The Detroit times., 1913-10-16
Farmer Fans Fear Paralysis
When Their Team Faces
the Wolverines
LYNCH AND HOAGLAND
PRAISE MACKLIN'S BUNCH
Officials Say They're Fighters
Lack of Good Punter Is a
Weakness


Whether the Michigan Aggies will
be able to show their real value
against the University OF Michigan
Saturday al Ann Arbor or will sue
cunb 20 stage fright is one Of the
questions the answer of which Is
worrying NJ. A. c. fans.
This looks like big farmer year
and East Lansing is pulling strong
for that greatest OF treasures to an
Aggie, a victory at football over
Michigan. A big delegation of NJ. A.
{. students headed by their band or
over so pieces is expected at Ann
Arbor Saturday 10 cheer the farmers
on. but even they will make but a
paltry showing against the usual stu
dent bunch at the university.
II seems TO be agreed that Coach
Macklin has a great eleven this sea-
son. II has beat both Olivet and Alma
minor Michigan colleges. very badly
II trounced Olivet 26 to 0 in the first
game Of the year and more than
doubled that score against Alma a
week later.
Macklin's chief strength Is In his
backfield, which is a great scoring ma
chine, touted as being better than
Michigan's backield While his line
shows no great individual stars II
seems TO have no weakness from end
to end. all the men upon It being able
10 hold their own.
Thus far the chief weakness shown
by the farmers has been the lack Of
a punter. There has been no one in
| the games SO far who could kick with
the Michigan men, but It Is claimed
that Macklin has in Leonardson a man
in reserve who will be showed into
the lineup Saturday who is the equal
OF any Michigan man in the kicking
game.
According to Leigh Lynch, who UNI.
pired the game between NJ. A. c. and
Alma Saturday and Ralph Hoagland
who refereed the contest. unless the
responsibility Of winning from Mich
igan on Ferry Field rattles the farm
ers they will give the Wolverines a
battle that they will remember even
II they don't win the game.
! The. Aggies have more fig1t than
any Michigan team saw last year.
said Lynch today. I'm both the Olivet
and Alma games, when they had moth
ing TO lose and nothing to gain from
hard work but big score, they fought
just as hard when the score was 81
to as they did for their first touch.
down. They never ease up.
| The backfield is great scoring
machine. Julian is fine plunging
fullback He hits the line hard and
low. Blake Miller is a fast halfback
and he knows the game perfectly
Blackjack. while only just out of high
school has learned a lot from Mack
lin and is keeping pace with the more
experienced men. Most high school
football men. especially high school
stars. have to unlearn a whole lot OF
what they acquired in high school
when they get on a football team at
college. but Blackjack has been a will
ing pupil. Gauthier. the little quarter
back. Is good heady man.
The line is uniformly strong from
end to end and there is no particular
tstar II there Is weakness in ii is
is at either end. Still they weren't
turned by the smaller colleges and
they may hold their own against Mich
igan."
Neither the Michigan nor the Aggie
camp Is giving out any information
as to Its idea of the prospects for the
game. Both coaches, Yost and Mack
lin, are sitting tight and sticking to
that football etiquette which says
that no favorable prediction shall be
made before a game
But both coaches are using secret
practice sessions and putting in as
much time with their men as possible.
Macklin Confines the outdoor work I'm
aff
much as possible and runs his team
through signal practice under a pavil-
ion at night
fost is busy trying to fit the men
he has al his disposal into score.
making combination. He seems con-
fident enough Of his defense. but he
can't apparently get the offense he
| wants. His shift Of Pontius from the
line to fullback showed that he is far
from satisfied with his backfeld. The
iact that Michigan could score only
two touchdowns on Mt Union makes
IT apparent that there is some often
sive weakness.
| Bear stories are coming ont of East
Lansing. Cripples In physique and
class work are worrying Macklin.
l.eonardson, the kicker. had some ex-
aminations that he must take to get
into the game Saturday. Smith. the
| colored lineman, is said to be in dan.
ger OF being left out Of Saturdays
game because OF an injured leg.
Miller, McCurdy and Julian also
have bruises from the Alma game,
which are giving them some trouble.
Over at Michigan the reports are
more encouraging. Pontius is surpris-
ingly good at fullback. they say, and
with him In the backneld the regulars
scored 81 points on the varsity. yes
terday.
Mccall, scrub right end. has the first
second squad touchdown to his credit
He picked up loose ball and raced
across the line for a counter, yester-
day.