The Detroit times., 1912-10-19
WOLVERINES
JOBS HANG ON
TODAY'S WORK
Lineup Of Team in Future
Games May Be Settled
Today
MICHIGAN'S OPPONENTS
LOOK WEAK ON RESULTS
Pennsy, Syracuse and Cornell
Have Lost Games in
the East

ANN ARBOR, Mich, Oct. 19.--
Decial)-Upon the showing which
certain young men make on the Ohio
State gridiron today depends In large
measure the makeup OF the Wolver-
Inc football team for the remainder
OF the senson
When Coach Yost gathered his 23
regulars together yesterday and cart
| ed them down to the Ohio city, he
had not made up his mind Just how
these same players would line up
when Michigan stacks up against
Syracuse. Cornell, South Dakota and
?ennsy. He took all OF the eligibles
!, along for the express purpose OF see
ing as many OF them In action as pos
sib!e, and II Ohio State doesn't prove
too tough q nut to crack II Is alto
Sether probable that Coach Yost will
keeD himself busy sending Id substL
I tutes.
* advance reports may be relied
upon the scarlet and gray team ought
| TO furnish the Wolverines opposition
OF such a strenuous nature as to give
Yost a pretty good idea OF just who
will not do for permanent berths. and
II is probable that after this game
| he will be able to tell pretty accur-
ately which members OF his squad
will secure berths on the eleven.
! Nc,ther the Case nor the NJ. A. G.
game proved real tests, as both
should have been easier to win than
! they We're. nj. A. G. should never
have scored. and wouldn't have done
so IL the Wolverines had displayed
one-half the spirit in the first half
that they showed In the second As
consequence Yost has yet to see his
mep under fire. but he expected to
see II today. and upon their manner
OF meeting the test will depend their
chances of permanent berths.
While the Wolverines have not as
yet developed into the smoothly-run.
ming machine which Yost has hoped
for, none OF their eastern opponents
have shown anything calculated TO
throw a scare into the Michigan
! CAMP. Syracuse has had two lick
inSs, cue from Yale and the other
from the Indians. Both OF them were
decisive, and In the case Of Yale very
few OF the regular blue team were
used. Second and third string men
made up the team, so II Ia evident
! that Michigan has not a great deaf
! to fear from the Methodists.
! Pennsylvania has won one and lost
one OF her Saturday games, defeat
| ing Dickinson. by a score OF 16 to 0,
and being trimmed by Swathmore, by
a score OF 6 to 3.
! Cornell has likewise proved a great
disappointment to the coaches, win
mir. one and losing one game, The
Red team won from New York State
college. but the little fellows scored
on the team representing the big in
stitntion, and Oberlin. which Is in the
same class as Case. defeated Cornell.
13 to 0. From this showing Michi-
gan will not have to improve a whole
| lot to be able to win her eastern
game, and II the eleven continues to
| pick up as IL has in the past ten
days the victories ought to be deci
five ones
South Dakota, which will come to
Ann Arbor with the prestige gained
by victory over Minnesota, must
not be rated too highly, az the Min
nesota team which the westerners
defeated was not by any means the
team which Michigan defeated in
their last encounter on Ferry Field.
Coach Williams didn't have enough
| veterans this year to make good
start, and the South Dakota team,
with two weeks start on the Goph-
! ers and a veteran team, had easy
sailing.
Michigan ought to win from the
westerners without extending her.
self, and II would not be at all sur
| prising II the score would be lop-
sided one. Altogether the prospect
of winning team this season is not
at all bad, in spite OF the fact that
Coach Yost can't make up his mind.
which combination OF players Is the