The Washington times., 1931-04-21
ANDERSON FIT
FOR IRISH
GRID JOB
BY CHRISTIAN CRED) eagle

BY CHRISTIAN (RED) CAGLE
Notre Dame has made a wise
choice in picking Hunk Anderson
as successor to Knute Rockne. No
one has been closer to the beloved
Rock in the past few years. and
no one knows his football ideas
any better than the man who has
been his first assistant. With
Jack Chevigny, a really great back
during his playing days. as his
helper there is no reason why the
Notre Dame teams should not go
on as we'll as they have in the
past.
The discussion is ended for the
present at least. Of course every.
one, at Notre Dame and else.
where, realizes that there will
never be another Rockne. That
would be too much to hope for,
but Hunk Anderson will carry on
the spirit of the old Man" bet.
ter than anyone else. 1t would
have been unfair, in a sense, II
anyone but Anderson we're ap-
pointed to the job.
Admired Anderson
There are a great many of
Rocknes pupils coaching around
the country at one place or an
other. Several Of them have had
marked success, and would be
good head coaches anywhere, but
Rockne thought a great deal Of
Hartley Anderson
During the past few years
when ROckne was unable to
guide the team in critical games,
the task was always delegated
to Hunk, and the job was al.
ways done well.
Jimmy Phelan, who turned out
great teams at Purdue before he
went to the Coast, was one of the
many mentioned as possible sue
CeSsor to Rockne. Harry Stuhl.
dreher, quarterback of the Four
HorSemen and coach at VillanoVG
was another Harry Mehre, Gus
Dorais, Slip Madigan and Adam
Walsh were all prominently men.
toned, but Anderson has a very
important advantage over all the
other candidates. He knows the
men playing football at Notre
Dame now.
1t would take another coach
three months or so to get &C.
quainted with his material, no
matter how well versed he might
be in the Rockne system. Ander.
son, on the other hand, can step
right out on the field and name
his men by sight. He knows the
capabilities of the SoohomoreS
and others who we're reserves last
year. He knows the plans Rock
had in mind for next fall, and
he can set about immediate ex-
ecution of them where another
man from outside Notre Dame
would have to delay and expert.
ment.
Anderson will turn out a well
drilled team next fall, make no
mistake about that. Despite
the fact that the recent Irish
teams were famous for the
backfieId aces, the linemen An
dersOn developed were a highly
capable lot.
The -Four Horsemen" would
have gone nowhere without the
Seven Mules" as Rock once
christened the 1924 line. The
same is true of the great teams
of 1929 and 1880. Metzger.
Johnny Law, Cannon. Moynihan.
Conley, Yarr, Twomey and the
rest were all direct results Of
Anderson's work.
The new Notre Dame head
coach, or Senior" coach as he
has been officially titled, was a
great guard at Notre Dame ten
years ago, when George Gipps
was playing for the Irish.
Rockne himself said Anderson
was one of the greatest linemen
he ever had. Chevigny was a
fine back. and a smart one. He
is we'll able to impart the knowl-
edge he gained under Rockne,
and between the two new
coaches, Notre Dame will be well
able to carry on" in the true
Rockne tradition.