Show F H YOST AT LEFT C CAPTAIN ADOLPH AT RIGHT university OF MICHIGAN FOOTBALL PROSPECTS FOR 1908 1 m I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 1 11 I 1 I 1 INSI 11 11 I 1 1 i I 1 N 1 q I 1 N N I 1 I 1 W I 1 Q I 1 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 1 alk 1 4 i I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 X 1 I I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 11 X 1 maw W I 1 W W I 1 k C i 4 k 11 1 k k a I 1 I 1 4 k p ak 1 s 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 1 41 T I 1 all 1 na 1 I 1 I 1 i dij I 1 I 1 15 1 C i 0 o I 1 A I 1 I 1 4 I 1 1 I 1 1 I 1 fl 11 I 1 I 1 I 1 1 I 1 I 11 Z 11 fr I 1 A iz I 1 1 1 1 I 1 1133 by charles baird director of i athletics october 3 case school at ann aror october 10 michigan agricultural college at Lansing mien mich october 17 notre dame university at ann arbor I 1 october 24 0 S U at columbus ohio october 31 vanderbilt Van derbUt university at ann arbor Novem november beOr 7 university at ann arbor november 14 pennsylvania at ann arbor Noi november ember 21 syracuse university at syracuse N Y the outlook for the football team at the university of michigan for the season of 1908 is ie much more encouraging than it was at this time in n 1907 the schedule is better and the michigan team promises to be 50 per cent stronger than it was a year ago the back field will not be a strong as it was in the days of heston hammond and longman yet it will be speedy and quite skillful the new rules have greatly modi modified fled the game of football and the style of play will be somewhat different this year from that of preceding years the success of plays founded on the possibilities of the forward pass puts a higher premium than formerly on men active and skillful in passing the ball such a radical change in the 1 rules also opens a field for development of skill and science along lines that have been uncultivated the game is more spectacular than ever and affords greater opportunity for the display of skill and science in strat strategy egv for the up building of a good football team michigan has much better material than she had last year with tho the passing of the last year or two michigan haq haa been able to I 1 in part adapt herself to the new circumstances and Is in much better shape this fall to prepare tor for tho the big games more candidates than ever have come out for the team and while for the most part they are inexperienced net et they average of a good size and there are many active and able players among the candidates it is still too realy to determine who will make the team but it is possible to single out the likely candidates and describe their the ir leading ch characteristics arac terl sties captain adolph of ft wayne ind Is now playing his fourth year on the Wic michigan higan team he is 6 feet 2 inches in height strips at about pounds and is quite active for a man of his size lie he does a great deal of tackling in the open as well as guard his position against all att attacks aclis lat at that point in the fall of 1907 he be was 11 picked as an all american center by walter camp Is a senior in the engineering department ot of the university william of detroit mich who was the varsity quarterback during the season of 1807 to Is a promising candidate for his bis old position ho he is rathor rather large for a quarterback weigh ing about pounds but Is active on his feet handles the ball well Is a fast runner and makes a very good ground gainer is a senior in college and Is an all round athlete being very skillful in baseball and basketball david W allerdice an indianapolis is boy played a good game on the varsity last fall and stands a very good show of making the team again this season allerdice Aller dlce weighs about abent pounds Is strong and has considerable speed allerdice Aller dlce la is a junior in the engineering department atiq p F who came to michigan from depauw university Is another candidate for the michigan team an dought to make an excellent I 1 uv 1 or und rush douglass was waa one of the leading substitutes last season and played in several of the varsity games ho he weighs about pounds very shifty and active on his feet and 1 Is A well adapted to the open style of football james jame K X watkins weight pounds height 6 5 feet 11 inches played fullback in the pennsylvania game last season keason he Is very powerful for a man of his size Is quite active and a very hard bard worker he fie is expected to make a very good bid for the fullback position this tall fall I 1 william edmunds a medical student from youngstown ohio Is adoth e for the fullback Vill back position edmunds Is also very good material for the end rush position he weighs about pounds stripped and stands about 6 feet in height he is very strong and unusually active tor for a man of his size he is very strong on both offense and defense and is probably the best beat punter on the squad his punts will average bet between een 50 and 60 yards lie he is also a very good drop ki kicker ker I 1 and much is expected of him th thil tall fall joe horner a sophomore student from grand rapids mich Is also considered very good back field material although not very large horner is stock lly built and is very fast and strong horner la Is an allaround all around athlete being especially strong in track athletics P H linthicum of 0 washington D C who played a good game on the 1910 engineer team last fall is also looked upon as aa a likely candidate for a position back of the line louthi lintal curn cum weighs about pounds and to 19 a strong and fast man linthacum to Is also an excellent baseball player b being e one of the varsity pitchers last spring f |