The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-11-03

There II probably no authority avail
Able, aside from Fielding H. Yost him
eolf 20 well qualified to discuss the
obstaclss In the path Of development
q the University OF Michigan Of a
Wishing football team ~ Ii william
Martin Heston. the Detroit attorney.
Who contributes the following article
70 The Times sporting page.
Four years ago MT. Heston played
u Michigan the greatest game OF foot
ball in sporting annals. He Is thor
oughly acquainted with the conditions
Of former years. knows from expert
ence the sort OF material coach de-
mands for successful work. and keeps
\ An close touch with the present situa-
7 ton at Ann Arbor. where he regularly
opends an afternoon or two each
week. assisting his former mentor In
his dificult ask.--SportiEg Editor.
~ WILLIAM MARTIN hEsToN.
During the past three years 1t has
boccme quite the fashion for cynically
inclined persons to soon at University
Of Michigan football elevens and to
hint that Fielding II. Yost no longer
occupies the pre-eminent position
among the worlds football strategists
which was his In the days Of 1901
1904, through which he plotted the
Wolverines to an unbeaten record
against the leading teams Of the GEN.
Z trail west, with an occasional opponent
from the east or Pacific coast
To the average casual follower OF
football the fact that Michigan has.
\ "a the past years, been obviously less
ouccessful. decadence all along the
line, both In the grade OF material
And the astuteness Of the coaching
has been the commonly accepted ex-
3 bianatiou OF the phenomenon.
To one In close touch with the sit.
3 nation at Ann Arbor during this time,
4 however. the prevailing sentiment
must b. q mingled surprise that Mich
Iran has done as we'll as she has
the head Of her football policy which
B - simply transcendent.
YO0T HAS ACCOMPLISHED
MORE. HAS PERFORMED GREAT.
~ FEATB-HAS MORE CLEARLY
DIANPED HIMSELF THE KING OF
n kl.L FOOTBALL COACHES DURING
ExHn PAST THREE YEARS THAN
n THE FIVE THAT PRECEDED.
In developing team this year,
able to beat Vanderbilt by a
/ score of "a to E, thus placing it
Y cell in position where even the
most pessimistic must accord it
fairly good chance of defeating
Pennsylvania, Yost has accom-
Hshed his greatest Performance.
MID, Michigan succeed a week
osa Saturday, in actually de-
nting one Of the best teams that
pennsylvania has ever had, foot
Nd annals may be searched in
hin for . parallel with which to
rppare the achievements of the
Il yirginian and his men for,
far % the football experience
Ne Michigan team is concern
& stacks up against Pennsyl-
- and her tried veterans in a
which, with Yost eliminated
1ke equation, would trars-
lichigan's case from, hope
hopeless.
X61 ~ team IL one veteran play
~ ochultk--a man who truth
bto8ohtS an example OF what
hight - expected to- turn out,
a opportunity to work for
bdnsecntive years with any play
thult8'e development has been
~t4ch rear. Well fitted for the
6 which he plays. Yost has
tm6d him from a green coun-
~ who had hardly seen foot
- VI ~ his advent In college
3 tro4t44t player of HIS time
XU&T HEN F4.vORED WITH
S<|1RoNTUNITY TO WORK
xutI>Ax LENGTH OF TIME
~ US41HE TEAM. SCHULTZ
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