Notre Dame Scholastic Football Review - 1915

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VOL. XLIX. NOTRE DAME, INDIANA, DECEMBER II, 191 = No., 14.
The Team.
BY EUGENE MCBRIDE.
"THE season is o'er and the Team home once more
From fields where they've fought and they've won
And they've all crept away in the old modest way.
To talk o'er the deeds they have done.
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No thund'rous applause, or def'ning hurrah's They strove with the best in the South andthe West,
Were waiting them when they returned. In the East they repaid an old score. .\ , .-
In modest affright, they came in- the night, In manner so true, the old Gold and Blue. . ^
. And shrank from the praise they had earned. They raised to the prestige of yore. . '
And it oughtn't to count—these scores that they mount
Or yet that they lost but one game—
The one thing that ought, is the fact that they fought
To the finish for old Notre Dame.
Well, we didn't turn out "with deafening shout" . But we'll bet our hand that they understand.
As the newspapers usu'Uy quotes. As they grasp ev'ry loyal old palm;
We came to them then, and chuckled:—"Well, men I Each yell that we raise is a paen of praise,
And then something rose in our throats. ' And ev'ry hand-clasp is a psalm.
For 'twould be the same, if they'd lost every game.
If never a laurel they'd won.
Their Mother at home would smile from her Dome,
On the deeds of .each warrior son. '
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weight and enthusiasm in the small of his back.
The Varsity of Other Days. The other team, meantime was concentrating
such weight and retaliatory zeal as it could
The tired old world moves on apace, and the muster in the pit of his stomach.
wand of progress rests with the same easy Sometimes the opposing line gave way. More
familiarity upon the sturdy shoulder of the frequently, however, it was the sandwiched
football hero, as it does upon the motor car, centers' spine or diaphragm that yielded. Notre
the aeroplane and the telephone. All former Dame was much given to annual contests
models are giving way to new and better with the Physicians and Surgeons of Rush
ones. Notre Dame's football history is a Medical. The score always went democratic,
chronicle of glorious achievement, yet there so the only purpose the Irishmen must have
are those little details that compel a smile had in engaging their easily vanquished foes,
that often trespasses upon the expansion was ready medical talent when a center was
allotted to a broad grin. Imagine, if you can, ground to atoms between the upper and nether
the Michigan team of 1915 giving Notre Dame millstones of "rush" aggression.
a few minutes of preliminary practice before Harry Jewett, considered the fastest man
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staging the regular clash. You smile broadly, on the team, retained in after life, his pre
no doubt, and with excellent reason. Yet dilection for things speedy, and is at present
that is what the JMichigan Varsity of 'S6 had the head of the organization that manufactures
to do before Notre Dame's neoph}i:e eleven Paige - Detroit Motor Cars. Notre Dame's
felt that it knew enough about the game to Eighty-Eight team defeated all opponents that
proceed with the contest. After watching the year in a style of football that combined every
visitors play a few minutes, the local lads thing from rugby through to a clinical demon
began to have certain inklings appertaining stration of the survival of the fittest. Melady
thereto, and the battle that ensued with the says that the game is gentler now than then.
Gold and Blue's volunteer eleven, although a He points out that it is even considered bad
one-sided win for Michigan, was a good showing form nowadays for more than seven men to
for the local's extemporaneous endeavor. stand on a prostrate player at one time. But
B}' 1888 the game had taken root here, and in the good old golden era, no football star
was in flourishing condition. An Omaha paper ever felt comfortable enmeshed in the mixing
recently ran a picture of the Varsity eleven unless he was under three times as many,
that battled for Notre Dame's athletic prestige or standing on the crest of a pile of sardined
almost thirty years ago. Gene Melady, now combatants ten feet high.
a well-known business man of Omaha, played vSkill no doubt had something to ^do with
tackle on what was then significantly designated the triumphs of the eighties and -nineties.
as the "rush" line, and his reminiscences will, But skill was never permitted to sneak into
no doubt, arouse a train of memories in the the limelight along with weight, blood-thirstiness
minds of many a Notre Dame alumnus. Mus and an earnest ambition to trample the opposing
taches were in fashion in those days, and the eleven deep into the torn sod. The path to a
uniform consisted of pants and jacket, almost touchdown in the old days of center rushes
as substantial in cut and texture as a present and mustached heroes, was not Jaround or
day basketball uniform. through the opponent's line. It was over it,
The flying wedge was the most approved and not by the "air route" either. The trium
style of play. Melady was the lightest man phant registrar of winning tallies marched to
on the team, weighing only 175 pounds. The victor}'' over the prostrate wishbones of the
wedge w^as a sort of compromise between line that had interfered with the oncoming
a steam roller and a 42-centimetre shell. No wedge, not wisely, but with direful results.
