The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-07-26
MICHIGAN COACH
LIKES PROSPECTS
YoSt Predicts Another Sue
ceSSful Season for Michi-
gan on Gridiron.

PTTTSBURG. Pa July 25-That big
smile, distinctive Of the man, and IA
nous wherever football is known-in
short. Fielding II. Yost. coach of the
University OF Michigan eleven, was in
Pittsburg last week.
And with him came a breath OF foot
ball, although Baseball claims not only
the center Of the stage. but the entire
prosceniUm these days. and even YOst's
visit was more baseball than a foot
ball errand, for a glimpse Of Pittsburs
was what drew him TO the Smoky City
while on his way West
Hurry Up Yost has for a nurnEer
OF years been coach Of the Michigan
gridiron squad. and has never failed TO
produce the goods in a football way
His name is synonymous with football
IN the middle West. His players are
real players; his teams are real foot
ball teams. and, while his material IS
not always something to boast Of, he
manages to we'll into shape each sea-
son a fair combination.
Talks About Baseball.
Football? Out Of season just now.
isn't It? Don't know much about It."
Yost gave terse. to-the-pOint answers
TO the question that is eternaIly fired
at him wherever he goes: What are
the football prospects?'
Hurry Up Is a native Of West Vir-
ginia and is ever loyal TO Pittsburg in
the National League. He IS pulling for
Detroit in the American League. and
stoutly contends that ''Hughey'' Jen-
nings' crew Will repeat in the flag
race.
But the cony ersation could not be
sidetraclIed from football, and the big
coach found himself discussing the all
important subject before he was aware
of It. Optimism was the keynote OF his
remarks. He predicted another success
full season in the football world and
could see nothing but Michigan In the
Middle West as a gridiron power. de-
spite the fact that a number OF the
Wolverines star players were lost by
graduation.
Gets Line on Material
Cant say much about the situation
at Michigan, except that we Will have
another good team" he said ''AbsO-
lutely no doubt about 1t. We held a
short spring practice this year with a
view to getting something Of a line, on
next year $ material lou htAV" We AAaA
no freshman team last year and it will
be a pretty hard job to secure likely
timber from the first year ranks. OF
course, Michigan will again be out of
the Western conference and will paddle
its own canoe.
Manager Baird has scheduled a num-
Der of hard games and have no doubt
that we Will have our hands fun all
the time. We lost several good players.
but I think that we will be able to de-
velop men to take their places Schultz,
our great center. VIII be captain Of the
team, and 1 am putting Il great deal OF
confidence in bin.
As a general thing think the season
Of 1898 viii be most successful one.
The coaches ami players are now more
familiar with the new rules after a try
out Of two years and / look for some
remarkably fast work on the field this
fail II is impossible 10 say much about
the Eastern teams just now. for it's
pretty early To be talking football. The
fact that Michigan is invading the East
more and more each year Will tend in a
measure to decide the superiority OF
teams in the two sections, although our
team will not meet Chicago and the
other conference teams"