The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1919-12-22
STRATEGY OF GREAT FOOTBALL GAMEs-No. l.
M'chgGH Last Struggle in the old Western intercollegiate
Conference Greatest in YOsts Wonderful Corooy
TOLD BY FIELDING H. YOST TO HUGH FULLERTON

Minneapolis. In 1910 Michigan was mot
w the conference but was cumpcIIrd 10
plHE minnesota ~ "a tWu-ycHr contract
htd been made prior 20 the difference 81
opinions by which Minnesota wog 70
come 10 Ann ArbOr
Minnesota had u great team. II had
Wph thc western Conference champion
SUP early and had not been scored
against by any team. The sit,at,,,, ,,. w..
one calculated 10 create interest ana
make for fierce combat. tho confer
Shce champion playing the team which
' ley II hna been ,unfairly treated and
compelled to Withdraw.
On the Minnesota team were ann, of
t,t Ereatest players ever dcvrloped I'm
tht west seven pf them Veterans MAY
l,E ,rle'r mnhl games after remarkable
NJ ttIs' IutIt We're MCtiuVcrn and
walker, both of whom had been chosen
as Au-Amoricau players 10y Walter
camp ana 10y the great majority Of
uther students with them Lyle John
Son, stevens, RosenWald Pickering and
otnerS' constituting remarkable team.
10Y can Imagine the intense interest
Crhtrlng upon the contest Minnesota
had every incentive for putting forth
every cuoft - To win meant beating
Michigan. thing no Minnesota team
had been able to do for about eighteen
years II meant clean title to the
western championship, and Il meant
completing season without having n
score registered against the team II Il
could hold Michigan. BESIDES that, II
meant much to the conference teams
because OF the bitterness aroused by the
controversy.
Is Michigan faced this situation with
only an average team but one inspired
by a wonderful spirit OF do or die It
was TO be Michigan's last game in the
CohIerehV, ioI many years, ana perhops
Is changed.
The game WIS the most evenly played
ever have witnessed and the general
HNnH Hn...I =
Coaches need not take credit for that
we had drilled the men, trained them
and taughtethem, but once out there
between the chalk lines the held Lead
plays, but they must make them. the
leaders must decide which plays to use,
IN them to tho situation and the men
must remember. must keep cool figure
the exact SPOT To which he must 20 ana
the exact tenth Of a second that lac
must be on that spot
Neither side could smash the defense
OF The other. The blocking was won
dcrtul. md tn strategy OF both teams
beautiful 10 watch. Our team had an
assortment OF complicated plays that
season 9Hd had used them, or almost
thot had not been tried or revealed
What Minnesota had IN reserve We
,yNer h"'. discovered, but the team
n9d attemntcd almost every variation
| o. shit ond trick
Five minutes before tho f,naI whistle
was 10 blow, these two teams faced each
| other at ~" exact centre Of the field. on
| me "'-Nnrd line. The field az that time
] vas no yards long. ATcMulln. quarter
| back and one Of the finest hcid generals
| IN the country called for n forwa "a
| pass IN. which Wells was 10 PASS the
| BAN and Stanley Rorlcstc was 10 re-
| ceive II. The play was one we Ind hr
ured weeks before and which had bnen
| used but few times I, was evident maj
| MCMllln had determined to open M tho
! attack and nttemnt 10 spread the Mime
| sofa defense, I'm the hopes OF n score in
those final minutes Wells was rIrifi
| end and Bor'o gkc left end Tho DIYv
| started with q tandem right shit. nnd
| every man shifted on the jump II
| looked Ike q quarterback run on NTicbi.
Criss-Cross from McMnlin 10 Wells.
borltskc had hit his man, a back and
plunged past 70 thc exact spot which. in
, ~ oi,tsI I"S''.S OF the play, lac was
a rrmarkhblo player, ran some ten Yards
directly back Of Michigau's centre while
| McMl'ln, after passing the ball TO Wells.
ran on low and hard, at the right end
Of me iin", blocking his man there and
protecting the play, Wells made "a mr.
feet pass 10 BorleslIc, who rot the han
about twcnty-folr yards down the aldo
lhe' where he was tackled and thrown
out OF bounds by McGoveru, Uho. In
spite OF tie perfect execution OF the play
nhd Followed every mUvo ana was an
top OF Horleske the instant after he
) made the catch.
The ball was carried I'm fifteen Yards
| II was n question as to V.hnf NGNIIIIIr
| would do. Tie wa striving for snrar
and hurryiug the signals. and he called
> for "A repetition OF the same play. n
! was executed with tremendous speed
and dash, and perfectly, and Borlrsk,
: was thrown on the Minnesota 4-yarl
Z line,
II was our FIRST great chance TO scor,
Hhh me situation was a trying one II
. football more blunders are made wheI
the attacking team Is within easy strll
C. ing distance OF the line than at an,
other time. The number OF plays h
, much fewer and the defense IL IN per
must nav" been aware OF the fact tha
u our play Nas 90 use Wells. lie was GU
% best man for such situation, and gu
? only nng plunger .or short gain.
NcMillln threw the team Into almus