The Detroit times., 1912-11-08
WOLVERINES
MAY DISMISS
COACH SMITH
If They Win, Pennsy Mentor
May Lose His
job
MICHIGAN FANS LOOK
FOR HER TO VANQUISH
Unless a Bundle Of "Ifs" In
terfere, Michigan
Wins
By RALPH d. YONKER.


On tomorrow's game with Michigan
may depend the Job OF Andy Smith,
Pennsy coach.
Criticisms OF the coach have been
frequent and recently papers have
openly expressed desire for a
change. Students at Pennsy are dis
gusted with the showing the team has
made.
Friends OF Smith have rallied by
his side and pointed out the disad-
vantages at which he has worked.
They have argued that he is in the
right and that only lack of material
has caused Pennsy's miserable show
ing this year.
Now today comes the test
III Pennsy makes a good showing.
Smith will stay. II Pennsy makes a
poor showing, 1t is likely that Smith
will be asked to go. and either Bill
ffoftenbeck or Coach Brooke asked to
come.
Michigan fans look for Michigan to
win.
III Capt. Mercer Is forced TO stay out
at the last moment there would seem
TO beA comparatively easy task ahead
OF the Yostmen.
But the Michigan men have proved
themselves too unstable TO pin am
very dear hopes to. II has become E.
that when making any kind Of neg
prediction one must insert IFS"
cut the story all TO pieces, The con-
test last, Saturday got alonB skeryswell
without many II s. until the big one
that nobody had thought OF, the w
Barton, the only center is laid out"
started working at Syracuse. 1t proved
too much of an obstacle for Michigan
to overcome.
So to gather in the sheayes OF pos
slbilities into one big stack, If every
thing goes as expected tomorrow,
Michigan will win.
The game is one OF the two biggest
in the country, an immense crowd is
expected, and the fans will sit with
bated breath watching for something
startling frcm Yost. The coach has
never failed to make football history
in the n-Pennsylvania history.
Tricks have been his long suit and
they have worn him well Some or
them he has resurrected from the
uBIluo VI dICltIl nlSlOis ObhCio hO
has pulled out of the bright light OF
the future where no other coach can
see.
Neither iost nor Smith, OF Psnnsy,
is predicting ANYTHING but POSSIBLE
ity OF defeat. Both teams are camp
ing near Philadelphia, making the
final preparations for the contest.
Michigan is at Wayne and Pennsy at
Media.
A great deal depends upon today's $
game for both teams. II Michigan
fails to win, the gloom at Ann Arbor
will he so deep that the aeroplanes
will pass over il, mistaking IL for the
Black sea. If Pennsy loses, students
will be disguised and disheartened, as
there are only two more games on the
schedule. Carlisle and Pennsy, only
one OF which there is any prospect OF
winning
There may be new hero made
Saturday. another Bricsley. This man
Marshall. he who was the famous
''pinch kicker of the Pennsy game at
Michigan last year. may prove the
Wolverines undoing.
Stirred by the success Of Harvard
with kicking goals. Smith VIII turn
to Marshall for some fancy work,
Even II the Michigan line does hold
near the goal, Pennsy expects to gain
admittance to the scoring by the air
line.
The reserves were sent along to see
the contest as a reward for their
faithful work and a contingent from
tho warship Michigan Is expected to
take i'm the show according TO re-
norris from Ann Arbor.