The Detroit times., 1912-10-22
Sammy White Stuff is Good
Only Very Occasion
ally
TT MAKES FOR LOOsER
PLAY AND MORE INJURIES
There Are Very Few Chances
to.Make Good on the
Stunt
By RALPH L. YoNKER.

BY RALPH L. YONKER.
sailing on the ball Is the play
threefourths OF the time" says Coach
Yost, OF the University OF MICHIGAN
-There is only one chance In Tour
FOR n man to pick up the ball and
run with II and the plan OF dropping
on the ball is far from obsolete.
.No coach drills his men TO grao
the hall ON the bound and run. IL Is
true that there Is sometimes chance
10 do AZ "a Jimmy Craig did at Column
bus and get away with II, but such
chance comes seldom.
.sWhenever there Is q loose ball
and there Is any chance OF losing II
whatever, fall on II. You are great
deal surer Of It and great less liable
TO injury.
TT you throw your weight on the
ball you have an equal chance with
any opponent who may be doing so at
the same time. II you try to grab IL
with your hands, your opponent Is
+ dropping on 1t and Is very likely TO
get the ball and break your arms.
How many chances are there Tor
man to pick up a ball? very
few. All of the chances come from
fumbles and most OF the fumbling
comes In scrimmage when there are
half a dozen men ready to pounce
on the ball.
cot course a man must use his
Judgment, but l would censure man
less for failing to make spectacular
run because he didn't take chance
and grab the ball than for falling to
get the ball at all because he did try
the stunt"
The Sammy White stun is great
for sensational stun but II isn't good
football unless used when there Is
almost no chance of failure.
Unless South Dakota is strong
enough to force Coach Yost to open
some OF his intricacies for the In
spection OF the westerners, that Cor
nell game at Ann Arbor, Nov. 10,
ought to be the choicest piecemeal
on the University OF Michigan
schedule.
II may be that the westerners win
be of sufficient strength to force fost
try some OF his cleverest plays.
II so, then that South Dakota contest
will be prime stun.
But II Yost can get away with the
South Dakota game and some to
spare. he will save his best bets for
the Pennsy and Cornell games, at
Rennsylvania the ninth and at Ann
Arbor the 10th.
1t will do Michigan fans good to
see the wolverines go down into the
lPennsy territory and topple Mercer
and his men away over. Pennsy has
scared Michigan so much that 1t is
"a pleasant change to view the coming
contest without alarm.
There is only one threatening
feature to any of the three games TO
be played with the fasteners and
that Is that they have the knack OF
picking up great deal OF strength |
just before Michigan strikes them.
They are strong on that big game
stun and one OF their big games Is |
that with Michigan. They are often !
willing to lose the early games IL only |
they can make proper preparation for
y those that come later in the season. |
When q high-priced baseball player
tails to stir the big league he is
lemon.
When much touted football play
or fails to GUST a rather humble pre-
docessor he begins to be thought OF
as q lemon. .-.
Hank Boyle was touted as being
all ready to step into the quarter.
backs Job when he came to Ann Ar
Dor, suddenly, a short time ago.
II seems that some one had remem-
bered that when he had played on the
All-Fresh, some time ago, he was a
whirlwind and SO he Just naturally
had to be pretty breezy yet.
But young Mr.. Huebel said nothing
and stuck to his Job at quarter while
Boyle pulled and pulled in getting
into condition. Then when he got
into shape. he continued to adorn the
sidelines in the big games while
Huebel directed the team and played
the quarterback position. "
You have to hand II to HuaSel.
And Boyle may not be lemon but
ne has a big handicap to overcome In
getting credit for what he actually
docs. because so much was expected
OF him.
Universities are learning that the
publicity they get out OF their foot
ball teams is one OF the finest bits
OF advertising that thev could pos
sfbly acquire.
Some football authorities are crabs.
They refuse TO treat newspaper cor
RESPONDENTS as their best aids.
Others hire press agents as does
Michigan, to help the newspaper men
set the news they want sent out and
suppress the rest. Still others 20 even
+ further and have a publicity bureau
which sends out authentic stories on
their teams.
Peansyivania and Cornell are
among the latter.
Their teams win be heard from. win
or lose.
western League season Too Long.
Frank Isbeli. OF Des Moincs. declares
ne western league. season II too long,