The Detroit times., 1909-12-01
YOsI WORTH MORE
THAN CONFERENCE
Z TO MICHIGAN
That Is the Decision OF the Board of
Control Which Has Ratified Two
Year Contract With the
Famous Coach.
Expose OF Plan OF Jealous Faculty
Members by Last Saturdays Times
Put the Issue Plainly.
BY PAUL 4. eRusKE.

That the University Of Michigan
cares more about retaining her too'
ball coach, Fielding III. lost, than er
does for the resumption of athlcl
relations with her historic rivals
Wisconsin and Chicago and the visa.
az her thousands of Chicago alung
is the only construction which a,
be placed ON the fact that -hcr board
of control has. lamnst without d.e
senting voice. ratified byo-year Com
tract between the school athletic as
ISOLATION and the famous tootbaI. in-
structor ensurins his presence al
Ferry Field for that length or time
and tacitly placing the school "a
record as satisfied with its present
independent athletic status
Without caring particularly which
way the board decided, NOst had
made no effort 10 swing his trieuLs
into line and the result becomes all
the more d sweeping victory FOR him.
Opposed by a cabai in which proml
nent members OF the faculty were un.
douhtedly using their inuhenoe, the
sheer weight Of his ability and popU-
larity We're sufficient 70 complete'y
rout the opposition that was using the
conference ahiliation as its argum mr.
against his retention
Tines Expose Helped
Undoubtedly the vote Of confiGcuy
IN Yost was to large degree tlc
result OF the exposure in The Times
OF last SATURDAY OF the uuderhluG
methods which were. being employ
against him The fact that his enenl-
les were seeking 10 swing the board
to favorable attitude toward The
conference before any negotiations
were attempted With loSt. was mere
j. subteriugc 10 place me board
In position where il would then be
forced TO hire "a physical director
who should remain all season long at
the institution. taking not only Yost $
place bat that OF Football Coach Lou
McAilister as Well
The Times story was freely repro
duced by the other Detroit and Michi-
gan papers with the result that the
board was awakened 10 the true stu
alton and Nost friends who might
have been misled were enabled 20
face the issue as it really was.
In all probability the two years for
which Ycst is now bound 10 Michigan
will see most material progress
made toward the return OF Michigan's
athletic prestige.
Eat Yeas Ahead
Not for many seasons has the school
been able 20 start a year with SO many
genuine stars eligible as viii be in
line. barring accidents. next fall. The
lean years are apparently passed and
the supply OF material now in sight
leads rs ire be1ief thar vfTere wifi To
teams AT Michigan through ali this
period which viii rebound 20 the
glory of the big school and the graft
fication of her alumni and supporters,
BY the time those two years are
over conditions in the world OF west
ern COLLEGIATE athletics will doubtless
have clarified 70 an extent where
systematic policy such as was in
vogue through the early years OF III,
decade now ending should be posi-
BILE for Michigan.
Nost's return and the prospects oi
Il Dig year az Michigan. both from Err
standpoint of success on the field and
financial prosperity mean much 90
the state uniyersitys athletic equip
mcnt The mostd irect effect viii un-
doubtedly be the construction OH
Ferry Field OF the club house which
has so long been the desire OF her
graduate directors Now the. field lacks
little else in the way of training facil-
iticS With the addition Of a dress
ing room for the members OF the foot
ball baseball and track teams, hr
plant will be virtually complete
Will Bring the Stars.
That Yosts retention vii also have
material value In bringing 10 Mich
iCan the star performers Of many
scholastic cleyens rs also certain
As for the conference. ~ can con.
tinue 10 do the worrying. for.if needs
Michigan for more than Michigan
needs the conference The years IL
absence have resulted in the fostering
OF new ties and II is doubtful II evcn
Chicago could nor attract a NOR en-
thusiastic crowd of spectators 10 Fer
~ Field, than Pennsylvania
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