I
MICHIGAN, 15; M.A.C., 3Michigan defeated the Michigan Agricultural College at Lansing on Saturday, Oct. 14, in a game which marked the first defeat of the Aggies on their home field. The Wolverines went into the late minutes of the third quarter without a score and with 3 points against them, and, by the kind of football that has made Yost teams famous, played the “farmers” to a standstill. Michigan was returned a winner by a score of 15 to 3. The game brought out Jimmie Craig in the new rôle of halfback and assured him a permanent berth behind the line. Six hundred Michigan rooters attended the game.
The summary:
Michigan, 15 Position M.A.C., 3 Garrels L.E. { Stone (Capt.) Davis Conklin (Capt.) L.T. { Bekeman Day Bogle L.G. McLaughty Paterson C. McWilliams Allmendinger } R.G. { Culver Quinn Martin Pontius R.T. Gifford Wells R.E. Gorenflo Craig } Q. Riblet McMillan Torbet } L.H. Hill Herrington Craig Carpell R.H. Markem Thomson F.B. { Bullard Julian Officials—Referee, Hackett, West Point; Umpire, Eckersall, Chicago; Field Judge, Allen, Northwestern; Head Linesman, Yeckley, Penn. State. Time of Periods—10 minutes.
| Michigan, 15 | Position | M.A.C., 3 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garrels | L.E. | { | Stone (Capt.) | |
| Davis | ||||
| Conklin (Capt.) | L.T. | { | Bekeman | |
| Day | ||||
| Bogle | L.G. | McLaughty | ||
| Paterson | C. | McWilliams | ||
| Allmendinger | } | R.G. | { | Culver |
| Quinn | Martin | |||
| Pontius | R.T. | Gifford | ||
| Wells | R.E. | Gorenflo | ||
| Craig | } | Q. | Riblet | |
| McMillan | ||||
| Torbet | } | L.H. | Hill | |
| Herrington | ||||
| Craig | ||||
| Carpell | R.H. | Markem | ||
| Thomson | F.B. | { | Bullard | |
| Julian |
II
MICHIGAN, 19; OHIO STATE, 0Michigan’s defeat of O.S.U. on Ferry Field Saturday, October 21, was due largely to the superior endurance of the Wolverine team. State outplayed Michigan in the first quarter of the game, but Michigan soon settled to the task and rolled up 19 points against no score for the visitors. Foss, the Ohio quarterback, was the individual star of the game.
Michigan, 19 Position O.S.U., 0 Conklin (Capt.) L.E. { Trautman McCoy Bogle } L.T. Barriklow Roblee Bogle } L.G. Raymond Quinn Paterson C. Geib Allmendinger } R.G. Geisman Garrels Pontius R.T. Markley (Capt.) Wells R.E. { Pavey Stover McMillan } Q. Foss Pickard Craig L.H. Smith, L.J. Carpell } R.H. Cox Huebel Thomson F.B. { Wright Willaman Officials—Referee, Thompson, Georgetown; Umpire, Hoagland, Princeton; Field Judge, Lieut. Nelly, West Point; Head Linesman, Macklin, Penn. Time of periods—15 minutes.
| Michigan, 19 | Position | O.S.U., 0 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conklin (Capt.) | L.E. | { | Trautman | |
| McCoy | ||||
| Bogle | } | L.T. | Barriklow | |
| Roblee | ||||
| Bogle | } | L.G. | Raymond | |
| Quinn | ||||
| Paterson | C. | Geib | ||
| Allmendinger | } | R.G. | Geisman | |
| Garrels | ||||
| Pontius | R.T. | Markley (Capt.) | ||
| Wells | R.E. | { | Pavey | |
| Stover | ||||
| McMillan | } | Q. | Foss | |
| Pickard | ||||
| Craig | L.H. | Smith, L.J. | ||
| Carpell | } | R.H. | Cox | |
| Huebel | ||||
| Thomson | F.B. | { | Wright | |
| Willaman |
III
MICHIGAN, 9; VANDERBILT, 8Michigan was played to a standstill in the game with McGugin’s Vanderbilt eleven on Ferry Field Saturday, Oct. 28, and it was by the closest of margins that the Wolverines won out by a 9 to 8 score. A field goal was scored by each team and each team made a touchdown, but Michigan was more fortunate than her southern rivals in that McMillan made a perfect punt-out and Conklin kicked goal, while Captain Roy Morrison of Vanderbilt fell down on the same play and lost his team the chance to try for a goal from touchdown when he overkicked on the punt-out. Yost was far from satisfied by the showing of the Michigan team.
Michigan, 9 Position Vanderbilt, 8 Conklin (Capt.) L.E. K. Morrison Bogle L.T. { Freeland Covington Quinn L.G. Metzger Paterson C. Morgan Garrels R.G. C. Brown Pontius R.T. T. Brown Wells R.E. E. Brown McMillan Q. R. Morrison (Capt.) Craig L.H. Hardage Carpel R.H. { Collins Curlin Thomson F.B. Sikes Officials—Referee, Bradley Walker, Virginia; Umpire, Eckersall, Chicago; Field Judge, Lieut. Nelly, West Point; Head Linesman, Heston, Michigan.
G. E. Elderidge.
Michigan Alumnus, November, 1911.
| Michigan, 9 | Position | Vanderbilt, 8 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conklin (Capt.) | L.E. | K. Morrison | |
| Bogle | L.T. | { | Freeland |
| Covington | |||
| Quinn | L.G. | Metzger | |
| Paterson | C. | Morgan | |
| Garrels | R.G. | C. Brown | |
| Pontius | R.T. | T. Brown | |
| Wells | R.E. | E. Brown | |
| McMillan | Q. | R. Morrison (Capt.) | |
| Craig | L.H. | Hardage | |
| Carpel | R.H. | { | Collins |
| Curlin | |||
| Thomson | F.B. | Sikes |
V. Queries and Topics for Oral Composition
- What knowledge is necessary in order to report a football game?
- How old is the game of football?
- Wherein do Rugby, soccer, Canadian, and American football differ?
- Describe the field on which American football is played.
- Describe the shoes, costumes, headgear, and ball used in the game.
- What is a stadium?
- Describe the functions of each player on a team.
- Explain the following terms: “kickoff,” “tackling,” “end run,” “line buck,” “interference,” “blocking,” “holding,” “off side,” “punt,” “drop kick,” “forward pass,” “fair catch,” “downs,” “scrimmage,” “touchdown,” “touchback,” “safety,” “goal from touchdown,” and “goal from field.”
- How many yards must a team carry the ball in four downs in order to keep it?
- How much does a touchdown count? A safety? A field goal? A goal from touchdown?
- How would you go to work to find out the past history of a team and the character of its personnel?
- What method of taking notes is recommended?
- How long should the report of a game be?
- In what style should it be written?
- How many words does each model contain?
- Observe how the writer seizes on the one or two salient points of each game, omitting what is unessential. This requires judgment and the effort to do it is a good training in judgment.
- Tell whether each sentence is simple, complex, or compound.
- Explain why each mark of punctuation is used.
- Find a metaphor in the models.
VI. Exercise
Write a report of Saturday’s game.