The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-01-05
MICHIGAN FACES
HARD SCHEDULE
In CONFERENCE
Yost Criticised For Not Playing
Eastern College

Ann ArbOr. Mich. Jan. 5.-(SpeciaD
There is no danger of over conf
Idence at Michigan this year when it
comes to track and field sports. Grad
uation took heavy toll of Coach
Steve Farrells mon last June and
with the first meet with Chicago here
.on February IS. Farrell faces the task
Of whipping together a team in the
short period of six weeks.
Hoffman, who holds the Western
conference record for the iavelin
event. is back and is expected to be
u sure point winner. but he will have
no chance to count for the Maize and
Blue before the outdoor season, as
the javelin throw is not on the list
of indoor events.
Some " the Athletes
In the 100 yard dash Farrell will
have Simmons. who is counted on as
y point getter, and in the 220 yard
event Kelly and Burke are expected
to be star performers. Joyner, Mar
tin. Thomas and Lewis will be the
leading candidates for the 440 yard
run. In the half mile event there are
Douglas, Weeks and Hottendoff, while
Standish. Arndt and Bowen are the
milers.
Farrell will have to make show
ing in the field events with practi-
cally new men Several good athletes
OF last years freshman tea mare eX-
pected to turn out and will fill the
gaps left by the graduation of the
stars, but at that Farrell will have u
tough job to whip together a team
L., Ill IL,
showing in the hard schedule of dual
meets and the big Ten" conference
title games.
Row Over Grid Schedule
Students again have deserted horns
to pick up hammers and knock Ath
letic Director and Football Coach
Fielding H. YOst.
After viewing the schedule for the
| 1922 Michigan gridiNn team. many
students were prone to condemn the
famous mentor who has directed the
grid sport at the Michigan school for
several years and who has groomeo
many players for "Afl-American'
team honors.
The burning question is, How many
hard games is it safe for an ath-
letic director to schedule for a var
sity eleven?
Coach Yost says he doesn't believe
any team can stand mare than four
major contests. 1T is difficult to find
an eleven in the country that has
played four hard games and come out
victorious in ALL" Yost said in dis
cussing the students protest
FaV0rS Conference Teams
To prove his contention Yost point
ed out that last fall Michigan, with
four hard games, lost one: Ohio
State. with four. lost one; Chicago
with four, lost one; Wisconsin. with
four. was defeated once. while Iowa,
with only three contests of major
ranking. came through unbeaten.
In the east, said the coach. "Har-
ward had schedule full of hard
games and lost two of them. while
Princeton was beaten three times ana
Pittshurg lost three Cornell. with
only two normally hard contests.
emerged from the seasons play with
a clean slate"
Students and some of the alumni
are bitterly opposed to Yost because
the director failed TO schedule a con-
test with an eastern eleven when ii
vas claimed Michigan had received
numerous offers for such games.
Iost explained that he favors play
ing teams in the western conference
instead of playing in the cast for the
reason that Michigan is member of
the conference and that the eligibility
rules for those schools are the same