The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1914-10-30
MICHIGAN COACH
UPSETSALLD DOPE
by E. r. Hosking.)


ST. PAUL, Oct. 29.-One has to be
careful in making any deductions
about teams coached by Fielding H.
Yost, but unless the wizard has been
pulling" the Wolverines all season, it
does not appear that Michigan has an
extraordinarily strong team this sea-
son.
In addition to the severe defeat suf-
fered at Syracuse last week, there is
another way by which line on the
Yost machine does not indicate any
dangerous ability. The Michigan Ag-
gies held Michigan to 8 to 0 score
in hard-fought game. The Aggies
were showed under by Nebraska last
week, % to 0. Nebraska and South
Dakota played to a scoreless tie, and
Minnesota beat the Coyotes 20 to z. If
this dope is reliable, Minnesota would
have nothing to fear from the Wolver-
ines this year.
Yost has been upsetting the dope
for so many years that reasoning of
this kind does not prove anything, al
though it may afford fairly reliable
line. No one knows just what Yost
has cooked up in store for Harvard
this week, and the Wolverines may
redeem the prestige of the West at
Cambridge. But it must be admitted
that the dope, taking it for what it
may be worth, points the other way.
A Foolish Move.
It is reported now that the Players
fraternity intends to make an effort
to compel organized baseball to share
the spoils of the worlds series with
the members of the fraternity. On its
face, this proposal is so ridiculous that
it is difficult to believe that those be-
hind the organization can have origin
ated it. The worlds series money is
the reward for effort. The players
who get into the big annual clash go
through a nerve-racking siege before
they reach their goal. To share the
pot with other teams would be plac-
ing a direct premium upon loafing and
lack of ambition.
Momentary Alteration.
Sam Langford was a little bit too
enthusiastic last week in his bout with
Gunboat Smith and before he could
restrain himself he had knocked the
gunner cold, thereby closing COM
pletely one of his rapidly contracting
roads to his meal ticket. In previous
meeting Langford had let Smith have
a shade the better Of him, and the Sec
ond bout was the result. Now, no one
could drag the gunner anywhere near
the chunky black It didn't take Lang
ford long to come to his senses, how
ever, for we read that last night he
was outpointed by Jeff Clarke, negro
boxer of Joplin, Mo. Langford will
have to be mighty careful. H !" o"@v
% years old and if he should keep on
knocking out every one who faces him,
it wouldn't be any time before he
would have to go to work as steve
dore or porter. Already there are quite
a few of the would-be champions who
keep at respectful distance from
him, and this list includes Jack John
son.
1t is announced that the three Grip
pied members of Harvard's backfeld
are back in the game and Yost, too,
will have Hughitt, his best bet, in the
running. But Yost still has three
bulky linemen in the hospital who will
be missed when those Crimson backs
start their plunging next Saturday
afternoon about 2:05 o'clock.
A Chicago dispatch says Mike Glib
bons has been matched with the win
ner of the Clabby- bout. This is
one of those Chicago matches of which
Eddy Reddy says if he could lead one
half that are cooked up for him in the
Windy City Mike would make a mil
lion dollars year.
It seems that Clarence Ecklund, the
big Moose Jaw wrestler, who is hang
ing around the Twin Cities, yearning
for a match, need not yearn any
longer because Al Francis will meet
him, in a barn if necessary, for $500
side bet.
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