The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-10-26
BIG CHANGE IN
j. OF M. LINEUP
uAIzE AND BLUE WILL PRESENT
NEW FRONT WHEN 1T FACES
STRONG SYRACUSE TEAM
SATURDAY.

The showing of the Wolverine foot
bou team so far this season has been |
rather disappointing to the followers
% the maize and blue. The men of
yost have appeared in but three con-
tests so far, winning one and tying the
other two. The outlook for the game
with syracuse next Saturday is not
very hopeful in view of the showing
made by Michigan's braves so far. No
one knows the true condition at Mich
ipan any better than Coach Yost how
ever. and this week he has brought
about changes in the lineup which
were entirely unexpected, in hopes of
strengthening his aggregation.
Edmunds will so from left tackle to
left end, and Conlllin will be shifted
from right guard to the position left
vacant by big Bill" Benbrook will
remain in his place at left guard and
Boyle, who has been competing with
NOlt lbl NiAN Jtb ~ NNhNtA wv RiAiNN
the season opened. will remain at the
pivot position. Quinn, who started
with the varsity was then discarded
to the reserves and taken back with
the regulars Thursday, will be at right
guard with Lawton first choice and
Cornwell the Saginaw man, second
choice for the positions. Wells. who
has been playing at right tackle. will
move to right end, while Cole will fill
his tackle, which was the position he
played on the freshman team last year
and held down when Michigan was on
the defensive I'm a number of scrim-
images this season.
Pattengill and Borleske will go into
the bacSfield and, combining with
Wenner Siple. Cooper. who will be
taken from the reserves tomorrow, and
the men who have been playing in the
backheld thus far this season will
make up a double set of four backs,
which Yost believes to be imperative
under the new rules.
A Leap in the Dark.
Mitchell Will also be taken from the
scrubs while Hoff and Picard. who
have been with the regulars since the
beginning of training, are slated for
the subordinate squad.
1t is the greatest shakeup that any
Michigan team has ever experienced.
and as il comes almost at the middle
of H.. hn 10, tI.,
nature of leap i'm the dark. But Yost
Is forced to do something. The per-
formance of the Michigan team against
the Buckeyes Saturday was nothing
short Of disgusting. The men possess
ed the individual ability to wallop the
state organization in a walk. but they
did not fight, they did not pull to-
gethcr, and where they should have
won with a top heavy score, they
played to a miserable to 3 draw.
The Michigan coach expects to ac-
complish many things by this whole
sale shift. In the first place he has
bigger and stronger ends and it is
doubtful if Edmunds and Wells are
any slower than Borleske and Patten-
gill The placing of these men at ends
viii undoubtedly strengthen the ef-
ieetivoness of those Michigan attack
ing methods which are based on the
forward pass. They are also better
equipped to smash Interference and
smother plays than were the lighter
men. Their absence at the center of
the line ought not to be greatly missed,
because the players who are taking
their places certainly should be able
To repulse any attack that can be
throWn on them under the new rules.
New Men Improve.
by shifting Conklin from guard to
tackle this man will be given a bet
or opportunity to tear things open
ana show his class as a defensive
payer Cole, on the other side. has
oeeh improving within the last week
ana is physically equipped to handle
'he job with every bit as much sue
cess as Is stan" Wells.
Quinn did not show much agrees
SlFencss early in the season, but his
career on the scrubs evidently did
MN much good, because in his last
lew scrimmages against the regulars
ne fought steadily and effectively.
Boyle Is improving steadily. His
p'sslng is not all that II should be-
out ne is strong defensive player
""u inc swapping of the oval will
Vome to him If he continues to work
win the sincerity that has marked
MS Efforts so far this season.
Inc shifting of two prize men and
o'ners who look like promising ma
"'ial INTO the back field will intensity
we competition in that portion of the
yam II Is doubtful IL any OF the
"en who have been playing regular
pos'uons behind the line will be re-
"eu completely in any of the games
u'at remain on the schedule. In fact,
seems at though Yost will be able
!" use at least eight men in the back
ne'u IN every game that is to come.
'tengill and Borleslxe will be both
noIheu at quarterback and halfback
rattenglll has had some experience al
puarter, but Borleske has never tack
une position. However. both arc
"apie players and will undoubtedly
" or great value in their new places
N'"''Ner these places may finally be-