The Detroit times., 1915-11-12
Saturday Game Should Be Better Than Muskegon Tilt,
But It's Hard to See Where Grand Rapids Has Chance
It's Old Story of Good
Little Team Meeting
Good Big Team

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tative, to find the Grand Rapids
Central gridders between the time
: they arrive in Detroit late this aft
ernoon and o'clock Saturday ait
/ ernoon. Coach Upton announces
/ that as soon as he gets his charge:
| herded into town. he Is going tr
lose them In the rush crowd and
when ali pursuit has been haffied
Will spirit his boys to a suburban
hotel FOR the night Upton doesn't
recommend the excitement Of down
, town quarters for pre-game hostel
ries.
Upton expects much OF his
charges. He enthusiastically pre-
diets a victory. Critics who have
been watching his eleven. however.
cannot see how IL can defeat the
powerful Detroit team. Speed Is
Upton's only hope and that's what
Muskegon tried. But Grand Rapids
Is outweighed IL pounds TO the man
all the way around the squad. and
II Muskegon could only get away
once or twice for good gains. il Is
hard to see how the Rapids can
score frequently. And frequent
scores are all that can save the
Furniture City. It is believed. for
Upton's defense is viewed with
alarm. The coach h,mself Is as
much to blame for this as any one,
for he has spent the past two weeks
shifting his line. and hardly a for
ward is playing now in position
In which he Is accustomed. II De-
troit were only Just heavy. Upton
would have a chance, but the down
staters are also fast, and the game
il the old boxing proposition of a
good big man meeting good little
man
According to he weight figures
passed out by the upstate coach. his
team averages but 151 pounds and
no member weighs more than 1862
The backfeld is as heavy as tho
line. The announced poundage,
however. may mean but little. for 1t
is popular pastime these days to
jugsle weight figures as q strategi-
cal maneuver. Muskegon sent
down . report on poundage that
failed to do its team justice by a
big margin. But Upton's figures in
clude height. and 1t develops that
there II not . player on the visiting
squad who has an altitude of more
than feet inches. II this is cor.
kFnct. the BIZ Detroitars can simply
IL over heheads of the midget foe
men and plant the ball for first
downs. II II hard to believe that
the Grand Rapids team is as small
as Il IL painted. but II II is, neither
speed nor the excellent coaching II
has received for the past two weeks
10 likely to save 1t.
There Is . lot OF respect for Din
ME Upton's coaching in these parts,
and Central athletic moguls expect
Saturdays game to be better than
the Muskegon encounter. which was
. whale Of q contest until the last
few minutes, when the Muskies
gave mp the ghost. That game was
marred by incompetent officiating.
and the pestiferous determination
Of Coach Gudelsky to get into the
limelight. Upton knows more than
to butt into a game after the kick
on, and Il In announced that the
oficiating Saturday will be all TO
the good.
Coach Buss has his Detroiters in
fine shape. Some excellent work
has been done with the Central grid
ders this year. Yesterday, in dis
cussing the post-season games that
may be scheduled. ii was asserted
by one in a position to know that
so good Is the physical condition
OF Central that the boys could be
kept In top form for games as late
as early December. Although IL has
been necessary 10 point the Buss-
ties for big games at frequent In
tervals during the season. they are
now as fresh as they were q month
ago.
The upper peninsula has about as
many champions as teams this fall.
The undefeated schools from the
north country are angling for games
with Central both claim the U. p.
title. Menominee and Marquette
are the elevens in question. Cen
trail i5 also receiving scores of chsl-
ienges from other schools about the
country. seeking western champion
ship games for Nov. 81 and Dec. 4.
but Athletic Director Davis is still
angling for that Everett game.
Everett has turned down Central
several times. but as fast as an
other team is scheduled by the Bos-
toneers. some obscure eleven bobs
up and defeats II, spelling the cham
pionship aspect OF the proposed tilt