South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-04-12
FOURTEEN PLAYERS
NAMED BY HALAS
FOR SPRING TRIP
Five Infielders, Three Out
fielders, Two Catchers and
Four Pitchers Chosen.

afternoon. The happy word was the
one which ordered them 70 prepare
for the training trip through Ken
lucky next week. Five infe1ders.
three outdelders. two catchers and
group. Only six OF these. Capt
BlicFernicht. Kane. Chuck Foley,
Prokop. Cashier and Falvey are
monogram men. the remainder be-
ing recruited from the interhau
squads and the reserve men Of last
year. The complete list follows.
Reese, Dan Foley. Sheehan. Thomas.
Kane, T. Kelly, Prokop G. Foley.
Gene Murphy. Blievernicht. Cashier,
Mageveny, Decree and Falvey.
The selection comes as a surprise
10 no one. in fact il was generally
known about a week ago just what
men would make the trip. The play
I ers who are left behind will still be
considered members of the varsity
squad, and viii continue their fight
/ for a regular job after the team re-
turns from its trip. At present they
are free to do anything they wish
during the Easter vacations, since
baseball practice viii be continued
only for the lucky IA And a large
part Of the practice sessions viii be
devoted to batting workouts For
I the fact remains that despite ths
! tremendous Improvement shown in
, this department which was so mark
/ ed Sunday, the Irish still have a
/ poor hitting team
New Men show Promise.
Two recruits, however, gave pro
mise Of developing into powerful
hitters in that exhibition game
( Sheehan and Reese. Each Of these
men cracked out three clean bingles
during the afternoon. and each OF
them included a three sacker in the
: list If this hitting can be continued
; by the rockies, Notre Dame viii have
no need 10 fear any pitcher in the
f colleges, for all of the veterans can
hit. Kane, Blieveruicht and Cashier
can bat against any of them, while
Prokup. Chuck Foley and Falvey ara
. consistent batters in a pinch.
/ The pitching staff will be perhaps
the strongest that has represented
Notre Dame in many years. Veter-
ans Falvey and Cashier will pitch
better bali than last spring. if for
no other reason than that they are
more experienced. Enough is known
about these two men. however. TO
make further remarks superfuous
As for the recruits. Decree and
Nageveny, they have both made rep
atoms with the interhau teams.
Eddie was the smoke ball artist who
i burned things up for Sorin hall a
year ago. while Red" Mageveny has
been pitching around the Notre Dame
campus ever since his prep days
And all that time, the college dope
sters were watching him, and pre-
dieting great things for him when he
/ reached varsity age
Two Veterans In Outfield.
Two heet-foOted veterans will
romp arouug the outer gardens They
are Chuck Foley and George Prokop.
Chuck fnst made his monogram at
Notre Dame on the pitching staff,
but just 10 prove his versatility. he
took a fling at an outheld job this
year and made good. He has an
arm like Johnny Mohardt. and will
be just as valuable 10 the gold and
blue this year as the esteemed Tiger
r-cruit ever was. Prokop's timeli-
ness and general reliability make
him one OF the most important mem
bers Of Halas' squad Whenever a
brilliant piece Of fielding has been
needed i'm order 20 save a game, or
whenever a single was required to
tie a score in the past, Prokop has
consistently come through. An in
teresting instance of this occurred
/ two years ago. George was at bat
during p critical moment. The
pitcher nit him in the head with a
fast one. but the umpire refused 20
allow him 20 take a base. ruling thar
. George had not tried 20 avoid the
/ ball George arose from the dust
and cracked the next ball clear %
the left field fence for three bases
/ Incidentally. Notre Dame won
More recruits appear in the inheld
than in any other department. Here
"Micky' Kane is the only veteran 70
hold forth. Sheehan. Dan Foley and
( Reese are new men. but they know
how 20 play thelr positions, and 10
viii require little seasoning 10 get
them in proper shape. Gene MUIR
ply is the reserve catcher whom
Halas will use 10 relieve capt. BLEW
ernicht. Gene has been improvins
/ regularly this spring both IN his bat
/ ting and IN his catching. and IL is
not unlikely that Halas may find a
place for him IN the regular lineup
later on. shifting Blievernicht 10
/ first base. as he cannot afford 10
/ lose that slugger's services