The Washington times., 1922-11-11

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Kansas and Alabama Poly.
The only defeats OF consequence
were those. sustained by Yale and
Pennsylvania at the hands of Iowa
and Alabama. respectively. How.
ever. Notre Dame may trip the
Army at West Point this afternoon.
although don't look for such a
result.
Michigan has not been altogether
fortunate In it's intersectional cam.
paigns and / am sorry that Fielding
Yost, having such a splendid team.
will not be able to try his luck
along these lines again, this year.
! don't know of any Eastern team
that could figure to beat Michigan,
although that is a matter Of opinion.
In looking backward, ! re-
member only too well the first
and last visit Of 4 Micigan team
to the Harvard stadium. 1t illu-
strates the bad luck In which
some Of Yost's teams ran in meet
ing eastern rivals.
The game In question occurred
during the 1914 season. when / was
captain at Harvard. but out of the
game with an attack OF appendicitis.
Michigan gained three times as
much ground as Harvard did and
Johnny Maulbetsch. called the
human cannon ball. tore the Crimson
line to shreds in carrying the ball
twice the length OF the field with
his almost irresistible line plunges.
The Wolverines marched right
down to the goal line on both oc.
casions, only to lose possession OF
the ball on downs through mistakes
in generalship by their quarter
back. They ishould have won that
game by two toIchdowns. In
stead. they lost It by a score OF
Z to 0. the Harvard touchdown be-
ing favored somewhat by luck.
A year or so before that. Michi
gan visited Franklin field for one
of its series Of games with Penn
sylvania. That game is still a
source Of reminiscence to Philadel
phia followers of football.
Opening the game with fast,
running attack, built around
Thompson and Johnny Craig, the
hurdler, Michigan marched down
10 the Penn goal for three cOnsecu.
tive touchdOwns In the first half.
None Of them came as the result
of long gain plays, but were
brought about by running attack,
for which Penn seemed to have no
adequate defense. 1t looked like
terrible rout for Pennsylvania.
Then came the turning point. Be
fore the end of the half Michigan had
run itself out with it's protracted line
plunges and was a very tired team
II found itself on the defensive for
the first time when Roy Mercer not
only kicked off, but followed the ball
down field to make the tackle on the
4.yard line. a wonderful piece OF
work.
This forced Michigan to punt and
the ball was returned well down to-
ward the goal, Penn finally goins
over for the score.
The second half was all Pennsyl
vania, but Michigan, tired as II was
fought off every advance desperately
Two long gain plays resulted In Penn
touchdowns. however. and with
single point needed to tie the score
a hush fell over the stands as the at
tempt at goal was made.
The kicker was Chester Minds
afterward killed In a train wreck. He
had made something like twelve
straight goals from touchdown dur
ing the season. but he missed thi'
one. although the attempt was made
from directly in front OF the posts.
That left Michigan still leading.
81 to 20, with five minutes to go,
hut the Penn team was. a bunch
Of wild men by this time and u
rushed the ball down to the 25'
ward line In short order. Here.
the Wolverines made their last.
grim stand and Dick Marshall
was sent back to attempt q field
goal from the 25.ysrd line. He
kicked the hall straight up into
the air, q Michigan man got u
and Penn's last chance seemed
gone.
However, poor generalship wa'
responsible for Michigan puntinf
on the first down, instead Of run
mn % time. The punt wSs caught b,
Marshall at midfield and he pro
ceeded to run through the entire
Michigan team for the winnint
touchdown without a hand belnt
laid upon him.
THAT was one Of the greatest fin
lshes in the history of modern foo'
ball and again Yost was the victim
Let us hope he has better luck mex
time. ,.
(Note-On Monday Mr.. Brickle'
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