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Bowl winner WIDner over Holy Cross ex expeets expests expects peets pests to have a much better team teamthan teamthan teamthan than the 1945 squadSnuffy squadSnuffy squad squadSnuffy Snuffy Stirnweiss Stlrnwelss Stunweiss backfield coach coachat coachat coachat at North lorth Korth l\ l \ orth Carolina reports the ar arrival arrival arrival rival of halfback Justice Jnstice at Chapel ChapelnlII ChapelIUll nlII 11111 pins plus several additions that Carl CarlSnavely CarlSnavely CarlSuavely Snavely can use with mth considerable considerablepleasure considerablepleasure considerablepleasure pleasure I also received the news newsthat newsthat newsthat that Bob Neyland will mll have another anotherTennesse anotherTennesse anothelTennesse Tennesse " . ' squad that will be hard hardto hardto hardto to clean away Also that Wallace WallaceWade WallaceWade WallaceWade Wade back at Duke is busier than thanten thanten thanten ten swarms of bees getting ready readyfor readyfor readyfor for a hard campaignSouthern campaignSouthern campaign campaignSouthern Southern teams have a stiff shff spring springtrammg springtraining springtraining trammg training grind and they are busier busierthan busierthan busierthan than usual with so many Bowls to tobe tobe tobe be filled fined next pext year With Neyland Neylandand Neylandand Neylandand and Wade back they also face keen keener keener keener er competition compehhon especially especJally if 1f Frank FrankThomas FrankThomas FrankThomas Thomas at Alabama loses Gilrne Gilme G me ' " 1 \ Ro 1\0 1 0 o one can say yet what Henry HenryFrnka HenryFrnka HenryFrnka Frnka will have at Tulane but you youcan youcan youcan can gamble the Green Wave is roll rollIng rollIng rollIng Ing forward It might also be noted notedthat notedthat notedthat that no one can say yet Just lust ] ust bow how bowmany howmany howmany many good football players the thedraft thedraft thedraft draft will wJlI remove from the scene all allover allover allover over the map This Thls draft procedure procedurewill procedurewill procedurewill will wreck some teams while wlule mISS mISSmg missing missing mg ing others completelyAi completely completelyAi A Ai , my and Notre DameWe Dame DameWe We ran Into several Notre Dame Dameex Dameex Dameex ex stars who advised us to keep an aneye aneye aneye eye on Frank Leahy s 1946 squadThe squadThe squad squadThe The last two Army teams p piled piledup piledup ed edup up 108 points pomts against agamst us in 1944 and and1945 1945 A beating beatmg is one thing thmg A Amassacre Amassacre Amassacre massacre is something somethmg else But Butbrother Butbrother Butbrother brother it is going to be d fferent iferent fferentIn iferentin fferentIn In 1945 1946 Notre Dame will be fferentI there thereWIth therewith therewith I WIth what it takes This means hne line hnebackfield linebackfield linebackfield backfield power and speed'Leahy speed'Leahy speed speedTLeahy ' TLeahy 'Leahy Leahy will have both Kelly and andIello andMello andniello \Iello Iello Mello ! \ back Here are two of the thebest thebest thebest best backs Notre Votre Dame flame has known knownIn knownin knownin In years But they are only a small smallpart smallpart smallpart part of the material now on hand handCor handfor handfor Cor for sprino sprinopractice sprin sprm . , practice at South BendYou BendYou Bend BendYou You don t figure any Army push pushover pushover9 pushover9 over over9 ? I asfed awed as ed the Notre D&merCertaInly DamerCertainly Darner D&mer Dmer Damer DarnerCertainly & Certainly not But Army won t tbe tbe tbe be the Army of 1944 and 1945 Why Why'The WhyThe ' The line Ime Yes Army will hve have * or orshould orshould orshould should have the best backfield m in mfootball infootball infootball football headed by BIanchard Blanchard Blancbard Da Davis Davis Davis vis and Tucker But don t toret forget toretArmy forgetArmy foreetArmy : Army has lost a number of valuable valuablehnemen valuablelinemen valuablelinemen hnemen linemen ' end 'Ilnd Ilnd and that Army line has hasbeen hasbeen hasbeen been a big factor in their victoriesIn victories victoriesIn In the meanwhile Capt Tom TomHamilton TomHamilton TomHamilton Hamilton now on cn the job at Navy Navyfinds Navyfinds Navyfinds finds himself caught between two twofiresArmy twofiresArmy twofires fires-Army fires Army - Army and Notre Dame Tom TomHamilton TomHamilton TomHamilton Hamilton is not only one of ot the best bestcoaches bestcoaches bestcoaches coaches in football but one of the thebest thebest thebest best inspirational msplrabonal leaders Hamil Hamilton Hamilton Hamilton ton has the foundation or basis for fora fora tora a hustling QusUmg 4ustlmg fighting ghtmg squad that can canmake canmake canmake make it extremely uncomfortableor uncomfortablefor uncomfortable for ( any opponent on Navy s II a scheduleIWichigan's schedule scheduleMichigan's M Michigan's Michigans Mlchzgan IWichigan's IWichigans lchzgan ' s Troubles TroublesHamilton TroublesHamilton Ham Hamilton ton was the one man who whosaved whosaved whosaved saved college football durm during : the thewar thewar thewar war At least he did dtd more tor for thecause the thecause thecause cause than any other three men I Iknow Iknow Iknow know about . One team that may mayacquire mayacquire mayacquire acquire more than Its share of draft drafttrouble drafttrouble drafttrouble trouble is Michigan Last tall fall Fritz FritzCrisler FritzCrisler FntzCnsler Crisler had bad 18 freshmen on hb his hbsquad hissquad hissquad squad 8 of whom were classed classedamong classedamong classedamong among his hJS regulars regular , The Wolver WolverInes Wolvertries WolverInes Ines tries had one of the youngest squads squadsIn In the country and for this reason reasonmay reasonmay may suffer s1Jfler heavier casualties |