South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-10-31
BOSTON WAS ONE
SAD, SAD BURGH
Michigan hooters in the Land
of Beans Opine That Coach
YOSt'S Teams Going to Get
One Big Licking.
BY DAMON RUNYON.

BOSTON, Oct. 31.-"Face To the
world and you wont git kicked. And
never let EN- know that you think
you're licked"
So sang the poet, but it seems most
improbable that he was singing about
Mr. II. Up Yost or about Mr.. II. Up
Yost's football team.
Moreover it seems improbable that
the bard had in mind the followers of
Mr.. II. Up Yosts football team from
the University Of Michigan or any
part or parcel of the state Of Michi-
gan whatsoever, because any song
ster would know better than to chant
optimistic tune to Michigan after once
glance at the representatives Of the
Wolverine community here present
Up to Thursday there was an air Of
comparative cheerfulness in Boston.
At least it was cheerful for Boston.
IL was nothing hilarious or uproar-
Gus. but il was pleasantly cheerful.
The Bostonian felt reasonably salts
fed with life in general The result
OF the worlds series. the price of
crude beans, the mOmentary silence
Of Honey Fitz"-all these things
tended to promote good spirits, but
alas.
We Mention Father.
Alas and likewise alack for along
came Michigan and persons apper-
tanning thereto and now how times
have changed. Intense gloom per-
vades the city and it is growing more
intensive with the incoming Of every
train bearing unenthusiastic Michi-
ganders. The BostOnianS are an hos
pitable people and they have shed the
bright tinsel of their JOY and adopted
a sOmbre exterior just to make the
visitors feel welcome and at home.
The Bostonians do not want the
Michiganders to get the impression
that they are cheering while another
guy is bleeding internally. In short
the atmosphere Of sadness is a sort of
civic decoration in honor Of Michigan.
Such is the nature of Boston. She
may be in doubt as to whether Mich
igan is a city or a cereal. but Boston
is never going to let il be said, that
she did not treat a stranger right.
AS you perhaps know, the Michigan
football team promoted by Mr.. Yost
has come TO Boston to take a licking
from the Harvard football team at
the Cambridge stadium Saturday aft
ernoon, but what you may not know
is that a large delegation Of Michigan
people are here for the purpose OF
personally viewing the licking of the
Michigan football team.
You may not be fully advised as to
the motives Of the Michigan team in
coming this far TO get a licking. when
there are a lot OF loose licl1ings to be
had much nearer home if Michigan
will join the western conference and
you may not understand the morbid
curiosity of the Michigan people in
iourneying a long distance to see the
licking, but you know the licking is
coming off.
You know that because everybody
In the state Of Michigan has said so.
You know that because Mr.. Yost half
way predicts il and Mr. YOst is ac-
cepted in Michigan as the very last
word on Michigan football. He is so
authoritative Whereabouts that should
his eleven fail to get that anticipated
licking tomorrow a lot of Michigan
ders would most likely feel that they
had been bilked.
A special train unloaded an unhap-
by cargo of persons from Detroit and
other Michigan ports at the South
station this afternoon and they went
meandering off through the Boston
streets, meandering being the only
way one can go through the Boston
streets. They had a large band and
the large band played what seemed
TO be rather gay tunes, but which may
have been merely the Michigan rendi-
ton of well known dirges