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Show FOOTBALL IS BEST TRAINING FOR SOLDIER, SAYS COACH FIELDING YOST OF MICHIGAN Coach Yost and Two Former Michigan Players. Why should football bo kept on tho map .when baseball was practically Wiped out by. thu war department? Coach Yost of the Michigan team gives an answer which will get tho stamp of approval from all followers of, tho gridiron grid-iron sport lb tho following: , , , . ,' Benefit of Football. v, "Bccauso It develops tho physical and moral, courage of tho Individual, teaches him to give and tako the shock of combat; to think and act Instantly under lire, to sacrifice self for tram play, and accustoms him to dlsclpltno and to glvo and obey commands, It Is the best posslblo training for n soldloiy.us witness tho long list of former Michigan players who havo won commissions' In tho army and navy. Men In Service. There's Itcdden," Yost continued ns he pulled nn envclopo from his pocket nnd started writing names upon It. "He was captain of our 1003 eleven, and Is now n inujnr In tho henvy urtlllcry with tho Ilalnbow division In France. Tommy Hammond, holfbnck on the 100IM-5 team enjoys nn equal rank In the t-amo branch and division. Captain Wutklns, also In tho artillery, was fullback In 1007-8. In tho sdme nnn of tho service, with lieutenant's shoulder bar,' aro Bull Dunne, end ; Whnlen, nn all-around man on tho 1015-10 eleven;, Ilayncs-ford, Ilayncs-ford, cnptnln, In 301-1, nnd Craig, tho nil-American halfback." , |