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By IROBIERTI' . GESSNER
Thiere is an old refrain to Mich
£a mon a aeong, '"The Victors,"N
conIcIlues \witi the phrase--"-'C
ionf 41the West."
The roan who wrote that song,
(1'oUs years ago, was probabi
spired by a loyalty to hits Alma N
and wherever he is living toda
certainly must 'take great sat
tioni, as does every Michigan st
andI alumnas, in the record of
'Wolverines in intercollegiate ath
Mchigan'is record in comp
athletics is familiar to all foll
of :sport. She has won the ma
of all her contests in majors
in competition with each of theI
cor Conference universities. M
gan has a (deciedladvantage
cach opponent in each major.s
except in) track, in which Michiga
won five victories against fiv
Opponents. In Western Confe
outdoor track mts, Michigan _
better with 13 out of 21 in whih
part icipa)~ted. Since her re-entr
the big Ten in 1917, she has we
out of nine baseball champions
and in football, 80 victories a
defeats with Conference univers
/Michigan has also placed 15 iie
Walter Camp's All-American fo
team which is nearly as many ast
of all the other Conference in
tions comrbined.. Basketball has
a major sport at Michigan on
years, but in that pieriod, Mih
basketball teams have finisheda
near, the top i the past seven Y,
Thus, in cosiderable breviV~
~ketch o/ the Universities' accom]
ments an athletic Competition, w
has given Michigan a unique pla
the sporting world. But of the
trial of victories and defeats, mi
heart-breaking ties, more may be
Firt Ga me in 1866
On a sun flooded spring aftes
in 1866 a group of nino Qyoug src
men" gathered in a corner of the<
pus to meet a similar crowd of"
letes" from the town district in a9
of baseball. This game between MV
Ian and Ann Arbor was the first
letic contest in which the TUnivei
was represented. The first int
legiate contest dlid not come until
when a Michigan football team
RIacine College, winning, 7 to 2.
game was also played on the ca
where the Medical building Wan
gymnasium now stands. Only as
cinder running track today stand
commemoration of Michigan's
athletic field. 1
In the spring the ground that
used as a football field was turned
a baseball diamond. on this lot
1882, Michiga's first intercolle
baseball gaem took place, with a
tory' over a Wisconsin nine, 20 tc
Michigan's athletes had to be
tented with this Ingle field, w
was a gridiron and a diamond in
for several years until the Re
appropriated $3,0300 to purchase a
of ground. Considerable talk
about Ann Arbor concerning
"huge sumn for athletics.", In
trait t& that amount is the sn
nearly $1,500,000 that is being s'
this year in the building of a sta
and two new field houses.
Mvichigan's first big year in foet
was in 1881 when she met an wa
feated by the Big Three-Har
Yale, and Princeton. Harvard
4 to 0, ale 11 to 0, and Princeti

to 4.
Two Gaines a Week in Niinerie
Interesting stoies0 are told of
team in the nineties. They usu
tlflayedI two gamnes a week, one
Wednesdlay and the other on Sa
(,,Y. All of the "big games"
played in Detroit as Ann Arbor
located too far out in the country.
of the players furnished their
cquipment, and wfi~n an out oft
tl-ip was made the business mei
'Ann lirbor were asked to support
tieam with donations. If the neces;
itoney was gathered the trip
made, otherwise the team p1y
amiong; themselves. At this tim
ws even exceedingly difficult to
poseC of the tickets and the town
, pl e bought them to "helpn the1
In 1887 Michigan miet Notre D
and conquered thenm 8 to 0, and in
following year raised the score b
-vwhl the Irish could only add
points to their goose egg. The
time AiHD igan faced Notre Dame
the gridiron was in 1898, again h
thec victor with a score of 23 b
In this same year Michigan met
the first trene her greatest riva'

MAJORITY IFMCONTSTS' '"THE OLD ItfTONOMTDUMFobl7MnosMetYneAiteA RSIET UD
.PE N otbllM ntrs. et ane Httr IX At Conference Of Coaches in New York i
CONFFRENE COMPTITION NESFNL STAG t g "IERIY .DSTN
---- - t slaetiion Of Cncree Decks Wit' IContinued from gage 9A
192 BSEB~i SJWDJ4S. L~'er ndTea lotn 'il B and, about $5,00 in the purchase of
AF lt SPRING ITINIIRAltY IDone by MInneapois Firm (books. The 3.50Ovlumne~' thus ur-
I ~~~~~~~~~chase omdtecrnrsoeo h
7116H1 Apil 0 Vn due,'here. r- C T BE READY BY OCT I. peetlbay
IApril 23 Northwvetern, hc. - I In 1858, also, the Board of Regents
Years J Apl'1i26 M. S. C., here. I;Alicigan's new million-dollar stad- IprhsdteIeee olcino
Apit7 ~s igna e~~ un h as entered upon the last stages) "ninerals, consisting of some 2,600
April 29 rrracuse, there. !of its erection, which is the con-3"1 sn iinms for which $4,000 were paid,
April 30 Syracfse, there. structing of the concrete works. The inl ninse sum compared with that
May 4 Purdue, there. James Peck company of Minneapolis, I used for the purchase of a4 library.
