The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-03-25
Hurry Up" Yost
Will Get His
Ment to Work


Hurry-up Yost, the famous coach OF
Aiichigan's famous football teams. Is
now In sforgantown and Is making ar.
engagements 70 leave aboat April i for
Ann Arbor TO start up the spring prae-
itfce. Every one, from the members
of the faculty down, at Ann Arbor is
anxionsiy watching the weather,
waiting for the first signs OF spring.
Just as soon as the surplus water is
absorbed Hury-up will be notified and
he will take the first train for Ann Ar.
Dor. When he gets there ali OF the
men In the university who have played
on any Of Mfchigan,s teams, all OF
those who are eligible and who want
positions on the varsity and all the
husky looking fellows who "look
good to the rooters will be out in
force, all arrayed in their football tog.
gerry and all ready to begin training
for next fall. If Michigan puts out a
winning team next season she will
have to hustle as she has never hus.
tied before.
Yost. in one of his characteristic
attitudes, an Enlightened Wheeling
stogie in his mouth and leaning back
in a large chair buried behind the
fiaring sporting section of a New York
pink" sheet, was discovered by a
Post reporter. Although Yost is a
big man, in thu newspaper sense Of
the word and also in the physical
sense, he is never so occupied but that
he can talk, and talk entertainingly.
to his friends. So the reporter did not
hesitate TO accost him.
! 1.-THE New York World Of Sunday
said that Michigan would be the first
big one TO get It's team out In the field
and started on the work for fall.
Where did they get hold of that? Is
1t SO. What's your hurry? when'r you
ieavfng?"
Well, must leavs by the 25th OF
this month. but ! don't expect I'll leave
until April. That dispatch was prob
ably sent out from Ann Arbor. They're
hustting things up there to beat the
band. Yes! indeed, 1t certainly is cor.
rect. We've got lot of work ahead
of us, and we have to start in early to
accomplish 1t.
you see. all but two of our last
years team will not be eligible, or
one thing or another will keep them
out, SO we have got to initiate a prac.
tica1ly new team; hard job at any
time, but an extra hard one now. Be-
sides those two men hope we'll have
two others from the 1905 team, who
We're not eligible to play on last
years team, but who may play this
coming year. Altogether. then. we've
got four good men; looks kind OF hard
for Ann Arbor, doesn't it,"
The reporter did not stop to debate
this, but asked, a should think that
such large Institution as the state
university OF Michigan would have a
lot of men on the second team almost
as good as the varsity players them
selves. Why can't yon use them?"
at is seldom that man on the sec
ond team is as good as first team
man: they, always do their best, bat
they usually are not Of the same quail.
ity. a first team man, II he is reli-
able all.around player, generally
serves an apprenticeship on the scrub
team, but scrub team is seldom made
mp Of stars Besides this scrub team
is in about the same fix as the war.
sity. Only two OF three OF the men
are eligible. AS regards future ex-
pertence expect that our next team
will be almost entirely new"
Hurry-up is here at present looking
after his coal holdings IN the surround
ing territory. Until April |, or his
time OF departure, he will be travel
ing up and down the line. all over this
part of West virginia.-Morgantown
Post.