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Page 10/The Battalion/Friday, December 4, 1987 Traditions (continued from page 9) 1924, when he wrote: “Outlined against a blue-gray October sky the Four Horsemen rode again. In dra matic lore they are known as famine, pestilence, destruction and death. These are only aliases. Their real names are (Harry) Stuhldreher, (Don) Miller, (Jim) Crowley and (Elmer) Layden.” A few days later, George Strickler, a student publicist, took four horses to the practice field and all four players mounted for the first time for publicity shots. Their fame spread quickly, causing jealousy among their blockers, appropriately called the Seven Mules. Rockne decided to let the team decide who was the cause of the team’s success. Of course, the Mules won the vote, 7-4. Two of the Horsemen garnered All-America honors in 1923 and three in 1924. With God as their “No. 1 Fan,” Notre Dame would seem to have all the help they need. But to bolster the troops and encourage the effort, the Irish can always look to Touch down Jesus. Touchdown Jesus is a 14-story high mosaic on the side of Notre Dame’s library. The picture depicts Jesus looking skyward with out stretched arms raised. From the sta dium, he looks as if he is standing between the goalposts signaling touchdowns and extra points. For the smaller accomplishment of just advancing the ball up the field, the Irish look to First Down Moses. First Down Moses is a bronze statue standing in front of the li brary with one hand raised and the index finger pointing skyward, ob viously to tell the “No. 1 Fan” what down it is. Most have heard of the “green an’ gold o’ the Irish.” At Notre Dame, that is in reference to the Irish’s lucky green jerseys and their golden helmets. The green jerseys originated dur ing Frank Leahy’s stint at Notre Dame. Leahy coached the Irish to a 87-11-9 record in 11 seasons. During that time, “Leahy’s lads” wore green and gold jerseys instead of the tradi tional blue and gold jerseys. After Leahy left, the Irish returned to wearing blue jerseys, until the sixth game of 1977. In that game, Coach Dan Devine’s team returned to the field after warmups wearing green jerseys and the team clobbered favored USC 49- 19. The Irish wore green the rest of the season, beat a University of Texas team led by Earl Campbell 38- 10 in the Cotton Bowl and won the national championship. The Irish’s gold helmets are sym bolic of the famed Notre Dame Ad ministration Building’s Golden Dome. The shiny dome is actually covered with a gold leaf, which is re placed periodically. The Friday night before football games, the team’s managers repaint the helmets with a special gold paint that con tains gold dust. This Saturday, yet another old Notre Dame tradition may be revita lized. That’s the tradition of having one of its players win the Heisman Trophy, which is awarded to the best collegiate football player in the na tion. Six Fighting Irish football players have won the award, including Paul Hornung and Johnny Lujack. Notre Dame wide receiver/return specialist Tim Brown, who is favored to win the trophy, will be among five fi nalists at the Downtown Athletic Club in New York City for the Heis man ceremony this weekend. basketball! YOU WANT A&&/£ BASKETBALL ? THE CADY ACrtrlg TOURNAMENT IS AT C. ROLL I g THIS WEEKEND ! C'MON Afc5, WE NEED YOU THERE 1 . IOO% / COTTON BASKETBALL AOtrlES ARE AT THE OOWERS JAMBOREE TOURNAMENT THIS WEEKEND ! THEY'LL BE AT O. R-OLLiE ON MONDAY NIG-HTf dp 1987 Givens looks forward to next year after volleyball team finishes 15-22 By Tom Mulos Reporter Texas A&M Volleyball Coach A1 Givens is more optimistic about the 1988 season than disappointed about his losing 1987 season. “We’re not disappointed,” Givens said. “There were a lot of bright spots this season that will help us for next year.” The Lady Aggies finished 15-22 overall and fourth in the Southwest Conference with a 4-6 record. The All-SWC team included three Aggies. Junior Cheri Steensma was named to the first team while sopho mores Yvonne Van Brandt and Kelli Kellen were put on the second team. “The second- and third-place teams in the conference only had two on the conference teams,” Givens said. “The coaches cannot vote for their own players so that tells you that we are respected and should be pretty good next year los ing only one player.” Steensma led the conference with a 4.05 kills aver age, was third in hitting percentage (.322) and fourth in digs average (2.92). Van Brandt was first in the con ference in both assists average (11.22) and digs average (4.08). In national rankings, she was 10th in digs and 17th in assists. Kellen ranks fourth in hitting per centage (.280), fifth in blocks aver age (1.20) and 10th in kills average at 2.94 per game. The 1986 squad graduated five se niors, four of whom were starters, so Givens was working with a rebuild ing year. “It definitely was a rebuilding year,” Givens said. “Anytime you lose that many people, you are re building. I was extremely pleased with the way the team pulled to gether toward the end of conference play. five games with the Aggies losing all five. The Aggies lost their first four conference matches, but came back to win their next four before losing to conference champion Texas in their last conference match before 930 fans at G. Rollie White Col iseum. “We really started to learn how to win during the last half of confer ence play,” Givens said. “Before, the team went into matches tentative and unsure of themselves. In the end, they really learned that they could win and do it with confiden- “At the beginning of the season, we would commit errors at the crit ical points in matches which showed our youth. Later in the season, we got more mature and wouldn’t com mit as many of those errors.” During the month of September, the team had a 5-12 record. In Octo ber, they went 6-7 and finished the season, in November, at 4-3. Prior to the last three matches, the Aggies had won six of seven. They lost the last three. Five of their matches went the full Next year, the Lady Aggies return all six starters from this season. They lose only one senior, four-year let- terman Michelle Whitwell. “With a good recruiting season and the return of Lara Rupf, who we redshirted this season, we could be the one to beat next season because everyone is losing a lot of people,” Givens said. “We could have used Lara if we needed to. But she wasn’t 100 per cent. Even when she was 90 percent, we could have used her, but we just didn’t want to risk it when we can have her for four more years.” for Comfort Pools, Tennis Court, Laundry Facilities, Shuttle Service f or you! 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