VARSITY AND FRESHMEN HOLD PRE-PURPLE GAME

With Bob Knapp and Chet Litman temporarily joining Freddy Moseley in the ranks of the football unemployed, the rest of the Varsity received an A-1 demonstration of Notre Dame football from Cliff Gallagher's very capable Freshmen. After this exhibition of the same type of play that Holy Cross will use in the Stadium on Saturday, the Jayvees were called in to polish off the Varsity's afternoon.

The Caseymen's little fracas with the first-year men was purely defensive as far as the Varsity was concerned. Using typical Rockne plays and some assorted specimens brought back by the scouts from the Crusaders' recent engagements, the Freshman outfit swung into action in a way that was quite a surprise to Casey and his aides. The Varsity coaches were unanimous in judging this year's Freshmen considerably better than the 1937 team.

During the course of the hostilities one item of note was revealed to the public eye. That was the very close contest now in progress between Frank Schumann and Bob Brookings for a permanent job at left guard. Hitherto Brookings has been ranked above Schumann, but at present it's just about neck-and-neck.

Of course, one of Casey's main worries right now is the question of injuries. The medical department reported that Moseley's condition yesterday was "very satisfactory." Knapp and Litman, although held out of contact work yesterday, are slated to start on Saturday. They are not seriously hurt. A bright line in the situation was the news that both Tommy Bilodeau and Norman Cahners will be ready for contact play tomorrow.