iigan's May 7 Illinois, here. Pion., has been granted the contract l weReet imdatl4ssre
hich May 14 Ohios there. for the final completion of the stadium that their institution afforded "greater
May y te Daidin ontrl o Atletcs.opportunities ant induemnts for the
18Ma 16 Iowa, Cl there. thre This work consists of building the study of natural history than can be
nurin May 18 Colgate, here./ concrete sea ting decks, with shower found, in any other university in the
in-oays1 Colatehere and team compart- -------. . ------* ceun',ry." This was before classes
Mater, ] May 20 Northwestern, there. mn.Tecnrc al o o
ayt. h contract1 tcalls for, coin- had started, and the only UnivrsiW
ayce- May 21 Wisconsin, here.I pletition of the stadium by October Coach' Yost with oches ~ockne,j This pIctre was crieli 0n the top ofI officer was Rev. Henry Coclazer, who
tae-t Mayue30M.iSCni, there., 1, 1927 in time for the first game with 1.ones, Warner, and "Babe" untl a, a hotel building inm~ediately follow-,had been appointed librarian.
uOh un .S CtccIio, eseyn.the coaches convention in New York.ng they lcluchsioa of the oneren c.1
OhifVeshea. _June____4_ _Ohio,_____here._ ___i__j he Regents also in the early years
if the 1June 4 Oio, hereOver 90 per cent of the work offivete ase
letics. c____________ I of the University invetdi e of
--excavating the big bowl has been straining one in which Indiana final- Japs were pl yed in 1911 for two in- Auoo''B.d fAerc, hc
ecoitive (finished and the remainder of thistly emerged from the mess with a eretng games, hoimc Michigan vie-, les being published by subscription.
owers days it was legitimate for the ochsfwork will be completed in a short time one point victory--19 o 8 toris TeGori1aeo.115.& o 'ih hypi teotae
sporitysopa1nt~rtem steropn in order that the concreting can be Of the 192 2 asketb51(1all season, inou mof90 Th vluear
prti nts always wanted good competition.!I started. Thnriaesytmhswic h id rfishorsnte went 12 innings and was called be- Iu?0 gr.Tevol~ r
MVest- I tdtont1oc osSagofbe opetedi for several weeks, Conference. Mci'ar Scoi .d ,1, c ars e u in.. c uld no longer sei ih eadd
vii-Chicago often played with his team ) hihsonisedofthteecioiohatoitstoth 47ddeerod.,nt
over against Michigan. IFielding ,Y -t'wichcnitd fteeecino pit oth 0 l te pwnet t icner.And the same thing hap-Wt hspeiinr rrfcm
sportDirector o intercollegiate athletics,' network of pipes beneath the playing Non-olege Baseball To.as ihmye{l p !md lire following year except that Wilth this p wrein rewrkdcon
thstieth tleehoahesi who has coached Michiigan gridiron) field so as to rapidly drain off any Aside from the first hl ercolegiatea;it.cn. e ie' could not see this time seh liest culyi oin
.nhabyVrsity becamentensl nerse nsquads for 26 years, andl through!watr tabahr hee lotelasdbllhhgame, which has been aleady K'"vct fr t.bas,.Both iei ended in Theisltr id lae"
oganziga rowing crew. An eight- . side of the bowl have drainage pipes inft~0ii oj~' - ~ cnsfrec em n11 eilir idy loane" the
hec oar boat was secured and dreaums whose forts the Wolverines football tmeutisuningiteiseatigtdecksof con-early w )tt rec tea. n 1I University $10,000 (the loan w s not
faredwere about to be realized of conquer- rcr a en aepsil. side'able safety fomwater. Coah agrbi n sed at, diamond, baseball the sehed, ut inwas1cancelle d 7920futi 80)adwihti
a nmu the world as sculler. In the IhthejaMigan fa i~ ~iie o15~ i 0li1,1lmd12 und operations started. In 1141, fu
y into g ~~~~~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~~~~IFielding IT.Yost declares tha tenon-college teams. Ann Arbor, .Jac- j£z~lihitn on the Conference chantn- years en el utl heupafterdnc olown tthe firsdriagtssembeeththiedmeetingte tefistpeein ff h
nsixs, railroad bridge was reached and then dlispi'ovedl these predictions and the! play will be jsasefciesth on, Detroit, and Ypsilanti offered te ))?iofniipOA. umar o Lesscrd, ors fRgnste s w r
