The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-11-18
Not Probable That Single Boy
From This City Will BE on
1915 Eleven
CENTRAL HITHERTO
ALWAYS REPRESENTED
|Hurry-up Man Makes Reason
able Objection to Numbering
of Grid Warriors
BY HAROLD v. WILCOX.

For the first time In many. many
pears. there exists the prospect OF
~ great University OF Michigan foot.
r ball team without a single Detroit
[<xrad In the varsity lineup. A worth
while Wolverine eleven that did not
look to Detroit for several stars would
BE- something OF curiosity, but that
Eds exactly what Yost will have in
l915. II present indications are worth
enything ,,s.. ..+.s a. a...-.. ....
Capt. Raynsford was the only De
<troiter TO win his "M' this year, and
S there were but four RS" awarded to
4 kridders from the City OF the Straits.
h None OF this quartet. which Is com
posed OF Lawrence Roehm, Don
Names. Floyd Morse and Harry Cal
win. are picked as m" material for
181b, despite the fact that both Roehm
and James broke into the regular
lineup at various times early this
fell No Detroiters were on the fresh
man team this year. and II looks as
#M Il would be couple OF years or
I1nore before this city will again have
come Craigs, Pattersons and Rayns-
lords to root for on Ferry field.
|<<| AprOpOs Oh the conlentloH ludl hV
+ edenuate defense has yet been found
< TO stop the new open style OF foot
ball when brilliantly used, IL must be
ndmitted that Cornell Saturday found
+ N eminently satisfactory defense for
that purpose. All that seems neces-
oary. II Cornelrs system Is adhered
10, Is for the defensive line to break
Through In a body and surround the
ATTACKING backfield. A forward pass
might then work, but fake play,
never.
However, another attacking line
THAT would permit such liberties
would be hard to find anywhere else
~ select circles this season, unless
E 1k would be at the University OF Penn
0yIyania- The old Criticism. that the
lew game Is unstoppaole when wen
&xecuted, still stands. Illinois trim
ned Chicago. Minnesota walloped Wis
tonsin and Yale crushed Princeton
With II, and Princeton nearly turned
the tables on the Bull Dog by the same
Tort OF performance.
AS q matter Of fact, the Yale eiev-
"a has developed the finest attack IN
TIE country. Some or It's possiuhi-
<1ses were seen last Saturday, and
The skill with which the ball was
>oesed and slipped hither and yon
lave promise OF more than nt.le
xne1odrama when Harvard goes to IN
Iflate the new stadium at New Haven
fhie week end. Incidentally, Harvard
y working day and night TO invent
nou1e means OF embarrassing the
strategy Of the Blue. and II gridiron
intelligence can successfully cope with
|> ~. fai m
of the fact on the 21st inst.
II remained for Fielding II. fost
"a give really good excuse for not
hsing numerals to aid spectators In
4 identifying football players me
hurry-up man Is credited with the as
oertion that making 1t easy Tor fans
IS know players tends to tempt the
xridders toward individual playing.
Fielding n. Is strong for team work,
md anything that would seem to in
Z<<erfere with the machine idea comes
under his ban. spectators or no spec
lators. We do not think for a min
Me that Michigan will long have an
& >|nnumbered team. but we must hand
r n 10 Mr.. Yost for Directing with an
objection that Is neither absurd and
juYenile.
The majority OF coaches that have
banned the big numbers on the jer-
eeys OF the gridders have expressed
n fear that the numerals would prove
too great an aid to such OF the enemy
q were on scout duty As matter
Of fact, a scout that cannot find out
what he wants TO know in the way OF
plays and formations without the aid
81 tags Is not worth his expense
money
Pennsy. Dartmouth, Cornell and
half dozen other schools have Civ
en- the numbers a good tryout. and
never has there been a time during
game when the spectators who had
i invested dime for score cards, were
+ IN doubt as TO the identity Of PLAY.
cr on the field The fans were de-
lighted with the innovation. and there
r Is no doubt but that popular clamor
n VIII bring the rest OF the schools
into line before many more games
( are played &c.,
III Arthur Whittemore, assistant
\ coach at Brown university, who ID In
b Detroit this week looking over pros.
B pectiye material on the Detroit Cen
Z trail team, intimates that he agrees
with what lot of people in these
parts have been thinking. When
"A Brown went to Harvard last Satur.
& day for its big game OF the year. the
| Providence boys found that Coach
< Haughton and his stars had gone TO
see Yale play. and that only bunch
OF second and third string men were
left for the scheduled game.
Brown tied that aggregation and II
a q shame the Providence boys
didn't win. Harvard certainly laid
1toelf open TO criticism by its action
1--we would rather have taken good
A |icking from the Crimson regulars
Than have played tie game with
ncrubs," whittemore said, and afte1
scheduling the game. Harvard should
have respected that feeling
Whittemore says that Les Clark
F viii be Ail,American material In a
+ few years. He was very favorable
Impressed with Keeton. Culver and
S Captain Straw. Of the Central team.