The daily independent., 1937-04-20
MOLDS
2 BACAFIELDS,
ROCKNE STYLE
Strategy to Be Based On
Work Horse" Unit,
PONY Express"

.pring prac ice.
The youthful mentor OF The
Fighting Irish"-himsclf for
ncr ful.back with the undafeaCed
national championship Horsemen
If l924-has announced plans TO
develop a work horse" unit and
pony expire S" backfield.
This throwback to his playing
laws under Rockne, Layden eX-
,lains. is the resu.t of realization
Of the value of speed and decep-
ton in football ana of the neceS-
;ity for two complete backfields
o carry the ball for the Irish dur
.ng a rigorous 1887 schedule.
The work hor~e" unit Will be
composed of the heavier, slower
candidates for ti.e ball-carrylng
positions, and will start the games,
playing through the first quarter,
u the first half.
Shock Troops in Reserve
The pony express" combination
i TO be utilized in the nature OF
spot players, entering the games
when the opposition appears to be
slightly tired or when scoring
,,,,,ort,1pj'y looms
With these tactics, Layden hopes
20 pilot the Notre Dame eleven
through a success full campaign
AGAINST such opposition as Illinois,
Carnegie Tech. Army, Navy,
Northwestern, Southern Califor-
MIA, and on successive weekends-
Pit sburgh and Mime ota.
One hard day of tackling may
eliminate the lightweight back
field" Layden said, "or cause
nough damage so that we shal!
have to change our plans and our
lineup to get the most strength
possible into one backfield.'
"Eu. if the experiment works,
we'll have a better chance for &
.uCceS full season than we would
AVE with only one set Of backs"
Three Of the four members OF
hc speed quartet will weigh less
han 100 pounds and will stand
less than 5 feet 9 inches in height
Andy Pupil varsity quarterbacE
as. fall, will go to left halfback tc
replace Bob Wikc. who is being
,raduated.
PurhS TO Kick and Pass
Pupils will handle most Of the
kicking and passing for the unit
ice Ruetz. second string sigma.
caller. Will move back to guard
md Chuck O'Reilly will start at
nj position with the pony eX-
press. Nevin Bunny McCor-
mick. whose average of ST. yards
rom sCrimmage last fall topped
any back en- the squad, will start
II right ha!fback.
MaI.o CMot.S) Tonclli, Sopho-
more fuliback from Chicago, who
Weighs l85 pounds and stands {
geet. will round out the pony unit
The work horse" quarterback
will be chosen from a field which
includes Emmett Grove, Willard
Hofer. Danny Sullivan and Harold
Go.tsacker, all of them leaning
toward the husky, stocky type.
Lef. haifback appears to be 6
race between Jack Mccarthy
monogram winner last year; Bill
Koran. Max Burnell and Chucl
Borowski, none q giant, but al
! larger than the diminutive Pupils
Giant at Fullback
Right halfback duties will 60 tt
Jake KovaiSik, Emo Arbolt, o
Joe Gleason, with a poSSiblllt,
! hat Gleason, a right halfback tn
last two seasons, will be moved t.
quarter. Ed Simonich, IronWood
/ Mich, giant, appears to have IN
side track at fuliback, with %in
! 3inkowski, a sophomore, his mos
dangerous rival.
In addition to Wilke, all-WeSt
eYn haifback, other backfield loSSe
include Larry Danbom, Steve Nil
Ier and Vic WojCihovski, who play
ed prominent roles in the l93O
campaign.
The baCkfield losses are light
however, when compared will
those in the line, where Coach Jo
Boland j. faced with the glgantl
task of developing not only
Starting wall but enough reSerV
strength to carry the Irish through
the season.
Only Capt.-eleCt Joe zwers
right end, and Joe Kuharlch, rlgh
guard, are back from last year
first stringers. Capt. John Lautel
All-America guard; Bill Stein
kamper, tackle; Joe ONeill, LET
end: Fred Mundee, center; Fran
Kopczak and Art Cronin, Jr., tao
kle5. will get diplomas in June.
The caliber of the material TIL
spring is the best since Laydel
took charge of Notre Dame foot
bal in 1884 and prospects are ia
yorablc that he will be able t.
develop no5 only his two backfield
but three full teams to keep tn
Irish attack at a high tempo to