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

ANN ARBOR. Mich, Oct. Tt
was asserted here this morning that
toaay Buzz" 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 "pinchhitter" last
Year. being used TO put through
spectacular plays when long gains
were necessary. He 10 also some
thing Of kicker
II Michigan had possessed half
OF the tight throughout the Law
rance game that thaiE opponents had
yesterday. the score would have
been some hundred points to none
instead OF 80 TO 0. Not only did the
Y. OF nj. eleven lack pep. but they
showed a need Of all-around driv-
ing power. Maulbetsch was the
only Wolverine able to put. the ball
a few inches forward when those
few inches meant a touchdown.
Three times Ia the final session,
when the ball was but one foot from
the goal line. the backs hurled
themselves against Lawrence. and
three times were repulsed. The
fourth time II was showed over
without an inch to spare. And the
Lawrence line was outweighed 30
pounds to the man.
Five times even Maulbetsch. all
American half. was stopped behind
the line, and when Maully Is stopped
without a little gain at least. there
Is surely something wrong some
where.
In the cases where a night for
position Is on. there was little In
tho Playing Of any OF the candidates
IN 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 chance.
showed better than Calvin especial
~ in keeping the men on the jump,
while Zeiger brought forth more
pep than the other two together.
He tore OF long runs. and kept
working. Yet even he loGfed In the
first quarter.
The backneld candidates showed
a 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 allilthei 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 fair. and
Rhoem showed his old tendencies
to stop and 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 interior
ence and defence as much as EOS
sible. He looked far from condi-
ton, as did many Of the other old
men. Cochran on the line was fight.
ing all the time. but did not dis
play his 1914 form. while Watson
and whalen locked 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.
ent 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 aggrcssiveness was
clearly shown when Lawrence got
four attempts at field goals, and
got them away clear despite the
fact that they were low and were
played very slowly. There were
few penalties bat there could not
be many when the entire Michigan
tine was waiting for the play TO 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 It's only attempt. Mich.
gan's ends we're nearly always far
! from the ball when II came down.
and the Lawrence forwards had
little trouble In blocking the at