The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-11-26

Notfe Dame end against west IOint.
Notre Dame won that game.
Rockne became coach in the fall
Of Is, and started again after war
In 10. He has lost only one game in
three years. and in 20 and 81 Notre
Dame ranked first among American
football teams.
y The features OF Notre Dame play
have been forward passing and great
speed. AS a rule the teams have
been Of only average weight In the
fall of 81 Rockne lost ten OF his
regulars, who were disqualified for
playing professional football after
the season Starting with only one
regular, Castner. fun back, Rockne
built up new team that opened
the season by defeating tho strong
Georgia Tech team.
Notre Dame is a college of only
$500 students, situated 10 minutes
ride out of South Bend, Ind. All stu
dents live at the college.
This season Notre Dame had II
| fully organized football teams, the
class teams being feeders for the
| varsity.
This is Rockne's system. and he is
| strongly against importing" foot
| bali stars from the prep schools. He
| have made regulations before COM
| ing under his direction, as he doesn't
| want players who have learned other
| styles Of play.
| He has his teams out in the spring
! for running and training work, and
/ picks his football men for their run
! ning ability before he ever sees them
/ In football suit.
Early september Is given over 10
I what Rockne calls Skull practice" ="
which is a schooling in smart foot
! ball. No matter how big or power
/ ful candidate may be. he can't hold
| a position on a Rockne team unless
| he shows evidence OF possessing
/ brains.
Doesn't Favor Strict Training.
Some OF the greatest stars in
! American football have been devel-
! oped by RCckne, Among them was
| George Gipp, one OF the greatest
| backs OF all time, who came 10
/ RoCkne with no football experience
/ There wa5 Desch, the national hurdle
| hampton, who never had football
suit on before 1920, and Morhardt,
/ most famous star OF last year, who
/ didn't know what a football was
until Rockne brought him out.
kuute koCkne not only teaches
| football, but Is professor of ,hemisyry
al Notre Dame. Last year his team
| came east and beat West Point. ESQ
one Saturday, and the following
/ Tuesday trimmed Rutgers, $50. The
| night before the Rutgers game the
/ team, instead OF talking over foot
ball problems, studied chemistry.
Rockne is not a believer in strict
training. During the football season
. ..I. l..
I they like as long as they keep fit
But they have regular hours all
l through the college terms, up al
8 10 In the morning and TO bed by
/ 10 at night.
Hugo BeZdek OF Penn State, a
great player himself, has coached for
many years. HIS theory OF football
/ is that strong offense IL the best
! defense, and that IL his teams can
keeWthe ball the other fellows won't
/ have chance.
a pecularity OF Bezdeks teams is
| that they have an astonishingly
| scored early, and then Penn has
! Cranked up and made points faster
| than any other team in the land.
| The gam Penn state lost 10 thC
| Navy this year was the first tossed
| Off by BeZdek's com binations since
| 1919. Bezdek is head of all athletic
activities In his college, running the
| baseball, track and basketball teams
as wei as the football teams. Be
| fore going 70 Penn state was man
ager Of the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Stagg star Pitcher AT Yale.
Amos Alonzo Stagg of Chicago is
one OF the finest men In the college
athletic world as well as grea
coach. He is member of IN,
ia -ulty at Chicago. where he has