The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-02-10

over comparatively insigniticanS
amount OF salary. the regents OF the
/ H-----------N University Of Mich
! SHORT igan permit keene
siGHTED Fttzpatrick TO
REGENTS! leave for Prince
AA ton. il behooveS
every voter interested IN any way IN
I the prestige OF the school aud the
physical well-bcing OF It's pup. 20
I tat an every one OF the short-sighted
administrators OF the affairs OF the
school and see 20 il that none or them
/ is. ever returned 10 the position ne
( now holds The regents might Just
as we'll make up their minds 10 meet
/ the Princeton offer for the peerless
ltrainpr right nov, they will be driven
to il a year OF two hence 10 dead
/ certainty.
It is doubtful Il any event OF the
kind al Aun Arbor would have So
Islirred the Michigan alumni as the
news that "Keene" had resigned. For
over a decade Dr.. Fitzpatrick Las
Ibeeu the bestowed man on the Mich
igau campus. old students. particular
Inv the athletic heroes OF former years,
lave invariably regarded keene As
The main link between themselves ana
the present generation or athIetes.
Men OF this type, as well as those
who have stood back OF the great VOL
VERNE athletic teams during Flt1-
patricks long residence, may De ex-
peCted 10 bring 10 bear a surprising
amount OF pressure. II. as seems
probable. matters have been allowed
Ito progress TO a stage where FItz-
patrick is bound TO leave, IL Is safe
40 saw that a campaign Will he I'M
Inediately inaugurated FOR his return.
In many ways Michigans expert
1 el.ce is ike that OF Pennsylvania
which after Nike Murphy had given
her champion after champion, decidea
mot 10 try TO meet the offer made oy
| Yale, and let Murphy go. IL WASH
mere than a month before the mis-
take was realized. A strong party
was Immediately formed which went
| to work to get Murphy back and no
uossjble effort was spared in the at
tempt which, at terms highly pleasing
TO Murphy, was finally crowned vita
success. Penn has Murphy now ana,
| IL is safe to infer. she will keep him.
Michigan will have TO learn a similar
lesson.
II is difficult for one not conversant
with the inner history OF some OF the
recent Michigan teams, TO understand
the tremendous influence which the
quiet little trainer has exerted over
his men. Campus lore includes many
an Illustration. For instance, there
Is the story of Keene's one set speech.
II was delivered in Chicago on the
dav the Yost system received its first
test at the hands OF western cham
piouship team--the University OF WIS
cousin. coached b. Phil King. IL was
the planned climax OF dramatic
series OF events which had been ar
ranged in a manner that would tend
to put the eleven Wolverines in as
near an approach TO frenzied deter
miuation as sane men could be driven.
Yost and the alumni had done their
parts and the players were suspicious
/ ly solemn. Kecne was called on and,
/ for a full minute he looked the boys
over and tried 20 tell them what he
hoped they would do. He is a game
little man and he tried that long be-
cause ne loved the BOYS and was
bound up in their success But he
couldn't utter one word and sat down
Yost hustled his men straight 10
their dressing room and Dad Gregory
tried TO put on little Boss Weeks
shoes Heston frankly INDUCED in
tears. Out on the field they rushed
ana. with the memory OF the little
tainers anxiety fresh In every mans
mind. they took the hostile kckoR
ana. in series OF PUSHES which, FOR
concerted power and celebrity have
probably never been equalled carried
the ball without tumble so yards
through the best eleven Wisconsin
ever had, to a touchdown.
Then it became an ordinary foot
ball game with neither side scoring
thereafter
Talk about your English sportsman
ship, The American colt Sir Martin.
never a real contender in the EPSON
derby OF last year. has 10 concede
King Edwards Minoru that won the
big race of the year. two pounds In
all their 1910 engagements.
And. mentioning handicapping,
there is the proposed method by
which the winner OF trotting race
OF a mile track in 2.16 remains eligi-
bic TO the 2:20 races Of the bullgings.