The Detroit times., 1911-11-24
SATURDAY is THE LAST
Big DAY FOR FOOTBALL
EASTERN WESTERN FIGHT
Yale Harvard and Army-Navy
Contests Are the Biggest
In the East.
MICHIGAN AT NEBRASKA.
Intense School Rivalry Raises
Interest in the Cowboy
Indian Contest Here.
BY RALPH L. YoNKER.

Last big day Of football tomorrow.
The gridiron sport which has held
the attention OF college and high
school fans for the past two months.
has the last big day Of its 1911 run
tomorrow.
The big contests of the day are the
Yale-Harvard game at Cambridge and
the Army-Navy game at Philadelphia-
In the west, Chicago and Wisconsin
battle at Chicago, and Michigan plays
what Is supposed TO be merely an ex-
hibition game with Nebraska at Lin
coin. In Detroit, the astern-Western
game is the big event.
None OF the games OF the day has
any bearing on the championship
question, except that II Chicago should
surprise its followers and win from
wisconsin, IL would have dope sheet
claim to the title In the western
conference like this: It's victory over
wisconsin would place 1t logically
over Minnesota since the Badgers
held the Gophers to tie; but to on
set this, there is the 800 defeat at
the hands OF the Gophers themselves
a few weeks ago. So Chicago's chances
win. do not look very luminant.
Despite the fact that the two big
eastern contests have absolutely no
bearing on the titular honors, they
are the most important OF the season
for each of the teams In action. These
games mean to these teams what
Pennsy means to Michigan.
All the elements Of big team foot
tall-the excitement, the crowd, the
bands, the colors-all these viii be
at their best in the east. Saturday.
The annual big day for the greatest
rivals will be at hand.
Michigan was scheduled to have a
light workout in Lincoln today to
take on the effects OF the hard jour
new from Ann Arbor. Their train was
timed to arrive in the western city
at z O'Clock this morning. A morn
ing's rest, limbering up work In the
afternoon, and a good nights sleep
were calculated TO put the Wolver-
ines in the best OF condition.
Michigan will have its usual array
Of cripples on the side lines when II
faces the Cornhuskers tomorrow.
Wells, II is now almost sure, will
not be able to play at all. Pontius, so
Il is given out. may play only part
Of the game. Craig and Mcmillan are
neither In the best OF shape.
The bear stories which have been
coming from the camp OF Coach
Stiehm, followed by reports that the
varsity lie In pretty good shape. after
all, and the rating that Assistant
Coach Redden gives the Cornhuskers,
placing them above Pennsylvania,
leads the dopester to figure that they
will give Michigan hard battle.
On the other hand, IL is hard to
see how a Nebraska team can whip
the mighty men Of Yost. This mighty
men-of -Yost business Is so firmly i'm
pressed on Michigan fans, that the
Maize and Blue is expected to clean
up on everything In its path.
Nebraska may spring a surprise.
Its work against the teams IL has met
lately, indicates that II has a good
scoring machine. It's defense has
been strengthened by constant work
lately. II will be playing on its own
ground. II has everything to win and
nothing to lose. II has no overcon-
fidence. There Is no anti-climax TO
the game for the Cornhuskers. II has