shps Ahlti asoiaio swnha t i-' y us a efetie s heifirst nines their only competition. In gives Mic higan a total of 14 victories BorfRgeth irttopo
iie.were growing inlthe Water and tie crease the seating capacity of Perry! for numerous years in Ferry Field. 18and ine1879atheoTccnsweheaded; i t Y er he196basieallthampios ntey1 were breyer-.aP.itswh
boat had to be tak~en ashore in order Field.y__were__Rev.__G._P.__Williamsvillag
n on t etre rudSne11 tagt IT98 floin ihgnsn-gm n team was contested. 'oveni littlo Dx- Isip was won with a perrntage of occupied the chair of mathematics, and
otball gm n lost four. Following ths ter came in for a drubbing in a 40 .1.~e.Jsp hte fNb h a
totho rog-aesetd nteHrnetrnet h i Tnh otal poor start no basketball scres are to 17 score. Fort Whayne, Plymouth,I The first track meet in which Mich- made professor of iaguagc;. The1
stt-the hopes of the new 'for a world record picked up considerably as no reoredutieteoesoo 11-1,d Port Huriion was later; igan paiipated was in the North-1ww adtesupnou aayo
benchampionship had to be discarded. games were, lost in that year. Ci- we eadls 2add tew' adtl tpnps aayo
y 10 Mcigns10fotalta bgncaowsdwe,1to adOo I Michigan was then in the cellar of with the beginingi of tie nietisI ",liks;an cred 52 points and was tie $500 ec i.tBulh
higanpt te twntethcetur Wth c ear lty14thloof sBu ter119ach Yostinthe Conference but in 10 years has Cornell, Colgate, and Oberlin were c>ationi(i1of te day. The first West, Then Er-;t fi't BJxfi. tince th
at, or saeby winning 11 gamnesand nih et h osofhsvtras ild imbd otinopb wnia fitis ofn n Nrhwser, nin, raxi.oioigitemetws ngaeBor dcie t retathelig o
ears,. en losing nor tieing any. Carlisle was'tie war, and his team lost to Illinois,itclieto thegTopbaebyainnin ge.irtYaken mmownortwesen, rm, n ont, cminea;,ol oth et wasMinli-(heiBord dieied. tosere a uildig0fo
titeatoete Bg2TntbskebalalegueLelalenBownSWeloyn, rintyaudto ul7,v asyar.trm tensnoMchidthiroUnMersty.Assnta~i3O5
is abetn2to0adLan Stnod 9to7 .itasditoMneo, In 1918-19, Michigan began her Harvard were added in 1:+1. ihi-; ganl panicpated fr~ely in the eets of .was takn and a combined doiitory,
ahnhte bigh scoreaofthen.yearhianwas n te'ineo tabya dopkickHoamvedCheolsigny , tkn orhpaeitefloig ya, rinc~ton and tinal rlysfrwie hmposhpwas erected. This edifice. still stands
wthBufleweeicia rin totgsmons lwee, te Conference by winning five amd Notre Dame were added, ut by 1894..Ui iecia her frequent between as the :nrth wing of University hall
lonupg total18inet. Nte Dfol-it poin ~~ ois chyad on ostte.gm osn iegames. The outstanding Michigan disontiued to play the, r7 c ut . ,aand ;:early vry college of land classes are still held within it.
ngled lwn yearMiianbaNteDaewtIlnosba6to7cr, score was 67-7 victory over the D- eastern colleges in any regular games iaiil . -ein i e Big'T'cmn. For five years, It Was named Mason hall after the boy
said. 23 to 0 and Ohio State universityI Of tbe record from 1921 to 1926 in troit Naval Station. In 1919-20, the but only il occasioal exhangs.. from 1900 through 1904 we won the governor of Michigan who at the age
came in contact with the WolverinesI 'o~tlil every Michigamn man and; Wolverines fell back to a tie for With the beginning of the Twentieth 1 iteicole iite Conference meet. This' of 25 appointed the University's first
,lloon folwdto suffer an 86 to 0 (defeat, In that woman kniows by heart. It might only! seventh place in the Conference. Al- century Michigan confined tie major- uI rna ilya~LC(d perilo f Bg'Ten hai- Board of Regents and who died in
orts- year--1902-,Michigan folwdthe'ex- be said that tie record of thiree con-, though they won 10 games and lost ity of her games to the schools in te piusiips in track was sinilar to 1843.
