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THE MICHIGAN DAILY
-Sunday, November 6, 1'955
Page Sixteen THE MICHIGAN DAILY 'Sunday. November 6. 1955
Football
2. Of fen s(
{EDTOR' it 5055 ' i a-ooins i(- (1 a~l n each layb. Hostv, tsar
ad of twosarttclest o tW- ie N s
in 'eaco sentesit is usually possiblei ,.
ssitem. pot' tSocto havte the ball eventually eatr-;ti.
iecd by eey member of the back-v"
By IERRIl' GREE1N field, and pmrhapa an end. , a
In the last aricele we examined In the single wing, the ball is
offenstiveralisnments of the Mich-,pasted dirctly to either t left
igan system and pointed out hasitbtck oi to the fulibacet to R«, t
stieng th and weaknesseas.Thits ar- ttait the play in motion. It the
title sill examine in somewhaf ball is passed to the left half, lie
mote detail the offensive pattern. can plune into the line at a ny
poinit on the left ide of thse cen- The Se ter orhand th ball afsome aitt5Y.
The team settle's inoarious; behind thse line to any other mem-
formations, as has beens discussed, bee of the baekfield.,x
before executing eacri play. Once If the ball is ceintered directly
the layia n notio tere arietythefulbakanevecnge ater FIGHIT LIKE STU:GER-An historic picture of an historic day. Michigans captain Herb Steger
distinctacfiedbackfieldmak issanctivggigrsurloak-wih varietys 124ofammanetouverais ncand rbee at-4
lug up a fairly complete system, temipted. He can hit directly into issondagn horIinwthimasis14temttoIlnisndRdGne394.
which can be termed a series, any part of floe line or hsated the
Thse single wying as it ha. de- ball to thoe right half or the qoar-
tveloped at Mihigan is an excel- tersbaek."
enit exatmiple of one formatiois If the ball is handted to the M ichigan Traditio
asingo ntimirotis backfheld varia- qarterback, ai distinttseries
tions. Its eiacihvariatioite back- knownt as thoe buck latera1 is be-
feld perfotrms the satne genoerall See OFFENSIVE, Page 18 ' BPILD GLS tsn 20 acrn topul
- ' B~~~iy SPa[ ts Edh;IS ! leaeind.2',acrdn opp
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A"RDITON t ichganisal- Ystwas raltyinog his team ina
mst aDITwat ofi-chemetof typical pre-game oration. "Get
most wy at out there and give everything you
tostalgtia a nd reminiscence that isI have for Meechigan" he bellowed
tied itnexorably to a still 1argccI and then, in the tradition of
fiamework of athletit ptowess. Itute Rockne and Bob Zuppke,
A toilase like " Filot Lbike Ste lhis voice ro.se to a crcescendo-aod
sec tis 'ay toolat sect O uchoto Ihis men slowly tbetan to boil in-
tirs10ot4of the U1i1icectits,-',,;couitltess' ri' aoe osai ial
Yostratdo-n fial
studnts-bu itstil sand asa wtho a burst of etnergy-he about-
sytiol of itle biltit utistotiy ed "Get out thoere aod wits-ande
Nis enodl teMcignih
cl toadshe dcliinalo aithttahle thtresw openth le dooc
cli si to dossislo tu slehe thatuiht led into thoe stadiutt.
sea 1 Unibeknown to Yost, he is aid
It i ut pitt its 1 tstisiic i toi hav throtwnisopen the wrotog
tissc me s s tint ,iHamats door, a tdearly the entire Michsi-:
ElbelOosttcrban, HestanCuisler tan leans pouted through it int
atid matiy tote itoto a tiaditton blitid rage-ri ht into a sw'imomin;
whiich 'all last is lane as Midst- pool.
gato itself.I
I BUTth the noan whose teams had
WHNdiscussing tradition, th once compiled a retard of
first name whicri appears in fifty-five games without defeat,
any discussiono of Michigan tra- (1t901-1905) also had some lean
dition is that at Fielding H. Yost. days. It was a day sorb as this
Coaching from 1901 to 1926, Yost that spawned one of the most dra-
built the unstoppable teams of matte yet unknown of all Michi-
IHeston and Snow, at Friedman and gan traditions-"Fight Like Ste-
Oosterbaan, and mainy more. ger."
Behind the crushed cigar that on a sunny f all afternoon back
always loomed from his jut-jaw in 1924, a gallopingaIllinois red-
tace was the spirit of Michigan ... head named Harold E. Grante
an unquenchible thirs't for excel- stood America and Michigan oct
lance and achievement in sport its ear by scoring toot touchdowns
which few individuals hate ever in the first ten minutes of play--
surpassed. and gaining a total of 303 yards
in aigsht trys.
AN EXAMPL of tisafiery spirit IInts flitare of such adversity
that wa' Yost, took place one, Michigan tailed to give in.Le
1 grey Saturday afternoon in the See YOST, Pace 18
Speciat 2 ale?. r,
Sic diffrenit this tiitle -- ins~teadiIof a a
ifg blat "i hts or melts --iitlke it .ti
-elrv --- ""t- ift tht lasts mandulaIsts." v
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