Show Notre Dame Spirit Finally Crushed v 4 V 4 ii A rf t Wires of Condolence Flood Fload South Bend Bendt t sj-i sj f Hunk flunk Anderson Logical Successor BY DJ Paul SOUTH BEND Ind lad April 1 P aThe It- It The Spirit of Notre Dame a a. fighting spirit that never nc before tot tot- ered was crushed today oday by tragedy Y Y 1 Knute Kenneth Rockne the man il who did more In r 1 building up that that- v I s a p 1 I r i t tf ti than han anyone else was dead and the thelow blow low of or his sudden I I. I tragic loss stunned everybody It wasas wast wa-s sas s- s t- t t J as devastating as asit as v tj it t was sudden to Notre Dame and andt and top It t s seemed emed like the k rude ude in interruption l l to just a wonderful wonder wonder- j ful ul dream wonder wonder-t 1 i t A University ty leaders lead lead- 1 i ers era s students t u den t s E. E 1 tow townspeople n s people of Anderson South Bend and even the smallest bo boys s 's on the streets were grief stricken when the they realized that their Rock had hat marched on A pall pallas was as cast st across the shadows of or his achievement achievement achieve e ment flags nags flew new sadly at half halt mas mast and all aU who knew him personally per or Just by name hung their heads in sorrow As preparations were completed to say a a. solemn requiem mass for N Notre Dames Dame's immortal football leader to today today today to- to day in the Sacred Heart church on tho the campus m messages sacs of ot condolence literally poured Into the Rockne home and to the university They camo came from all corners of ot the world and from everyone who had known Rock as he was known intimately to thousands Telegraph and telephone telephone telephone tele tele- phone offices worked overtime to care for tor the messages which only served to accentuate the Importance of ot his p passing It was among the the- members of R knes kne's bo boys s 's the football players who knew and lo ed him that the crushed spirit was the most noticeable notice notice- able All of ot them were as heartbroken heartbroken heartbroken heart heart- broken today as they were jo joyous ous last las fall tall when they crushed Southern California to stretch their string o of unbroken victories to 19 straight Buto Bu But Butto But to a a. man the they mourned not so much for the loss of a great football coach as the loss of a manThis manThis man I This thing has stunned me Frank C the Little Napoleon of Rockne's 1929 and 1930 armies said as he cried outright I r was via closer to Rock than mos most any other of the bo boys s 's and per aps I feel it more more- than more than most of them To think that the man who taught me nie all tho the football in those long cessions sessions ces ses- we had in private is gono gone I dont don't want to bell believe eve it It I hope that tha God takes care of him like he took care of us He treated us like a father rather and aDd we loved him him all aU the more because e he came back to us after aHer his Illness in 1929 And what Carl Cari- said was what all the rest of ot them said in different words LOSS IRREPARABLE Wb What at effect R Rockne's passing will wll Ut have on Notre Damo football is hard hare to say Doubtless Notre Dame will find It hard to come close clore to replacing his genius never will wUl it be ablo able to replace his personality a personality personally s set t forth with wisdom sparkling humor and sportsmanship Who his Immediate successor will wili be also is 15 isa isa a I. I matter of conjecture although the logical oRical choice for tor the 1931 campaign falls to his chief assistant Heartley Hunk HunkS Anderson Most Mot football coaches have be been n signed for this year ear and the FightIng FightIng Fight In Ing Irish probably will wili recruit another another another an an- other assistant and work under a group o of coaches headed by the re redoubtable redoubtable redoubtable re- re doubtable Anderson |