The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-13
Coach Yost Comes to Visit Old
Kansas Friends.
Michigan's Famous Leader Dis
cusses Football Matters.
NO PLAN MADE FOR 1908
Says He Will Not Handle the
Tigers Next Season.
Has Received Many Offers but
Yet Undecided.

Kansas City, Dec. 13.-F. H. Yost, who
is considered by many western football
enthusiasts to be the greatest coach in
the country, was in Kansas~City yes
terday on his way to Lawrence to visit
the scene of his triumphs in the days
when he coached the Kansas university
team, and to renew his acquaintance
with his many friends there. And there
are plenty of them, for if any man was
ever popular in Lawrence, both with
the university and the town. it was F.
men who were under Yost's tutelage in
the days of the ever-victorious" team
of 1899 that are still in school. John
Algie, who played right end on this
years team, is the only one of the reg
ular '99 team stiIl there. Jenkinson was
a substitute that year. and Vincent and
Mosier played with the scrubs.
The record that Yost has made since
he commenced coaching western foot
ball teams seems to be sufficient to back
up the claims which his admirers make
for him. His first appearance in this
section was in 1898, when he came to
Lincoln and gave Nebraska a winning
team, which has not been surpassed
until the present year. In 1899 he gave
Kansas a record breaking team and did
the same thing for Leland Stanford the
following year, while the wonders which
he has accomplished at Ann ArbOr in
the last two years are we'll known to
the followers of the game. In the two
years his teams have scored !, 1874 points
to II by their opponents, altogether
averaging five points for each game
played. In 1901 the score was $50 to 0,
an average of fifty points for Michigan,
while this wear the Wolverines aver
aged IS points in all games played, new
er scoring less than 20 points in any
game, excepting Wisconsin, this year.
In speaking of his intentions for next
season, Mr.. Yost said that as yet he has
made no definite arrangements. He adj
United, however, that he had received
not a few attractive offers.
Michigan wants me another year."
! said he. but thus far l have not agreed
to stay. In addition to the Michigan
offer, 1 have received excellent induce
ments from a number of other sources. -
When asked about the rumor to the
effect that Missouri is desirous of Sc
curing his services for next season. Mr.
Yost said that no official offer had beer
made him by the Missouri management
but that be had been the recipient OF
several letters from Columbia intimat,
ing that the Tigers would like to have
him and inQuiring what sort of an in
/ ducen1ent would be necessary to bring
him to Columbia.
Il do not thing there is much proba.
bility of my assuming charge of tht
Missouri team next season. though
should like to have a try at it. I be
lieve that there is plenty of materia
I eAlCA { WAoN'@ CO0l0 OS lildQG " no WON
ders by proper DEVELOPMENT The trou
BILE with the Tigers is that they lacl
the correct ideas in regard to discipline
and training. remember their team
of '99. A better aggregation could no
have been gotten together, and the.
should have been one of the best in tn
country.
Il see that Nebraska made a grea
/ record for itself last season. but I real
ly don't believe the team was as goot
as it was thought to be here in tn
west. Taking comparative scores as
basis of my opinion, believe that Ne
braska's victory over Minnesota was il
the nature of a fiuke- The game wa
played very early in the season, whel
both teams were green, and I think tn
quality of the game put up by the Corn
huskers was exaggerated by the poo
play of Minnesota. Had the game beel
played later in the season. Nebrask;
would have had absolutely no show A
far as Nebraska's reputed ability t.
beat Michigan is concerned, that i
merely a pipe dream. The idea is to-
preposterous for consideration
| DO you think there is, any chanc
that games will be arranged between
teams of the middle west and teams o
the east2" was asked.
NO really do not The eastern col
leges will hardly consider an offer of
contest with any of the western team
now. You see. in such games. Big -Four
teams would have everything to lose am
but little to gain. However think it !