The Calumet news., 1912-09-19
COACH YOST is
DISCOURAGED
Outlook For Wolverine Football
Team Not Bright

Ann ArDor, Mlch., Sept. 19.-With
the arrival Of Coach Ycst in town the
1912 football season at Michigan began
to assume definite shape today. To on
set the general impression of gloom
that pervades Ann Arbor the athletic
officers announced that Frank Schultz,
the guard ofthe '0S Q4 and '05 teams,
had been secured as assistant coach
and that he would devote his entire
time to helping Tost turn out a win
ming combination.
Since leaving college schultz has
been coach at Ypsilantl normal and
Cape Girardeau college, He has been
athletic director and general coach for
the last two years. Yost is far from
satisfied with the outlook.
1T is the worst IN years is the
way ne put it after looking over the
men who have promised TO report He
does not feel that the absence Of heavy
fast backs is going to prove much of a
hardicap, but be said:
1T is going to be a problem to place
these men so that we can heat Penn;
hut Wen have to do II.
Since there is such marked differ
ence Of opinion among experts regard
ing the changes In the 1912 football
rules many will be interested TO learn
that Hurry Up" Yost is greatly
pleased with the new rules. No one is
better fitted to express an opinion con
cernine the changes and he saws the
1912 game will show decided lessen
Ing of the complexity of the old sys-
tenn thereby making the play far more
appealing to spectator and player.
Under the old rules, where the
strength of the two teams was evenly
balanced great difficulty was encount-
cred in scoring, except through fluko
or accident This fault was especially
prominent at barring any consistent
advance within the - yard line, be
cause of the old restriction OF the for
ward pass and the necessity of making
three downs against concentrated de-
fense.
The new rules Yost believes. viii
serve TO eliminate this fault, for with
The limitations of the forward pass re-
moved. an alert. shifty eleven will be
able 10 vastly increase its chances ot
| scoring, while the heavier teams viii
he forced To concentrate THEN defense
more and more whereas i'm the past
the close defense being unnecessary the
heavier eleven were able to shift back
and thus easily block the open field
play of their weaker opponents.
Yost is enthusiastic over the elimi-
nation OF the onside kick, since the
success of this play was at all times
dependent upon chance. 2s no kicker
no matter how expert he he, could ever
hope to control the direction IN which
the ball bounded. The policy Of boot
ing the bah up and down The field
hoping for Some misplay by the oppos'
ing backs, which might result IN ad-
vantage Ia the kicking side, will re-
ceive a death blow under the new
style of play.
Yost scouts the fear that some have
that the new rules will cause re-
turn to ,he old pushing, smashins
game. since when the ball is put h
play there must lac seven players 81
the scrimmage line. and runner shnl
not be entitled to any assistance b,
his teammates.
on the whole. so YoSt thinks. lh'
public will be far more Interested II
the new play than In that of 1911. fol
the game will be faster. as free from
accidents as IL is possible to make th'
game and luck, fluke plays and th'
like will give place to science, versa
tiIlty Of attack and power of defens,
.. x,,tui, t.ocira Of tho pits