The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-10-28
Old Horse Dope Gets Fractions
and Kicks Things All
to Pieces
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
BLOW WAS THE WORST
All Sugar. Coated Alibies Are
Spurned by the Yost-
men

By RALPH L. YONKER. -
Football fans are just recovering
from the series OF shocks they re-
ceived as they glanced over the re-
suits OF Saturdays games.
Old Horse Dope II still the flssiest
old driver we Enow. Just when he
acted as II he were going to behave
this fall he kicks over the traces and
snashes the dashboard OF our line
on-theteams" rig ali to smithereens.
The worst blow he delivered was
that Michigan only 7-Syracuse all
of-1S kick. Living up to the name he
was born with, Mr.. Musser mussef
things up % Syracuse and the result
Was that everybody's predictions were
shot sky high.
There are alibis and ghosts OF
alibis stalking around and peering at
one from behind the mud bespattered
carcass OF every defeated Wolverine.
But II IL the sense OF this meeting
that alibis are not what those
trampled warriors are looking for
now. That alibi stun 10 like some
soothing syrups. They stop the baby's
crying for q time, but.
These sugar coated alibis shouldn't
be taken as real medicine by the
Yostmen, and we don't think they
want them. They were beaten and
beaten badly. It's up to them to como
hack and stop the next three Micht-
gan opponents. Two OF them are to
be- played on Ferry field and the
Maize and Blue can retrieve itE hisa
standing BY decisive victories n me
future. 49,
over 1t Syracuse, saturday every
. fhing Was going we'll until the. unex.
.pecfe1 harpeneds s1fIchikan 4tored
the frst touchdown and was On to
way to victory when Barton, playing
center for Paterson, who was ON the
sick list, was injured and Musser took
his place. Musser. inexperienced.
passed poorly and Michigan couldn't
advance the ball consistently. Added
to that, Castle for Syracuse, pulled
on long gains around right end and
through the line and 30 Syracuse
scored q touchdown In each Of the
last three quarters. making the hnal
count IS to Z.
The next stiff. one from the deceit.
full heels OF Dope was the Central
High defeat at the hands Of Toledo
for the first time In IL years. The
game was played at Toledo.
Not that the "13" has anything 10
do with the fact that all the breaks
la luck went TO Toledo, according to
Coach Stocking.
Stocking says that he has the
strongest team since he has been
football coach at Central. He says
his team this year Is much better
than any other. According to that,
Toledo must be far and above any
thing II has been In years past.
Les Clark scored Is points against
Toledo and Detroit had Its opponents
beaten up to the last two moments
OF the game when a flying touch
down settled the result OF the contest
The result of this game has no ell
feet upon the championship OF this
state and the Detroiters are Just as
determined as ever to cop that honor.
While Detroit was losing this hard
game to Toledo, Grand Rapids, said
by many to be Detroit's most formid-
able rival. had an easy time with Bat
tle Creek, at Battle Creek, defeating
he Foodites, 1914. The fact that
Battle Creek scored IA points looks
good to Detroit as II indicates that
there is weak point In the Grand
Rapids defense, somewhere.
Muskegon, most feared by detroit,
had rather easy time with Benton
Harbor, winning 13 to 3. Last week
Grand Rapids beat Muskegon IL to ..
rhIs would Indicate that the Grand
Rapids and Muskegon teams are very
nearly on par. Reports from Ben
tor Harbor, where Muskegon played.
cay that Muskegon was fine on classy
team play. Grand Rapids depends on
beef and strength largely; Muskegon
on teamwork, tricks and speed.
Another upset In the dope was the
victory OF Northwestern over Indiana,
which put the Hoosiers out OF the run
ing for the western conference title.
After Indiana had taken the lead,
North western came back strong and
copped, 30 to z.
There some rather freakish incl
dents in some OF the games played.
After western High had lost to
pontiac here IA TO 3 at Clark Park,
Coach Mathews announced that he
was going to protest the game be-
cause of the alleged ineligibility OF
Fullback Hogue. who did most OF
Pontiac's playing. on the grounds that
Hogue is a postgraduate student.
over at Albion, Strathorn stole
forward pass from the Kazoo Normal
team, but ran the wrong way, losing
chance TO score q touchdown and
win the game. which went to the Nor
mails. 6-3.
Harvard played a freakish game
with Brown, In which there were
many penalties. Hitchcock, Harvard
tackle. was. disqualified for smuggling.
Brown scored a touchdown In the
twilight Of the last few minutes Of
play.
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