South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-02-03
IRISH FIVE READY
FOR REAL BATTLE
AGAINST WABASH
Notre Dame to Put Up Real
Fight Despite Loss of
Three Stars.

Wabash meets Notre Dame to-
night. and the Irish are ready
that Is the word from the local
school concerning the most critical
basketball game Notre Dame has
gone into within the past few years.
For there is more than victory in
the balance tonight. The rest Of
the basketball season at Notrc Dame
Will be colored by its outcome. and
the morale OF the Irish squad Will
undoubtedly be Influenced by IT. tire
mendously. To maintain that mo-
rale-to inject that confidence into
the Irish which the loss of three
regulars recently shattered-it Will
be necessary for Notre Dame TO win
tonight; but the Gold and blue must
keep the Little Giants moving, and
give them as tough a battle as they
are likely 10 meet in seven years.
OF course Notre Dame is plan
ming TO win. Coach Halas has been
working long, hard hours with his
squad recently. attempting TO rem
edy weaknesses observed i'm the Mi
chigan Aggies game. and he believes
tAiae 4iD has lfdA NAeill ENtLANCAATAA
Notre Danes strong defense viii be
stronger than ever tonight. and
more than a few spectators who saw
the blue jerseyed boys dash down
tho floor IN practice yesterday pre-
dicted a big surprise for Wabash
when the two teams meet.
Team Looks Good.
For despite the loss Of Kiley, An
derson and Mehre, Notre Dame looks
mighty good. Not as good as II did,
perhaps but still better than can be
expected. Many persons thought
that the disqualification OF the three
stars would permanently wreck the
Notre Dame quintet, but the re-
suits of the Michigan Aggie game
have made such critics change their
views q bit. 4 lighting team such
as Notre aDme threw onto the floor
that night is never wrecked, a fight
ing team always has chance, even
against the best in the world. and
the Irish Will constitute just such a
team tonight
You can tell the folks for us that
Civ 'be . ~ al put tAlD t1o rlA n IlkE anu
as an aggressive fight as ever" was
the way Coach Halas summed M
the situation. The student body
plans TO crowd the 7. NJ. c. A. stands
and special car service Will probably
be arranged 90 carry the crowds
from and TO Notre Dame. Enthusi-
asm over the contest prevails on the
campus, and the cheer leaders are
planning an impressive yell pro-
gram that will do It's bit TO aid the
new Notre Dame team.
Wabash Confident.
+ Wabash Of course, is confident OF
winning. The Little Giants are not
likely to be over-confident, how
ever; last years experience should
have taught them to avoid that
Ordinary confidence, however. is
both excuse BILE and desirable. The
Charlottesville aggregation has been
marking up victories all over this
part of the United States, and it is
natural that they should be looking
for win tonight. The squad is i'm
good shape, and will present its
most powerful lineup when the game
begins
Tuesday Notre Dame meets a new
foe on the basketball court in the
form OF a FIVE from Columbia col
lege Of Iowa. This squad is reputed
TO be fast as lightning with a never
miss passing game that has won
many games for them this season.
Two or three Of its members are
long range shooting, and Notre
Danes defensive work may have
TO be adapted accordingly. Halas is
not expecting an easy time with
these Iowans, and there viii be alb
sclutely no let up in the practice
work before this contest.