"overhead" game for the. Varsity of other In the absence of Joe Gargen and that dolorous
days. The principle of the old style of "rush" chant, " Holdemsonsofnotredameh-o-o-ol-d-e-m"
pla}'' was not to evade, or elude, but to over the atmosphere was otherwise rent and the
whelm and exterminate. The center was spectators made miserable, by the dull crunch
under no particular obligation to pass the ball. of breaking groans, and the occasional dull
When the spirit moved him he started through "boom" of a luckless player exploding between
himself, with the entire team concentrating its the impact of two tons of charging beef.
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The 1915 Football Season. worst defects soon began to disappear. But
summer came on quickl}'- and the warm weather
While Joe Dorais stood in the center of put an end to football when the work was
Rice Field on the afternoon of November 27th only begun.
with arms outstretched to receive a Rice punt, There was *&. lapse in the work until September,
Referee Ouigley blew one shrill blast on his and 3'et not a complete lapse, for while the
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whistle and Notre Dame's 1915 football season pla^'-ers had scattered to all parts of the country
had passed into historj'-. It is with mingled the coaches must have taken no yacation.
feelings of pride and sorrow that we come now For when Captain Fitzgerald led the 1915
to • re\dew in brief the achievements of the football squad on to Cartier Field last Septem
•L ber, Coaches Harper and Rockne were waiting
last few weeks,—sorrow because many of us
with as fine a set of plays as any team has
have experienced for the last time the sensation
ever used. But the task of finding men who
that our classmates are battling for us on the
could execute these plays still remained. Calla
gridiron; pride because our team has left
han, Culligan, Ryan and Whelan, four of last
behind it a record that is rich with real
year's freshmen who had shown great promise,
achievements.
failed to return. Larkin and
The beginning of the 1915 V'
Lathrop, monogram men who
season reaU}'- dates back to
were eligible for another year
this time last 3'-ear when we
of football, were among the
first began to realize that
missing. Only the remnant
Eichenlaub, Jones, Finegan,
of a line remained and the
Kelleher, Pliska, Duggan,
backfield situation was even
Berger, Mills and Bergman,
worse. But the men seemed
nine of the greatest men who
to realize that Notre Dame's
ever wore football shoes, had
reputation hung in the bal-
pla3''ed their last game for
aiice, and they went to work
Notre Dame. With the reali
with . a splendid spirit that
zation that these men would
was bound to bring results.
be missing, we looked for
Every man was given a
ward to the 1915 season with
chance by the coaches. No
a despair so complete that it
combination of players was
amoimted almost -to fear.
left untried.
As the winter months passed,
the situation was canvassed Three weeks of' practice
a thousand times by ever}'^ were soon over and the open
loyal supporter of • Notre ing game of the season was
Dame, and still there was at hand. The Varsit}'- faced
JESSE HARPER, COACH
no hope. ^ Then the schedule Alma with Rydzewski at
- was announced,—one of the hardest that a center, the veteran Keefe and Captain Fitz
Notre Dame team has ever faced. Our doom gerald at guards, Stephan and "Hoot" King at
seemed sealed. tackles, Elward and Baujan on the ends, /^<
No one realized the desperate situation Bergman at . quarter^ Bachman at fullback
better than Jesse Harper, the man behind and Cofall and . Malone at the halfbacks. •v.-.
