The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-09-10
COACH YOST HAS
GREAT RECORD AS
MICHIGAN TUTOR
Veteran Wolverine Foot
ball Mentor Surpasses
All Other Pilots

ANN ARBOR. Mich, Sept. O.
Fielding H. Yost, for more than two
decades pilot Of Michigan football
eleven. Is about 10 start his twenty
second year as coach Of the Wolver-
inc grid warriors.
During these 21 years which are
passed, while the veteran coach has
guided Michigan's gridiron destinies.
stars have twinklcd, faded and
some have been forgotten, but the
"old man" enters each new cam
paign with a new vigor and with all
the enthusiasm of u far more youth
full coach.
During the 21 years Yost has
coached at Michigan, the Wolver-
ines have won 12S victories, tied
nine games and lost but 25. During
this period he has seen his men roll
up total Of 4.779 points as against
GS1 points scored by the opposition.
Started at Michigan IN 1901.
Mlchigan's football record in the
Western conference alone, OF win
ming So games, tying four and los
ing but 22, is largely due to the Yost
regime. Yost came 10 Michigan In
1901, and previous to that time he
| had coached one year each at Ohio
| Wesleyan, University OF Nebraska,
University OF Kansas and Leland
| Stanford
Last winter when the football
coaches OF the nation met in the
| east 10 amend certain rules and let
| loose q fusilade OF shots at the shift
| play, credit was given TO Mai,
| Charles DAILY Of West Point and two
| others Of the eastern coaches for
| what was accomplished at that
| meeting, but the fact remains that
| Fieldglng Yost was among the most
ardent hackers of the rule from the
! first and did everything within his
| power 10 have Il adopted.
Initial Practice September IS.
| The Michigan football men, re-
turning for the initial practice OF
the season, which Will be held on
Ferry field September Is, will be
greeted by one Of the best coaching
staffs which ever groomed q Michi-
gan eleven for a football champion
ship.
In addition 10 Yost head coach
| and director Of intercollegiate sports
nt Michigan, there will be a staff OF
| eight men, which will be augmented
before each big game, by volunteer
Goa ches who have once been Michl-
gan stars Yost's first assistant will
be George A. Little,
In addition 10 Yost and Little, the
Michigan pigskin men will be tu-
tored by Elton "Tad" Wleman, as
sistant line coach last season, and
A. J. Stur2encgger, who will return
Tor his fifth year as assistant coach
lof the ends and hRckfleld men.
Ray L. Fisher, a graduate Of Mid
dlebury college. will aga'n have
charge Of the reserves with one as
sistant while Coach Edwin Mather
will coach the all-fresh squad
Archie Hahn will assist In the back
field. Others who will assist in the
coaching are Ernie wick, aO-Amer-
lean center last season. and Angus
GootZ. captain Of the 1920 eleven,
Coach Yost and his staff are fac
ing a big problem IN whipping q
team into shape for the invasion
- .h~ pw.kova STRONGHOLD end fh'
dedication Of the $4,000 900 stadium
October 2f Graduation has shat
tered the forward wall Of the VOL
VERNE eleven 70 such an extent tha
! Stanley Mulrhoad alone returns a.
veteran Of the experienced lire.
Ernie Vick. center: Capt, Duke
Dunne, for years a tower of strength
ON the Michipan line. and "Gob'
Wilson. an aggressive guard: Johns
a nIayer OF considerable eynerience
and Petro, substitute linesn1an, VIII
PLAYED second half OF Wisconsin
!, ond all OF tho Minnesota game las
fall are the PLAYERS who will neve
again play for Michigan.