Salt Lake Telegram | 1930-12-11 | Page 6 | Of Torrid Grid Season Again Finds Rockne Physically Ill

IND OF TORRID GRID SEASON AGAIN FINDS ROCKNE PHYSICALLY PHYS Y ILL ft f 4 4 I GREAT GREAT LEADER TAKES TOBED TO TOBED BED IS TIRED OF IT ALL Leg Infection Causing Irish Men Mentor or Great Pain Must Still Coach Former Stars for Charity By Paul Michelson Associated Press Sports ts Writer SOUTH BEND Inch Dec 11 A AI At Seated on footballs football's throne an and gazing reflectively on all the thc troT tro- tro t. T Phles and test test- k r f c t of great great- A i j 1 ness ho lie and h his i y Dame Dam e eZ Z Yi elevens ll have lle e won on i k W w K nute U Ro no o c n c e et fY t toda today ponder r olI s What hat pl Price ico tico lory r Jt D' D w What Whal price s u cr c- c r rL L cess tf r S f. f f II lie c W was 3 s ill III t IP Physically h y 5 I c a 11 and rt t. t r 4 r mentally wen weary r lf 1 and wondered if it r Jv i it wag vas worth it tired alli all aU Ho was g gM of football tired of or the plaudits oi ot i t the c crowds a and n d I j y earn earned d to c cast a. a s t tIt it all aside When tho tu- tu Rockne t mu died a after l e r yesterdays s s 's rousing receptions for forthe forthe forthe the master c coach ach and his team back from their conquest st of Southern C CalIfornia Rockne held on until he heco co could ld sa say a few ev words A to the student student student stu stu- dent body and tho the South Bend citizenry citizenry cit cit- and nd thop then stumbled to bed DOESN'T CAR CARE E ABOUT SEEING ANOTHER GAME I wonder Bonder if its it's all worth the while he mused Its Ils all got Sot me and I personally dont don't care coro when I Isee Iseo see seo another football game again Im I'm not complaining understand me rue but Im I'm a a. sick man and exhausted My legs which almost almost stopped mo me last fall CaU because of or Infection have swelled up again agai 1 and the pains arc are getting worse a and d Im I'm going to keep that date in New York Sunday Sunday Sun Sun- day and then Im I'm going to Roches Roches- tor Mimi 1 for tor a thorough overhauling overhauling over over- hauling b by the Mayo brothers fo for 01 two t or thle weeks T e iG got to do it Jt and may make some ome enemies because I have to turn turndown turndown turndown down tome omo invitations In to sp speak ak bu but If It no no one else thinks thinks' about my my health I am going to o l made a resolution not to write and not to give gUe any more mor speeches than necessary necessary this win vin- ho added I lor dont don't need tb the mone money exactly and anyway Im I'm no not going to s swap sp p r my h health for tor monG money FOUR HORSEMEN WAITING TO BE COACHED Twenty five tt e of ot his former fonner football football foot toot ball pupils including the Four Fou Horsemen of ot 1924 were on n th the pr practice field here awaiting his Instructions in instructions In- In for for forthe the charity game with the tIre New Nw w York Glants Giants professional team At New cw York while still another another an an- other banquet the annual public f football banquet was on on his sched- sched ulc ule t tonight Yesterdays Yesterday's receptions In Chicago and S South uth Bend were vere the mightiest tendered an any football team in recent memory and the mass me mc meeting In Inthe th the tho Notre Notre- Dan Dame o gymnasium was th the greatest in tho the university's history All tire the speakers except Rockne himself hin lauded tho the 1930 te team as the best Notre Kotre Dame ever had bad We W cant can't in fairness compare ou our teams Rockne said ald Ill st say this much that much that this team is one ono of the gamest weve we've ever had and one o otho or of ortho tho best It did ono one IbiS IbiS' Ig thing that tha Ill I'll JI never forget It saved tho the football football foot toot ball reputation of ot the tho cast east and south In California If It none of or us beat bett those fellows out th there re they'd probably stop pl plowing playing us Inthe in inthe inthe the belief belle that we didn't know anything anything any any- thing about th the game