Notre Dame's athletics. Harper realized that After seeing the Alma ;ganie we were con^anced
there was just one solution of the difficulty,— that our worst fears were about to be realized.
work./ Work was begun at the earliest possible Seldom has a;N.otre Dame team given such a
moment.-.Winter was scarcely oyer when the sorry' - exhibition of the great college sport.
football,squad was,called out and-turned over Alma fought every inch of-the ground, and it
to Luke Kelly, Coach of the'Hol}'-;Gross ^eyeh; was only after, ai- hard' fight 'that the regulars
who spent ttljejpastyeiar stud5ang la,W; at .Notr&.;/;:were able W.,score tiurteenvpoints/zin the first
Dame.^-Historyihas :prbyei:thate.th&^m
reported to Kelly were good men, but at that but the team, as a whole, played miserably.
time they were certainl)'- green. Kelly worked Tieonly bright spot, of the day came in the
jTke .a demon;' and. he secured results. The last quarter when Coach Harper sent his second
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backfield into the game. Phelan at quarter Westerners off 'their feet. The ball was in
and John Miller at full showed the 'form that Nebraska's territory at least two-thirds of
was to make them two of our most valuable the time; the Notre Dame backs were able to
backs. Owing to the good work of these men gain with ease. But disastrous penalties coming
the final score was 32 to o against Alma. after our best gains set the splendid work of
After the Alma game the rooters sat moodily pur backfield at. naught, and the Nebraskans
in their rooms awaiting the deluge; but Harper were able to find a weak spot in the Notre
had only begun to fight. Every weak spot in Dame defense—our inability to check the
the play had been noted in that opening game, . forward pass. Forward passes and the fine
and it was a vastly improved team that took playing of Chamberlain, Nebraska's star end,
the field against Haskell on October 9th. account for the three touchdowns scored by
Hugh O'Donnell had recovered from injuries, the Cornhuskers- After Nebraska had the
that kept him out of the Alma game and game apparently won, Notre Dame came back
replaced R3'-dzewski at center. Mclnemy with a spectacular attack which fell but one
started the game at tackle in place of King. point sh)'- of tying the score and which woidd
while Phelan went to quarter in the place of have surely turned the tide of battle had there-
Bergman, who was shifted to halfback. The been a few more minutes of play,
new combination worked so well that the After the splendid showing of the Varsity
gloom that. had hung over us against Nebraska, South Dakota
for five months was dispelled was expected to prove a rather
in less than five minutes. Has easy opponent. The Coyotes
kell presented a formidable line were, however, anything but
up, and the Indians were easy. In order to keep his
especially pointed for the Notre stars in shape for the Army
Dame game. However, they game. Harper started the South
were powerless before the Dakota ttlt with Jones, Eling
onslaughts of Cofall, Bachman and Whipple in the line and
and Bergman. O'Donnell and Miller and Malone in the back-
Stephan played brilliantly in field. The second string men
the line, and the team showed had little difficulty in checking
such vast improvement that the South Dakota offense, but
the big games of the season they were unable to score them
were no longer feared. selves. Miller's line plunging,
After the Haskell game two featured in- the first half. Be
KNUTE ROCKNE, ASST. COACH
weeks were spent in desperate tween • halves Cofall, Stephan,
efi'orts to whip the team, into shape for the Bachman and .Elward warmed up and they
Nebraska game. Scrimmage with the freshmen were shot into the fray at the start of the second
was an almost daily occurrence. Rockne worked half. Stni the Coyotes kept fighting, and the
wonders with the line during those two weeks. third quarter was almost over before the
Rydzewski. was shifted from .center, where Varsit3'''s most effective play,—the famous
O'Donnell was playing in faultless style to Cofall-to-Bergman criss-cross,—sent "Little-
tackle. There "Big Frank" played a much Dutch" over for a touchdown, the only score .
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improved game and was chosen to start against of the game. The poor form displayed in this
the Cornhuskers. El ward and Baujan developed game can undoubtedly be attributed to the
beyond the expectations of their most ardent natural reaction that was bound to follow the
admirers. Best of all, the men went into the hard Nebraska conflict.
Nebraska game knowing that it would take . The greatest factory of the year was scored
the best that was in them to win. There was at West Point on November 6th. The Army
no_ false confidence; instead there.was a grim team has come to regard the Notre Dame game
determination. as second only to the Navy game in importance
In one of the best football games ever seen and as second to none in difiSculty. This year's
in the West, Nebraska defeated. Notre Dame, renewal of the greatest of all the intersectional.
