The Detroit times., 1908-11-11
FED FOR THE DETROIT TIMES
FlJMBLED PUNT WILL DECIDE
MICHIGAN=PENN CONTEST

F., chance TO demonstrate the Quaker
eleven's ability as worlds champion
this year, the dopists are hard put 10
II TO figure out how In the world the
advance information regarding the
pair can possibly be read 10 figure out
winner.
N, as now seems likely, the teams
are practically even in ability on de-
Tense and attack, the element OF base
ball luck 10 likely to decide which
team 10 to be returned the winner.
Most probably this will take the
form Of a fumbled ball and this FUN
BILE 10 considerably more likely TO &C.
cur on the handling OF a kick than In
any other play.
IN OTHER WORDS, THE TEAM
WHICH SHOWS BEST THE ABlLr
ITY TO HOLD THE BALL is GOING
TO BE THE WINNER OF THE BIG
GEST- INTER-SEGffoNAt GAME OF
THE YEAR.
In all probability the ball will be In
the air good share OF the 70 minutes
OF play at Ann Arbor Saturday. Hol-
lenback and Allerdice stack up about
evenly on the punting stun. Each
one will average right round 40 yards
In every attempt and both are re-
markably sure at getting their boots
away. SO the possibility OF blocked
kick Is extremely remote.
In the backfield Wasmund and
Douglas will do the retrieving for
Michigan, and Hollenback and Klein
ath for Penn. In running back kicks
IL is hard To dope out reasonable
argument why either OF these pairs
should exceed the other in running the
ball back.
From each goal line, reaching out
into the field for 20 yards 10 a zone
In which, for the attacking team to
obtain possession Of the ball will mean
a trial for field goal with excellent
prospects for success, whether the
kicker be Ailerdlce OF Michigan or
Means Of Pennsylvania.
In all probability. four out OF five
OF the punts will soar into the terri
tory In which tumble. retrieved by
the attacking side, will make this try
for goal possible WHICH WILL BE
THE GUILTY SIDE?
One mis-handled punt last year gave
Penn the ball In immediate proximity
TO the goal line and resulted in the
only score OF the whole game. Will
history repeat
Nof IF YosT CAN HELP IT. AT
ANY RATE.
Half of Michigan's practice time,
Yost has kept his retrievers at work.
Allerdice punting with a sub-center
swapping the ball. and Wasmund.
Douglas and Green forming interior
ence and running the ball back. Often
the practice includes work for the
Michigan ends who go tearing down
the field In the effort to maneuver
the catcher into tackling position The
Michigan coach has spared no pains
to keep his punt-handIers as we'll
practieed az a set OF bis-Ieasue out.
fielders. Whether or not the perfec-
ton they have shown in practice and
in the early games will be repeated
I In the big contest toward which all
this preparation has been directed re-
mains, OF course. to be seen.
But how about Penn? Kleinath is
considered the best handler OF foot
ball in the east. Hollenback Is right
In his class. With these two men
back, there is every bit as much
ground for belief that kicks will be
handled clearly, as exists in the Mich
igan camp. Penn has done more
fumbling OF kicks than Michigan in
her early games. but this has no doubt
been occasioned very largely by the
fact that, in several OF the games, no.
tably the Lafayette combat. Kleinath
has been out OF 1t. Whether or not
the basketball star has lost any OF his
unerring Judgment Is one question
that can only be answered by the re-
suit on Saturday.
Could one credit the natural dedue.
ton that neither side will tumble, the
whole problem might be differently
construed. Such game, In the new
football where the ball 10 soaring