The Washington herald., 1907-10-13
Line-un and summary.
WESTERNERS WANT REVENGE
Michigan Anxious 20 Retrieve De-
feat by Penn.

With three important football contests
between the East and West this fall
more than have been played before. pa
irons Of the game are wondering what the
result VIII be. Last season the much
heralded Michigan eleven proved TO be nc
match for Pennsylvania and the Carlisle
Indians had little else than a war dance
TO lower the colors Of Minnesota
Those games gave the impression that
the teams on the other side Of the Ale
ghanies were outclassed by those on this
side, but the Western coaches now be-
heve they can turn the tables and prove
their claims. Those OF the big university
elevens in the East are going into the
trays with confidence kindled by victory
The outcome viii settle the mnch-dis-
puted question OF superiority.
Pennsylvania goes 20 Ann Harbor on
November Is TO play Michigan. and on
the same day the Indians viii face Min
nesota in Minneapolis. A week later the
Indians viii be in Chicago Through
Pennsys and the Redskins battles a
good line can be drawn on the merits Of
the sectional teams.
Before those games Penn viii have met
Brown, which has games with Yale and
Harvard, and the Quakers viii also have
played Villanova, which faces Prince
ton. The Indians will have met both
Princeton and Harvard. and also have
tackled Pennsylvania. In the West, Chi
cago viii have faced Illinois and Mime
sofa, both Of which will have decided
issues With Wisconsin There viii be no
line on Michigan through the others, but
her game with Vanderbilt on November
VIII likely attest TO her strength.
Fielding H. Yost, coach Of the Wolver-
ines. has made a good report of his team.
declaring that he has a bundle Of bright
prospects with which he expects to lift
Michigan head and shoulders above the
entire country in the gridiron game.
Cheeriness has been the keynote of his
every move as he has sent his charges
into the game with his hammer-and- d-tongs
style
Several of the best players at Ann
HaTbor last year have left college. but
Yost has a wealth Of material 10 choose
from and a spirit Of revenge there this
season that has gladdened his heart
AIichiganders are determined to leave no
stone unturned in order to equip them
selves for the sectional battle.
Charles Baird. manager Of the VOL
verines, i'm speaking Of the Penn-Mich-
igan contest said:
I think it viii eclipse in point Of
interest and attendance any football
game ever played in the Middle West.
If we do not draw close to 28,009
spectators it viii be because something
has gone wrong.
"Let Michigan make a good fight all
through the season up to November 16
and the crowd VIII be there. Detroit
alone viii contribute about 5000 root
ers. judging from the sentiment hear
expressed where life Is worth the llv-
ing
I'VE have been making arrangements
TO take care Of a whOOping crowd at
Perry Field. We have seats now for
$4,000 people. We can put from 5000
TO 10000 on the ends of the field, and
I think we'll have them TO put there
On November 16, too. Our seating ca
pacity. as the field is now, Is four times
that of Bennett Park.
Speaking of the field Michigan has
to-day the finest athletic grounds in
the United States. Harvard. with her
stadium. IL pretty well fixed, but Sol |
diers Field isn't a circumstance to I
Perry Field as a whole With the /
completion Of the operations we are
making the total expenditure for per- /
manent Improvement of the field will 1
amount To $4,000 On it we have /
gridiron for practice another where 4
the old field was. and the splendid new
one. drained, levelled. sodded, sur 1
rounded by concrete wall
The association is in debt. and will /
need the help Of all the students this /
fall. The Michiganders were very
loyal during last season. discouraging
as it was. and they probably will man
fest all the more loyalty this year. I
am counting on seeing the membership
of the association grow beyond the
bounds set in our n ost prosperous days
Of other years.
Under the ruling of the conference.
The general public viii be taxed 50 for
the Penn game"