The Detroit times., 1911-11-15
TALE THAT M'MlllM IS
\ TO BE IN penn GAME IS
A BIG BOOST FOR MAIZE
gispTTT-
Quick Action Think-Tank and
Capability of Assimilating
Much Punishment
OLD STARS AN INSPIRATION
AS For This Little Tangle Goph-
ers and Badgers Are In,
Sic EN-!
OLD STARS AN INSPIRATION
az RALPH /. YoNkERs.

cheering bit OF news that has seeped
from the secretive Yost camp IN some
time. II is very important. II true
and for the love OF Mike, LET II be true
this time.
rbe CAPABILITIES OF this same McMil-
Ian have been exploited before
when Il comes to quarteroack prop
osition he is the big little Mlchlgah
hope. II for no otner reason than the
confidence he inspires in those VOL
yerines. he is the one best bet TOT
Saturday.
Much depends upon this general
lob Some have even gone so far as
TO say that everything depends on
Il. The quarterback must be thinking
every single second he is on the Held
about FOOTBALL. While some OF
these fellows may have a chance 10
give their think-tanks a rest until
they hear their 1865 called. which
tells them how far 10 go before they
stop with the ball. as the high school
girl on the sidelines doped 1t out,
the field boss has TO be on the alert
ali the time, figuring the enemys
weakness. his own strength. how the
punt.booming results for his bunch,
and umpty.steen other trivialities.
At the same time he has TO be game
To the core and take his share OF
the punishment when he is sending
the plays into action.
Now in both this dome-stnn and In
eameness, Shorty" excels. Witness
last year for both.
A.hf rhaf Craig Will ne
in the lineup is also as welcome as
the flowers in May. tra-la. introducing
a little Mikado on snowy Ferry Field,
as It were. Poutius, another cripple,
expects TO play at end again. Thomp-
son. who was somewhat bunged af-
ter fhe Cornell scrap. will. of course,
be I'M position, which looks good. On
this quartet and Stan. Wells Michigan
depends for most of the offensive
work
II yery few short DAYS of this
personal heart-to-heart coaching by
the old.timers is of any avail Michl-
gan will have the advantage of the
best of IL. with Heston. Garrells and
Weeks on the Ann Arbor campus.
Heston has a lot TO tell Thompson
about getting through the line, even
N Bottles" is about the best al that
stunt that Coach Yost has had since
Heston himself left him. Garrells will
have a bunch of information for those
ends. and they surely need it,
Johnny can get ii into the noodles OF
the wings that they must be down on
punts. and II somebody can slip IL TO
Thompson that II is up TO him to
let the ball drop where his punt-chas-
ers can be the same quarter the
ball lands Michigan may not lose at
every exchange OF punts Saturday
Weeks can give the quarterbacks
whole lot OF instruction and advice.
To repeat. II this eleventh-hour
graduate coach system is OF any def
mite value in actual. helpful knowl-
edge OF the game. Michigan has an
excellent trio of men on the job for
the purpose.
But the principal value Of these
men, as Il appears from this corner,
Is in the cheer and inspiration they
will lend the Michiganders.
The present Wolverines are not
alone in their fight 10 redeem the
showing made last Saturday. They
have the traditions of former Yost
machines back of them yet. more.
they have some of the very men who
founded many OF these traditions.
While there isn't a Michigan man
who wishes EN- any harm. there also
Is III one who Is going 10 step in and
pull the Gophers and the Badgers
apart In that little tangle that they
are mixed up in about Pickering, OF
Minnesota, especially since minnesota
threatens 20 break or athletic re-
iationship With Wisconsin II the scrap
over the. player continues much long.
er.
The Badgers say that Pickering has
PLAYED professional football and so
they simply don't want TO pit them
selves against him. you know. II
seems that the Minnesota authorities
haven't denied the charges against
pick. but they say that IL they are sus-
tained. they will be quits with Wis
consin, because they submit that II
T. rrnsportsmanlike to walt with evi-
denee TO disbar a player until a few
days before a championship game and
thus break up a winning combination
OF COURSE
III Minnesota gets tired OF the con
ference altogether and wants some oil
the old-time scraps with Michigan
which are real fights. IL may heed
Magidsohn's words OF a couple of
weeks ago about playing with teams
in It's own class.
i~ht work with some scrimmage
ON the snowy Ann Arbor field Is sched-
rle6 for today after which there will
he signal work In the gym. This pro
gram was followed out by Yost yes
terday. also the varsity lining mp
R~sinst the scrubs. Mcmillan. Craig.
Thompson and Pontius we're not al.
iov ed TO scrimmage
~ Ferry Field Is still snow-laden.
/. SATURDAY. the beautiful will be swept
n fron the field and bedding OF straw
laid on a.
TIE prospects are that the largest
crowd In years will see the game II
the weather In az all pleasant