20 to 19. The defeat was a-.peculiar one. .-On classics was quite as spectacular as either of
straight football Notre Dame swept, .the the-two preceding games between the Army
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and Notre Dame. Each team had one victory greatly relieved when Miller replaced Cofall,
to its credit and each was anxious to "make but John was just as good as "the good-looking
it two out of tliree." The injury to "Ducky" demon," which is Nebraska's idea of Cofall.
Holmes, who suffered a broken leg just three Bachman, too, was in the midst of the fray,
days before the game, was a severe blow to making" many long gains. Every one of the
Notre Dame, as the veteran tackle was just twent}''-two men who were taken on the trip
rounding into shape and he Avas expected to got a chance to play and each proved himself
play a prominent part in the defense against worthy of the chance. The interference run
the West Pointers. In this case, as at all times ning in this game was splendid, as was also
throughout the season, the team showed a the generalship of Phelan and Dorais. The
marvellous abilit}'^ to overcome difficulties. ability of the linemen was well displayed when
The men placed the Army on the defensive Creighton recovered a fumble on Notre Dame's
from the very start with a smashing attack I-yard line and was unable to put the ball
that the Cadets had great difficult}' in solving. over in four attempts. We have no doubt that
Time after time the ball was advanced within Omaha fans will long remember the visit of
the Army's tliirty-yard line only to have the our team to their city.
Arm}' put up a stubborn defense that prevented The invasion of Texas formed a fitting climax'
scoring. Thrice Cofall tried to boot a goal for the season. The entire squad was taken to
from the field. Two of the kicks were partially Chicago on November 20th to see the Chicago
blocked and the third was carried wide of the Illinois game and incidentally to give the
goal-posts by the wind. The last quarter arrived Conference stars the "merry rawz." After
and a scoreless tie seemed certain. Then the the game George Hull and Michael Calnon,
Army succeeded in getting possession of the two of our most loyal supporters, were hosts
ball on Notre Dame's 48-yard line from whence to the squad at a splendid banquet at the
Oliphant, the Cadets' greatest star, attempted Hotel LaSalle. The next day Coach Harper
a place kick. The ball was aimed squarely, and twenty-three of his men, accompanied by
but the kick was just an inch short, for the Father Farley, "Hullie" and "Mike," boarded
ball struck the bar across the goal posts and the -rattler and were off for the Southland.
bounded back into the field. This narrow The team whipped the Texans so decisively
escape seemed to rouse all the fighting spirit that it seems a shame that they were not sent
in our men. Starting from their own 20-yard on down to Mexico to clean up that Republic's
line with but a few moments to play they many fighters.
covered the eight}'" yards that separated them
The Thanksgiving Day game with Texas
from tlie Army goal in just three plays. First,
University was not as easy as the score indicates.
Cofall tore around the Army's end for twenty-
The Longhorns were well prepared and put
seven yards; then Bergman hit the line for a
up a stubborn fight. However, it has
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short gain. The next pla}'' was the most sensa
become a tradition for the Notre Dame team
tional of the game. On a punt formation Cofall
to make a splendid showing at the close of the
dropped back to his own 45-yard line where
season; and the 1915 team did not violate the
he received the ball on a direct pass from O'Don-
tradition. The Eonghorns were smothered to
nell. Then he shot the ball twenty-five yards
the tune of 36 to 7, and two days later the Rice
down the field where it landed in the arms of
Institute Owls were buried under a 55 to 2
Bergman who was fairly flying down the field.
score. The entire Notre Dame team starred
Needless to say there was no one on the Army
in both games. The Fitzgerald-O'Donnell-
team who could overtake the "I^ittle Dutch
Keefe combination in the center of the line,
man" before he had registered a touchdown.
worked like a German army, while the "Irish"
Cofall kicked an easy goal, and Notre Dame ^
backs never failed to gain when a" gain was
had vanquished the Army, 7 to o.
really necessary. In the Texas-game Bergman
Mtex the Army game the Varsity was never broke into the hieadlines with a 65-yard sprint
pushed; • Greighton proved an easy victim at for a touchdown. Cofall had to be content
Omaha on November 13th, the final score with: short .gains in this game, his best effort
being. 41- to p.- The game was featured by the- being some eighty yards in three attempts.
