The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-11-28
TALKING
IT OVER
= BY JOE WILLIAMS.

CHICAGO, Nov. pa bunch Of
u husky young men representing
the United states Military Academy
are here in town to play a football
came with Notre Dame before
10000 customers Saturday on the
lake front. When these young men
left the West Point reservation
Thursday they each drew SIS from
their accounts which Is the priv
lege of young men leaving the
academy on such trips.
Il
JUDGED bv any standard this Is not a
great deal Of money and no young man
with the urge to 90 places and see things
can logically hone to cover much territory
in Chicago on three IS notes.
This NAV explain the fact that the
voire men are marching around the no
tel lobbies earnestly paging Hotre Dame
sporismen who have proclaimed an eager
ness 10 lay a TO !.
Another important consideration Is that
tho Young men from West Point plan 20
9 9TedN gn S5SF saturday Ia and an told that
when these Young men break training they
do so with much violence and vigor.
lust why Notre Dame should be
j a four-to-one favorite over one
OF the strongest teams from the east
is not precisely clear and can De
explained mainly on the ground
that out here Knute Rockne'S
magic is taken very seriously.
A week ago, Rockne's team beat North
eastern. which is another highly esteemed
home team. and It seems to be the opinion
of the natives that any team capable OF
heating Northwestern has nothing to rear
from the rest Of the football world.
At the same time. Rockne WHO has de-
yeloned singular LUXURIOUS tenQeacle1s a ~, oa
late publicly predicts that Notre Da I'M
viii be beaten BY at least one or Two
touchdowns. There was a u, sllle sol SI1gl
iv accented as gospel utterances puy ne
has displayed so much melanch9y 81
late that even his best friends 90 ho'
believe him.
n mING into Chicago through an
n enthusiastic snowstorm Thurs
dav. Charles Born. the Army end
coach, had morning paper proped
up in front of him at the breakfast
table. In the paper was a state
ment by Rockne in which he con-
ceded defeat.
"Sav fellows" said Born, listen
to this: Rockne says his team Will
lose by one or two touchdowns."
Humber. the Army captain, lifted his
square jaw out of bowl of hot cat meal
and growIed; why do newspapers print
that sort of CUFF" This seemed perth
ncnt and proper observation.
n
Later In the dav. Rockne came around to
the hotel aud pleaded with the visiting
scribes to take him seriously. olun :
realize h9~ s mq io5 S Sm moaned Rockne
He was my first down back. Whenever
We needed two or three yards in pinch
could always count on him. When you
take that kind of man out Of your back
field with the season almost gone you are
whipped
Rockne Is also saddened. BY the thought
that the field may be haro ana ice SdhSgg.
ft threatens 10 DC. Ntldb WITH b4A1NoA -
rsoinq and the temperature at zero. II
have team of lightweights Who rely on
sneed and quick starts and how is any any
team going to start quick OF develop speed
when the ground is frozen?
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ROcknes predicament is truly desperate,
and the chances are that without SavOldi.
with the field conditions against him and
with the Southern California game yet to
he PLAYED, well. the chances are he won't
win by any more than three or four
touchdoWns.
e
However, it wouldn't surprise me
to see the Cadets give the Irish the
toughest game they have had all
year. There is also an outside
chance they will win Army is a bet
ter team than the 1929 team which
practically played Notre Dame to a
standstill. This is something that
should not be overlooked.