The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-11-16
SPORTING NEWS OF THE DAY. GATHERED FOR
MICF1IGANS LACK OF OLD FOOTBALL SPIRIT
THE BIG FACTOR IN OVERWF1EL MING DEFEAT

Yosts assistant coaches one evening
earlier in the week, would make a
great crew for q l3-inch gun on one OF
Uncle Sans battle ships. They'd be
so placidly impersonal and cool about
their work that they'd surely waste
mighty little powder There's no hur-
rying 'em; they're bound to take their
OWE good time for everything and
they'd shoot just as straight and be
just as deliberately IL the deck WAS
sinking under them, as they would at
target practice"
And these arc the qualities that the
Michigan eleven showed In its big
battle. There was no jumping into
plays; each man got into place with
elaboration and pushed Conscientious
ly I'LL the whistle blew. II something
went wrcng through the deliberate
nature Of their movements, they went
through with their parts just the same.
Scoring by the enemy found them
unperturbed. The boy who stood on
the burning deck, eating peanuts by
the peck had nothing on them. They
were there to finish out 70 minutes
of play and they conscientously per
formed their task. When II was over
they sponged on their brows. donned
their sweaters and went home, still
unruffled. with one or two excep-
tons.
GET MAD PLAYING FOOTBALL:
THAT WAS NOT FOR GENTLE
MEN AND SCHOLARS.
In the meantime, how about Penn?
Did those brawny athletes from the
city Of brotherly love, do their little
stunt on this plan! Not by consid-
cradle margin. THEY PLAYED HARD
FOOTBALL FROM START TO FIN
ISH AND THEIR TACTICS WERE
CONSISTENTLY AGGRESSIVE AND
BELLIGERENT. They knew what a
flying tackle was and they didn't hesl-
tate In making II. In the interference
each man put his vis-a-vis GU. OF play
whenever possible, az II he meant to
have him stay out. On the attack, the
Penn warriors jumped recklessly In.
as f II was genuine fun for them.
There was proud superiority In their
every move and. as Michigan grew
weaker under their fusillade OF rough
but usually perfectly legal play. Penn's
men gloried In their strength and
rolled up the score with their every
endeavor.
Penn undoubtedly moved faster and
thought better than Michigan. The
team knew more football and football
was natural with them, not an ac-
ouired sort Of sport
Undoubtedly Michigan would have
done better, had Ii not been for the
early disablement OF Capt. Schultz.
followed soon after by similar catas-
trophe to Right Half Allerdice.
Schultx remained In the game till near
the close, but was OF little use to his
team after the first few minutes. Aller-
dice played 1t out from start TO finish.
but his inability to forward pass. on
account OF the broken collar bone he
received when breaking up bunch OF
Pennsylvania interference prevented
his team from working its most cher.
ished plays. Penn's roughness was
what put both these men
out Of the play. On the other hand,
Of the Penn men to leave the field be-
fore the contest was over, only two
Kleinath and Capt Hollenback--did Sd
because they were lin" and the former
entered the game In q crippled condi.
ton. while the latter simply himself
out.
End runs. Of which q large percent
age were from fake kicks, formed the
~ - h.. tAo
and In most OF these Hollenback car
ricd the ball. In almost every case
ends and tackles were
blocked and the only men on the
line Of defense necessary to
De swept out OF the way by the Quaker
were the Michigan half
packs. When the runs we're made
rom q kicking position. both Allerdics
md Douglas were removed to the Sec
,ndary line Of defense, where they
we're. for the time. out OF the play.
During the few minutes In which
Schultz was himself, these plays were
Without avail. When, however. the
captain was reduced TO hop
ling. the plays went through with q
vhoop.
PENIS use OF the forward pass was
The one on which Draper
cored the first touchdown was con-
ucted with a feint which drew Oh the
defense TO the opposite side
T the field. There was nobody near
Draper when he caught the pass but
liz own interference and this bowled
vasmund over with neatness and dis
atch.
In the use Of the on-side kick, how |
yer, PENIS team-play reached It's
NIT Of perfection. Beyond . doubt,
o team that has ever played In the |
rest has reduced this variety OF the
ew game to such q science. Each !
IAN on the Penn team had definite
ask and the result found the one man |
elected to retrieve the ball, protected |
rom all sides when the probate
pherold arrived at the exact spot
cheduIed for the connection.
In both the forward passes and on
ide kicks II was noted that Penn's at
empts were at much greater angle |
han Michigan's and this plan seemed
D aid much In the success Of the tac-
les involved.
Hollenback was far and away the
tar OF the game. Draper played the
est game at the tackle position which
a