spectacular 5 work - of Cofall and John Miller _ However, it:was;in the Rice ;gamie that '' Stan''
in the backfield. -The Creighton fans felt really surprised the natives. Rice played a
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criticised early in the season unjustly, and his but he finally recovered, and the last half of
ignoring the injury to his feelings in an effort the season he was in good shape for all the games,
to better himself in his position showed the and the write-ups showed that he was in the
character of his work and his character as a game the whole time. At Texas the papers
man. He was out to help in the making of a said the holes opened up in the center of the.
good team and he did his best. His success "Long Horns'" line were large enough to drive'
would be seen in telling over the stories of drays through, which speaks well for the center
the line gains of the past season. Charlie's of the Varsity line.
track ability helped him wonderfully in develop DUTCH BERGMAN, Halfback.
ing himself into a fullback, for he was particu Arthur Bergman stepped into the shoes of_
larly good at starting fast, and the speed he his big brother this year and came as close to
showed this season would be hard to find in filling them as anyone possibly could, and that
anothei: man of his size and weight. This is saying a great deal; for "Big Dutch" was
is Bachman's second year on the team; so our only all-Western man last year and he won
we expect big things from him next season. several games by himself. In this respect
HARRY C. BAUJAN, End. Al had little on Arthur, for more than once
The only other veteran on the team was during the course of the season, the ball was
Baujan who played end last year alternating given to him to shove over the line when an
with Mills. Harr}'' had an exceptionally good exceptionally large number of yards were
year this season, and was strong on both defense needed to put it over, and nearly ever}' time
and offense. His catching of the passes, his
speed and his tackling ability, rank him with
the best; for no team was able to make gains
around either end and some of the teams
• encountered, made this feature their main
asset; but when they tried their end running
on Notre Dame, they found good men at both
posts who could stop the onslaught as many
times as it was tried. Butch is a good running
mate for Elward; for both play the same hard,
consistent game on the defense and both are
about equal at catching passes. Butch is ver}'
fast, and he uses more than ordinar}' care in
getting himself in condition, and consequently
is never out of the game on account of injuries.
HUGH O'DONNELL, Center.
Probably the best of the new men on the
team as a regular is O'Donnell, the peppery
center who added a world of strength to the
Varsity this year. Hugh was a sub last season,
but this year he is spoken of as one of those
who starred. He not only- made the team, he
made it better by his presence, and there are
few centers anywhere who can compare with
him. Again his lack of years kept him from
being noticed, but the man he outplayed at
the Army game is heralded as one of the greatest
in the country. The inexperience of O'Donnell
on the team as a regular ought to add to his
achievement instead of detracting from it,
for he made himself a star in a short time.
At the first of the year he was impeded by
injuries, but he refused to stay out of the work,
and as a result he was hurt "time and again,
EMMETT KEEFE.
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he turned the trick. His speed made it almost be even more successful as he is practically
impossible for the opponents to get him after •sure of a regular berth next year.
he once had a fairh' clear field. His big play JOHN MILLER, Halfback.
was the criss-cross which he worked to perfection. As a substitute for Cofall it would be hard
This is his first year on the Varsity, and we to get one better than John Miller, who
cannot imagine what he will do the next two ^attracted great attention wherever he pla^^cd.
years. It looks as if even Walter Camp will At Creighton he advanced the ball over a
have to put him on the all-American team. hundred ^'•ards, and the Omaha papers gave
MERVIN J. PHELAN, Quarterback. him a big write-up, saying that when Cofall
The problem of finding a quarterback to left the game the Creighton spirits rose only
fiU "Big Dutch" Bergman's place was one that to be killed as soon as Miller was given the ball.
bothered the. coaches'for some time before the Another game'in Avhich he got a chance was
season opened; but in the first few games, the South Dakota game when he ran through
Phelan demonstrated what he could do in the • and around the Coyotes at will. He is an
Avay of handling the team, using his head, exceptional • man, but there are two others
passing, kicking, and a few other things, and on the team who- are sensations. He was on
the position was no longer in doubt. Phelan the squad last 3'-eaf and Avill make a strong
first came to prominence in Interhall where he bid for a regular place next season.
starred for St. Joseph by his kicking ability, GROVER MALONE, Halfback.
