Evening star., 1931-04-03
ROCKNE'S FUNERAL
TO Be TOMORROW
Crowds Form at South Bend.
Guard of Honor Stands
Watch Over Body.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SOUTH BEND Ind. April 3.-Fu-
neral services for Knute Rockne will be
held tomorrow afternoon at o'clock in
Sacred Heart Church on the Notre
Dame campus. No mass will be said,
only a burial service being planned.
Arrangements were approved by Mrs
Rockne, who arrived from Florida last
night
1t was announced that the funeral
will not be open to the public. Foot ball
men, past and present and friends will
be admitted. probably by card.
The celebrant will be the Rev. Father
Michael Mulcaire. vice president Of the
University Of Notre Dame and chair
man Of the Athletic Board of Control.
Students Mass Announced.
The Rev. Father Steiner, C. S. c., will
serve as deacon and the Rev. Father
Raymond Murch, prefect Of discipline,
will serve as subdeacon.
The funeral sermon will be delivered
by the Rev. Father Charles L. ODon-
nell, c. S. c., president of Notre Dame
after which the cortege will proceed to
Highland Cemetery. which is about / u
miles northwest of South Bend and 212
miles northwest Of the university.
A solemn high requiem mass will be
held for students at am. next Thurs
day. The list of active and honorary
palbearers had not been completed.
viii Lie at Residence.
The body will lie in state at the
Rockne residence from 10 am. today
until 2 pm. tomorrow, and a guard of
honor will serve during that time. The
public will be admitted while the body
lies in state.
Efforts were being made to reach as
many as possible of the members of the
class of 1914. with which Rockne was
graduated, to ask them 10 attend the
final rites.
Just as the great master drew crowds
to the scenes of his amazing foot ball
exploits. The crowds last night gathered
about his mortal remains for one final
silent tribute.
-Four HOrsemen" Present.
The -four horsemen," heads bent low
now and hearts sore, were present. So
were the Bobs, Tommies, Jacks, Georges
Dicks, Bucks, Franks and all the rest
of the fighting Irish" who could come
on their sad Journeys.
Bonnie" his widow, fatigued after
her long journey from Florida to South
Bend which started Monday and ended
last night, rested with her grief.
Mrs Rockne and her four children
bore up under the strain reasonably
well. She was still shocked but like her
famous husband. she refused to give in
She intends to be brave until the last
Notre Dame and South Bend were
stepped in sadness, but through it all
was the spirit of Rockne, of carry on"
Heads were low, and many Of the early
arrivals. advised that they could do
nothing to help, huddled in corridors
Of hotels or in rooms, puncturing the
silence with anecdotes of the immortal
coach, whose crushed lifeless body
rested in casket, heavily banked with
flowers, in modest funeral home Just
around the corner.
Guard Watches Body.
The guard of honor stood watch over
their dead leaders body last night at
yesterday the guard, in pairs Of two, all
members of the Notre Dame Monogram
Club, started their watch. The first
two watchers were two of Rockne's
greatest stars Of the undefeated 192a-3o
teams, Frank Carideo and Marchmont
Schwartz.
This was the order Of their watch:
TO pm-sehwartz and Carideo.
TO p.m.-Al Culver and Joe Lauerman
to 9 p,m.-Ed Hesky and and Al SaeI Howard. SHeN
10 II p.m:-Carl cronin and Charles Palt
II pm to ! am, today-Alex Wilson
! am: 70 am. todsy-oen. Hovery and
. to sa.m,-Clsrsnce Donovan and Larry
to a.m.-winism Jones and Ed Enge-
I to Q a.m.-culver and Art Bradley
The guard will follow through the
watch on that time schedule until the
body is lowered into the grave.
Thousands Mourn.
Among the thousands who were in
South Bend or on their way were off,
cials of the United States Army and
Navy and foot ball coaches from East,
West, North and South, such as Jim
mie Phelan Of Washington. Charles
Chick" Meehan CT New York Univer-
sity, Judge Walter Steffen of Carnegie
Tech, all the coaches OF the Big Ten"
Conference and Big Ten" Athletic
Commissioner John L. Grifith.
Flags few at half mast in South
Bend and all meetings of clubs set for
yesterday or today were called of. BY
resolution of the council, all business
will be suspended tomorrow.
WILL BE MADE KNIGHT.