The Detroit times., 1912-10-21
|ALLMENDINCER
A BEARCAT FOR
MICHIGAN NOW
--
Shares With Jimmy Craig Stel-
lar Honors Of saturdays
Contest
REMAINING OPPONENTS
OUGHT TO BE EASY
Syracuse. Penn. and Cornell
Must Take Big Brace
or Lose

ANN ARBoR. Mich. Oct IL
t5pcciaD While Mlchigan's IL to
victory over O. 8. u. Saturday was no.
by as wide q maryin as Il Bhonlf
have been, Coach YCst found pIentJ
OF Improvement In the Individual pia,
OF the team to satisfy him. The prln
cipal feature was the remarkable i'm
provement In "HackenBchmidt' AL
mendinger. the big local boy who has
been playing right guard this sea,
Hack was revelation to the
Michigan rooters who have been
watching his work since the season
opened, and II Is evident that the
big fellow has at last found him.
Delf. In the game Saturday he divided
honors with Jimmy Craig. who
proved to be the sammy White oi
the contest.
Allmendinger was not only stone
wall on defense. but on offenEe he
WAS q bear Frequently he broke
Through and tackled q. s. u. backs be.
ltre they Etf started. and attempts
70 get through bis aide d the One
were futile.
Coach Yost has been nredicting for
two years that AlImendinger would
one day md himself and when he
did ne would be bearcat. Il has
been known FOR two Teasons that All
ndinRef possessed eVorything
needed % make him star but "pep,'
and followers 0f the team 1afp been
|nnxinualy awaiting the time when ~
would develop 4 supply 81 that necee
|str4 material IT c1flD Saturday AM
~ Ne contintieB to Improve he VIII "a
one or the best guards IN the country
before the season ends
Paterson at center has always play.
ed steady game. dependable at al
times, but never a star. Saturday ne
was different man, and put up 9
star game. As matter OF fact the
entire line proved to be stonewall In
It's defensive work. and showed mark
ed Improvement on offense.
The game demonstrated the fact
that unless Yost discovers someone
able to hurl the forward pass that
play will have TO be discarded, az none
OF the attempts OF Capt. Thomson to
toss the ball were successful. AZ q
matter OF fact they were amateurish IN
the extreme, and made the team look
had.
-'his week will see secret practice
on Ferry field every afternoon, and he
finai prepping for the big games viii
he on In earnest. There are number
OF rough places to be smoothed out
before Michigan meets Pennsy and
Cornell. but there is every Indication
hat the team will be In first class
shape by the dates 0f the big games,
and Michigan should 90 through the
season without losing contest.
As a matter OF fact from the show
ing which was made on Saturday by
The three eastern teams which Micht
gan Will meet, none Of them should
even score on the Wolverines. Penn
sy. Cornell and Syracuse are all lam.
entably weak at this stage of the
game, and unless they take an unex
pected brace, Michigan ought 70 nave
cinch winning from them.
The tackle question evidently Is
near solution. Cole and McHale
Yost's original selections for the tack
r. Jobs. played the entire game Sat
ur.iay. and put up good game. The
men who are trying TO oust them from
the lob will have To make q remark
able showing In the next week or two
II II IL to be, done.
The backfield situation remains tht
same. Craig and Thomson Of course
are fixtures. Carpet and Hubel may lose
out. but II does not seem probable
At this time. Hughltt. who replaced
Carmel Saturday, really put up . splen
aid game. but with the added expert
ence Carpet has had he ought to be able
| 10 hang on. The probability Of Boyle
repiacing Hnbel at Quarterback grows
dimmer each day. HubelN 10 running
the team In fine shape. and II is hard
I iv likely that Yost win ditch him
this late In the season unless Boyle
shnwn nomethlng remarkable.