.defeating some of the best teams. His passing Another halfback who showed ability this
has been good all year, and the wa}' in which fall was Malone, who was very fast and a good
he runs the team shows that he will be a valuable ground gainer, but lost his position on the
quarterback to next 3'ear's team and that of regular team to a more experienced man. It
the years to follow. His head should make him was Malone's first year, and this fact cost him
one of the stars of the countr}^ in the near the position, for he lacked a little of that which r'
future. makes Varsity men,' and the position which
FRANK RYDZEWSKI, Tackle. at the beginning of the season seemed his
"Big Frank" graduated from the Freshman went to an older man who was showing phe
team of last year and this season held down the nomenal work. Malone is a great back and by
regular tackle position on the Varsity. At next 5''ear should make the best of them hustle
the first of the season Frank was slated for the for his position. .
center position, but O'Donnell showed up to GERALD JONES, Guard.
so great an advantage- in the early games •The presence of two star guards kept Jones
that Frank was shifted to tackle. Here he from the regular team; for there are few men
played all 3'^ear, upholding his side of the line in the country who could beat out two men
to good advantage and time and again breaking like Fitzgerald and Keefe, for -although a sub,
through the opposing line to throw the backs Jones got a few chances and showed that he
for a loss. He has a powerful buUd and his had the stuff that good linemen are made of.
inere strength alone makes him a valuable man In the South Dakota game, Jones got a chance
to the team. He has two years more to pla)'' to show what was in him, and he certainty did;
and in that time should develop into an excep for he was through the line breaking up play
tional linesman. •after pla}'" and opening wide holes for his own
ARNOLD M. MCINERNY, Tackle. " • men to plow through. He played with the
Mac is one of the biggest men who ever played •Freshmen-last ^'•ear, and this year has shown
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on a Notre Dame team, tipping the beam so such an improvement that we feel confident
far. above the 200 mark that it.makes him he will be a regular next season.
nervous to think about it. He was in nearly HoLLis. KING, Tackle.
all of the games and started some of them as •Another reserve who did his part in making
it was hard to' select between'him and Frank. the line what it was, was "Hoot" King, who
Mac is a hard worker, has almost unlimited substituted'for Stephan; the physical consti
power, and although exceptional!}'- tall, he is tution of.the latter gave "Hoot" scarcely a
a,good tackier and a hard .man to play against. chance, for Steve absolutel}^ refused to be laid
He did his share in the scoring of victories out; and as a consequence King got few chances.
during the year, and his next two 3z:ears should He started the South Dakota. game, however,
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and showed his worth to the team. "Hoot" Emmett Keefe.
was on the squad last year for the first time,
so he has another year to play. Next year he I ' HE N. D. line is mighty,'it's the source of all
should make the first team. our glee.
RAY C. WHIPPLE, End. It's the wonder of the ages, makes us happy as
Whipple was in much the same fix as the rest
can be.
of the good substitutes; for he was fresh frora-
Brings the other team to sorrow and immerses it
the first 3-ear team and had two excellent
. • in grief.
veterans to buck. He too got his big chance
Because they can do little when we've got our
in the South Dakota game, and in this game
Emmett Keefe.
displayed the ability which gave him his
monogram, although while subbing in the games For Emmett's hitting hard and low, and Emmett's
away from home he showed up well, especially everywhere;
on the defense. He is a hard tackier and keeps He's plowin' through the enemy as if no one was
fighting the whole time, so it is hard for the there;
best backs to get around him. He should The boys then give the "U. A'. D.," for Emmett's
prove a world beater next yeat. ripped a hole.
