Omaha daily bee., 1906-11-25

game. 49, g..
Two Of the three big games played last
Saturday were the east against the west
Carlisle against Minnesota and Michigan
against Pennsylvania, and the west came
out at the little end Of the horn West
, erners will not admit that western men
are not as big and husky as the EASTERN
ers so one of two things must be true
either the westerners were not as well
coached on the new rules or were not as
well trained. II really looked as though
the westerners had been slow in learning
the advantages to be gained from the new
rules The west was dealt two most Sc
voro blows i'm one afternoon, two such
blows as have never been administered be-
fore on athletic fields to teams which were
supposed to be the peers OF any that stood.
The Indians and Pennsylvania were sup
posed TO represent the eastern style of the
game and Michigan and Minnesota were
supposed TO represent the west. for they
were concededly the strongest teams the
west could send to the front, according to
scores made, and yet many think Chi
cago would have moro than reversed
the score on Minnesota on the week before
on a dry Geld. The Indians showed up the
Gophers in scandalous style and showed
they were not as strong as they have been
rated. OF course field goals were large
mart OF the play and largely dominated
the score, but as this branch OF the game
seems to be the main feature under the
new rules and seems to have taken, to a
large extent, the place Of the old-fashioned
touchdown, Il will have 10 be considered
in figuring on the results of the game. The
defeat of the Wolverines was all the harder
on the west because the scores were made
by the old-fashioned touohdowns, and many
were disappointed, for they thought that
even with Captain Curtis out OF the game
Michigan would be able to protect its goal
lines from the inroads OF the Quakers.
None expected the Pennsylvania team
would be able 10 march down the feld and
cross the goal line Of Yosts braves.
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Michigan was not only beaten, but the
great machine which Yost has been years
I'm building up az Ann Arbor failed TO work,
and not a mRn I'm the whole machine
seemed to be able TO distinguish himself
or TO keep the machine going. All the west
pinned its faith on Johnny Garrels, for
he had been heralded as the equal Of Eek
ersalI. but he fell down woefully in the
hard battle. and Bishop seemed to be the
only Wolverine who seemed TO be able to
worry the despised Quakers. Garrels fell
far below his standard In the kicking
branch Of the game, but this was explained
away by his friends by the fact that tbs
Pennsylvania forwards sifted through the
Michigan line like water through sieve
They not only came through the line, bal
came around the ends and were upon Gar
res before he could get the ball away
No one can doubt the Michigan machine
was badly bent when both Curtis and Pat
rick were put out OF the game on the ev'
OF the contest. That the team would have
been 30 per cent stronger with these two
old reliables is not questioned. especial,
as Curtis was captain and the guiding
spirit. The Yost machine was not In Il a
any stage Of the game Tor the forwards
could not hold the lighter Pennsylvania
. line, nor could the back field gain with thu
ball when called upon Fumbles and gen
eral misplays were the order OF the day
and Il was indeed a sorry spectacle 10 SCI
the much Wanted Wolverines have TO TAX,
such a drubbing.
Eastern critics who delight IN picking al
AlI-American foot ball team and never look
ing west OF Philadelphia will now have an
excuse for not considering the west at al
In making this choice. Some ef these ex
pert writer's on the situation IN the ives
have never been west and one noted on,
came as far as Chicago for one day anS
then knew enough about the situation t,
M eastern magazines for the rest Of tn
winter The west produces some Of tn
finest foot hall material on the face OF N,
earth and Il is All nonsense 10 pick on
Au-Ameriean team without considering IN
men Of splendid physique who go 10 max
up the western teams. Just as the western
corn-fed cattle are the best TO be found oi
the face OF the earth, 80 are the western
men. with their broad ideas, which teen
OF the broad prairies which they are accus
TONED "a see. with fewer coaches thai
some OF the eastern teams. the team worl
Of some OF these teams may not be as wei
DEVELOPED as some Of the eastern teams
some of Which have as many as thiFt