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Show I MICHIGAN TO WIN I OIV RUTGERS' KICK Hi According to Head Coach Hl Yost Reports of Confi-dence Confi-dence From Other Colleges. Ann Arbor, Mich., Nov. 6. Michigan 1 i going to beat the cast at its own h game, according to Head Coach Yost, ID following his first trials o the new B. style kick tonight. Rutgers originated . the new kick this fall and has al- J I! ready scored three field goals with it, I; but Yost has gone the originators one better. At Rutgers, Princeton and 1 Pennsylvania, where the kick was first tried, the quarterback takes the I ball from the center and runs back placing It in the outstretched hands of the two backs, who hold it a few Inches above the ground for the fourth man in the back field to kick. The kicker gets much greater distance I than from either a drop-kick or a ball placed upon the ground and it counts for three points, according to the ' rules. Yost has eliminated the use of the quarterback, leaving two men to block the defensive ends, and several I Michigan Kickers nave been getting remarkable results in their few min utes' practices. Dunne, Raymond and Martens have taken their turn at tho new style of kick and Yost is determined deter-mined to use his improved methed against both Cornell and Pennsylva-i Pennsylva-i nia. Sparks and Sharpe were both out in suits today and both will start on Saturday at Ithaca, barring new injuries. in-juries. Notre Dame Goes Easy. Notre Dame, Ind., Nov. 6. Following Follow-ing the "West Point game, Notre Dame was given only a light workout this afternoon. Absent from the practice were Captain Cofall, Bergman, Pho-lan, Pho-lan, Mclnerny, Whipple and John Miller. Mil-ler. None of the squad is seriously hurt. Ohio State Happy. Columbus, Ohio, Nov. 6. No doubt Saturday's football event at Ohio field was tho most notable ever contested in Ohio. Not entirely for its own delights de-lights to rooters, but for its lasting benefits to football at the big university. univer-sity. Ohio State lias gained recognition. The praise of its team is snug in Cleveland and In all Ohio, where praise in other years was hard to get. Recognition has been obtained in Chicago, where nothing but the big four of the conference, Chicago, Wisconsin, Wis-consin, Illinois and Minnesota, could be spoken of with certain terms of praise until Ohio Staie whipped two of them In succession. Schedule-making for the remainder of the season could not be more admirable ad-mirable from any standpoint for Ohio State. Indiana comes next Saturday and then Case. If Ohio State and Northwestern can come clean until the final day, another championship game will be played here. Wisconsin Working Hard. Maaison, Wis., Nov. 6. Wisconsin started out after the first honors in second four of the "Big Nine" this afternoon. With Minnesota, Illinois, Chicago and Wisconsin all defeated, niwerto leaders of the conference will scrap out for the leadership In the secondary division. Dr. Withington spent this afternoon in correcting the most apparent faults in the work of the Badger team against Ohio and ended up with a short dummy scrimmage. scrim-mage. He believes 'that the Badgers have a good chance of beating Minnesota. Begin for Tiger Fray. Cambridge, Mass., Nov. 6 The Harvard Har-vard varsity football team started its final drive this afternoon for thel Princeton game. The varsity eleven, opposed to its substitutes, won, 6 to 3. The substitutes rushed the ball to the 28-yard line at one time, but were held. Bond then drop-kicked a goal from the 35-yard line. This served to arouse the fighting spirit of the regulars, and a hard drive for fifty yards soon landed Minot behind be-hind the substitutes' line for a touchdown. touch-down. Robison, varsity quarterback, and Horween, the punting halfback,-were the only absentees. Works 'em Harder. Minneapolis, Minn., Nov. 6. The defeat de-feat by Illinois, eliminating the Gophers Go-phers from the conference race, served serv-ed only to make tho coach drive them harder today. Tomorrow possibly the freshmen will direct the Badger plays against the varsity. Stiehm Has Crips. Bloomington, Ind., Nov. 6. A crippled crip-pled bunch of players greeted Coach Stiehm when the Indiana workout was held today. Erohart, Bowser, Hathaway Hatha-way and Hiatt being on the hospital list Erehart, the star left half, who had hs leg injured in the Tufts bracer, brac-er, was knocked out of the Northwestern Northwest-ern encounter and is now barely able to walk. Princeton Works Late. Princeton, N. J., Nov. 6. "We have a mighty long way to go before Saturday," Sat-urday," said Coach John Rush of the Princeton football team at the conclusion conclu-sion of this afternoon's practice in tho Palmer stadium. The ui he ordered or-dered for his charges showed that he meant what he said. It was dark before be-fore he finally called practice to a close.- The Bucknell game left the squad in perfect physical condition. Cornell Is Determined. Ithaca, N. Y., Nov. C "We must beat Michigan," was the slogan sound ed In the Cornell football camp today as the men gathered for their lecture and blackboard talk. Every varsity man wns In tho room except Brctz, the crack left half, -who will not bo ablo to play against the Wolverines. New plays for the Michigan game were mapped out, and It is probable that several changes In the lineup will be announced when the teams get out on the field tomorrow lor tho first f real practice of the week. Army Prepares for Final. West Point, Nov. G. This was a day of rest for tho Army's football eleven. Not a man who lined up against Notre Dame was out today. The men came through tho battle in good snapo except ex-cept for bruises and sore spots, but the coaches ordered a complete layoff lay-off and tho drill today saw only second-string men in action. The mentors men-tors will devote their time now to shaping tho Army for Its big Polo grounds' game with the Navy. Tackling Tack-ling and development of interference will occupy the coaches this week. New Haven, Conn., Nov. 6. Yale's scrimmage line lasted only ten minutes min-utes today, only three regulars Captain Cap-tain Black, Comerford and Gates taking part. The varsity scored twico against Dr. Bull's third eleven. Halfbacks Half-backs Walte and Stewart taking the ball across the goal line. An end run for thirty yards by Waite and a 50-yard 50-yard dash by Head Coach Tad Jones, who went into the varsity lineup during dur-ing the last five minutes, were features. fea-tures. Pudge Hoffelfinger Joined the coaches and lined up with the scrubs for part of the practlco. |