GEORGE HOLMES, Tackle. To let the backs go dancin' through, and run off
Although "Ducky" did not receive a mono to the goal.
gram this year, he deserves to be considered
Our Emmett sure is husky, but" he's modest as
with those who did receive them because he
' - a saint.
was kept from it by a broken leg, sustained in
When it comes to playin' football, you will find
the middle of the season. Ever since then he
' mg' \vhere he "ain't."
has been confined to the hospital and will
I kno;\v",rve got my life insured, .but I-don't want
not be out for another week or so... This
to die, • - "
accident cast a veil of gloom over the season
I'd rather grace the bleachers and nine rahs for
which was otherwise successful, and the, entire
; • Emmett cry:
student body offers heartfelt' sympathy, to
the man who suffered so much in fighting for his For Emmett's-here and Emmett's there,'he's always
Alma Mater. No one ever doubted "Ducky's" . :,• > • in.-the'fight:- .
football ability because he had already, won -a When N- D. wants to blast a hole, she needs no
^monogram before this year. He was a depend - dynamite.
able man always on the aggressive and a con If she'll whisper soft to Emmett we will sigh in
sistent fighter. He would have won another great relief;' • '
monogram had he not met with the. injury. For we'll know just what is comin' and we'll
Besides the monogram men there are many . keep our eyes on Keefe. . ''
others who aided in making the season a success ;. John A. 'Lemmer.
but because they were not quite as good as
Fitzgerald.
the regulars, they had to watch the games
from the sidelines. The work done by these
men is harder than that done by the regulars, , j-j E'S brought the bacon home to us.
for they go out night after night to face a team He's honored our good name.
of superiors, and the best they can hope He's made the critics all look up— :
for is a chance.to get in some gamfe for a few Captain at Notre Dame!
minutes. Their Avork is all hard work and no
He's made the all-American;
praise; so let us take this opportunity to
He's going!—'tis a shame.
express our appreciation of the sacrifices and
He's not to stay another year ^
of the real work done by the "subs" in doing
Captain at Notre Dame.
their share in building up the tearn that met
with so much success.. Those who deser:i^e
He's everything we want and need
mention are: Slackford, Franz, Yeager, Tom
While football is a game.
King, Dorais, F. Jones, Voelkers, DeGree,
He's talked of iiow- from coast to coast.
Ellis, W. Miller, Wolfe, Dickson, .Murphy,
Captain at Notre Daine!
Andrees, Hardy, Cook and Beh. D. E. Erpelding.
THE NOTRE DAME SCHOLASTIC
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The Freshman Team. ceding Saturday they had besieged Culver in their
lair on Lake. Maxinkuckce and handed them
Old Deacon Jones has done many a good the wrong end of a 35 to 6 score. On Thanks
turn for Notre Dame, but nothing in his life giving Day, while the Varsity was taking the
here becomes him quite so much as his masterly Longhorns into camp, they upheld our old
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handling of this year's youngsters. In the three prestige in Michigan territory by defeating
years that have elapsed since the three-year Detroit University School 7 to o. The last
rule went into effect, Notre Dame has been score is by no means a fair measure of the work
particularly fortunate in possessing some of done in the game. The Freshmen's splendid
the best green football timber in the land; interference and wonderful defensive work;
see Yale's interest in our last year's squad. the two brilliant runs of quarterback jMurphy
However, giving preceding teams their due, for twenty-five yards each; the dashing attack
we doubt if there was ever gathered together of the backs, Fitzpatrick, AIcDermott and
on Carticr Field at one time before, so many Miller, brought well-earned praise from the
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THE 1915 FRESHMAN SQUAD.
promising candidates for the Varsity as the Detroit papers, and anything they hand us up
aforementioned aggregation possesses. Some in that section must be true. Just before the
how or other, they didn't turn out to be final whistle Murphy heaved a forward pass
the "Horaces" and "Reginalds" that our stiff of twenty yards to Peaison who was downed
correspondent wrote of so pleasingly last on the five-3'-ard line just as time was called.
September. Even had the}^ been as bad as The work of the Freshmen would speak for
painted, a few weeks of coaching by our old itself were there no SCHOLASTIC to give it
tackle would have turned them into stars. fitting form in print, and for that reason we
The}'' played onl}'' three games, but those hesitate to chronicle their deeds, fearing to
games afforded us ample opportunity to detect give too much praise to one and not enough to
their sterling worth and to prophesy for their another member of the team. All three games
future. On October loth they descended on were played on foreign fields, so we must
the little town of Kankakee and battered St. depend on the newspaper reports of the various
Viator's to the tune of 27 to nix. On the pre- sections invaded, along with the scrimmages