Evening star., 1931-04-10

Death Of Knute Rockne In the crash
OF an airplane is declared to be a ma
tional loss. His place as q leader of
students is especially recalled by the
people OF the United States, and his
success in inspiring successive teams at
Notre Dame University Is declared to
have been due to his personality and
character and his insistent demand
for the best.
THE success he had attained as a
player and as a coach at Notre Dame
University was source OF special pride
TO all in Indiana" says the Indianap-
oils Star. The Champaign News
Gazette pays the tribute: "Alive, he
was almost legend. What will he be
In death? The halo with which his
admirers have crowned him during the
last decade will grow brighter with the
years. As long as foot ball Is played,
memories OF Rock will be in every
game" The Albany Evening News de-
clares he was splendid figure in the
world OF men" and the Charlotte OBJ
server is convinced that he "inspired
. public interest in foot ball that would
have been otherwise undeveloped."
The Topeka Daily Capital believes that.
because OF his outstanding character,
the wreck OF the plane is likely al
ways TO be recalled as the disaster in
winch hnuCe HOckne ana seven others
lost their lives"
-a,, DO It Tor RockH the new coaches
VIII urge the players in each crisis. !"
predicts the Lexington Leader, with the
thought, I'VE pity the opponents of the
Notre Dame team that hears that plea. !"
Inc Columbia (Missouri) Tribune Of
iers the analysis: Mass admiration and
highest esteem were his because his
fame and his genius were more uni
Versally and intimately known and rec.
ognlzed than the attainments of Gag
heritage as one who was faithful to his
ideals. played clean the game Of life
IN all It's aspects, and whose achieve
mems always bore the hallmark of hon
or and fair dealing"
His sudden passing will linger long
IN the public memory and the manner
OF 1t viii be impressed upon the public
mind" according to the Ann Arbor
Daily News, while the Wilkes-Barre
Times-Leader feels that mo one can
say now nightly he has wrought, or
now powerful the influence that Ia now
passed along to Others" and the New
orleans Times-Picayune holds that "his
exceptional gifts as a teacher are evi-
| denced not only by his teams unsur-
passed record, but by the fact that
many Of his player pupils, after gradua-
ton, have achieved fine regulations of
their own as foot ball coaches" The
Madison Wisconsin State Journal adds
that "he trained those under him to
the very idea that they must not be
satisfied with the mediocre" and the
Charleston Is. c. Evening Post OBJ
serves that "he put heart into his
teams, and, with full grasp of the prin-
ciples to be employed, an inspiration
which emanated from him. He was.
above all, Q great teacher and a great
leader" concludes that paper, The
Roanoke Times states that "the grid
iron has lost a shining figure" and
that his name is sure to lead all the
rest in any list of the great coaches of
all time
"At all times" says the South Bend
Tribune, ''Mr. Rockne avoided the
aspects Of professionalism in the teams
that he produced. He always regarded
| foot ball as a game for all able bodied
students. Opportunities to make the
team at Notre Dame were denied no
student who had the ordinary require
ments. The Nation came to view the
Notre Dame varsity as the ultimate In