Los Angeles herald., 1909-11-03
MICHIGAN TEAM
MAY COME WEST
PLAN BIG FOOTBALL GAME FOR
NEW YEARS
LOCAL ALUMNI BACK PROJECT
FOR JANUARY I
Ann Eleven Expected to Play Another
Big Eastern Eleven at Pasa-
dena on New Years
Day Fete
BY CHARLES JERNEGAN

Every effort is being made by the
Ann Arbor Alumni association OF Les.
Angeles to bring together the Michi-
gan football eleven, the pride of Coach
Yost, and some worthy opponents,
preferable Princeton, Harvard. Cornell
or the Carlisle Indians, in a champion
! ship game to be played New Years
day at the Tournament OF Roses at
! Pasadena.
When the easterner reads OF Cali
| fornia he associates the balmy winter
months with one big event-Pasadena'
Tournament of Roses, but II Is Pasa-
dena in name only, for the entire
south contributes to make II one of
the big attractions of the season.
Many plan their winter trip 20 the
Golden State SO as to include the tour
nament.
In past years chariot races, a big
! floral parade with various other at
/ fractions have constituted the New
. Years day program at the Grown City.
/ No one for years thought of making 1t
the occasion of a championship con-
! test of either football, baseball or any
other outdoor sport.
This season Angel city football fans
stand an excellent chance of seeing one
of the two best football teams of the
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eleven, employ all the intricate end
runs, forward passes, trick and screen
plays, which they have been practlcing
during the entire Season under the ex-
pert training OF Coach Yost, the Amer
lean exponent of scientific football.
Correspondence has been begun by
the Ann Arbor Alumni association
with their alma mater, and but two
things stand In the way of bringing
the crack Michigan team TO the coast.
| One is the consent of the faculty and
the other is the possibility that an
other football game has already been
arranged for January l. The latter
| possibility Is extremely improbable,
and it is believed that the consent of
the faculty may be readily obtained.
Alumni Is Active
At a meeting of the Michigan aluRi-
MI held yesterday at the California
club, the matter was thoroughly dis
cussed and was pronounced entirely
feasible. Letters have been sent to
! Princeton university and n reply Is ex-
pected before long. Should the tiger
of Princeton not condescend to uncurl
his mighty tail and venture from his
lair efforts win be made to induce eith-
er Harvard or Cornell to take up the
gauntlet. Should these two institu-
tions fail the Carlisle Indians will be
challenged, as Yost VIII not pit MS
team against an opponent who has an
excellent chance of bringing the Beay-
ers into camp.
Judge ]. w. Mckinley and Norman
Sterry were present, the latter repre-
senting the Pacific Electric railroad,
while Judge Mckinley will endeavor
10 tighten the expense of bringing the
teams to the coast through the agency
of the Southern Pacific. George p.
Carey, president of the Tournament Of
Roses, and X. N. Stevens also were
present. Both heartily commended tha
proposal of the alumni association and
promised to- make the game the main
event of the day at the Crown City.
1t has even been suggested that the
heavy Stanford fifteen, now playing
the rugby game, might be induced to
become familiar enough with the
American game to give battle TO Michi-
gan. This will be taken up by Presl-
dent Loblngier of the Alumni associa-
tion on a trip to the northern part OF
the state. 1t is hardly likely, however,
that Stanford will consent to consider
the American game even for the honor
of playing Michigan, and should they
do so ii is practically impossible to
master the game in less then two
months time.
"I believe" said President Loblngier.
in speaking of the project, that 1t
will be one of the greatest contests
which California has ever w.t-->ssed
and that we shall draw r crowd OF nos
less than 2e,e-5 persons"