The Detroit times., 1917-09-27
COACH YOST
] ON The JOB.
! AGAIN AT J..
Sparks, Weske, Boyd
and Weimann, Vet
Grams, Report

ANN ARBOR. Mich Sept 81
Michigan officially opened its prac-
| lice sessions this morning when
Coach Yost. with Assistant Coach
Douglass took charge OF The football
candidates on Ferry Field.
Coach Yost arrived IN Ann Aroor
yesterday afternoon and immediate
|ly started q search after heavy men
Tor the line He declared he was
clad 20 see The Tour veterans,
Sparks. Neske. Boyd and Weimann,
In such hnc shape and said they
would help lot IN The formation OF
q first class eleven
The scarcity Of backheld material
becomes more apparent every day
and YQEt end Douglass will be forced
/ TO spend the greater part o. their
time training the offensive part OF
The Wolverine machine Outside OF
Sparks and Hanish, there Us not "A
single trained man on hand 10 PLAY
behind the line and 90 find even
.capatle men, let alone Maulbetsches.
rs going 10 be hard.
The line offers less OF problem
than the backheid With Weske-
Boyd, and Weimann, who are vet
Grams and players OF the highest cal
iber, there arc Culver. Goodseu, and
FefsHfaey ~ biz s-f : L - -
team. All these six men are heavy
and all ,hnt Culver and Fortune have
had vaysits> experience Cartwright,
reserve man, is another candidate
for line job.
The end candidates are also few
and far between There are the
Kress brothers. one OF them an end
and the other a tackle on the 1915
AllFresh, and in addition McClin.
toch, OF class-teams IS available.
None OF the men on hand compare
at all with the Dunne-Peach COM
bination of last fall II is possible
that Van Heerden, the South Afri-
can player. who has wonderful
reputation as a kicker, viii be made
over into an end He is fast, tall,
heavy, and possesses wonderful pos
slbilities as d punter He has al
ways played rugby and is ignorant
OF the American game, but looks the
part OF a first class end
Trainer Harry Tuthill called all
the candidates together for break
fast this morning and the players
will meet for every meal now until
school opens. This is not 20 be a
training table. but a general meet
ing for a discussion of plans. After
school starts. the men will 60 back
to their regular boarding places
Yost said that the charging ma
chine would make its appearance
rome time today and that the tack
ling dummy, nicknamed The
Kaiser" by the players. would be
brought into use az once Yost viii
have a start with the rudiments OF
the game for most Of the players,
only a few having ever been coach
ed in big league style.
& Captain-elect Pat" Smith having
enlisted with the naval militia, a
new captain will have 10 be chosen.
This election will probably be held
Following the first game. which
comes a week from Saturday. There
are ony four men eligible for the
Job, Weske and Boyd, seniors, and
Sparks and Weimann. juniors,
Van Heerden, the South African
punter, IL alleged 10 have declared
that he did not believe In training.
At the practice session yesterday he
spent considerable time in running
about the field TO develop his wind.
When Yost remarked about the sit
nation, Trainer Tuthill remarked
that probably the boy didn't think
four or FIVE hours tpractice was
enough work 10 be classed as train
ing"