Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-12-10
MICHIGAN WILL PLAY
SHORT SCHEDULE 1918
Wolverines Believe Ten Games
Responsible for Poor
Showing at Finish.

ANN ARBOR, Mich, Dec. 9.--About
the only thing certain regarding the
1918 schedule of the University OF
Michigan Is the fact that the Wolver-
ines Will play seven games instead OF
ten. The rule of the western confer
ence, which limits the nurnber of foot
ball contests, will not be unwelcome
here. II has been said many times on
the campus that the tengame sched-
uie TINS season may have had some
thing to do with Michignns poor
showing in the closing struggles.
Nobody in authority has thus fas
said What Iosts men will play Chi
cago, Illinois or Wisconsin next au-
tumn. 1t is generally believed that
Northwestern will play here and that
game with the champion Ohio State
eleven will be scheduled. Michigan
students are pulling hard for con-
test with Minnesota.
From a Michigan angle, the confer
ence schedule seems to be as follows:
Northwcstern---A return game at
Ann Arbor, partly in appreciation for
the game with the Purple this year,
and partly In an effort TO avenge the
recent defeat.
Ohio State-University authorities
and students are more and more in
olined to regard the Columbus eleven
J 10 u IlNdl VI TIE WOlNtT-
Ines. II Is known that Michigan
would like the game and Ohio State
faculty members have been quoted as
favoring IA contest. IL Is understood
that the game is a certainty II Chi
cago and Ohio State do not meet.
Minnesota Willing.
Minnesota-Ann Arborites still have
warm spot in their hearts for the
team from Minneapolis. They have
not forgotten that Minnesota granted
Michigan two games, after the latter
left the conference fold. 1t Is felt
that the game would be remarkable
drawing card. no matter where 1t Is
played.
Chicago-Well-jus we'll Ii has
been "intimated" that Michigan Will
not play the Maroons next year. 1t is
hoped. however, that any lingering
vestige of feeling will be buried before
1919 rolls around and that eventually
the Chicago Michigan contest will be
as popular as It used to be.
Wisconsin-The seven-game rule
seems to bar a struggle with the Bad
gers. Michigan men realize. however.
that the Wolverines will be lucky to
schedule three conference games next
fall, and they regard the Northwest
ern, Ohio State and Minnesota games
as the probable trio.
Puedue, Indiana Iowa---It would
not be surprising II one of these teams
played Michigan I'm case one of the
other proposed games fell thru.
Illinois-Nothing authoritative re-
garding the Illinois situation has been
obtained.
There is an unpleasant side to the
schedule problem for Michigan. Two.
possibly four, OF the teams which have
proved standbys for several years may
be dropped. Relations which were
broken with Syracuse last spring will
not be resumed, II Is said. Cornell
will be played at Ithaca late In the
season, the contract for this game
having already been signed. Michigan
and Pennsylvania have played out
their contract and altho the Eastern
ers are popular here, 1t is reasonably
certain that this game will be aban-
doned IL Michigan gets contest with
Minnesota.
Case Has Opener.
Michigan will keep her agreement
to play the Michigan Aggies and II Is
expected that the game will be played
at East Lansing. This leaves but one
contcst-the opening game-to CON
sider. There isn'nt much doubt about
that one. Case has the call In II
years, the Cleveland eleven has opened
the season here with Michigan on
ten occasions and several OF these con-
tests were too close to-be comfortable
for me home team.
Granting that Case will play the
opening game and that the third con-
test will be with NJ. A. c.. 1t Isl prob
able that Michigan will try to sched-
ule game number two with one OF the
small conference elevens. After these
three games will come the matches
with Cornell and Northwestern. the
former at Ithaca and the latter at
Ann Arbor. II Michigan can land