The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-10-12
SCORES ROBBED
|. OF DOPE VALUE
BY RAIN in WEST
Army Game Resorted to by
Gridders For Probably Only
Time This Year
M. A. C.-MICHIGAN GAME
TO BE BATTLE OF WEEK
Football World Regrets Loss Of
Brickley-Yostmen's Stock,
However. Scars
M. A. C.-MICHIGAN GAME
TO BE BATTLE OF WEEK
BY HAROLD v. WILCOX.

3 BY HAROLD ". WILCOX.
The weather man took to himself
some OF the remarks with which cyni-
cal football mentors discussed the abil.
tiles OF their proteges during the past
week and developed an aversion TO
the gridiron sport which found express
sion In a deluge throughout tie mid.
die west just before Saturdays games
As result. the contests were played
In swamps and there was a reyersion
to the old army game which rendered
the day almost worthless TO such
scribes and individuals inclined TO
wagers who desired to use the scores
as basis for predicting the victors in
the more important games yet to
come.
But little use was made OF the open
play. which Ii expected To decide the
late season championship clashes, and
weight. which will probably not be a
deciding factor again this year, turn
ed the scale in the majority Of the
games
II the score OF so to 0 which the
Aggies ran up on Alma and the 90 TO
3 score with which Michigan defeated
Vanderbilt were TO be taken as critic
rions, II would be safe to assume that
Al. A. c. had progressed wonderfully
since the game with Olivet q week
ago. and that Michigan was little inn
proved, or. perhaps. In slump. How
ever, the prevalent moisture put Mich
igan at disadvantage with Wander
biit and kept down the score, which
til A. n. ID.
larger. and aided the heavy farmers
against the light Alma aggregation.
However. disregarding Saturdays
games. II 10 safe to say that M. A.
c. has made great progress during the
week and that Michigan has not been
far behind. and that when the two
schools meet next Saturday in the
great state football classic OF the year
there IL every reason 10 believe that
the two teams viii not be far separat.
ed In the strength shown.
Macklin's line Will probably come
close to outplaying the university, but
Yost will have his wonderful first
string backheld intact for the first
time this year, and IL IL is not hand
icapped by the necessity Of keeping
too much or its strategy under cover
because OF later and more important
games. II should be able 20 turn the
tide for the Maize and the Blue. Al
that. Macklin's backheld, with Capt.
Julian az the bulwark. Ii not TO be
lightly considered, and the eariy-sea-
son promise that the game will be q
battle worth going miles to see IL
likely to be fulfilled.
.
One game In the east which was
lightly regarded until the score came
In Saturday night was that between
Syracuse and Princeton. which the
Tigers won, IL to z. The splendid
showing OF Syracuse was not attrib-
uted to any slump at the Woodrow
Wilson stronghold. but to the fact
that Syracuse had q remarkably
strong team" All of which would
Indicate that Syracuse will furnish the
Yostmen something besides q pre-
Harvard scrimmage q week from Sat
nrday.
Cornell's 81 to 0 victory over Car
isle should throw NO scare In the
Ann Arbor camp. however. because
The Indians have showed no cham
pionship class this year, and Cornell
itself has been given two beautiful
acings by smaller schools. Pennsyl-
vania was held to o 10 o tie by La
layette, q result which brought
smile to the visage OF Alumnus Yost
md demonstrated that the Quakers
ire still far from having the team
hey should.
Before coming back home. we will
have to pause minute and lift our
Donnets to Washington and Jefferson.
The Pennsylvania school, ably aided
by Boville and Spiegel. native Detroit
sons. played Harvard to standstill.
and entered the fourth period with
the Crimson licked, 8 to 3. Harvard
got it's touchdown In the last few min
ltes OF play and won by single point.
with no great glory for itself I'm
w q J. has again re-
collection OF pigskin artists.
Michigan's chances OF winning from
considerably frightened over
The weekend. The Crimson Is handi-
capped. like Yost. in having weak
line, but the big blow to the casts
hope OF winning the great inter-sec-
tional struggle was the sending Of
Capt. Charles Brickley to the hospital
Tor an operation for appendicitis, Sat
arday night. The Harvard attack was
built around Brickley, who is the fin
est player In the country. and as there
Il absolutely no chance OF his playing
again before the Yale game, Haugh.
ton will have to entirely rebuild his
offensive machine In the middle OF the
season. II would not be surprising 10
hear of odds favoring Michigan. II the
Yostmen make anything like q siren
nous showing against Syracuse on the
24ths.-At- thai, .there N. probably not n
football fan In the country but who
would rather see Michigan and Har-
yard meet each other, especially this