The Detroit times., 1912-11-04
NOW FOR THE
WOLVERINES
CRUCIAL TEST
fostmen Are Showing Improve
ment That Is
Needed
BETTER SHOWING THAN
PENN MADE SATURDAY.
South Dakota Is Il Great Deal
Stronger Than syr-
acuse

ANN ARBoR, Mich. Nov. 4.--tspe.
cial)-Although Michigan MADE /. bef.
ter showing Saturday In her ram8
VIII ooutn Dakota than Penn aid In
her game with Williams. Coach vorr
uoes not intend to let down any on
the program OF practice he has man.
ped out for the coming week
While II Is not at an probable thaf
there Will be any scrimmaea TO-DAY
there will be a long signal drIll and
plenty Of practice at passing the ball
III the game on Saturday developeo
any faults in the Michigan team. IL
was lack OF team play coupled with
failure to block and tackle properly.
There was a noticeable difference IN
the blocking and tacklin. or the two
teams. The westerners, u OF whom
are veterans, tackled IL demons
and when any one of them hit 4
Michigan runner, he was downed on
the spot. while II frequently took two
or three Wolverines to put the South
Dakota men down.
Michigan displayed no interference
worth mentioning. and all OF the rams
or Michigan's backfield were accom-.
plished by individual merit rather thnn
through any assistance given the rsir-
ner
Michigan's line. ND against lire
1 Of veterans who knew ever trick or
| the game, for the first time this SEQ
son more than met It's match. IN
lprevious games the finemen have been
(, able to open up big holes for the
backfield men. but they failed to do
SO on Saturday
AS whole, though, Michigan plnyed
better ball than she did the Saturday
before, else the westerners would
have romped home with the game BY
an overwhelming score. There Is no
doubt but that South Dakota Is much
! stronger than Syracuse, and the fact
that Michigan was able to win by
but a single point. detracts nothing
/ from the glory OF the victory.
The team Is beginning to approach
the form which II will have to display
If It defeats Cornell and Penn. The
men were more sure OF themselves.
land they fought every inch OF the
way. On a dry field Michigan should
have won by at least two touchdowns.
The field was wet and heavy and the
! fast backfield men were sadly handt
! capped. There was no Improvement
I in the use OF the forward pass. both
Thomson and Craig failing to toss
the ball with any degree of accuracy.
However, the fact that Yost IL
great believer in the play. makes II
seem that before the Pennsy game
he will find q way to use II and use
tit effectively. In n-Saturdays game no
! new plays were attempted. the same
style OF game being used that mas
been used since the season opened.
1t Is well known tnat fost mas
schooled the team In a number OF
trick plays, none OF which has Deep
used, and IL Is expected that they viii
be turned loose for the hrst time php-
llicly on Saturday.
That some of these plays VIII pc
forward passes from anusuai iotma-
tions, Is extremely probaDie Ihere
are men on the team who can pass
the ball IN better style. than eitnef
Craig or Thomson have shown 50 Isr.
and do,ybtless one OF them will be
i chosen II would not be at all sur
ny,eing n Pontins were found heaving
l,ha forward passes in the Pennsy
game. The big tackle can hurl the
lhall nerhaps greater distances than
lenv other man ON the squad. and on
account OF his height, he would nave
NO dia1culty in picking out the man
to whom to make the toss. so far ~
the public practice. Pontius has never
been used for this purpose. on, =
yost expects to use the pass In the
t,yo remaining games, n sHte
auass that he will choose some player
other than Thomson or craig 20 "
the heaving. Michigan has been no
,ortouslv had in the handling OF tne
mass this season, and as grouno-
saIner il has proved failure, put
Yost's past record indicates that ne
Great believer In II. and In eacn
os his big games In the past two years
he mas made use OF IL TO score
IN spite OF the fact that the game
s..nrdsy waa the fisrcest Michigan
has nIayed this season. all OF the men
came through Il in splendid shape.
Craig and Thomson. who bore the
hrnnt Of the attack, and who were nci
,n the best Of shape phyticaliy, SUI
fered some. but not enough 70 IN.
capacitate them. Otnen reeessee a.
minor injuries. but all are IN hrs'
claan ahape.