| Show Irish I Ask Return to Principles Which Made Knute Rockne Great Phelan Boland Smith Tops In N. N D. D Search By HARRY GRAYSON SOUTH BEND Feb 12 A 12 A surprising surprising surprising sur sur- number of old Notre Dame stars say they would like to see their alma mater return to the football principles of the late Knute Rockne They contend that most Rockne- Rockne trained coaches have been Inclined to get away from the basic system t that h ha a t swept the Indiana Indiana Indiana Indi Indi- ana Institution r y f to the p pigskin 0 a- a pinnacle In more rew recent recent re re- re- re w cent years asserted asserted asserted as as- Charles E. E Dorais Noire No N Notre 0 tre ire Dame teams h have a veto to me meI I looked like t those h ho o s e coached mam by y Pop Warner Gus Dorais Not enough advantage advantage advantage ad ad- vantage has been taken of the players layers speed The teams have lacked Jacked deception and flash Gus Dorais is still Mr Football as far as Notre Dame is concerned As an he threw the passes passes' lasses to Knute Rock Rockne e that revolutionized revolutionized revo- revo the game After World wart warl he served as Rockne's backfield backfield backfield back- back field coach personally supervised supervised supervised super super- the development of the Immortal immortal immortal Im im- im- im mortal George Gipp Gipp- o y For years happily ashead as ashead ashead head coach and athletic director of the University of Detroit and anda a city councilman in the motor city Dorais has no aspirations after after after aft aft- er the berth left open at Notre Dame by the resignation of Elmer Layden Just Like Clark There is no getting away from the he f fact ct that Notre Dame teams lately have stressed power more than speed and deception declares declares declares de de- clares Stanley B. B Cofall Captain outstanding back and kicker of the 1916 varsity Glenn Warner put two men on one and tried for five yards explains explains explains ex ex- ex- ex plains Cofall now a successful man nan of Cleveland Rockne faked the opposing el end elout out and when he got jot him out bf of position wham position wham Rock Hock took a chance on getting the theall ball all carrier through a quick opening opening open- open ing ng to get more block- block Ing ng Nearly every play was a potential potential potential po po- po- po touchdown Rock introduced the brush block In place of the old Indian swing block It wasn't necessary for or Notre Dame Dam blockers to leave their feet They checked an opponent opponent opponent op op- op- op just long enough to keep him out of the play and went on onto onto onto to re really get into the play Perhaps Im I'm of the old school concludes Cofall but Clark is another member olit of ol it and nd with Stanford he showed the football world what could be bedone bedone bedone done with perfect timing and nothing nothing nothing noth noth- ing more than the old Notre Dame DameT T formation Similar to Rockne There is a movement on at Notre Dame to make Joe Boland former Irish tackle and for seven years line coach under Layden head coach but many of the old- old timers consider Lawrence T. T Shaw and Ma Maurice rice Smith closer to the Rockne pattern Buck Shaw who made a name for himself at Santa Clara has rejected good offers to move elsewhere elsewhere elsewhere else else- where and Tuesday asked that his name be withdrawn from the list lisl of eligible men Big Clipper Smith would welcome welcome welcome wel wel- come the hop from Villanova to Notre Dame Jimmy Phelan is another who might like to move from Wash Wash- ington THe Notre Dame job as athletic director and head coach pays no nomore nomore nomore more than James H H. Crowley has followed closely in Rockne's footsteps but Sleepy Jim gets at For Fordham Ford Ford- dham d- d ham has a Manhattan coal busIness business business busi busI- ness and New Harry is satisfied a at Wisconsin Dr Eddie Anderson a at Iowa and Frank Leahy at Boston college Frank Thomas is well situated situated situated sit sit- at Alabama and has a paying paying pay pay- ing gas station at Tuscaloosa Want Rockne Color Those close to the Notre Dame athletic up set-up say th the good fathers would hesitate to take an alumnus out of the south because of the liberal attitude toward subsidization tion there Anybody will suit the old gradas grads grad as long as he has some degree o of Rockne's backfield imagination and ability as a drill master What the Old Blues want Is fo for Notre Dame teams to look something something some some- thing like those of the glorious days of Knute K Rockne y P H a Mfr JOE BOLAND JIMMY PHELAN CLIPPER SMITH |
