The Detroit times., 1914-11-16
|ght Regulars To Be Back. and
More Than That Many
Wearers of M"
NEVER HAS YOST Had
so LARGE A NUCLEUS
Ereen Players Look Promising
and Freshmen win Make
Some Contributions
BY HAROLD v. WILCOX.

BY HAROLD v. WILCOX.
Eor the University OF Michigan. the
Ineason OF 1914 Ii ended. Dodging
Doot-mortems. we turn toward 1915,
nnd see the promise or-one of the
1reatest college elevens In the his
tory Of the autumn sport. I
But three regulars viii be lost 10
[<he Maize and Blue by graduation be-
IRE another fan rolls around. From
md to end. only two linesmen. Cap
nin Jimmy Raynsford and McHale.
v1lI be missing when Wizard Yost
Ills his army TO the colors next Sep
amber. In the backfield, only Tom
~ Hughitt. wonderful field general.
ns played his last game on Ferry
Eold. Eight regulars and more than
I1ght IN" men viii be back. Among
he mwill be Maulbetsch. the finest
1unging halfback OF the year;
lit, ore OF the best safety players
y the game; Splawn, kicker extraor.
Inary: Huebel and Zeiger, quarter
|ochs OF ability; Reimann, Cochran.
ofson, Renor-the biggest man in
1otball Norton. Whalen. Staatz and
( BENTON.
The name of Gait appears, and that
Mould be the signal fora whoop and
& cheer. II you happen TO be VOL
HiD year, because OF injuries, but the
~ord has gone out that years rest
m evnporate the water on his knee
md make him the same old speed hoy
10 saw In 1913 Mauly we know.
Dlawn we think we know. Too
6cifercus advance notices hurt Larry
kis year, and he worked under bandi-
nDo. But next fall he will be wiser.
1Rger. and we believe, the kicking
1neatioE Of the year.
What about quarter? Zieger and
uobel are not bad, and neither Is
EcNamara, but watch Jack" Dunn. or
hoIsea, field general for the 1914
@snh team and former teammate OF
nu1y when that Dutchman won a
1ofe championship for the Ann Arbor
n<ependents And there will be 9TH
backfeld candidates that are go
<kx II be good. Smith and the
ohu,tx brothers, of this years year
nea. win not be denied consideration.
n6 the scrubs will have some mighty
nnky lads who would give their right
~. and some, their best girls, to
q ahle to sport big, yellow m"
About the line---Never has Yost had
nch q promising array OF huskies
"a never before has he had but two
1aeAs to MI. Reimann. Cochran, Wat
on. Benton-will all be back. and
would not surprise Us q great deal
uee .sMaury' Dunno horning In on
end fob next fall Podans and
omanx are also freshmen varsity
ne material.
what kind OF q team will this bunch
nke? II Yost can take a crippled
"a somewhat demoralized bunch OF
oonhcrns and hurl them against Har-
nx1 IN plunging game, and outplay
- champion team Of the country.
nd the very next week send the same
1oyers against Pennsylvania IN ,ne
lost remarkable exhibition OF the
~ open game ever seen on any
morican gridiron. the wizard rom
onnessee can certainly bring OUT OF
- veteran squad next year an eleven
knk will make imperishabie grioiron
story.
ror the sake of those pessimists
ho saw the Michigan line cruinble
nd fall to bits before Corpells on
1rneht and are, therefore, fearful
- next year, we will explain our
&Dtt,nism.
Last year Capt. Raynsford was
&nb. This fall he wasn't very good
<shen the time for the first games
ro11ed round. There were grumblings
I'D baIeful predictions by the score
IN the big games OF the season, Capt.
s I'm Raynsford was one OF the hnest
oenters In the country. Never was
+ ~ outplayed, and Saturday, he shared
K honors with Cochran OF being the only
( two men In the line that Cornell could
8 not brush out Of the way with aban-
E Aon. Yost has since intimated that
. naynsford, Hughitt, and Maulbetsch
f nro the three best players on his
Here IL the point. The whole green
Y 1lne is a lot like Raynsford was early
e fhis year. They have had year OF
&attering. Next year they will prob
= nb1v start slow But with year to
,ooak IN what they learned, and few
wooks to practice the lessons they
have been taught, IL is very probable
fhaf the whole front wall will come
- itself Just like their 1914 captain
><id--and then look out Then Po-
6ans aud Romanz, the two freshman
+ Ilnesmen. seem fairly certain Of var
oity Jobs next year, and that will
qlug q few holes that the pessimists
are now seeing.
Now for bit of post-mortem. Mich
|Inn ended the most disastrous sea
en- OF the Yost regime Saturday.
lever since the Tennessee wizard has
och IN charge OF the wolverine grid.
nn destinies have three games been
k in single season. Never but
~ have two games been lost. That
a 1908, when Syracuse and Penn
&o(h won from the Yostmen. In
6<nlally. Il was In 1908 that the
nrfost score ever run up against
1Ickigan team was made. Pennsy
1on that honor by winning 20 TO 4.
"a Cornell had not failed I'm the two
10y kickouts Saturday. the Ithacans
1onld have broke that record
81 Ne 1914 season has been called
@loostrous, and from the standpoint
4 - enmes won and lost. II was ex-
rc<ly that. Nevertheless this autumn
I1u1< be recognized as the fall I'm
botbaII in Detroit
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