before.
The squad is divided into several
long lines. The backs--generally the
treshmen--run the gantlet. They fthe
backs 3run at full speed toward q man
and try to dodge by him. Rockns
stands by a.ld his sharp, staccato re.
'orts whenever any one misses tackle
are epigrans that would fit into VIII
aogers's repertoire very nicely.
Good for you, Jones; YOU taggea
1im." Almost had him, Smith. von;lI
earn" "Peek-a-boo, little how. Iat;s
'lay hide and seek" etc. You can con.
slider these comments as praise or sar-
'asm, but those fellows certainly can
ackle. 1ah
Then comes scrimmage, with Rockne,s
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