Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-09

but In Stages system of coaching he
teaches the men to think, and Eckersall
did the bold thing by running after pre-
tending he was going to kick. and succeed
ed in getting around Michigan's left end
for gain Of over twenty yards.
Yost Of University Of Michigan.
When one speaks of the successful foot
ball coaches of the day. Fielding Yost Of
the University of Michigan must not be al
lowed to be passed "Hurry-Up." as the
boys at Michigan know this popular leader
in the foot ball world at Ann Arbor, is one
Of the cleverest coaches in the country.
Again. like Stage, one finds a coach with
the highest of ideals. He instils in the
young manhood in training that Michigan
wants only that which is good In him, and
that straight foot ball and good foot ball
all the time Is what the Wolverines expect
from every man that wears the colors Of
the great university at Ann Arbor. When
Yost went to Michigan the critics said that
1t would take much to make foot ball at
the college. but before long they opened
thier eyes and took notice that the head
coach of the Wolverines was putting team
in the field that was within a short time to
draw the attention of the whole western
foot ball world to their performances upon
the gridiron.
Instead of going back, the Michigan team
has come rapidly forward until last sea-
son and the year before the scores piled
up by this most formidable aggregation Of
foot ballfstS has caused the east to gaze
in wonder at the performances. The "hur-
ry-up" is what is counting at Michigan.
They play all of the time. At the kick off
Michigan is off with a rush. and the play
is not stopped until the whistle calls time
for the close Of the half. A>slow team will
never have any chance against the team
from Ann. Arbor as long as Yost is at the
helm in foot ball at Michigan. There is
no waiting for the lineup to assemble on
the part of their opponents. Michigan is
always there. No matter where their OPP
ponents may be, If they are not in their
places Michigan goes through the line like
ton of clay. To one who has watched
several of the teams of Michigan line up
in past years it seems that Yost is indeed
marvel to produce the speed in foot
ball team coupled with the weight that
the team carries. Foot ball men like Mar
tin Heston, the halfback, and Dan Nc
Guigan. the guard are the ones whom
Yost is proud to say he coached through
their foot ball lives.
Work of Woodruff.
Ben Woodruff is one of the grand old
men of foot ball." AS strategist at Penn
sylvania, Woodruff has a fine reputation.
and the men of the Franlin Field of the
late nineties have never forgotten the
work that Woodruff was responsible for
The Quakers will ever be grateful The
guards back formation. that for time was
wonder play when the question of ground
gaining by the mass play is considered
was the product of Woodruffs brain, and
to this day in many of the colleges of the
country many plays of the sort adapted
from the original are brought from cover
every now and then. Last year we saw
Woodruff in new role. He had for years
been the real mainstay at Pennsylvania.
after the Quakers and Murphy had parted
seemingly for keeps, but later things
changed, and when Murphy went back to
Pennsylvania after somewhat long stay
with the Ellis at New Haven, woodruff
went to Carlisle.
He seemed to have been just the man
for the Indians. and before the season had
closed the methods at Pennsylvania in the
pas were cropping out on all sides of the
team of red men. One to have an idea of
tho speed developed must take a look at
the speed shown by the Indians in the
game with Georgetown last fall, when the
largest score the Blue and Gray was ever
beaten by was run up. 1t also seemed as
if some of the Yost tactics were being in
troduced in a mild hammered way
DR.. Carl Williams and Mike Murphy will
do the training at Pennsylvania this sea-
son, and Mike" as the freshmen and
seniors know him, will no doubt again, as
In the past, deliver the goods" There
can be no doubt that with two such men
as Murphy and Williams at the helm at
Pennsylvania there will be plenty of good
work by the team representing the dark
red and blue. After Murphy broke with
Pennsylvania and went to Yale in the
ninetfes. athletics at Pennsylvania went
down, there can be no denying. but later
they began to improve. Many persons
have said that If Murphy had never sew
cred his relation with the Quakers things
would have gone along in the same sue
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