The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-10-07
CATLET
ELIGIBLE
Tip Comes As Michigan
Makes Poor Showing
in First Game

was asserted here this morning that
toany "Bnzz" Catlett would be de-
clared eligible for the Michigan
varsity football team. and would
report to the team at once. Cat
lett was Yost's "pinch-hitter" last
year. being used to put through
sl.ctacular plays when long gains
were necessary. He 10 also some
thing Of kicker.
II Michigan had possessed half
of the night throughout the Law.
renee game that their opponents had
yesterday. the score would have
been some hundred points 10 none
instead of 30 to o. Not only did the
U. OF NJ. eleven lack pep, but they
showed q need Of all-around driv-
ing power Maulbetsch was the
only Wolverine able to put the ball
q few inches forward when those
few inches meant q touchdown.
Three times In the final session.
when the bali was but one foot from
the goal line. the backs hurled
themselves against Lawrence, and
three times were repulsed. The
fourth time Il was showed over
without an inch 10 spare. And the
Lawrence line was outweighsd 30
pounds 20 the man.
Five times even Maulbetsch. ALL
American halt. was stopped behind
the line. and when Maully 10 stopped
without . little gain 1t least, there
10 surely something, wrong some
where.
In the cases where q tight for
position Is on. there was little In
tho playing Of any Of the candidates
to warrant his being chosen over
the others. Calvin showed inability
to keep the team moving. and lack
OF foresight. ability to pick holes.
and to handle punts. Johnson.
though not given much OF a chance.
showed better than Calvin especial
iy In keeping the men on the jump,
while ZeiEer brought forth more
pep than the other two together.
He tore on long runs. and kept
working. Yet even 1e Ioafcd In the
hrSt quarter.
The backneld candidates showed
. tendency to slow up when hit. all
except Smith. who kept his knees
higher and his legs moving faster
whenever there was an opponent
within reach. He showed better
than all the others together. Ben
ton failed to punt to any great
length and failed also on his At
tempts at goals after touchdowns.
Hildner looked good but not won.
derful. Bastian was only fsir, and
Rhoem showed his old tendencies
TO stop aud to keep out OF the In
reference.
Maulbetsch made good on many
OF his attempts to put the ball for.
ward. but kept out Of the interfer.
ence and defence 40 much as pos
sible. He looked far from condi-
ton. a. did many Of the other old
men. Cochran on the line, was tight
ing all the time, but did not dis
play his 1914 form. while Watson
and whalen looked good only on
defence.
The whole team suffered from
over-confdence. and only showed
the proper spirit In the last few
minutes when they had to come
back or be entirely outclsssed In
the last half. They were indiffer-
emit on offense. and frequently were
getting In the way Of runners Of
their own team. Rehor blocked
Zeiger once when the little quarter
had . clear field.
The lack Of agsressiveness was
clearly shown when Lawrence got
four attempts 1t neld goals. and
got them away clear despite the
fact that they were low and were
played very slowly. There were
few penalties. but there could not
be many when the entire Michigan
line was waiting for the play 70 get
TO the line before they charged.
In the open game. Michigan
worked but one forward pass out
Of at least 10 attempts. Lawrence
worked its only attempt. Michi-
CANS ends were nearly always far
from tho ball when II came down.
and the Lawrense forwards had
little trouble in blocking the At