THE MICHIGAN DAILY ... .. _ ..M.. _ ____. ....,__e _. ,. .. . .._,_ ,- . r.. _ ._ _ ...r......._..._ ,.w...... _ .. _ .. ___.-- ( .. LiA7 . "rt I iL h. li f l _ -...." -.---- l}14( J'1' i 14f U Id [ I ww.w.. .... ..W.Y:.., .........,.....w.,... . ... L.-- CLL MEETING FOR Expect Leaders to Aid In Shaping Polley For Awarding of Class Insignia BASKET3ALL DRAWS OUT MANY Al1 football managers are asked to attend a meeting which will be held at 5:00 o'clock tomorrow in the In- tramural office of the Athletic Asso- ciation onMaynard street.- one of the hatters 'whch will oc- cupy a prominent part in the discus- sion is that of the awarding of nu- merals. The awards have been made for the past season, but is it thought that the experience gained by the dif- ferent managers, and the conditions which have been met, would have considerable influence in shaping up a definite policy for determining who shall receive the class insignia. At the present time, approximately 300 men participate in interclass foot-] ball. Four teams ar awarded nu- merals--15 men to the team-making a total of 60 class athletes who re- ceive the sweaters and caps from this sport. Basketball, on the other hand, Is participated in by 450 men and, with only six men on a team, only 24 basketball numerals are handed out. The 13 relay track teams, with five men on a team, give place for but 65 men, while four sets, or 20 numerals, are given out. It is quite evident that such a policy is not consistent, and it is hoped that the managers of this year's football team may have some helpful ideas toward solving the diffi- culty. The official system as employed during the recent football season may come under the observation of the meeting. General dissatisfaction was current in the past when willingness of a bystander was the only means of obtaining officials, and it is believed that the plan worked out the past yeart may have been a great improve- ment. Intramural Director Rowe will ex- plain to the class managers at the meeting the working of the new Inter- College Board, and the method of se- lection of the Inter-College manager. The new board is an innovation in in- tramural methods, and will be made up of class managers. It is quite important that all this year's football managers attend the meeting tomorrow in order to have a full understanding of the duties and privileges of the office of footbal' manager, even after the actual grid- iron work of the season has come tc a close. 1918 TRACK SPIRANTS SPEED UP THEIR PAE Mile and Half Mile Candidates Hang Up Good Marks For Time of Season With the dawn of the last week be- fore the holiday vacation, aspirants for Coach Farrell's 1916 Varsity track aggregation yesterday began to push their speed up another notch. Among the distance men, one of the milers did the distance in 4:54 3-5, with no effort to make any race against time, while among the half mile men, one. of the candidates went seven times around the Waterman oval in 2:17. The freezing temperature outside was not of sufficient frigidness to keep several runners from circling the new outdoor track, although it is feared that most of them were out there mostly for the purpose of see- ing just how fast they could run. Coach Farrell wishes to announce that the first call for candidates will be made directly after the end of the1 Christmas holidays, and it is hoped that every man who has any serious, intentions of making the track team will be out just as soon as the call is issued. Powdered wax for dancing floor, in perforated top cans. C. H. Major & Co. Phone 237. edtdec21 2255 2255 2255 2255 FOUR GAMES SCHEDULED FOR INDOOR TEAMS AT GYM TONIGHT Senior Engineers Doped to Win Their Game With J-Medies; J-iLts to Practice. Three indoor baseball games are scheduled to be played tonight in Wat- erman gymnasium. Owing to a little confusion in the entering and with- drawal of teams from the league, there are in reality four games slated to be finished by 9:00 o'clock tonight. How- ever, one of the games will assurddly be forfeited so that there will be no interference in the regular periods al- lowed to each contest. At 7:00 o'clock the first game will be called as usual. The games follow in their order of contest tonight: first, J-medics vs. senior engineers; games scheduled for the second period, fresh engineers vs. J-laws and J-en- gineers vs. soph lits; third, fresh lits vs. senior laws. At first glance there appears to be a conflict in the schedule but since the senior laws evidently have no team, that game will be for- feited to the fresh lits, and one of the games slated for the second period will be shoved down to the third period. Which teams will have to play in the third period will depend entirely upon which ones are there ready to play first. The game between thes J-medics and the senior engineers is doped to be a one-sided affair. The medics have not been working themselves to death and no records can be found of their winning their other game, while the senior engineers have been working regularly every night whether they had a game or not and are consequent- ly in excellent condition. In addi- tion to the advantages of practice they have the dope in their favor since they have won all their games, and at present are considered to possess one of the strongest teams in the league. As to the dope on the fresh engi- neers and the J-laws, about all that ,an be said is that it .Is exceedingly scarce. The laws have forfeited once and since they have never been seen in action no prediction can be nade concerning their ability. The teams to clash in the other game charted for this period, the J-engi- neers a-nd the soph lits, should put up a good game. Dope seems to favor the engineers as they have won all of their games thus far, while the lits have lost a game. Both teams have lots of fight and have good batteries, although the lits are a little weak with the stick. Since the other game is predicted to result in a forfeit, there is small use in trying to figure out relative strength. The fresh lits were awarded a forfeit in their last game and have not played a regular game during the cason, so nothing of any real value is known about their ability. At 7:30 o'clock the J-lits will hold practice in the gymnasium. Every member of the squad is expected to be out ready for a stiff workout. A strong comeback spirit is characteriz- ing the junior lits and they are pre- paring to wallop every team they mix with in the future. "CHRISTMAS PARTY" TICKETS BEING SOLD AT UNION DESK ................ LACK OF TRACK STARS AMONG FltESiME N 3MEANS NEIW ACTION Coach Farrell and Dr. G. A. May to T£ake ,ladical Steps to Unearth More Material Due to the lack of any real track stars among the freshmen who have reported to Coach Farrell up to the present date, Dr. George A. May, di- rector of the Waterman gymnasium, has decided to take radical steps in conjunction with the coach in order to find out if there is any ability among those yearlings who have not yet signified their intentions of try- ing out for the team. Shortly after Christmas holidays this plan will go into effect. Previously, before the gymnasium classes had started, "Steve" Farrell would give the men a short instruc- tion in starting and running dashes. He would put three or four men on the mark and start them down the 35- yard~ straight-away in the gymnasium, -etting a new bunch on the mark as soon as the first had gotten away, and paying little attention to how the frosh ran. According to the new plan "Steve" will start the men with a gun, and the time of each individual will be taken, first from the 35-yard dash and then later probably for one lap on the track. The records for the high-jump and 220-yard dash may also be taken. In this way he can get a line on any man showing class enough to be considered. sufficient ability he will If he has be requis- tioned for the team. In order to stimulate interest and also to get the men to try their best, track meets will be held either bc- tween the lits and engineers or be- tween the gymnasium classes of the two days, Monday-Friday, and Tues- day-Thursday. It is most likely that, the matches will be between the lits and engineers. "All of these preparations are be- ing taken in order to develop a good track team for next year," said Dr. May. "There is absolutely no ma- terial out of which to build next sea- son's team. It seems as if the high schools had cut out track, for the men show astounding evidence of lack of coaching along that line. I admit that it is an expensive sport, to say the least, but it is a major sport, considered so by all of the big col- leges, so we must keep it up. If only the high schools had that incentive to make, them keep it up, matters would be a lot easier for us. How- ever if there is any ability among these freshmen we will find it, for under this plan of ours every man will have to run and be timed. There 'is no way of getting out of it, except by bolting gymnasium class, and a man can't keep that up any time without getting in trouble. In this way we will be able to get at the man who can run but who is too bashful to come out and show us that he can. There are a large number of that kind in the university today." " LET'S GO. 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William Coch- N ran who spoke at the Presbyterian The New York Sun says: church Sunday, but we'll wager De- "We have seen three of the expert cember's allowance against a slightly punters of the east, Driggs, Guernsey used tooth pick that despite his na- and Mahan, and the greatest of these tional reputation he isn't as big as is Shivcrick - of Cornell." our own Willie. Not by at least 60 Speaking of Shiverick recalls atpounds. statement of Coach Yost's. - Yost as- sorted that the greatest Individual "It would seem that the outdoor feat of the year was Shiverick's punt- track is none too popular these cold ing in the Harvard-Cornell game. days. Occasionally an enterprising Yost ought to know. He was easily youth can be caught approaching a within 700 miles of the spot. two-minute gait around the oval."- Michigan Daily. AWARD 14 SETS OF NUMERAIS TO CLASS SOCCERITES C ORNELL FOOTBALL, PLAY MICHIGAN TEAM NEXT Recommendation of Captain Coach Basis For Distribution of Insignia and Contrary to all rumors to the effect that the Varsity soccer team would not receive numerals this year, the members of the squad have been awarded their insignia. The follow- ing men will call at the Intramural office at their earliest convenience and be measured for their sweaters, at the same time turning in their suits: Kiefer, Ayers, Jones, Otis, Tanover, Feizy, Wong, Fleischauer, Hung, Doomborajien, Schnoor, Bates, Sayner, and Tripolitis.j * Ithaca, N. Y., Dec. 13.-Cornell w play nine games during the, 1916 fo ball season, according to the seh ule published today by the athle authorities. The big games are wi Michigan, Harvard and Pennsylv nia. The Michigan contest is sch uled for November 11, and will played at Ithaca. The games follo Sept. 30--Oberlin at Ithaca. Oct. 7--Gettysburg at Ithaca. Oct. 14-Williams at Ithaca. Oct. 21-Bucknell at Ithaca. Oct. 28-Harvard at Cambridge. Nov. 4-Carnegie at Ithaca. Nov. 11--Michigan at Ithaca. A turtle in Wellsboro, Pa., traveled Personally, if we were out there on These men were awarded their nu- 18 miles in 31 months. The Yale back- that outdoor track with nothing but field couldn't gain 18 yards in 31 a track suit between us and the win- years, wherefore we arise to marvel. tery blasts, our speed would put H.' at the speed of a turtle. L. Smith, H. E. O'Brien and A. S. Robinson to shame. Dispatches say that football may be dropped at Carlisle. After glancing i Walter Camp rates Watson, of Har- over Carlisle's 1915 record, some of yard, ahead of Russell of Chicago, us strongly suspect that it was dis- but then, Walter is perfectly justified, continued a year ago. _