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Show FOOTBALL IS BEST TRAINING FOR SOLDIER, SAYS COACH FIELDING YOST OF MICHIGAN s Coach Yost and Two Former Michigan Player. w. Why should football bo kept on tho map .when baseball was practically Wiped out by. tho war department? Coach Yost of tho Michigan team . gives an answer which will get tho stnmp of approval from alt followers ot the gridiron grid-iron sport lb tho following': . Benefits of Football. ' j "Bccnuso It develops the physical nnd moral, courage of tho individual, teaches him to give and tako the shock of combat) to think and act Instantly tinder lire, to soerillco self for team play, and accustoms him to discipline; and to gtvo and obey commands, It Is (he best posslblo training for n soldier,, as witness tho long lint of former Michigan players who huvo won commissions in tho army and navy. Men In Service. "Thcro's Redden," Yost continued as he pulled an envelope from his pocket and stnrtcd writing names upon It. "lie was captain of our 1003 eleven, and Is now n mujor In tho heavy urtlllcry with tho Rainbow dlvlnlon in France. Tommy Hammond, halfback on the 100K-4-5 team enjoys an equal rnnk In the tamo branch nnd division. Captain Wutklns, also In tho artillery, whs fullback In 1007-3. In tho siimo arm of tho service, with lieutenant's shoulder bars,' nro Bull Dunne, end ; Whnlcn, an all-around i man on tho 1015-10 cloven ; , Ilayncs-ford, Ilayncs-ford, cnptaln, In 1014, nnd Crnlg, tho all-Amcrlcan halfback." V |