South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-02-22
NOTREDAME SQUAD
In HARD WORKOUTS
FOR DEPAUW GAME
Irish Tossers Out 10 Success
fully Close Season by Vic
tory Friday.

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tory Friday.
only three GAYS remain before the
Notre Dame basketball team faces
.DePauw ia the anaI home game Of
fhe season. To Gold and Blue
Sport followers. & IS the most I'M
s.ortant game or the season. for its
Outcome VIII determine whether the
rouu season az Notre Dame has
Seen successful or not IL Notre
Dame can win this game, the season
aEiu 20 down in the athletic history
rof the school as a successful one. de-
Hpite the numerous defeats which
the Irish received.
without attempting 20 form any
Elibis. the students are pointing 70
shs fact that from first 20 last. ire
lnendous difficulties have prevented
the development OF the basketball
tear In the first place. the num-
Ser OF basketball players who were
trainlnC with the football squad
prevented Halas from beginning the
court work until very late in the
fau. Then talk Of post-seasOn
games broke up the basketball squad
again. in order 20 allow the men to
-prepare for the proposed game. II
will be remem bered that the Centre
.ganle was not finally cancelled until
N ne middle OF December. This was
she time tina. had been set for the
beginning OF the playing season al
Notre Dame Halas led his squad
on the training trip on December
a 3 minus the services Of some OF the
most important men, and with all
she others lacking IN training be-
.Cause OF the constant interruptions.
The Irish succeeded In winning one
ZANE Of the three that were played.
showever.
Begin After Xmas.
Real workouts with the team were
not actually begun until after
christmas. Naturally Il took some
weeks for the men to become az
ecustomed 20 playing together and
during the eacly part OF January
Notre Dame was defeated regularly
Then Harry Nehre. who had been
kept out OF the game with "a broken
arm. returned 20 the squad and for
several weeks. NOtre Dame possess
ted one of the strongest basketball
beams in the west. Creighton. one
Of the most powerful Of the teams
west OF the Mississippi was defeated.
d s. well as other strong teams. And
aust az the time when q successful
reason seemed assured three regu-
Jars were disqualified for participat-
Ing IN professional football
stiu the Irish were not wrecked
To the aston Ishment Of the entire
basketbau world. they defeated the
1lichigal AEgies two days after the
decentralization had taken effect. and
tseveral DAYS later battled the strong
Wabash team 20 a standstil. but
hos by the slim margin of three
points Notre Dame was staging "A
real comeback and although 1T has
mot won every game since. when all
the handicaps that stood against the
development of the team are con-
sidered. the season may be counted
y success.
RcdOuble Efforts.
But 10 return 20 the prospects for
Fridays game. Halas is bending
every effort 90 whipping his men
into such condition that they Will
be able 20 90 onto The court, and
give any team in the country the
toughest sort of battle The squad
has been worked hard all season,
but this week. their work has been
redoubled They are ready right
now 20 put up "a better exhibition
tof basketball than they have dis
played this season. They will be
playing a better game than they