cam- ample of the preceding team and won secutive football Big Ten chamnpion-m 13, they took only three Conference Western Conference. The tyea". 105:' ibie;rs's hampioushps in football The Board at this time :hd certain
"aih- tall their games. This same feat was ships, either cleared dor tied, splits thmegamies out of '12. It seems, that in was tie banner one for aseall with ! in ig the same legth of tie. This freedom inth curriculum offered, al-
game 'repeated in 1903 ancq 1904 only to be 'glory of the old days with the past t that season, Michigan went in for oly three defeats r 16 4- 'can ic (onsdred to be0 the 0old en though the legislature had recom-
ichi- broken by one defeat in 1905. In three years. Iapomoble competition since the tories. In the following fir: years the Aye o te l1ign's past athletic rec- mended thrteen professorships forte
ath- 1 five years, from 1901 to 3905, Michigan Play Basketball ini 1909t Conference, Michigan scored 517 points 'Wolverines woen their schedules by ols, but fron 192 1 to 1927 can be school and a college of ]law and one
rsity only lost one game and for four con Michigan played a year of basket- pammy and the A. C. Spark Plugs. The more than haf as many victories as considered Michigan's present Golden fmlcn 13sd OlthRens
rcol- secutive years was undefeated. bal in 1909, in which we won one fina~l gamie of the seasomn was a heart our opposing istitutions.'Ph e o Agc of metidiiaiioshps cotine edenim teagege13)
1878, Weeks Pilots Famous Teams ____________ Cnlddo 'g 3
met It was in those years that Michigan l
This had her famous "pint-a-minute" elev-- - --~- - -- --
npus,{ ens, and ran up such scores as 128, 1
Ithe 107, and I119. "Boss" Weeks 'was tie
small famous -quarterback on the poixnt-a-
ds in minute teams, and Coach Yost has had ou i p o
first, a difficulttnederm igwhhr
"Boss".is better than Benny Friedman su 6ine
was! for Michigan's all-time football team. ¢ n /f/
1into j The Coach says that "Bss" was a, r D/ L i
t, in. great team-manager and that Benny is l EVeroy meal
igiate the smoothest player he ever saw play, t.
vie- and that he would not want the taskI
8. 'of selecting the better of the two sans. a D u t ceI
co-That was Coach Yo's first year a
~hciMichigan's new mentor and the turn-a s, a { /
onter ing out of three championship teamsausSrsv) T ' '
enscalled for the writing of "The Vi-
plttons." The Michigan-Chicago games ''
went Iwere the "battles of the century"w
thisI which ended in such close scores as Iry<' °h''
cm-12 to 11 or 2 to 0. Water Eckersalla(
mmof was the attraction on the Chicago' om ,
(pn!team and "Willie" Heston ran for S .uperior/s Y£FN
iunMichigan-both men being the best in Ij/
their decade for the quarterback posi-
tbtion. In the Michigan-Chicago foot-,
de- ball game of 1904 there were 13,500 N aigation i.
Spid admissions-a record which as-

wntounded the Middle West at that time. x sI' ff~
n 13 Beginning with the football 'seasoan
of 1907 the gridiron was moved to the
site it now occupies. The 'present
e! mmnorth stand was first used at that time
Wally and the south standl was considerably u e ltv olg
smaller than the north stand and con- u e ltv Co eg
atrIsi~ted mainly of wood. The east Orchestrasd~
Iau stand was nothing more than an in-
cline and was used for standing room' r n.
AlLeaves Big Ten rs.:,.
town Mihgnaaninaefh at
tonI after breaking off all athletic relations
nt thf uathex Big
sary found no difficulty in securing games
was with}scools oherythn thos inhth
aedi Conference. Syracuse was played
dI'regularly and beaten decisively in r .. ,. r ~
di-1913 by 43 points to their 7. In the
pe-.
boys same year Cornell was defeated 17 to i S- mng
Harvard-- was played for the .last S I m %aiiiA..gs Our Myain Street St ; e Lack in thle' "eighties"

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time in 1914 when the "Gerinan buli-
let" tore the Harvard line to pieces
as the quarterback requested his fel-
lows to "press them, men." Maul-
betsch, "the German bullet," gained
3more yardage than the entire Harvard
team put together, but in the end
IMichigan lost 7 to 0. Michigan be~N
Pennsylvania that year 34 to 3, but
suffered a defeat from Cornell, 13 to
28 and them following year by a 34 to

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