The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-11-28
NOTRE DAME IS
CLASS Of TEAMS
IN j. 8. TODAY
Evans Terms Eleven One OF
Greatest Aggregations on
Gridiron.
RU RyTLY FVAVS

PITTSBURGH, Pa, Nov. 2S-After
watching Notre Dame beat the strong
Carnegie Tech eleven l want to go
on record as saying that I haven't
seen a better looking football team
this year than Coach Knute Rockne's
aggregation.
In making such an assertion I am
taking into consideration the fact that
have seen a majority of the best
teams in the country in action, among
them being Wisconsin, Chicago. NI1chi-
gan, Iowa and Ohio State in the West.
and Yale, Princeton Harvard, Lafay.
cite and Dartmouth in the East.
Prior to the Carnegie Tech contest
had a chat with Coach Rockne. He
was really a bit worried about the
outcome Of the game, as Tech had
held w and J. to a to tie and
| had been beaten by Yale in q heart
breaking game by the score of 10 to
Z. In reply to my query as to how
things were going, he said:
Fine so far, but I am a bit wor-
RED about the condition of my boys
fer todays game. You know we have
ifad q pretty hard schedule. Indiana.
Purdue, West Point. Butler. Georgia
Tech and now it's Carnegie I nave
a great young team that has not yet
reached its possibilities. but the CRU
cling schedule that we have played
IS beginning to tell"
For n half hour I watched the
teams trainer take care Of a score
Of minor ailments. 1t was apparent
that some OF the boys weren't At
for a strenuous battle. yet l didn't
hear a single word of complaint.
Every one appeared happy and good
natured and it seemed any one able
to smile was doing 1t.
1T was a bad break to lose Paul
Cashier at this stage. His great
speed is a wonderful asset late in the
season when most Of the teams are
inclined to go a bit stale However,
we have worried along despite any
number Of reverses and the boys have
overcome every obstacle that has pre-
scented itself" was Rocknes further
remarks.
There was q snap to Notre Danes
play that was most pleasing. The
backs ran with the ball as If they
really enjoyed playing the game.
Usually they ran behind q perfect
screen Of Interference, which made
the task all the more pleasant. When
tackled they often, by a bit OF boot
work, managed to work free; often
they would sidestep and cause the OPP
posing player or players to miss them
entirely.
In Notre Dame 7 saw q team that
was we'll coached I'm the funda-
mentals. Time and again, by some
little action. they would make 1t APP
parent the team was composed OF
players able to think. The team as
a whole had sublime confidence in its
great power. II seemed when a GER
tain number Of yards were needed
some player was always able TO turn
In that many or more.
Against strong opposition IKE Car
negie Tech It didn't seem as II Notre
Danes offensive game could have
been improved upon. It opened up
just enough to show how wonderfully
Rockne has developed the forward
pass One pass over the goal line
resulted in a score, while another
long pass also made possible one Of
the three touchdowns.
Notre Dame showed me it was
team willing to gamble Twice II
got away with successful passes. one
Of them for touchdown on the
fourth down with four yards to gain
Most teams would have been content
to try goal from field. Notre Dame
gamblod and was rewarded with two
touchdowns.
After the game Coach Wally Steffen
of Carnegie Tech. former University
Of Chicago star. remarked:
THE Notre Dame eleven is a Won
derful team. 1t is far and away the
best eleven Tech has met this year.
and in Yale and w. & J. we met two
great teams. Notre Dame shows the
benefit of Coach RoCkue's shrewd
Judgment. He has a great bunch of
backs, and the plays are gotten off
exceedingly fast, which Of course
greatly increases their possibilities"