South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-12-07
UNIVERSITY CLUB
DINNER LEADS TO
BIG PROPOSITION
Georgia Tech Formally An
nounced as Homecoming
Game Opponent.

Acclaimed the "ughtnest" oC iae
Fighting Irish teams. Notro Danes
1922 football squad was honorcd oy
200 members OF the University club
at the annual football dinner which
was served iu the Rotary room -
the oliver hotel last night
At the session Coach Knute Rock
ne made definite announcement o:
the booking of Georgia Tech Tor he
1923 Homecoming game on oct -.
First steps 10 secure "A stadium 20
seat 10000 people were taken IS
the other feature OF the banquet.
Speakers of tho evening included
Mayor Eli T.. Seebirt Coach Knuts
Il Rockne. Harryl Costello OF De-
troit, Mich, Assistant Coach Walter
Halas and capt Glen Carberry.
Frank r.. Herring acted as toastmas-
ter.
Mayor Boosts Stadium.
Tn" stadium plan was brought
out 10y Mayor Seeb.rt in his address
of welcome go The Notru Dame
squad. As result. ho was named
chairman If committee 10 confer
with university officials ira an et-.
fOrt 10 devise a plan 10 raise $3.50
600 necessary 10 build the stadium.
our biggest problem i'm aiding
Nctrc Danes wonderful football,
teams" said the mayor. lis i'm secur-
ing leading teams for home games.
This can only be done 10y having
proper facilities for handling great
crowds
Coach Rockne. i'm his talk. OK
planned that efforts had been made
this fall TO secure bookings for next
season with Syracuse Colgate. Gen.
tire, Lafayette. Washington and Jef-
ferson, Dartmouth and n half dozen
other big teams. but that these clev-
ems would not leave their home ficld
for guarantees OF even as much ls
$4,000
Announces Tech Game.
He announced, however. that the
Georgia Tech game would be played
in South BEND as the Homecoming
game and nowhere else. He also de-
clared that the Nebraska ANA Car
negie Tech games ON 1924 would
be played here
The success OF this season is due
to one thing SAID Rockne and
that is the teams fight 7 thira
the SQUAD reached the apex of its
strength in the Georgia Tech game,
/ for after that We never had all tho
men in condition at one time we
/ lost the Nebraska game because VIC
missed our chances TO score large
/ ~ through inexperience. IL is the
fiShtinest and tacklincst" team
have ever had. and IL fought 10 the
last play at Nebraska. when a pass
melted 40 Yards"
Harry Costello. a former George
town university quarterback. now
writing sports for one OF the De-
trcit dailies paid the greatest OF
tributes 10 the team Costello. who
officiated at the Army game. said
1T IS good 10 be here 10 pay trio
ute &c a football team the ike q
which / have never before seen. Al
West Point I was dumb-founJed
when the squad ran on the field. u
was tho youngest football team
ever saw represent a university.
Three essentials OF success that
it possessed were the heart the abil-
ity, and the best or coaching These
things are what made the year "A
success. I particularly noted two
men--Paul Cashier and Ed Degree.
'Castner and Kipke of Michigan
were undoubtedly the greatest backs
Of the year. and Of these Cashier
was the greatest. lie played intelu-
gent football. and I do not believe ne
has a superior. I have seen all the
great backs since 1910 with the ez-
/ ception OF George Gimp. and nors
was faster or more aggressive than
this man. I class Cashier with the
man greatest OF them all ia ny
mind-the Indian Jim Thorpe.
Decree possessed weight. plenty
| Of strength In his arms and Shout
I jere end a powerful leg drive Hs
opened some big holes i'm the Army
line, and that line was as good as
any in the country.
I'm short. ] never saw team tia.
4 looked so sweet as that gang OF boys
, going down the field az West Point
Coach Halas l1udei The men for
their fight and stick-to-.uveue.e
while Capt. Carbe~ry expressed hts
thanks 10 the University club for
the banquet given the team E--
Z Robert J. Long gave the Invocation
Entertainment during the evening
Included songs 10y the Cameron Sis
terS and Miss Betty Allen. q m01OIC-
J que bv Nelson Jones. a d .aIsct rear-
I ing by Lee Earth. a series Of spe-
c.alties by Daw and Russell. and
motion pictures or the Army same.