The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-20
BY DANIEL M. DANIEL

BY DANIEL NJ. DANIEL
NEW YORK, Oct. 2O.-When
4 ' Rockne was killed in an air
plane accident out in Kansas last
March there was widespread dis
position to feel that Notre Danes
football glory was inseparably in
tertwined with Rock" and that it
mad crashed with its matchless
coach.
Last Saturday. the fighting Irish with
OUT the skillful guiding hand OF Rockne.
minus his amazing inspirational quality.
plied up So points on what had been
iated an impressive Drake eleven.
never had seen anything like IT,"
SAID Ossie Solem. the one-time Minnesota
star. who for some years has been the
coach at Drake. This is the strongest
OF all the Notre Dame teams"
And that brings us to HEARTILY Ander-
ton-the man whom they call Hunk %
tor wears Anderson worked under Rockne
ss mentor Of the line-"the greatest line
coach in the country" Rockne called him
here only last February. When the Vik-
ing went west Notre Dame decided to
make no changes. Anderson was promoted
TO the post Of head coach with Jack
Cheyigny as his assistant.
We are quite willing to accept a let
Gown season if Anderson fails to keep
the Rockne spirit alive. and cannot fire
The spark of inspirational leadership" said
one of the guiding spirits Of the uni
yersity's alumni.
Hunk stepped into the most difficult
situation In American football. To him
knrr
terial. winning system. But he also
took over the strain of keeping a victor
1ous army on the winning march. and
the tremendous mental burden of follow
ing Rockne
When Anderson got his commission as
head coach it was understood that If he
failed he would step down to his ola iop.
while Slip" Madigan would come from
st Marys, or Jimmy Phelan from WASH
ington. to start new dynasty at Notre
Dame.
But now it looks almost certain thai
Anderson will stick He has the absolute
confidence OF his men-yes. something more
than confidence. He is one of the boys
the father confessor of the squad. a hard
hitting son of a gun who knows every
secret of the Rockne system, and knows
how to teach It, And he is teaching 1t
so well that Notre Dame looks as strong
as ever. with perhaps the greatest line in
its history.
Don't let it be understood that Ander-
son has succeeded in filling Rockne's place
There isn't a coach in the country who
could approach the fulhlment of that eff
fort. AS YOU stand on that big practice
lield at Notre Dame YOU miss the STAG
cato, sharp comment of Rock" You miss
his all seeing eve. the electricity in the
air which was created by Knute's vibrant
personality and his coaching genius.
Il
DUT until another Rockne comes
- along it looks as if Hunk
might fill the bill. He has been
around Notre Dame since 1918, ex-
cept for a short experience at st.
Louis. He's 80 years old, comes of
Scotch-Irish folk, and halls from
a country where a kid gets tough
schooling. He was born and reared
at Calumet, Mich, in the copper
country, where money is scarce and
everybody works.
He had. to fight his way through school,
he had 10 fight his way through Notre
Dame ana he still is tignting. He coaches
the second line and, show the varsity
suard few physical tricks. Last De
NEole quarter in the charity game against
the Giants professional eleven.
ming with E6'f Anda at IN Noae pame
week and Hunk" told OF his hard. early
life. and his coming to Notre Dame TO
Il had to walk eight miles day to and
from school when was kid, and at
teive paSS n S1 for & mnntb Snder
George Gipp. the greatest player Notre
college from Calumet and he was our
hero. He still is my hero; There was
Larson to Notre Dame, but he. got home
sick and refused to stay until they Also
and for for four Years Larson and / PLAYED
next to each other; FIRST on the S. A. I. C..
when we arrived at the practice field,
Gipp said: All the BOYS here are your
friends until YOU step inside. that gate.
and nd didn't i need second invitation. II
you came from Calumet YOU didn't have to
In 1s22Hmy first year out of college
o the Metre Dam me line for n9 256o
s ssn i was Hf Notre ~G Dane and was
Rockne-and sort of like football.
engineering lob with Cap Edwards from
day I played professional football with the
chicago Bears. and 1 played about sixty
minutes a game-a l65-pound guard who
had to battle men like the 230-pound
George Traitor"
Anderson revealed something of the
Rockne magic. Notre Dame has forty
five plays-is prepared for any emergency
but it won't use more than six or seven
I'm any game. you've got to suit your
YOU meet TO the way your opposing lines
men place themselves. a. difference of }
foot here and there will dictate the use OF
2 certain play.
Forward pass defense? We have no set
method One team will call for man for
man another for zone defense. another for
a combination. Pittsburgh may demand
the last system
The chief evil in football coaching?
Far be it from me to discuss rival workers.
But I think that they scrimmage their
men to much That seems to be the
case especially in the east. Notre Dame
is about done with hard scrimmaging."