The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-10-25
MICHIGAN TRAINS
At DINNER TABLE
Yost Has Great Team This
Year According to Dope
Artists

Ever see Michigan pla football?"
asked the man who had Just come
New York sport writer. we'll. you
ought to see that crowd Yost's got at
Ann Arbor Just left that place and
saw 'em there. Want to hear about
'em?"
Upon being assured by his armchair
neighbors OF the hotel lobby that they
did want to hear about 'e,n," he
passed cigars and began.
II first got OF to that Teller Yost's
methods at dinner. My nephew's o
the squad, and I sat next to him. I'd
hate to have to feed that crowd. But
there vas something else that I'M
pressed me. l missed the salt and
asked by nephew for it.
=, .Awf1liy sorry. but you can't have
salt cellars playing left end for the
coach In the formation he's explaining
now
II looked down the table and there
was Yost reaching for every movable
thing on the table top. placing and re-
placing all deity and swiftly. Toward
him heads were craned. My nephew
nudged me.
Replaces the Salt Cellar.
Watch he said. The salt is about
to receive a forward pass from the
sugar bowl. However. take the Wor-
cestershire that was laid out in
the last scrimmage. That will do you
to replace the salt, so that a goal can
be kicked
Can you beat it tina Yost has got
'em eating %football?"
The angle Of the cigars indicated
interest.
"How's the material out there?"
came from a voice that used to call
01pn0Vc fnr 1Yn ~Vy4
'Great!' was h answer. BEST in
years. my nephew tells me. They
ought to sweep the west like Yost's old
teams used to do. The squad will not
be particularly strong in players who
have Won their letters, but it's the
new stuff! They're many and they're
good.
Last year Yost Used 119 formations.
During the summer he thought of
557 more 1t looks as though this
years eleven would be the ideal one
to operate the Yost system of football.
with a lot of good kickers, a strong
line, some men who can pass the ball
rar n accurately. and a wealth of
speed. While there will be no n man
SO large as Benbrook the team as a
whole probably will average several
pounds more to the man than that Of
last fall.
Men Are of Small Build.
One thing that probably will inn
press everybody who sees the Michi-
a eleven this fall is that the men
VIII appear to he all about the same
size. Instead of a guard or two six
feet. six inches tall and a quarterback
about five feet fiat. with a difference
IN weight of some 100 pounds, there
Will be eleven men whose height hard
~ will vary five inches and whose
variation from IFS pounds In weight
Will not be more than about twenty-
hve pounds. Present indications point
to an eleven that will average about
17s or so.
With all the speed that the team
ought to have Yost will be able to use
a lot Of his own special plays. Teams
that he can't outrun he can outwit.
n II he finds any that can both trav.
Ell n think as fast as the Michigan
punch he ought to be able to beat II
down by strength. There is bound to
he a lot of open football, kicking, for
ward passing and the like. but at the
same time. with the sort of a line that
is shaping itself. Michigan by no
means Will be confined to the fancy
stunts. The quick opening play ought
70 De made to order for such an array
jobs" "e y
You certainly have them down
rather pat" commented the other
listener. late of Princeton.
MY nephew. 0 see. explained
everything" was the smiling answer
as he took leave of them.
"Nephew--rot!" suddenly exclaimed
the Harvard man. II saw that back
OF his seven years ago racing down
Ferry field. Ann Arbor, with three
Chicago backs in pursuit Can't think
OF his name to save me-"