The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-10

have a championship team, because she Is too
far south. The reason is that the players can
not get into the same condition that the teams
Of the north can The men may appear In good
shape and all that, but they cannot get the
endurance that is found among the men Of the
north. It is not their fault; IT Is due entirely
to the climate. Thus, when the team faces
one of the western giants, they lack the endur-
ance, They may go along for the first half and
play wonderful ball, but in the second the other
Fellows come back just as strong while our.
boys have not the endurance to Withstand the
strain 1t takes the vigorous climates of the
north to turn out championship teams.
Speaking of the chances of Illinois this season,
Mr.. HUFF said: -
we Will have. one of the best teams in the
history of the institution. All of old stars
are back and we have enough. new and heavy
men to draw from to fill out very strong team.
think Illinois will make better showing than
ever before, but yous must count on Michigan
being near the top again. They have Il great
team over there, and the substitute eleven last
season was not far behind the regular In play.
ing ability. That is where Michigan will get
her strength this season. Wisconsin, also, will
Hurry Up Yost blew. into Detroit last week
and stopped Off at the Metropoe,: zen route to Ann
Arbor. feeling of satisfaction or over
confidence Is what Coach Yost will seek to
avoid at the very outset, .:,~
What we did last year won't help to win
games this year. he said, land the boys have
got to get out and work if they want to play
football. That was great aggregation we had
last season, and hope to bring the new team
better; and we may be much worse. The
schedule Is of the hardest Michigan ever
had, and some work must be done if we are to
make good showing" 80 * -
Twenty-Five of the men were ordered to
report at Whitmore lake last Monday for pre-
limnary training. The men holding from
last year will not be called upon until week
later. when team practice will begin at the
university. Coach Yost will follow his usual
tactics, getting the men we'll hardened by such
exercises running and falling the ball,
before lining them up for the bruising scrim-
images. , This plan, he says, greatly lessons the
danger of injuries. - -, e. --a ,.,.
Six and possibly of last years eleven
will form the nucleus OF the Michigan team.
Snow, Shorts, Redden, White and Wilson will
be missing and Center Gregory is In doubt.
Coach Yost has not had an opportunity to size
up the new material, but so far as he has heard
believes the outlook is encouraging. Forest and
johnson, both substitute tackles last year, are
expected back, with good prospects of making
the varsity this year. Reddner, substitute half
back and end and JONES'. substitute fullback,
also expected to return, and may fill vacan-
cies the team Lawrence, who comes to the
university from the Ypsilanti high school, is con-
sidered very promising and may succeed
Wilson as guard = =
Coach Yost says he'll not have any one who
isn't fast, and that the men who expect to make
the team must jump in and play football from
the start. He has little to say about the style
Of play to be pursued this Year, but claims to
have few stunts up his sleeve; just enough to
keep them guessing. There are just three weeks
in which to get in shape for the opening game
with Albion, Sept. g. 49, -|-s