The Washington herald., 1907-11-13
MICHIGAN IS READY
Wolverines Are Determined
to Win from Penn.
EAST AND WEST TO BATTLE
NOst ana His Pupils Have the sup
port of Even Their Western Rivals
i'm Game Which Means Whether
Relations Between Two Universi-
ties VIII Remain the Same.

Ann Arbor. Mich. Nov. ia few
more days. a little celebration or weep
ing. as the case may be. and the curtain
viii fall on Michigan's football season for
1907.
With The Pennsylvania game Saturday
Will end Yost's seventh year as coach of
Michigan football. and too with it will
come either recognition of Michigan by
the East or the slipping-tempOrarily, at
least-out ef sight of the Wolverines. so
far as football is concerned. If Penn
sylvania succeeds in wallopng Michigan
November Is for the second successive
time, it is extremely unlikely that a foot
ball contract will be renewed, as a fur
ther alliance would not be desirable to
either school In a statement made the
other day, Director Charles Baird in
terred that if Pennsylvania won from
Michigan this year the Wolverines would
rot have a place on the Quaker schedule
for 1908.
Ann Arbor Is ready for the greatest
game in her history Greater than the
championship struggles with Chicago.
Minnesota, and Wisconsin Of former
years will be the clash with Pennsyl-
vania's heroes, next Saturday.
East ~. West.
The struggle is an intersectional one.
and while Pennsylvania will champion the
cause Of the East, Michigan will 40 into
the game with the moral support Of all
the Western colleges-even Chicago ana
Minnesota, her bitterest rivals. praying
for a Wolverine victory for the first time
As 10 the crowd, the figures already show
that II Will be a record breaking attend
ance that files through the fourteen en-
frances 20 New Ferry Field next Satur-
day The first two days Of the seat sale
saw more than 1900 pastebourds passed
out and unless Charlie Baird is badly
mistaken. close to 5000 will witness the
game Of the year on the greatest athletic
field in America.
Michigan thinks she can win. Not that
Michigan looks at her games with distort-
ed vision, for last year Michigan knew
that she had little chance to win from
Penn as soon as Joe Curtis was declared
down and out by the fates that let him
participate in the last three minutes OF
the Yarsity-alumni game This wear il is
different. The backneld is little. If any.
stronger than last year. although Was
mund at quarter is so much better than
Workman as to make up for the loss OF
Garrcls at full back
Forwards Are Strong.
There is no comparison of the line of
the 1905 team and the one which will be
called upon to withstand the assault of
the heavy Pennsylvania backheAd. Even
if no other changes had been made, the
fact that the forwards have been boil
stored up this year by the addition OF
Rheinschilds and Schulz would be iusti-
nc9tion for the claim that the line is
fully twice as strong as last year.
Nost won't say that Michigan will win.
But he never did. even. when his elevcns
were in the habit Of going into cham
pionship struggle and rolling up from
. to 90 points. What he says is this.
Pennsylvania is strong-much stronger
than she Is given credit for being
think that ia Quakers have one of the
strongest elevens I'm the East. Despita
her defeat at the hands of the Indians.
which ! still think was largely the reslllr
OF luck breaking against her in the early
part OF the game-giving the Indians the
''F 'g't'"'HN' tIeS needed 10 make 10
impossible TO stop them except bv shoot
ing them in the foot-I think the Penn
sylVania bunch will win from Cornell a
team which, il viii be remembered. won
from Princeton We will have no easy
proposition
MaGOfiin Is COnfdent.
Capt Magoffin is more optimistic than
the coast. He is willing to run the risk
Of living on bamburgers and chop suev
the rest Of the year to bet his allowance
on Michigans chances.